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CLEARFIELD, PA.
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omMomb. AMIIBBW PENTI, Jr,
" aVf. BBOOajtAJ.K,
4 Proprietor.
PARIS UNDER THE COilMVNE.
A TOL'Nd UirtL'8 IXl'iailNCt.
The Commune had aoized Dossoauion
of Pari) on tbe 18th of March over tbe
dead bodies of Generals Thomas and
Lecomto. M. Theirs had retired to
Versailles, and a government spring,
ing from the lowest orders of society
installed itself of its own authority in
tbe places abandoned by tbe fugitives.
As was to have been expected, the first
few wooks of this reign oi Scum werj
passed in squabbles ol every kind. The
wans were covered with now laws, now
ordinanoea ol every description, and
especially wun probibitions; nothing
was beard but the drum and fife, ana
everything and everybody not of, or
buluugtug to, the National Guard was
Busuuctcd ol treason and treated accord
ingly. Tbe- Phrygian cup was every
where seen, aim the red flag spread its
dishonored folds over the publio edi
tions.
At this time about the 21st of
March our landlord renewed tbe no
tice he bad given ns during the siego,
to vacate our appartemcnt. In oar pov
erty and sickness to do so at once was
impossible, and I refused ; he invoked
bis rights before tbe law, but I know
he had rented the rooms to a Prussian,
and dealings with that bated race
would, it known, be his ruin. I playod
upon his fears by threatening to de
nounce bim, and thus gained time to
seek for othor quarters as soon as my
monthly pension loll due I lotind three
rooms in the linedu Chaten d'Eau, and
on the 15th ol April we were to change
our present abode. 1 received my
hundred and twenty francs, but, alasl
our dobts to the baker and the butch
er absorbed nearly the whole of
it, and with such scanty means we
were put to our wits' ends to manage
the moving of out furniture. To hire
vans was out of the question : my
mother was sick and helpless, my
brothers were butohildron, and for my
self, my strength was well nigh ex
haunted by sunuringanu tho privations
1 bad undergone. But nccosmty knows
no law. My brother hired a hand-cart,
and we set bravely to work : the con
ciorgo helped, and with infinite trouble
we got our bulky articles to tbe stroct
and upon the cart ; then, bo wheeling
and I pushing, we made our first jour
ney. It was an herculean task to got
the articles up tho stairs to our new
borne, but neighbors were kind, we
worked with a will, and dripping with
perspiration, we returned for a new
load.
Fourteen times did my brother and
1 trnndle that hand-cart bauk and forth,
wheeling burdens tar beyond our
strength. At last our weary journeys
were over, our bousonold goods were
settled, and at dark my mother and
tbo children followed ui to our new
homo home, alasl enly in name, for
we bad no food, my money was gone
and the larder empty. 1 pawned the
clock from the mantlepiece for fifteen
francs, which snpplied our wants for
three days.
Time passed on, and our only change
was from bad to worse. Our last re
source, with our meagre means, was to
be inscribod at the cantine. 1 here, for
a few sous, we wero entitled to receive
an allowance which consisted chiefly
of borriblo boana mixed with dirt and
of salt herrings to old and musty as to
be olten utterly uneatable. The bread,
however, was white and clean, and, as
the weather was mild and spring-like, we
could nave borne tbe trials and nard
ships of daily Ufo bad not tbe dreadful
deeds of tho Commune filled our souls
with terror.
May bad come, and the bombarding
of the devoted city was incessant and
terrible. Every night the booming of
the guns Irora tbe surrounding torts
and tbe rattle of musketry arousod us
from our slumbers and drove us wild
with fear. Every day at the barracks
of the Chateau d'Eau, one of the chief
centres of the insurrection, wo were
dooniod to witness hideous scenes of
oruelty which were sufficient to excite
the horror ot the most callous.' Many
times, indeed, we nearly fell victims
to the popular erase, tor with the ut
most prudence one could barmy at an
times refrain from a burst of heartfelt
indignation.
1 remember one morning seeing a
battalion of the Kedures as they return
ed from tho front at Neuily. They
had lost perhaps twenty men, and, mad
itb drink, tboy wero reeling through
the street,, exhaling their cowardly
rage in yells and songs, and each man
shouting to tbo crowd that lined the
sidewalk bis marvelous exploits ana
deeds of prowess. By their tale thou
sands of Voraaillais had fallen before
them, and they waved on high with
fierce gesticulation the trophy of their
mighty valor, tne only witness, aiasi
ol their cowardly lies. This trophy
was tbe cost of a gendarme pierced oy
twenty bullets and borno upon tbo stuff
ot the red rag that answered tor ineir
flag : this umlorm ot some bravo, in-
slurred soldier was soaked in blood,
large drops were falling still, and as
the drunken standard-bearer flaunted it
in tbe faces of tbe crowd they spatter
ed tbe ground at our feet. "Oh, what
wrotchoeP 1 cried involuntarily, and
carried away by indignation, 1 hardly
know what I might have added bad
not a hand been roughly clapped upon
my lips and an old man at my side
whlspored in my ear, "ror uoa s sasn,
be silent or they'll cut us in pieces I"
The advice was good, and I followed it,
bnt I could stay no longer, and hast
ened home, heartsick and wocplng with
shame and dospair.
