New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-22
THE COMMUNISTS RETURN.
THE EXILES ARRIVE IN PARIS.

PENAL sETTLEMrNT-LoUIsE MIcHEL's GOOD
DEEDs-A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS DIsCOUR-
AGED.
iron THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRmUSE.i
PARIS, Sept. 5.-The Communists the lions of
the hour Not tongue Is turned against them. |
never witnessed finer manifestation Of warm
heartedness than their return gave rise to on the
morning Of the Sd. There is much more cordalty
in. the poor of grest cites-that is when they have
borne up brayely against poverty-han in the rich.
suppose 1t is because to the man woman earn
ing bread by the sweat of the brow. the only 1ow-
ers which embcllish the dusty paths they tread, are
those called forth by the exercise Of the hearts af
fections. These blossoms arise ont Of the capac-
ity to love somebody something with de-
voted fondness 1t has been often wondered
why 1t is that tie greatest number of dogs are to
be found IN the wretched quarters Of the city, and
why the most extensive purchasers Of small birds
food are seamst resses who have scarcely money
enough to keep body and soul together. The prime
satlsfactiOns in the lives of the wealthy do not
spring from the heart, but from wel-fod vanity.
Everything is made subservien. TO the qualification
OF this st)n. In large cities have also remarked
that there Is more craving after FOOD foT the hearts
affect ons than in rural places, and particularly in
france. The peasant here IL not at any moment of
his or her lie IAN unconscious alim.st" unless when
considerations suggested themselves TO my mind,
ms watched the other niglt for the arrival Of
the Communists in the space in front Of the
Orleans Railway. Ny f,low-watchcrs for the train
from Port Vendres were in the majority Of cases
the Gibconites Of French civilization, and what
saw Of Them did honor TO human nature The be-
havior and Gemcanor If the women were deeply
touching. Sisters they were truly If the Marys
who were up while il was yet dark and vending
their way to sepulchral cavorn by Tie stony hills
and deep ravines around Jerusalem. Eight years Of
hard struggles for the barcst subsistence had not
weakened their affection for the eX'ies whom they
expected back the stars which glinted over
head rendered invisible in the light of dawn.
The Partisan woFkwoman is by no means bad
wife. She "a an excellent one, q rule, when she
meets with good husband. But tho characters in
which her moral beauty is most pure is in those Of
mother and Of daughter, aud, particularly, when
time has mclowed her affections Mentally, was
my knees the other night before more than
Mater DolOrOsa. / saw women who were faded,
wr.nkled. wMte-halred, toothess, and meanly
dressed, and who were, notwithstanding, re-
splcnlcnt with n loyeliness that came of
purified love. "Who are these crones !" de-
maDded jluntily the representative of an English
Tory paper Cronesi They croncs They were
thrice sanctGed by sorrow nobly borne; by the pa
tently supported transperccmcnt OF their hearts
with Jagged swords by ne elevatng power of a
Deep earnest, warm affection which asked for no
daily return. hut lived on remembrance, hope, and
once ia a while letter to acknowledge the trtng
remittances which had all the value of the widows
mite.
There was an old woman of some education-or
rather an old ady-whom the correspondent OF The
Daily Neics London got hold Of and took under his
wing. which, rs he is great friend of NJ Andneux,
the Project otPolice, most shelcrng one on tins
occasion. Part of her story he repeated i'll long
telegram to his paper But The limits of time and
space only admitted Of him giving two or three Of
its most salient points. Being with him heard the
narrative, which was given by word of mouth,
and now gather up the fragments which remain.
The night was lovely. We admired the clear depth
of the blue ornament winch was studded with CLINT
ing stars Said tine oli lady, vino had been chatting
freely as human folks apt 10 do when they feel
supremely happy: "Idelight in those dear stars.
They were q source Of wonderful consolation
to me all those years when the waste
of water separated me from my boy. Wien
we last embraced each other We agreed that
each time one If MS saw thc Stellar Cross in the
heavens n message was TO he addressed to the
other and We were to say to II every thing that OPP
pressed our hearts. Though received a good edu-
cation, am no astronomer, and for n long time
whenever saw the Cross used TO say to myself
now our thoughts are meeting above there, aud
give vent to expires sions OF maternal love and
anguish never shall forgive niece who, priding
herself upon her scientific knowledge, told me that
the Cross was not visible at the same time
IN the Northern and Southern Iemispheres,
and that when | was gazing at 1t, my
poor boy was being grlled IN the Antipodes under
an mplacable sun. Why did she not leave me to
a. Fl. I.,l.tf
source OF much sweetness. | cung to it TO
religion in which happy youth has been spent,
and went on with my noe urnal star-gaztng aud
re-.euding rs before he son 81 this venera-
BILE dame who The " dow OF country doctor,
aud in cTampcd crcums aucrs, had won az tho age
of eleven scholarship on the foundation in
French college. He fegned illness. not to undergo,
at the public examination al the SOrbOnne. the
humiliation OF receIving. In 1869. plze
from the hand of Prince Louis Napoleon.
so that said the poor mother, lyon
can understand what an excellent pupil he was and
what spartan soul kept Inn up We We're Ia
PARIS sad the mother curing o. sic and under
went great prvations NV boy was ~ the sOrtie
Of Jaluary %, aud slightly wounded III tho
shoulder. | had relations al bordeaux of whom
M ked hospitality when tine fall Of Paris enabled
me to communicate with the Provinces. We were
both invited to go and stay With Them and we went.
Ny was Republican To the tips OF his nails ana
his political ardOr had been iuflaned nv the mlsor-
fumes which Imperial de>pOtism had brought upon
the whole land. At Bordeaux hoValists 81 some
mark used TO come 10 visit our relations To- whom
they used to speak vauntlngiy oi Inc approaching
restora ion of a monarchy of ~Oino sort. Iney gave
us version Of the meetings of the Orleans princes.
at ths Hotel dc France, with NJ Ihers, which lea
us to think treason was meditated. ne Republic
was To wash the stained linen, ana the IOUnl Ie
Paris when II was clcanscd, wa@ 10 wear IT. The
Republic was to bear the dsgrace of ceding
SAGE aud Lorraine, and tn incur the unp0pu arity
of overbuIdenlug us with taxes wherrwith 70 pay
the interest of the five NIL ions. When
II had become odious, the Assembly, was
to proclaim the monarchy winch tue
withdrawal lat which those kOyaliss suiggeredl of
the Asatian Deputies left tine Monarchcal party.
strong enough to do. Ny SON knew jules simon,
then Theirs right hand man, and went 10 call on
him. lie was badly received. You know what
N, tia he.r ~ tImcg in