The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1874, Page 7

aresved vo the Mayor or Alcaiae or Fnenterranta, which he gave to one of our custodians. It was about dark when we arrived in the latter place, bul we were t waiting about the streets Jor an hour before we saw anything of the Mayor. He at last appeared, but instantly ordered us off to prison, and when | offered to demand ap expiana- tion he rephed by saying, “Vaya!” (Go!) In a Way which put my self-restraint to the utmost test. We were taken ‘oss the street to the Hotel de Vilie, lea along a dark corridor, and at CROSSING THE. SPANISH “LINES.” How American Correspondents Got Into Trouble. which the door was shut and locked upon us, and we were leit , ALONE IN THE DARKNESS, ‘There was a little hole in the door about six inches square, and through this | called fora lignt. A Rindiy faced woman, who looked at us compas- sionately, brought us @ candle, which she stuck through the hole, 1 seized it and we looked about | us. We found ourselves in a room about six feet | by twelve, One-hall of it Was taken up by @ heap of rotten straw, the other by a loathsome pit, which emitted a diabolical combination of odors, such a8 may only be met within Spain. There was not a stick Of furniture m the room of even tie rudest kind, and no Window, except the litle square hole through which I[ had received the candle; the walls and floor were greasy and filthy to the last degree, and altogether it was, | think, the foulest place I ever remembered to have seen. A dog kennel or a piesty would have been sweet and wholesome beside it. We explored the room—it did not take long—and then Jooked at each other jor @ moment and sat down | on the heap of straw. Not long, however. } soon perceived that the straw was «already in- | habited to its fullest capacity by a numerous and poweriul coterie of animated beings, wno itame- diately proceeded tn the most hospitable manner to invite us loa A SUSPICIOUS SET OF SPANIAR the Line France. Crossing from ee ca ec Prayers for the Herald Corre- spondent. GERMAN {INTEREST IN THE WAR. The Sensitive Pride of an | Alcalde. SUPPER 4 la Polonius, which we would have respectfully | declined had it been in our power. But our enter- | tainers understood too weil the laws of huspitality WORK OF A GANG OF THIEVES, | Ng at a meal which we felt keenly must have | been a pleasant and delightiul one to somebody, | We soon made up our minds that something HENDAYE, Nov. 28, 1874 | would have to be done, and that very quickly, and Tt was my own fault. better. To go 1oto [run booted and spurred, wear- | tng a Carlist boina, was simply a tempting of the H devil in the shape of an ignorant Chief of Police, arbitrary and brutal as the police always are the | DECISION. From the way in which the Mayor answered me, when | spoke to Him in the street, | was periectly convinced that any ordiary kind of remonstrance would be utterly useless, that he was a low, un- educated, boorish brute, who could only be world over. Imagine, if possible, the besotted | workea upon through thé medium of his fears. I ignorance of a man holding an important official | thereiore Aekareied to gine en him, but | position who has never even heard of the New (2 & Way which would, knew, put his superiors on my side, if not legal- YORK HERALD or the Times and never reads aay ly, at least, according * to the law paper out a small weekly sheet appearing in his | of honor existing among gentlemen. Besides | being the most effective it was the only way in which I couid risk threatening an oficial. and even this was very hazardous, as itis an offence punishable with fine and two or three years im- prisonment 1D Most curopean countries, How- own little village, and who had seen me pass to and fro from France tnto the Cafiist lines several times, and you can form some idea of my impru- dence in going into the beleaguered town of [run. si as 2 * | ever, that was a danger ajar off, and we had to SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO DANGER, | choose between that and the present one of being The temptation was strong, however, Avery | devoured alive by wild beasts besides catching rapid and steady firing was heard just beyond Some horritie deadly fever rom the terrible ema. Iron, in the direction of San Sebastian, The roar , LETTER TO THE ALCALDE. of musketry came borne to us in asteady roll | toner iF em ink Aad BADE, whion the wo- . | Man brought me, and, seeing that I wanted to that grew louder at erery moment, ard the ap- ; Write, proposed bringiog & table, which she only pearances were that the Carlists, advancing from | succeeded in getting into the cell alier along Oyarsun, were attacking Irun from that stde. 1 | A pee was at ie consented to . open the door, ie then brought me & chair, and knew tie Carlists were there, as I had seen tnem jsar down and indited the following epistic to the the day befcre not more than 500 yards from the aicalde, who, I had been told, spoke French, fort of the telegraph, and it was very probable | Which I am rather disposed to admire now as an they would try an attack, now that they were in | example of a@ happy combination of brevity and possession of the road again, it would have | yowsieve ue Marne: politeness :— 4 taken a day nearly to reach the Carl Je pets Hea was Lt homme comme i et ce ctan' cas, je m’etonne fort que vous ist side, when, dy going through the | dais un trou, pareil deux messiours que vous aves cante raison de croite sont des hommes parfaitement respecta- several lines, everal lines, Tcould-arrive at the scene of action | Fil?" Je vous prierais done, Mousieur ie Maire; ae eas in half an hour. I determined, therefore, the Intter plan. Although not without some ap- | prehension as to the result, and although I had been in Irun the day before witnout having been | molested, I accordingly walked down to the ferry | Just above the railway bridge and stepped into the little boat which plies between France and ‘Spain, . CROSSING THE LINE, rons—jusqwan moment od les autorite eter alent pu s' informer sur not osition. s1 vous ne fe, taltes pas, Je vous a ertis que je vous pro- Yoquerai en duel aussdtot que je serai mis en liberty. Aarecz Monsieur le Maire lexpression de mon tres pro: oud respect CURRESPONDENT DU NEW YORK HERALD. WHAT CAME OF IT, i I gave the letter to the woman, who took it very ; willingly, thinking probably it would result m my | Uberation. She soon. came back with & woetal countenance and told me, through the little inate I met Mr. Buckland, the correspondent of | fonare hole, taat “1 had doue it.” The alcaide ie New York 7imes, bent upon a like errand with | Was in @ towering rage and threatened me with myself, @ meeting which proved an unfortunate | He eS oe EA minutes he came A » &face Was stuck in one for him, as it was the cuse of his passing two | at'the iittle hole and a voice wished to know. if it very uncomfortable nights in prison. There never was me who had written the letter. I held the was any charge against him at all, and he was | Seer a maty Pe ape eR saranehed fo.teean G r culat- only punished for having, like poor Trip, been jing the amouns of straw there might bein one caught in bad company. ‘ end of the cell, and another gazing moocily down Thre: minutes brought us across, and we had ie i leklgytel dittekea iy oF peta ies segs ie eye! nt Ob ser ave the slightest connection Searcely stepped ashore when we were told that | with exch other. 