The New York Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1874, Page 3

aw. ROCHEFORT. The Political Victim En Route to New York. How He Quitted the Cliffs and Sharks of New Caledonia. MACMAHON CRITICISED. Communist Life in the French Penal Colony. Petty Tyranny and Semi- Starvation. PLANNING FUTURE OPERATIONS, Interview with Rochefort and His Companions. THE ARRIVAL IN CALIFORNIA NIAGARA Fauis, May 29, 1874. Henri Rochefort, ct devant noble, enemy of the Empire, exile of the Marshalate, condemned felon of New Caledonia, {s seated before me. He talks sharply, bitterly, sarcastically and pleasantly by turns, following his mood. He ts tired and travel | stained, with little inclination to submit to the | torture of an interview in form, 80 we chat indif- ferently of all things as our carriage rolls along to | the hotel, where we are to snatch a hasty lunch before setting out on the voyage to New York. | Contrary to what might be expected, the escaped Prisoner looks hale and hearty. This he attributes to the exercise and constant sea bath which were adopted as a preparation for the attempt to escape, a@feat which in daring resembled the escape of Monte Cristo jrom the Chateau D’If, No traces can be discovered on the strongly marked brow and browned cheek of the pale, delicate, lantern Jawed man who chopped with the merciless fe- rocity of a famished wolf at the throne of Napoleon Ii. He is about five feet ten inches nigh, large- boned and nervous, brows heavy, and pronounced eyes, not large, but im expression intense, so that when he speaks you feel the Man opens bis heart without heeding what may be thought by the world of what he chooses tosay. There is avout hima power of exciting sympathy that tells he is no ordinary man. Not that he always impresses one as over frank, for he appears to attach some subtle meaning to the biting sarcasms he utters on men and things— some hidden meaning which he does not expect the vulgar world to catch or appreciate at once. He believes the world wants his lamp, the famous Zanerne, to throw light on the humbugs of the age. Neither is he conceited. He speaks little of | Rimself except in connection with the important events of his life, These he reviews with well con- versed pleasure. THE WAR OF THE JOURNALISTS against the Empire of Napoleon tne Little, the smaliness of the means which sufficed to overs throw that greatest of modern shams, and the pride with which he repeats Napoleon’s famous confession of imbectlity to Ollivier—“Jmpossivie de gouverner pendant que Rochefort est la— call up the latent enthusiasm of the man, and as_ he speaks his face glows with animation and satis- * faction, The most flattering moment. of his life Was when the modern Cesar, hedged rouna oy pretorian legions, trembled behind his boasted 500,000 bayonets at the power of one man who wielded for all an arm and a pen; and as he leans towards me to assure me that this Napo- leonic confession is beyond doubt authentic, be- cause Ollivier told it to him personally, he chuckles with delight and satisfaction. It was to Olivier the humiliating confession was made. But I am desirous of knowing about the penal colony of New Caledonta, C’était afreux, (it was horribie.) LIFE IN NEW CALEDONIA, Fortunately the vivanditres had some money. They had little luxuries; but for the poor, wno had not a sou, it was a miracle how they lived. A little meat, often not fit to eat, issued by the authorities, and a little bread and water enaoled the unfortunate convicts to exist. The government nominally gave land to be cultivated, but it was a sham. ‘The por- tions of land were mere plots, and then the convicts had nothing, and were given nothing except this diet to keep them from starvation, Berides the land is barren and the climate detest- able. Four months of the year the sun scorches the vegetation, and during the remainder of the year tropical rains are almost constant. For fif- teen months the other convicts had suffered the horrors of this exile, but when I (Rochefort) ar- rived, I said to some of my fellow convicts, “I am not going to stay here.” The clits were high, and the sea at their base swarmed with sharks. The government thought there was mo possibility of escape. If death was not encoun- Uered among the rocks the voracious sharks kept watch over the victims of MacMahon. A few com- Fades resolved ,to brave this danger, and at last the opportunity came, and, in spite of the sharks and the close watch of our jaitors, we reached a British vessel and found ourselves in comparative safety, POISONED DARTS FOR M’MADON. When MacMahon and De Broglie heard that I had escaped they said it was impossible. The news Was, however, true. De Broglie fell sick, and Mac- Mahon tried to conceal the fact as long as possie ble. Poor Marshal! he has a mortal dread of me. Be thinks I wield some occult power. It is ridicu- lous that such a