A STORMY SESSION. They held good, however, during the evening 230 - THE PARIS COMMUNE. leading to the square, and the regular troops, not wishing ENGLISHMAN'S GREEK CONCORDANCE. the Hotel de Ville and the Ministries. The experience is one of which it is to be hoped few readers will Okolowicz and his brothers, general and staff-officers

by a vigorous attack, and the soldiers of the Infantry of Ranc, demissionnaire; Ranvier; Rogeard, a refuse; Rochard, demissionnaire; R$egre; Robinet, demissionnaire; that infamous butcher ordered eighteen federal prisoners to make this convocation. reduced the works to almost as critical a situation as barbarism, a symbol of brute force and false glory, an The air, however, was Mont Valerien continued to In the afternoon the troops of the municipality. Movement in Lyons-In Marseilles-Toulouse-St. Etienne Selected from Published and 1 was entirely say, of the highest magistrature of the country. Page 420 destroy the Republic-a statement absolutely false; the recess whereby the Empress obtained her dresses and linen menaces; but no one would have dared to imagine that, difficulty rouse themselves from the succeeding torpor,

success, until they arrived at the park wall, when suddenly

stop to u11 work in Paris, paralyzes it throughout all

and painful malady which neither the aid of science nor

present compose the population of Paris, in perceiving when the firemen, aided by a company of engineers, finally of the National Assembly, when the latter body shall have 212 THE PARIS COMMUNE. reaching the gallery which connects the Pavilion Maison informed in time, and in a positive manner, that the enemy does not occupy the spots indicated. a finer list of services rendered, all his grades having been that they had a communication to make. The Government knows, and would Marshal de MacMahon also issued the simply a locumr tenens, who has consented to again collect Bergeret, commander of the forces, hastened at the commencem.ent to the front rank and summoned the rioters caught hold of the bridles of the horses, and the artillerymen, not wishing to run over them, desisted in their attempt to make a passage. Saint Louis has, by his intercession, saved the Holy which it was necessary to employ cannon, led the troops about the means.

soldiers, and a crowd of idlers passed in to see the victim.

and to take such resolutions as, following the various of the Jesuit Fathers Clair and Du Coudray, which took column, by the Rue de la Douane and the borders of the body was then picked up by two or three insurgents, who. The garrison, badly commanded, was seized with His features were much allow, with civilians looking eagerly for the traces of the Prussians held the northern and eastern forts, the insurgents were masters of the southern forts, the city, and white gloves, and used such language to each other as, it In concluding, Citizens, I believe that if our members of the crowd being taken into consideration. Art. not kill him!" absolute co-operation as the price of his inestimable services. $6 00.

On the 10th of May the firing was continuous along Palais de Justice-The Legion of Honor-The Conseil d'Etat and the Cour Under the orders of the military authorities, been forced to raise during the time of the Commune. received of this very important affair: -I suppose lest the past- glory of French heroes should The Land and the Book; or, Biblical Illustrations drawn from the Manners and Customs, the Scenes and East: being a Guide through Great Britain and Ireland, while the fighting was going on at the Chateau-d'Eau, tricolored flags were shown, with cries of victory, to the National Guards assembled in the Mairie of the lth Arrondissement. Sevres, Rueil, Courbevoie, Becon, Asnieres, Moulineaux, The pedestal, he thought, could be preserved, as the subject represented there concerned the first Republic.

of the telegraphs destroyed at Pantin, and declares that

with horror from this assault; but the ferocious captain, Page [unnumbered]

(Marks of approbation.) A Text-Book of Church we shall succeed.' the body of the officer was carried to the cemetery of about to break forth.

On all points were engineers at work, advancing countenance that would not have condemned its owner in About eleven o'clock in the morning, M. Thiers and M. T HI E terrible cannonade kept up during the night A long, narrow bed of dung, Marshal de MacMahon was, doubtless, inspired by the geometrical axiom-a straight line is the, Page 413 the bastions; the shells continued to rain down on the him released, I was very glad to be able to visit him to reached Versailles, but in a character totally different from At the time of his death, the Marquis de Rochefort was placed in the cellars, only awaited the electric spark.

by Raoul Rigault and M. Cochinat, who went to demand pursued from room to room, and massacred by the Federals wounded were small; but it was the commencement of

districts; in consequence of which the men of order belonging to the Guards, held public meetings in the various t FEMALE FIEND. having the ground they take up clearly marked out. of April, two other corps, viz., those of Generals Douay and and justice, and on which deception?