1 was leit completely out of their we were under arrest by an officer of Carabineros, | range o! vision, and, not feeling quite sure about or Custom House guards, We were naturally HE Heater OE a cmane pela ares pane the ‘ S » As I could see somewhat anxious to know what was the cause noting but these glassy eyes, a nose and a mouth, of this proceeding; but the only answer we could I could not anaes, eet Paekecs ot one their get out of bim was, “Wait a little.” So we | OWner was otherwise; but it occurred to me that @ duel with the small sword with this man might waited a little, and after a few minutes ne asked he a more embarrassing thing than 1 haa piv us to walk with him to the town, which was about | cipated, He again asked me if I was the writer of haifa mile distant. Inow discovered for the first | the letter, and this time J answered in the afirma- time that, in addition to coming out with my Carl- ist boina, I had, by some strange piece of iil-luck, | taken my passport out of my pocket just before quitting the hotel and had left it lying on the table, a thing I had not done ror six months before. I now proposed that, before going to the | tive. . He then asked me if] knew what I had done; town, I should send across the river and get my paseport, To this he would not hear, and to to which I replied that I thought 1 did, and begged him politely to put us into another room tell the truth passports were not of the ghghtest use to nim. He refused to look at nis earliest convenience. He said he bad no other place to put us; that tt was the only prison | In the town, and demanded to know whether [ at Mr. Buckland’s, and tas too ignorant to under- stand it ifhe nad. He took us to the house of the Military Governor, who was up at the telegraph stil! Reld to what I had said in the letter. 1 re- | plied that it was undoubtedly a very unfortunate fort overseeing the work of its reconstruction. He Jeit us standing at the door, under the guard of a | thing for him that there should be no other prison soldier, and went in search of the latter, In the ¢$ gui nous ont fait | decent room instantly I would certainty “call him into a violent passion, stormed and raged, said “I | ten years imprisonment for my insolence, and finisned by saying cell that night. that when I aid get out he would certainly hear from me. He went oif threatening vengeance, but | my threat seemed to have worked upon his mind, | lor he soon returned with the military command- Jast thrust into a loathsome celi or dungeon, of We | to hear of such @ thing, aud we were soon agsist- | T ougut to have known | | at once decided upon a very energetic measure. | to wry | mettre dans une chambre ‘convenable—que nous paye- | in the place, but that unless he put usintoa | | out” as soon as I should be set at liberty. He flew | | never should be xet at Itberty,” that I should nave | he would not take us out of the | told him to doas he pleased, but | | NEW YURK HHKKALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1874 Vigilance, so far as to secure a rope and tle it tothe iron bar of my window, it did not occur to me to be an unwonted proceeding when dangling in mid- air to cut the rope above my head tn order to prevent my escape. But what did strike me as Strange upon awakening just before touching the ground and dashing my brains out was to find, ‘upe pening my eyes, aD angel standing by my bedside; yes, an angel, with the darkest of eyes and the lackest of hair, the prettiest, rosiest face and the sweetest little mouth that vas ever made to be kissed, and it wore tne jauntiest little nothing of @ hat, the nicest fitting | dark merino dress and the daintiest little boots | that ever were seen. Angel’s visits are said tobe | Jew and far votween, but this was an angel’s visit if ever there was one, ‘This angel was about sixteen, and it had a basket in its hand, and the basket contained some Lyons sausage and some | cvla chicken and a bottle ef wine and a facon of liqueur de Hendaye, a delicious kind of cordial for which Hendaye is renowned. COMFORT AT THE BEDSIDE. Shall I ever iorget how she came 1p, sat down on | @ chair beside my bed and locked around the | | large, bare, cold stone walled room, opening wide | her childish eyes in a frigntened way tliat was ae- | heious to look at? In company with her bonne she ; Nad found us and made her way to us, where | others bad tried and failed. She had been to the Alcalde, who told lier he did not know where | we were nor how to find us, and brutally addea | that she was a bad girl jor looking alter us at all. Then she went about inquiring of every otti- | cer she met, until at last she hit | upon the Commandant, who immediately sent an | officer to show her the way to our prison. im- | a@gine her {right upon entering the dark, ‘rowning old castie by the one barrow little door; upon traversing the long corridors and intricate | Passages, as dark in daytime as at night; upon mounting stairway afier stairway, crowded with | soldiers golpg up and down, up, up to the filth } Noor, to see a couple of vagabond correspondents whom she had not known tor a month, aud you can form some ides of what a brave little girl she | bse is she and why did she come, you will as ' | “"Sue came because she is a Carlist and we were | supposed to be Carlist sympathizers, and | she is the daughter of the — proprietor Of the little hotel, nalf French, hali Spanish, where We were stopping in liendaye, Her father could not come, because he would have been arrested, and so she volunteered, only taking with ner the bonne, who Was still younger than herself. They are of those honest, Straightforward k:nd of peo- | ple who are not above their business nor ashamed of it; who conduct it fairly and honestly, and have not learned any of the numerous thieving | tricks by which ordinary hotel keepera fleece the travelling public. They are good Catholics, of course, and she told me the whole Jamily had said the rosary tor us the night before, DESPATCHES TO THE AMERICAN CONSUL, She stayed half an hour with us, gave us all the | consolation and all the news she could and then | returned to France, carrying some messages and | despatches jor us, and it was through her lin- desea the American Consul at Bayonne of our ar- | resi | | 1 | THE REPORT OF AN EXECUTION. An engineer o! an English mining company here told me alterwards that on the second night aiter our arrest, he, for @ lark, told them he heard we | bad been shot or were to be sbot early next morn- ing and that he had just heard something like Keys Or Chains rattling at his window, whereupon they had ail commenced crying and immediately went ani said anotner rosary for our sale return. It 13 certainly a great pity that modern ideas and modern enlightenment have not made more prog- ress among these people. