The New York Herald Newspaper, March 24, 1871, Page 4

4 INSURGENT P First Scones Inc Reign of PARIS RULED BY M0 - Shiaad de The Capital Under the Rule of | the Ecd Republicans. TMIDITY OF THE GOVERNIINT. | Guns, Ammunition and Provisions ta the Hands of the Rioters. FEARS FOR THE WORS The Herald Correspondents’ Vistts to the mrbed Districts. Pants, March 7, 1871. Whatever may be te ultimate result there can he Bo doubt that Paris isin such a critical condition that any moment may see the eurbreak of an insur- rection little less formidable than that of 1848, 1 mentioned in my last the efforts that were being made by the leaders of that reddest of republics which has declared itself en permanence at Belle- ville and Villette, to drive their followers to frenzy by faise reports. The character of these proceed- ings may be judged from this one statement, which was industriously circulated among the disaifected, Forming part of the force ordered to reinforce the garrison of Paris, the Forty-fifih regiment of the iine marched in from the west, and proceeded, with the usual accompaniment of drumming and fifing, through the streets forming the mosi direct route c where it is now qnar- his innocent proceeding was made the peg on which to hang a report that the regiment was but the advanced guard of the Army otf the Loire, who were brmging the Comte de Paris in triumph tered. to the Tuileries, afier having pronounced for an Orleanist restoration, shjs allegation had much the same ¢ on the reds a8 | thelr distinguishing color is sald to have on @ bull: every nan mustered under arms, outposis were strengthened, ries, cannons and miiraiileases were loaded, and ali day they hela ves ready to repel an expected attack. n who has resided in Paris can ves- eadin 1 rapidity with which most unlikely reports spr gaincredence. They form te topic, first, of the loungers and business men, who throng the boulevards, cafés and the Bourse; thence, im magnified proportions, they are oa home to madame, and specadlly become the property the domestics and concierges, Who industriously Tecount the wondrous news to every one in the quarter, it is not iherefore, under these circumstances, and ( Olu i influence of rumors of an Orieaul= jon and a threatened aid of the Montmartre republicans, that before night Party was thorou, alarmed, and at nine o’clock the rappel was again Leaten. This interest ing proceeding, with which w now tolerably familiar, doce not, now that ‘ain enjoying the preate the same amount of unreason- heard in the dark. But reason- ing tired of these constant opinien is growing stronger and overoinent Ought not to lose a tne criminal fanatics who make republicanism ridicu- the ree ing (error @5 W able people are alarm publ stronger that the moment in dea are deing their be lons. ‘The present inaction is part of a which, whatever 1is demerits, itas the credit of being hu- mane. GENERAL DE PALADINGS OVERRULED. The authorities, in opposition, it 1 srid, to the wishes of Goneral d'Amreile Paiadines, who was for bringing the “ou outers” 10 reason at once by immediate venesection, desire to keep mat- ters in siafus quo until tue garrison of Paris 1s 80 strong that any attempt at resistance wiil be hope- nit is probable that the gentiemen whe so freely express their intention to mourtr pour la véepublique et la eonwnune may again ex- hibit that dise which eveuts daring the siege have shown them to possess in an eminent degree when, their own safely is impertied. whole night the National Guar tricts Daring the us of tue orderly dis- Paris remained under arms, ready to repel an aitack on the Prefecture of Po not, however, made, Messrs. rently haying come to the conela that ihe gov- ernment would © Which Cook piace at ti surren ered without re vf Belleville and Ville ma i a r ai ol the scenes co stations, Which were The bearded men cmuke light of the youthful tance. troops of the Loir: 1y, Who hy shed Paris, and declare that tunes bh “infants in arm tsat the ul hirsute an- togobists, who up a sione to atrike rand p bh Phe position recails tory of David and Guliath— abst omen, Though these poor lads did not make So good a figure usimight lave been expected in frout of the vetera e.i0Rs Cf Prince Frederick | Charles there is nv reason to doubt tat they will prove competent to disperse and ¢ 1 the set of impracticable idiots who are now de hetr best ‘ © government of any kind im M. GUSTAVE FLOURED y Who most wor oceup! tained among tolent und cuiragevus cuntreres is exhibiting the resplende boots which were first brought int on the table of the Hotel on the of the ‘red’ Invasion, on the s1st of Octover last, as commander of one of the barricades. In addle Hoa to an unbounded tus arch agitator also possesses po inconsiderabie amount of 1 courage; it is, therefore, not ut bable that, if a co takes place, a mitralileuse bolt or a Chas: sto Vvanliy and fotly ep ot bullet aay end tus | polilteal career, 4 CRUISE THROUGH THE StONTM. reyeals as of Ss Which may be com I suppose, as 1 ta @ Atstrict of manent mente, ¥5 6nd newsmen—for te trade is not monopiized as with os by the meing generation—with stentorian qual. ity of voice shout “Le Vengewry? or e Ut du Feupie;” the wine shops drive 4 bris! tle thirsty souls Who caciilate with m between theta and the street corners, where er are harping on the old siri twik about betng betrayed and ver the safety of the reputs 1 count 2 Montmartre district forty-#even guns Jibres, twenty of witch are in battery, ios LAW FOR SRMLLING THE VERY ORNTRE OF PANTS, 1 Was informed and saw myself some confirmation of the statement thet there are enough of trained seumen, guuuers and ariileryiacu of the regular army Wexring national guara un m4 to man all these pieces Of artidery. Several uf the narricades have mitrailienses, Chasseyn and amniunition appear tv have been pillaged 1 t pleaty to serve out {0 any one Who applies for tem. ON THE HEIGHTS OF DRLLY there are fifteen more guns loaded the Place d'italle a considerably greater number. sriend of mine, Who has some dpta for exagt com- putation, assutes ine that altogether the reds have iu heir possession guns and ten betteries of | mitrailieuses—a pleasant prospect truly, when we reflect that at any moment the