Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-02-10
BY ATLANTIC CABLE.
Arrest of RochefOrt and Trouble in
Paris.

Paris.
PARIS, Feb. S-Noon.
The following details of the disorder
in the northeastern arrandessements are
CLEANED from the newspapers:
Deputy Rochefort was arrested as he
was on the point of entering a political
meeting in Rue de Flandre, running from
Bellivelt to La Villette. Although there
was a great crowd of people present
and mainly of his own partisans, he made
no resistance and no appeals to the crowd
AS soon as the arrest was made known tc
the meeting the widest scenes occurred
Gustave Flourens, who presided, rose ex'
citedly, drew his sword, fired his revolver
and declared that instruction had begun
The meeting broke up in disorder and q
crowd, under the leadership of Flourens
imme liately proceeded to barricade the
streets. This was accomplished without
loss of time by the confscation of omni-
buses and other vehicles from stables in
the neighborhood. The commissary of
police who accompanied guard charged
with the duty of arresting Rochsfort, was
forced along with the crowd and badly
injured by their maltreatment.
The district lying betweenJthe Rue du
Faubourg, Du Temple and Notifications
La Villette, distance of about two miles,
was in possession of the rioters. At II
o'clock body of police charged the bar
ricade in the Rue du Faubourg and Du
Temple, and attempted to carry it, but
were repulsed. One of the commission
ers was dangerously wounded, and one
killed.
At other places barbados had also been
erected. but theyt were not defended.
The military are now out in force, but
thus far have made no use of their fire
arms, although insurgents have lately
pillaged armories and in that way OBJ
tanned their weapons. Several policemen
were wounded with these during skir-
mishes. Early in the evening great num-
Der of arrests have'been made. At three
o'clock this morning over three hundred
persons have been taken into custody and
imprisoned in the barracks Prince Eu-
gene. Many of these were mere boys, all
armed, and most of them under the in
fuence of liquor.
1t is reported that Gustave Flourens,
looked upon as leader of the rioters, has
been arrested, but this is not yet con-
firmed He is said to have announced to
his mother before going from home to the
meeting, that if Rochefort were arrested,
the people would never see him again.
At this hour all is quiet.
PARIS, p IN.
In the corps legislatif to-day, Mr..
Keratry, one of the liberal deputies, de-
manded to know why Rochefort was not
arrested before going to political meet
ing where five acknowledgements were as
sembled. 1t was not necessary that this
meeting should have been thus disturbed,
and the people participating in it aroused
to violence. This act of the Government
was the pfONOCdllOu W ZIG OlStuf OoASC
which took place. A member of the
meeting explained that the authorities
had RETAINED from arresting Rochefort
at the Chambers to avoid the scandal to
which his arrest at such place would
have given rise.
He asserted that the friends of Roche
fort were prepared to make demonstra-
ton, which they had made, and upon this
fact the ministry would rest the response
bility of what had taken place, and the
country could Judge between the minis
try and the rioters. He said there need
be no uneasiness for the people. The
government was animated by the best
sentiments towards them. The Minister
of the Interior followed with the assertion
that the friends of Rochefort had deter
mined upon disturbance had Rochefort
been arrested at the chambers. Ollevier
praised the conduct of the police in deal