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION. Toward noon the Chief of Police came with the | Spanish Vice Consul at Henuaye to examine us. ‘They wished to know why | wus continually pass- img back and forth irom France to the Cuarlist lines, and when this question was answerea they had apparently no more to ask, except relating ® manifestation of Carlist sympathy I had shown in Hendaye. As the occurrence referred to had taken place in France 1, of course, re- fused to auswer or give any explana- tion whatever; but as the circumstances has | Some significance as showing the feeling of the | Germans on the Carlist war 1 may a8 well relate it here. 1 was taking coffee one day in the open air before a cafeéin Hendaye in company with two Carlist officers, We had not been here three min- utes when we observed that we were the subject or the conversation of five or six individuals who were at the next table, not more than five or six feet distant. They had recognized my friends as Cariists, and they commenced by speaking of the Cariists in general terms as thieves, Com- munists, assassins, ‘‘canailles,”” “petrolistes” and “cochons.”’ They commenced by speaking Span- ish; bat, propably that we might be sure to under- stand, they afterwards repeated all they had said in French, when I at once perceived by their | heavy accent that at least four of them were Ger- | mans. They then tried a little English, and at | last setuled down to German, repeating all they | had satd belore. probably Jor the better under- standing ol it and for their own interior satistac- | tion, As Idid not consider myself in the least | touched by these remarks the scene was exceed- { ingly amusing to me, AN INGENIOUS DEVICE. | It was with the greatest dificulty that I could restrain wy friends from hurhng their glasses im the laces of our neighbors, and it was only by holaing over their heads tue ever present fear of interment coupled with imprisonment for assault | that 1 succeeded in keeping the peace, 1 at last | induced them to go away, first asking one of them ' for his “chapa,” or button, wich the crown and | arms of Charles VIL, which, worn on the voina, is | the distingaishing baage of the Carlists. This I quietiy proceeded to attach to my own boina, without paying the ea ae attention to my vi- | tuperative neighbors, This mcreased their ire tenfold, and for nali an hour 1 sat smoking my cigar and hsetening to a storm of invective and | | apuse against Cariism, which, misdirected as it | wae, proved exceedingly amusing to me, and | Which enlightened me considerably as to the richness of the German language of w certain kind, There could be no mistake as to their in- | tention, as they put on their glasses anu surveyed | me from head to fooi, while utterin: some of the most forcible adjectives, : ‘as consideravly astonished to learn snortly | afterward that one of these Germans was Herr Lindan, vhe German Consul at Bayonne. All 1 ; that that a Psd not hair igre + ye Pha guards. ey stop} walking up an » planted themselves Teaco in a corner of the room and stared at me in a way that showed they re- age me as a very hardened character, indeed. I had really been under sentence of death I would probably not have carmed it through quite so bravely. The commandant came in at last, | = Dag ing them there, sent them out of the EMBARKED FOR SAN SEBASTIAN. The vext morning, at five o'clock, we were called up. I was conducted down to the water's edge, tte under the guard of @ single soldier and | carried into a lighter which was to put us on board the small sailing vessel destined for San Se- | bastian. I now found out for the first time of what I had been suspected when arrested. I heard the soldier teli the captain o! the vessel that I was the Cariist artillery oMcer who had commanded | the battery of san Marcial. This did not hinder my being treated with great respect by everybody on board, as there were several peopie from San Sebastian and Fontarapia. In tact, | am inciined to think they hked me all toe better forit. The { | -QUADRUPLE SHEET. effect upon our | captain Of the vessel insisted on my taking coffee with him, and trom the way in which everybody | spoke of Don Carlos ag the *King,’’ even tn pres ence of the guard, I was convinced that they were | ali, the guard included, Carlists at heart, | ASHORE. | After five hours at sea we arrived at San Sebas- | tlan, On stepping ashore the captain o! the ves- sel, who had to show his books to tne police, went before us and iniormed everybody we met m a | very oMcious manver that 1 was a Carlist artillery oMcer. This did not. however, result in a howling mob shrieking after us, as a like occurrence would have resulted in France. On the contrary, al- though | Was a snbject of curiosity, there were no expressions of ili will, but rather 100kKs of sympa- thy and friendsmyp. in the first place I have every reugon to believe that most of the people at San Sepastiun are Carlist sympathizers; and, besides, do not beheve, from what | have seen, it is im the "Spanish = character to mob prisouers, as do the French. 1 was tirst conducted bejore the Judge of premieres instances, who assisted me, on the ground of my veing a stranger, to draw up my delence against the charge of threavening the Alculde, and was then | conducted to the Governor, who, as s00n as he looked at my passport, toid me “1 WAS FKEB? The Chief of Police was present, all bows and | smiles to me, which dia pot, however, hinder we Governor irom giving him a severe reprimand in my presence, it was now, however, too late to | start back to Hendaye, and so I went to @ hotel to pass the night. MISFORTUNE FROM THIEVES. It might naturally be thought that my adven- tures were atan end. And I thought so myself, ‘but luck would have it otherwise. The next day the sea was so rough that the steamboat plying between San Juan de Luz and Santander did’ not venture out. So I determined to return to Hen- daye by land through the Cartist lines, a very dan- ge\ ous proceeding, as the result proved, for 1 was | Tobbed of my watch and pocketbook, containing | 300 [rancs in gold, between the Carlist and repub- lican hoes, NEW YORK CITY. James Baylin, whose residence 1s No. 18 Charl- ton street, had his leg broken while be was at work on the steamer Greece yesterday aiternoon. He was sent to Bellevue Hospital, Herman Vetter, of No. 452 Hudson street, drove a butcher cart over and seriously injured George H. Smith, @ colored boy, yesterday morning. He was arrested and held to await the resuit of the child’s injuries, A defective fue caused a fire in the residence of Mr. Alfred Schermerborn, No. 34 East Twenty-third street, yesterday morning. The damage caused to the household property and the building is esti- mated at $2,600, James C, Davidson, aged forty years, a resident of Staten Island, fell into the hold of the schooner William M, Jones, at pier 17 East River, yesterday afternoon. He was painfully hurt about the body and on the head, He is at the Park Hospital. A youth named Benjamin Paris, of No. 