New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-04

rI the 10th of January following victor Non was
: led, by bullet from revolver fired by Prince
Pierre Bonaparte, and Uric de Fonvielle received
from the same Bonapartst revolver two bullets in
s coat.
On the7th Of February, Henri Rochefort, sentenced
70 six months imprisOnment was arrested and taken
o. Ste Ptlagie.
On the Sth of February they arrested in a body
Arthur Arnould Milere. Bazire, &. Case, Dereure,
rrancis Enne. Uric de Fonvielle Paschal Grousset
abereck Humbcrt. G Pussant, Raoul Rigault,
aquet and Verdure, all of whom were sent 70
uss fortnight OF three weeks later some Of
ese citizens were released.
1t the same time prosecutions and fines multiplied
- following was exact picture of the situation
of the Narseillqi,e last Saturday, May Il, 1870
: prison. undergoing sentence:
He Eochefort..... mos. TinQuet $500. mos
Plselh GrousSet- mos bereure mos ,
IN solitary confinement at Mazas. accused of com
pTcity either in a plot or in a secret society:
Mlliere. ................ during months. week
Dereurc. during months, week
Eaoul Rlcauit ............ during months, week
German CaSse Oud time, Is days
Malon-- 10 days
Temporarily and condtionally at liberty:
Arthur Arnold imprisoned days az Mazas in Feb
Uric de Fonvcnc, days at Mazas in February; plus
Franci. ue........... days Al Mazas ia February
Hareucck. Is days at Mazas in February
u Iul0~iilll > ttNH ~ I'iAfN IN W. 'N''lt
NerdJre...........-.... days at Nazas III February
Humbcrt. month week at Mazas in February
Fresh prosecutions have been begun against
Francis Euue. prosecution
Dancery lie --...----.-. prosecution
Ham6crt ! year and months Imprisonment
j. Barberet, manager, or prose- utohs' ana 'oldi
thus far of year OF imprisonment
The MayseiHGsc then, had had UP to last Saturday
,ne editor killed. twelve editors in prison. either at
Plagie OF Mazas, and FIVE who had been prosecuted
and have vet to undergo their sentences Ithas paid
Fe6 i $50 easit COO Apna, 1870. 12olf soc
March l., 1870. soft 2oc. Total l224li. SOC
To sum up. the NGrseihdtSe during us tye months
Of existence has bsen sentenced to eghty-slX mon rs
and half Imprisonment, plus l2OOO francs lne,W!tn-
our counting prosecutions nov pending. ElChty-slN
months and hall If prison., make seven years and
half Distributed among sixteen editors, the aver
age for each is 1--WE months and half; That = to say
for each editor one hall month longer thaH thS Jour
nal has been in existence Oh. dividing the months
of prison 10y the months Of the paper HE IoT cch
month that the VdrsctGi'e has been puhiiShed' II
has been sentenced 10 seventeen months ana "a nail
The sane calculation for the zines gves2 francs
Tins far have translated ~ substance The two
articles which appeared in the NdrselUdSe OF May -
and 10 The record must be eompletcd RON olher
sources for there is no lOngeC any Mdroesudte to
8inong The citations above are Henri DanCervc
and No Az The former has been the pseudonyn OF
Rochefort. adopted when he was forbidden by ms
Tailor 10 sign his name 10 tie articles Wcn nc
wrote Tor MS OWL paper tllt la ttl - 'ii'
GIousset, also a prisoner IN ste felagIe EN9IS pouE
knew that DanCcrvlle and ROchctoI were thc 81 me
person and thgslt OF one was ~ oaebb Hi I and
Of the other II was resolved 10 suppress poti, anu
with them Grousset. Rochefort and Grousset were
notified on Friday that II the signatures 41ehrl
Daurervile and No. 444 did MOI disappear 1fWu lhe
WcrsGlasc they would be each subjected 10 Sohtaly
a. Tho GTth the prosecutions against the Marsedise
vrere renewed Francis Enne ono OF lis editors was
sentences TO three months Impeachment ana 9'WII
francs fin W. Barberet It's manageI. vas senfelcc
To one vcrS imprisonment and hne Oh lOoOJ IItIS :,
Aud tLe VqreiIidtse was suspended for two months
-tLe na-imum of The new liberal law NNt
morning n announced its own sentence I'D le"
lines of large type, followed by ~el-khoWh q'ih'a-
ton. slightly Vaued 49,. ,...,
Cesar Ire FeratOr mOrfturi te non Salutaih~
which il TeTy freely translated: go,
"CGsar cetx que tn yeuX tueT ne meunnt pas:
that is" Caesar, those fyhom you wish 10 hlll "a
IN adds tlrf n viii reappear on the 18th July and
that the citizen ROchcfOrt intends 10 employ the Two
months leisure granted nm Dy me Justice oI ni.
Emile Olivier in collectH material Tor ms History
Of The ast Empire" Needless TO say Chat tins mum
Der was forthwith seized ly the police, ana tbat we
shal see nothing more OF inc b"Se'"1A''e III '
coming two mouths. ,1.,.. 5,,,,,eJ
Against that journal have been launched no iess tns
nine prosecutions in fifteen Gays Less lnan d WIZ
since It's manager was sentenced to years lIIpIlSC
IIent and five thousand francs hne; Whlch, 70 pe
sTIre are but trihes compared 10 the imprisonment
aud fines previously inflicted on the same paper
Yesterday, three months imprisonment ana a llou-
r0w IL is 20 receive three more eOndemnatlOns from
the same tribunal and for similar Offenses
What is the tribunal and what are the oflrnses
Tie tribunal Is Police Court, which tries thieves,
rioters swiudlers, and newspapers judge pre-
sides. Jury i never seen. The judges are the com
PLEASANT Instruments Of Executive power, dependent
on the Government for place and promotion. They
impOs such sentences the Ministry of the day pre-
scribe II is a tribunal organized 10 convict. An
acuuittal on charge against liberal newspaper Is
thing that never occurs.
The 01anse Of such journals as the Mdrselt0se and
the RdDDd is their uDChanglng devotion 10 Liberty
and the singular ability with which they have at
tacked the Empire 1t is the fashion 20 call them VOL
ent TeleuTaIns in English and American journals
dopt and repca the official phrases about melting 70
hatred and contempt of the Emperor. have no
doubt thew do They have told tho truth-the truth
about Emperor and Empire about the despOtc min
istry of R0uEer and the hypOcrite Ministry OF ON
Ver told il with such wit and hyeiness ana endlesS
variety of apt ndcule other press IN the world
has vet shown told il often with Just dlgnatl0 ana
Just severity They need apology They nave dOne
dangerous duty with admirable courage ana hdtIty
The Narseiltaise did not give up the night when us
whole staff was I'm prison. Nobody needs 70 be tod
what rank Rochef0rr holds among political writers
in France. The Rdppei edited by Paul Meu1ce, ana
containing among its contributors victor Hugo,
Louis Blanc, Edgar Quinet Felix Pyat, Francois
Victor Hugo, Charles Hugo, Auguste Nacquere, and
EdOuard LOckrOy has put itself at the head OF Pals
journalism You need NOT expect these men 20 com
promise with despOtism. Their most greyOus Of
feuse at this moment is their refusal TO forgive the
treachery If Olivier the which he and they
once defended together. To OllyieTs vanity there