had with Rigault. the Rues Auber and Halevy, where it was chiefly conducted. refused to fraternize. the gaps, but a discharge of chassepots wounded some and i~t: MacMahon, attended by his staff, left Versailles for the an irritated crowd, dissatisfied with itself, badly led, April of the same year. angelic face, and his extreme youth, had moved all his He was immediately conducted before General de Cissey, " Before advancing, officers and men, heated by the march, arms, and of the population, rushing on the soldiers, By BENSON J. LOSSING. crowds to the voting places; another appointing com, Page 77 They fled the enceinte you will rally round'the national flag, in would have been the greatest losers by this unjustifiable on the regulars as they themselves were suffering. " C'est Dombrowsci." under the directions of Generals Ladmirault, Clinchant, that of the Chateau-d'Eau, of the Place de la Bastille. And the crowd stood round same time into a manufactory at Grenelle, and went "0 C. LRIIc, (Here the voice of the speaker faltered mob in 1848, and the Galerie de Diacne, the Imperial dining room. 18 THE PARIS COMMUNE. A COWARDLY INS UR G E.T. " This beautiful building, happily uninjured to-day, is an ordered the destruction of the Column Vend6me. Among the other letters were several orders for the The saddest spectacle, perhaps, to be seen in Paris is on In the mornin'g the noise of the firing approached sensibly Vive la France! At seven in the morning the columns of Versailles soldiers took the route along the Seine, in the direction of Fleeing in disorder, and thrown back "The Archbishop then spoke of his sister, who had "This evening, at six o'clock, an order was given to the Before everything it de MacMahon. with him his two children, one eight and the other ten The stock of arms was soon exhausted, and the late-comers had to content themselves At it was opposed by the National Guards, who stood at The column was surmounted by a collossal bronze statue of Napoleon I, 11 fcct high, in a Whole bucketsful of petroleum the gate the destruction of property was even greater, for Gozlin and Bonaparte. the time to return to reason. By JoHN "It was no time for hesitation. Ziegler, who commanded the first detachment of the He developed in a few Sunday the 21st, to Sunday the 28th-there was not a "Federation of the National Guard: their bullets if the gas was not immediately discharged. On January 8th, 1864, he became Grand Almoner of end is close at hand." Its by the Abbe Duguerry in person, and will show how the The centre, north and south wings of the Tuileries were quitted Paris immediately after the nomination of this morning; may it be a salutary one! But, alas! Without any reply to M. Thiers listened The gratification of this feeling of Great We are happy to be 'Judge first, then condemn, then execute. The advantage round the walls of Paris, for one or two PAGE Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 00. to fifteen years, and Vanostat to ten years imprisonment; the press, which stigmatized the movement of the Committee as the act of communists, pillagers, and insurgents; another implored the citizens of Paris to repair in in Algiers the daughter of Rear-Admiral Rigodit, commlanding the marine. majority-Decrees in the Official Journal-Insurrectional embrace us, and let peace be made.' of a row of Gatling guns, which showered such a continuous and merciless hail of bullets upon the unprotected This bombardment was foreseen, and had excited most Reparation of public buildings 1,000,000 and which, for my part, I never approved-if one of these The army of Versailles occupied the fort during the afternoon, and at once opened trenches to cut off all communications with the interior, and prevent a surprise. towards the Buttes Chaumont, attacking this position in The gravity of events gave to this assembly an unusual importance. ranks of their army, took by force all citizens capable of Eastern Shore of the Caspian, to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand, performed in the Year 1863. Clinchant. the prison; and in answer to my suggestion that I should Vermorel, member of the Commune, was taken wounded surrounded by barricades, where the insurgents endeavored to force them to take part in the struggle. The Central Committee was perfectly correct in its Its agents set fire to the cartridge manufactory on the The. to fire, and then advancing as before. Numerous battalions had been massed within the ramparts of Clichy and Batignolles, the artillery-men were at the insurgents was repulsed. to break the lines and disarm the National Guard. This hospitable house was well known to the soldiers, Paris, very important concessions from the National Assembly, concessions which ought to have satisfied any true fortune. Nevertheless, the moral effect was considerable. republican, concessions that were all which the Central his intelligence and patriotism. The fort of Vanves, however, From that The insurgents continued to carry out the conscription overthrow the insurrection, and bring back affairs to their 475 Vetzel, commandant of the southern forts (German). over the spot in majestic form, and floated slowly away towards the southwest. He was passing Eugene Barracks to the Bastille. met every day, but each time in a different place, having two hundred, and the demands for reinforcements had they were kept for public festivals. 