56 Chrys- tle street, was run over yesterday by a wagon driven by Chris. Thedeman, of No. 385 madison street. He was injured internally, and was taken to the Purk Hospital. Thedeman was arrested and confined in the Sixth.precinct station, arly yesterday morning flames were seen on the third floor of the four story brick bnilding | No. 110 Leonard street, in the apartments occu- | ja by Clark & Carmichael, dealers in lace goods, he fire Was s00n extinguished. Messra, Clark & Carmichael estimate their loss at $5,000, Charles Dergan’s law office, on the second floor, was also | invaded by the fire, and @ loss of $50 occasioned, The cause of the fire is unknown. BROOKLYN. There were 419 arrests in Brooklyn last week. Abont 600 persons nightly find lodgings in the station houses of this city. Tax Collector Burrows reports bis receipts for the past week as having amounted to $604,757 85. Tne public school teachers were yesterday pata their salaries jor the montn of December. The amount thus disbursed by the city was $60,000, There was two and a half inches of ice on the lake at Prospect Park yesterday, but the Commis- sioners will not permit skating there until Friday | next, Christmas Day. There was skating on the | Capitoline Grounds yesterday. Next Wednesday a convention of delegates from the Thirteenth and Fourteenth wards will be held to nominate a Member of Assembly for the Sev- enth district, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Stephen J, Colahan. District Attorney Winslow appeared before Ican say is that he was very imprudent to coun- , Judge Moore, in the Kings County Court of Ses- course 0! balf an hour he came back in company with the Governor, but did not seem to bave said a word to him aboutus. They were all passing us without apparently observing our presence, when the Custom House officer suddenly remem- bered, called the Governor back and directed his attention to us, indignant at being treated in this way I stared at them both | without bowing or offering any observation at all. The Governor scanned us & moment and then quickly told the officer to let us return to France, turned on bis heel and walked on. THE OFFICIAL PUZZLE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. Our friend could do nothing for the moment but let us go. We therefore started back to the river, supposing it was allover. In this we were wo- fully mistaken. The Custom House officer, as soon as we had started, went eff in search of the Police, and before we were half way back to the river had overtaken os again, In the meantime | (had a pleasant little meeting, which complicated the situation somewhat. A miguelete, or volun- teer, stepped up to me and politely required to | know if I was the man who had commanded the Cariist butchery at San Marcial. As I had not the honor of this gentleman’s acquaintance and had never seen him before I naturally looked upon the question as a somewhat aorupt one, and I replied by quietly but firmly informing him that he was a pig, and that if he really thought | was a Carlist oMcer he would be afraid to address me such a question. Whereupon he waxed ex- ceeding wroth and performed a kind of war dance around me, keeping out of my reach, however— he fortunately did not have his gun with him— howling and trying to raise a mob. CITIZEN CURIOSITY. The people who saw the scene, however, would not resolve themselves into a mob. First, be- cause it is not in the Spanish character to do so, and, second, because they were nearly all Carlist sympathizers and took me for a Uarlst officer. A small crowd assem- bled, but they kept at a respectful distance and looked on quietly. My assailant at Jast rushed of, saying something about his gun, and we continued on our way to theriver. We had not reached half way, when we were again passed by our friend of the Custom House, accom- panied by two policemen, who stopped us and told us we would have to go back to the town, There ‘Was nothing to do but comply and we were again marched back, Just as we entered It we were met by an elderly gentleman in civilian clothes, who proved to be tue Chief ot Police, TO PRISON. He ordered us to be taken to Fontarablia, witn- out waiting to ask @ single question, To this Tobjyected, and a ively discussion ensued. I told him to, at least, look at Mr. Buckland’s passport. He refused to touch it and sald he knew very well who we were without a passport, and that there was nothing for it but to go to Fontarabia, and from there to San Sebastian. “Usted lo payara,” “you will pay it,” were my last words to him upon starting. And when I afterward had occaston to compare hig arrogant manner with the favoring way in which he treated me when ne found the Governor of San Sebastian had released me, begging my pardon, taking my hand in both of his and almost kissing it, I would bave formed a very low estimate of police nature, it 1 had not already bad very ded opinions on that subject. We were now ay led to the river by the police, where we got into @ boat and were rowed down to Fuenterrabia. The Chief of Police seemed to have his mind quite made up about us, tor when he met na he bad a lester in his hand ads ant of Fontarabia and informed us Very calmly | that he would wasn his hands of us and turn us | over to the custody of the military authorities, THE MILITARY MORE HUMANE. —— The commandant stepped forward, surveyea the room, and informed us very politely thai he would put us in @ room in the old castie, where we might order anything we wanted. We ac- cepted, of course, gladiy, feeling sure it could not be as bad as the place we were in: besides, J had every reason to believe that we would not iare badiy at the hands of the military authorities. We | accordingly stepped out of our dungeon and fol- | lowed the commandant. It was now about nine i cone in tbe evening, and the streets were quite ark. ANOTHER DUNGEON. We soon arrived upon # large square, on one side of which was a huge, sombre vuilding, that | looked a bundred feet high in the darkness, with- out a single window or other opening apparently | to relieve its sinister aspect. ‘There were a number | of soldiers, and officers, too, I thought, grouped about the piace in a Way that, with that nuge, | frowning structure, and bare, blank wall, had an | ugiy, not to say an ominous look. in the middie of the wal, however, was a low | semicircular projection or untinished tower, evi- | dently avery late addition to the wall, through which led @ narrow doorway. This we entered, | and found ourselves in the lower story of the | Castle, which, cut up by walls 0! unfinished stone- work, presented a very disconraging appearance. A broad, rough wooden stairway led us up to the | second, then to the third, then to the fourth, then to the fifth floor, The place was full of soldiers, whd could be dimly seen by the light of an occasional flickering iron lamp in all sorts of attitudes, some eating, some | cooking, some playing cards and others stretched | out on the floor asiecp. Arrived to the {ifth floor | with two windows looking out on the sea, over |; Which we could see in the