Day by day the effervescing mad
ness of tho mob increased. Arrests
were being constantly made. Every
individual who refused to serve the
Commune was seized and marched oft"
to the lorta : there before the onemy
he was placed in the front rank when
the riduculoua sham sortlca were at
tempted, and tbo balla of our own sol
diers struck down the unhappy wretch
thus forced to fight against his will,
and to pay with his life'a blood ftr his
honest patriotism.
t was In the habit of going to St
Laurent's for my dovotiona, but the
church was closed and turned Into a
gnardhouso for the hordes of tbe Com
mune, who amused themselves with
knockine; oil the beads of tbe statutea.
and loek tbe altar and the pictures as
targets lor their musket practice, i
remember well ono Incident that mov
ed my ery soul. A funeral was pasa
iner nr the Boulovard de Strasbourg :
it was that of a young girl, whom hor
lather and fiiends wore accompanying
har last home. The hoarse was
draped In white and the coffin was cov
.1 ,.). tumora. flnddonlv a band
t N.H.m.t ffuards sUlbned the sad
proression and Insisted that the poor
child's ooffio ehould be shrouded Id the
red flag I ths father resisted, but be
was knocked down and trampled un
Ar taoL and tl.a bloodr emblem of dis
order and crime) was affiled to tbe four
corners of the bier. When tbey came
fo tbe cbnreh It was closed, and jnstead
ELD
CLEARFIELD,
of sacred chants ot priests the air was
full ot incident songs ot a ribald sol
diery. The unhappy parent, dlsrogard-
ng tbe bayonots which luroaioncu mm,
knelt on the stonoa before tbe iron
gates : boating bis breast and weeping
as if his heart would break, he recited
the prayers for the dead and begged
God's pardon and moroy lor bis child,
whom he saw deprived ot unrietian
burial and the Church's holy benedic
tion. It was heart ronding, and made
me 111 for days.
ion must excuse, my friend, tbe In
coherence of my narration ; I write
juatasmy memory recalls tbe incidonts,
without any pretence ot order, boven
years have passed, but my mind is still
so strongly impressed that all the
varied details are fresh in my reoolloo
tion, although 1 may not, In this torrible
whole, recall them in regular sequenee.
What 1 relate 1 have autlored, lull or
Boon, and I givo you tbe exaot truth
as it runs Irom my pen.
Wo bad reached the most critical
period the height, so to speak of the
rulu of tho Commune. Although as
women we wore oxompt from any call
to military service, our situation on
that account was none the loss torrible.
The ruffianly hordes who held Paris in
their grasp were subjoct t no law, no
restraint, save that of their own ca
prico, and thoy gave full vent to their
passions with daily renewed delight. If
any woman wero good-looking, thoy
hesitated at notbiug to satisty their
brutal lut : if any one seemed rich or
well-to-do, tboy simply docroed what
they wished to take aud pillogod with
out ceremony. How many homes wore
plundered aud burned, prisoners shot,
women ruined by these bloody miscre
ants!
But I will confine myself to my own
experience. Uneatlernoon, alteraday
passed without food, 1 went to seek as
sistance from a sister whose husband
was employed at the lmprimerie iSa
tionale. She lived in line Vieille du
Temple, but, as Parts was full ot bar
ricadus, I bad to make a long detour.
1 was returning borne about dark, tired
out and disheartened at the little help
my sister could atlurd, but hurrying
back to my purchases for our evening
meal. At tho comer of the Uue du
Chatuau d'Eau was a barricade, and no
passing was allowed : the officer on
guard advisod me to go round by tbe
Hue do Bondy, and, not being drunk,
limited bis importinoucos to words. 1
went round the little square, fonced in
by an iron railing, and entored the Rue
de Bondy. 11 ore was a gnardhouso,
and at the door a sentinel reeling about
with bis musket on bis shoulder.
"Whoeoes there?" be cried. 1 an
swered with trombling voico as quick
ly as i couia, ana inou to pasB. a
second time he roared out, "Qui vive ?"
and immediately lollowod the report of
bis muHkcl and a ball whistled by my
oars. Filled with indignation, I sprang
toward tborufllan : hardly had 1 reach
ed his side when lrom ths guardhouse
came an officer in epaulets and lace,
drunk, and followed by several soldiers,
more like beasts than men, wbo sur
rounded mo. The officer tried to oom-
prehond my complaint of the brutal
behavior ot the sentinel, but ho was
too much overcome to understand, and
endeavored to throw his arms around
me and embrace me, stuttering out
nth drunken hiccough, "All right, my
pretty citiron t my soldier tried to k
till
thoe, did be ? V ell, I'll be kinder than
he, and 1 11 prove it to tboe : come I
I spare your ears the words ho used,
but as he tried to seise mo in his arms
1 eraspod the pistol banging in his bolt.
and springing back cried out, "I'll blow
tbe brains out oi mo nrst man wno
touches mo I" "Ha I ba I" laughed
one ol the rascal's companions, "she
has a quick hand, the little woman
look out lor her I" "By God," exclaim
ed tbe officer, "she ploasos me : I want
her, and I'll have hor r Again no arow
near. 1 aimed tho pistol at his bead,
and transported witu rage and fury, I
cried, "Try, if you daro I My finger
was tightenining on the trigger when
an old woman loading a little girl by
the band, appeared, and rushing into
tbe crowd with arms akimbo, exclaim
ed, "Well I well 1 what is all this J The
children of tho quarto are to be insult
ed In this way ? .Not so, my captain :
down with your paws. This is my
daughter, and no one touches hor, or
if they do" Tborufllane were astound
ed at the old woman's vigorous inter
vention, and, taking advantage of their
hesitation, alio whinpored to me, "Let
ns run, my child, and quickly too,
round by the Uue de Lauuy : we can
get through thore yet." I was off as
lost as my feot would vsrry mo, and
once in safety I thanked my deliverer
with all my heart Notwithstanding
the danger I had just escaped, I did
not forget the wants of our little funu
Iv nor mr own buiiircr, and I had tbe
couraice to make my purchases beforo
ruiurumg uuuiv , uu. nun ...v.v, . .
oome by what I had gone through, I
fell fainting to the floor.
Tbe samo evening about ton o clock,
as we were finishing our frugal repast,
wa beard the loud noise of armed men
marching along the street and thump
ing their muskets on the pavement.