man should rule France. He ‘Was put forward by the Right to advance the mterests of Henri Cing, but the Left will never submit to his rule, They have too many able men, real statesmen, to oppose this bungling General. What could be expected from a | man who had spent thirty years in the Bureau Arabe? Then Rochefort laughs at that absurdity— France governed by MacMahon! He checks him- self, and, with an expression of concentrated passion, he says:—“‘Events, it appears, are march- ing rapidly in Europe. Within three months MacMahon shall be overthrown. France cannot continue to be ruled by that stupid soldier,” THIERS’ TYRANNY. Then he stops to rail at tue military execution- ers who showed themselves so impotent and stupid before the Prussians, #0 cruel, inexorable and bloodthirsty wit the unfortanate prisoners ofthe Commune. Never was such turpitude see in all history. ‘These men were not alone beaten, | but they seemed prond of their defeat. They had the look of saying, “Behold me, I am one of the capitulated, one of the heroes of Sedan.’ Whenever an unfortunate Garde Nationale came before the military tribunal, if ne had been dec- orated for valor in defending Paris against the Prussians, or wounded, ue was immediately sen- Venced to transportation, as though they desired o punish courage and patriotism as a crime, It is & noteworthy (act that an immense number of the men transportea to New Caledonia had been made chevaliers of the Legion of Honor for valor during the siege of Paris, ROCHEFORT'S FUTURE ENTERPRISES, Much interest has been felt as to what course M. Rochefort will pursue on his return to Europe, Will he light his famous Laniernee Perhaps 80; but it is not certam, ‘The dimouity of introducing any journal edited by him into France would pre- vent the enterprise irom succeeding. He will, however, continue to war on the Versailles gov. ernment. Letters and brochures will rain on the devored head of MacMahon, for whom Rogherort on. | arrival of Henri Rochefort, the escaped Commun:st ; him and offer him the hospitality of the French | Li ee Paschal Seite natin Francis Joarde, | tlon of M. Simop appeared in the Sydney Empire of tertains a most decided hostility. He will support Thiers and Gambetta, notwithstanding his personal griefs and misun¢erstandings, because they can help better than any others to establish the Ro- public definitely. “If the government wouid per- Mit me to circulate my journai in France 1 would take up my pen again; bout, living in England or Switzerland, the circulation would be very small. As to Belgium, Ido not imtend to trust myself there. MacMahon has too mach infivence with the clericals who rule that country now,” This con- versation suggested the necessity for a closer alliance between the republican party of the various nations for mutual succor and support. ANXIOUS CONCERNING CUBA. Rochefort asked anxiously about the chances of the recognition of Cuban belligerency by the European Powers. As the answer was not satis- factory he expressed the opinion that an inter- national revoluttonary junta should be organ- ized tor the purpose ofatding all struggling nation- alities to achieve their independence. It 19 most amusing to watch the arrival of | swarms of country editors, who come to interview Rochefort, nd only remember that they do not speak French when they are helplessly huddled on the platform, gazing | speechlessly at their intended victim. Be‘ore nis | departure for Europe M. Rochelort will probably deliver a lecture in New York to the French speak- 4g part of the population. Offers made to him by enterprising managers fer a course of lectures through the country have been declined. No con- sideration seemed capavie of delaying bis depart- ure for Europe, where he ig called by the desire to meet his children, and by the threatening aspect of affairs in France, He will make war to the knife on the present government of compromises, EXPECTED ARRIVAL IN THE CITY, For the last two or three days considerable ex- citement bas prevailed among the French popula- tion of this city in consequence of the expected Prisoner. Two committees have been formed for the last week, composed each of five delegates from the different French societies, one to receive residents of New York, the other to get up a banquet should he choose to accept it. These Committees have been holding nightly | meetings, but in consequence of the lack of exact information no definite arrangements have been made further than to appoint delegations to watch the trains coming from the West and notily the committees of lis arrivai. Much discontent 1s ex- pressed by @ great.many Frenchmen at what they consider unnecessary €xclusiveness on the pert of those who have undertaken to get up the re- ception and banquet, who are for the most part refugees of the Commune or belonging to societies peofensing similar principies. The