most baseless rumor may induce these fanatics to oy fire on their fellow citizens and upeet ever! iculation with re- spect to the future of this unhappy country. My experience in the republic of the north of Parts was uot of a character to make me anxious to revisit it more frequently than I am obliged. To say that wuy one notin uniform or wearing a blouse, plus a Kep! aud a loaded Chaesepot, is LOOKED UPON WITH SUSPICION, is tostate the proposition in its mildestform. The mania jor wearing uniform aod for discovering spies, Which appeared to diminish slightly after me signing Of tue arinistice, has set in again with re- sonbied energy, and woe betide any respectavie person in muri whose curiosity has so far overpowered bis prutence as to tuduce him to peuetrate into ths interesting region. — Foriu- nately tor myself, perhaps, the vigilance of the more dctive patriots was somewhat relaxed, wheu I made 4 hasty recouncissance last might by the ter. vor with which the rioters were ermzing with tal THE MORK ERIGUS BUSINESS OF | matory ¢ T RESULTS. |1 e | 5 | The émeu‘espread to other battalona, Ni * the round or republican hospl- gz ‘pnt throng! y Mm Ule most approved fasmten. THE REVOLUTION: oomn 181 has been & well-levised movements into the provine in the Vangivar section, ab whic and sailers were repres 2 in eousiderad! Out of compliment to these arms, Who ine revoli- ry National Guard 9 ©, @ Sallor Was Votod l¢ obile Guard to Ure posts was Of tie most outrage acier, One of (he speakers denounced the generals who had deceived tke people during ihe slege of Paris: another was equally severe on the Assembly ior ratiiyiag @ realy Ol pence. clared (iat it had violated its mandate and had no Longer a legal exisicnce. ‘The large majorly ol te National Guards, who hold themselves aloof from the insurrection, Were denounced as reaciiouartes Of the worst type, and a revolution was passed by ac clamation atirming the principle of electing thelr own Officers wad binding tae: NO OBEDIENCE TO GENERAL. eompt to extend thy selves to pay DAUBBLLE DE PALA> DINES, Whom they declared te be aa imperiatist at heart. An announcement peng made that three divisions of infantry, nine batteries of ardilery aad a division of cavalry Were approaching Paris to reinforce the garrison, the propoaitien was discussed whether they should noi be met by armed resistance at the rativay Atation. At Bellevilic a similar meeung, but compoved cnuirely of National Guards, resolved to repudiate their hew Commander-in-Chief, neral bD’Aureile de Paladines, and both meetings ap. pointed committees Lo Organiza provinglal hodieg ‘or acting mM coacert with fhe Central Association in Paris, Muck séiustaction was expressed at a Bic: Ot ful attack Which had been made during the p! 8 evening on a depot of arms i the Rue Latay- elte, by which a consiverable number of new Chasse- pois were ubtamned. After the mectings broke up The superfitious energy of ine audionvoe Was ex- pended by patroling their several quariers, visiting end fraternizing wit the men on guard at the out- posts, @na, Worse stil, In some tnsiances approach- ing In dangerous proximity to the positions occu. pied by the government troops, With the Intention, U possible, of inducing desertion, It ts impoasine Gt present lo caiculate te uilimate effects of (his most iilaavised dmewe, We uiay even now credit it with the INITIATION OF A SERIOUS DISCUSSION among reasonable men a3 to wither it Wil ever be possible to train the whole of the French popalation loarms. Sen wuose opimon deserves respeet and whodo not jump hasilly to conclusions are bé- rme that i jernal ginning to enuaclate the do peac Bate will be much better secared and exi in no wise jeopardized tf the National @ once abolined as a French institution, ¢ that the detects in the national che whl always prevent the urban population of from imiaung the clyie viraie of Americans, who are a9 ready to become peaceiu!, bidustricus Villans again, When danger has passed re to fake up a ¢ call of thei cow R they ‘This feeliug is growing rapidly aud not witheur rea son among people Who have Ned the op, seeing how harmiess agaist an ener Vaporiug eanatile Who now ki PARIS IN A The ver, aturnal of suspense, revoluuenary and Montmer oulside the encedite only ny the grea assist in Ducrot’s gailant sortie On the oi disgracetuliy sezate oh ane Whole ary mine vader tue fire of the Germans, ‘Tue’ SATE Wnteh they sever Hie ee bg bs separating (hei ' homes pursued from theft Pegwiay (pops, the foris and the en eine entered vy the groans and pisses of all 4 saw thom, ¥ wong be red to thew dis credit “ DURING MY HURRIED TOUR OF INSPECTION Was stiuck by the frequency of groups indulging in therr usi f tossing jor five and ten y a this hardly p find a party of oMicers engaged in ihe able cceupaiion, franc aud five iran pices Substituted for the copper or rather bronze of thet men, At the head ofvie faubourg Montmarire L took advantage Of a corner wine shop, While discussi petite verre of @ vile, flery Compound, dignitied the name of coguac, to watcn several ¢ going through their dail, and Lam bound t men and oilicers, Who seemed Of rather a su class, were fully up to thei work, ie give smartiy wna intelliventiy, promptly, and 1 was litte "d To see a deploy- meat into line, after advancing some distance ia open column oi companies, edected with precision, Without loss of distance and with excel ent dressing. Just before some sus ictows glances from some ot pein ne a with my nearest neighbors had warned me thar it woud be wise to take my depa’ 1 saw a man of fashtonanle appeara whom 1 have met irequeuily on the botilevards, go up to the ouicer m commanbor the battalion, and, alier ex- changing a tew words with Dun, bund what appeared lise sips of Instracuio: diand of Cou panies, quartre 1 pa: Cordially eudors against ihe gover Went In Le Veaceur, vy M. Pyait, of vying toipduce the population to revoit. “This singular indictment, wich bas been spoken of tor wie days past, LAS LOW been vei forth in due toria by tne Doncrable Gepury, wuo, your readers wil probably remember, dissvived The Cuamoer at Ror eaux of bis owa mouoA aad On Ki oWa authority. It takes tae form of AN A ATION AGAINST AL Vinoy of Menacing ihe e of the