Year: 1870

tional Guard, as a body, sympathIzed warmly
with the people ana maze tna mo no attempt 70 @
played their sympathy by shaking Of hands, waving
Of caps and that strangest OF French fashions inter-
to force their way. II necessary, to the Chamber,
and demand the overthrow Of the government. The
gendarmes Gardes de Paris, and sergens-de-vle, on
the other hand, are far too oficious to have much
sympathy with any antgovernmental movement,
such weakness unauthorized determination with
the people, When therefore, the 1st Battalion
of National Guards bore down straight upon them,
and insisted on crossing the bridge there was, for
a few moments, imminent risk OF a grave coll
seemed to wax too persistent. nj. out I came. At the
word OF command, sudden flash, the cavalry
sa6res, Hash which, from an aesthetic point OF
grounds was most unpleasantly suggestive OF
cavalry charge to those Immediately in 'front.' There
was the usual stampede on all sides nowadays so
familiar in Paris, but 1t proved false alarm. How
the dispute was settled, | don't know, but, as a
ming bloodless victory and we had the pleasure OF
seeing champions pass through the cavalry line
and across the bridge. The other companies all fol-
lowed with more or less difficulty, though in some
OF them the men had not arms nor even uniforms.
This naturally led to the admission across the bridge
Of slain civilians. The crowd nad therefore, carried
its point and determination with the most violent
'enusion' became the order of the day. Everybody
fraternized with everybody little displeasure
was caused by the passing of few of the line armed,
but one of them, with Frenchman's quick wit, at
with the butt towards the crowd. A round of ap-
planse instantly greeted him. Cest nagntfquel'
said an enthusiastic neighbor to me- After that
felt there was no risk of a collision. Indeed,
from the first the crowd was wonderfully good tenn
pered."


THE PoPUIACE IN THE HOTEL DE VILE OF PARIS


The London Times correspondent says:-


GAS was hurrying OF from the Chamber to the
Hotel de Vile to hear the Republic proclaimed
there, French gentleman asked me to give him a
seat in my cab, as he could not find his own He
was, fortunately for me, one of M. Gambettas
friends, and to show his gratitude for the drive, he
got me admission with NJ. Gambetta into the Hotel
de Vile among the first who entered it. As we
everybody keeping his legs In the general rush for
ward with no little difficulty, we suddenly found
the line. The situation looked decidedly
critical 1t was highly probable that
no orders to admit NJ Gambetta, and had the mill
tary instinct been very strong in him he certainly
had men and Chassepots enough to make the entry
difficult, to say the least. Happily ne was a poti-
clan as well as a soldier and he warmly welcomed
the representative Of the new Government, who in
return kissed him on both cheeks, and declared him
(as understood) soldier of the republic. The OH.
Ger was kissed by as many as could at that moment
get at him, and then rush was made upstairs to
the principal room. M. Jules Favre shortly made
his appearance, and am told that he proclaimed the
claimed from the balcony below to the immense
throDg who positively Hooded with sea of faces the
open space in front of the Hotel de Yile) but not
word did hear of what he said. The indescribable
confusion and noise-ooccasoned by everybody
jostng to get near the speaker, and imploring
inaudble A singular incident at first stopped his
speech. Immediately above his head, behind him,





horseback forest Of clinched fists, furlously out
stretched toward It, made the orator at last cOmpre-
hend that his audience would not tolerate the por-
trait. Nobody seemed at first to know what to do
with 1t, until soldier, actively climbing up
ceedSd WIN cQmrades nelp IN hanging cnrtan TAM
feicitous compromise was loudly applauded by many
of the audience, but it did not satisfy ALL Nosooner
had NJ Jules Favre left the room than Garde Ma
tionale clambered up and began with his bayonet
tuIiously stabbing away at the Emperor carefully
him, and together they contrived stimulated by the
cries of the crowd below to destroy the portrait and
frame entirely, throwing down the fragments of
canvas and gilt, for which scramble, almost fero-
cious in its eagerness, went on until not scrap
was left. bust of the Empress narrowly escaped
similar fate but, thanks to the exertions OF few
sensible and courageous men, the compromise was
accepted which was refused in the case OF the En-
covered up, But for this childish Vandalism,
which, I am sorry to say, has been extended
dallion of Emperor or Empress being allowed
to remain above shop front, nothing could
the the Hotel de Vile. they, many Of them, belonged
to the lowest class, men to whom bit of gilt vel
ton; they were in the widest state Of excitement,
full of rage against their recent ruler and yet they
the handsome rooms of the Hotel de Vile at their
mercy, and it was amusing to see galrtins of the
lowest class iioangng in the most
moving the cover of one splendid sofa he had
of his unwonted magnifcence. You will hear
! from others about the political temper of
the people, and their unshaken faith In their nvin-
cibity and power to eat up Prussia, now that they
! have republic Perhaps the most marvellous and
of the finest features in to-day's exhibition was
the absence of dependency. They could scarcely
have been more cheerful and confident If 1t had been
Prussia that had just lost decisive battle, and heI
army OF 900 prisoners. My belief is that they
prepared to fight, hoping to overwhelm Prussia by
sheer force OF numbers, and when one thinks how
poweress in these days Of arms OF precision would
| be the bravest army OF raw recruits against the
discipline and organization Of Prussia one only
hope that European diplomacy will not look calmly
on the frghtful massacre must result from the
| proongation OF the war;"