Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-02
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The ship Sierra Nevada, Of Boston, which
was DESTROYED bv fire on voyage from Liver
pool to San Francisco, was fine new vessel
built at kcnncbunkp0rt last fall, and was
valued at 100000. She was Insured IN 6os-
ton for SSU,UUU.
Payments made from the United States
Treasury by warrants during the month OF Au,
gust were as follows On account of civil and
miscellaneous, $500 4S6; war, $1,000, uI5,
navy, 81, III All; Interior and pension, $4,-
Cos, 206 total, $lS,29S,2l4.
A memorial meeting in honor Of the late
Mark Sluith, the actor, was held yesterday az
ternuon at Booth Theatre. NV York. Eu-
logis,ic resolutions ~clc adopted. Addresses
were delivered by ex- Mayor a. Oakley Hall
and other.
The police Of Ncw York on Monday night
arrested seventeen women aud ten men for
daucnr the cancan at a Broadway theatre.
Yesterday the parties We're released, except the
propriclor who was held for trial.
At meeting Of the uniformed Patriarchs of
the various eucampments Of Odd Fellows of
Baltimore las, night, it was finally determined
to visit Bunker Hill Encanpment, Boston,
starting on September 20.
The Committee Of che National Cotton Ex-
change to establish standard classification OF
cotton for the Uui!ed States was IN session 10
New York yesterday, but the sessions were Sc
crct.
John w. Coleman, charged with the plur-
der Of Peter Graeff9 in Cincinnati last June,
committed suicide in his cell in the Jail Of that
| city on Monday night
The first oil the new United States ron s!oops
of-war was launched yesterday at R5ache' s
ship yard, Chester, Pennsylvania.
There were S97 arrests by the police of
Baltimore during the month Of August, being
go Increase over the preccdiog month of PAT.
Two shopliiters Were arrested yesterday 10
Baltimore, and the spells Of their netarlous
pursuit found upon them.
A large plumber of Catholic pilgrims from
England have arrived at Paris on their way to
the shrine at Poutigny.
General B. L. Tracey has been retained as
counsel for Beecher 10 Iit0u'S suit.
NINE BAzAINE's VERSION OF TIE ESCAPE
The following is the full text OF the letter ad-
dressed by Nine. B4z.iue from Spa to the
! French Minister OF the Interior:
On my arrival here 1 find by the newspapers
| that there have been several arrests IN conse-
quence Of the MarshaPs escape. 1t had pre-
viously been my Intention to write to you on
The matter, and it mas now become my duty.
Seek Tor 10 Hccompi!cr;, for there arc none
My nephew, NJ Alvarez de kul and are
those who effected everything On seeing that
the captive Mar: hal, and that his life threatened
| to be shortened, l determined to persuade him
to escape. l accordingly begged my nephew to
| help me, which his independent position enabled
him to do, and we pledged each ctner 10 do eve
rything ourselves IN order to compromise no
body. l how communicate to you tie exact de-
tails of what occurred, hoping TO clear up the
truth and to prevent innocent persons from Ian
gushing any .ongcr IN dungeons. l LETT Spa on
the 29tn of July, accompanied by my nephew,
whose devotion has stood every test. We repair
| ed to &c on, where we arrived on the 9Th Of
August. On Thursday, the 9Th, we went to the
P"rrano Danova-o Company Tor the purpose OF
hiring pleasure steamer, under the preteXt OF
wishing to make trip IN the Mediterranean,
and on the cond ton that the vessel should be
entirely ct our disposal. About five in the
morning of Saturday, the 9Th, we left Genoa
hsrbor AID arrived IN the course of the morn
ing at Port Maurice, where the bad weather
forced Us to stop for tie night. On the next day,
| the 9Th, we went to San Reno and spent the day
there. About eight we directed the captain to
proceed tc J uan Bay, telling him we wished to
| fetch man servant from Il villa situate on the
Cast, for the captain knew nothing Of our plans.
The Marshal had been Informed 10y words which
| I had written in my letters with sympathetic
| ink that he was TO make preparations t. leave
the island by night, lmme lately after the arrl-
val of a steamer in Jou4n Bay. The captain,
wishing to proceed in orier to have his papers
inspected at Jouan bay, asked u whether and
| at what hour we would start We told him we
were going 10 villa in the neighborhood to
| fetch n man servant, and, perhaps, also maid
| to Nice We left t ship III one OF its boats
abou hall. past seven, and landed in the neigh
| bornood or La CroiSette, in order not to COM
| promise the crew OF the ship. We went thence
to La lrolscttc, wnere we hired u boat for Il trip
on the STA. The sea very rough. Neither
I of us hardly knew how to row, so that we did
not reach the foot of the fort oppos tie Jouan I'LL
between bali past nine and ten. We there saw
| the Marshal descending By rope, and to give
him sign where the boat WAS we lighted a
match The Marsh Il INN diate!y answered by
lighting match to direct us to the spot where
he ha 1 elm bed down. A little later he jumped
| into the sea in order to reach the boat. My
nephew had to assis. him into It, for he had re-
celved co1,us;cns, and his strength WAS exhaust
ed. All three Of us then tried TO reach the
steamer which Was TO wait tor Us at The spot
where we rad left it. With much difficulty we
found il, went on board, and left one of the sail
ors to take the boat back to tn coast. As soon
as we were on board nay nephew and directed
the captain, 1t being already one a. M, to start
Immediately for Genoa where we landed on the
| luth OF Augrst, about eleven a. m. This, sir, Is