Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-20
.s5!sg:eIG sue Commune.

@!Sa'ItE Was E0ltR On at IiaGart and
! leujoa. General Duvsl, having been made
i pFlsoncr by General Vluoy, was shot doqd,-
Ibe toanirg rage with which the lighting vas
carried On Is Understandable. Two ocmha.ants,
/ oac OF the regular Ermy ald fadole, had met
\ Al bath 6stgG;isamen5 cn the Avenue Nsuilly.
They began EGatiDg rniit by tc?ssive attacks
na1a on olo another. they r3achod the roof OF
;ha hoES, %han both there, they threw away
] Shol5 ril5s aud began ha2d~to hand struggle,
the trooper trying 70 tice himself from the
gasp i! G!a altlig llu to make his escGpo.-
6st!uG th!S, y:iG teicfc drew knife irGn his
pocket, ard IS ha tSss going 10 Stab him the
trooper LAD L { on the lCoi. aud by rgpid
moYcmoGt 81: ho'G 0f GIG OF lis c1emy's legs.
and both ii! OF ih3 pavement. heish; of 25
yards. Neither OF tt:elp W2re killed. but the
iroogcs lad his i-c! be5mesrod with blccd an4
Gust. The tederc, having f.icn on tho
trooper boay. mad lao best OF il and
Killed Aiin ~ stGbU.Gg hin 10 th9 head
Oaa cruid act ha!D being struck with the
o0ctrasEs presented ii ta2 city itself, destruc.
soo aGG deGth raging il s)Io oi its Quarters
;aios:cc:ed by D2lricadcs, tStiil1 c,aponadc was
!c72iRE TO :tu ground lis beautiful eDyirous ;
crowded With llogGnG Folks 0iter!Gg a1d sulEns
2s II notAiag 7as goia4 on. The theatres gore
open. li2 1t h0n:ied psnn!0 :Gero heard saying.
wei, they ti2h; !here, let IL o. Joy ourselves
! :ietc 90 ! &c ci!o5 9seTe ordered 10 bs shu. at
midnight; t;sossa !Eecsution-you could 500
tGe !!gi. through tnc iuGcrsticas ot the Shutters
ard E0cn aGd WON Z chatting. Eu!ckng, piaying
ana dtirklEg, T;nc tho cgGu0u wae roaring in
ill GStGnc4, The i:,l:rg;cG=cs raltiGg lrc:s-
sanity. end lno mu.ketTF 0:lCk. ing without TO-
: t9rtnS3l0E, Ihat was GOT ali ai:ar epoudng
pGrt 0! the G!shI II these doaS Of i3Eamy, i. IS
considered Z GOOD so 70 spend the rest 10 hr
Ing & oah, aed, the weather being Zoe, to drive
|; 10 tho Arc Dc Il!o1!pha 20 geo bow tho fight
vas "prcgre5Sipg!" The troops Of tbs Natiooal
Assembly, reinforced By tic arrival Of .ho pris
oncrs made By tho PtGS5iar3 st Sedaa, grew in
strength, ard their assaults against tho forts
upied By INC ieiercs Eud TIC galis Of tho city
became moro successful.
Confusion and despair hogar tc reign ia the
camp OF The Commune. They tried TO check
the aiiSaGco ct tho regular army by daads Of
violence nod crue! retaliation. They arrested
daring tho night Of The 5;h, NJ. Duau9rry, the
cure OF tic tlad3einc, tho Afohhlshop o! Paris.
and several other GigDi aries OF the Church aud
political mou CT hGh Standing The same
night the Ar0hbish0p's iesi3once was pillascd,
il UaD ua,ncd RGoui Rieault had been ap-
pniotcG Pfciect &C Police; unpruciplcd, daring,
aud uutach1g, this officer Issued decrno by
which au? person suspected Ut being e partisan
OF the Ma ional Assembly should bO Immediate.
y arrested spd tried. lie might as we'll have
s.eted, shot s?ii!lout trial" The delivery of
letters was Interrupted; gas VAS cut of; Paris
wcs 10 tie d4ik-wi!k the exception Of few
i.,,4
70 make good TIC dcfcisney by death or Wounds
in the raoks OF the army Of the Commune,
groups OF ersneG Ecn aere ordered to enter the
housee ut hight, and 70 aeze in their beds every
III .naD to carry rtl: Men above GO were
exempt
Finding, hoTcyor, that ibis method of re-
crutine did not arsHer their expectations, ow
ing 60 mary avoiding to si2cD in their own
houses, they had rccouEss to the folioRicg
stra.ageE}, Whlcn saw myself iioG window
carried into effect with the utmost brutality.
Fcn ;aGn Ecge posted 81 each sida Of the two
ood5 OF q street with their backs close to the
'FsiI. The street had no other ISSUE except by
{ the tRo cztremltles. lks econ aa the street was
seea to caataln sufficient number of passers
py worth catching, the soldiers c7mi1g from
| both sides iOrUied barrier at both ends, and
! srrested everybody. Women, children, aud
! ed=rlY men ware set at liber'y; ell the others
were armed and sent 10 the front to fight
against The regplir a1Tag. Terror end dis!rac-
ton were at the highest pitch. The inhabi
taots OF Neully, Conrbovcie and those who were
sill 10 the military zone, had been left houieess.
| With whatever they could get hold of they
F; took refuge in Psyis. Huadreds Of small
] yeLices were soCp c,oaiog in loaded With mat
tresses. blankets, kitchen utensils, &c t. take
shelter Hher,vos shay cnulG iuG i:.-Coua
! OrS; IN FrdSer'S Iuagaziae