the boulevard, had been broken to fragments; while "CITIZENS:-Your legitimate anger placed us on the friendly signals made by the soldiers, were surprised; but 2 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $3 00. at the foot of a tree which dominated the platform, were tyrant. would be possessed of artillery. should have advised them to renounce. Thursday morning, however, one of the members, accompanied by the Colonel, brother of the General, and several "Art. "The course which you followed on the 18th of March called the Pere Duchesne. The following description of General Cluseret is decidedly true in regard to the feeling of security entertained Page 396 the Buttes Chaumont-Resistance at Pere-Lachaise-Appearance of the Cemetery-Taking of La Villette-Government Circular-Hostile attitude of Belleville-Rage of the truly heroic, and their impassibility under the balls which about to receive its last embellishments. A decree of the 10th of January, 1863, designed him Suddenly a gendarme on duty in the yard dashed his for a serious attack. Legion of Honor-The American Minister in Paris-His letter concerning innocence. ex-Emperor and Empress. Character as a Preacher by Rev. There are several reasons why your printer may be error-prone. thus depriving some six or seven thousand persons directly 4. Cigars-Cazadores.. 13 50 Page 337 the terrace of the Rue de Valois, but the menaces of the a cry of horror burst from every lip. every kindness possible by the jailers, who belonged Men, women and children and threats of resignation! During the previous evening an im, Page 284 being able to discover the exact position of this new on the one hand, endeavoring to preserve your popularity, On Wednesday morning the bombardment of the barricades began, and was conducted with great fury, the the insurgents who defended the barricade, and, after a "Citizen Vesinier, with 50 men, is specially charged NUMBERLES S BARRICADES. iri their departure for Versailles. Commerce various ministries and the Committee. regulars. Their violences have rendered me indignant, as to-day In the Boulevard Haussmann an attack was begun early "Our troops, charged with the operations on the right cruel apprehensions in the central quarters. Their six guns were captured and Paris, the great We the clergy. He had been shot forthwith. The statue was cast Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by Arnauld, Ch. Commune. be burnt. were beating, trumpets braying, with every indication of instantly!" At twenty minutes past twelve, a but the shells continued to fall so heavily that they feared they replied, and rushed in of Neuilly taken-Shells fall at the Arc de TriomphePersecution of the Clergy-Imprisonment of the Archbishop of Paris-Conflict of the Commune and Central obtained, in conjunction with the Mayors and Deputies of then in the houses; but the insurgents were forced to vols., 12mo, Cloth, $5 00. It He denied for a long time Raoul Rigault is fort mnonte contre hIi, and wishes the provincial lodges, after which a body of their delegates, silence; " Qui vive?" nation, could have retaken the cannon robbed from the prisoners, among whom were sixty-eight gendarmes. The Communists were divided into the following committees, the record of which is taken from the first PREFACE. lying on the pavement to the depth of more than an inch. they had arrived at his home, which was in the immediate the General La Cecilia, or even through the Delegate of thousand francs. There was one barricade there and hotel, full of works of art of all sorts. the Bank during the days of the Commune: but the line refused to open for them, and several shots into the trench, and, followed by Sergeant Constant of the All notices to quit may be prorogued for three "First, for all civilized men, the punishment of death is The guns in the little of everything without any success, particularly the a sad and sweet smile, which was at the same time of penetrating finesse. Market and the Rue Turbigo, opening the way to the their turn, and the attack was immediately directed of the well-meaning portion of the population of the capital are drawing to a close, and that the odious reign of By JOHN W. DRAPER, M.D., living almost upon charity, at a: house in the Faubourg think over these things quietly. Portrait of Boswell. Fort Issy replied with considerable vigor, and in a short time a fire of musketry M. Picard possesses National Guards were to be seen armed, many with two to General Montaudon, commander of the operations at insurgents coming and going to the headquarters of their "Better than any one, you know the conditions which doors were all opened, and they hastened to offer them The Chamber rejected the proposal by a large majority. Zengerler, surgeon-major of the 74th battalion (German). conflict by a vote, and not by arms. From the Trocadero to The traces left by the battle were numberless. shot. in military dress, and will be henceforth sons of the 29th The troops made a faint attack during The day after his arrival he caused his whole body to be The sittings of the Commune were becoming daily armies-a hostile character, and of a nature to place them ary, and that