The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-10
SCENES IN PARIS.
TIE TORCH AND THE GHIssEPoT

Paris in FIames-The Burning of the
Tuilerfes.
Paris MAY 2) Correspondence. Of the London
Timesl
At dark I climbed upon the top of the Hotel
Chatham, and a sight, such, l trust, as never
may see again, met my view-the southwest
of Paris was q. sheet OF fame, and ! began 10
fear that the menaces which we had scoffed at
aside. threats were about to become a terri
BILE reality. From Auteuil to Montrouge the
tons which died away In sulphurous smoke
only to burst forth again with a loud report,
and spread still further westward. We were
at a loss to conceive what could be on fire.
Passy seemed smoldering slowly, the real
blaze being more In the direction OF
Luxembourg. It shot up in showers OF
sparks, revealing a dark mass Of dome
This we took to be the Pantheon,
and rejoiced in the fact that the river lay be-
tween us and the advancing tide OF fame.
The smoke spread slowly, bat surely, and
some one announced that the Pantheon had
CAUGHT fire. We saw light shining through
the root, and presently an immens Jet oil
flame shot straight up into the sky. revealing
a form which was at once recoSnizea-'as the
central pavilion of the Tilleries. A cry OF
horror unrst from the lips Of the people who
had assembled, on the roof at the discovery OF
the terrible truth, and we gazed fascinated as
the flames licked rapidly the mass OF build
ings, shooting up from time TO time in long
forked tongues, accompanied by heavy white
clouds of naptha-smelling smoke. Although
at so great q distance from the scene OF opera
lions, we could hear the roar and the clatter
of shiYering states and ~rafters, while we. were
so we'll lit up in our position on the roof that
bullets began to whistle ia our direction, pro-
badly from the Linesmen on the opera
House, who took us for members OF Inc Gom-
mune celebrating our hideous victory, Shels
!whizzed past us, rattling down1n neighboring
streets, and we began to feel our situation
precarious. By this time, the great pavilion
was o mere seeleton of golden light cut By
| curved ribs of black, and crowned by a square
| gallery. 1t reminded me somewhat Of St.
Peters, when Illuminated, ST. Peters, of
course, appearing as q toy in contrast. contin-
ued to stare, scarce darling to believe my eyes;
when suddenly there was a vivid light,
the Pavilion had sunk In with a crash, and a
stream OF sparks few straight into the heav-
ems, literally mixing with The stars. Steadily
the fire advanced with o certainty that indh
Gated the presence of petroleum in large guam
titles. and we were forced to admit at last that
the great collection of the Louvre was to be
sacrificed. Fortunately the pictures OF the
Italian school are hidden away; but VINO shall
replace the antique statucs-the Venus OF Milo
and the Polyhymnia--that are destined to be
DESTROYED BY the dlabollcal spite OF the mad
men who have been a terror1o us for so long !?
THE sight and the reflections 1t engendered
were so awful as to bHnd us TO lie presence OF
other CONGREGATIONS that were springing up
along the line. A huge red bar IKE a giant
furnace indicated that g large portion Of the
Quarter ST. German was being destroyed,
while a light in the Palais Royal and another
In the Luxembourg suggested The Idea that oil
Paris was indeed to be destroyed, and that at
any moment our own quarter might be sent
into the air through the agency of powder or
petroleum in the ewers which run under the
down, to be awakened shortly. afler by violent
detonatiOns.
Raising the Barricades.
Paris Correspondence Of the London Tlmes.l
The rapidly with which the barbados
sprang up On Monday, 22d ult., was perfectly
amazing One passed down a street one hour
without difficulty, but, coming back the next
found q barricade some three or four feet high
already rising across II, and not 10 be ap-
preached, as every civilian who came near was
expected 10 lelid a hnnd 10 making 1t. This
was; fntieeu,- me problem OF the morning.
how 10 get about without being seized aud I'M
pressed into barricade-buitdfhg. A regular
trap was laid for uDwary passers-by, and il was
amusing to watch, from q safe distance, the
process by which they were caught. Asentry,
placed 30 far from the barricade as not to eX-
cite suspicion, did not take any notice Of them
as they advanced toward 1t, but when, on get
ting up to it and seeing their DANGER they tried
TO turn, he politely Informed Them that there
was no objection 10 their staying where they
were, but as to going back, that was out oil
the question. Meantime bis comrades came
up and carried of their victims In triumph to
the barricade,4 occasionally cutting short all
resistance or argument by pointing bayonets
and even reVolvers at them.
Paris Amazons and Children among.
the Prisoners. =.
Paris Correspondence London Eews.l
Among the prisoners marched into Yer
sailles were q company Of the AmazOns OF the
Seine, and u battalion of patriotic children.
The former were dressed as yivandicres.
Some who had shown themselves FESTIVE were
h%andcuffed. One had a child strung on her
back. The arm OF another was in a sling.
The habit-shirt Of another pretty brunette was
with fresh blood. Another Amazon
was wounded. They all showed. symptoms of
fatigue, but still wore q defiant air, and did
NOT seem to belong to the class with which the
Magdeleu asylums are peopled. All were not
Young; indeed, natrons were more numerous
than maidens in this band OF female warriors.
They we're forced TO walk at a quick pace
uuuer the DrOllluS sun, Wy d trOOp Vi MOulGcu
geadarmes. Their advent Ia the streets of
Versailles was the cause of mach mlrtli among
the people. One stout old woman, who re-
spouded TO the smiles Of the ~bystanders By
disrespecttul pantomlme. was hailed as Mere
In one detachment OF Two hundred
National Guards, ten OF them were children
not twelve years old. The young patriots
seemed 10 feel that the eyes OF Europe were
upon them, and posed accordingly. They wore
tba unifnrm III the National GuarQS. -
Enthusiastically of the
Paris Women.
Paris Corrcspo adence (May 2l Of the London
TlmesJ
A gentleman, whose word is beyond dispute,
told me that he witnessed from an upper WIN
dow the storIning Of the barrlcade onthe Boule-
ward MaleSherbes, and that he saw with his
own ewes the rebels lifting the butts OF their
muskets in token of surrender, which caused
the iinesmen 10 advance across the barrlcade.
No sooner did they approach within q few
races than the muskets were suddenly re-
versed. and a plunging fire laid some fifty Of
them writling in q heap. This morning, while
walking on The Rue DIES Petits Champs, | saw
a soldier fall, struck BY a bullet from an IN.
seen hand. An officer who. vas passing told
me that many men had lost their lives IN this
manner, and that the delinquenls were III
stanly shot. He also told me that at the Ba-
lignolies barricade, yesterday, u woman went
up to the officer in command TO ask a ques-
.;nn opd thot hotorp no had cnmnleted his