New-York tribune., 1872-02-12

reason and patriotism and announcing tnat tlc gum
stolen from the State should DC estoIe" " 'no '''''"
The storm of revolution suddenly burst on me ngh d o
sa. t@9 h Sent The od dlnla mar Tne men Of stood
TO their guns In their ntrcnchnents. ~ nv t, ~ h 49,,
Cen Ieconte advanced on the insurgents, Dut ms Ogh
ders fratcrnzod win the and he was taken prs,
oner He had previously been urged by the Mayo oI
Montmartre to retire from hopeless position anu saho
hS fe lie renIied ~ cannot Here IL written Ord'r
from Gen. VnOy commanding me 10 no" M ay order
all hazards. | cannot leave WITHOUT q f in Ia place
Gen Vnoy himself, had an engagement III la s,n -
Blanche with the insurgent giards' Dut is w Of the
ported by his men who reireated, ,,rwsTd the rebels
were in undisputed possession oI ii, .oundnd with
barricades and the members the Red clubs were
where tanning the fame OF rebellion WIN iJ % ra}rca
nds and the Red Tag oated deany from the column m
Of July. Gen. Cement-Thomas formerly co1dau otartre
the National Guards went to the lines OF Mohtiaids M
in ctzen's dress in the spirit Of conciiatO' ana was
made prisoner His sad fate, and that OF Ge99 h =,
comte are wen known. band OF National Guards, III ~
stare or beastly intoxication took these two gallant
Generals tied their hands behind mem, He'd
council of war; composed OF an nsnrgent oaptan, "a
lieutenant and few guards who forthwith condemned
them 10 he shot Con. Thomas. turning to &c Gen - L
conte said: General an hour ago had not the hOnor
of yonr ACQUAINTANCE; nevertheless. am to de Win
yon." Gen Lecomte replied: ALAS yes! Why nasH ,G
The balls Of the enemy spared u r inGy VIZ 80
piaced against wall and asked If they had anyt 20
G assassins The order to Fire then gwen
Cen Thomas expired instantly Gen. Lecomte survived
= few minutes and exclaimed. my poor wife! my poor
ebi bilIran viii France take care Of your" These were
the first murders committed by the COmmune unhap
plly they were not the lilst'
DOMINATION OF THE COMMUNE.
On the evening the 18th of March, the insurgents
had attained possession Of the headquarters or the
National Guard the Ministry OF Justice, and the hoIe
de VILE while Vinoy, not daring to trust MS troops
retired leaving to the loyal portion OF the Natioha
Guard the task restoring order NJ Thlers re9uesIed
the different ministers to secure theT papers, au
"a Versailles The Insurgent Central committee lssueu
two proclamatiOns addressed to the people Oh IS
the other TO the National Guard, declaring tHat they %
fulfilled their mission Of organizing the deIenSe, a
overhroWlng the Government, anu con Nohhs ,n 80
of the sections elect the Munlclpal COuhcll "a iis
OF course the regular Government Ietoltou @ ~ 9rac
counter-protlamatiOn. We have seen what mGIe
tion Of the people ndOrsed the Commune at tle pOs'
The Insurgent Committee declared i tHe sIaoU @ y,
raised permanent councils or war aDOlsncu, On ancJ
for ali political ofenses, ana determine ION 10 i.,
ain the nreliminaries Of peace Respect Tor an boef
ties that OF the press being emphaticaiy Speceu' ""'
various efforts were made to effect compromise be-
tween the rebels and the regular eONernl. M D1t 1 al
I"mne Anunarmed demonstration OF the friends OF order
was made but the procession on NJ way u lhc Tcc No
dome was fired ia the Rue de Ia PAX, ana dlserse
The leading Journals OF Paris one ny one suppeSStu
by the Commune for daring 10 denOuncc me surIcc
Then commenced reign OF terror, or spOlaOn anu az
sassinaton "a system OF espionage was established ana
denuncation invited. Churches were played ana aes3
Grated priests and nuns were robbed dhd perseeulJ
All the officers of the National Guard VINO dld NOT Iily
10 the Central Committee made llaDle 10 he pSHi
of death The Bank of France was lOfCcd 10 HIN "
vances to the Insnrgent Administration; capitalists
were condemned furnish subsidies the cash-DONe'
ph
OF their means of Subsistence; rallway c0iPaes on P c
peed to contribute funds. tax OF 10000 francs w'.5
t,vcd on Baron de ROthschd, but ne Is sald 10 nave
compromised by paying 100000 francs Ihe expenses Oh
the Commune were $4,000 francs day or nearly
5000 900 month.