city b nae he re. to recognize tie supreme autnorty of to iuse Ventral Comariitee of preceedings of M. Ff if he were not the i repress Pansian voters, whom he can in tent of couilict with the resu Hot to be forgotten that this iaking upon hiuset to dial snses to resign t, ANG jusists On CO draw his pay as nity. AMONG ANOTHER €F.A88, Passing f® fine lovking battanon of National Guards—the Thirty-second—who werd stauding to ihe arms in wuat f thougit was sill the district occunied by the revelutioutsts, Twas agreeably dis- appointed io tad, from the conversation of & group Of ofticers on the Sidewalk, that they were upnoiders of jaw and order, aud Were posted where ley were the National Guard. would be simply am by General @ Aurelie de Paindines, to act as a check on thc unruly ne'gibors, whose out were nor more than — on handed disiant. Get into conv on witht twa ned ti battalion n detailed for thus Importaut ain under arms allnigut. As and OU!post senivies Were duty, mia we ye were tal a, art aud the inen broke olf and rowed the few catés wivuin tie harrow limits beyoad_ wi they were not allowed to pass. This morning their Colonel imormed mo general © de Pajadines rm io superior oficers of the } attend bis levee, an ° ; abie impreasion. He declaredt hig eaure adhesion (5 Feyatblichh Wet utions, pad repadinied y | Someé Warmth tye v1 ifaiism witest the same tine | had peea laid to his Bat ai | hedid not at ail hide hls xed delermiaativa to m a ud put down dtsorder ta } the force entrasied io his ¢! ing fall a few searisfaction at the revo- gallowed to have their 2 bo prowibts all meetings D paraded by O1s organization save wor Inuontets swing, a0 ssive OF iis ( Ving been 40 10) Of his inten of men tu waiorm, w aatnority, and at | fer the purposes a CABS necessary to Ch | rate demands of the tew ¢ in posses oi giant specimens of power of > endorane apply La Com- | pagine ae re proved equal to € OCCASIO! wre delighted to find they have just struc ; ma | rage price of 409 franes eacn. ANOTHER. DIFEIOULTY. The disbanding of the Garde Mobile promised at iirst to go on sniootlily enough; but, unfortunately | Ab occurrence lias jnst waked yuace Which thres to create a mo diflouity a® weil as a Garde Na- onal diMeuity. A company belonging to the De- partment of the Seine was parade thls woraing in the Rue de Laval, and on being informed by the captain that until they wer charged lielr pay would be reduced from 1f, 60. to due. they broke oul db open mutiny, declared that it Was an atiempt of their commandiag Oficer to swindie them, aud threatened nim with deatu. The unfore fynate ofiicer was only savei from prompt exeeu- jon by the intervention of some of the ciyian in habitants wito secured his escape in @ carriage. mn with the German com. oO horses, Wt AN AVC. without arms, and deputed some of their oificers to remonstrate on their account with tho autherities, REGULAR TROOPS S7ATIONED AT THE PRISONS. The Guard National have been relieved at the pri- sons Of St. Pélagie, Mazas and Lasanté by troops of the line, and orders have been given to have regl- ments in readiness to repel avy attempt whicn may be made torescue the twenty poiitcal prisoners erated in St. Pelagic, an aitack on wich ts considered tinminent, THE GARRISON OF PARIS is to be made up to 49,090 troops of the ifne, under General Vinoy, ull of whom will be as-embied here by the 11th list, Tue poor fellows are struggiing tn by regiments at a tine, and those from the Loire district show unmistakably, by theit ragged, slovenly, hall-starved appearance, how hard a ime they have had, and how tmpossib.c¢ it would have been for therm to withstand to hardy, well ted, weil provided Germen forces, to whom they were op- posed. They are looking forward with deligut to the prospect of a few days’ rest aud tall meals, and, from what J know of Frencit soldiers, Ihave no doubt that, 1f these are vouchsafed to them, a very few davs will suffice to revive their spirits and won- derfully improve their appearance. Signe Before the Storm—The Riviers and of What Cinsses They Are Composed—Visitors Should Keop Away from Parir, , Panis, March 8, 1871. Nothing but the sullen countenances of the Mobiles along the Champ Klysées and the sSnappisi. character of their dispositions all over Parls could be noted yesterday as HEKALDING COMING WAR. As I walked up aud down the Place Yenudme several times 1 heard sinister remarks upon the passers. One gentleman going wlong quictly with a cane and a Cigar was greetoa in an ngiy voive and by repeated salutations, ‘Aristocrat! Aristocrat!’ some saliors, artil and Mot parently | TMs inetdent explains the reat fecling of the popula. cocoived accessions fy their streneti—who were | ign at tus moment—tt is ye of sity a He de. | | passing ugtinogs: tmpotent to do but ovil. fortunately, Bat the to several shop gindows yesterday, and found each UUme that a group of moody soldiers would gather round—not inspecting the Window, but my person, Wilh impertineat curtosity, They would laze of— «1 berfeotiy idte, nothing to cat, possibly many of them | WIth no money, WHO ARR THE ROPERS Tt is this class, cluding also the 200,000 workmen lately sustained by te government, but now pub | upon thely @wu resources, Liat people fear so much, and who will be dangerous to tho poace of Paris. Driven to desperation and whipped to humilaiion they are neither in UO aimiabiliiy or industry, Large knots of these classes are strung along through the quarter between the arch and the Place de la Concorde, STRANGERS, KEEP AWAY. Paris $3 yet in no condition for pleasure seekers, abs, very fo, let for five francs an hour, aad a trip to Versaides im good style cosis twoniy-live franes, Roowis aud apariments aro cheap, and eat ing is net expersive when you know where to go ana get tt, Circulation ts didioult about town be- cause Of the scarc:ty of horsgy, PRUSSIAN Oe iOBRS have been coming Into fowa in disguise and by va- 13 Vietting the city, Yesterday moraing { wien oficers, ially unlormed and equip. ad, arrived at the Oriean road station, coming rou Gr! commande that place In. p. The cry doware reiused to au the three Bavariaus were coud. by the Garde Uh Hed TROUBLE ¥ inthe Rue de Larue, The s lalion mustered aud were patd off