We ran to look out, and as soon as our
faces were eoen tbe rowdy gang cried
out la hoarse rough tones and with
oaths too horrible to write, "Close your
windows and put out your lights, or
we'll fire upon you." Passing on, thoy
extinguished the gas and repeated tbe
same ordor Irom bouso to house, so
that tbe atrool waa as dark aa a tomb,
We bid our lamp deep in the fireplace
behind the acroen, and crouohing down
waited to soe wbat these ominous pre
liminaries foreboded. The noise in thd
stroet increased, and seemed tobegroat-
eetin frontntourbouae. Jboudoalbaand
lamrhter filled tbe air, and the re-echo
ing sound ol heavy blowa at il tho mob
warm batterintr down doors. Sudden-
lir a hriirht lio-ht illumined the scene. I
i l.miirht there was a tiro, and rushed
to tbe window and raised a corner of
the curtain. Across the stroet lived an
old General fllcor, a man of mod
areta fortune, who bad retired lrom
aotiva service. Whotbor he had been
denounoed aa $upecL or whether
tha mob simnlv knew that the
family were all away, and that in
lb bouse tbus lull unguaruou moy
would find ample plunder with'
out hinderanoe. 1 do not know. The
harm fact ia. that a battalion of Nation
al Guards, lod by their officers, broke
in the doors, irairced tha coneiome ana
invaded the general's abode. Tint
band of robbers ransacked tbe bouse
from collar to Barrel, pillaging and
nluodenna and carrying off every tiling
of value tnat could be easily moved.
Tbev liirbted op the chandeliers and
lamps, aud through the open windows
wa could set) closets and desks wrench
ed open, furniture) smashed, aotas and
beds ripped up with bayonets, while bot
tles from the win cellar aud food from
tbt) pantry were circulating Irooly.
The soldiers war some lolling on arm
chairs and lounges, drinking and ca
rousing : other with the butts of tbeir
muskets were breaking open lock that
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PA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1879.
had tho Impudonce to resist. A
grand piano and the mirror that re
flected tbeir drunken and hidoous faces
seomod especially to excite their ire.
All night long thoy spent tho hours in
rioting and smashing or piling up their
booty. Tho dawn came at last, gloomy
and sad : a orowd full of fear and cu
riosity filled tho street and to the scene
of revelry aud pillago within succeed
ed another episode without. Mad with
drink, the ruffians bemn nitchinir out
of the window what they could not
carry away lurnlture, mirrors, pio
turoa, clotboa, everything movable.
Women of tbe town, friends of tbeso
gallant warriors, Wore called In to
Bhare in the distribution to one a vel
vet cloak, to another a set of furs, and
so through the wardrobes of this un
fortunate family until tho house was
emptied ; and then, as the wine was
giving out, tbe 'captain of tbe band
sounded the retreat and off they start
ed, laden down with spoils. An omni
bus was passing : the officer stopped
it, and forced tbo driver, pistol at his
boad, to load up with the plunder:
then mounting bis horse, carrying a
handsome oloak nndor his arm, betook
the lead of his marauding band and
marched them away. From our wind
ows all the night through wo watched
this shamol'ul razza.' We had not
thought of r'p, nor did we attempt
to seek rest during the hours ol day
light, but hoped tor a qniet night to
follow, littlo dreaming this waa to
be the lost day we should pass in our
appartement.
It was tbe 21st of May : quiet was
scarcely restored, when loud cries of
affright wero hard throughout this
quarter ol the city. Groups nl people
collecting along tbe street were talk
ing in low voicob and with unwonted
animation. At every bouse men were
rushing in and out with frantio gestic
ulations, and all around us something
extraordinary was evidently going on.
In the distuiicc, indeed, above tho
noises of the city, ono could hear tho
rattle ol musketry, but for two months
past tho sound had been so familiar to
our ears that wo could hardly suppose
it bus anything to do with tho general
excitomont which prevailed. I wont
out to seek for news, and asked tbe
neighbors what it all meant. With
bated breath and whispering in my
ears tboy replied that the regular ar
my, he Vertaillaii, bad entered Paris,
aud already hold possession of tho en
tire wostern quarter. Fighting, they
said, was going on at the Invalided, at
the Toroos, at Montmartro, and the
regiment of tbo government, wbo wero
already masters of tho mill and the
summit of La Galetto, wore throwing
shells into the city. To doscribo tho
flood ot joyful emotion that filled my
boart were impossible. I ran homo,
eager to announce tbe glad tidings to
my poor motbor, aud we fell into oach
other's arms sobbing with delight We
could not doubt that the army would
overcome the mob 7 it would be at the
most a matter of a few hour ; deliver
ance from our ufforing,could be no
longer delayed. Jtut as the momenta
passed on a panic seised upon all up
on us with the others. Evory ono fled
hither and thither lor safety, and. we
took refuge in tbe cellar ; we carried
down chairs, and soon all in the bouso
were buddled together there. From
one minute to another some one of us
would venture up to seek for dows, to
tbrow a hasty glance around to right
and loft, looking and eagerly hoping
for tbe first appearance of the regular
troops, and hasten back again to our
place of rofuiro, where we doomed our
selves safe from all danger. At either
end of our street wore formidable bar
ricades, with embrasures like those of
forts and mountod with heavy cannon.
Before noon the ragamuffin forces of
tbe Commune wore busy strengthen
ing those posts. All we could see waa
the National Guard passing by in long
line, carrying sandbags and lascinos,
tearing up tbe paving-stones to pile
up tbo breast-works still higher. Wo
men, with tbe red scarf across their
shoulders, ran to and fro among the
soldiers, vociferating and urging on the
work, more rapid than men a hundred
time. Indeed, I saw confirmed what
I had read, that in these paroxysms of
popular fury women, more nervous
and more excitable than men, are tai
more dangerous and sanguiuory. bv
ory littlo while messengers were ar
riving at the bnrrucks of the Chateau
d'Kuu. close by, bringing bad news
from tho front of successive defeats
and the retreat oT the Commune's le
gions. These tidings were secret, or
so intended to bo, but their tonor leak
ed out almost immediately, , and
throughout tho whole quurter every
one know nearly as soon ns the offi
cers at tbe barracks what was passing
at tho other end of Paris.