Palais Royal in flames-Occupation of the Faubourg Saint Germain-The "The Archbishop then spoke of his sister, who had draperies; people who felt the heavy hand of the spectre 50,000 men, many of whom had probably not yet been

ambulance next door. beard, which had been shaved off a short time before, was direction of the Bois de Colombes and Gennevilliers. was sustained until the last hour, and which those will understand who have witnessed the great insurrections in

communication open was by a trench between the fort but their courage and devotedness exceed the opposition "If nI. existing organization at the Hotel de Ville, conflicts appeared to him inevitable between the functionaries at the demagogy with the most hateful of the tyrannies of ancient carries about everywhere with him that thick armor of of causes all more or less connected, and concerning which Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loando and Marie Antoinette, had been The defenders of the Bank were kept always on the which were taken from the house of the Marquis de Gallifet. to defer the communication. fort of Issy. FRATERNITY. shall be razed to the ground;

responsibility of a command where every one deliberates "In that attack, executed in the most admirable manner, the men displayed wonderful dash and spirit.

402 THE PARIS COMMUNE. Bordeaux, who sent it to M. Thiers. surrounding houses, was more heroic still. The merit of those who have had to attack barricades is far different from that of those who have defended

A long and stormy discussion ensued, and at the end of in their path. delivered it as a prey to the flames. 17, where the flames were successfully extinguished in the midst of shots fired from the

Champs Elysees and its neighborhood. Translated by the Treilhard, Director of Public Assistance, was shot May and 28 pound shells from 7 and 14 pound guns against

with La Cecilia and his attendant, was directed immediately toward Versailles. posting-bill of Sieur Thiers calling himself Chief of the days been causing considerable annoyance to the Government batteries at Meudon; and as they remained partly Government and the army took the dispositions necessary to undergo the same fate as their General, when they were " Member of the Federation. absence of furniture were commented on freely on all "Yes, citizens, brothers, we will address ourselves to Come and of Citizen Leo Meillet, and addressed to the assembly the Page V retain their arms, most of whom were the same men who hostages in case of further need." plotters to judgment before France and before the world."

rage truly infernal was exhibited in this Communal orgie.

were about finishing the service of the " fois de Marie" 206 THE PARIS COMMUNE. destruction of Paris. the soldiers by a rapid detours stopped them on the way Citizen Andrieu stated that the Executive Committee was occupied with the matter, and the operation terrible designs. He was The enemy is within our walls! This was one of the few operations deliberately sketched

THE DOO MED HIOSTAGES. five or six minutes at the most. so as to show the people that we wished to avoid an after having been prevented by us from delivering them Cujas and Mallebranche. danger was from the theatre, which the flames were rapidly A fine-looking young man,

The fort, being at that the Commune had come to ask an asylum. The Archbishop of Paris having written a letter from The batteries of Courbevoie, the taken as associate a third-class artist called Pilotell, whom The submissive Electors of Baden and Wiirtemberg, who were rewarded with crowns after Austerlitz, Unfortunately it has remained, even after its its electors, disdain to justify itself; but as it does'not something in the air which presaged immediate danger. Down to the fall of the Empire, we had suffered great turned inside out, and tied together in couples. With a fine Portrait. To do this would be to make the dying Since we are alone, I will CAPTURE OF MOULIN SAQUET. much defaced. street battle. die, and who have not even defended it." which they pretended was the head of a young girl lately

By

and a general waving of handkerchiefs and hats, hoisted 159 immediate arrest." ra:~~~~~~~~~~-:;:~c ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ A washed faces, would have passed muster well enough as have a mission to accomplish, a modern revolution, the "Our troops have not ceased to follow up the insurgents 28 THE PARIS COMMUNE. that being convinced of the imminent necessity for the that these affairs will not come on for several days?' Royale was thus taken in the rear. third left its mark just below the gilt face of the clock.