thelr back: tho commandant. The centimes a day, bat the The battalion, exasperaic ed axhibitiag A reyuisiion of the Ger o for the tthe paper ted to tie Diaaas There was @ Lie aul. fitude, but tae tude Would noi listens and Ute Mobiles, With the primary tulontioa of k ‘axed, aud Lie was tie burea publican Committee and there de Was fulced to agree to pay ihe disore; About Exciting Scenes towa~Raising the Red on the Bastile insurgenis Are Poovided With War Material? Rauded by Montinarire. ch 9, 1871. ‘The Bowlovard was crowded | sht as i has not been for months. The deme ion ors aud alk cri ry cornee 0 dispensing abroad, and ¢ where orator faith, ‘To-day The cahnoh of Montmarize ¢ part of Paris; the Central of Resistance issues its edicis, makes arrests and defes the municipal pitt: zeus have no agouriy » abd an by men i hearls. You caa bermmol pul au seeret, and without y pacity or bri This, gentic suppose Fi sign for the RAGS When the drapeun rouge Basitie; it pat ap by cended to fasten the the National G shot at thei rouge. When ti vaults of the Bastile ners. beaatiful evia gs all over rect symbols of the WAR WATPRIEL It pow Luris.out ¢ lery, eeventy mitra! large quant the Nation. Comnilite re putin the uined 28 prisus anism—Dlack ‘eally cor- S 1 HE Ri Tight ta keepin, did, for wae tom, aad & sonal pro. meat. 40 do not» seca a brave dec ting bouses, growing hatred i prisoners a trailors, ing more pay ani ic ness of temy nd i The lace you seo on te Monuuarive, aid ihe The | governine Grange tear cloud of anarg over Pavis, aad the ang conduct the Mt d’Ordre, Peupte, and the last y peared, Lis Bons everyuning Iu The! & torven or inanimate whic aineng themecives, witon have uh ¢ good government by wloteter to the desire for revenge which animates ail—orde ord keep the respectable people in a chronte state of fer- consi froin the reign of ten lime the accidental « or, perhaps, thousands of people. more accuraie topographical kno wled: of Montiuartre can iaiict more damage upon Paris in a single night than did the bestegiog Germans mn a month. ‘THE GOVERNMENT NOT ALIVE TO THE NE THE Hot The government makes ofclal sign, from which It would appear that the gravity of une Fitua- Uon was fully appreciated by tle members. At the War Department ialk Is loud and open of the steps to be taken to disarm and disperse the mob which now isturbs tue peace of the cit; nd of tae ¢ dign punishment to be tnfiicted on ihe ringicadera; bur as yet no movement of troops has taken place to effect these objects, Ail the troopa are reported to have arrived here that ean be iad; but General Vinoy, Who comands chem, bas on!y spoken as yet of what ho ts to do; ne fias done nothing. GENERAL DAURELLES DE PALADIN docs not appear to have been cordialiy accepted by the National Guard, which he has been appointed to command, and were he ihe determined, regolate, solfreiying oflcer which hts muiltary career has Proved him not to be, ne could not, under the cir camstances, wield the disunited, widisciplined toree with effect against the people, with whom arc con. Tederated 30 many of thensalves, THE MUNICIPAL, AUTHORITING, the petty demagogues, who ure the Mayors ¢f most SITIES OF hot actively so at least they are so, inasmuch as that whon they were called into council by Generat d'Avreiles they excused and pafiiaied, and in some Insiances, justified the conduct of their constitu. | conta WHAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO, These being the facts #410 the state of Parts ft 18 dimeult toree @ ray of hope that peace and quict- ness will be restored, uniess it be thet Wie govern. ment ts qnicty nd silently maturing piaus whieh Will be studded reerieatly carried uito execu. ton, VICTOR HUGO, betieve, stranger Uns uacomtortable indifference aad whal-busi- ou-here look more now than during the Siege, for then all sufored together, Now, Twent up ene, are dulag ause of Wangaility and yy 4S they do, the Germans, ly alike ment aud so divert thelr attention irom giving that eration which is dve to tho unhappy aud perilous state of the capital, and from taking that prompt aud resoli te action in conjunction with the military authorities which alone can save the city o” which now exists, Mean charge of a musket, the reck- 1 es8 Order of @ Grunken rufian, the dissemination of a false report among these creduious, Ignorant who paraded | people who hota Montmartre, may in an mstant send a hundred shells shrieking through the air to fall and burst in the boulevards, streets and courts, or to crash through the reofs and walls of nouses, killing or maiming or frightening many hunareds, Nearer, and wiih 30, the gunners of the arrondissements, are parficines criminis—it 1 W. YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. MARCH 24, I87L—TRIPLE SHEUT. A Herald Correspondent Interviews the vench Novelis!. WHY WAPOLEON MADE WAR, Paris Daring the Siego and the In- competency of the Leaders, THE NOXT GREAT WAR. The German Empire Will be Overthrown, THE UNITID STATES OF UUROPE, Borpraux, March 2, 1871. Tt was not whihout a good deal of hesitation that I went to see and talk to Victor Hugo, There is such an atmosphere of greatness hanging about the | grand oid mun, such an assumption of authority and superiority in hls judgment of men and things; he has such a reputation as an anrocrat in society, although a repubucan in polities, that ordinary people ure rather afraid of approachiug him, and feel somewhat unpasy in his presence. You do not Know just how you will be received by tuis man, who judges everything by a standard of his own, and cares as little for the opinions of tie world as for the winds that blow. VicToR HUGO'S HOME, 1 was received in a large and simply furnished room on the frst floor of the very mosest looking house im which he lives, rie de la Gourse., A table in the ecenrre, with two er three books, which, judging fom the ran they hold ja Kterature, proba. Jong to the landlady; @ largo mat under it, ig half the brown painted floor; a litte Freuch clock on the mantelpiece, a sofa and a few An ordinary French parlor, in fact. 1 just liad Une to observe’ these things whea the door opened and ACTHOR OF “DES MISHRADLDS” cals stood before me. Not a large @ robust for his age. White hair