The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-11-09
The POPaIace i'm the Hotel de Willie
of Paris.

Inc A-opuAaCe IN tne EAOteA NC ShAe
of Paris.
The London Times correspondent says As
was hurrying of from the Chamber to the Ho-
tel de Vile TO hear the Republic proclaimed
there, French gentleman asked me TO give him
a sat in nv cab as be could not find his own.
He was. fortunately for me- one Of NJ Gambettas
friends. and to show his gratitude for the ride,
be got me admission with NJ. Gambetta into the
hotel de Vile among the first who entered it,
As we almost burst 10 through one Of the side
entrances everybody keeping his legs, in the gen
eral rush forward with 10 little difficulty, we sud-
denly found ourselves confronted by an officer
and company Of the line. The situation looked
decidedly critical. II was highly probable that
the officer. in the general confusion Of the day
had 10 orders TO admit NJ. Gambetta, and had
the military instinct been very strong in him he
certainly had men and Chassepots enough to
make the entry difficult, to say the least. Hap
ply be was q politician as well as a soldier and
be warmly welcomed the representative of the
new Government who in return kissed him on
both cheeks. and declared him, las ! understood)
a soldier Of the Republic The officer was kiss
&c by as many as cosd at the moment get at him,
and then a rush was made upstairs to the princi-
pal room. NJ Jules Favre shortly made his APP
psa-ance. and an told that he proclaimed the
repabiic. (which was shortly afterEard proclaimed
again from the balcony below to the immense
fhronr who positively flooded with sea Of faces
the open space in front of the Hotel de Ville)
but not one word did I hear of what he said.
The INDISPENSABLE confusion and nose-occasion-
ed by everybody jOstlibg to get near the speaker,
and implo-ing every one else to keep quiet
made him perfectly inaudble. A singular Incl
dent al frst stopped HE speech. Immediately
shove ms bead, behind him, portrait larger
thaa life Of the Emperor on horseback forest
Of clinched fists. furiously outstretched towards
II. made the orator at last comprehend that his
audience would not tolerate the portrait. No
body seemed at first TO know what to do with it,
until a soldier actively climbing up, succeeded
with Z comrades help, IN hanging curtain, torn
from one Of the windows, completely over it,
THIS felicitous compromise was loudly appauded
by many Of the audience. but it did not satisfy all
No sooner had NJ. Jules Favre left the room than
q Garde National clambeFed up and began with
hrs bayonet furiousy stabbing away at the En-
peror, carefully selecting the vital parts Anoth-
e. Gar5e joined him, aud together they contriy-
ed stimulated by the cries Of the crowd below, to
destroy the picture and frame entirely, throwing
doEn the fragments OF canvas and guilt for
which scramble, almost ferocious in its eager
ness. went on until not a scrap was left A bust
Of the Empress narrowly escaped similar fate,
but thanks 10 the exertions Of a few sensible
and courageous men. the compromise was accept
ed which was refused in the case Of the Emper-
ors portrait aud the bust was carefully covered
up. Bot Tor this childish Vandalism which, | am
sorry 70 say, has been extended to the streets,
Dot even the smallest medallion Of the Emperor
or Empress being allowed TO remain above a shop
front. nothing could have been better than the
behaviour q the people in the Hotel de Vile.
They many Of them belonged to the lowest class
men 70 whom a bit Of gilt or velvet even if it |
fetched bat few sous, was q temptation they |
were 10 the widest state Of excitement, all full
Of rage against their recent ruler and yet they at
tempted neither to plumber nor destroy. They
had the handsome rooms Of the Hotel de Vile |
al their mercy. and it was amusing to see gamins
Of the lowest class lounging ostentatiously 10 the
most luKuriant attitudes upon cushions soft |
enough Tor an Empress head. l saw one boy
carefully removing the cover of one splendid sofa
be had selected, as if resolved to make the most
Of his unwontoned magn6cence. You will hear
from others about the political temper of the
people, and their mistaken faith in their invinci-
biIty and power TO eat up Prussia, now that
they have Republic. Perhaps the most mar
yelous and one Of the finest features in to-days
exhibition was the absence of dependency.
They could scarcely have been more cheerful and
confident Il il had been Prussia that had just lost
3 decisive battle, and her army of $4,000 prison.
ers. Ny belief is that they are prepared to fight
hoping TO overwhelm Prussia by sheer force of
numbers, and when one thinks how powerless, in
these days of arms Of precision, would be the
b7avesl army Of raw recruits against such disci-
pine and organization Of Prussia, one can only
hope that European diplomacy will not look calm
Is on at the frightful massacre that must result
rom this prolongation OF the war"