The Lincoln County herald., 1871-05-25
The Horrors or The Struggle Between
Paris and Versailles.
pAuro or;I 10 1871

Paris and Versailles.
PARIS, April 1s, 1871.
The tempest RACES. Shot like rain
and shells like hail continue, while the
sublime horror Of the cannon aud the
heart breaking groans Of the wounded
and dying are heard night and day
battle fields strewn with dead, and the
green verdure Of spring watered by the
blood Of fallen braves. The sky Of Paris
one mirror Of FIRE from tho cannon fash
| ing 10 the air and sending hundreds Of
victims into eternity. The most beauti-
ful quarters of the city are deserted-the
inhabitants driven from their sumptuous
homes, to seek shelter from the terrible
bombardmeut, less merciful than that Of
the Prussians. Hundreds continue to
leave the city, and really Paris has de.
serted look. The only activity seen is
the great number removing their furni-
ture to safe localities and the immense
wagons Of ambulances filled with the
wounded. Never even on the darkest
day Of the scige aud on the eve of starvs.
tion has poor Paris been so sad. During
tho seige il was winter aud nature was
not enchanting, but now the beautiful
spring weather and nature dressed in her
robes Of green has no effect to soothe the
anguish that reigns in this unfortunate
city. Dcsolation, ruin, want, misery,
grief and bloodshed are the attractions
that Paris of to-day shows. Every
means have been used to reconcile the
opposed parties, but all in vain. Each
day has more warlike aspect than the
preceding one, and the results are loss Of
life.
| STILL DETERMINED.
The troops here are weary and "a
tigued, but will not give up. Three
times has the Porte Maillot been riddled
with balls, and three times have they
been built up again, living three days at
time on dry bread and lard, and some
days SO hungry that they have eaten tho
raw meat. and one and all have the united
cry, Liberty or deathl" A delegation
Of freemasons went to Versailles to
effect a reconciliation, but their attempt
was vain. They would not listen.
WOMEN WARRIORS.
A touching appeal and proclamation
has been made by the female citizens Of
Paris, calling their sisters to arm and
revenge their husbands, sons aud broth.
ers. "If We cannot obtain guns and bay.
onets, let US use the stones Of the pave
ments to crush the traitors and spoilers
Of liberty. What care We if we are vic.
tins, when those wa love are no more
To arms to arms!" The proclamation
was published in the Verite and other
leading journals. In the battle Of
Neuilly several women who took part
were killed beside their husbands. The
cantiuieres of the Sixty eighth and
Sixty first regiments were killed. One
of the most heroic women of this revolu.
ton was tho wife of General Eudus, who
fought side by side with her husband
saw, to day, the l53d battalion leaving
the caserne Of the Prince Eugunc.
Their destination was the Fort do Van
vres. Hundreds OF women and children
we're sobbing and weeping while several
walked calmly, eide by side in the ranks,
guns in hand. I-.f..
FATHER AGAINST SON AND BROTHER
AGAINST BROTHER.
"Brothers against brothers and fathers
against sons 10 the sad story Of civil
war;" aud to an American the souvenir
of these words and their result is. alas,
too we'll known aud too fresh iu their
memory to ever be forgotten. l met q
friend yesterday who was going to call
on poor family in Rue Montreul, No.
5, to see = woman in groat suffering.
Her husband, in tho ranks of the Ma.
tional Guard, had bis two legs ampu-
tated; her son and her lin law were
| 10 the regular army at Versailles, and a
very young son still in the ranks here
Her despair was heartrending. Her
sister had been wounded by she'll, and
she herself was In misery. This is bu,
one OF the many sad, sud stories that one
hears daily 10 this doomed city. The
Commune has promised 600 francs pen
sion to every widow and orphan Of the
National Guard killed in defending the
people and the rights Of Paris bu'
whenf Money is very scarce now, and
the church silver and gold havo been
converted into money, and II the Com
muno is vabquished it is certain the fam
lilies Of the victims will have very little
aid and no pity from Versailles.
INCIDENTS CT THE STRUGGLE.
A beautiful English girl living on the
Rue Petit Carreau became SO frightened
that shc attempted 10 jump from tbl.d
story window. She began BY throwing
= part of the furniture out, which aroused
, the neighbors, who forced the door Of the
apartment just as she was attempting to
! launch herself into eternity. She Is row
insane from fright. This is the fourth
case of insanity from fear that has 90
CURED since tho 1st. Most victims arc
children. The residence of Queen Isa-
bella Of Spain has been struck in several
} places, but no serious damage done,
J Some persons have had miraculous os
, capes. An American Who was rather