The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-06-20

form, have been taken down the Seine.
in boats, and it is said that many of the
sham sailors who defended the Rnc Roy.
ole so hravelv were women in diseufse.
Near the Park Mancean a husband and
wife were seized and ordered to march
forward toward the Place Vendomc. "a
mile and a half They were both Of
them invalids and unable to walk far
The woman sat down on the curbstone
and declined to move, in spite of her
husbands entreaties. She persisted and
they both knelt down together, begging
the gendarmes to shoot them both at
once, if shot they were to be. Twenty
revolvers were fired, but they still breath
ed, and it was only at the second dis
charge that they finally sank down dead
The gcndarmes then rode away, leaving
the bodies as they had fallen. A party
of nine hundred prisoners had Just gone
past my window escorted by company
of, hussars. Among their number was
woman with flowing black hair, who
showed symptoms oe contumacy, and
was several times pushed back into the
ranks with the fiat of the sword. She
made several attempts to escape, and at
last, having wearied the patience of her
captors,a soldier raised his revolver and
shot her through the heart. She fell a
heap Of dark clothes the corttge passed
on, leaving her as she had fallen, and
there she still lies. ............. .
SLAUGHTER OF DoMINCANs.
About twenty of these priests were
imprisoned on Friday, the 10Th, at Folt
Bicetre... On Thursday, when this had
TO be, abandoned, they were hurried
away to the Gobelins, on the promise
of being set at liberty. Instead of this
they were driven to work ON the barri
cades, then dragged to a prison in the
Avenue d'1talie. At A. in the afternoon
they were visited by a certain NJ. Ceris.
ier, with company of the One Hun
dred and First Battalion of the Nation
al Guards, who deliberately loaded in
their presence. The outside of the pris
on was then thrown open, and they were
ordered to leave it one by one. AS the,
marched out singly they were shot sue
cessively by order of Cerisier, with the
exception of the narrator of the occur
renee, and one or two others who were
either missed or slightly wounded ant
escaped. Twelve bodies of these I'm
happy men have already been recover
ed '1.a
LEX TALIoNIs-HoRRIBLE SCENES.
On the other side the executions ar,
wholesale. 1t is estimated that npwar(
of two thousand persons have been sho
already on the left bank, of the Sein,
alone, evidently small proportion o
the total number. Whenever womel
and children are to be observed leaning
over the parapet Of the Seine intent,
regarding some object below, one ma,
be sure that the attraction is a group o
hideously mutilated corpses ofmen wht
have been brought. down to the rive
side, and then with their backs to th
wall have met their doom. On the slo
ping roads leading down from the qua
to the river may also be seen inequali
ties where the road has been recent.
disturbed, and where the freshly7turne(
earth indicates burial-places. Not ia
from these bodies were lying severa
dead horses, from. which the peopl,
were cutting steaks. The inside of tn
Hotel de Vile presents curious scene
the solid masses of stone and lime o
which the rubbish is composed havin!
fallen in in the form of crater, whicl
fills mp the whole central place. Unde
this mound are said to be buried from
two hundred to three hundred insur
gents, who were unable to escape at tn
last moment, and thus fell the victim
of the confagration they had themsel
YES originated. : 4 1 took
walk down the Rue Rivoli toward tn
Hotel de Vile, to Judge of the amour
Tof damage done, and at the corner o
the Rue Castiglione became aware of th
approach of q great crowd of peopl
yelling and shaking their fists. Th
cortege was headed by company Q
mounted gendarmes, behind whom cam
two artillerymen, dragging betwee
them soiled bundle Of rage that tot
tered and struggled, and fell down uu
der the blows that were showered upol
it by all who were within reach, 1t wa
a woman, who had been caught in th
act of spreading petroleum. Her fac
was bleeding and her hair was fowin
down her back, from which her clothin
had been torn. On they dragged hel
followed by hooting mob, till the
reached the corner of the Louvre, an,
there they propped her up against a wa
already half dead from the treatmen
she had received. The crowd range
itself in circle, and / have never see
a picture more perfect and complete i
it's details than was presented by tina
scene. The gasping, shrinking fgur
i'll the centre, surrounded by q crow
who could hardly be kept from tearin
her to pieces, who waved their arm
crying, sa 'leau 'leau!" on one sid
a barricade, still strewn with broke
guns and hats-a dead National Guar
! lying in the fosse-behind group G
mounted gendarmes, and then a pei
4 spective of ruined streets and blackene
houses, eliminating in the extreme di;
tance in the still burning Hotel de Vile
Presently two revolvers were dischare
Jed, and the bundle of rags fell sorwar
in pool of blood. The popular thirs
for vengeance were satisfied, and so til
crowd dispersed in search Of furthe
excitement elsewhere. 4 I'D, .,..
4 PARIS AS IT is. ll sit--
! All those palaces which made Pari
the wonder and admiration of moder