Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1871-06-21
Paris AFTER THE. COMMUNE.
Condition of the Streets After the Fight
ing-Extent of the Destruction. -

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branches of trees, and fragments of ma-
sorry that had been knocked from the
houses, bricks and mortar, torn proclama-
tons, shreds of clothing half concealing
blood stains, were now the interesting and
leading features Of that fashionable resort (;
foot passengers were few and far between,
the shops and cafes Theoretically sealed,
excepting where bullets had made air
holes, and during my whole afternoon s
promenade | only met three other car
riages besides my own. The Place de
POpera was q camping ground of artillery,
the Place Nendome q confusion of barri-
cades, guarded by sentries, and the Rue
| Royable mass of debris. Looked at from
the Madeleine, the desolation and ruin of
| that handsome street were lamentable to
behold The Place de la Coneorde was n
desert, and in the midst of 1t lay the stat
ute of Lille with the head of. The last
time had looked on that face it was COW
cred with Grape, in mourning for the en-
| try of the Russians. Near the bridge were
twenty-four corpses OF insurgents, laid out
! in row, waiting to be buried under the
neighboring paving-stones. To the right
the skeleton of the Tuilleries reared its
gaunt shell, the framework of the lofty
wing next the Seine still standing but
! the whole of the roof ofthe central building
was gone, and daylight visible through all
! the windows right into the Place de Carrou-
sci. zen. NcMaIOllS uettlQuuIieIS were "a
the Affaires Etrangeres, which were intact.
After Il visit there, passed the Corps Leg
islatif, also uninjured by fire, but much
marked by shot and shell, and so along the
Quais the whole way to the Mint, at which
point Gen. Vinoy had established his head
quarters. At the corner of the Rue de Bac
the destruction was something appalling.
The Rue de BAG is an impossible mound
of ruins l5or20 feet high, completely across
the street as far as couldse The Legion
d'Honneur, the Cours DIES Complies, and
Conseil d Etat, were still smoking, but
there was nothing left of them but the
blackened shells of their noble .fdcddes to
show how handsome they had once been.
At this point, in whichever direction one.
looked, the same awful devastation met
the eye-to the left the smoldering Tuiller-
les to the right the long line of ruin where
the fire had swept through the magnificent
palaces on the Quai, and overhead again
to-day cloud of smoke, more black and
abundant even than yesterday, necessarily
rolling its dense volumes from behind
Notre Dame, whose two towers were hap
PLY standing uninjured. The fire issued
from the Grenier diAbondanee and other
buildings in the neighborhood of the Jar
din DIES Plantes. In another direction the
Arsenal was also burning. On the oppO-
site side of the river were the smoking
ruins of the Theatre Chatelet and the
Hotel de Vile. A large part of the Palais
Royal is burned.
HORRIBLE ASPECT OF THE CEMETERY.
The Cemetery of Pere-la- Chase presents
q deplorable sight; the resting places of the
dead are much defiled; the monuments
have beeu greatly injured by the firing;
collins have been broken, and the remains
lie scattered over the ground. You may
measure the dead not by numbers but by
the rod. They lie i'm double tier on the
grass, powdered over with a coating of
lime. There are many women among
them, and faces the ferocity of which
makes one sick to look upon. 1888
THE MASSACRE.
A prisoner at La Boquette NJ Evrard
Sergeant-Major of the 106th Battalion of
National Guards, gives the following par
ticulars: "On Wednesday, May "a, at 1870
In the evening, the Director of the prison,
one Lafrancais, a namesake of the MEM
Der of the Commune, and who himself had
spent six years at the Bagne, assembled at
the head of so Federals to the gallery
where the principal prisoners were con-
fined. An officer went round to each cell
summoning first the Archbishop, and then
in succession NJ. Bonjean, the Able AL
lard. Fathers Ducoudray and Clair, and
the Able Deguerry Cure of the Madeleine.
AS the prisoners were summoned they
were marched down the road running
round the prison, on each side of which AS
far a. could see, were arranged the Ma
tional Guard, who received the captives
with insults and epithets Which I cannot
transcribe. r. s-t ll.te H... 4..-t.. ..t.I
My unfortunate companions were taken
into the courtyard, facing the infirmary,
where they found q firing party awaiting
them. Monseigneur DarbOy stepped for
ward, and addressing his assassins uttered
few words of pardon. Two of these men
approached the Archbishop, and in face of
their companions knelt before him
beseeching his forgiveness. The other
Federals at once rushed upon them and
drove them back with insulting reprOaeh-
es, and then, turning towards the prison
ers, gave vent TO most violent expressions.
The commander Of the detachment felt
ashamed of this, and ordering silence, ut |
tered frightful oath, telling his men that |
they were there to shoot those people, and |
not to bully them. The Federals were |
silenced, and upon the orders of theirlielI- |
tenants loaded their Weapons. Father AL |
lard was placed against the wall and was
the first Shot down. Then NJ. Darboy, In I
his turn, fell. The whole six prisoners |
We're thus shot, all evincing the utmost
calmness and courage. NJ. Deguerry alone |
exhibited a nomentary weakness, which
was attributable rather to his state of health |
than 10 fear. After this tragical execu-
ton, carried out without any formal wit |
nesses and in the presence only of "a num- |
Der of bandits, the bodies of the unfortu-
nate victims Were placed in a cart belong-
ing to railway company, which had been |
requisitiOned for the purpose, and were |
taken 10 pere la Chaise. where they were |