, 1870-09-24

The mob broke through the great gate of the
TuIlcr1ea Garden, Oh tho side i'oktng to~ar1
the Place do Ia Concorde. They had previ-
ously tom down the eagles By which It VAS
l,y the Garie Mobile aud the t;arde Natiouale-
4 large number of the Garfes Mobiles Lsd
met III the morning on the ll3ce de Il ro.4-
corlc. the statue OF the City of MAreeilses.
Wien they had paseed the grand basin they
could zee the uniforms Of tho light nf.rt'y in
th+ private gnrten, ~here u. Louis Ray"r:s,
af the Gartie Mobile, had appointed to have
aE interview with the soIlieia. Ill; proceeded
thiiher. w.sl, white handkerchief At the end
nf his gun. ard was joined on iis way hy 81
Xictotien Saraou, antt sEbRe4uent1yby another
gentleman General Mell,set was on the ter
race Of tllc private garden. ii. Eavenczwent up
tu him aud spnke III the following wosls
''The republic il proclaimed. comc. in the
uanac of tic people 3D. the Aational Guar'i.
to III mard all ei,,las &C into the palate. which
ia o,r property. We undertake to respect it,
chaI act1 r in every sense.
Then tile mob approached, and General
Mcliuet. who was then standing on chair.
sa,d: 'Gen'len,en, do not W..h for any,
ttirf better than to order my troopa away,
cocll,tion that their POSTS should he taken hy
TIC National Guasd. FEr,hernorc, declare
to you that. i any one Of cur soldiers IL mo-
duty"
4 6ax TEmpeyetr :" wac tue reply Of the
mob. I'VE will cnter the palace" They
then rushed in between the Ga..1ea Mobiles
aud the National Guard. shouting as loudly Es
| their lungs wortld lei ;l,crn.. hut 1h-tainiug
f:on, any deeds Of violence or destruction.
In the p1lace the only oue who had renlaintI
vAs tho ptrsou who is callel :Lr SOUS. Com
| Fl strrateEr au Pa1ais de saiut Cloud, aad See
reta1y Of General Lepic- He gave up the
keys OF the private apar: n4ents to ". Revs-
| nez, who entered them aloae. The gentleman
who had given MP BIZ charge was ueepiy af-
| tectcd 4, the incident. u All, Monsieur, -
sail he. "tk,is il terri lc. The p00r Empress
how basely ehe hss t'cen abaEiuael! Every
one OIL whrm she sAuwcEea faroEs has de-
| stztcd her!'
| The reception 1oou,s on tho iirst story weta
unchanged in aspect, but the people iu .te
Place tlu Carronsel could sec that the windows
were without curtains. In the ground tlool
the disorder was riuu1y indescnb15le.
II. Ravenez's o: inson waH that the Empires,
hand, we have been informed that Her III.
jsstJ actually left between and ) O'Clock or
the morning OF the previous ttny, However
that msy have boen. there were trncee
everyWhe1o OF rrccipitate flight. aud, in
ev'denss 81 it. tho Imperial arartmepts were
rooms whicsa h.d Belonged to lie En-.
peror and his son, the first thing
that attracted attention Was ctiid's sword
| 3F'HE UH tNt1. u1l1 Q[dH0 flQEQ IA6 Bead
bard: while On the t1oor in tue same rooc,,
amid }ittor Of torn numbers OF the Gaalois,
the Or'nion Nnt.osaie. aud tho Figaro, las
TIC holster Of revolver. In all the drawers
broken jewe1-cases were to b. eeen. In the
! Empress drawipg-room Was discovered tha
p.fsce diary, with the page relating to the all,
| cf September halt torn away. In tho CORR
dors. which arc ordinarily kept hghtY1, the
| lamps seemed 10 hare been recently e1tin-
| EuisheJ, aud to havc left behind them faint
oder OF oil. In another room we're tho re-
mains of breakfast. which had evidently
been cut short It w.s Of very simple
fare. consisting only OF boiled egg
anil bread aud cheese. i Garde Mobile
with d good appetite made short wora
| Of this hor,elr repast little later. In the
Emperor apartment we're numbe. of prus-
| sian maps, butr+, and stasuettea OF th9 Prince
Imperial, an unfinished outline of bust OF
| tue Emperor. a number Of p1atcs represent
| ing prussian soldiers and officers, in uniform,
some annotated volumes, among them boob
Of M. de Afirecoprt: aud Greek cap SUI.
mounted by a peacockts feather, and bearing,
in gold letters inscribed on the lining, tile mi.
| tlats &C. L. N
To the interior Of the Tuile1ies no iamace
whatever was done; indeed. the National and
Mobile Guards we're posted within tho build.
| ing; ard beyond ! Tow basty scrawl. on thu
waf, such as death to Thieres,'4- Arart
mFnts 10 Let" k=spec: the Natioual Proper
IT," and "Viye il Eerub'ique Francaise,
there we're co traces If any injury done IL
the Tal.ca.