The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-06-10
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BURNING OF TUILERIES.
THE CO M M U NISTS.
FATE OF THE LEADERS.
The Buildings Destroyed.
Burning OF the TuiIerIes.

Burning OF the TuilerIes.
A correspondent of the New York
World writes:
The artillery firing through the streets
continued after dark, and in fact all
night long. But between 9 and 10
o'clock the Communists abandoned
their great barricade at the head Of the
Place de la Concorde and fell back to
the Tuileries. The troops did not fol-
low them Immediately, but shortly be-
fore IL o'clock their sentries saw a
tongue of flame spring from oLe of the
windows of the southwest wing Of the
Tuileries In very few moments the
whole Of the upper portion of this wing
Of the palace was in blaze, and it be-
came bat too evident that the Commu-
nists, having resolved to abandon this
position also, had at the same time re.
solved to destroy it. | regret to be
compelled to say that this act was one
of pure malice The evacuation OF the
Tuileries by the Communists was "a
military necessity" least they
deemed their position there too danger
Gus to be longer maintained. But they
had also resolved to fall back to the
Hotel de Vile, and the Tuileries was
not fort whose guns could be turned
upon the Hotel de Vile to render their
position there untenable. Nevertheless,
upon its destruction they were bent,
and they accomplished it. The palace
had been somewhat injured by the
shells of the Versaillists during the
night, and it was at first thought that
these shells had caused the confiagra-
ton which now began to rage. 1t has
been ascertained that this was not the
case The communists who held the
Tuileries were commanded by Bergeret,
and, to his eternal infamy, it was by his
orders that the destruction OF the palace
was accomplished. AS if in anticipation
of what now was done a great quantity
of petroleum had been brought to the
palace and to the other buildings occu-
pied by the Communists. Bundles Of
hay, saturated with this petroleum,
were placed all over the palace; the
floors were covered with the fluid; and
then, as l have said, shortly before |
o'clock the torch was applied. The fire
was first seen in the southwest wing Of
the palace; it rapidly made its way
north ward, and at clock the whole
grand edifice was mass OF flame
Never have | seen such spectacle as
this. Heaven grant that | may never
see such one again. | cannot write
of it, even to think of it terrifies me.
The voice of the flames was audible
above the roar of artillery and the rat
tie of musketry; they swept through the
saloons, up the stairways, along that
facade Of thousand feet, with a roar
that could be heard mile away.
Those who know what the Tuillerles
was can imagine what the sight OF its
destruction must have been. TO those
who do not know no words Of mine can
convey an idea of the immeasurable
awfulness and pitifulness of the sight
At about two o'clock-that is, when the
fire had ragged for three hours-the clock
tower fell, and at daylight there was
nothing left of the palace but the black
ened walls
Fate OF the Leaders.
MAY 27.-Up to this time it has also
been impossible to ascertain what has
been the fate of all the leaders OF the
Commune. Some Of them are still
fighting at the posts still held; but
many of the more noted ones have been
either arrested or killed. The follow
ing is the most perfect list | have been
able to obtain:
Vicard, arrested in the Rue de runi-
versite.
Gustave Courbet, the artist who pro-
iected the idea OF destroying the column
Vendome, died Of poison after being ar
rested at Satory.
Raoul Rigault, Procurer Of the Com
mune, shot.
Napoleon Gaillard, Director Of Bar
| ricades, shot alter being arrested.
Cluseret, arrested and shot.
Amouroux, arrested.
Clement, arrested.
Gambon, arrested and shot.
Jules Wales, arrested and shot,
Delescluze, arrested at Nillers de Bel.
General Eudes, arrested.
Ranvier, arrested.
Pyat, arrested and shot He was
disguised as beggar.
Brunei, shot
Parisel, shot.
Dombrowski, shot.
Letrancais, arrested and shot.
Bousquet, arrested and shot.
Rochefort, arrested and in prison at
Versailles
Asel, arrested and in prison at Yer
sailles.
Vermorel, arrested.