darkness the regularly recurring flash of the Btarritz lighthouse, twenty miles distant, There Was not a stick of furniture in the room, but the commandant said ne would have two beds, & table and chairs put in, and we Might, besides, order anything else we chose. CONSOLATION. The first thing we did was to layin a supply of | Wine and cigars, which, with some coffee the | made us feel at home in our new quarters, besides putting us at ease with our guards, who accepted our cigars and drank our wine with much appar- ent satisfaction, alter modestly declining them for form’s sake. The commandant, not content with his order was fulfilled, and finding that on): bed bad been brought, sternly ordered tle Migue- lete, Who had been intrusted with the commission, to fe, and get another, despite the latter's assertion that no more were to be haa at the hotet. The Migueiete returned after a while with another mattress, but by this time his mind had become somewhat perplexed owing to copious iibations he had been indulging in with my money, and it was impossible to convince him that the two beds were incomplete when he had brought in only the second mattress, His efforts to con- vince the guard that everything was correct, and bis manner Of counting, supposed to be peculiar te gentlemen who haye been lookin upon the wine when it ts red, led us @ goo deal of merriment. ‘“f'wo Teases, two sheets, two pillows, two blankets, It was impossible to make him see there was only one blanket. He stoutly maintained there were two until at last the guard put bim under arrest-and sent another soldier for the required objects. AN ANGELIC APPARITION, It did not at all strike me as strange that the long expected attack upon Estella should take place in the Boulevard des Capucines in Paris; that the Cartist army shoulda be commanded by Bismarck and the liberal army by the Khan of Mhiva; that Don Carlos, the most trusted representative of the HERALD in Europe should ve taking active meas- ting through the first pews of the 3. that I should first be a liberal. jt, then both together atone and the same nor did it occur to me as being in the least pecuilar that I should jor this reason regard myself with extreme suspicion and take ti! Stringent Measures to prevent my esca| should look upon self a8 & Very dangerous character, owing to the fact that one of my be Son looked to the left and the other he rig! ® circumstance which twice as much as ordinary criminals, And when J had at las} spcceeded jn evading my OWA one | 810m came from his side, an | | | we were conducted into @ lofty vawited room, | | woman trom the other prison soon brought in, | ordering us beds, came an hour later to see that | tenance such a scene by his presence. The ag; had I not restrained my friends a squabble and broken heads would have ensued, in which Herr Lindan would not tial appeared in a very dignified or honorable ig! RETICENT FOR CAUSE. This was the circumstance respecting which I | dechmed to answer. as to Mr. Buckland, the oniy count against hig: was having read a de- Spatch the Spanish Consul was writing one day in the telegraph office in Henudaye. Apart irom | the fact tnat Mr. Buckland does not understand Spanish, the telegraph office is only sour teet | Squargqand there 1s only one little sheli on which to write, 80 that two persons writing despatches | at the same time are so close togetaer that it is impossible to Know whether they are reading each | other’s despaiches or not. I suppose the Spanish | Consul has charges of this kind against every jour- | nalist who Was in Hendaye during the late atfair. When our declarations were written out we were | asked to sign them, As there was really nothin; in them good, bad or indifferent, 1 signe: mmime-as correct, with the éxception ol several im- |} portant omissions. Mr. Buckland, however, y | properly refused to sign anything. They then leit | us With the comforting assurance that we would probably be sent to San Sebastian. | SAID TO BE FREE. The day wore sant ana we got no further | news from the outside world until nearly dars, when the Chie! oi Police came and informed us that, as far as he was concerned, we were free; | that Mr, Buckland might return to France as soon | as the Commandant should receive the order jor | his Mberation, which had been already made / out. As for myself I would have to go | to San Sebastian to answer to a civil process, | which the Alcalde had instututed against | me for having threatened to call him out, which he considered a very grave offence, There was | uothing for it, therelore, but to make up my mind | late to cross into #rance, Mr. Buckland had to re- | Sign himseli to passing another night in prisol Unused to being arrested he did not -take to this Kindly, He worried and fumed and stormed, and at last threw himself on the bed, refused to eat | any dinner and finally went to sicep. Form, 1 had been arrested too many times during | my career as @ correspondent to take the matter so inuch to heart, But there had, it must be confessed, many hitle disquteting things happened thts evening which a nervo' man might have been excused for ooking upon | extremely queer, not to say suspicious. ‘The new | guard which came tn ior tne night examined our ‘widows very closely, and there was some talk of fastening them up qnurely, although they were filty leet avove the ground. The sentinels camo fto ourroom and marched up and down with rigid faces, as though they had made up their minds not to be tampered with, whereas the night before they had noc come into our room at all. Considering that one of us was supposed to be free and the other only hela upon @ Civil suit, this had a@ strange look, ey furthermore examined our dinner very closely when it was brought in, and even tosisted upon looking into @ paper con taining a few cigars I had sent for. This certainly did not look as though we were going to be set at liberty early ta the morning, STILL ANXIOUS. Had I not deemed it utterly impossible 1 would have made up my mind that we Were to be shot av the break of day, dnd in fact I am now thoroughly convinced that our guards thought we were under sentence of th. But the most disquieting thing of ail the wi in which the woman who bt ht usin our dinner looked at us, She was evidently @ kind hearted, compassionate creature, and was pitying us with all her soui. She was almost crying, and ‘every now and ¢! she would heave along sigh and groan in a way tnat would bave veen extremely disheartening under certain circumstances, in order to astonish her by my coolness | asked her, with my mouth full of chicken, if she knew at exaculy wi hour we were tobe shot. She rolied up her eyes in horror and could not even find tongue to answer, and only articolated something about ite bei dreadful, I made a hearty and lighted a cigar ina calm and reflective way, as shot early next morning was & | e already sound ees although it was only nine o'clock, undressed leisurely, ot into bed, iit anotier cigar and puffed the smoke up to the ceiling ins way d to show the world I was in tne of migd imacinaplg, I could see