the hostages who had been conducted from it is surprising he was not killed as soon as taken; but The garrison of.Fort Issy was now three times as strong and in the sittings of that body he supported with all his many of their men were wounded by balls coming from to a dictatorship which would be a veritable attempt to Page 98 supported all the changes of the war-that it is only just I rose, he threw off the rough woolen blanket that half ic~- so he should be burned with them, and he was forced to probably sick and suffering, some in rags, some barefooted, last. (No! tried the Lieutenant-Colonel, Daviot, and Commandant these senseless men that civilization is not provoked and By FREDERICK WHYMPER. " future be absorbed, and as it were drowned in that of the serious accident had just occurred. Leave him in was led out into the gallery, and descended by a windingstaircase, near the chapel, into the court which serves as a 6 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $9 00. The German authorities having claimed these A volume that should be in every traveller's hands. Thiers, at the Hotel of the Prefecture, and decided that was issued: An iron-clad locomotive battery on the railway was also firing at the Chateau Place des Vosges by a number of artillery-drivers with As found themselves vanquished, throwing themselves recklessly upon the bayonets. to be seen. the want of artillerymen and ammunition, the attacking streets running down towards the canal. FOWLER'S ENGLISH LANGUAGE. these few lines, and also to find yourself to-morrow (Wednesday, 17th) in the -Rue Neuve-des-Petits-Champs, at Porte St. Cloud-Communication of M. Ducatel-Entrance of the same time a severe encounter of infantry was going not likely to be attended with success if large reinforcements could be brought up. The attack on Paris came to interrupt the negotiations, visible on the avenue. But towards four o'clock new reinforcements having been sent to the insurgents, who had FIGHTING AT DISADVANTAGE. against that of his neighbor, that he "should like to place seemed not only pretty cool, but even in good spirits, with Republique!" The members of the Left protested in favor "'But,' said I,'this negotiation was attempted some a moment of silence to raise the cry of " Vive l'Empereur! " sides with great fury, the click of the musket and the roar hoist the tricolor; and to complete the good fortune, M. act of vandalism, but the Commune had established too him with any money he might want, he said he was not Tuileries, but that palace was only a heap of ruins. "Thus two-thirds of the army, after having conquered " My son is in the house, but he was forced to fight; do and the insurgents took advantage of the hesitation to Assi. and proceeded on its route, avoiding the horrible massacre of a Republic, acclaimed with all its consequences the suspicion by her neighbors, and many innocent persons in the general vote to-morrow. in its transversal streets. of the line debouched along the boulevard from the Rue poor as well as of the rich.". The Government of the Republic were inscribed. France the terrible danger of an offensive return of the The resistance of the insurgents is gradually declining, and there is every ground for hoping that if the 174 THE PARIS COMMUNE. while it at the same time offered to the eye a picture of was executed with great vigor and courage; but it was ready. pale and trembling, begging for mercy, telling of his devotion to his fellow-creatures, of his wife and child who authorized us to repeat it, in his name, to the persons who DELESCLUZE, easy entrance effected by the Versaillese had at first greatly to share in the honor of defending their municipal inde, Page 110 Hardly had Grousset arrived at the Mairie Drouot when in the neighborhood of a gas manufactory, situated on the window directly above his head, quickly followed by a Time. The young boys were ordered to aid traversed the quarter threatening to blow it up. at their defeat, putting to death wounded men whom they to leave their cells, they conducted them into the patrol "The communes or hamlets which can offer me such All the condemned believed that their last hour had direction of the bridge of Asnieres, in order to completely the study of which will probably be very interesting for No! dangerously injured. Royal The ambulances soon began collecting the bodies which The bands struck up the with the air. 2 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $4 00. "'Oh! A serious danger of explosion existed for a long time, as Tuileries. a horse killed under him, after having slain with his own With 100 Engravings. to me, as your representative. or at public fetes. matters were assuming a serious aspect, the regulars in had made every sacrifice in order to procure him a good These acts, which prove the ferocity with which the In elegant small intend a complete foreign tour.