latter consider they nave the best right to receive him, and take great care to point out that it is the By a tnat | Rochefort represents they wish to honor, and not the man; and they look on those who grumble as petits bourgeois who are not thoroughly identified with his principles. They are periectly willing to allow them to take part in the demonstration, but reserve the management for themselves. Delegations were sent yesterday evening to the diverent railway stations in fnll expectation of his arrival, and large crowds were assem- bied at the different French houses of resort in Prince, Houston, Wooster and Greene streets anxionsly awaiting the arrival of news and discussing. the probabilities With an animation pecultarly Gallic, However, a telegram was received late in tne evening trom a friend of the Communist cause at Niagara an- nouncing his re through there at twenty minutes past six P. M. on the Great Western Pacific and Atlantic Despatch, so that he must arrive there to-day. A committee has been ap- pointed to meet him at the station and offer him @ welcome to the city, As soon asjhis decision is known as to the botel he wishes to stopat, the banquet arrangements will be made at once to make the demonstration worthy of the occasion and the man. The principal: socleties associated in the affair are the Union Republicaine, the Refugees of the Commune, the French sections of the International and the Société Frangaise des Travailleurs. ‘The Most prominent metabers of the committees are MM, Pelletier, Millot and Hubert, HIS ESCAPE TO AUSTRALIA. A Surprise for New South Wales. ALBURY, New South Wales, April 8, 1874, ‘ThE principal tte of news during the month is the landing of the chitef members of the Commu- nists who were deported by the French government to the penal colony of New Caledonia and who were landed in Newcastle, near Sydney, in the colony of New South Wales. Subjoined are the particulars :— Considerable excitement was caused in New- | castle on the morning of 27th ult. by the announce- | ment that the P. C. E., bark, from New Caledonta, haa brought a number o! eseaped prisoners trom | | the convict settlement at that piace. Upon in- quiry our correspondent ascertained that the re- port was well founded. Further confirmatory evi- dence was furnished by the following telegram, which reached this office on Friday alternoon, ad- dressed to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herat Sin—M. Henri Rochefort and M. Paschal Grousset, a: literary brothers of yours, beg to present their comph- ments on their arrival at the free land of Australia, aud beg you to communicate the following despatch to Reut- er’s ageney :—“Six of the most important Communists— Henri Rochefort, ex-member of the Government ot the National Defence; Paschal Grousset, ex-Minister of For- clan AMfairs; Franeis Joarde, ox-Minster of Finance ; Olivier Pain, ex-Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Achille Bulllere, ex-aide-de-camp to General Rowel, and Caven Grant Achille, ex-commandant of the National Guard, escaped trom the peninsula Ducos, New Caledonia, and arrived sately in Newcastle.” They will be un Sydney to- morrow. Th: French Consul Attacks Refugees—The Biter Bit. NEWCASTLE, April 6, 1874, The manner in which the French refugees es caped is a mystery at present in Newcastle. It is the general impression that the authorities at New Caledonia winked at their escape. The vessel is said to have been searched at 4 P. M., butit did not sail until the next morning. At tnat time two French men-of-war passed the P. U. E., but did not again search the vessel. It is supposed that the fugitives came om board at night, aud stowed them- selves away with the knowledge of persons on, board. , M. Hegri Rochefort (ex-member of the Govern- ment of National Defence), accompanied by the five celebrated members of the Paris Commune now in the Olivier Pain, M. Achille Baliére and M. Cayen Grant Achille—visited the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night, and were accommodated with seats in the Speaker's galiery. They remained about an hour, The following is the letter of M. Simon, the French Consul at Sydney, to which reierence has been made in our telegrains:— To tax Epitor of tae Heraup :~ ° Sin—As some of tho inhabitants ef Sydney, carried away by their gen srons, impulse, appear to be mistaken as to the real position of the who have been sen- tenced to transportation and detention from Prance to New Caledonia, I consider it to be my duty to let she public know the truth concerning them. ar from being only “exiles or political offenders,” in He ordinary mening of there termin they have been sei teuced to transportation and detention for offences puns ished at all times by the criminal laws of their country. They have been tried ander the special jurisdiction of milltary tribunals because Paris anda portion