Wo were filled with feverish anxio-
tv. None ol us had thought ol oating,
and indeed no food was to be bad : the
shops bad been till closed since early
morning, ana an nay long we woiveu
n foarlul ansnenso with but a ernst or
two and a little water, i
Tbe Diirht camo on a torriblo night
By ten o'clock the darkness even of
our sumorrancons rointro was iignica
up by the intense and lurid glare of
burning nousos. no went snore 10
our rooms, but from our window we
could distinguish nothing. .We went
to the garret and climbed npon ths
roof: thero, clinging to the chimneys
and the spouts we beheld the fearful
yet sublime spectacle of Paris in flames.
Un wbichovor aitio wo turnou our cyos
the conflagration hemmed ns in.
In front, the Theatre of tho Porte
St Martin was throwing to the hea
vens great flashes of fire ; behind, the
Shops of tb Tapis Rouge, and beyond
them the docks oi lja viiiouo; on in
right, the cornor bouso of the Boule
vard Voltaire, with its red roof, and
the Theatre ilea Delassoments Uom-
iaues: and all around the circle at
many point groat masaiva clouds of
fire and smoke wore rolling up in bug
billows to tbe heavens and vomiting
forth sparks and flames that covered
and veiled the sky. In the distance
the uremer 'dAbondaneewas burning,
and from the glare It loomed as if the
whole nuartor of tho Bastille was o
firo. Tho Tullerios, tbe Cour des
Comptcs, the Minister dot Finance,
tho whole ol the Rue Rovale, the The
atre llistorique, th Oalais de Justloo,
tb Hotel do Villo, wero all in flame.
Tho craxy vandalism of the dying
Commune was burning Paris in its ex
piring rage, while the devoted city was
spewing it lortn as a uoauiy poison.
Lost In contending emotions of won
der, iiiar and harror, we did not lor a
while rvaliteonr exposed situation, but
loader than th savage roar of tho
flam soon w beard th heavy tbun
dr, ol cannon : now and then, above
or around us, a shell tore with fierce
scroam through the air. Terrified and
worn out. wa sought agsln our gloomy
refuge below. I stopped lor a moment
at our room and filled a basin to bathe
my keatswl face. 1 beard sbnll, aa-a-rv
roar, a roJ x plosion: th wit
dow behind me wa shattered and th
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room filled with amoko. I aank in ter
ror to tho floor, and when 1 gathered
my scattered aonsea and looked around,
the basin in which a aooond before I
had plunged my band waa in piocoa,
broken by fragments ol a shell
that had burst before tho window
Stupiflod, aud hardly believing my
wonderful escape, 1 burriod trom
bling to the cellar, where we crowded
toirethor. and in misorv and dread the
weary night draggod through its fear
ful and interminable hours.
At dawn the boldest of us sailed
forth, driven by the imperative calls of
hungor and thirst 1 followed in spite
of musketry, shot and bursting shell,
which swept tho stroet and shook the
bouses to tboir foundations, j be whole
quartor was hold by the most despor
ate of tho Commune's bands, who,
driven to bay, wero fighting with the
courage of dospair. Tbe Versaillais
were attacking the barricade ot tbo
Faubourg st Martin, balls were falling
like a abower of rain, and dead bodies
strewn along tbe street in constantly
increasing numbors. Frantic witb lear
amid tho cries ot the fighting, the
groans of the wounded and tho whis
tling ol the balls, 1 sought to regain the
shelter of our bouse.
Just then the National Guards were
driven from the barricade: with the
crypf"Sauvo qui pout!" they entrench
ed themselves again behind tho other
fortress at the corner of the Place du
Chateau d'Eau, which seemed almost
impregnable. Ibronging over tbo
breast-work, carried by assault, I saw
through tbe smoke tbe red kepi of our
soldiers ot the lino and the blue beret
ot our sailors. Tbe tear ran down
my cheeks from joy. lu less time than
1 can tell the tale, rushing on at double-
quick, thoy cleared the street and
drove the fugitives from bouse to house,
keeping up aud receiving a oonstant
and rapid firo as they advanced. I had
crouched down in the recosB of a door
way, lost in wild emotion, and thore I
witnessed ono of tbo most fearful scenes
of this fearful time. At the bead of a
company of tbo lino, leading on his
troops sword in hand, man-bed a cap
tain, bis ooat torn by bullets, his fitce
black with powder and glowing with
maitiul fury. The rattle of musketry
was iucessunt, and balls fell like bail
on walls and pavement: the soldiers
as they advanced, sought cover in
doorway and at corners, wherever a
little shelter could be found. Itut bo
disdained all precaution, and was oheer-
ing on bis men when a door openod
and a woman vet vounrr annearcd and
cried to him, "For the lovo of God, Cup-
tain, do not expose yourself so I Tako
shelter bore." He turned at bor call,
and, waving his hand in thanks, was
but a yard or two away : suddenly
from boncalh hor apron she drew a re
volver and shot him through tbo bead,
shouting, "That's tha fiah I" as he foil
at her loot Almost fainting, yot trans
ported witb borror and indignation, 1
clung convulsively to the doorpost to
watch tbe end ot this bloody tragedy.
It was not long in coming, nor wero
any orders needed. Th soldiers, re
gardless of tho storm ol ballots, sprang
upon this wretch ere the smoke bad
blown away lrom tho mor.zlo ot hor
pistol : two held her to tho wall and
twenty others poured a volley into her.
As I saw her manglod body stretched
upon tbe pavemont, my senses lett me
and I loll as lifeless aa she. When I
came to myself tbe street was clear :
our brave troops were masters of tho
fdaoe. In front of the last bamoado
ay tbe body of Delescluze, fit end to
the chief of this monstrous revolt that
had doluged Paria with blood and fill
ed the world witb borror.
