New-York tribune., 1873-12-24
TIE SENTENCE OF BAZAINE.

CLOSING SCENES II TIE VERSAILLES CoIN-MANhL
THE SENTENCE TO DEATH AND DEGRADATION.
The following account III the closing pIo-
ceedugs in the yersa.lles marital on tire ION ot
December was ieiegrapAoc that day 20 I"e LohGo'
Telegraph:
Bazane had during the delivery Of thesc speeches eH
btoited much more interest what was sud thau he
has hitherto as q general rule displ1yei l. am we we
official prosecutor delivering tue 'tIthr NtfF ~
accusations ms fixed paeness gave way .e'eI''
TO a change Of color. He made ifeqdeLl hOt : ana
at various critical points oi a. fona,dS d amor
documents. Different passages bearing on Ihe POM,
ID question he marked iot tne use OK -
then handed them to halre Iichau9' i:nn'I,d'ss i.
behind the Marshal sat Madame Dazane heI handsome
features not disguised even ~ the ii..S -
anxiety through which Sic Lad Passec anu "' al "''
moment passing. 81, t.., . 80
The speeches now oyer aad N thc n1a g. an an
impressive silence which foIoWc' atieI .ltr' Ihaud
mad resumed his seat. me Due g Alluae turned 10
Bazaine and inquired II BE- hai anything 10 a"d 10 b'
The Marshal rose burTedy. hut with dignity and
said 81 bear two words Oh my breast suIhhs az be
spoke the decoration ;Ie Legion o EJAoll h1Htof
Il Peife' have never waveged u my f'ry-t-o yo'ts
of service in devotion 10 my eouniry nave h.Ve';
either at Metz or esewheFt lOIelVeu ~ Ii.i.ol .s
swear n IN presence Of that Christ pgnuG 20 rue PIC
ture OF Christ on the Cross whlch wa nauelh
on the wall, above the head oi tue Due Aunhe iH,n
collecting his pdpeTs, tie M2rslal IL n l1 - --
ried manner walked ont or the Court-l" INC t ums.
80 far this trial is concerned toI 'He seHe"'o vac
be pronounced N h.s ahsence , ...,..,
Before the judges Wthdrew-it was now 4t oei"ts-
the President begged the supplesri4ry Judges 70 bo,
themselves at the disposition OF ihe council ~ n
herS- G'hutuale.
rouge, Gen. Cnabaud Latour Gen Alp.ef ecu le nih'
tlmprey, Gen. Princeteau ana cen Martihez-'e>cieN
nez-t6en retired. The das was cleared o VISITORS -
the ReDdarmes, who formed Gordon round H. 80 as 10
nrecIude the possibility OF COMMUNICATION Nl'h 100
members OF the court-maral the auJence beng ~ the
time warned that they must make no sign ol a!
probation OF disaplrobaton When the VeiGici was
After a long deliberation the Judges returned INTO
court and pronounced their decision, WiIch ook We
ths 10th day OF December, 1873, tue Couuc OF WaroT
the First Military Division, after deheraiing privately,
Marshal BazaiIe guilty OF having on the 2sth of October
1870 capitulated 10 the enemy and sugrenderrG ne
nchief without having exhausted all the means of ne
tense of which he disposed, and wltnont having
second Is Marshal Bazaine guilty or having signed or
the same day oct le 7c, at the mead 0i hs army IA
iation result ia his army laying down their arms
Fourth Did Marshal Bszane before sgung thls capita
prescrbed After the votes have been taken one after
the other, beginning with tha. OF the oiileer nolapH
last of ALL the Council declares unanimously that an ,hr
four questions have been answered nes, upon whidL.
the Special Commissioner or the GoYeramcnt IN M
RIgsioire the President after having carefully ieed
the xt OF the law and having again taken the vote,
the manner described, on tue appcat0n OF TIE
penalty, Council consequently condemns rransos
Achllie Bazane TO the penalty OF death and degrtc-
tioD, And expels him from the Legion Gi hoo0a.
aemDs M him besides to the costs which he owes to
state accordance with Article l39 OF the Code oi JAS
TO cause the present Judgment 10 be resd
Immediately before him IL the presence oI the Guard
assembled under arms"
This last formay necessary account OF the pro
vision OF FTeuch which cnacts tha the prisoLVr
in circumstances shall not be present at tn. read
ing Of the verdict.
I have said that the Council q long time in de-
beratoD IN point or fact IL was TOUR hors aud du-
ing that period every body remained In court anxousy
awaiting result IL "a when the captain IN
and OF the guard bis sword and ordered the gtp
darmes present arms which was the signal for the
return Of the judges. few seconds afterwsrd
the Due dAumale entered, followed by his col
leagues, the captain exclainpng at the same
moment, Z" Stand up before the Council" With
thing like thrill Of expectation through whole
court. The scene was very impressive. When. in tho
midst Of . solemn and almost awful silence broken
only by o stifed murmur-the Due d'Aumale and the
Generals having raised their cooked hatsthe President
pronounced the first words OF the solemn utterauce IL
the name OF the French people," the emotion aud sus
pense overpowerng.
The sentence pronounced, the crowd gradually and
quietly ebbed away. In Paris there naturally the
most intense excitement The Versailles train which
brought the nrst Intelligence seized at the st. La
Iare station by an immense concourse OF people vino
had waited for hours to learn the ISSUE The nrst
senger 70 alight became immediately the center Of
large thronR, who broke loose from the
eants-de-vile, and, ~ the word death
had been pronounced, load. prolonged
shout echoed and eeehod from end TO end Of the hong
waiting hall. The crowd elapped hands exultantly. ss
enthusiastically raised, "a Mort" taken up by the
crowd outside aud gated from street 10 street.
calling forth everywhere general long, and savage
ann