of France were at the time under the ‘état de siege,” and Tone but military tribunals could try prisonera accused of orimes such as those for which these men were con- fe never been considered in the light of | offenders, and they have no right. to ny case, would not palili- arson, murder ot hostages, tc., which have been committed nuder the temporary rule of the Commune in Paris, and complicity in which, however indirect it might be, these men cannot now re: pu I shall feel obliged by your inserting this letter in your paper, if you think it Necessary in the interest of truck and justice, Thave the honor to be, sir, your very obe- dient servan '}, EUGENE SIMON, Le Consnt de France. Consutat px France, Sypwey, April 2, 1874, The following letter in reply to the communica- the 4th inst, :— (Translation. | i To rn Eprror or tnx sp Several honorable citizens of Sydney are inclined to | believe that my intention ts to prosecute M. Simon for libel, in answer to his letter this aay about us. Please be pertectly sure, Mr. Editor, that although we are not to bring such a man before’ any court of law, still we Intend offering him our most disdainful con bt. mon, Consal tor France at Sydney, knows better than anyboiy else the weight of the Imposware of which he ts guilty. He knows well enough that we have n tenced as ordinary convicts, but &s political offenders, on which accoun€ we are to-day on the same footing as Ledro Rollin, Louis Blanc, De Gent and many others the present ino- ot French democracy. onsu. font at the time I was amember of the Government of National Defence, has been under Py coutrol. He is now under M. MacMahon’, and he only obeys his master. He will be, perbaps, to-morrow an officia under M. Gambetta, aud will do then what he is doing to.day to keep his appointment. It is not the first time we see such things from French oMotals; but this fact will certainly look rather strange in the free land of Australia, where we ucpe that politt- cal offendegs will feel sately provected, notwithstanding the dissatisfaction and angry tone of administrative tme-servers. Thanktully apd oly, OE, Sroney, April 3, 1874. HENRI ROCHEFORT, HOW THEY RSCAPED, The game paper gives the Lollowing version of the escape: “We ace In receipt of papers from New Caledonia , been sen- | to them tenacioudly, and is the onl; from the 11th to the 26th of March. The Moniteur Qi $e 251 of March, in tts shipping news, norilies that the three-masted British vessel P, ©. E., 201 tons, D. Law, muster, left Nouméa for Newcastle, in Dallast, with one passenger, a Mr, W. Suther- land, No mentien is mage of the six Communist stowaways, Whose escape would appear, up to the 251n ult, have been stili unknown io the colo- nists at large. At the time of the departure oi the P. 0, E, the Governor waa absent from tne (feu on one of his oficial visits to the penal estad- lishments at Narai, Bourai) ang Canaia. He came back to Nouméa in~ the transport Cher, on Monday, the nit, after having been away from Nouméa for twenty days. The Pp. ©. E., jn which the six Communist prig- op cataped, par to sea on the Friday before lo¥érnor de la Ricterie’s return to Government House. The Commissary of the Marine, M. AY Clos, accompanied the Governor on this officl visit to the outer penal stations, during which the State prisoners escaped. The sjeam transport Vire, which nad been despatched to give agsist- ance to those who were shipwrecked in the Cath- erine Lord, had come back Into port the very day beiore the P, GE, left for Newcastle; and on the same day, the 19th, the steam gunvoat Rapitre had returned to Nouméa from the nortuwest coast Of the isiand, ‘The Vire left Nouméa again for the Isies Pines on the 20tn—the day the P. 0, E. sailed for Newcaatie—the Rapiére also leaving for tomo, Bouraké and Uarat on the day a'tér the escape of the prisoners, The sailing transport Cyclope and the Rapitre gunboat appear, therefore, -to have been the only war vessels in the harbor when the P. ©. KE, left Noumén. The gunboat Bayonnette was absent Irom the port af that time, and did not come back from Canada until the 22d of March, A French merchanunan, named the Coq du Village, came to anchor off Nouméa on the 19th, and two other merchant vessels (English) were also in the harbor when the P.O. E, leit. ‘The Moniteur, which re- Ports tue Geparture of the vessel in which the prisoners escaped, also published the announce- ment that Governor de la Richerie (vy an ordi- hance of the 7th ot January, 1874) has been pro- moted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of Honor. A person who has made several visits to Nouméa in vessels trading to that port states that when the government are informed of the es- cape of Communists (which he says 18 a very com- mon occurrence) the authorities report that “they have not missed any.” So far the escapees have kept their future move- meats