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES.
7, IL rot NV nurpose to obtruie personal experiences
but perhaps a single remniscence may be pardoneu
on the Goth March, eight days after the Inauguration
OF the Commune, l passed day with three American
Generals visiting the chief points OF interest Taxing
an omen barouche in company with Lieut.Gen. Sheri-
dan and Gems Forsyth and Merritt we tirst drove up
he R0upvards nearly TO the column or july Whre we
encountered huse barricade. grim savage, III inc
uniform National Guard on Dehs askgu We IUti
make our way through bystreet To the HOtel u5 NI
crulv answered. No! The best thing yon can do Is to
90 back where you came FROM Americans; however
are not apt TO give ny project so easily we nudIiy
succeeded IN reaching the desired poht IN tno nv w.
Riyoli where another narticade cohifohled rs VIII
zigzag passage through IT,. Here we alighteu rom
the sentinel and with the crowd, went lhslde tle lIf
Not altogether fancyng the prospect before advised
was stopped by the sentry bright Intelligent, honest
9i 5e exeaned od mot feengy an American
General You are republicans we %ah5 bo 10 pe rRD hc
content" and earnestly sraspng nay hand gave ooerS
to allow tine General 10 return.
BY q skfn flank movement, we passed. second bar
where found crowd and large number Of National
Guards under arms. Presently shot was tred, Oc-
ca,Onne much alarm bur at once the arms of the sol
diers were reversed, showing that there nothing To
fear In moment after another gun was hIed.
asked az sullen looking bystander: what IS thatP'
II rOughly replied: "Mhat is 1t You know well
as dot gunshOt," making the remark in tone
hardly in keeping with ordinary French pOliteness
What was going on we could not earil-nobody seemed
10 know; but we mad sltsled our curiosity ana con-
cuded 20 move on. keganlns the carriage, we con-
tuued drive through the heart OF Paris passed out
over the Point du Jour 10 oeYies, Vsng St COuu ana
Montretout returning under the silent guns OF Mont
Valeren by COurbervoie and Neuily. The character
and bearing OF te persons COMPOSING me d1ereh egl-
ments seemed strongly to impress Gen. Sheridan They
are not bad-ooking men, he repeatedly remarked And
indeed large portion of the rank and he seemed to De
honest but deuded citizens who thought they
lighting for municipal rights and the Re
public, against government OF rOyalsts,
who designed TO restore the monarchy aud
betIay the people Dstrustng q NJ IheIs aud the & As,
semby their purposes were IN the main patriotic Jher
honest intentions were misdirected by the Communist
leaders and their valor and enthusiasm employed by
these leaders in an assault on the social fabric when they
really thought they were defending republican lnstitu-
tons Exceptions, OF course must DC made. portion
Of the inSugent troops, especially those from Beeyie,
indeed true types OF the most ferOciOus revolution
lists As of the battaons from that turbulent quar-
ter passing, even Gen. sheridan witha shake OF the
head, cOrd not help saying: Well those are hard look
ing felOws-all Of them!"
THE SECOND SIEGE OF PARIS.
When military operations against the Commune COM
menced the lst of April it feared that the troops
would not fight resoutely against the insurgents But
an act of the federas they called themselves,
moved all doubt The commander of the Government
troops ag of truce to the Rebels in the hope OF
inducing them to retire without engagement. The
officer who bore IL was fired upon and killed. This
atrocious murder exasperated the troops. and from
that day forward all wavering was at an end. The
the neutrality Mont Valeren but the Commandant,
who had pledged the neutrality of the fort, had been
removed and its heavy artillery opened the Rebels
with terrible effect. The result was. that many
killed. many made prisoners. and the rest sought
safety in retreat. The notorious Gustave Fourens who
had created himself General, took refuge in house
at Chaton. genddrme opened the door aud summoned
him to surrender This is my reply" said he, discharing
his revolver point blank at the unfortunate soldier kill
ing him Instantly. And this Is mine :! said Captain
OF the Cardes de Paris, who entered the moment
after he split the skull of the insurgent chief with
his sabcr have spoken of the suppression OF
independent newspapers by the Commune. One OF its
own organs was called Free Paris. IL amusing to
hear the newsbOys shouting, Here's your Free Paris!
six newspa pers suppressedW
On the eve of the fall OF the Commune, Henry Vrg-