Our troops wero bivouacking in tbe
place, and all tho houses near tho peo
ple were nocking around, bringing wine
and food in eager exultation. All this
while tbe work was going on: the
troops, advancing, carried everything
before them ; the din of musketry died
away In tho distance, save whon now
and then occasional volleys told of
summary executions. . Every Com
munard found with arms in bis hands
was shot on tho Bpot and while the
light of the conflagration reddened tbe
sky the gutters of the streets ran crim
son with tbe blood ol Henchmen
, When evening came we were anx
ious about my sister, as the lmprime
rie Rationale was said to be in llumoe.
I took advantago of the early dusk to
reach the Faubourg St Martin, so as
to got to the Rue do Temple by cross-
streets, which 1 thought would be qui
eter. Before the smoking ruins of the
theatre two guns wore in position, and
around them lay scvciul bodies bee-rimed
with powdor, half stripped and
nshod: thesightot those pallid oorpsos,
with their grimy upturned foet, was
most ghastly, Farther along, on shut
ters torn from their binges, soldiers
woro carrying the dead to tho Place
du Chateau d'Eau. Trembling with
fear, I hastened on through the square:
t was strewn with arms ol every Kind
dropped by the fugitives, ami tbe
ground was ilippory with mood : au
hrougu tho street it was too same.
On 1 ran, shutting my eyes to escape
the horrible visions ol slaughter and
death tbat mot ma at every step. I
found my sister safe and well, and hav
ing reassured bor as to oursoives, i
started homo again. Hoping to escape
tho horrors 1 bad passed in coming, 1
went straight toward th Place, think-
nil that a the way waa shorter 1
should moot with fewer scenes of ter
ror and affright Alas, how grievious-
ly I waa mistaken !
Thore wero no liirhta, and the Place
was dark and gloomy as a aopmenro.
Hctore mo rose th wan oi in oar-
racks, grim and blaok ; on the right
wore the barricades of tho Hue du r au
bourg du Temple and of the Boulovard
Voltaire; on the corner a bouso sun
burning waa throwing up clouds of
flamo and amoko; along tho Boulevard
8t. Martin and tbo Rue Turbigo there
remained but a mas ol smouldering
ruin on every side devastation, fire
and death. Over this ghastly scone
night had spread its pall a gray, cold,
rainy night and the chill fog froae
th marrow of mv bone.
Se zed with new terror. 1 stopped at
tho entrance ot th Place; sentinels
?ucationcd me, and to my answer tbat
was going to my home, Rue du Cha-
. jit?-.. .1 i: -.1 ..All t..t. .
ieauuj-.au, uiey rupnco, mi nj(u.
get through if yod can." I did not at
first comprehend this douDUUI permis
sion, and ventured on into ine open
snaco. wbore the lions ol the fountain
broken ana shattered, cast wicru aim
gleantio shadows. I had mm but a
tew steps when I understood what tho
soldiers had. All around me were
large gloomy mound rising amid
pool which faintly glistened and re
flected tho flickering light from the
still burning ruin. These mounds
wero heap of the slain, whose blood
had trickled down over th atone and
ran to form wldo. alimr. stagnant pud
dlos: to complete1 this tearful scene, a
sickanlng, nauseating odor wmd to
bang npo tb damp night air an
odor that seised mo al tbo throat : ll
was th smell of warm blond, mingled
PUBLICAN.
with the fumes of powder. Petrified
with terror, but mechanically urged
on by tho imperious necessity of es
cape from this boll, I kopt advancing,
stopping ovor bodios, slipping in tbe
gore, bruising bands and knees againBt
the obstacles that beset my path, and
more terriHod still by tho thousand
noises around me. I heard the distant
cannonading from tbe Coraotory of
Pero la Chaise, where the Commune
made Its last stand; the angry voices
of the soldiers, who with lanterns were
seeking, and sometime finding on this
field ol death th body ot a lnend ;
hollow groans that seemed to come
from woundod men burriod in those
graves built up ot human corpses. '
Stumbling and bruised, at length I
roachod the farther side ol tbe fount
ain ; thero 1 saw the soldiers with
torchos coming, going, hurrying to
and fro. Walking as in a trance and
staggering in my fright, I drew near
and looked.
At the corner of tin Rue de Bondy
and of the Kuo du Cbatoau d'Eau is a
small aquaro, which 1 have before
mentioned, surrounded by an iron rail
ing. In this enclosure they had dug a
wide, doop trench, and thoy wero pil
ing in the bodios grathered Irom tho
1 lace. 1 listened to tbo dull, heavy
thud as they wore thrown in one upon
another, and the rattle of the earth
shoveled ovor them. 1 saw borne be
fore me tbe hideous faces of tho dead,
pale and grimacing, grimed with blood
and powder: in tbe fitful glare of the
torchlight their features seemed to
change and tboir lips to move. 1 fell
upon my knees, completely ovorcomo
and my strength exhausted. As I luy
stretched upon the ground a bugo
black cloud seemod to loll from out
the heavens : I beard tbe clang of iron
striking the pavement, then a loud ex
plosion that swallowed up everything
around me In its fearful roar, and 1
lost all consciousness. A shell thrown
from the Cemetery of Pero la Chaise
had fallen and hurst at my feot.
n hen 1 camo back to lilo 1 lound
myself in ono of tbe dork, low rooms
ot tho barracks, surrounded by soldiers,
who were chafing my bands, while an
old sergeant was bathing my fuoe with
brandy. 1 be explosion ot the ebon,
followed by tho frantio shriek 1 uttor
cd as 1 fell had guided their steps to
wbere 1 lay, and thoy had brought mo
to tbe barracks, thinking me dead. I
had fallen near a heap ol bodies, and
they, by God's mercy, bad served as a
protection from tbe bursting shell, but
its fragments, tearing and cutting up
tho- dead, had covered me with tho
bloody wreck. I was a mass ot gore
from boad to food ; piecos of flesh were
clinging to my clothes; my face, my
bair, my bands wero reeking with
blood. My mind had given way nn
dor sti is dreadful shock, and when 1
came to lilo 1 could see nothing, boar
nothing, understand nothing: to. tbe
questions 1 could answer nothing, only
my lips, in convulsive trembling, kopt
repeating, "Maman, Hue du Cbatoau
d'Kau."