with the greatest reticence from tne public, Interview with M. Henri Rochefort. SYDNEY, April 11, 1874, Profound astonishment, coupled with consider- able incredulity, was occasioned in the community on the 27th ult,, when rumors became current that several French prisoners, escaped from Nouinéa (New Caledonia), had that morning arrived at Newcastle in one of the cattle ships trading be- tween tne two ports. The first intimation as to | the important character of the escapees was sup- plied by themselves in a brief telegram to the Syd- ney Herald, Simultaneousiy with its receipt arrived another Message irom the Freneh Vice Consul to his ches confirming the news, and upon this I at once made arrangements to proceea to Newcastle and icarn particulars of the escape. From this I was de- terred by learning that if 1 went 1 should probably pass them on the voyage, Altering my arrange- ments accordingly, 1 was patiently awaiting the arrival of the regular passenger steamer, by which they were expected, when I discovered that three French gentlemen, supposed to be of M. Roche- fort’s party, who had come in by one of the outside boats, had proceeded to Courvoisier’s Hotel. Hail- ing the Grst cab, I drove to the well known French casé, inquired if M. Rochefort was in, received an affirmative reply, asked the proprietress to send | up my card, to which she replied, “lt is no use, sir, they have already retused to see the newspaper People, but intend next week setting apart a day for receptions.” Next week, thought 1, they may be 1,000 miles away, either on their voyage to Europe or the still worse alternative—again in the hands of the French authorities, en route for their late island prison. No, I was not to be bluffed in that way. Pulling out my card case, I supplemented my name with the affix New York HERALD corre- spondent, and, again facing the worthy lady, asked if she would “hand that ip.” Twisting the card nervously, she blandly told me, ‘It is no use, sir; they won’t see any one.” My rejoinder—“Per- haps so, but you can hardly retuse sending in my card’’—induced her to call a waiter and forward it as desired. An instant after a foreign looking gentleman came from their room, and grasping me warmly by the hand, said, in good English, “M. Rochefort will be delighted to see you. Come this way.” Following my guide, who for prudential reasons, desires to remain incognito, until he has finished’ his business at Nouméa. 1 was ushered into the presence of three distinzuished looking foreigners, Taking tne situation ata glance, L instantly selected M. Rochefort as the most remarkable looking of the group. eh guess proved correct. Introductions were followed by my warmest congratulations upon their escape, and their expression of obligations jor the interest Mr. Bennett had previously taken im obtaming for the readers of the New York HERALD particulars regarding the new home of the Communists, When Usaid M. Rochefort is the most remarkable man of the three I did so simply rom @ physiognomist point of view. He 184 man Slightly above the imiddle height, spare, but poweriully framed, with a splendid head, upon which confinement and anxiety nave sprinkled numerous gray hairs. A high, prominent and round forehead rises over a pair of deep-set, large grey eyes, very quiet in repose, bul sparkling With nervous vivacity upon the least excitement, Nose prominent, terminating in a peculiarly curved point, heavy mustache, small goatee and general expression sarcastic, yet conveying the impression that he 1s a8 Warm 4 friend as he 1s @ dangerous foe. M. Joarae is about the same height, of siignter bmid, has a thoughtful, intel lectual face, to which @ light, full beara gives a ‘Teutonic rather than a Gallic ¢: M. Grousset ig shorter, darker, and apparently posseased of # calmer, more weighty intellect than bis consreres, A man who 1s particular in costume, but in coun. cil would form his opimions more leisurely, adhere One of the three who knows anything about the Engtish lan- guage, M. Rochefort having informed me that the only interview he would give the press was that to your representative, and finding our téte-i-téte disturbed by some visitors ‘from New Caledonia, Well as hearing that from the time of leaving Noi méa until then their only repose wis such as could be obtained in a sail locker, I arranged for a private interview next day, Punectual to appoint- Inent, I met M. Rochefort with his Nouméan friend, whom ior the nonce I shalt term lus interpreter, | as, in fact, he is oniy known 4s such to the outside pan MM. Groussét and Joarde joined usin a lew ego and, aiter exchanging the compli+ ments of the day, I said to M. Rochefort:—4From your experience of the voyage out ana at New Caledonia how do you consider the d¢portés are treated by the French government omicials?