The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-06-08
! GEO. W. TlPPETT,. Editor.
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
thursday, 81: 81: JuneiS, 1871.
me Reign 81 Terror.

r. 81 me Reign Of Terror. I
At last tho horrible instruction in
France Is suppressed Paris, one year
since the most beautiful, gaycst and most
charming city 10 the world, nov lies weep.
ing in blood and ashes. Many Of her
choicest attractions have persisted BY the
hands II the insane Communist mob, to
whom nothing was sacred, The Palace Of
the Tuilleries, the Hotel de2ville, the
Palais Royalo and other interesting build
iugs have been totally destroyed. A por-
ton Of the Louvre, probably thcgraudest Of
al the palaces, was destroyed, but for.u-
pately the objects Of art and antiquity con.
tanned therein, THE 6nest collection 10 tue
votlu, were saved. The splendid colunu
ia the Place Veudome was destroyed, and
all over the city are msrks Of horrible
vandalism. When McAiahon with the
Versailles troops succeeded in entering thu
city the Communists barricaded the streets,
and as they we're compelled to retreat they
saturated The houses with petroleum, and
set fro to them. Both men and woman
engaged in this fondish work, aud the
Government troops shot them down wher-
ever they found them. The Communists
while in power kept tho guillotine con-
ssautly Of work, and the hutchery was not
even exceeded during the Reign Of Terror.
Archbishop Darboy and sixty.nine priests
were murdered at ono timo The Govern
,nent troops have finally conquered Paris,
and are now getting rid Of the Communists
leaders by executing them as fast as they
are caught Tie streets are 50 filled With
dead bodies th,tit is pys~'pd 70 burn
them d sanitary my Among the
hostages murdered 4e Communists
we're the noted " ,.,al banker Jcoker,
Able, Suis AID Duguerry and the nuns.
tI.tt ~.
The people Of Paris are enthusiastic over
their deliyorance from The mob, and quiet
has been restored by tho enforcement Of
military rule. Many years must elapss
.cre Paris can again become the beautiful
cityof The past, and We fear this can only
be done under the guide Of Imperial hands.
10 New York, 90 Saturday, q pair Of
bruits, known as prize fighters, were SEN
fenced to the penisentiary for twelve months lht
each andao pay fine of$l,oOo, the SEN
sspce to continue in default Of payment Of
g / j 4 l. f
tie fne fus anothertwelve months; and the
umpiro was sentenced to six months i'm
prison. zen. aad ined $500. Bowling is
The name Of the Judge who sentenced the
parties. This is moderate punishment,
yet tits severe as compared With penalties
heretofore inflicted. Ifthis example should
Ibs generally followed, the BRITISH practice
would soon DO broken up. Heretofore the
Jaw hss practically been . dead letter, aud
prize fighters have; by . largo class Of peo-
pic, been treated as heroes. The country
will thank Judge Bowling for discourse IN
:the case refereato. R.'a
The Alabany Eveaiag Journal puts the
whole case in q nutshell, when it says the
effort ofVallandigham and some others to
shake of the putrid corpse which is tied 70
4he Democratic party does not deceive the
people. Reduce to its plain, (sggical effect
Il amounts simply to confession that the
Democratic party was all wrong and the
Republican party all right, from 1860 to
1870. u
M. Victor Hugo has written one letter
ttoonuch for bis safety on the Continent,
and the King Of Belgium has signed de-
cree ordering him TO quit that country.
Hewill 60 to London. When England
gess too hot for Lim, lot him try America,
where no soalof attention is paid to letter
writer's. ss
The U. S. Supreme Court has recently
decided that the stocks Of National banks
cannot be. pledged BY the stakeholder to
4tle bank issuing them as security tor loans
Ior discounts. The Court also held thai
surplus moneys expended BY any cosp0ra'
..pn in making improvements, tablet
,tho income tax. The latter decision is on
~ IL Ia