The soldiers understood : thoy car
ried me borne on a littor, and for three
days 1 was delirious lor a month I
was in my bed with fover. ben 1
at last recovered, tbe Commune was
dead and gone. God grant that in our
dear land of France it may nevor live
again ! A. L. in Lippincott't Mag
azine.
A CLEAN "sWEEpT
REMOVALS IN ORDER.
Monday, March 21th, was as lively
a day in the United Suites Son ate aa
they have bad since the close of tbo
sassion previous, although it was a
Radical tunoral. It was the time set
by tbo Democratic caucus for tho eloc
tion of the new officers of the Ssnato,
and Senator Wallace, at the beginning
of the scssbn, moved that tho Senate
proceed to the oloetion of tho now
officers. Upon this Sonator Anthony,
who is regarded, owing to ths length
of his service, aa a sort of father of tho
Senate, arose and made a vory pretty
speech in commendation of the old
officers, some ot whom havo boon in
oflico from tho timo cf Webster, while
one came into tho Senate aa a pago
when Andrew Jackson was a senator.
Senator Anthony deplored tho evident
tendency of tbe Democrat to mako a
wholesale removal, and be apoke with
great feeling and created a good deal
ot sympathy.
. rum nun ri'ui-i-ii a. ui-uiiiu aiuno
which lasted until about six o'clock in
tbe evening. It was wholly useless,
as tho Democrats intended to make
I.- 1. . . L . I. I. .1 n - n n
tho changes and the Republicans did
not hope to arrest tbom. During the
ebate it was shown tbat the jiepnnn-
cans bad rarely removed officers in the
oenaio lor political reasons, anu atten
tion was called to tbe fact that there
was a largo number of Democrats now
on tho Senate rolls. Mr. Wallace, in a
brief speech, said that thore was no
occasion for ths expression of any
great sympathy. It. wa just and
propur, aim aocurtiing to vuu uauge
that too Democrats should appoint
officers In accord with thorn politically.
Mr. Wallace, Chairman of tbe Dem-
ooratie oaucus, offered a resolution that
the Senate proceed to tho oloetion of a
Secretary of the Somite, Chief Clerk
and Sergeant at-Arms.
Mr. Anthony said that nothing he
could do would prevent tbo foregone
conclusion of tbe majority to make a
sweeping change of officers, not be
cause il was demanded by duty, but
because partisanship demanded it. As
one wbo held in respect, if not rover
ence, the precedents and usages of the
Senate, be desired to ester nis protest,
though unavailing, aguinsl the personal
inconvenience to which thoy would all
be subjeoted and tho disturbance ol tbe
ordor of the business oi the Senate
hlch would occur by the abrupt
change of officers. The Senate, apart
from tho judiciary, wa tb most con
servativa part of the government, and
unlike '.be House (which continues only
two voars), tbe tScnato never dies.
Since 1781) there have boon only six
Hocrotane of th Konato. A Kepubll
can Senate therefor retained William
Uickoy, it Chief L'lork, and ho con
tinned in that office until 1800, when
linueu iu tun voice uutu .ouu, .u.u
hedied. The present Secretary of the
Senate (Mr. (iorham) eucceeded Col.
Forney, In 1HCM, and, notwithstanding
his ability, present character and ac-
oomplishmont, ha wa to be removed
without any complaint against nun or
defect on hi part. When, twenty
yoara ago, ho (nr. Anthony; camo
here a Senator, tho door waa opened
by the venerable man, wbo then naa
been in the service as many years a
he (Mr. Anthony) had been since.
There sat William B. McDonald, wbo
twontv-lhro voars beforo, wa ap
pointed Clerk on tbo resignation of his
fathor, after a service of twenty aovon
vears. He remained in ottlc nineteen
years, and died aa Chief Clerk ol th
Senate. . Tho Senate attended . bia
luuen.1 and Setiatoie woro among his
pall boarera. Mr. AnUiony said when
ha ram her he fonnd sir. iitromom
TEEMS $2 per annum in Advanoe.
NEW SERIES-VOL. 20, NO. 13
tho document room, a man who was
esteemed by such gentlemen aa Clay,
Calhoun and Benton as an accomplished
gentleman, and who bad knowlodgeof
all tbo document printed irom tne com
mencement of tbe govornment He re
mained in office until be died and was
suoceeded by a gentleman trained
under bis own eye. His (Mr. An
thony's") friend on tho left (liassctf)
entored the Senate fifty years ago as a
page, and bad lor years served as the
door-keeper. Of the one hundred and
twenty ollioors of the Senate since 'til
be lound tbat tbirty wero Democrat.
Ho regretted the now departuro, but it
was imposed by party behests.
Mr. Hamlin said that Mr. Dickens
held the office of Secretary under three
distinct parties, namely, the Demo
cratic, the Whig and the Republican,
the last named not socking to disturb
him. Mr. Uickey, another Democrat,
served under three distinct parties, and
Mr. .McDonald, another Democrat, died
in office as the Senate's Chief Clerk,
having been in tbe employment of tho
Senate since be waa a boy, Liko tbe
Senator Irom Rhode Island, be re
gretted tho removal of the officers.
New ofiicor would rcquiro a littlo
training to becomo efficient. He bad
hoped that tbe spirit of party would
never run riot in this body, and that its
precedents and usages would be ob
served. He could not repeat that ho
regretted tbo departure from tbem.
MUST DAVE DEMOCRATS.
Mr. Wallace briefly replied, saying
thero was no intention to interfere
witb the business or break down tbo
lifo of tbo Senate. Tbo majority only
desire I that the office held so many
years by tbe Republicans should bo
filled by gentlemen politically in ac
cord with the majority of the Senate.