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $3 00. prison, where he remained several days before it was which issued from the Rue d'Ulm at the same moment. intensity, when the soldiers, advancing by the Rues Soufflot, Cujas, and Mallebranche, attacked the barricades in presenting so many difficulties. could be considered as vanquished. discussion of an arrangement." He was finally named captain "' you are entreated by your love of peace, by your own wellbeing, by the well-being of all France, not to prolong indefinitely the duration of this state of things. "thrown out of the window;" however, it consented to Some furious individuals seized their muskets, and an officer's sword was wrenched from him. For the second time they were driven back who-has left six children, died a victim to duty, and the cities of France suffered severely in this artillery battle, possession of the Faubourg Saint-Antoine as far as the Edited by OLINTRnUS seizing his executioners by the throat, biting them, in M. Thiers The general idea, however, prevailed that it was either caused by an accident or the fall carry their point by force. General Douay, commanding the Fourth Army Corps, All the members of the Commune were placed at the top of the mostly to the old administration. The Boulevard Magenta, about a mile and a quarter in They were taken, and M. Thiers was exceedingly moved when he heard of the We said yesterday in the National Assembly that we against Belleville had driven the insurgents almost mad. mattress upon which he was lying; he was dead before These two piles of buildings were completed and harmonized under the second Empire. will be arrived at to-morrow; and next we must beware another by Seurre, in which the great Emperor was represented standing on a heap of cannon-balls, dressed in his'costume de bataille.' The resistance in the neighborhood of the Hotel de the Avenue de Latour-Maubourg, in the building of the While shots As all these societies in Europe are political, Valerien. illusions on that point. Is it the national defence? illuminated. to the Commune, was due the State. the attack of the Pantheon, in combining a double movement of approach by the Place Medicis and the Rue The most sanguine of the partisans of the Commune could not contradict it when it the victualling of the capital, or fire on that Paris which OFFICES, &C.-CIOERO O ORATORY AND ORATORS.-TACITUS (2 vols.). Vanves were being presented to the National Assembly. step by step, piercing holes for musketry in the houses threatened to fire on the insurgents at the gate, but did M. Arnaud believed he had no occasion to give any explanations, as, in speaking of delegation, he recognized no He reminded By his M. Adam and M. Loiseau-Pinson, both former members He and his hope, although all had resolutely offered the sacrifice of of a Communist-Fate of the Members of the CommuneBillioray-Gambon-Eudes-Okolowitch-Mathieu-Varlin-Jourde-Johannard-La Cecilia-Treilhard-Paschal seconds after six shots resounded. the writer said, " Your game is easily divined; you were, Versailles Captain-Speech of M. Thiers in the AssemblyCombats on the Boulevard du Chateau-Proclamations of O( N Sunday the 21st of May, the troops between the Thiers is a chemist, he will understand us. (Loud cries of " Vive la Commune! " entirely abandoned by the Troops-Public Buildings the access toBelleville and Pere Lachaise. body was then abandoned until it should be carried away of the cannon never ceasing for a moment. The Deputies met again at ten o'clock in the evening Third American yet all these conflagrations were, thanks to the promptitude of the military operations, but partial incidents in a Hear the truth which we tell you in all The equestrian statue of Louis XIV once stood on the Bonjean, and a number of other worthy men. 89 "Considering that the House known under the name orders with his revolver in his hand, and who appeared site of the.column,, but was overturned by the sans-culottes. asked Brioncel. company with my private secretary, Mr. McKean, I then 298 THE PARIS COMMUNE. 2 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $14 00; Sheep, $15 00; Half plotters to judgment before France and before the world." 66 THE PARIS COMMUNE. The news of this defeat soon becoming known at headquarters, a much more powerful force was directed towards blame, but I could not dishonor. 304 THE PARIS COMMUNE. Since appreciating it. a mass of ruins, while the surrounding houses were horribly maltreated. surrender Fort Issy was a young man-an officer in the Page 428 944 pages, 8vo, Cloth, $6 00; Sheep, $6 50. Page 469 the line, a portion remained to watch the elements of disorder which might still exist in the upper streets of the In fact, that problem is a very interesting one to examine. division was suddenly invaded by a strong detachment It was rumored that one million example, followed the Commune, and we were able to In that serious conjuncture the Government, not wishing to engage in a sanguinary encounter in the streets of Paris, and considering ~tJ Z':.i ::'~::::::::: CHAPTER XII. At three A new battery from Mont Valerien opened This collective declaration of the Paris journals does The Government attempted to take our At the same time,, shouts were raised we have obtained the confidence of 215 battalions, it is were loud in the denunciations of the Government. Notwithstanding the violences of which the insurrectional government had proved itself capable, no one believed that they would go so far as to assassinate the hostages. information; and on both occasions, in spite of me, you Cluseret-His Arrest-Rossel appointed to the War The poor little mirror remained, but Bi (li 13 IKBWSKI fired first on the crowd. Ignorance is abominable-are, in fact, the reprisals of despair. You are about to commit a great These positions being taken, the barricades were attacked vigorously, both in front and flank, and were unable to hold out, although their principal position, the " Where does he live?" you did not hesitate, although the horizon was already The Arrived in presence of the General, the individual acknowledged that he had, in fact, served under the Commune, and that lie had been charged with the execution In the Mazas prison, early on the morning of the 25tl, the most ridiculous interrogatories. of eight distinct batteries, viz., two at the park of Pozzo into Paris-Report of General Cluseret-Battery at Trocadero-Marshal de that Grenelle and Auteuil were considerably damaged, also shot. was hourly being reinforced, and the head of the Executive " In the second place, it will have to assure the free made us the same offers of aid. put to death." 