The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-06-10
Eight Days Later.
Arrival of the D. C. Murray" and
Moses Taylor"

The bark D. C. Murray, of the Hawaiian Packet
Line arrived on the 3rd, followed by the Noses
Taylor on the 9Th, bringing our dates from Europe
up to the 23d.
The news by these arrivals is interesting and i'm
portant, being no less than the capture of Paris
by the Versaillists, and the collapse of the
Commune.
Says the .dLa of May Oath, at length $4,000
Versaillists, i. e., the Government troops, have en-
tered Paris and the Commune has utterly collapsed.
The varying defeats and temporary successes OF
either side will be found detailed in our columns,
inserted in the order in which the news reached San
Francisco.
The English news contains all the leading bust
ness transacted in Parliament. A majority in the
Commons has decided against the purchase of
commissions. Malls has moved for the disestab-
lishment of the Church of England, while some
member thought the motion untimely and uncalled
for. One member referred to the prosperity of the
Episcopal Church in Ameaica as an argument for
the disestablishment of the Church of England.
Disraeii thought France, not America, should be
looked to for proper examples. Gladstone, for
once sustained the views of Disraeli. Upon a di-
vision there was a large majority against the reso-
lutions.
There has been considerable preliminary discus
sion on the merits of the new Treaty of Washing
ton. as agreed upon by the Joint High Commission.
The treaty meets with general approval in the
United States, but not in Canada, which latter fact
may influence English opinion. The discussion in
the English Parliament on its merits is to be post
poned until June 18th.
A snow-storm swept over parts of Scotland and
the north of England as late as May 18th it is be-
lieved much damage was done to the crops.
The last act of vandalism of the Commune was
the destruction of the magnificent column of bronze
and masonry known as the Column Vendome.
PARIS. May I6.-Tbere was a tremendous scene
at the fall of the Column Vendome this afternoon.
The fall was announced for 2 o'clock. and all the
balconies in the Place Vendome were thronRed
| with ladies' The RupR de la PaiY and CaSfiOliona
were crowded. Three bands of music played while
the workmen were engaged in %chopping the base of
the column.
NJ. Abadie arrived and inspected the windlass.
The excitement was intense. Rochefort next APP
peared, AID the people crowded around him, giving
him loud cheers.
Soon all the arrangements were completed and
the bugles sounded, as If the Column, like the walls
of Jericho, was to fall from a blast. The cable
was stretched and tightened, the Column stood
firm, the windlass broke and the pulley few into
the air and then descended, striking q sailor and
wounding him.
After this accident Abadie declared that he
needed two hours in which to repair the tackle.
The report having spread that the Column would
fall at quarter past 5 O'Clock. the word was given
out that the Column would not fall before Z o'clock.
A general expression of disapprobation then went
through the crowd. Abadie was accused l. of COM
plicity with the Versailles Government and threat
ened with the guillotine.
At 20 minutes past 5 o'clock the cable was again
stretched for the work of demolition. Suddenly, to
the surprise of the spectators, the vast column
moved and swayed, and then swept magni6cently
down, bursting into fragments as it struck the
earth. 1t fell lengthwise in the Rue de la PaiX.
exactly on the manure cushion prepared for it,
splintering with a dull. heavy numbering sound,
while a thick cloud of dust and crushed and pow
dered masonry rose in the air. The crowd. as soon
as the Column fell, gave tremendous shouts OF
I" Vive la Commune" and the bands played the
Marseillaise hymn.
When the dust cleared away there lay the glori-
GUS Column. sp~lintered to pieces, its bronze and
masonry in two masses together in the middle, and
the statute of the Emperor several feet from one
end of the Column. with the head knocked off.
The crowd rushed forward to collect fragments
as relics, and the guards were unable to resist the
rush.
Next the orators commenced their speeches, and
INDUCED in all sorts of eXtravagant language.
The statue of the Emperor was treated as if it
were the Emperor himself; the National Guards
spat into its face. and struck il with their rifles.
After the ceremonies were concluded the crowd
dispersed. and the soldiers moved off waving their
red flags, and giving expression to their joy by con-
tinual shouting.
The destruction of the Column Vendome by the
Commune of Paris. creates great Indignation in
military circles in Versailles. and is remarked by
soldiers as a direct insult to the army.
New YORK, May PA special correspondent at
Versailles last night. telegraphs full particulars of
the manner in which the Government forces entered
Paris. Captain Trogue of the navy went from the
trenches and ramparts at POnt du Jour, and finding
the Insurgents had retired, called 300 sailors and
took possession of the gate. Other troops followed
and before any one was aware the entry had COM
menced. Not a rife was fred nor a man wounded;
the whole thing was unexpected. A white flag was
hung out at Auteuil. Another brigade of Versail-
lists had entered Port MOntrouge and the troops
are pouring down on both points. 1t is reported
that the Arc de Triomphe has been reached and
that the Insurgents made but slight resistance. The
guns on the ramparts have been turned on the
Communists. 10000 men are under Fort Issy and
10000 are moving on the open gates.
New YORK. May ga special Versailles des-
patch says the latest particulars from Paris confirm
the victory of the Government. The Eighty-second
and One Hundred and Fourth Regiments of the
Line. which were the first to enter Paris by the
Porte de st. Cloud, under command Of Gen. Douai
and Coils. Treves and Des Aries, took up a position
last evening within rife range Of the Arc de Tri-
omphe; on the city side of which and beneath the
arch were all manner of distractions in the shape
of barbados.
Mcmahon on being apprised of the success which
attended Gen. Douai's advance, gave orders for a
general movement of the troops along the line in
the direction of Forts Issy and Montrouge. The
Port de Bellancort and the Porte de Auteuil-the
gates converging on Pont du Jour-were found
deserted, and no resistance, of course. was met
with.
a regiment of Chasseurs, in dashing up the
Boulevard Brenne, met with a murderous volley of
rife shots from an ambuscade. Four light field
pieces. on the avenue near the Arch, opened fire on
the bridge. which was demolished. and on being
charged and captured was found to have been
deserted.
A later despatch says the troops of Mcmahon are
all moving this morning, and pouring through the
Bots de BonlOgne. Ten thousand men with fifteen
pieces OF artillery, are concentrated on the Avenue
de la Grande Armee. about to move in a direct
line for the Arc de Triomphe.
The barricades on three of the principal avenues
leading toward the Champs Elysees are in the
hands of the Versaillists.
The CONSERVATION among the Communists is rep
resented as being very great. Mcmahon in person
is experimenting operations. and the enthusiasm OF
the troops is unbounded. The forward movement
to the barricades begins at once.
a Paris despatch says: The city is IN tremendous
commotion. From the windows in the west front OF