They had gentlemen abundantly qual
ified to till them.
Mr. Conkling said ho had hoard no
body suggest that if either or all ol
the places were vacated it would bo
improper for the majority of the Sen
ate to till them witb a person or per
sons of tboir own political proclivities,
if the caso were here it would rcquiro
no vindication from the Sonator from
Pennsylvania. For tho first time in
tho history of the American Sonate for
the first time in tbo history of political
parties the timo had coma whon a
majonity in this chamber insisted upon
vacating all tbe cbiel offices by removal
to tbe end that thoy might put favor
ites of tbeir own in the places. The
Senator from Pennsylvanio bad not
uttered ono word in justification or ex
cuse. Tho history and experience
of tbe Senate went to disapprove
tho propriety ol the movement
Tbe usago and propriety of the Sonate
bad decided that tbeso places ought
not to be put up in a political raffie
and made rewards for party services,
but that those who hold tbem should
bo allowed to retain tbom on tboir
merits. Ablo and conscientious officors,
proficient in all thoir duties, were to
be removed at tbe behest of party
cupidity, that the officer might be
subject to tbe voracity and hungor of
those that wore supposed to be en
titled to reward.
Mr. Bayard regarded as dangerous
and dograding the rewarding of parti
sans with government places. It had
entered the civil service of tho country,
and unless it should bo in a great de
gree modified it would increase to tbe
detriment of good govornmont Tho
bestowal of offices should be In consid
eration of the welfare of tho country,
the dignity of the government and the
purity of our institutions. The power
of appointment to office in this body
had fallen to bis party. Ho did not
understand tbat it contemplated any
such slaughtorof tbo innocents as was
contemplated by those on tho opposite
sido. Observation had Bhown tbut in
stead of Federal officors having boon
bostowod for tho good of the country,
with capable and honost incumbents,
they bad boon used for many yoart for
the benefit of a single party. Those
hero who now complained nover nog
looted to fill tho office with their
party friends. In conclusion, Mr.
Bayard said he did not decry partisan
ship in tho citizen, but publio officers
must not use tbe facilities afforded by
thoir position to furthor personal or
party ends.
MR. CONK UNCI'S REJOINDER.
Mr. Conkling said tbat as tbe friend,
and one glad to be tho friend, of the
Secretary of tho Senate, ho wished to
place on rocord his denial ot evory
part Of the assertion of the gonllcraao
irom Delaware regarding his cennee
lion with political organizations.
INuithor that gentleman nor bis subor-
dinato officers during tbe session of the
Senato bad engaged in political work
it was true tbat during vacation air.
borbain bad acted as Secretary ol the
National Republican Executive Com
mitteo, and as Bucb bad aided in dis
tributing campaign documents, eto.
1J is action tn this respect inlertoroa in
no way with bis official duties, and if
bo wero to be debarred on account of
bis holding an office from exercising
his political rights and duties as a cit
izen, every Senator or otbor public
sorvant would, by the same logio, be
restrained from working outside ol tbe
limes and places of bis official duty for
tho success ot tbe party which be be
lieved in. He entered his protest
against tha doctrine that by entering
tbo employ of tho government, the
Seorotary of the Senate forteitod bis
right to personal political action. Mr.
Conkling referrod to tho action of the
House in choosing a Hergoant-ai Arma,
Mr. Thompson, who was Chairman of
th Uemocrauo lvxccutive Lomruniee
ol Ohio. Ho did not condemn tbeir
action in this regard, protested against
the removal of Mr. Gorham for doing
precisely what Mr. Thompson had
been rewarded for doing. Mr. Conk
ling exhibited a list which ho said con
tained tho names of many Democratic
eninlore wbo bad been retained all
along by l-io Republican Senate, but
now tbo behests of party spirit de
manded a sweeping change according
to political linos. This course would
naturally load to reprisals when the
table should be turned and tb party
at present in tho majority bo again re-
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manded to iha , minor ty Unless he
waa mistaken the real animus of this
proposed action could not bo biddon
from tho people behind any tliio veil
of sophistry
Mr. Bavard expressed his surprise
that tb Senator Irom JNw 1 orK (Jir.
f'nnklinirl should fail to see the differ-
anco between tho right of an officer of
tne govornmoni to participate in bum
at the hustings and th right of any
Sonator or HonroaeiiUtlto to do o.
Tb quostion wo not in ruforenco to
elective officors who represented the
ebb and flow of the nubliO win, nui in
regard to ministerial olHcor men
ahr ahnnlrl ba aalocted for th ef-
with which tbey parformod
their duties. He reoognuod the efforts
of ths present administration toward
civil orvic reform, and knew bow
little approval they bad met with iron
tb Sonator from New York (Mr.
Conkling). who eonalantly, hr and
elsewhere, gav evidence 'of his dis
belief in tbe doctrines ana nut ot suca
reform set forth in tb famous circular
ol tho Presidont
Mr. Beck aaid : Wo ar to elect
four or tiv officers, and the simple
question is, eball tho Democrat vote .
so aa to place a salary of f 6,000 a year
in tbo bands ot tbe vory ablo Kepubll
can Secretary of tho National Execu
tive Committee, in order that ho may
be enabled, wben ho has leisure aa it
was to be hoped be would bave at tho
ond ol ton days to devote bis knowl
edge and ability, by tbe aid ot the
funds wo havo furnished him, to run
ning the campaign in various State
in his able way. He was willing that
he should remain Secretary of tb
National Executive Commilloe, but
was unwilling to put tbo people'
money into hi pocket with which to
carry on a partisan campaign,
Mr. Voorbeo aaid be did not feel
called on to givo any excuse for voting
against the retention of the officer.
Tho officer should be in harmony
with tho views of tbe majority, because
tbo majority would be held responsible
to the people for tho management of
tho officers under it control.
A WOBD FROM BLAINE.
