The Red Cloud chief., 1880-02-05

Mcndcn. General Dasal. having been
made prisoner by Gcn.rAl Siney. MAS
shot dead. The tanning rage with which
the fighting Wa carried on j. indescnba-
BILE. Two combat ants, one of The regular
army and the other = ftferr, had met
AZ a bath establishment on the ASrnue
Neuilly. They continued fighting until
BY successive attacks made On onc an
other they reached the roof II The house.
When both there. they threw away their
rifles and began = hand-to-hand struS-
gle, the trooper trying TO free himseii
from the grasp Il his enemy and Q"
make his escape. Seeing this, the ~feslsrs
drew \ knife from his pocket and a. hs
WAS going Ia stab him the trooper laid
Hat on the roof. and by a rapid move
ment got hold n one of his eucmy's
legs. and both fen On the pavement. a
height Of twentv-dve yards. Neither of
them WAS kalsi, bat the trooper had his
face besneared with blood and dust.
The te,isrc, having fallen on the troop
sr's body. had the best If Il, and Killed
him by stabbing him IN the head One
could not help being struck with the
contrasts pr-sc1s~s& IN the city itself,
d~es,ructiea and death raging in some
Of its quarSv interseeted by harri-
cades, while sfkonade was leycling To
the ground IT. BEAUTIFUL enviruns; and
nj the same q IN it, fashionable boulc-
| wards crowded. ~th elegant folks loiter-
Ing and smiiuEs il nothing "a going
| on. The theakrs were open. Light
hearted people were he nd saying
=. Well! they fight tbore, let us enjoy
ourselves here The cafes were order
| Ell IN be shut at midnight; USELESS pre-
! caution-you could sce the light through
the interstices Of the shutters, aud
men and women chatting, smoking,
playing and drinking. while the cannon
was roaring in the distance, the mttrail-
leuses rafting necessarily, and the
mUsketry cracking without intermis-
sion. That was not all after spending
part Of the night in these dens of In
fanny. il was considered a good joke to
spend the rest in hiring "a cab and, the
weather being fine, to drive 10 the Arc
de Triomphe TO see how the fight was
"progressing!" The troops Of the Ma
tional Assembly, REINFORCED by the ar
rival Of the prisoners made by the PrIs-
slams at Sedan. grew in strength, and
their assaults against the forts occupied
by the tederes and the walls 81 the city
became more successful. Confusion and
despair began to reign in the camp Of
the Commune. They tried to check h
advance of the regular army by deeds Il
| violence and cruel retaliation. They ar
rested, during the night Of the 9Th, NJ.
Dug,serry. the cure Of the Madeleine.
| the Archbishop of Paris and several 9th
er dignitaries Of the Church and political
men Of high standing. The same night
the Archbishop's residence was piilaged.
A man named Raoul Rigault had been
appointed Project dc Police: unprinci-
pied, daring and unfeeling. this officer
issued a decree by which any person
suspected Of Ming a partisan Of the Ma
| tional Assembly should be Immediately
arrested and tried He might rs well
stated, .'Shot without trial. The de-
livery Of letters was interrupted; gas
was shut off; Paris was In the dark
with the exception Of a few lamp
posts supplied with minerai-oil
lamps. To make good the deficiency
| by death or wounds in the ranks Of the
Army Of the Commune, groups Of armed
men were ordered 81 enter the houses nj
| night, and To seize in their beds every
fit man to carry a ride. Men above
sixty were exempt. Finding, however,
| that this method Of recruiting did not
answer their expectations, owing n
many avoiding IN sleep in their own
houses, they had recours to the follow
ing statagem, which | saw myself from
a window carried into effect with the
utmost brutality. Ten men were posted
at each side Of a street with their backs
close 3 the wall. The street had no
other issue except by the two extremi-
ties. As o a. the street was seen to
contain q sufficient number Of passers-
nv worth catching, the soldiers coming
from both sides formed a barrier al both
ends. and arrested every body. Women,
children and elderly men were set NJ
liberty: all the Others we're armed and
sent to the front to fight agains, the reg
ular army. Terror and distraction were
at the highest pitch. The inhabitants
| of Neuilly, Courbeyoie, and those who
were still in the military zone, had been
! left Yourselves. With whatever they
could get hold Of they took refuge in
Paris. Hundreds of email vehicle. were
seen coming in loaded with mattresses,
| blankets, kitchen utensils, etc, ~ take
| shelter wherever they could find IT,
Count Orsi, tn Fraser's Ma9aasss.