New-York tribune., 1871-06-15

mencement Rue do Sevres and the Taps Rouge on the
Rue dc Faubourg st. Martin all burned part Of tho
depot Of Lyons and part Of the Marie Of the Eleventh
Arondssemen burned The left wing Of the
Chateau dEau is destroyed by fire and she'll According
to French newspaper, the Marie Of the Tenth Arron'
basement and part of the Gobens burned 1t was
before the entry Of the army that the expatory chapel
and the cartridge manufactory destroyed, as wen
as Thers's house and the vend6me column. Among the
churches whose exterior has been injured by bullets or
shells are the Madeleine St. Augustin, st. Eusache st.
Genevieve Leu, Paul, st. Vincent, St Pierre de
M0ntrouge and Others Among the public buildings tnus
mutated are the Palace Of the Legislative Body, the
Ministry OF Foreign Affairs and others The bridges are not
damaged much although many voleys OF shot and Shell
were fired down the river. The Cemetery Pere La Chise
does appear to have suffered much unless 1t be in
the northern part Occasionally shells have, however,
plunged among the dead mems bones at the bottom OF
tombs, and the walks are Uttered with federal equip
ments and cooking utensils Some troops OF the line are
encamped there To tell the effects Of the firing In
the streets would be greater task than to take the
census Paris. The fact of shell plunging from
garc to cellar entering at the plate-sass window of
great shop and coming to rest finally in back alley Is
mentioned here but the destruction TO private prop
erty by the bombardmen OF the city and the hghtng
within it is probably fftyfold greater than by hre
The shops houses buildings OF whatever nature along
the approaches to Place de In Batile, Chateau dEau.
and the point where the Rue Lafayette crosses the ex-
terror OF boulevards generally all battered and
rddled. In the above have designated all the public
buildings which have been destroyed much damaged
(he Louvre, by the way has good many scratches on
its southern faeade and all the important fires although
have left unmentioned few little fires which have
fallen none the less heavily propretors OF less means
especially in the east Of Paris have also designated
in general way the quarters which have suffered most
by musketry and cannOnae before and since the entry OF
the troops Sunday the 2st To give minute descrp.
zion would be beyond the range possibility If the
o,,1d f,,1It hanI ruin and
which have been sown broadcast from the extreme
southwest TO the slaugher-houses and cate-markes
in the extreme northwest, he Paris himself.
(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
PARIS, May 30.-At last we can breathe
again. now that all is overthe last bariicade has been
TAKEN and the last defenders of the Commune have
laid down their arms Yesterday afternoon the Fort OF
Vinoennes the last refuge of the insurgents,
dered; its cOmmandant, Gen. La Cecilia, blew out his
brains TO AVOID falling into the hands of the conquerors
At present, while ruins still smoke all around US, and
when cannot traverse single street OF Paris With
out meeting with signs Of desoaton, it is impossible to
write calmly Of the men who till lately held our lives
and property in their hands, II seems to be better for
the present take stock of the losses OF last
week. especially in works Of art. 1t is always comfort
be able TO say, at least that things might have been
| worse. With the exception OF the Hotel dc VIE
| and the Tuileries building Of anything Ike
irreparabe artistic value has been destroyed If we
liable MSS and many unique editions is the only one
OF the many great public Libraries of Paris which has
perished The National Library the most extensive and
probably the valuable in the world, has escaped
absolutely untouched. The same may be said, believe,
OF all the other great libraries of Paris with the excep
ton of that of the Hotel de Vile. Strangely enough,
both OF the libraries which have been destroyed con-
tanned number of books given by Americans-that of
| the Louvre containing the very valuable collections OF
the Mr.. MOTLEY, American citizen and that OF
| the Hotel de Vile something like 5000 vol
umes. presented by different States OF the Union
The Library of the Hotel de Vile rich in works rel
atve to the history OF the City Of Paris and OF the
municipal history the cities of France in general 1t
also contained 800 volumes OF Ms registers OF the Par
lament OF Paris. BY piece of great good fortune
several important MSS. had under the Empire been
moved the Hotel de Vile and placed in other libra
res they in safety. The total number OF
volumes which were destroyed, on Tuesday night, at
the Hotel de Vile is about 10000.
The total destruction of the Louvre Library-not
single volume having been saved-is a much greater
loss than that of the Hotel de VILE Some years ago Mr.
Motley an American who had long resided in Paris,
left TO the Emperor the whole of his valuable collection
O: books. These were placed in the Louvre Library,
which not open TO the public, and where
they remained almost totally unknown, even by
Mr.. Mottley's eOuntrymen. A large recess at
one end of the library contained Mr.. Motteys
collection in the center OF which was handsome mar
ble bust of the donor very complete collection Of
Ezeyir editions formed part of his legacy, well as
series of beautifully bound books to illustrate the his
tory Of boObinding all ages and countries, even ante
ror to printing Beside Mr. Moteys books, the Louvre
Library had recently acquired very complete collection
of editions OF Petrarch and works relating TO the life
Of that poet These had been bought by the Library
for an annuity of 1900 francs to the owner Then
there was a collection of paintings on yellum by Re
oute one Of the most celebrated painters OF flowers
that France has ever produced. A manuscript COM
meutipg on Rabelais by the Able Mortet, cotempo
rary of Votaire has also perished. These are only
few of the losses sustained The losses the south bank
Of the river were very great but however neither the
the Palace of the Legion Honor had the slightest value
in an architectural point Of 1t will cost many mil
lion francs restore hem and them excepting that few
papers of very small value cannot be replaced all will
be much the same as two weeks 1t is very
difficult TO arrive at correct estimate Of the amount Of
damage done by the incendiarsm OF last week, but
sbould imagn that S10OO00DO would be low estimate
for the damage to public edces alone, without taking
into account any losses sustained by private persons
Where the money is to come from to pay for the neces
sary repairs 1t is difficult to predict for the financial
son of Paris is if possible even worse than that Of
France itself.
THE MILITARY COURTS AT VERSAILLES
Versaies tlfay 49, CORE pondHx Of Tht London Tmts
The military tribunals for the vulgar class
OF insurgents in full swing Five Of them SIT en- per-
the camp stables of Satory, which are also
used as u hospital. They get through their work with
amazing celeTity If judge from the numbers OF
prisoners of both sent from Versailles last nght
and this morning Brest route for Cayenne Three
tribunals actively engaged at st. Cyr, and two In the
OrangeTe for all the vaults under the garden terraces
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