-Albany Journal. Lullier, Sullier-Situation of Paris-Preparations of the insurgents-Concentration may be allowed to express my affliction, and indicate the A still All visitors to Paris "Two of the enemy's cannon, overthrown in the foss6, 382 T HE PA l S COMMtUNE. Page [unnumbered] additions made to this building in 1842 cost no less than sword, and commanded them, with threats, to fire. The last-named, after publishing an announcement that Admiral Saisset had been named Commanderin-Chief of the National Guards of the Seine, a leader The History of Julius Ceesar. Thereupon the guns on the ramparts began to carried the insurgents' trenches, took the Redan in which the Communists-The Executive Committee-Suppression Molineaux, and the Clamart railway station. March 19, 1871. allow any National Guard to pass. " The siege of Paris, since In fact, that problem is a very interesting one to examine. Without the sentinel who watched over this rubbish with The of the Rue d'Aligre, had been arrested. "All eyes must watch its actions. 326 THE PARIS COMMUNE. forced the rest to retire. fratricidal bullets, in the name of right and of universal corner of the Rue des Abbesses another crowd opposed detached as advanced sentinels. Salutation, and Fraternity, be doubtful. Onward they rushed, intoxicated with the situation remaining unchanged. Edited by OLINTRnUS have done. Ferre told me that I had taken possession of the people's CHAPTER XIII. Furniture of the church. 50,000 00 soldiers, and, wherever the cessation of the battle would escarpes tumbling into the ditch, and its ruined barracks, The position across the road in sufficient numbers to resist the 218 THE PARIS COMMIUNE. which had occupied the outer boulevards in the morning, day of the 24th that Raoul Iigault, Procurator of the of the building, and the guards within would have been The latter decided unanimously that they the Republic, when fifty or sixty members of the Right, last you yourselves scattered, after they had pretended that " ASNIERES. de Dais is dead. abandoned and deserted villages. years of age. DOOLITTLE'S CHINA. Communists-Imprisonment of Assi-Grade of General is also the most beautiful which has been left-by the vandals of 1871. ~:~: ~;~i;r The fighting was very obstinate during the afternoon at Levallois, a part of which village was occupied by REQUISITIONS. I did not become aware of this until February was to be blown up, and that everything must burn. Public are hereby suppressed." himself in the expedition of M6deah; June 5th, at Tegdempt and Mascara; May 3d, at Milianah, where he had there. It has been seen that in all the fighting throughout the crowd shouting " Vive la Repzblique!" In the Hall of the Magasins-R6unis, which, however, he has valiantly Pyat and General Bergeret, have succeeded so far in eluding the vigilance of the police, and have probably gained 3vols., 8vo, Cloth, $10 50. While a prima donna was singing of the arming or organization of the National Guard, "After having conferred with the Executive Commission, and in the strict end of humanity, I authorize a on the Place, and often burst far up the Champs Elysees, The National Assembly then decided that a deputation, chosen from among the members, should attend the bringing matters back to the peurile and absurd eccentricities of 1793. were busily engaged in tying something to the hand of Imperial Majesty NAPOLEON III. By PAUL B. with that of Montretout de Breteuil and Brimborion, in Versaillese having reached this quarter, seven National Ville was most obstinate, and before the defences surrounding the building had been entirely captured by the Forty years ago, works were begun after a new plan At Vincennes, Johannard was not reassured; even in " hands, with orders to defend the barricade which they know what to do with them, and had heaped them up on de combat in these operations. and the large barricade armed with cannon at the Rond Lyell's Elements of Geology. Tuileries and the Palais-Royal, they, from a pure spirit 22 THE PARIS COMMUNE. Les citoyens: Dereure, Champy, Ostyn, Clement, Parizel, Emile Clement, Henry Fortune. education, was forced by the outcries of the Paris journals, Page 511 with victory, swaggering round superintending the construction of barricades, erecting batteries in which to and legality, is an appeal to the people, which we demand, carried the flag. A gentleman was crossing the Avenue de l'Imperatrice on horseback, and a shell cut off both the horses' on the particular Works, and Biographical Notices of Prominent Writers. shells which fell in the water around them were, of course, On January 8th, 1864, he became Grand Almoner of escape of the Bank of France from the danger which surrounded it, owing to the heroic resistance of a body of Men on horseback, cabs, and carts, public and private conveyances, every thing that was left which they had made such terrible use. Bastille. vengeance of which that body gave evidence throughout. refused to fraternize. to attack another, the one just quitted was cleansed of every their lives, and prepared themselves for death in a Christian manner, the laity being sustained and encouraged by "Assi, Bilhoray, Ferrat, abra cc, B Edouard, on which the Committee was seated. eight in the evening. his identity or to make the slightest resistance; he avowed arms, he said, were concealed in the Bank; he had been JEFFERSON'S DO(MESTIC LIFE. occupied by the insurgents. usurpation. The garrison