The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-22

ing TO reach my lodgings was stopped four times
FORCED TO WORK ON THE BARRroADEs,
pus ~ last got free from them and was making the
t pest OF my way home when suddenly. on turning
arms OF corporal and four soldiers or the govern.
ment army. Luckily when 1 lett the barricade had
ter, as they were stained with powder
HOW HIS HANDS BECAME STAINED WITH PowDER.
hred shot," interposed Involuntary.
noise In the adjoining room made my COM
pau siars 70 ms ieet and glance uneasy at the
II Aired no shot 1t is impossible to tell on such
mune the air was iuii II powdsrn Having assured
my visitor that there was no cause to fear on ac
@ s s IN e ne ne
P0ral and nis men arrested four other National
Guards nnor who were taken arms IN hand.
to the Rue R and placed auains: wall. A cap
tau Of infantry came up.a tall deterMined look
saved my life-I shall never forget him long as l
hve. What have you there ~ ne roared. .Ah,
oat De suite" Tho Corporal ordered his his men to
nre, and 1853 l t.s NJ
MY COMPANIONS PASSED INTO ETERNITY.
Inc giant captain then strobe towards. me, re.
he shouted, a. the same Tune kaccs s the * KEPT
from my head with his plstol; SNOW your
hands," 1 was terribly frightened, and held them
up. ri
He placed ms revolver TO my temple. The touch
left hand he seized my right wrist, looked at ana
smeiel my hand; then, grasping my let wrist, he
How glad T was that t'' ne AD mad 'Va As cold
In the head. ! am sure my hands stul Sun elled Of
my temple. aud the Captain growled, grufiiy, you
ranger pas paDGire de Get hom'ne. lie win
GO TO VERSAILLES
NO words can express the affection suddenly felt
Tor the huge Captain, Fifteen more prisoners, In
PLAN clothes, were then brought to lac Rue --.
despair In her arms she held BABY. not twey s
monlls Old. In vain did the soldiers try to drag
her away, and At last exasperated by her tenaclty
THE HUSBAND AND WIFE FELL DEAD.
The infant. pierced with Dayonets, was whlrled
aloit It's body Tell elesS corpse al our eet. have
Fever witnessed scene 80 terrible Oh. poor IN
fantl We were then marched to Bastion, Al and
given over to the gendarmes and police. We were
searched, ana our knives taken from u.s. Al seven
r. NJ. having been ordered to throw away our hats
ana caps, we started bareheaded Tor Versailles our
party consisted Of about fifteen hundred ali told.
On the road we were roughly handled by the gen
darnes who lavishy treated us It'll curses and The
butt eadS OF rineS. When we
ARRIVED AT SEvRES
we halted for few minutes rest. the Inhabitants
behaved kindly; they brought us Wine and bread;
we mad not eaten anything since morning; but the
Sendarmes roughly drove them back with saDres
reached the rising ground, four old men, unable to
march further Were shot, After this act OF brutal
tty there were l.O more straggers. We arrived ut
Versailles as the clocks STRUCK eleven. Inc streets
were crowded with inhabitants, who struck us, spat
yelled-Death to the pero eus, assassias aud in.
cendiaries = thought we had fallen INTO the power
Wearied and fOOtsOre, we reached ny
THE CAMP or sAToRY AT MIDNIGHr.
We asked for drink: Our guards replied We
Will ave you tails to drink presently We were
ordered to lie down the Prusslan graves and told
that any prisoner who moved would be lmmedi-
threat was carried into execution. From three A.
NJ. 70 tour A. VI.
THE REPORTS OF FIREARMS WAS INCEss ANT;
movement TO satisfy our curiosity. Al eight O'Clock
de vile alld gendarmes scrutinizea rs narrow.
one prisoner IN each rank was selected and told to
60 away as ne Was Tree; the men thus ordered TO
the corner OF house. Their disappearance was IN
yarably followed BY the report q rlfes ! nave
never been able TO discover upon what princtple
ming continued until three T: NJ. At tour O'CLOCK
sequently We never Knew Tor a certainty what had
been the fate OF our comrades During the day no
food had been given TO us, and AT night we again
slept on the Prussian graves. On the following day,
THREE THOUSAND PRISONERS
were brought In. seven Of them in the uniform of
the afternoon. At nine p. M. we were sleeping on
the ground when suddenly we received orders to
Of Us to the rnwy We
were then placed In cattle wagons ana left for
Drest, crowded together In c0nnned space. the
heat was sitting ana some oil my fellow prisoners
attempted with their knives to make the airholes
larger This being observed at one OF the stations
the door OF the wagon In which was and
FIRED AT RANDOM.
Seven prisoners were killed. Their bodies re.
NAMED in the carriage. There was no straw In the
wagon. We crOuched on the floor near the dead and
buried in the Cemetery Belle s w na@
been twenty seven hours on the road without food;
u act eas satsn nothing snce my four
ponton, anu were oil on board at six
ss rm we're u oa pn the
Kischen he returned win q pail Of water and and
us eat with a relish At ten A. M. ,rum met
sounded; 1t was to fetch soup, made OF beans, and
five P. M. more soup was served out but no bread.
FIVE MONTHS ON BOARD THE poNroN
we had bean or pea soup daily; on Thursday
small piece OF salt pork: on sundays some fresh
meat during the first five days we were mucn III
treated by the marines and sailors, but the Captain
having been informed OF this, intelered and
ordered his men to discontinue their brutal
duct, threatening to put In irons any OF them VINO
disooeyed his orders. We slept on the decks for
two months, out afterwards we were supplied with
hammocks. 1 was Intercepted i've times by the
Capitaine Rapporteur, captain OF Cnasseurs. 1
had been on the ponton more than five months
Sunday my name was ces My ase
place OF birth and other particulars asked and
them to my inexpressble delight, they informed me
that was
Ninetyseven other prisoners were also set free at
the same time. We were taken ashore to the
Marie where we received passports, and thence to
the Prefecture, where our descriptions were TAKEN
While awaiting the departure OF the tram we were
kindly treated by the Inhabitants In consequence OF
the prisoners on my pOnton-the Nap0lcon-haylng
raised subscription for the widow and remaining
children OF fisherman, whose boat was swampea
within cables length or vessel during the cQui.
nocial gales We were eye-witnesses OF the dlsas-
ter. The father and two sons went down with the
ders and incendarism subscribed 100 francs for the
family. There are fifteen ponLons at Brest, eacn
afnn whether
scribed cannot say. We left Brest at midday ana
ARRIVED IN PARIS
on the following morning ct half-past 1ve. we were
stil dressed in the uniform OF the National Guard,
but we were not insuted during the journey. Dur
ING our imprisonment we were lnles I'd with ver-
min, and my first care when returned was to rush
TO bath in order 10 get rid oil my garrison. am
still very nervous whenever meet . policeman and
the sight OF
GENDARME Is TO NE A NIGHTMARE.