The New York herald., 1879-12-09

ARRIVAL OF A PARTY OF ARABS AT CASTLE
GARDEN-THEIR ESCAPE FROM FRENCH
PRIsoN--DEsTrruTE POLISH wooDcHopPERs.
Among yesterdays arrivals at Castle Garden were
eight Arabs. who claim to have escaped from prison
ut Cayenne. French Guiana. The names of the now
comers are Mohammed Bajik. Kada Benois. Boaisa
Bladoni. Hamed Mohammed. Mohammcd Becheli.
Brain Ben Achmed, Amar Mohammed and Heshmf
Ben Achmed. They arrived here in q destitute con-
dtion by tho steamship Bahama. from tho West
Indies. and begged tho Commissioners Of
their statements they took part ia the
revolt against the French at Agiers in 1870
time with tho % exception % of MoSammed I Bajik ana @
Boaiza Bladoni. These two succeeded In escaping.
but, having returned iu 1876 to visit their families
in Algiers. they were discovered and sentenced to
twenty years Imprisonment in the French prison
at Cayenne. Brain Ben Achmed aud Heshmi Ben
Acilmed were also sentenced to twenty years.
Mohamed Becheil to twelve years and kata Deuois,
Hanod Mohammed and Amar Mohammed to trans-
portation Tor life Two OF these men escaped in
1872 having received permission from their keeper
to go to Maronic neighboring village, for provi-
The other six escaped April having over
powered their keeper. bound him, placed him in
government canal boat and taken him along with
them to Demerara, where they handed him over to
the French Consul. 1t took them six days to reach
Demerara. and rs they had brought no provisions
along they were without food OF any kind for
English sailing vessel from which they received
biscuit and boiled rice. They remained at Dcmersrs
sugar plantations. As they had accuIn uated
sufhcient money they engaged passage for Trinidad
on an English steamer paying twenty francs each.
In Trinidad they worked Tor four and hair months
In building roads, and. having secured 15S traDcss
bought passage tickets Tor this city the bahama.
They now wish to 40 to Tunis, and are desirous of
obtaining employment here in order to raise sui-
cient money to enable them to pay their 10 that
place. ~ least the ocean. The capital Of
the party amounts to about si2. American money,
with which they intend to support themselves until
successful n finding employ ymcnt.
They all have families in Agicrs and are anxious
that the latter may join them at Tuns under the
Turkish government. Mohanmcd Bajik has n wife
and father and mother. but children; KadA
Benois has two wives, but children; Boa IN
Badoni has wife, two children, afater aud mother;
Hamcd Mohamned has wife, two children aud q
mother; Mohammed Bechelil has wife, two chill.
dren and a mother; Amar Mohammed hasa wife and
three children, Brain ben AchIned has two wives
and two children and Heshmi Ben Achnied has two
wives and throo children The Comniss sioncrs OF
Emigration will try to obtain employment for tho
strangers.
POLISH IMMIGRANTS
The steamship Egypt, which arrived from Liver
pool on saturday, brought s25 immigrants, among
whom were thirty destitute Poles They said that at
home they earned living woodchoppers and
miners, and asked Superintendent jackson to Rst
them something to do in that ine The latter n on
the lookout for employment Tor the party.