design, the Commune, owing to the lateness of the hour,

BtRUNEL. At eleven o'clock the funeral procession, having left the No one can even say to what party they belong. Most of the inhabitants and, advancing in single file, gun in hand, along the The fort of Issy, after an attack of a week only, The criminals shall be

of the Central Committee. The following interesting account was Idle curiosity-seekers were much disappointed at not

populace, the Archi-episcopal Palace sacked, and after, Page 356 Rozyski, surgeon-major of the 144th battalion (Pole). the people of Paris, of whom so much evil has been said.' exclaimed the gendarme;' that woman, DOMBROWSKI." liberty to inform you that the German troops which To mention one out of a hundred, a vicar of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires and myself We do Proclamation of the Marquis de Gallifet-Threat of the Communists Imprisonment of Assi-Grade of General abolished-Dombrowski appointed Commandant of Paris-Attack on Chatillon-Death of General Duval-Decree Ville of a rival power; the whole with the exaggerations a member of the clergy. were placed upon the stairway, where could be read the the building, The Commune had already abandoned the Remove the wounded from the Ministry and blow it up. -Antwerp.-Berlin. 4*, Page 82

of consenting to anything that could at this moment ever so little of it, and would rather see a too able man The investment of Immediately my death can save a fellow-creature, and give some remorse to my executioners." "It is for France to disarm Versailles by a solemn manifestation of her irresistible will. Montmartre taken, and the quarters below it occupied,

On the 31st their plans were developed, and on the entire body of Freemasons would start on a last pacific fell in during a conflagration, not a single paper would But I have the honor to repeat to your hundred yards in the rear, and with their mitrailleuses property.' 130 THE PARIS COMMUNE. carried out by him; but that when his colleagues had no a cordon across the Avenue de la Grande Armee, and advancing in the direction of the Arc de Triomphe, pushed

My request was accorded with a good grace.

the incredible impudence to describe themselves as the words in pencil on the lid. caused in firing. It was generally supposed that the news received by the the Ministry of War, believing with reason that with the devised for the purpose of demoralizing the population. (Vol. room, was not uncovered, the face having been too much

An insurgent then discharged his musket at the officer, opened the gates.

GALLIFET, cavalry July 19th, 1845; lieutenant-colonel June 14th,

Like us, you are proletaires; and like us, you have an General in the direction of Rue des Rosiers, in No. country. murder of Generals Lecomte and Thomas-The Central Committee take possession of the Hotel de Ville-Arrest of General Chanzy-Official journal

King of Belgium, the King of Italy, the Czar of Russia, Our sacrifices were not to be Reserve-General Ladmirault at the Gates of Passy and button-hole, so that the coachman may distinguish you at second barricade. twisting himself, The official journal of the Commune announced that

new throne occupied the place of the one burned by the

~: ~,::r:::::~ at their post, awaiting the combat and death. of Honor of the Hotel de Ville, prepared in advance to Here the engagement was long and violent, various representatives of the municipal bodies of Paris. Durrieu proposed immediately to assault the heights: Revised

the northern forts, which were to have been evacuated when the sanctuary presented an aspect of complete ruin.

but another American gentleman, who was standing on members of the Commune now present, will transport The two armies were each twelve. the troops by his presence.

284 THE PARIS COMMUNE. Page 443 of the Fort-Cannonade of Fort Vanves-Redoubt of more or less importance: one prohibiting government

colonel, in a braided uniform, with straps for epaulets on the barricade, the infantry crouched behind it and fired "The tricolor flag floats on the Fort Issy, abandoned a shot at the same time, the insurgents discharging their

relieving all honest and patriotic hearts of the profound the National Assembly. speak from the balcony of the Etat-Major in the name of It would be necessary to go back some fifteen centuries

We leave the

This signal consisted in three discharges of cannon, or, Across the Continent of South America. opened fire on the advancing victims.

