The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-20

TIE PAnis CoMMUSE.-Oihchl STATISTICS
have been published giving the results OF
the trials Of the persons accused OF pclhS
connected with the rule Of the COMMUNE III
Paris. There were 32,90j prisoners, consist
inc of 3l,1Sl men, 1,l22 women, anu 6o2
children. OF This number 2l.G10 persons, III
Gliding 2O.141 men, 943 women, and '2o
children. were discharged Oh preliminary en-
animation. There were 1908 persons, or
$3.50 men, 1l5 women, and % children, con-
victed and in addition, 139 men were con-
yicted in their absence, being fuSltlves
from Justice. There were 2.193 persons,
or 2.0l5 men, 81 women, and a chill
drcn, acquitted. OF the condennatlons,
9G persons, including 81 men and .
women. were sentenced to death 224
persons, including 900 men, Is women. and
l chld,wcre sentenced to Imprisonment with
hard labor: l ,005 persons, including 99omen
and ID women, We're sentenced to transport
tation to tortrcsscs 1907 persons. including
3.O93 men. u women, and = children, were
sentenced to transportation to the penal colo
MES ii persons, including As men and y
women. were sentenced TO infamous lmprl-
sonmcnt." and 50 men were sentenced to
hard labor on the public works. There were
3,OlG persons. including 1910 men, Al wo-
men, and children, sentenced to imprison-
mcnt in Jail for terms varying from three to
twclvcmonlls. There were 302 men banlshed,
II5 were placed under the supervision of the
police, were fined and IG children were
placed i'll the House of Correction. The above
figures include the $50 persons who were SEN
fenced in their absence. There were ,62o APP
plicaiions made to the Committee of Pardons
for remission ofthc punishment; ofthese, ,O92
were rejected, and in 53l eases pardon was
granted or the penalty was commuted. Sixty
two petitions were from persons under SELL
tcnce Of death, y of these sentences were
committed, and the petitions in 20 cases were
rejected. From these statistics it appears
that 81 persons We're sentenced to death. VI
this number n had been convicted in their
absence. having managed to effect their
escape. Therefore only - persons were i'll
the hands OF the authorities for execution.
As the sentences of II of these were COM
mutcd, it would appear that only 30 persons
have been shot for participating in the rule
OF the Commune"
FAMILY LIFE II THE UNITED STATEs.-The
tables of the late census have in many re-
spccts Il social and moral significance. For
example. they show that there are i'll the
United States, in round numbers, 100000
families, with i'll average of nearly six to
each flmily, while in 1860 the average num-
Der to each family was only five and quar-
ter Home life. then, as on the increase,
which almost, of course, shows IN increase of
prosperity and comfort to individuals, and
of stability and morality to the country. 1t
is plain, however, that great many families
live in hoartling-hollsrs and hotels, or oc-
cupy tcnemcnt-houscS together; for while
there are 1910, 900 families, the number of
dwellings is put down rs only Il little over
100000.
HEAVY Dry GOODS IMPoRTATIONs.--Siy
millions of dry goods in single week is Il
heavy importation, and indicates either cX-