iy, healthy complexion, that te of @ Vigorous constitution and a temperate life, No geep farrgy In no heavy lines on that ub a ciedt, sleady light sbining from dark nt look upon you Like the blue sky geen tom of @ deep well—one of tho very at Freuchmen im whom you are not disap- 1 at first sight. He gave me a searching At, under the clreumstances, t reassuring, thea adyanced and by fhe hand, e such a happy country,” sald should cone s0 iar to see he be more to see and learn in an ua. ‘y Uian m avappy one,” I replied. “that happy cou M. Hvco—Trae, very true: and that being the ca you have now an excellent chance to learn a able lesson, k of the Con —Ii is uudoubtediy a desperate one, And yet I think that if tho Fr conld make up thetr minds ton few Would coniuane the struggie, Wey Would yet be vice tor M. Livec—] am sure of it, But they have been #0 enorvated by tw Fears oi the empire that Hl they are ost to all sense of henor, parr! tice aud prefer selling ty thing they have po r: iostag & CO} Not in tie Least I, having been twenty le, Know nothing of ihe state of ; my . Abend. fon oa the fa: nis f cd 1m thar respect, woud prot ut Dank of tie i Lie, on and makes war without gei Artes, Without cannon, without the most forsataadl ni ever saw, and i! Gober eonuine wn olzean par un tyre Lean understand why he should Want to make war agauist Vrocsia, bat not how, that of Lis enemy, he ably ConqueL coutrary, without hing, against en the world to nudertake tt. JORBE: wNI—I do not comprehend, for my part, why, r the prviscite had coniimed hit dn power and re-established him, as it were, on the throne, he suould have wished to make war ai all. Meco dd. In this Bona- f separate and distiuct person. vO Iidividualities—the man of December, rf, and the nephew of his uncle, the poicon I, Now the atiaeks of the republican: i weakened ihe former, and the Mexican war bad desiroyed the milltary pre 2 of 19 wller, and he sets about concocting a pian to 8 of che worid, s the first great s1 toward the exe and that reinstated the man of quest of te Riine provinces ne hephew of fils unele in the din tie eves of Europe before We have the result before us degradation of France, ENi—You were in Paris during the your inipressions of the Parisians months of dsnip and sufeormeg ? 0 1 posivioa he held aime ln Mexico. vain and CORRES?O! siege, What ducing those five ‘M, Hoco—Thsit cx ai was her ne zat tas won Mgrg glory ng those five montns of siege thd Lap ft ob Hraes H EOL oe eee Ate ~ Wi it food, vONDE —Whai 1s your opinion of tue Paris go ument M. Uvuco.—It meapable. Tt is non- Senue te say that tiy cd thousand men could not break through tie lines of investment extenadin; ules in Jength, i they had been under the commant of a capable leader. “The Parisians wanted to fight; they would have fought well had they been allowed, | Imysel/, ola as 1 am, would lave shouldered a masket or iel a regiment, But they would uot let us. Lrocau may have meant well, but he has not the least military spirit. Instead of continuall: attacking the enemy here and there by lg titand day, killing ihem i detail, harassing tien) inces+ santly, giving them no rest and ac storming Nis own neh to stand under fire, training them into veteraus, he lay stl and dtd novhing and let the enomy fortily himself and starve hin out, making only one serions efferi, and that a pooriy directed one, to make a troude, CORRHSPONDENT—Did_ the armies ip the provinces co-operate suiticiently with the army in Paris to make a troude possivie? w. Hooo—There has been evident-mismanagement in tae Qruites Of the provinces, whether on the part oO: M. Gambetia or the generals in command Tao not know, Of course it was hard to make a trouce m the alr without a point to fall upon; bat it seems utterly inconceivable that two armies, amounting to nearly @ million of men, in their own country, with every road and highway known to thew, should not have been able to cat the communications of a force Inferier in number, 80 far away from its base of operations, besieging an immense city like Paris, Incapacity, str, everywhere. CORRESPONDENT—Wil the the war? M. HUGO—Assuredty, they will never accept these condities of peace as permanent. They will com- mence arming iinmediately, In ten years—tn five, perhaps—they will have four miilion ‘soldiers ready to take tne fleld. The Germans on their side will not remain inactive, and the next war will be one of the most terrible ever recorded. CongESPONDEST—What will de the result ? M. Hoco-—Les Lats-Unts 0’ Lurope—a word first pronounced by me in 1548, CORRESPONDENT—How 80? M. HoGo—the Frenca weve beaten this tite by the empire, but they will marci to victory under the banner of the republic, Whey will be prepared, and thoy are better soldiers than the Germaas, who, drank With success, will grow carelesa, They will be vic: toxious aud will overthrow the German empire as the Germans have overthrown the French, but in- stead of pursuing thelr conquests they will say— toyons dono! Are wo going to pass our fives devour. ing each other like wid beasts? We have rid you of your emperor, you have rid us of ours; give us back our provinces and let us be friends. Then will be realized the grandest dream of the mineteenta ven- tary—the United States of ok oo ConnKsronpen?—You think, then, the republic 19 safe tn France? M. Jivéo—Bo sure of it, We have law, justice And autaority on our side, and with these we shail Know how to matntain the republlo, Its Opponents must traverse @ revolution, and a bloory one, to accompiish its overthrow; and Lado not think they have the courage to attempt it. The repudlicans ave uwiways been revolutionists, and the weight of authority was agatast them. Now the tabvies are {urned and the monaremsis ate revolationists and bad citizens, and demagogues aod extremists, and wail the rest of the nonsense that was so current during the empire, and the republicans will not foi Koti But they sunit have every right, except that French soon reiew forties out foo: fire, throug ts RAGE H and’ di and stitvatffol encbling them, and az bombs ay: anell ning upon tiem, uot did Lika be woman t | or child was beard to complila, It waz noble; it was herola, . ‘ * of ting them ves hand and foot and handing thomscives