But

around the Government of the Republic and the National

delegate by the Commune.

commenced towards evening, in concert with the troops The soldiers then spread to the right and n.::-I::::::I:~::l':i:".j;::d: ",":;:.~:::::~::,i:i.:l:::,:~: iii: r Some women cried " Vive la ligne!" ::'~::::::::: Ville, on the proposal of Assi, and was composed of himself and eleven other members, viz., Cluseret, Bergeret, war administration, had put an end to all competition of

was felt over nearly the whole of the city, but in the The following proclamation, signed by all the members stored in the court, and the walls, staircases and floors 434 THE PARIS COMMIUE. In this letter, he killed defending Paris. In this attack they gave proof of the greatest convent, and the asylum of Petit-Menages. the Porte St. Martin. the confidence of the National Guards, helped to weaken during the siege, to get the Prussians into Paris, and it were strewn around, and the wooden huts erected during the doors, when I ordered that they should be opened. moment,'that one must do his duty and remain gay on Parisian blood which you lately offered for the defence Bread 50 the seven days which the taking of Paris occupied-from Roquette. From that destruction of the Column, attacks on the law, attacks on

the lantern of the column should be, not his own, but Parisian clergy. cruel apprehensions in the central quarters. "No lights are to be allowed in any quarter attacked. order, published the following declaration: Page 56

The persistent refusal of the Pope to accord a cardinal's hat to the army on the previous day had the appearance

Page 86 prison and nothing shall be done to him." M. Edmonct At this moment the Director of Lariboisiere arrived. At their head marched four members of the Commune, illustrious Duke of Magenta, ever since the fatal day of But you are, Page 21 PARIS AT INIGHT.

sublime philosophy,'Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of extinguished until after the arrival of the Division Verge, tore down the red flag, and stamped it under foot. Assembly. to Advance-The 88th Regiment of the Line fraternizes

benefit from his connection with such a society), the The majority had pronounced for resistance; the Committee and the Advanced Republicans; the other more than two men could be admitted together in any pity. the Ministry of the Interior, Place Beauveau, and the "The law permits this refusal, the right forbids it. The defenders the insurgents near the Porte d'Asnieres, and blew up a ing of evil, Versailles was excited by great good news. in the vicinity of Porte Maillot, greatly to the indignation We have decided from the present moment to place ourselves in communication with the municipal councils of the principal In No. would make there. and ingots to so great a height that if the whole structure

the Federals; they had easily appreciated all the importance of this commanding position. Three simultaneous attacks appear to have been contemplated in the plan devised "Ah," he replied, with a careless air, " because it keeps attribution which escaped the Commune? functions of Head of the War Department.

them at liberty. Orleans family, by whom it was inhabited until they removed to the Tuileries in 1830. Page 131 "0 C. LRIIc, While M. M. Darboy, brother of the venerable prelate, was chief mourner,

the Bon Sens, the Petite Presse, the Petit Journal, the Guards-Determination of the Government to subdue the insurrectionAttempt made to secure the guns in the Place des Vosges-They are removed to Belleville-Erection of barricades-Occupation of Montmartre by Page 243 any resistance to its authority, and announced that the Success is certain." "PARIS, May 9th. fort of Vincennes, the only point yet untaken, was surrendered on Monday morning, May 29th, at the first demonstration made against it by a brigade of the army of

If German by E. C. OTTE. Theisz was charged with the direction. narrowly escaped becoming the victims of an angry mob

Prussian negotiators, even in their victorious ascendency, He remained

General Douay, and the exertions of the men under him,

In consequence, The insurgents demanded a half-hour to deliberate, at Great incertitude existed in the minds of the population, soldiers, and, wherever the cessation of the battle would The Boulevard Magenta, about a mile and a quarter in ''Vive la Commune!') Germanici. that Flourens had entered Versailles at the head of 40,000 This building, erected at the Restoration to the memory of Louis XVI. It was evident that we were lost. the fraternal embrace." take me to the Marie of the 7th Arrondissement to see the Adjoint M. Hortus; he used to regiment, placing himself at the head of his men, called: Page 328 Gunboat-Capturj of Fort Vanves-Villas in the neighborhood of Paris plundered by the Insurgents-Threat of was intended as expressed in its title. Some Mossu presented himself, furnished with a search-warrant 359 clerks of the Committee of Public Safety. pixma articles

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