Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-05-10
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.

These general terms, however, do not
produce in the mind so vivid a concep-
ton of the reality as the narratives OF
particular incidents which appear In
the French and English papers. We
therefore present a few of these state
ments, selected from European papers,
illustrative Of the new "Reign Of
Terror" In the metropolis of France.
One Of the earliest acts Of the Com
mune was to establish a pronunciation
office" at which any one a obtain,
on payment of a small fee, an order
for tho arrest Of those whom he con-
siders "the enemies of the Commune
in other words, his own enemies, or
any persons he bears n grudge against.
Consequently arrests are made hourly,
and principally Of men supposed to
possess money-the object being, in
many cases, to extort money, as we'll
as to work out personal spite. 1t ap-
pears that Delescluze and Felix Pyat
are among the fu%nctionaries who have
charge Of this department Of the public
service, and by their order and the nd
vice Of Rochefort the houses of Jules
Favre and Theirs were pillaged and
have been confiscated. But this style
of business Is mild compared with the
system of selling unoffending persons
us hostages, and threatening them with
death II they are not ransomed within
a given time, at the price fixed by tho
Commune. This practice emulates
that Of the brigands Of Italy and
Greece, and, In accordance with 1t, the
Commune directed the arrest Of Mr..
circuit, n we'll known manufacturer.
The National Guards, who with the
mission, not finding him at home, took
his wife away with them, and then
sent him word that If, by the time
mentioned, he did not send them fifty
thousand francs, she would be shot. A
DIR. Morel was arrested with a similar
object, and thrown into prison because
he would not or could not pay what
was demanded Of him; 1t was said that
he, too, would be shot If the money
was not forthcoming in time. A house
holder In the Rue des Ecuries d'Artois,
having refused to comply with a Com
munal requisition tor his horse, was
shot in his own house. acquisitions
having been made on tho mansions of
the Prince of Wagram, NJ. Pereira
and General De Galifet, who had left
the city, their property was given up
to the plunderers. A valiant captain
of the Nationals, at the head of 100
men, late at night visited n home for
aged men and women, kept by the
charitable ladies known as "The Little
Sisters" and searched the premises
from top to bottom for money, to the
terror of all the inmates. The Captain
apologized for the intrusion when he
found there was nothing worth taking.
The cases cited are but n few of those
mentioned In the foreign files. Other
terrible scenes of the First Revolution
are recurring. In some of the quar-
tiers of Paris may be Q battalions OF
demoralized women, marching two
and two, vociferating and yelling forth
all kinds of threats, abuse and obscenity.
Some Of them wear swords and carry
rifles. Others are mounting guard at
Passy. The most prominent of these
Amazons is Madame or 'Citizeness"
Eudes, the wife of the Communal Gen.
eral of that name. She. is n n imitator
of Thcroigne de Mericourt, and she has
often been under fire with n of her
husbands battalions. 1t Is said she
can handle her rifle rs we'll rs any of
the men. She has just issued the fol-
lowing appeal to the women Of Paris 4:
'Citizenesses Of Paris, descendants Of
the wonen Of the great Revolution,
who, In the name Of the people and of
Justice, marched to Versailles and
brought back captive Louis XVI, the
decisive hour has arrived. There must
be an end to the old system; we will
be free! The gauntlet Is thrown down;
we must conquer or die! Let us, then,
all rcsolute and united, watch over the
safety of our cause. Let us prepare to
defend and avenSe u brothers at the
gates of Paris, Mt the barricades, In the
faubourgs, 10 matter where. A cry Of
horror and indignation from France
and the world will finish what we shall
have attempted; and II all the arns
and bayonets are needed for our
brothers, there will still remain for lis
paving stones enough wherewith to
crush the traitors" 1t was a saying Of
the Romans that "those whom the
gods design to destroy they first de-
prive of reason" One Is tempted to
apply 1t to these Partisan viragocs, for
surely their punishment cannot be far
distant !; and when it does come, it will
be seen that they have justly brought
it on themselves. For two days the
red flag floated over the Hotel de Vile
of Lyons. 1t was at the time when
the manufacturers were about to re-
sumo work. They had received i'm
mense orders, and had engaged thou
sands of hands; but when the red fling
was hoisted the orders were counter
handed, and 1t Is computed that the
city of Lyons lost GO, 900, 600 francs In
consequence.
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