over to anoluer ehiperor or king. Here U took leave, bit not until he had re- guested me to give Uivough the columns of the New ORK TERALD his Kinuest regards to bis many friends and sympatialvers in America, 1 left hin Tecling Thad ‘peea in converse with one great mind, at least, that will leave an impress on to nineteeath century, There is somethlog sad- lime in the Ine” of this grand old” man, who single handed fought the enipire twenty years, with the world against him. This Statesman and philosopuer, this poet aad prophet, Whose words have been voriiea and whose predic: tions have been fultitied 1n the blood and smoke of Sedan and the ruin and dishonor of 1'1 Pie Ltd 4s to iast,’? said he nineteen years azo ou tell me that will last. No, no, no; by the blood that rushes: thiough our veins it will not las’. Ali at ty did, tt Would be that there was no longer a France upon the earth—no longer God tn heaven.” It is easy for those who ridiculed Nugo and wor: shipped the Emperor to insult him now that he is down. Here is & man Who denounced his ¢rimos from the first, who defled Alm in his might, who flung in his face and inthe face of Kurepe, which had recognized and legalized the crime that tery tvective, “Napoleon le Petit!" A man wno, stand- ing upon’ the eternal principles of truth and right, defied Europe and laughed at the silly woria that Was toadying to a blockhead, and who never for one moment, in along spell of twenty years, -acknow- pice the supremacy nor forgave the crime of De- cember, FRANCE DISTRACTED. Stormy Scenes in the National Asscmibly. The Members from Lorraine Withdrawing— Touching Incidont—Rochofort’s Leiter, Ten. dering His Resignation—Felix Pyatt—Ho Raises a Storm—He Offers His Resig- nation and Leaves the Chamber. BoRvEAUX, March 4, 1871, To-day the Assembly met, aithough there was very little to do, and everybody went just to seo what might happen, Occurrences take place and great events transpire In the French Assembly wnen least expected. Witness day before yesterday, when they declared the dévieance of the empire in a sud- dea Whirlwind of passion and indignation, evoked by one of iis defenders, The auditoriam was, as usual, full at an eariy hour, and the box reserved for tho journalists jammed, With the lights and tho clita delicrs, and the crowd, and the galiy dressed laties, and the boxes, and the theatrl al decdrifions, You almost forgot that you were in the most remarkable Assembly ever con- vened—one iit history will talk much about—and You would catch yoursell woudering when the cur- tain would go up and the play begui, At haii-pa: t one most gf the members were already in their places, or talking exeitedly in the aisles—aid you ever see Frenchinen talk any other way?—and the noise and the heat became almost tasupportapie, THE LORBAINSIAN MEMBERS WITUDRAWING, M. Varoy, Deputy from the Meurthe, reads, in the name of bis colleagues and their 149,999 constiinents in that part of Lorraine, a letter of farewell to France, He read it with @ trembiulag voice, in witich the accents of griel were unmistakable. Bat ine Assem- bly was tindasy during tts reading and evidently alvatd of being reproached, and Wild Much father not have heard these last words of farewell spoken by anabandoned and broken-hearied brother, and they drown his voice with murmurs whenever a strong expression ocenrs. He telis them he is gong to deprive them of one last illusion, which ts, that instead of one-fifth of Lorraine they are losing nearly one-haif, and provesi by figures, and concludes by hoping that icy ma find in their hatred tothe Germans the five to a ise from their abasement and come ai last to the deliverance of the uabenay. peo- ple he represents. And so, having spoken their last v in the Assembly and taken thelr last leave of peor fcilows sadly and sileutly with- Franc drew. CONFUSION. The nolse recommences, the Chairman’s bell be- gins ringing agwu—li generally is going about halt the time—aud a member proposes that a committee be appointed to assist the government ta looking ince Lae tinancial condition of the country and per- fecting some pian for putting the natlonal credit Upon & beiter Looting. CALLED TO ORDTR. The Speaker, M. Grévy, announces that he has manalston alae nam fan Det SPT Toad to the Assembiy. ‘There 12M Uelt a gen rai “hush, bushing,” which continues at i nunutes, caused by every Individual ember making as much noise as he reasonably can, tojaase all the rest know that he wants silence, Slience i3 at last estabushed and the Speaxer pro- le my cccds to read (ue letter, Vho 1s it frome? + it from? hisper the reporters, “Louls Slane,” says another; “Gambetta,” still a third, “No, no; Rochefort," cries a fourth, and everyhody coucludes that ‘it is Rochefort. In the meantime the Speaker commences to read— ROOCHRFORTS LETTER. CrrovEeN Prestpryt—(Oh ! oh}" from the benches.) Our constituents have given us a mandate to represent France, one and indivisibie. By ils vote of tho Ist of March the Aesembly bas abandoned two promises—dismem ered France and ruined che country, It no longer represents the country, and its decisions are, therotore, null and void. Be- sides, the vote of four generals of the army and the algnit. absence of three others formaily coniradict the asaer- tion of M. Thiers as to the Impousidility of continuing the war. We cannot, therefore take part @ day longer in the proceeding of an Assembly that is no longer legal, ROCHEFORI ALON, ‘ANI, ‘parpoN. There Is silence for a moment, when some one cries out, “Bon voyage,” and Uie Lett rise as one man protesting indignantly against this manner of accopilng resignations, A STORM ENSUES, tn the middte of which Feux Pyat wishes to know , Who is. “Hugo.’ says one; why his le tter has not been read, The SrEAKER—1 have received no letter from you, M. FELIX PYATT—That cannot be, for I sent one, and am sure it was received, (Shouts of “Ob, oh! Crest infame") ‘The SeRAKHR—I can only say that I haverecelved no leiter from you, or Ishouid have read Ii, Have you a copy of the letter in question ¥ yELIx Pyat—I haye, PE AKER—Tnhen h. sine hye FRLX Pyar (mounting ini to convince the Assembly that ONU OF THR MEMBERS (ness to read it, tua tripane)—t wish BRS OF THE GOVERNMENT 19 4 