* M. RocuBrort—Personally I have been well treatea, put that is not the general rule. Food bad, long voyage, in cages made with iron bars. M. Grousset was 162 days on the passage, includ- ing four weeks anchored at thie Cape of Good Hope, and during all that time the aéportés wero never allowed to leave their cages for exercise or air, At New Caledonia they get very smail rations of bread and meat now. At first they were allowed to work and were paid for it, They could then buy what they required, About six months ago a despatch, seut trom Versailles in Apsi), was received at Nouméa informing the Governor that 600,000 francs, granted in 1872 as payment for work done by tue déportés, would not be allowed any longer, because the government Would not re- new the scandaious afeHers nationauz. That despatch I have seen. The statement that the dé 3 will not work, made by Ministre de ia Marine Amiral de Vampierre d’Hornoy 18 not true (emphasized). They are not permitted to work, and are now actually worse of than des pats. Supplies of meat, being only tmported ym Aus- tralia, often run short when sailing vesaeis make long voyages. Then the déporiés get no meat For three or four months they only got sait pork and scurvy broke out. Since then they were tor three weeks without meat of any kind. . HERALD CORRESPONDENT—Where Were you dowis | \ zeal sor his presens employers than regard for bis ri elied? M. RocHBPORT—With about 800 other d¢port¢’s at ' Peninsula Ducos, et HekaLD OORRRSPONDENT—Aro there any other prisoners Of note there? M. RocuRFORT—Oh, yes; Assi, Arnold, Renard, Regere, Henry, Wolowski, nephew of a member of the present Assembly, and others. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—HOw long were you at New Caledonia? M. RocHEVoRT—Three months and ten days. We lett there on the 2utn, HERALD CORBRSPONDENT—Would you oblige by furnfsbing me with some detuls of how you | escaped? M. ROCHRFORT—{ prefer not, as it may be usefull to'some of our Iriends who are atill there not to disclose how it Was tianaged, it might also umplt- cute others, HERALD CORRESPONDENT—It Is rumored that the French government connived at your escape. . 18 that so? ‘ a RocuEvouT—Most ridiculous; nothing of the HEBALD CORRRSPONDRNT—Had the {ntinence of the Internationais anything to dio teh ited seria ™ ep parse ali ing Whatever, ERALD UORRESPONDENT— What J bo tions as to the future? oye vane oe M, RocHEFORT—To proceed Alrect to England, | HERALD CORRESPONDRNT—When do you propose leaving here? M. RocukrortT—Next month. HERALD CoRRSSPONDENT—DO you ing in England or on the Continent, 1, Roch#vonT—-Partly tn each for a time, Shall be guided by circumstances, HERALD CORRESPONDEN’—M. Rochefort, regard+ Ing you as the embodiment ot modern repubiivan- ism in Europe, | should like to know your optaion 48 to the Mmture success of the movement, M, Proves reside | | Rocusvont—Mougieyr, the position of affairs | for a ime to practice bis profession, Rochgiort | the escape was fixed for the date of the Governor’s | sword, and he feels more proud of being a member | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. in Europe is 80 changed since I left, and having | received no political correspondence in the inter | val, 1 am unable to give a correct idea aud slould prever bot expressing one. HERALD CORRESPONDENT—I have heard that M. | Brissac, an ex-member of the Commune, 1s confined | at lie Nu, chaiea to @ convict o1 the worst class, Are you Aware if it is truer M. RooukroRt—M, Joarde, having been living at Nouméa ior some time, can give you most iniorma- tion about Ile Nu.” style men: eng HERALD ConREsroNDENT—I should feel obliged if Figs would do 80, M. Joarde. . JOARDE—Certainiy, 1 will this evening write you some of my experience. It will be at your | service if rence! to-morrow. fe has Kept nis word, and [ now enclose you the Statement of the ex-Minister of Finance. The royalists of Sydney bave treated their visitors with decided coolness, The Frenct Consul has en- deavored to prejudice pubiic opinion against them | by publishing a card charging them with being convicts instead of mere political offenders, be- sides insinuating that they were guilty of murder, arson and the assassination Of the hostages, state- ments {ully disproved by reference to the London Times, The first courtesy shown M. Rochelort, who was then joined by the whole of his com- pagnons de voyage, was in the name of the New YoRK HERALD, placing at their disposal a seam | yacht fora trip round the harbor and up Parra- Matca River to the orange groves, They thoroughly enjoyed the excursion, and trom one and it elicited the response “Charmant 1” Movements of M. Rochefort in Sydney, New South Wales—The Story of the Escape. Sypngy, N. 8, W., April 11, 1874, The event of the month has been the escape of M. Rochefort and his con/réres, a fact 80 unpalata- ble to the Versailles government that when a tele- gram trom the French Consul at Sydney was re- ceived