The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-18
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iss x HArisd dods NOS bslodk ed the s0urdl
mune.l Such: was, their, hsllish, resolve,
epd they pro9eeed4tesyd der 70 affHfy, theib threat
Of Destroying the capital 3hieh they
could not rHtafh.H Th5T1gt IS 'Xork ifi
three distinct'wayA g Id the PALACES ana
public Off aeH tWhiah they, comnanded,
tbex diapoeed at IS .ssagp]aaE Intervals, ,ssoma.
ie i%ss 0GsSss %hss s1$s%aS sR s9ss RSFs ss$S
were arfanged at prop distances; onts Uf
them would be overturned and, ignitet1;
the ,aspes would rapidly spread, and the
a5 Nai3s nai'sns aas X4pa riy e P8sSt PS
Tnilletfes, the Paiais Royal chg HSth}
de- Vile, =. .than Palace of the LEGION of
HonoEr,and otheF celebrated public edi-
ss vssA xs gSas fR' tbs p4s 1s.;79 e
Marine, but the wretches engaged inf,the
work of ofdestruotibn, had |, to j 4y before
they eoula! set fire to the pots of petro.
!e9m WHICH they had planted in tho most
likely corridors. There vas second
method adopted for tho destruction of
private hbhsess When it became ne
oessary Ae, retire from particular barri.
cade.. the guards tore to pieces tho beds
which formed part Of the barricades:
took the tow out Of the beds, dipped it
IN petroleum, and. loaded their guns
with it. Then they fred the tow into
the windows Of the house. It was in
this way that the block of houses in the
Rue Royaie, facing the Madeleine, was
set on fire. .rtIi ,,,ea iI m
&, Still:a third method: men and won en-
were going about Paris, with bottles of
petroleum in their pockets, or hid about
their dresses. They. threw these bottles
down into the ground floors OF every
dwelling they could get at.
4 It there was no room for the bottle to
get through, the neck Of the bottle could
get into certain air-holes which belong
to the construction of French HOUSES:
the iiqnid would be- poured in. and a
lighted match would be sent in after it.
In this way, very many private houses
we're set in!fames; and many hundreds
OF women were taken in the act all day
some of them shot upon the spot. Air,
day, too, the inhabitants, ,app7ised of
what was going on, ,wsre epEaasd IL
stopping up ali The sky:lighta' Garatinas
and air-hofes which oonuectef their
ground floors with the pavements.
Wherever you turned, in every street. |
you saw the inhabitants busy. piasteriua. /
bricking or shutting up with blanks the
two feet OF their houses next torfthe
pavement, Not only were women taken,
but the firemen, also. in great numbcors.
were arrested. The fact Is, thnt many
adherents Of the Commune entered the
.saas s.iIelhrep5a, partly TO disguise
themselves. and partly to spread the fire,
instead OF e3tingpishing it.. .
-TRAaICAn" FATE OF THE CoMMUN1sr
LEADERS. .LV1e: Government troops are
vlpdlchve. iffnot even brutal. in follow
ing up their victory. A trio of the
Communist, leaders, was captured on
Ehursdhy night. They were Jules. Val.
les, Ferre and. Lpngnet,i ii Wales, was
made prisoner after the others. in n rear az
the TIL eatre du Chntelet., His comrades
had rbeeh taken very shortly before.
Wales was dragged forward, blythe Yer.
salllisss. end one of their non commits
slpned officers struck him upon the neck
with his sword. = III his Anger and agohy.
Wales struck baeR, and Immediately an
eztemporafy shooting party WAS drawn
up. and fred into the body OF, the pnfor-
itunate rebel, But Yalles had the bad
taste not to die off at once; ha writhed
:and twisted. and groaned upon the
ground. until neatly, alt who Were within
sight and hearing had to avert their ey es-
nnd move away FROM the, most horrible
iHpuoaatu&e .ii1 ~ captain QcommQndlnG tue
A1Eingj party told mo that .,'they let him I
sGfeF Oh purpose. 81 His fe1low.ca ptivo,
Fertt, ! WHOSE doomwas hntl deferred,
tcried 'out:i"0h, Gaptdinl in the name OF
MERCY. put him oht bf,pain;" and the,
appeal was so far successful that the cap J
tors then shot theirprisoner dea,l. Ill
Leftaucais,, Gambonc and Amouroux'
were shot in the Rue de la Banque,
aguinst the #niT Of the Stamp Office.
Raoul Rigahlt finished lhia days in the
court yard OF the Ecoie, ,AIilitaife. Cour-
bet, the painter. who ordered the de-
strnctiou .of, The Vendome Column, was
found hiding in cupboard, not quite
large enough to conceal him, 10 thelMi.
nistry of Finance, aud, attempting some
resistance, was. according to some re.
ports. shot on the spot. Maljournai,
WHO has boasted ever since the fatal 22d
Of March, when the Party OF Order was
fired upon in the Rue de Ia PAX, that he
gave the order, has met the fate which
he 80 richly merits.
Dombrowski died in the bedroom in
the Hotel de Villo formerly occupied by
MdlIe. 'Haussmann. The day after bis
escape from LaNIuette he received three
rifle shots Wills at n barricade in the