The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-31
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY MAY 81 ls74-oUADRUPLE SHEET

as q general insult every testim onial OF bravery.
There is actually on the Peninsula OF Ducos an
crime could be trumped up other than that he had
remained in the National Guard without having
Sny because Of The extreme severity that had
been displayed towards MIN, he said to me, with
great deal OF DOsshOmte, as he showed me his
foot delormed by q bullet
CONDEMNED TO EXILE"
my lawyer assured me that would be acquitted,
but when II was ascertained that ! mad received
this wound at Buzenval the PRESIDENT said TO
"Ahl you were of those who believed that the
National Guard could save France; that's sufii-
Gent. ..
ton, to be confined In fortified place."
This new way OF dispensing justice was allied.
besides to sucn an ignorance OF tne laws tiat were
applicable to cases dealt with, that one asks ones
self Ii these scrubs OF magistrates nave the
entire responsibility OF the judicial inanities
meted out TO me is particularly sample Of them.
WAS accused OF outrages by the voice OF inc press
before the Assembly OF Versaihes. NOW, the raw
lacking the Assembly can be CONSIDERED by tne
courts unless 1t has previously given Que autnoriy
Tor a prosecution. Now, no vote mas been Drought
out Wy this. II abused the Assembly, whlcn 40
not deny, the members OF my council OF war out
ragged it a great deal more seriously In dlsregard-
ing its prerogatyes which did not permit them TO
judge me without consulting II,
IN THE PRISON OF ST. MARTIN. -
One OF my fellow prisoners in the Prison OF 81.
Martin one day entered my cell with an extract
from his order Of condemnation In his hand; -
consult you on a totally novel question. nave
been condemned to undergo an Impossible PUNISH
OF condemnation, which provided that the poor
man had been condemned to transportation anu
10 five years OF surveillance. Now, the transporta-
ton being perpetual, this good man was naturally
curious to know at what period this surveillance
would commence, which could not take place until
alter the liberation OF the condemned.
crest assured, cOntented myself IN saying 10
him as a reply, III any one in this affair need. TO
undergo surveillance 1t Will not be you but those
w n dQllVprp1 anch qantenceS.U
TO these exceptional courts, under all circum.
stances, it was deemed duty to add another
tribunal not less sinister, which arrogated TO
itself, IRONICALLY, without DOUBT, the Commission OF
Pardons, and the numerous executions ordered
by that BODY gained 1t the name among the trans
ported men OF
ssrHE DEATH-BLOw COMMISSION"
the history Of the exploits OF this body Of CrOco-
dies would Ill the daily journals This institu-
ton, which was OF a stripe with the court mar.
tial. was nothing but a decoy or trap neld
the different prisons in which we have
swept away vermin the chiefs OF the place
have always held out in roseate hues the advisa-
Dllity OF making an appeal Tor pardon. letter,
not even showing any signs OF repentance, put
simply one Of excuse, should nave sulnced TO 90.
homes and their labor. All, or nearly all, refused
for long time any compromise with Their honor;
mothers, the recital OF suflerngS OF children,
thrown almost naked into the streets ana starving
by the landlords who had failed to receive their
rent hearing this the prisoners thought the lives
Of so many loved ones were surely worth making
an effort to save, and from what they had heard
they looked forward with gertrude TO the
successful result OF their Application. Some OF
the men decided for these reasons, not for their
own sakes, but for those dear to them, and when
the Commission Of Pardons had received these sup
pications, given under these conditions, they JOY
July refused the prisoner any communication OF his
to the loot OF the law.
We others, who since long time had carefully
had refused with e asaaiu 'u q hold any
conversation with these Railows assist
this line OF conduct mad been general, and that
the Commission of Pardons, their ONCE
might become Illuminating sinecnre.
struck down by misery and their families reduced
to beggary who OF as would nave dared 70 nave
number from the commission OF an act which
might have procured MIN liberty and new life for
FATHER SENEGAL.
We knew man sentenced TO deportation named
Senechal, who was the father 81 eight children
who were lett entirely without the means OF sub
In addition 70 this his vile had died through Ia
sanechai Ehd asksd him i he , !. thought
51s Se Sa1R % rs SasGS 70 q ADDRESS as sA
petition, which, if successful, w6uld saye nine
people. The man had played an unimportant rots
Condemned me- Tor having Borne arms and having
worn uniform. Whatever opinion might have
not not suppose that such distressing state q things
ssss e 5s,.,s ssn &c him hest
petition, showing the fearful state OF penury
OF his eight children The unhappy iather did not
month afterwards the order arrived for him TO en-
bark on the transport snip Orne Tor New Caledo-
N nc b a. sse on the
out. As to the children, heard Oh the death oftwo
OF their number, and It is safe 70 say that the
others would not long delay to follow their exam
pie, as 1t was the only act OF grace or clemency
they could hope for In this world.
pacable Commission allowed itself to be mollified,
which deserves to be Remarked.
YOUNG ACTRESS OF PARIS
well known from her habit OF taking from the city
the roles she played the theatre, wrote 10 me to
consulting me about tue means of iberatlng her
brother, who was condemned TO simple deporta-
ton. 1ns amiable artistic had played in my pieces
at the time when made prelude by comedy to
the drama OF my political LIE. replied to her that
these gentlemen OF the Commission OF Pardons
lilies who came to ask back their husbands or chill
dren, but That did not DOUBT that personal visit
on her part to one OF these innexible men would
! bring about different result.
| Three days alter this advice that believed
should not refuse to give, the pretty con,edte,snt
wrote to me with trembling hand:-.A thousand
thanks; nave seen the President OF the Commits
sion a$l obtained from him for my brother. not a
mitigation OF bis punishment, but full and com.
That very day, in fact, our fellow prisoner
was. restored to liberty, while our friend
but VINO had not sister on the stage, sailed ioI
| the Isle DIES Pins. In this way, what whole fami
lies In misery had solicited IN tears. woman who
irequented the restaurants obtained BY a single
1 smile. This is what under the "moral 0rder' IL
called morality
When these men of order had got through
! with enough of sentences SO that the de-
partures could take place, they hastily
got the ships ready and crammed al
many prisoners as the lower batteries couit
to contain. During year the French navy were
occupied solely In moving the condemned, and /
new war had broken out q descent upon oul
shores would have been easy on the part o.
foreigners all our vessels being engaged to trans
port the French. II sailors could have been found
to solicit a mission that Jean Burt and Du
quesne would have certainly refused WI
should remember that a great number or nava
| officers tried to extenuate, by the manner
| in which they fulfilled their duty great deal oil
the rigOrs called for. Unhappily the orders iron
the hIgh powers lett but little margin Tor the
! benevolence. After visit from the doctor they