The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-01-29
The Prussian BOmbardment and
Where the Shot Falls.
The Work Of Ruin in Fifty Municipal Sec.
tiOns-Rcview Of the Consequences.

and Sixteenth ACCOMPLISHMENTS. Every one who Is
familiar with the map OF Paris cannot fall to be
that the Fourth arrondissement which Is called that
Of the Hotel 10 vile, is not far from
THE CENTRE OF THE FRENCH CAPITAL.
But for those to whom this noble city is unknown
In detail 1t may not be embarrassing to learn that
according to the municipal division OF Paris, It is
distributed parcelled out into twenty arrOndisse
ments and thirty quarters.
BUILDINGS SUBJECTED TO THE FIRE OF THE GER
MAN GUNS.
COnhning myself for the present to those upon
which the Prussan proectiles have hitherto fallen
Will enumerate the principal buildings which are
this night subjected to the fire or our enemy. The
Fourth ACCOMPLISHMENT, called the Hotel de Vile,
contains the quarters" Of ~ ST. Merr (9 ST. Ger.
vais, to the Arsenal az Notre Dame 1t ia the very
heart Of Paris, and includes the two islands the
Seine, upon one Of which stands the splendid edifce
Of the Cathedral Church of Notre DAME the precise
date Of whose erection has been accurately fixed
But 1t has been abundantly established that upon
this very spot v0tve altar was raised by the Ro-
mans TO JOve-an altar OF which the foundations
were discovered In I'LL, ana transferred to the
Palace des Thermes, one OF the residences OF
the Roman Governor Of Gaul, In which they have
since been carefully preserved Thousands OF Eng
lsh visitors have curiousy explored this ancient
building and Its still more interesting neighbour the
Hotel de Cuny In the eyes Of Parsians the Cat he
dral Church OF NOtre Dame, The subject OF one OF
Victor Hngo's earliest and, m my opinion, noblest
romances, has always appeared sacred as West
minister Abbey TO the inhabitants OF London their
ancient and superb Minister to the inhabitants OF
York. And this Is the building within two hundred
yards OF which Prussan shells were last night
falling.
IN THE FIFTH ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Turning now TO the Fifth reimbursement let
me at once state that 1t contains Of the most
Interesting and stored spots within the French
metropolis Within 1t are situated the following
Q,iaryter-s:-l, st. Victor; 2, Jardin DIES Plantes
3, Val de Grace; 4, Sorbonne. The Jardn
des Plantes or Geological Garden OF Paris, is
well known to every stranger who ever passed
week in this city, and Is the one monument which,
above oil Others, seems to keep fresh the memory Of
Louis XIIL.-by no means the worst of French
kngs-who, yielding to the solicitations Of his two
PHYSICIANS founded 1t In 1885, But the greatest
glory which attaches to this garden Of natural his
tory Is that In 1889, the greatest naturalist whom
the world has hitherto known, BunOn, was ap-
pointed to The functions Of Its supern tendent.
THE MILITARY HOSPITAL OF VAL DE GRACE,
IN the rue St. jacques, established by the First Ma
poleon In the buildings Of convent OF Benedictine
nuns is perhaps the most important school OF mill
tary surgery in the world In front OF it stands the
10 the great Napelcon's armies and declared by HIM
IN his viii to be 'the most virtuous have
ever Known At the foot OF
LARaEY's STATUE
stands this extract from Napoleon's will, and the
bequest OF 900 francs, or 1900, which thoae
eulogistc words portended. 1t Is true that within
these last twenty years, ana especially since the
Crimean and American wars the military surgery Of
France has not kept pace with that of England or
the United States. But as purely military hospital
that OF Val de Grace still occupies the foremost rank
Within It's enclosure STANDS church founded by
Anne OF Austria, the Queen OF Louis KILL, who
after she had been married twenty-five years with
ont issue, gave birth in 1888 TO son. who after.
wards became Louis XIV. This church is sur
mounted by lofty ana conspicuous dome. which,
within the last five days. has been favorite point
OF ann for Prussian projectiles.
WOUNDED PRUSsIANs PLACED IN TRE HOSPITALS
UNDER FIRE.
Finding that many German shells fell in and about
this ASYLUM OF wounded Frenchmen, &c neral Tro-
chu caused them to lie removed two or three days
ago. and has since introduced into 1t the sick and
wounded Prussians who are captives In Paris
Notification has been sent to the Prussans that the
Hospital Of Val de Grace Is now filed with their
own wounded compatri0ts, and within the last
twenty.0ur hours the lofty dome OF Its church has
ceased TO be q point de nstre for Prussian shells.
But perhaps the most interesting building which
she Fifth reimbursement contains Is the famous
College de la Sorbonne which, founded in the thir-
teenth century as school for ecclesiastical became
the parent Of the University OF Paris
and conferred upon the Gallican Church dur
Ing the middle ages a reputation for learning
which they are far from having since sustained.
In this school Cardinal Richelieu was educated, and
heIe IN magnincent church Of which he himself
one VINO mas read Carlyle's .History OF the French
Revolution" can have forgotten that in 1889 Cardi
nal Rcheleu's tomb was desecrated by the mob,
and that his head was paraded through the streets
nxed on pike. Lirde more than four years ago
the family of M. Armiz, was restored upon Deem.
Der IA, 1866 to the Cardinals tomb, in the presence
of the French Academy and other illustrious per-
sOnages.
THE SIXTH ACCOMPLISHMENT.
come next to the Sixth arronissem INT. that or
Luxembourg. 1t contains among ITS Qudrt,ers--l,
The Odaon; ,, The Monnale; 8, Notre Dame des
The odeon situated as it is on the south side Of the
Seine, and given IN general to the representation
OF somewhat ponderous tragedies, has never been
In favor with sightseeing strangers The magnih-
cent Mint, or Monnaie OF PARIS, which uprears Its
noble facade along the LETT bank Of the Seine in the
TO have caught the eve Of every visitor to Paris
The churches of st. kIerrie, in the fourth
main dcs Pres, in the Sixth reimbursement,
are 100 well known to psychologists and students OF
ton IN this rapid survey. But It Is impossible to
look on the venerable pile Of ST. German des Pres
which Is the ABBEY church or the most ancient
monastic establishment in Partisan establishment
which owed Its origin to the son Of CLOVIS. in the
sixth centurywithout paDg of regret that, for the
first time during Its far extended existence this
storied building In which Descartes Is buried,
should be mark Tor destructive projecies and ii
point de nstre at which artlerymen from across the
Rhine should point their guns.
THE SEVENTH ACCOMPLISHMENT
contains within LIS area the Palas Bourbon, or
Palace Of the Legislative body well known 10
every English visitor who has gazed on its Crecian
ia ade itself aolt at the end or the Pont
de 10 ConcOrde. WITHIN this same ACCOMPLISHMENTS
stands the famous Hotel des Invalldes, under the
gilued dome OF which reposc the ashes OF the Great
Napoleon. 1t can scarcely he wondered that this
conspicuous mark, so suggestive to Prussan minds
of jena and Armstadt, and OF the days when Berlin
was governed by French marshal. should be a GEN.
tire OF attraction for Prussian shells. Nor is the
Ecole Militaire which is also situated within the
Seventh reimbursement. less likely hateful In