Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-04-29
chastity Spectacle After tue Battle OF
aeutlly.


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iaea. Periss S7orf IN Had Bloody SEEMS
Alosg tas NsUi,iy Road.
lParis (Apru To- Correspond. Londsn Times.I
NeU,lly =, Without metaphor, a city OF the
dead as Tar as the principal avenue Is con
eeTned, tEere is nothing remarkable TO be seen.
BTo~n-Ied sPots upon the pavement mark the
ISssage OF death, while holes plO Ned in the
ground and trees torn up and scattered show
that the struggle was a desperate one. The side
streets present heart-reDtlng spectacle, aud
give q fOretaSte Of what We are 20 expect
should the Versailles army force an entrance
into Paris. Piles Of bodies, NsTsstliais and fed
erals, Uttered the dO0Ts.eps, and i4y in heaps
upon the stsreases, While long, thia lines Of
blood marked the progress OF some victims.
wounded unto death, who hat crawled into a
cupboard or beneath the shadow or a fireplace,
and lag there s..Il, with calm, white faces fxei
in CHASTITY relief in the light that penetrated
dow the chimney. In some Instances there hst
evidently been severe contest, hand 20 hand.
Men lay IN tgcs and thTees, one 1pOn another,
and felt Ike ghost IN some IcelanIi tale OF
hOTIOr-tLe only living creature aancp- 20 many
dead. The distant fIsiiade and crash u shells
served bat 20 increase the stiffness impressed
upon me with the general hush. \ vas aston
i~hed 20 remark that sever a. women had fallen
in one instance pierced by many balls All OF
them were IL cGHstBlETs uniform, some with a
gally painted httle caSk strapped Around the
waist, others with pistols, unGLsch8rgGJ still in
their belts. There was one lying alone within
court nd, a handsome young woman, with
black hair braided about her temples a smtIs
upon her lips, and the fragment of = sabre in
her hand. She belonged to the 6Sch battalion,
and had been struck togn by the explosion of a
shell. Further on, half buried under a heavy
door which had fallen from It's hinges, were two
men, one sailor asd the other q soldier OF the
hIe, killed By fragments OF tie same proiectile
and half across the door and over the courtyard
stones were trails OF some long cresper lust
bursting into leaf. Many houses are unToofed
and pen 20 the sky, while shattered blocks OF
stone and heaps Ct bIick and slate render
some OF the narrow lanes almost impossible.
i found upon inquiry that a very large proper
f1fr nT IA M Nar~ - to-
women, counting together those who have been
killed b. accident and those who have perished
sword IN hand. one iss!y, indeed, bids fair to
rival 1herOisDe de MericOurt-'' Citoyenns
Eudes, a. she Is called, wife of the General of
the same name, who row commands at Issy
And Who Is a member OF the Commune. Its
said that she has been under fire several times
and has picked OH her men with sOldicriy scag-
fred 1 wandered from street to street and
about the charming villas that nestle among
trees along the Neuiiiy road, and melancholy
sight they are. Everywhere choice shrubs lyinz
prone upeD the ground, aud fragments Of china
vases and spliniers OF green shutters-satdes
without he ads. fOuntain-tAZ zas overturned, bal
comics torn down, and veTsndshs bent and
broken. In those cas.s where doors remain in
tact the wlnGows are ali shattered, and rooms
Fortunately, almost all furniture has been re-
moved, and even in such houses as still hoasr of
10 have been taken by the plunderer.
Meanwhile became aware that the battle On
NY left was increasing III intensity. The long
avenue OF NeOily became peTfOrce q kind of
neutral ground, being swept by both parties
from the rampaTts as well as from the batteries
OF CouI beyOie. division was therefore made
Of the Versailles Corps dArmee, one portion
re.iring upon BoulOgBe and the racing ground
OF LOn2champs, the other occupying saolou-
yrle. These two divisions poured joint fire on
Porte haillot, aided in their efforts by shells
and Heltss a BiitTGiils from GOnt Valerien. The
trees that still remain in the Bots appeared
Cd IRE, hat envelOped a. they were in a
dense white smoke. "A violent fusiIIade
soItiLled, lasting until sunset, while shells
we're necessarily hurled on Maillot the
Temes, ard the Arch OF Triumph. Five
projecules fell within the American ambu-
lance, which Il empty and left to its fate twenty
more exploded at the top OF the Champs Ely
seer within half an hour. Foot passengers ted
scared, or sunk under the shadows or the houses
And the national guards remained hidden be-
hind corners, shaking their t-ts and yoging
vengeance on the cdnillee. I'VE have had
enough OF this" they said. 'We have been too
long suffering with those brutes. Out with the
teH Gregeots, the picrate de pOtasse, and the
dynamite. We viii sweep them from the face
OF the EARTH and they waved their arms ann
uttered Impreeations, and then resumed their
pipes and retired still further under Shelter.
quite satisfied with their own conduct.