The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-06-13
Hitllnond DispattE1,
10, 1871.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE DISPATCH
Is LARGER THAN THE CONFINED CIR
CITATION OF ALL THE OTHER DAILY
NEWSPAPERS OF THE CITY.
THE HORRORS OF VICTORY.
Desperate Acts Of the Fe,nnls Inzsrcenss.

Desperate Acts Of tho Femnls insurgents.
Irar!s MAY 26) Correspondence London Tunes.
took a walk down the Rue Rivoli, to-
ward the Hotel de Vile, to judge of the
amount Of damage done, and at the corner
of the Rue CaStiglioue became aware of the
approach Of = great crowd of people, yell
ing and shaking their fists. The c0rtSge
was headed by company Of mounted gem
darmes, behind whom came two artillery
men, dragging between them soiled bum
die of rags that tottered and struggled, and
tell down under the blows that were show
cred upon it by all who were within reach.
1t was woman, who had been caught In
The ACT OF spreading petroleum. Her face
was bleeding and her hair streaming down
her back, from which her clothing had been
torn. On they dragged her, followed by q
hootinS mob, till they reached the corner of
the Louvre, and there they propped her I'D
AGAINST a wall, already half dead from the
treatment she had received. The crowd
ranged itself in circle, and I have never
seen picture more perfect end complete
in its details than was presented by that
scene. The gaspins, shrinking figure in
the centre. surrounded by a crowd who
could scarce be kept from tearing her in
pieces. who waived their arms. crying
"Drown her drown her !" on one side a
harricade, still strewn with broken guns
and hat>-a dead National Guard lying in
the foSSe-behni group of mounted gen.
tiuimcs, and then perspective OF ruined
streets and blackcned houses, eliminating
in the extreme distance III the still burning
Hotel de Vile. Presently two revolvers
| were discharged, and the bundle OF rags
| fell forward i'll pool of blood. the pop
ular thirst for vengeance WAS satisfied, and
| 50 tho prSxy1 6isDprSaI in Sp9rrh of further
excitement elsewhere.
ASsaultinG n Barricade
! IParis MAY 25l Correspondence Daily Ecws.]
question if it would have been possible
| 10 have selected Il position better situated
| than mine was to take in the whole OF the
| features Of battle OF the streets. The the.
| atrc,opposite me backs the Rue Naugirard
and the Garden OF the Luxembourg front:
the Semi.circuar Place de efOdeon, and looks
upon three streets, viz Rue Racine, the
Rue Casimir- ir-Delavigne, and the Rue dc
POdeon. The terrace, the basement, ant
the twelve pillars which support the facade
are in direct line with the first street
Thus was it not only natural harricade
but it was also in direct line Of lire from
the barricade at the bottom of the Rue Ra
cine, some 100 yards distant. 4 battle from
harricade TO barricadc is not very interest
ing, but this scene, which / witnessed
from its beginning to its end, was O
the most exciting character, and | WA
only ten yards from it all. 4 barricadt
battle is very uniform. a man advances
tc the front, takes aim, fires, and re
treats, until his turn comes again. ant
50 on, al infnttuna. But here every pillar
every corner of the arcade running rount
he theatre, every projecting piece of ma
sorry was coi@n of vantage, which We
Instantly occupied 10y the troops, and AT
'orded scope for individual mannuvres. =
1:lJ the troops received orders to com
mcuce firing, and they began with o will
For nearly three hours they kept up an in
ccSSant fusiIade, which was vigorously re
| Piled TO by the insurgents, who ShoWcrct
shot. shell, bullets. and nitraillc 10y thou
sands upon the theatre. The insurgcnt
aimed well. Tho pillars were splinteret
into 4 thousand pieces the shells, though
carefully aimed at them for the purpose 0
cutting them in two and bringing down tht
roof, were not of sufficient calibre. On,
pillar, however, was almost entirely demol
ished. All this time the troops, chiefly
Young men, stuck to their position witt
great bravery each handled his chassepo
in mastery manner, and delivered his trt
with regularity and GOODNESS. But the tight
ing ut this rate might have lasted for week
The officer in command, therefore, gave tht
order TO glide into the houses Of the Rue
Racine, and so advance toward the bTri
cade. This order was bravely executed
and then, in lieu of firing bullets, which
either struck the pavlDg-stones OF the bar
ricades or the houses in the rear, the troop:
fired down upon the defenders Of the barri
cade. After an hours skirmishing the posi-
ton was abandoned by the insurgents, ant
with i rush and cheer the troops took
possession, and turned their arms against
the barricade at the junction of the Rue
Soutllot and the Boulevard st. Michel
During the whole Of this time l cid moi
notice more than half a dozen men fall
Two were killed on the spot, the other:
wounded,