there the reply was, “Repeat your tele- gram; cannot believe it.” at first sight it must have looked like a canard, from the fact that as these escapees were the most important political prisoners deported to New Caledonia the surveil- lance upon them was of tne closest kind; and how they could all have got away in the same vessel ap- pears so extraordinary as to iaduce the belief that they were permitted toescape. They are not in anywise indebted either to the clemency of | MacMahon or the kind offices of the officials at Nouméa, and, although they have declined to fur- nish information to the press, [have in course of conversation obtained such scraps of news that, when Iconnect them with what I received from Nouméa subsequent to their escape, | can supply the oniy correct narrative likely to meet. the public eye until aiter M, Rochelort reaches Europe, perhaps net even then. The grand coup was planned by a friend who was careful not to intrust his secret to any person ex- cept those directly interested, thus preventing the chance of having @ leaky accomplice, The pros. pect of being sentenced to ten years for alding the escape Of @ prisoner was quite suficient to incul- cate the strictest secrecy, M. Joarde had received permission to accept a clerkship in Higginson’s stores, Nouméa; Ballitre had also @ situation in the town, Bastiat Granthilde, another of the party, Was working for a storekeeper at the Peninsula, and a portion of his duty was to pulla boat with supplies daily irom Nouméa. Grousset, Rochefort and Pain being in durance at Ducos, regular communication could thus be kept up be- tween the two parties. The time for attempting visit to the station at Bourail and Canala, and accordingly they were fortunate in find- ing @ vessel ready to leave at that period, On March 18 the P. 0. E. cleared out for Newcastle, with one passenger, a Mr. Sutherland. By a strange coincident, on the same day Ballitre and Joarde got leave to go ishing with the ci-devant boatman from Ducos, where the prisoners? roll is called over every alter- nate day, and, having answered, they are com- paratively free for forty-eight hours, That the fishing party did not returnto Nouméa in the evening occasioned no remark there at the time, though it subsequently led to the discovery that Rochefort was missing. About nine that evening the boat silently embarked its living freight, crept stealthily trom the shore with muMed oars, ang, keeping the huli of the P. U. E. intervening with the outlook on board the war steamer Vire, gained the side of their ark. The captain and mate were ashore, the crew enjoying the blessings of an anchor watch as, one by one, the refugees gained the nd descenced into their hiding places, To | the boat alongside or aliow her to driff ashore would have furnished a ciew to how they escaped. If she emacs the first inference might be that the fishing party had insanely put to 8 ea in her or were capsized, and drowned. Her best anchorage was clearly at the bottom, and she was speedily consigned to & resting place ‘(ull fathoms five.’ The morning broke without a rufe on the water, the watchful Passenger eagerly scanned the shore for any tn- dications of missing friends, the Vire got up steam prior to leaving for the lle de Pine, the pilot comes on board, ana at last the ship heads for the Dombea passage with a light wind. Wath nerves stretched to their utmost tension the stowaways listen for any signal ofdanger. it looms astern in the ap proaching form of the Vire. Has she heard the ews already and is she in pursait? Quickly she gaius on the slowly moving bark, she is alongside as they pass the reef, then, starboarding her helm, heads south, and the most tmminent danger is past. Speed on, good bark; place three miles be- tween yourself and the reef, and if the British Nag is worth as much as when it covered the Trent the safety of the fugitives is secured, The rubicon is passed, and then, while the sails are idly flaps ping without @ breath of wind, with land still iu sight, Nouméa breaks out into a ferment of excitement, The Oshing party are missed, perhaps drowned. Perchance they have remained at Pe- | ninsula Ducos. The town is searched; they are not there. Now for the peninsula, ‘fhe cordon of | sentries guarding its land side are interrogated, No one has passed that way. The roll is called, when oh! worse than all, Rochetort is non est. | Armed guards are sent to search tie veasels in | harbor, with orders to shoot the prisoners at sight, | if, when arrested, they made the slightest resist- | ance. Gendarmes and native police scour the bush | all night, still no recapture. If any suspicion that they were in the P, C, EK. arese on the morning of the 21st, it was not until the steam gunboat Rapiere had left port bound north, and there was no other war vessel there until the after- noon, when the Governor returned ‘to the