New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-13


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Bazaine's Escape.
! The Cologne Go-ets gives the following
! particulars Of the MarsHa!s escape 40 de,
rived from himself:
! From his sitting room the prisoner. was
obliged. IN order 70 arrave a. the terrace
! his promenadeA to pass bridge and 70
! descend some steps az the end OF H. The
! bridge was inclOsed Ivy walls on both sides,
I on one Of which stood the guard. A,tent
| roof was spread over the bSidge to keep Oft
| the rays OF the sun. which also concealed
| from those standing at the foot Of the steps
| the persons on the bridge. On the south.
eastern point Of The island. which has .
| steep descent into the sea, the Marshal had
! arranged little kitchen garden in which
J he worked much and watered his beanA
There bic flight was to be effected.
| On: . far projecting part 81 ehls gar'
| den the Marshal discovered ono day
that an old gutter for carrying Oft the
! was filled up by fragments OF wall and
rubble. Every day the marshal worked to
open il gradually, and ha6 to conceal with
stones and grass what he was doing from
! the ewes Of spies. At last the opening was
completed. 1t inside the gutter Two strong
!. iron bars were placed across the rock. and
if to the bars . strong rope. ending with an
iron sing and penetrating through the other
side OF the gutter, was attached. y rope
ladder could be. fastened to it strong
enough 20 carry even so corpulent man
as the Marshal. In she gutter there was
room enough to hide the rope ladder and
ropes till the decisive day. The most Diff
cult part was TO arrive unnOticed at the
gutter. Every evening Marchi 1.-THE iailor)
accompanied the prisoner on his se-
turn from the terrace acrOe0 the. bridge to
his rooms. Then the door was closed by the
warders and escape rendered impossible.
The Marshal resolved to trust TO q happy
chance and to expect the day agreed on
with his wife for the daring act. The night
from last Sunday to Monday was chosen.
When, at ten o'clock. the Marshal arrived
with march, at the dight OF the steps. lie
asked him not to take any more trouble. as
the way 10 the IoOms was new very short.
March, let himself be persuaded. The Mar.
shal mounted alone, crossed the bridge. the
tent root Of which concealed him for a
moment srom those outside. feigned to open
and shut the door, which was closed later
by tho unsuspecting warders. leaped
across Che wall at the lett of the bridge.
went softy along the outer wall and
reached the gutter. having now passed the
first danger. A chick rope, provided
with many knots, and at the end with a
strong iron hook. was fastened TO the ring,
and the descent, eighty feet deep. began,
with the danger OF being smashed against
the projecting clltfs or OF falling into the sea.
flashed by a furious mistral. The Marshal.
who had gained much strength during his
caativ;ty, had also pu; on a strong, tightly.
fitting belt, with an iron hook in front, so
that he could tasten himself % knot Of
the rope whenever he required short rest.
Arrived at the middle Of the rope, he per-
ceived a feeble light beneath him. He
knew now that Ais wife was there. He
replied by the signal agreed on. lighting
match, showing him thus suspended.
His hands swelled and bled. the cliffs
hurt him everywhere; a pair OF thick cloth
trousers, still damp from the sea water.
are covered all over with holes. and show
what the daring man must have sui.
fered. Having reached the end of the rope,
but not OF the strand, he let himself drop
into the sea, and SWAN toward the boat in
which were his faithful wifS and her cOuy.
ageous cousin. Before reaching it his
strength left him. and Alvarez De Ruli. his
youthful deliyerer. had to. Lift the heavy
man into the rolling boat. After one hours
eette. At some distance the barge of the
steamer Sarop Ricasoli hired by Mime. Ba.
zaine for pretended pleasure trip, waited
for them. and brought them toward one in
the morning on board the steamer. The
captain did not know the name of his guest.
Nine. Bazaine, when. going on land with
the barge, had announced that she would
engage valet and perhaps ehambermaid
FOG her voyage. The Marshal was intro
duced as the newly engaged valet. and
went az once to his cabin, which he did not
leave again before the landing at Genoa
The Marshal and Mime. Bazaine state most.
explicitly that they have had no accom-
plices. and began and executed their work
alone.
The same paper. speaking of Marshal
Bazaine's sojourn at Cologne, says: Young
and beautiful, with luxuriant black hair
and black eyes, OF charming figure and
bewitching loneliness. Nine. Bazaine had
passed the days of splendOr at the side Of
her husband, embellisied and eased to him
the days OF misfortune, and has now boldly
braved the waves and the other dangers Of
an escape, and brought it about with the
help OF youthful and resolute brother.
But the Marshal has also shown NO lack OF
courage. When his two deliverers gave
ing, he let himself 1esolutely and
quickly down by tbs rope. which
tore his hands and shins. The has
shown US himself his swollen and black
and blue hands and the wound on his right
shin.| Three or tour times high spouting
wave seized him and threw him against the
rock, but the boat was reached, and no fur.
Their obstacle opposed the completion of the
flight. Now he stays on the German soil,
to which a short time ago he was danger
GUS and bloody foe. The wrongs done to
him by his fe!IOw-countrymen his enemies
can not and will not make good, but the
countless misfortunes suffered by him will
make them forget what they reproached
HIM with formerly. With German chivalry
they will respect the love which his wife
has shown by 80 beautiful and poetic a
deed
A Reuters telegram from Cologne saws
that Marshal Bazaine visited General Kun
mer, the governor of the fortress, on Satur-
day. The General returned the visit in the
course OF the afternoon.
r. Beauregard In Baltimore.
General Beauregard of New Orleans. ar
rived In this city city on Saturday on his
way to Canada. where he proposes to spend
few weeks. He is stopping at Barnums
Hotel. and will. leave the city to-day. As