The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-12
r0REIGJ MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

centres OF france.
The Belle Jardiniere, Paris, has not been burned
as formerly announcer, but it mas sustained consid.
cradle damage from the balls and shells.
Letters speak rather uufavorably OF the French
gram crops. The harves, promises to be excellent
In Russia, Hung airy and all the East OF Europe.
The Berlin correspondent OF the Indspeadv1Sct
Beige says that the French government has sent
formal recommendation tothe Italian government
not TO tranfer the capital to Rons.
Various French journals state shat the pro.
ceedings OF the Internarionae arc causing great
uneasness TO the Belgian government, that the gar
risons III some places are reinforced ana that money
Is spent in substituting Journals to OPPOSE cs laiu.
ence.
Letters from Paris mention that the Parls,ans have
begun 10 ahuse themselves axain a. though nothing
eXtraDrd>nars had happened during tie last ten
months. Neatly all the principal theatres are Opeu
aud 50 crowded tnat it Is dIlcuit to ATTAIN seat m
attended.
The Loadon Times hears that the labors OF the
K0Jal 20 nmlssi0n on coal, appointed few years
ago, are on tue point o. completion, and the result
Is TIC demon STATION VI tue act that, assuming
certain annual increase IN the rate OF consumption
suilcleat ec nomcaily getaoie coal exists III Grea
Britain ana lrel md TO last from eight hundred &c
one thousand years.
The Spanish government have offered subsidy
OF 100 for line OF steamers between Barcelona
Eastern steamship Company mas been formed iol
Inc purpose There VIII De SIX vessels, and the line
Will De 0ltler from London LlVerp calling &C
Baroei0na thence through the Suel Canal to Manila,
Hong Kong and Snanynae.
In the library Of the Louvre, recently burned by
the Insurgents, more than u hundred thousand
volumes were destroyed comprising manuscripts,
historical documents rare eJnons, missLls all the
french or lore gn WORKS presented to the Louvre or
tho Tu1lees or Tor wnlch the Court had subscribed,
portfolios o. enaravings. COLLECTIONS Of pho ograpns
OF the various pubic or private galleries, &c.
II Is reported that the Chinese government has
asked Russia to assist II IN putting down me ins,r.
a Ia
that As the price OF ms assistance Russia should
demand the css5on of the terrli0ry between Ugra
Ullasutd and Sungar0 and Noppa, In Northern
Mongolia. This district has very lew inhabitants
and rs very fertile, thus being admirably suited lor
colonization.
Certain Photographs exist OF the ruins OF the Ven
dome Coiuinn IN which she portraits OF q number OF
National Guards III tr,umpnai attitudes are plainly
recognizable. Each o. nose heads, after hay, n
been enlarged, mas now been placed in the a ads Of
the detective police series Of views Of the prn-
cipa Darrlcades also were published lust before the
troops entered Paris aud Sc yeral hu fred nortrars
OF Insurgents are gwen The lIkenesses wilin many
cases lead to the condemnation OF the men 80 do
picte1.
A general review Of the mischief done by the Com.
munists III the last hours or the Instruction shows
that the Museum OF Cluny Is SAFE the Luxem oourg
contains inStct the works OF contemporary French
art; the collection OF Ssvres porcelain, which as
removed 10 Paris when melaced 0y che Prusslans,
has miraculous escaped, AID although We have
lost the GoDens, with tue sperAiid tapestry winch
that mandatory contained, those of the crown re-
nam. All the pubic libraries, except that OF the
Louvre, are preserve The archives are saved and
WIN III m t.e history OF France. The memoers Of
tie Commune we.lt daily to the Mont de Piete, but
they apparently forgot the literary That
were lying W thin a sLODe's throw Tor 1t would nave
required but htte petro cum TO destroy them.
The admirers OF trade unions and strikes. VINO
regard these combinations as proper and eQitimat
means Of secofily "a niRner pay than commercial
competition or Jis1ice Will allow, may read win al
vantage the Owmg:in tue una & OF le trou les
and dincultes wuIcn accumulated Oh the snou. ders
q the Overworkei and bewlidered municipality OF
BueiiOs AyreS during the height OF the n. ague the
N lnr
higher wages, and the panic having extended 10 the
gravediggefs Tor many days no one could be found
" put the dead under the ground, aud the C0inS
were therefore piled up In stack at the southern
cemetery as tue hearses and carts brought them IN.