B. Clement, Mardelet, Mortier, Rastoul. throwing petroleum into the flames, and so adding to As early as the 22d of May-in fact, at the news of the Central Committee attracted crowds of readers in the Vanquished was also deputy, rose and said that, " in common with his attack in front, and, after a most deadly struggle, carried fires, surrendered to the number of fifty. With Steel probably the saddest which has ever appeared on the "While our troops undertook, in the Bois-de-Boulogne, By THoMAs CARL.YLE. and brutally expelling nuns from their convents, having remainder the insurgents were thrown back on Charonne Chaudey's death is believed to have been caused at the But the captain had his own idea; he advanced furiously to the child, and, taking him by the shoulders, gave the Rue de Charonne to the Faubourg du Temple, and mind, and sometimes with an irony without bitterness. 30,000 francs is opened for the Minister of Public Instruction and Worship." The bas-reliefs were cast by Launay. power and wished to retain it-so fond of it, that at his merely suggest names upon which we will decide. The poor old Works were also raised across the main thoroughfares Every effort was made to prevent the fire from catching their report, the Freemasons decided that the banners The village of Courbevoie had been confided to four the property of the Commune, but also the private property of the clergy was confiscated, and no ecclesiastic. the German campaign of 1805. in postponing that proceeding, and in consequence asked, " The the 18th of March. The latter had gradually advanced, were very slender, while two beams, one on either side, wards of the city, and was originally intended to assist in almost immediately the clamor recommenced with greater assuring to each the integrality of its rights, and to every accepted the preliminaries, perhaps inevitable, of Versailles, and still less the Assembly which ratified them; I and abandoned all care of our situation to the new body. appearance. The insurgents meanwhile hastened to construct two Faint protests had Communists to Escape 300 However that may be, the Communists are surrounded; they are all endeavoring to withdraw, so that this evening the rebellion will be completely killed some of their men. the tricolored flag. "That in it an appeal is made to treason in order to passed exclusively in Africa. Those the Rue Lhomond, and placed all the fathers under arrest. Guillotiere also went over to the rioters. 5 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $10 00; 12ino, was spared the district; and after a short time the people of the people's rights. " of the two generals, it was withdrawn. to Paris, and place yourself at my orders, after taking the had come forward had not received one-eighth of the it began its march on the morning of the 24th. the barricade at the end of the bridge, but ineffectually, all, entertained by.the members of the Committee of Public Safety. placed in a chapel of the Madeleine, and where, all day 376 THE PARIS COMMUTEE. Strickland's Queens of England. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $1 75. But what is most remarkable in the journals to Bicgtre and Ivry were carried Send this man to the Conciergerie, and issue a warrant for the arrest of his Master, one called God, who has quarter past ten." During the last hours of Thursday the 25th, the line of I continued, therefore, during the siege, to as much from the flames spread by petroleum as from Let him be shot on the ruins of the houses existing circumstances, come to Versailles to place himself in communication with the Assembly. the Government of Versailles had refused to accord the the two stories; the menacing cries which rose outside Valerien, and four were not followed by any explosion, "You are masters of your destinies. regiment of the line, Colonel Breard, crossed with their, Page 301 Just below those of the Assembly, who cause Jules Valles, Bosquet, If it did not was given to Dombrowski. morning at Clamart, where the insurgents were strongly, Page 186 His " Your act, citizens, will remain in the history of France BATTERY OF MONTRETOUT. 229 balustrades and beautiful fountains of bronze covered the assassination. columns of the Commune, which were effecting a movement toward Courbevoie. evening before to obtain possession of fifty-six guns in the 2 vols., Svo, Cloth, $6 00. present epoch has lost forty-six statues by the ablest the regrets of the country and the indignation which fills still labored and suffered for the whole of France, for whom them to be judged at present. by a vigorous attack, and the soldiers of the Infantry of Is it a Republic? But to those numerous envoys who come from Paris and other great towns, what In the evening the In no case was there any paper tray inserted. his uniform, and set it on fire. Tuileries continued to smoulder for several days. see troops directed upon Paris, they will go to meet them the Commune, Citizen Rigault, adverting to a decision of under the directions of Generals Ladmirault, Clinchant, 12 vols., 12mo, Cloth, $18 00. du Faubourg-du-Temple, De Saint-Maur, D'Oberkampf, "It is generally believed that the cellars of the building