The New York herald., 1871-05-05
PARIS.


Terrible Shadows of the Past-Deep Reds
Furious Women Deserted Streets Desc
Grated Churches Monster Barrie AIDES -
Houses of Crime-The Birthplace OF
Comedy Becomes the Scene of Tragedy.
PARIS, April IL, 1871.
A year ago you would hardly have grasped the
ides that Paris could look poor. The palace-like
houses, the brilliant shops, the model toiettes gilt
Sered before you-the very luxury of luxury was
there-gayety TO Paris like second atmospheric
air. But now, would you take walk through Paris
and see
TEE CHANGE OF sCENE?
Through long maze OF years history seems to have
hurled you back into the Reign OF Terror. Here we
have once more-like vehement governors and the
scared trembling gove-ned-the furious women OF
the first revolution the grim reds. Even the old CRY
aas cropped up again. "A Versailles IA Versailles p
All I, und about the spring air full OF the heavy
thuDd, of the cannons Not long ago, when the
siege was over; when the city had rest from the
crashing Pfussian shells ana the hoarse rattle OF
tilery; when the darkness OF the night was at last
nnprolaned by The strife OF man, and the flash OF
death ceased 10 mock solemn majesty of the stars
above-not long ago the restu stiffness, after that
long horror, seemed 10 all Paris such precious re-
pose. Now must The awful sound burst forth again
and "fIenchmen be to Frenchmen more hateful than
HOUSES ARE DESERIED.
Look at that church. 1t Is plundered OF It's treas
Ores It's priests are prisoners or lying dead. Look
at that great house Itch has the air OF Just having
come up after the deluge: that belongs TO Prince
Pierre Bonaparte All his furniture has been carried
Off, what could not be taken is destroyed. The nfty
Nauonal Guards who now go about making requis-
lions, instead OF the .Jwo uhlans,u have visited
here. DO you see the shops OF the money changers9
They are still half open, but the money mas disap-
peared SO with the bankers. There are counting
houses open, but nothing visible TO count. Food
Still you In the shops but 1t is getting dearer
and dearer and the money 10 buy it is falling ter
riby. No smart bonnets IN The now you sec
10 bonnets at all. Bonnet, are signs OF aristoc-
Tacy Nothing is seen the female head but caps
or handkercnlefs. what a tine for the mllliners
They must wish the oonnets r0ugeS decapitated
TIE STREETS,
you see are in o strange condition. Horses are
very scarce. The omnibus horses have been seized
10 make up cavalry regiment; but the cavaliers
did not manage very well, and most OF the horses
have found tneir way 70 Versailles. The tralic is
mpeded IN many places oy great barricades; moi
tbe usual style OF heterogeneous matter heaped
together, but great trenches dug across the rosd
aud the earth iHrown up to form q rampant.
TIN RUE RIvoLI
cannot be crossed py the public at ALL There Is an
enormous barricade between II and the Place de la
Concorde.
DOWN THE RUE RoYALE
you can pass on foot II you like, for the pavement
Is free, but the road is also closed by OF these
monster barricades Through the impeded streets 1t
Is dliiicult 10 reach the
CHAMPS ELYSEEs,
but come there and see the curious thousands as.
sembied TO watch the civil war with their eyes.
inefc STANDS 'ue No =. rn,o,,uv
Several shells have burst against IT, not without
damase to its sculptured glories France should
guard these petrined t1umphs, for, alas she Is
gong the way TO work to get fresh, living ones In
the distance you may lad es directing their eye.
glasses toward tie Arch and watching Tor what may
next occur. These Parislennes have .'supped SO
Hull OF horrors lately that their mental digestion
must be much impaired. The women very
Lerce. some OF them. they are perhaps revlvng the
race that watched the guiilotlne AM counted the
heads That leil IKE autumn leaves. IL was tie
woaES or REDS
that revived the Old oatcry, .Let march 10 Ver-
slilles just the women OF The flrst repuD-
lie who began It, There is a woman, IL Is SAID IN
the Sixty-1rst battalion VINO mas slam many gen.
darmes anu police agents. ylyandiere OF the
q shell; another was wounded, went away and had
her wounn dnsycd, ana then returned again her
post; another Of these women the last warrior
On the plateau Chatiilon. ii was the
DANES DEs HALLEs
who rescued the ADbe Simon. the popular preacher
OF the Churcn St Eustache near tue markets. they
rose IN great wrath, these st.lwart women, and
threatened 10 storm the Prefecture II their clerical
friend were not set free, and set free he was. The
VIE OF the so-callcd "Generar' budes Il another
valiant LADY. She never left her husbands side all
through the hghting. Well strange times always
produce strange folks.
BLo0DsTAINED GROUND.
Now follow me further, and visit the scene OF q
tragedy whose dreadful details still fresa. We
leave the champs Elysees, we elbow our way out OF
the seetblng, excited mournful crowd; turn
from the neighborhood nearest the crashing and
flashing OF lhe fight come past the Darricades, climb
over Obstacles, pass by the great cannon tue
midst OF the city, and come into the ncighbornood
o1 ighter aud roomer suburban life. Come with me
behind
MoSTMARrRE,
70 the fsue des Rosters. IL does not look by any
means nAe q tfaglcal scene You go up The little
stony road, that mas almost q avor OF the country
ABOUT II. All seems very quiet and commonplace.
bIgner mp the street ~ larger, and tents become
visible. We are coming upon an
ENcAMPhksT oF NATIONAL GUARDS.
Little suburban houses OF the yla-nous kind
stand on either side. Presently we reacn portico-
a large portlcp. leading TO "A house NOS To he seen
from the street. soldiers leaning and smoking
here and there; scntry stands before the door We
Fhde by MN IKE the wind ana enter house now
kamous-or Infamous
HOUSE OF CRIME
where dreadful deed has OF late been committed.
~ Is pretty ttle house, OF only TWO stories ltill
this last terrible story was added) II belonged TO NJ.
fCribe. The ligDt airy rooms; the lowered pabers,
the whole look OF the place, make IL sort OF gnt
here was the meeting place OF the Central Commit
eee IL wus here the Inflated Generals Leconte and
Thomas were adIudged 10 death: II was In tile gar
den below that they slaughtered. Let IL come
down into the garden--down these three steps, Out
INTO The mud spring evening air.
TBH GARDEN IN THE RUB DEs ROSTERS
is one OF tno-e stereotyped gardens found In the
outskirts OF great towns. Clemaiis grew trellls-
work, ana otnef simple plants were there; but the
furious crowd that three weeks ago rushed In TO Wit
ness AMI TO perpetra:e q deei Of blood have tram
ped down ali the trimness and destroyed almost
every plant Some lime trees, st leaness, stand
uarA against the twilight SKY. An iron rail behind
ucm suners the eye 10 wander to a far OF prospect
OF smiling valleys and great factory chimneys rls-
hR TAI and grim. feids there far away, already
% %pushnn- as II were, TO noat out into the evening
ohacerh taking turn In IL. DID they see nave they