i | | to go to San Sebastian, and, as it was already too | part, | sions yesterday and entered a nolle prosequi in each of the criminal suits brought against ete | Treasurer Cortland A. Sprague and Marvin T. Roaman, Deputy Treasurer. Coroner Whitenhtll was notifed yesterday to nold an inquest over the body or Jane Harriet Lieydell, | aged two years and six montis, who died at her | parents’ residence, No. 109 King street, from the | effects of purns received by upsetting @ pot of | boiling coffee over herself on Thursday last, William E. Robinson some months ago received | @judgment for $1,100 against the estate of the late ex-Mayor Kalbfieisch, for political aid ren- | dered. Yesterday the Supreme Court, General Term, rendered a decision reversing the judg- ment. It was held that the alleged agreement was against public policy. WESTCHESTER. dag An effort is being made to incorporate the vil- lage of Mount Kisco, on the line of the Harlem | Railroad, Since the recent disastrous fire at Katonah the all absorbing question among the citizens is how to secure a chemical fire engine. A felon on one of his thumbs recently resulted in the death of A. D, Bullock, who was formerly edi- tor of a Peekskill weekly newspaper. Rev. H. H. Hooper has been called to the rector: ship of Trinity chureh, Mount Vernon. The rev- | erend gentlemen will enter upon bis pastoral duties to-day, Major General James W. Husted, of the Fifth division, N.G.S.N.Y., has, as 1s understood, re- quested the resignations of all the brigadier gen- erals in that aivision, jor the purpose of consoli- dating it. The Board of Supervisors has refased to accept the assessment rolls of Yonkers until they have been verified upom oath by the assessors, a pro- ceeding toward which the Jatter evince a decided repugnance, The Mount Vernon Rifle Association provose offering & silver cup, valued at over $100, to be | shot for on the 25th inst, The prize will have to be | won three times before it can become the absolate property of the winner, The village of Mount Vernon has at length deeded a parcel of land to the New Haven Rall- road Company for depot purposes, whereupon the leading local organ exclaims in relation thereto, ‘It has been a long and severe struggle, and the people of Mount Vernon have great cause for rejoicing and congratulation.” For a better understanding | of the context it should be stated that induce- Ments held out from another source had almost determined the railroad company to move their passenger depot to a comparatively distant locality. ne NEW JERSEY. | The annexation of ali the northern townships of Hudson county to Jersey City is about to be vigor ously agitated again with a view to early action in relation thereto by the coming Legislature. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rall- road Company are determined to make their divi- dends come from some piace, so they have dis- charged upward of twenty more employés {rom the eal apoke at Hoboken, i Another sneak thiet was captured in Hoboken by James Lawson yesterday, as he was about to make away with sundry articles from 4 hardware store. In his el were found # skeleton key and other insignia of the burgiarious profession. A fire yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, burned out’the upper part of Mrs, Jonanna Brogan’s donbie frame house corner of s A and Beech stree Paterson, Somaate it to the amount of $1,600. ie bailding insared for $2,000 in the Hudson County (New Jersey) Fire | tory, as it never rests on the undeserving. 7 ICE YACHTING. The Thrilling Winter Hudson. Sport on the a SEASON OF 1874.-’75. History of the Poughkeepsie Ice | Yacht Club. Povenkerpsiz, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1874, In these December days, when the keen winds of the north whistle merrily down the Hudson, there is a thrill of pleasure in the breasts of our foremost citizens, and when the coo! days give | way to colder, and the mountains around and alar off are covered with depths of snow, and the broad river at our feet has put on its winter covering, all Poughkeepsie is glad, It verges even to the orink of Much excitement at such a period, for then the sport of ice yachting can be in- dulged in. This pastime, for downright, exciting pleasure—the very opposite of indolent bliss— cannot be surpassed. Day after day, with ice strong and solid and the wind blowing steadily, the members of the Poughkeepste Ice Yacht Club are in their glory. To them such weather brings gala times, and they lose uo chance to crowd into the period all the “crack” events of their favorite | recreation. much zest ‘There is just as mucn sport, just as in @ cracking ice-yacht race as there is in @ regatta of the New York Yacht Ctub under the most favorable circumstances, and the run from this city to New Hamburg, the club course, will be replete in as many enjoyable instances as the run to Sandy Hook Lightship, with rather more than a capful of Wind to fill the yachts’ bellying sails, ‘The position of Poughkeepsie in ice yachting Is not only honoraole in ttsel/, but derives additional value from the tact that supsemacy in this winter pursuit is a distinction on which many other | places in the United States and Canada have set their hearts, But 1or years every coimer has had to lower his pennant to the boats owned here, and It 1s safe to say Poughxeensie’s prestige and expe- rience is such thatshe willnot yive up whatshe has without 4 great struggie. For fiity or more years ice boats have been known on the Hudson. Rough, uncouth concerns, though they were—coustructea of common boards and joists, and using ordinary skates for runners, they were useful in their way. It is only within a jtew years the sport has reached the dignity of ice yachting. Little did Mr. Edward Soutnwick, now deceased, when he | built the first ice yacht of any nove owned in this city, in 1833, dream of the extent which this health-giving recreation would reach. Even the prominent ice yachtsmen of this aay are surprised. For, besides sister clubs om the Hudson, similar organizations are being formed in many parts of the country where ice and suitable courses abound, and each one outvieing the other in the construction of these racing machines, Following Mr. Southwick’s construction, Mr. Simon Wheeler, in 1845, on the same general plan as the former, but used pot metal runners, Foss Brothers some time prior thereto also built one of these yachts, and with it made a trip to Rondout and back in one hour; distance thirty-two miles. The speed attained seemed almost incredible, but both ice and wind were favorable, and the machine shot lightning-like on her way. Repeated construc- | tions were the result of this great ran, A. goodly fleet of ‘ice yachts was soon owned along the Hudson, and every winter of good ice wnd smacking breezes there were gala times on that nobie stream. In this manner, with novel constructions, now and then some fast turns of speed, and with rgces, matches and regattas, | the ice yachting amusement progressed until 1859, when new life apd new vigor were infused into the Ducleus which since