4. number of their own followers in them, so as to lead the became animated and almost gay. your frocks, turn up your sleeves, lay your hands upon explain the object of many of his public acts: was declared incompatible with -the era of peace and good, Page 262 " The fort of Montrouge and that of Hautes-Bruyeres all the approaches to which were barricaded or pierced for 3.-Citizen Fontaine, Delegate for the Domains, the command of Marshal de McMahon, was as follows: Chatelet-English journals-Les Moulineaux captured by the troops-Attack on Neuilly-Reported cruelty of a Versailles captain-Speech of M. the disorder contrasting sadly with its solemn and peaceful Here M. Thiers was interpellated Expenses of the Commune. 52,000,000 Our troops are fortify, Page 159 delegate by the Commune. Arrived at the top of the steps he stood facing the soldiers, when an officer obliged him to turn his face towards He left the matter in the hands of the President, and The streets surrounding the Place de la Bastille were of a cart. was led out into the gallery, and descended by a windingstaircase, near the chapel, into the court which serves as a remarked that he was making very free with the liberty Orange. upon the investing army. under the impression of the fear which maddened him, a The gate their own men, who stood with bayonets fixed to check " The column was covered with Valentin, a former colonel of gendarmerie, a man of fine The Commune once on the point of making an attack, when a sharp fusillade universal suffrage. Federals towards the Rue de Crimee, the volunteers of others very bad. But this No. Marshal of the first Napoleon of the same name. having made a speech at one of the sittings of the Commune, in which he declared that that body was going beyond its legal powers, and that it had no right to march "The number of victims is estimated at more than a a when the real nature of the accident became known, as The capture of the fort of Issy is, however, sufficient against the bridge also failed under the fire of the guns flaming, which rendered the smoke denser and denser, and readiness. risk. In this attack they gave proof of the greatest may apply for his extradition. return to their homes within forty-eight hours, after that notwithstanding the obstacle which is presented by the The " Citoyen" R6gere had given the Page 32 of these were women. When one had read these announcements, he would say At the then beat a retreat, setting fire, on the way, to a large One fell at the libraries,to their eternal shame and our eternal grief. Come to us! had belonged for two days to the legal Government. the Porte Bineau were each firing in the direction in the same time as that ordaining the destruction of the Henri Rochefort has been arrested at Meaux!" d'Ulm. on the 30th of March the preparations were completed, ASSI IS ARRESTED. of the line, a battalion of the 17th chasseurs a pied, and on Rue Piat with one piece of cannon, on Rue Delamarre, and the body placed upon them wrapped in a red flag. introduction of regular troops into the city-rights which might choose the most favorable opportunity for a general NO ARMISTICE YET. to imbue the waning spirit of Paris with new life. fitted out with crimson carpets. stroke from his sabre. If he is given up, I At their approach, the National The Commune, in its proclamations, boasted of having Had a breath of air been stirring, the here to shoot these men, not to insult them." Jules Favre-Mistake made by Jules Favre in Signing loudest manner; the women fled to the Chapel of the was waiting toward Asnieres came to the rescue, and, "This crowd is ferocious," said Paschal Grousset. stir of unhallowed feet, and the spring sunshine streams They do, Page 75 established at the Saint-Lazare Station and at the Louvre, these senseless men that civilization is not provoked and removed to Belleville-Erection of Barricades-Occupation of Montmartre by the Troops-Mismanagement shown The insurgents, established in the vast buildings of the The 161st battalion was nearly was placed upon the column. OF THE CITY. to be transmitted; if he had need of anything. between you and a representative of the insurrection against that of his neighbor, that he "should like to place and the words " Assassins!" several of the leading citizens of Paris, encouraged by the different humanitarian mottos. Page 166 any." 54 THE PARIS COMMUNE. the tender care of her mother had been able to alleviate. Telescopes, field-glasses, prove from what sources he had drawn the sums which he was precipitately evacuated by the insurgents. months, the Commune of Paris had showered upon the were placed in action by the inhabitants of the neighborhood. (No! M. Le Sach6 placed himself at the head of this "PASCHAL GROUSSET, "' It was A similar destination was assigned