TT. FONGBR. ~ 5 Here énsied a Mead of uproar ang contusion that aiiventd on bis feet, ae. havies descripion, Hyer ing, Shouting, gesfoulating with clinched nts ad (alking without the slightest noe 9 rol heard, afd probably not carmg, for that initter, ee ail thts Heise and din you could hear, now and then, the desperate ringmg of the Speaker's bell, making you think you were assisting at the biggest kind of an American fire, - Felix Pyat in the meantime coolly folds his Arms on his preast and calmly watts for the storm to blow over, which it finaily does, the ringing of the boll coming out clearer and clearer, until at last it IMusters the noise, and tranquillity, comparatively speaking, once more reigns, M. Pyat then commences to declaim his letter, but 1s interrupted by crica of “Lises, lises, seule ment!” Ho puts up his eyeglasses and pretends to read what he evidently Knows by heart, But that 4s too tame for htm; he cannot contain himself in that way and dashes down the glass, and barats forth with a tratapet-like voice that masters the house and makes itself heara above the din and uproar at the furthest corners of the room. NICE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE. “The voie of the majority of this Assembiy im- poses upon me An imperative duty, that of cect: ing that it desiroys my authority as representative. J am a representative of the people and not its mas- ter, and if I have been silent before the yove wi taken it was that I was not authorized to discu: snch a treaty. I have received an imperative man- date from the people. (Cries of Oh! oh!’ and “Your conscience!) My conscience is in unison with that of my constituents, ido not know what your in- structions may be; but I kuow what mine are—an honorable peace—France one and indivisible, Now ‘What is the signification of the vote of the majority ? Peace at the price of honor. (Prolo: uproar. M. Pyat waits tor a luil in the storm and then continues, making every word distinctly heard in every part of the room.) PEACE AT THY PRICE OF A PART OF FRANCE! Tought, then, to protest, not by my resignation— (“OR!” “On !)—jor the Assembly has not the right to accept it, It has destroyed its right by its vote— (the House resounds with ironic shouts of laugh- ter}—mutilating France; it has Killed itself; 1¢ no longer represents France—France entire, that elected it the Si of February. (Immense tumult for a iew moments. M, Pyat takes up the letter, and, ufter waiting a few moments, proceeds.) t must, then, faitnfal to my instructions, to the unity of France and to my duty, represent. my country a8 it was when its capital did tie thé honor to choose~ uo. f reltre, therelore, from tails Assembly, which can no longer represen’ but a part of it, and I shall never reurn as long as this parrictdal vote ts not annulled, PYAT WITHDRAWS. M, Pyat then descended from the tribune and lett the Chamber, It 1s strange the majority do mot see that thoy lose more than they gain in such contests ag these. Even M. Pyat’s enemies must have admired the cool courage. ‘and quict self-command he displayed and the skilful “manner in which he carried Dis point and = made himself heard, making every word tell, in spite of the noise and contusion, 418 powerful yoico mastering the storm, as It wer and bearing it down, If they tad let tim go on an speak hls speech, a3 the Speaker had accorded him the permission, the incident might have passed almost unnoticed, and they would ave spared them- selves a deicat and their enemy & victory. ‘There wi nome of farther note ocourred, and tho Bonae, after validating w few giectios, Atjourned ws udual al six a'clock, " * | GAMBETTA.. Unbosoms Himself to a flevald Correspondent. He THE LATE CAMPAIGNS Arming the People and Why the Cause Was Lost. FEARS FOR THE REPUBLIC, Gambeita’s Defence tore the World. iSe< BorpDRAUX, Feb, 23, t87L Having got a tetier of introduction to M, Game betia, the great ox-Dictator, I went round to hia apartments, Rue Cours de rente Juillet, where he is supposed to be engaged in writing up a bistory of the war and a defence of his administration since the battle of Sedan and the revolution of Septem- ber, I was first told by the domestlc who came to the door that M. Gambetta could uot be seen under any circumstances, and that it was no use trying. Tsent up my papers, however, and was then told that he would be very happy to see me in a few minutes, and was ustiered iuto a large room on the first floor, which Was literally jammed full of de. Spatches and papers relating to the war. Tables, chairs and sofas were covered wth them, all ted up in little packets with the Inevitabie rei tape and seattered about in the greatest confusion, aud showing that they had oy just arrived and been unpacked, After waiting a few moments, thinking what a history was contained in those crazy little parcels, and how every serap is a leaf in the history of the greatest events ever recorded, L was callea up stairs aad conducted int the pre- Sence of the man who for the last six months has directed the destinies of France with an iron hand and aresolution that in the darkest hour never faltered. He was at bis desk writing, bul rose immediately, expressed himself yery glad to see me and invited iné to be seated. He opened the conversation in a very business-like mapner by asking me m what way be could be of service to me. Tue IWrEKvIEW. > CoRRESPONDANT—[ have come, Mf. Gambetta, authorized by the New York Hexanp—the most widely circulated paper in the United States—to put its columns at your disposal for anything you may have to say with regard to the present unhappy po- sition of France, Ihave just come trom the army of General Bourbaki, and If Tcan give you any tu- formation relating to that disastrous campaign Twill be most happy (6 do so, te ats. ‘ Gamnerra—I am very much obliged to you, ates but I know too mucd of that unhappy aiuir aiready elas! ib Makes me sick to think of I. Were you there during the wiole campaign? QoRRESPONDENT—I was. GamBerra—How did it impress you? CORKESPONDENT—Most favorably, until the attack CORRESPONDENT—Witoat any apparent reason, the army went right to the devil. GamBErra—Just 80—of course, of course; a stupid thing. The old story—want of perseverance, want