Mr. Blaine only arose to say that bis
lamentation was not for the outgoing
officers, bnt over tbo defection of tbe
Senator from Delaware (Bayard), who
bad so ofton read to tbem such boml
lies and exhortations in favor ot re
formed and refined civil service, but
who did not now stand firmly by those
conviction.
Mr. Eaton said that be favored the
proposed change, though be wa op
posed to turning out tboee wno baa
grown old in the service and who be
hoped might be permitted to end their
days hero ; bat those holding tbe
other offices, of Secretary of the Senate,
Serjeant-at-Arms, etc., be tbought
cohld rightly be removed. Ho refer
red to a circular signed oy Mr. iiorbam
and sent out for campaign purpose
last year, which stated that one of tbe
objects ot a Democratic Congress would
be to oust the rresidont, ana continued :
Now I have not any very high
respoct for the man that occupies the
Presidential chair. I think be is thore
through fraud, that he has no business
there, that a majority of 300,000 free- ,
men of tbi country sty be baa be busi
ness tbera. But when tb Secretary
of this committee says that "foremost
among tbeir scheme tbe opposition al
ready announce tbeir intention to at
tempt the revolutionary expulsion of the
Prosidont from tbo oflico, I, as a Dem
ocrat, deny it as false. No body ot
men, respected either in numbers or
intellect, ever announced such policy.
Mr. Blaine said tbat the pretext tbat
tho Secretary waa to bo removed be
cause ho issued this circular might go
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lor What il waa worm. u wouiu.
havo to go just the same it he bad nov
er issued a circular. But the gentle
man from Connecticut (Mr. f.aton) bad
said that Mr. Gorham stated an un
truth in the circular when he said it
was the design of the Democratic par
ty to remove the President. Now the
straggle in both branches of the last
Congress, which culminated in the Pot
ter committee, was tne evidence oi a
sentiment in tho Democratic party
which justified tho assertion made in
thatcircular. TbePotteroommilteewaa
organized for the purpose of obtaining,
it possiblo, evidence on wbicn to Dose
proceedings to remove tne rresiaem.
Mr. WALLACE. Does not the Sena
tor know that in a week from the is
suance of tho circular the Democratic
Convention of Pennsylvania declared
that it wo unwise and Impolite to
make an attack upon the title of the
President f
Mr. BLAINE. Why did thoy make
that resolve if there wa not tome
dangor in the air?
Mr. WALL AUK. Because mat as
sertion was false.
Mr. BLAINE. That denouncement
had never seen the light then. It did
not come out until some sneaking Fed
eral offioe-holder betrayed tbo secret
of bia party, and ia probably now wait
ing in the corridor for some reward.
Mr. Laton reiteratea ni assertion
that the charge contained in tbe circu
lar wa.t baseless.
Mr. Blaine aaid that tbera were still
echoing in his ear tho words of tbe .
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Eaton)
himself, denouncing the title ol tbe
President to bis office.
Mr. EATON. 1 say so now.
Mr. BLAINE. Then is not tho Sen
ator denouncing the Repuplican party,
that is answerable for the situation f
Mr. EATON. I do ; bui a great
many of the Republican fool as I do
about it Tbe beet of tbem agree with
me that the man at the White Jlouso
baa no legal title to bia place as Presi
dont of tbe United State.
Mr. BLAINE. 1 will answer the
fentloman with my view of tbo caso.
t is that th President ol tbe United
States holds the office to which ho wa
elected by as fair and honest a vote a
George Washington, but that it took a
singular departure from constitutional
mode to make that vote good, and
tbat he was not only entitled to tho
votes of throe Southern States, which
be got, but three more Southern States,
of which ho was deprived by boll-dozing
DomocrnU. Applause.
NO REVOLUTION THOUGHT OF.
Mr. Hill claimed that no portion ol
the Demoeratio party over intended,
undor any contingency, a revolutiona
ry movement for the expulsion of tho
Presidont Tbe electoral bill contain
ed a provision as follows : "Section 6,
That nothing in this act shall bo bold
to impair or affect any right now ex
isting under the Constitution and laws
to question by proceedings in mo uui-
ciul courts of the United Stato the
right or tltlo of the person who eball
bo declared elocted or who eball claim
to bo President If any such right exist."
This is a provision of the act ol Con
gress establishing the Electoral Com
mission, it was emoouiea were iu
view of the apprehension that tbe com
mission would as they In fact did
reluso to look into and investigate al
leged frauds in Louisiana and r londe,
and that the result of their labor
would be tbe declaration of ono cf tbo
claimant as President without an ex
amination into tb testimony regard
ing th moril ot th case. Jt wa
adopted that the door might be left
open In such a case to a proper judicial
investigation, which thoald bring out
tbo facts. That there wa ground for
this belief that courts of tb country
would have jurisdiction I roamloat
from the fact that tho learned gentle
man and distinguished teteunen on
both side of both chambers incorpora
ted a provision in tb electoral Com
mission bill reserving all right to re
opon thia question and bave it investi
gated before the judicial tribunals of
the country, nome oi in moat auio
lawyers believe that by proper proceed
ing tho Supremo Coort oaa got Jnria-
liction to investigate wis uuoeuun. a a
was on that principle that the Legisla
ture of M airland passed a memorial to
Congress demanding tbat proceedings
Of IblS natur SnOtllU Ire inaaguraiei..
Som of tho most distinguished Repub
lican lawyer of th country hold tbat
it would be porfoctly proper in a com
petent proceeding for the Supreme
Court to re open and determine tbi
ease upon its menu. Every gentle
man of bia (Mr. Hill s) acquaintance,
every prominent Democrat of the Uni
ted States who desire to investigate
tbi question at all, desire to do so in
lb courts, and nndor the eaoourag
metio and authority of lb ejection law.
Wathi revolutionary? Wblhertbat
proceeding before the court ehould be
Inaugurated or not woeld decettd apoo
tb reliable evideno that ehould be
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