formed the present club of this city, That year and in 1860-61 the Arctic, Una, Icicle and other yachts were built, each of which possessed many improvements upon the older ana ruder crait, yet retained in general the triangular In 1861 the Poughkeepsie Ice Yacht Club form, was organized, when the pastime received an tm- petus that has never since deserted it. From that period there have been many events worthy of reterence and the improvements of the yachts very marked, What was then insignificant is now clothed with greatness and success. True, there have been winters when the cinb nas had en- rolled on its books more yachts than now; but this is accounted for by the fact that many of the smaller boats have been disposea of to the New Hamburg Club, also a spirited or- Ranization, preparatory to butlding larger ones, | Yet the first good ice that comes will see upon the river a merry feet, sailed by men who know by experience what keen relish there is in the | amusement, and how pleasant it isto snatch a | prize irom an adversary’s grasp by sheer pluck and daring, With seasonable weather the present winter with the Poughkeepsie Club will be of unusual | interest. There will be the annual regatta, to be held at such time as the committee miy direct. | Then there will be the stirring events for the La- dies’ Pennant, to be competed for only by the eee of the cluo, which is held by each winning owt from year to year as the champion pennant, Again, there 18 the champion pennant of the Hudson, open all tee yacht clubs, Every season this race proves @ race indeed, the competitors coming from far and near, and the winger can joyfuliy boast of his ve- e- sides these attractions there are rumors that the home club and the New Hamburg organization will offer rer amounting to $2,000, open to all ice yachts in the United States and Canada, This would prove a popular regatta, and the contest- ants would be well watched and their merits fully noted. From its organization until the general meeting of this month—a period of thirteen years—Mr, Oliver H. Booth, a pioneer of the pas- time, held the office of Commodore, and dis+ charged the duties of the position with tact, lib- erality and ecathustasm. ‘The oMicers for the sea- son of 187475 are as follows, all gentiemen of Wealth, respectability and retinement:—Commo- dore, John Ho Roosevelt; Vice Commodore, Aaron Annis; Secretary, Richard W. Bailey; Treasurer, Guy CG, Bailey; Regatta Committee, Hudson Tayior, Henry 8 Frosh and William ©. Arnold, The sailing regulations are based upon those of the New York Yacht Club. The distinguishing signal of the club ts @ printed burgee, having a scariet fleld, without device, its width being one-hait its length, The Commodore’s yacht, when sailing, carries a broad pennant, biue ficid, without de- vice, There have been many memorable races in this vicinity between the ice yachts of the home ciub and those of the New Hamburg organization dur- ing the past four or five years. These events were replete with enthusiasm and greatly enjoyed by those fortunate enough to be able to join in them. Pleasantly the tme was een and the slightest allusion to the pecullar sport hich «some Poughkeepsie gentie- men have been wont to consider exclusively their own -cails forth reminiscences of the most entertaining character, From year to year im- provements have been made in the hd until now they are wonderful in their lightness, stitt- g are constructed hess, ornamentation and character. All ice yachts upon nearly the same pian, Their general prin- ciple’ 1s that of an equilateral triangie, but modifications and sitvht deviations from this form will Occasionally be observed. The wider part of the triangie is the bow ot the boat, aud the hull runs down tothe stern in a curved shape. Under the bow Is an arched runner plank, to each end of which ts fastened a ranner o! steel, and care is taken that these shall be well sharp- ened before entering into a race. Under the astern is a movable runner, set fore and ait, which does the duty of @ rudder and gudes the craft, The ball is but four or five inches ‘deep, and the cock pit 18 so shallow J Insuréace Company. 180 Of this ‘city, built an ice yacht | runner ike; also Ddetween the boat She is ene with @ ity and ity upon eracks oan rary possi, way n serene aha elegant, The speed of the Icicle hag bot been fully tested as yet, but there is no doubt that she possesses this great desideravum, She holds the champion pours of the Hudson, and the man and ice yacht to cluten it irom its present regs by ig believed up this way, will both have to be made, Peculiar yarns have been spun about the speed of ice yachts. Many of the stories have been made out of wuole cloth, and the incidents narrated existed only in the 1maginations of the narrators. Yet it must not be understood that ice yachts are | not tast. They are wonderfully so under some | cireumstances, and tney have been known to run over portions of the course {from | here to New Hamburg faster than an express train, The wind was northeast, Slowing heavily, | the Ice good, and the speea was made In tacking | to leeward, whicn ig the character of sauling | where ap inexperienced ice yachtsman will boi | bis breath, if ever. These crafts will sail closer to the wind than an ordinary yacht, and will beat to Windward an average of fifteen miles an hour. Similar to the yarus ofgreat speed are the storied | of the dangerous character of the sport, True, | those of herve make the best ice yachtsmen, Puc | such ob board these craft, and there 1s no safer | amusementin the world. You can control them | with the greatest ease, and only when they jibe | Goes the uninitiated catch his breath and wish to hurriedly return to the shore. It is unnecessary to further combat the groandiess stories of danger | Which have been circulated touching this sport, other than to say that ice yachtsqmen on the Hud- son at times take their families out sailing, | and the sport is greatly enjoyed by the ladies and childrea, There can be no question that this amusement | is the most exciting of the winter sports. lt will | captrally take the place ot summer yachting; and | i those who,lave to give up regattas and cruises because of the stern decree of winter will oaly once interest themselves in the novel pastime | they will never abandon 1t, Poughkeepsie is ad- abe situated to enable yachtsmen living in New York and Brooklyn to pareacipato in the recreation. The trains on the New York Central | and Huason River Raliroad are well suited for | those who wish to leave your city in she morning and return at night, with time sufficient for a cap- ital sail, You can leave Forty-second street depot | at half-past ten A. M., obtain an excellent luach, | be on your ice yacht three or four hours and back | in New York by seven o’clock in the evening. Men, capable and reliable, are to be found near | the depot, who will have @ nice yacht in readi- | at short notice on moderate terms. An ice | yacht 1s not expensive. A boat, with @ frame | twenty-five feet long, can be constructed and | fitted complete for $600, They