The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-06-08

1902.
! q shout. aud here were the yersailists, with
| artillery at their head, marching doW tne
Avenue Friealand toward the Boulevard
Haussmann, and l had Just nms 70 a tSsn
/ by n side street, and found they pressed on
| steadily, firing but every now and then, I'LL
they reached the open space near the top OF
| The Boulevard Hanssmann, in front oil tne
| Caserne de Ia Pepiniere. Here was a nooie
| position, and no mistake. They could sweep
the Boulevard Malesherbes straight aown 10
The Madeleine, and so open their way into tIe
Rue Roya.e, and down it into the back OF the
berricaGe at its end facing the Place de Ia
Concorde There, too, they could sweep the
Boulevard Haussmann along lis whole length,
and. by a steady fire along these thorough
fares. prevent concentration. ana a., ca 1a, tna'
Reclossing the Boulevard Haussmann,
made my way by devious paths towards llne
Palais Royal. Shells seemed 10 De bursting
! al over the city. They were time.fuse shells.
and / could see many OF them burst In o Wnlte
puff of smoke high in she-air. Several Tell on
and about. The Bourse .as l was passing, ana
the neighborhood was silent and deserted, ex-
cept by National Guards ip small parties or
sinriy. I could not tell whether they were all
yaucinr or retreating. Everywhere oarrl.
cades were hastily erecting, out dodged
them all Till / got TO the Place du Palais Royal.
Here t%o barricades were constructing, one
! across the Rue St. Honore, another across fne
| Rue de. RiToli. For the latter The material
was chiefly furnished by a great number OF
rticles, which were hurrieGly pitched out OF
the windows of the establishment, and OIL mat
/ vresses from the guards barracks at the T1lie-
| ries. The Rue st. Honore earricade was
,----.o =. ,on-;Hr etnnn5. 0ohs Qn1 HlrrI0 pQE.
and ! was compelled, notens uoIenS, TO assist
in the construction of II. II Is pleasant even
ii YOU are forced. to do a thing, to attempt
| dong it in q satisfactory manner, and, o.
serving taat an embrasure had been neglected
| Ia the Construction Of the barrtcade, l devoted
| my energies to remedying TINS deisct: l was
| moi. sorry, however, to be released from my
task after q quarter Of au hours work, .tae
more so as the shell fire was increasing IT.
| warmth aud. proximity. l noticed That from
the great barricade ct the top OF ut. Honore
the Communists had got one gun at least inco
action, and were using It to fire somewhere in
the direction OF tire Arch Of Triumph. 10 was
which was to cross the river to the Ministry Of
war. therefore / returned n'the direction OF
the New Opera Hohse. Crossing the boule-
| ward l noticed that the Versaillists must nave
gained the Madeleine, between which anc their
| position at the Pepiniere barracks no obstacle
in The shape Of a barrieade. interviewed. Tney
| had constructed across the end OF the Boule.
| yard de la Madeleine a barricade of trees ana
| casks for artillery. The Communists, on lhe
other side, had a temporary barricade, cnieny
Of provision wagons, across the ooHleFaEo
at the head oil the Rue de Ia Pa11. BY
half-past Q. o'clock the Versaii1sts naa
| advanced considerably down the Boulevard
Haussmann, which they swept with a heaSy
musketry Gre. Two had were shot down close
70 me at the end of the Rue de Lafayette.
| There was no" return fire OF any account.
| Many Communists passed me In retreat, de.
| elaring as usual, that they. had been betrayed.
AS I stood, there was q scramble fol.a barri-
csde in The Boulevard Haussmann, about five
hundred yards nearer Pepiniere than The Rue
de Lafayette. 1t was carriedby the Versa!.iist
marines. / could See them jumping up on
the barbados. Everywhere, as learn, me
Versaillists were led by gandarmes and sailors
FOR marines. The National Guards fell BACK
and firing wildly as they retrealed. THIS drew
a still heavier fire from the Versailles barri-
cade. A bullet struck the tropt Of o gas ri!lar,
behind which l stood, and fell fiattened u Inc
road, and a woman stepped ont from Ine gaoie
of the Rue de Lafayette, picked up the bullet
and walked coolly back, clapplng her hanes
with glee.
What curious ceremony is going on at the
corner OF the Rues Lafayette. and Latlte?
There Is a wagon, a mounted spahi, nearly as
black as night, and an officer. A crow9 IS al.
round, and in the centre Is q ellzihG hre Q. Pc
pers. Are. they burning the leasers o! iDe
bank, or the title-deeds OF the surrounding
nronerty? No. 1t is the papers Of the oat:al-
ION which are thus burning that tney might
NOT hear witness against the members. ] sup
nose. A sign surely of the beginning OF the
end, Other signs were not wanting, fngtsh
passports were sought alter; but wnen men
talked Of getting ont IL was found that, in the
morning. the Prussians had let out train alter
train, but stopped each at ST. Denis, and al.
lowed nobody to 20 on. A woman Is SAID 10
have been fired on this morning on making an
attempt TO get out. The Communists retreat
ed, ever throwing up barrlcaaes everywhere,
so that circulation became ALMOST lmpoSslole.
Phey seemed 10 be neadinS TOWARD Montnsr-
ire, which had opened fire on Jhe Irocaasro,
from which the chief share OF the Versailles
artillery fire seemed TO come. The YER
~saillisls seemed to understand this policy,
and made some haste TO counterfeit II. BY i
they had gained the Place de PEurope. near
the western terminus, on the way to Mont,
martre, thus completing Q definite and well
marked line from the western terminus river
ward BY The Madeleine aud the Place de Ia
Concorde. or the other side of the river ]
can say nothing. Some cay the Yersaliilsts
are as far as the Pont de IA Concorde and the
Ecole Militaire, but there is no certainty. It
is now 4 o'clock P. NJ. AT about o'c!och, the
VersailliStS had fairiy es*aollsneo themselves
IN the line ! have described, and were making
the Boulevard Haussmann' terptbly'hoI GEAR
tiers down te the very end. At the same hour
thew began 10 shell from their battery at the
Madeleine, the Communist barricade on the
Boulevard des Capucines, at the top oil. The
Rue de ia Paix. This was a crushing fire. and
the barricade was scan shattered. AS J con.
clude, the Communists seem demorahzeG, yet
are working hard everywhere erecting Darri.
codes aud The utntrdle is sounding. No gene
rails are 10 be found.
THE NEGRO sTRIKE.
WASHINGTON, June T..