The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-13
THE HORRORS OF VICTORY.
PEN-PICTURES OF SCENES DURING
THE CAPTURE OF PARIS.
Desperate Acts Of the Female Insur-
gents.

THE CAPTURE OF Paris.
Desperate Acts OF the Female Insur-
gents.
Paris MAY 26) Correspondence London Times
I took a walk down the Rue Rivolt. toward
the Hotel de Vile. to judge of the amount OF
damage done, and at the corner OF The Rue
Castiglione became aware of the approach OF
q great crowd of people yelling and shaking
their fists. The cortege was headed oy a CON
pany OF mounted Sendarmes. behind whom
came two artillerymen dragging between
them a soiled bundle ct rags that rottered ami.
struggled, and fell down. under the blows
that were. showered upon 1t by all VINO
were within reach. It was a woman, VINO
Ing 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 hooting mob, Till
they reached the corner of the Louvre, and
there they propped her up against a wall.
already half dead from the treatment she had
received. The crowd ranged itself in a circle,
and | have never seen a picture more per-
lect and complete in it's details than was pre-
scented by that scene. The gaSpfnS, shT1RFang
figure in the centre, surrounded by a crowd
who could scarce be kept from tearing her in
herr drown her p On one side OF the barri-
cade, still strewn with broken guns aIfd hats
q dead National Guard lying Ia the. fosse-be-
hind q group of mounted genGarmes, and then
q perspective OF ruined streets and blackened
houses, eliminating in the extreme distance
In the SIN burning Hotel de Vile. Presently
two revolvers were discharged, and the bun
die Of rags fell forward In u pool OF oloou.
The popular thirst tor vengeance was sails.
fed, and so the crowd dispersed in search OF
further excitement elsewhere.
How the Palaces and Private Restden-
ces were Fired.
Paris MAY 2sJ Correspondence London Sewsl
Paris shall not exist, if Paris does not be-
long to the Commune. Such was their hetlsh
resolve, and they proceeded to carry out their
threat Of Ndestroying tho capital which they
could not retain. They set to work In three
sdistinct ways. In the palaces and pubic ON
ces which they commanded they disposed at
regular intervals, sometimes oottl's some.
times pots OF petroleum. When the vessels oil
petroleum were arranged at proper distances
one of them would be overturned and 1gnlt-
ed; the flames would rapidly spread. and inc
whole building would soon be past salvation.
It was In this way thst Tho TuileHest the
Palais Royal, The Hotel de Vile, the PEaqe
ofthe Legion OF Honor and other celebrated
public edahces were set in flames. This ar
rangement was all made IN the Min
slry of Marine, but the wretches en-.
gagged in the work Of destruction mad
to fly before they could set fire TO the
pots of petroleum which they had plant
ca IN the most likely corridors. There was q
second method adopted for the oeatraetloa Oh
private houses. When it became necessary 10
retire from q particular barricade, the Guards
tore to pieces the beds which for-ned part OF
the barficades, took the tow out y Inc oeas,
dipped 1t in petroleum, and loaded nelr guns
with 1t. Then they fired the tow into the WIN
dows of the houses. II was IN tnls way tnas
the block OF houses in the Rue Royale, facing
the Madeleine, was set on fire. SILL a third
method: Men and women were going about
Paris with bottles Of petroleum IN their poe
/. kets, or hid about their dresses. They threw
these bottles down into the ground noors OF
every dwelling they could Eetat. iitnere was ~ no
room for the bottle to get through, the neck OF
the bottle could getinto certain air holes Y3ecn
belong TO the constfselion Of French hdlaes;
the LIQUID would be poured IN, and q lgasea
match would be sent in after 1t. In TINS way
very many private houses were sgt IN names;
asd many hundreds OF women were nAen IN
the act all day-some u them snot upon Tue
spot. all day. TOO, the inhauitants- apprised
OF what was going on, were engaged In stop
ping up all the skylights, CRAVINGS, and air
holes which connected their grounu Aoors
with the %pavenents. Wherever you turned
plasterfng. brickiug, or shutting up Win
blanks the two feet OF their houses next 10 the
pavement Not only were women taken, out
the fre1nen also in great numbers were arrest
ed. Tie fac: is that many adherents u Inc
Commune entered the ranks OF the Aremen'
partly to disguise themselves, and partly 10
spread the fire instead OF eXtingulsniBg IL
The Extent OF the Slaughter.
[parts (May 2) Corresp ndence London Times.l
The executions OF the insurgents are whole.
sale. 1t is estimated that upwards OF 2Oo0
persons have been shot already on the left
bank of the Seine alone, evidently q Snail pro-
portion of the total number. Wherever Wo-
men and children are TO be observes leaning
over the parapet of the Seine intentiy regard
ing some OBJECT below, Que MAJ % sMs .1s'
the attraction is agroup OF hideonsly, mutlia-
led cospses of men who have been 6rooght
down TO the river side, and then, with their
Mcks 70 the wall, have met their doom. on
the sloping roads leading down from enc quay
to the river may also, be seen lnequaitiss
and where the lreshly-tarned earth indicates
barial.piaces. Not far from these bodies were
living several dead horses, from which the
Seople were cutting steaks. The inside Oh we
Hotel de Vile presents q eurieus scene, Tue
solid masses Of stope and lime Of wn'cn she
formsof q crater, which fills up the whole CEN
trsl place. Under. this mound are said to De
buried from two hundred to three hundred In
81. surrents who were unable to escape atthe
last moment, and thus fell the victims OF the
condagration they had themselves ollsinatea.
IuS ullLlldtlOu " IliC
magnificent specimen of architecture is simply
tideous; there is scarcely a square inch OF the
fucude untouched by shat or shell, and tue
huge stone columns inside, splinlered and de-
faced, suppnTta mere shell.
Young Women Buried ia the Ruins.
IPar,s May ~ Correspondence London Times.]
There is a yellow, gliastly look in the attnos-
mere st. charged with the smoke OF burIenG
houses aud public buildings that the sun
shines feeblY through it. The Tuilerles Is q
mere shell. TIE smoke from the Ministry OF
Finance and the magnificent public ouhd-
inps at the corner Of the hue Royal and Inc
Rae de Rivoli is still rising IRON their runs,
and in the celebrated honnet-maker's, MGaame
.Droiart, No. 3 Rlie lie Rivoli. we'll known TO
many of your lady readers. q number oil young
women employed there took refuge IN Inc
cellars, and are now stiied beneath a pile OF
rubbish twenty or thirty feet high. The Rue
Royale, which I could only see a portion OF, Is
like a Ninevltish mound OF rubbish, and the
fire is still extending. Turning back by the
Boulevard Hausslnann, ! reached the Grana
Opers, a mass Of barbados, and TOO tu! oil
folders to be a pleasant resort, especially as
petroleum. shells were falling on the Boaie-
yarG des I~taliens. All those palaces Wnice
made Paris the wonder and admiration OF
modern ;iu. es. ere heaps Of smoidering runs
her finest boulcvards shattered, her gardens
laid waste, her cutters running, with blood,
and an awful pail settling down heavily over