New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-03
PARIS.

AAAo>'S
All Quiet in Parfs-Sturdy Independe1ee -
the PeOple-French Troops Keep Cso1.
Details Of the Occupati0n-EmpeE
Will Not Enter the City-Review By lne
Crown Prince.
Especial to the New York Telegram.s
PARIS, March 2-The inhabitants nazin>
tain the same quiet, sturdy Independents
they showed on the morning of the entry
Of the Prussians. There were no demon
strations by the people, and the troops are
and neighbOrhOod, without any apl,axxnt
excitement. The French troops who guarded
the barracks and bridge behaved admirably.
and under great prOvOcatiOn restrained
their temper and kept cool.
There has been no disposition on the part
OF the officers and men of the Prussiau ,al1sy
to wander beyond the barricade liurifa.
Even without Il military uniform the rrns-
sian soldiers, if discovered, would be NJ
tackled by the angry mob.
LONDON, March 2.-Paris dispatches sssxta
that several battaliOns Of Germans entered
the city ut seven o'clock yesterday nauuing
to prepare quarters At halfpast eight this
Palais dc rIndustrie was occupied. SQane
battaliOns soon afterward paraded il. Yslace
de Ia COncOrde.
There was soon line of German srcsg,s
along the Seine from Point du Jom 10
Palais Bourbon, while on the right bank flse
French National Guards stopped the Fas-
sage Of all persons In uniform. Horse
patrols circulated and occupied their anar.
ters. No acts of depreciation were com
mitted. The main body formed at Long
champ and in Bos de Boulogne. where q
review was held, and entered Paris at noon
The Emperors staff are quartered at tho
Palace des Champs Elysces. General
Karnecht commands the army of occupa-
ton.
A Prussian military commission is essah-
lished to receive complaints OF Inhabitants
who deserted occupied quarters. The pub
lie buildings have also been deserted and
closed.
the city. The Crown Prince will review
the German army.
Herolds speciaB:
PARIS, March 1.-The only incident Gb-
served was when a Frenchman, respectfully
dressed, went up to a hussar sentinel and
spoke to the soldier, who replied civiliy. On
his leaving the hussar some wOrkmen near
by beat and kicked him severely. In re-
spOnse to his cries for assistance, the Ger
man officers only laughed.
On the Boulevard st. HOnOre, at eight
o'clock this morning, when it was dark and
cold, three members of the National Guard
and few women carrying bread were tho
only persons visible l turned the CDR
ner into the Rue Royale and saw Gordon.
of sentries stretched across the street. and .
line of artillery caissOns interlOcked. Ne.
carriage was allowed to pass. The an
proaches to the Champs Elysees, the Pons
de la COncorde, the Quai and the Rue de-,
RivOli were all barred in the same manner.
A few troops were visible, but no spec
tatOrs.
There were not more than ten people In
the Champs Elysees from one end to the
other. Not sign Of the coming event was
visible. All was so silent the dullness be.
came almost oppressive, especially az it
was impossible not to feel the saddeninE
influence that seemed to be floating in th0.-
air. As l reached the Arc de TriOmphe, at
a little after seven, half a dozen mem,
wearing blOuses We're standing with their
hands in their pockets, gazing down tho
avenue OF Neuilly.
A little further on l met grOrs9 a
At ten minutes past eight,
looking through my field glass from the
bridge, mile off saw one horseman, thans
another, and then more approaching ut =
rapid gallop. / had hardly time to CIV.
Here they are ~ before they had reached
the barrier at Porte MaillOt. Two othesS
who bad been riding on the sidewalks
oned them. In another instant, ut rre-
H.,
frussians were inside Of Paris, diree41Y
within the gate
Six hussars spread out and came up Tie
avenue OF the Grande Armee at rasad
rot, sometimes breaking into hard gsaaloaa
Ten PAGES in advance Of these rode young,
officer OF about twenty years. sword in hxnd,
who, it is said, was selected for this homer
rs reward for his great personal bravery
n the field. The men carried carbnes sest-
u Or nl thaIp nS I'm fhnv
'attling pace. The young leader looked 50
gallant could not help admiring him
A small party dashed to the Arc de
Triomnhe, and under it they went wiiisszsS
!rawing bride. over heaps Of stones and
'and, which had been left possibly tes pre-
cent their passage. They reined up ssarp
It the top OF TIE Champs Elysees, with the;
zee. | was down stairs after them In a.
ccond As ! turned toward the Arc de-
rolnphe l saw another officer, With u
rumpeter al his side. galloping up the ave-
lue, and behind them, at little distxuce
! dozen or more chasseurs. A cloud Of in
antry was seen approaching, but at sueh a.
distance that the little square of esvalry
Vas for moment unsupported. When T.
cached the Arc | asked the young o.ficex
lis name. He replied, politely, 'Liszsse1-
mt Bernhardy, OF the fourteenth hutssaIrs.'
That name, borne by the brave fR-
ow, deserves TO 60 down te his-
ory As he was speaking his cSptain
0ined the party. There was an expression
If excited satisfaction about both. but No,
,wagger. After few minutes pickets were
detached TO each avenue. The men stxrtea
III a gallop. but soon returned with renps7s.
Bernhardy sat coolly strOking the name Of
MS horse with his sabre, not noticing the
rapidly growing crowd which his arrival
nad provoked. More hussars soon 'Ssrsc
riding up. BY halfpast eight o'elocR the
whole squadron had assembled OF. the
Neuilly side OF the Arc. A mob. OF tvs
hundred looked on with a mixture ct an
Inference and indignation. There was no
extreme sign Of rage.
At q quarter OF nine o'clock the staif
arrived. with General Won Karnecht isa tie
ront, followed by fifty officers, with an
.lms and III all services and unisssrmx
They did not stop, but rode dcwa the
Ihamps-Elysees to the house of ftsueea
where their headquarters nero
One OF the officers, Count
Valdersee, halted to shake hands with one
II our group, an Englishman They eisssffea
| few minutes, but directly after the l,rus-
ian had passed. this gentleman WA
sttaeked by three men in biouses,
out he managed to keep his temper
Three hundred yards behind the
taft came battalion eighty-eighth, with,
irums and flies. Then came troop OF silus :,
lragOons. whose regimental number
'onld not see, and after these. marcta.d a
mixed detachment OF Bavarians. cotorxsseA
If infantry and cavalry. followed bv F,ur !.
thousand men OF every variety of the Erus-
'ian line. A1corps consisting of abSxus ~
iozen officers OF artillery at the head pf a
little column, which was closed hx, s.x,.r..>