of tenacity. The French have always been so. It We don’t succeed at the first trial we are lost. There ‘Was no reason in the world wiy that army should retreat into Switzerland like a parcel of trigntened sheep, There Was nO necesssiy to retreat at all, The country about Besancon was rich enough to support the Whole army turee montis. Ten thou- sand resviute men in that country of mountains aud narrow roads would have delended every pass and kept out the whole Prussian army. Bai Bourbakt, becanse he aid not succeed tm his first attempt upon Mont). liard, went crazy, and bis officers were almosi as bad, ils ont tous perdu ta wie, tous, tous, (ous t ee <A amg LOPRASTOAPERT— Was not Bourbakt afratd ot PRR IR the rear When he heard the Prussians were at Léie, GaMurrra—Yes, he was completely unhinged; and, atthough I telegraphed him six times toat there was no danger from that qaarier, that tuere were only 15,000 at Dole—a mere hanatul, who could not do him the slightest harm—he 1asisted that he was lost, aud would listen to nothing, The old fauti, it has been repeated timo and again, at Nogent-le-Rotrue, at Le Maas, at Paris—everywhere. Why did he not siay in the country tnstead of running off 1uio Switzerland? Why aid he not pick out a tew of his best men to de- fend the mountain passes? Why did he not stay in the country, give his army time vo rest, and when ready recouimence the attack? ‘Ten thousand men dn that country might dery the whole Prussian army for months. CORRES PONDENT—DId he not lack provistons % GaMbErTA—No, Bir. That’s all Lonsease; there were plenty of provisions, I have the proofs, and if the army was starved it was his own fault, in not compelling his quartermasters to act more promptly. itis a well known fact that many of the regiments had more food than they knew What to do with, While others were starving. ‘that was not my fault. sent enough provisions there; if his quarterinasters did not distribute them properly he has only hiuselt to blame, » CORKESPONDENT—I have understood that Bourbakt ordered General Bressolies to hoid Beaume-les-Damed aad Pont-les-Moulins at all hazards, these positions being the key to the valley of the Doubs, Why were they abandoned w.tuout éven awaiting the attack of the cnemy? 18 Bressoiles or isourbadt to blame ¢ GamBerTa—I do not know yet. Bressollea hag shown ie contradictory despatches from Board; ordering him to hold these positions and to evacuate them, and [have as yet received no explanation from Bourbakl, As tlie affair now stands tt Wears a very suspicious look, CorRrEsronDENT—Tho ‘soldiers, as usual, accuse ther oftigars of t} ie MEA ombats Of ens hot treason but incapacit; ye Oe See at, SEA: y wort AT—Was this movement of Gour- vakl'g oalecttart, undertaken by your orders, contrary to the advice of iniitary meh? £ MbETTA—NO, sir. Everybody counselied tt, It was the prgrallig sehtimeut everywhere that w Must succted. Ihave rogelyed. gee than flye hun: dred jettérs front gullttary Men, allcoudseilidg it and predicting iis certain paécéss, r ConresrospEnt—W! it Chanzy Lose the pattie of the 12th at Le Mang, after having maintained nis positions up to that moment with every appearance of success GAMBEITA—He allowed himself to be turned at Pontlleu. He had placed Colouel Laliand at that point, with six thousand Mobiles, with instructions to hold it at al hazards, it being a position of the greatest importance, protecting as it did his left flank, ‘icy were only armed with muzzie- loading rifes; but the position was naturally a very stroug one, and they were supported by two pleces of artillery, ‘They couid have de- fended the position easily, and in case they had been pressed might have sent for reintorcements. But the Bonaparie and Orleans papers had maa them believe that thelr guns were worthless agatust the needle gun of the Vrussians, so that at the first sight of the enemy 3 ont tous sontu le camp without ever discharging guns, and leering thelr two pieces of artillery in the hands of the Prussians. When Chanzy received notice of it he ordered the position to be retaken, but it was too late, Five hundred men could have defended it against ton thousand. y PONDENT—Da you think France in a condi- tlon to continue the struggle ? GaMBETTA—I do. It the people would show only ordinary courage and energy they would yet drive the invadér from their soil. But the monarcnists don’t want the republic to save France and they have, therefore, threwn every possible obstacle in the way, They prefer that France should be lost rather than saved by the republic. They have not only discouraged the soldicrs by every possible means, but they have imposed the resistance of inertia to which is something immense to every effort that could be made, and they hope by signing @ dishonorable peace to turn popular feeling ngalust the republic. And you will see withina very short time that these very men who are now crying “peace, peace,” will be the first to denounce the republic for having concluded a dishonorable bar- gain with Bismarck. If they had let me go on two months longer am — sure would have succeeded. I would have had iwo millions of men under arms, weli armed and equipped; I would have carried on pitiless war against the Prussians, who are as tired as we are, and who would have bees glad to go home and a fend themselves, 1 am satisfied that ifthe Ameri can people were placed in exactly the same position as the French they would drive out the invader in thirty days. CORRES PONDENT—1 am much flattered for your opinion of the American people, but must say that 1 ee you right. GAMBETTA--I ain sure of it. The whole population would have retired a3 the enemy advanced, carry- log of as much of theit property as possibie and destroying the rest, Every man, married or single, ola or young, would have taken his gun and wont have carried on a war of extermination against the invader, You would have had 4,000,000 of mon under arms ina month, shooting them down from every bush and every huiside, It would be impos sible to @Tvance far into a country under such cli curnstances, i CoRRESPONDANT—Why did you not attempt to carry out this plan? GAMBSITA—T did. T sent decrees ordering ¢! evacuatlon of the cquntry before the advance of the »