Tue scenes at tue cemetery were sometimes irghtiu
10 behold anu remind only OF the horrible stories
recorded OF the plague Of London. large trench
was dag INTO winch the b0dies some col1ued, tut
many merely swatned In their bcoclJthes were shot
out oil the carts and quickly covered with llmc-the
trench remaining open till y was tiled. wnea ano
ther was dug and the dreadful work recommended.
IL is computed Inat over twenty thousand persons
found their last resting place Ia these pits.
The rassDm9 :.::;sJ gives tie ioiiowlng in.
Iormatoh win respect to the new roniler:-in con-
sequence Oi the late ar angemeDts the following
trlcts IN The ne.gnbOrnOod OF BelIOrt, when we're
eedei Dy the prehdnar.eS, VIII return To France
FIRST the whole canton OF Germagny, VITA $3.50 IN
anC5; second, the eastern part OF the canton OF
beiiorL with 400 inhabltauts; third, the eastern
part oil The canton or Dele with 5000 Inhabitants;
Iourtn, tne western part OF the canton OF Fontaine
win 5000 innabitants llh, the parishes OF Suaree
Chaval .ette and Cnavannes les Grands IN the can,
ton Oh Daulterkirch, with 1909 nina Jitalts the
parishes Oh k0ugemOnt Laval, Petite- Foutane and
komagny, III the canton oil Massnuosier. Win 100
INSTRUMENTATION souls IN ali. The future frontier
OF The empire to the southwest OF Alsace Therefore
exactly ooucides with the boundary OF inc
TWO languages, as marked In the map OF
BoecKh and Kiepert. 1t may also be called
a natural frontier, as it follows the watershed
leys o. the st. Madeleine and 81. Nicholas on the
other, from Bal!on d'Alsace To Than and Aitkirch.
! ne lar.aer concession Of territory made by France
to Germany In exchange for the above districts
cudes the parishes Of Audun, Aumetz, FontOy. Bufe,
Nilwlngen. Neucnef, Heyingen, RedIngen. Russll,-
gen. Tfe!iingen, Lummerlngen, knt lIngen and Bull
0OJ souls in all.
Many tales are told Of the fcrocity displayed by
the women OF the Commune, wnO ia many Instances
to dance round the gu,llotine and lick up the blood
which streamed from it. However, many women
appear TO have simply fought on the barrlcades.
must own lsays Paris correspondent that / saw
nothing but WANDERERS and no female warriors
engaged in actual combat. friend or mine who
. IN the arullery, perceivng that one Of
the Amalons VINO Was clothed in red nanue,
with rope round her waist, and mad
her hair streaming widely down her back
and was hall-seas+over. was firing q gun and
clenching her teeth a. every discharge told her 10
Keep her teeth apart she desired 20 break the
y npanum OF iler ears. Sac Invited his cliHen 10
ire Tor her, but he Declined on the ground Of hav
ng no great interest IN the quarrel rne troops OF
the last 10 remain al the barrcade Just before the
REGULAR. dashed over II she accepted my trends
round his necR kissed hin and disappeared. one !
hund ed women are SAID to have kept the soldiers
~ pay Ior some time at barricade at Monrmartre.
DriveL with great loss to the iace PiZaLc, they |
made another stand, and obliged to reIire, they |
lgain defended another barrcade IN the boulevard !
Magenta; and now Tie papers announce that the |
police arc Oh the traces OF the three ~ survivors.
The following statistics, ully collected (says
Ca gnda,. viii give an idea OF the anecetents Of
ne men who composed the Commune. Most call.
ngs, IL VIII re seen. were represented In that Qoy.
,rnlnent which has cost Paris ana France 30 DEAR:
MEDICAL Inen and chemists-Parisei, head OF the
c,cntlLc delegation, ami principal organizer or the
ires Pilot: Mot all old aud long continued inmate
u saint Ptiage; Rastou and kegtre. Aitlsts-Cour.
,ct and RanyIer painters; Demay, sculptor; Arnold.
'other and Blilioray. music ans. Journalists very
(hsce,D: Pascnal Grousset
fipdO, Adrss,td,se, NOageite Rep,t6 que; jules
allies Figaro, In RE, lie Ci dU Petpie'; errnorej
Courier ErdHcdts, and others); Felix Pyatt |
Ve,,q tv'); Longuet and vsiplcr, successvely de-
egated 10 the cDcie; Arthur Arnould LLursiLd se);
Journet Tridon. Antoine Arnaud j. u. Clement,
ma Aliix delegate ~ the Marie OF the Eighth Arron
iissement (Fauuourg st. Houolel three parts mad. |
halter; Dereurc, shoemaker, |
lId aflew ards gelant OF toe Er Anckei