seldom get out of | Order and the cost of repairs 13 inconsiderabie. | _The time 18 not far distant, in the opinion of | Well informed yacntamen, when the Pough- keepsie Ciub will have some of these craft en- Tolled in its large Meet that will be owned by gen- | temen who in the summer months live on the water, THE CHRISTMAS OF THE POOR, A NOBLE ANSWER TO THE APPEAL OF 6T. JOHN'S GUILD. In all the world there is no more charitable a ' people than those who are residents of New York, Of course the appeal of St. John’s Guild for aid always carries a force that allows of no hesitation, because it never comes save in the hourof most | extreme need. But the prompt, cheerful and generous reply ithas received shows how thor- oughly our people are moved by right influences, Yesterday, at the Guild, showed something of the silver lining which clouds that lower over as, like | those in the present, will sometimes present. | Carriage alter carriage rolled up to the | Guild doors, and, thougn most of them brought only words and promises of good cheer, some contained bundles of cloth ‘ing and orders for food, to be furnished during the coming. week, that gave encourage- ment to those busily at work inside the building. | Ladies from all the fastionable quarters of the upper part of the city worked steadily in the sew- ing room and spoke enthusiastically of the under- taking in which they are engaged. The outer | Foom was as usual crowded to overflowing by applicants for work and applicaits for bread. | And oftentimes, too, some poor mother | went a ‘ay disappointed because the Guild bas ; Bot yet its storeroom filled with flour and corn- | meul and oatmeal as in former winters. But | doubtiess another week, as it orings cheer to happy homes with the coming of Christmas ume, will add to the comforts of the poorer classes, and make many voices glad to join in Curistmas carols, ‘The following list will show with what prompti- tude the appeal ot the HERALD lor St. John’s Guild | has been answere: | J, H. Brower. $25.00 K. 10 00 Cash. 5 00 Gierk, for Wits ea | Clerk, for widows, Mire it, Dodge. fe 10» | Fred Butterdeld: 2 0 BM. G 10 Paul Br 20 J. L, Little & 60 + 100 00 | John Feely... 10 ow. a 20 Es athe 0 seee eoseeseces: 8 rs. . Barry, one e Ki it thin: one barrel of potatoes. pitta eres Mrs Butterick, one package of clothing. . 5, Allien, ohe piece of inerino. | aoe one large package ot men’s and boy's f J. W. Gerard, one package of clotni: L. Witty, one peckage of clothing A. O. Chapin, one package of clothing. Palmer Bros, six new quilts. Anonymous, one package of clothing, Mr. Groves, one package of clothing. E. A. Burt, thirteen pairs of new shoes. 8. E. D., oe bundle of clothing, THE SCHOOL TEACHERS, | THR ANNUAL RECEPTION OF THE TEACHERS’ | ASSOCIATION AT STEINWAY HALL LAST EVEH- ING. Steinway Hall was crowded last evening to its utmost capacity by an audience consisting in great partof ladies and gentlemen who are em- ployed as teachers in the public schools, The occasion which caused the gatnering was the annual reception of the School Teachers’ As- socia‘ion, On the platform were Mayor Vance, Whitelaw Reid, Tax Commissioner Wheeler, Comp , troller Green, Alderman-elect Samuel A. Lewis anda large number of other gentlemen more or less prominently connected with the city and | County government, Mayor Vance presided. He made no set speech after the meeting had been called to order, but simply contented himself with introducing Mr. Whitelaw Reld in a graceful and complimentary | way. Mr. Reid, who was quite enthustastically greeted when he came forward to speak, made a neat little speech, which was mainly an effort to convince the Board of Apportionment that the people o/ this clty—the tgx-paying people—did not want | THE TEACHERS’ SALARIES reduced; in fact, were dead set against any at- tempt atareduction. He said the Board could economize in various Ways, and it was not neces | Sary that the teachers, who worked 80 hard and thfully for the small comparative pay they did get, should be the sufferers because economy ' had to be exercised. There were unoccupied streeta in the neighborhood of Kingsbridge that were more brilliantly lighted than Broadway at night, and he believed that {t the gas in those streets Was shut om tor & week, tor 1t was not neoded there, the money now spent for it could be used to pay the teachers’ salaries. He argued to show that some of the teachers were no better paid than hod carriers, and he for one was of the opinion that persons who were deemed worthy of teaching the | chudren-of tne city should be well paid. He pro- tested against apy reduction in the teachers? salaries and hoped the Board of Apportionment ; Would see to it that no reduction was made. | There was TY OF ROOM FOR REFORMS | in some of the branches of the city governmen' aud he thougnt the public iuterests would be bes! | conserved by the Board economizing An some other way than in cutting down the pay of teach- ers, who were aircady, a8 a rule, much underpaid, Alter Mr. Reid’s address the regular exercises of the evening were begun, in which the following rsons took part :—Miss Maria Brainerd, et me iss Anka K. Buckley, contralto; Mr. Arthur Tt | Hill, tenor; Mr. Alfred F. ShaumMler, basso; Mr. Caryl Florio, accompanist; Miss Lina Luckbardt, pianist. Protessor Lewis B. Monroe Also gave readings All the exercises were highly interest. ing, and the overiney enjoyment seemed to be | thoroughly appreciated by every one present, that the belmsi at ye | fice (adil Lo one * aiivand tuerouds are genet baa =a ib and the surou 4 ally of anized From the coek pit, Which | On the 15th inst, the solemn cerems of iat reg orion fas anal arse tPee, won took place at st. Catrie's Gonent who wish to oxperienve” sue keen sensations at- | Mercy, East Houston street, of one of the novices tending & sail. who had completed her term of noviciate. The can- Lge and tiny concerns of fifveen years 260 | aidate was MaryAnn Regina McGean, who assamed have given Mis to those of great, wlze, a es of | pe i re oti Mary Bares strength and elegance of finish, There is One now | me mame thi igion ca iy bmans. in the Poughkeepsie club that has attracted much ie ceremonies Were, a8 usu: age attention and@ caused not a little comment. It | deeply impressive. The Most — ie belo! to Lommodore Roosevelt and is double | McCloskey officiated, a! ed by # ey we ee Oe’ Jaca) “foot An “length; | georetary. ‘ihiere were present a large Widen “Or frame, feet; distance between | the friends of (he young novice and i" ei f runners, 28 feet; length of forward runners, | the jollowing:—Pathers po al A 7 feet 6 inches; length of bowsprit, 25 feet; lengen | Edwards, Boagane O'Farrell, ce ay, Joree, a of boom, 42 feet; ien, of mast, 32 feet, Sne is | arty, Kane, ag} and McGean, ther called the Icicle, a name always retained by Com- | the Candidate. e Archbishop @ most modore Roosevely ‘the yacht spreads 226 square stoqeesy discourse, Cat wg’ i Se nti mad seed" apis | here ne cat ho ei, ae ap pow! . r are placed between the rane ie iH conclusion be imparted bis solemn RARediCNaMs