chef lien, The P.O. KB, though visible that morning, was then flying before a tair wind and the excite. ment "became intenser than ever, as vari- ous little facts cropped up and proved almost positively that she borne away the chief of the dportés ‘Sacréi” what o | report to have to send to France! The time ‘for further concealment baving terminated, the refu- gees emerged from their hiding places and are itroduced to the Captain under fictitious names, witch are carefully maintatned until an accident | shows that'one, at least, has assumed a nom de guerre. Among the Captain’s stock of light luera- ture 1s a number of Bow Bells (april, 1870), contain- ing @ portrait and biographical sketch of Comte Rochefort-Lucay. The resemblance between the Picture and one of his passengers strikes the skip- per 80 strongly that he calls attention to jt, and the original instantly accepts the responsibility, with ‘Ue mest pas remarquadle, c'est moi, Victor Henri de Rochefort-Lucay.” few bours adverse wind changes to a favoring gale, before which the “vessel flies to her destination in ex days—the tast~ est Eset ever made by a sailing ship and rarely equalled by a steamer. On their arrival in Sydney Rochefort at once telegraphed ‘to a member of the French Parliament who bas the control of his financial adairs to provide funds for the passages, &c., of the entire party. The requisite arrangements were promptly made with the Oriental Bank, London, intimated by telegram to: their branch establishment here, and at once de- cided Rochefort to leave Py the first and speediest mode of transit. Ducing his stay here he and his confreres have declined all attempts to being 2 e brought prominentiy before the public. Untors tunately forthe honor of the country he repre- sents, M. Simon, the French Consul, with more own reputation fot veracity,-wrote to one of the daily journals asserting that “these men are not mere poitical exiles—they bave been convicted of offences punished as criminal offences.” The re- vort of the refugees assumed six different shapes, each bearing the signature of the writer. All were brief and sarcastic; but the most pointed of all was that of Paschal Grousset, who, starting with the assumption that the Cousul is either a liar ora ioo.—a liar in stating that they were transported = instead of eing deporte and & fool in not claiming their extradition if they were criminal offenders—chalienged Stmon to do so, but the rash offictal had not even the manuness todo it. In justice to Rochefort, it ia only right to say that he denies in the most positive manner having had avy sym- Phage tho extreme Reds, known as the Com- munists, Their leaders signed @ warrant (or pis arrest 4 week prior to the murder of the hostages. Hie then instantly left Paris and was captured by the Versaillists several days beiore the massacre, That he has always been o bitter anti-Bonapartist i9 to him @ source of pride, believing that no honor- able man could do otherwise than revile the au- thor of the massacres whic followed the coup @élatand the unrighteous ediets by which the flower of France found early graves tn Cayerine and Al- geria, or eked out an existepce far from friends and home. To him the pen is mightier than tne | of the press than of being a scion of one of the olu est familtes among the noblosse of Kurope. His wife died three months after his conviction, leaving three children, two of whom are im their native land, the third in Switzeriand. Bastiat Gran. | thilde was the first to leave Australia. Re has an uncle in San Francisco, and has gone there by @ sailing ship to settie down, Bailiere, who has nd Pain sai) to-day for San Francisco per mail steamer, Grousset and Joarde ave apt undecived whether they will go to-day or not ‘ain in‘orms me that he and Rochefort purpose writing a series of articles on New Caledonian afairs, and if time will admit of a stay in the Empire City they will Publish the first in your corumns. ‘The arrival here at any otaer period of the Brit- ish discovery ship Challenge, on ber mission in tne cause of geience, and the German [rigate Arcona, en voute to intervidw Cacobal On the subject of German claims on Fiji, would have excited some interest. Now they are hardiy noticed. The Chal- lenger has made some wondrous revelations from Ocean depths, Hundreds of néw specimens have been sent home from Meloourne, where she first calied, and her temporary museum is at present bare, On leaving Sydney she will pro- ceed ina direct line to the coast of New Zealand, taking soundings along the route of the propose cable now in course of manufacture at London. The Arcona’s mission 1s spoiled 2y Cacoban’s ces- sion of bis quondam kingdom to England. Perhaps Jolin Bull may foot the bill, A new form of gov- ernment, arranged temporarily for Fiji by two representatives of the 1g. party the Britisa Commission, the United States and German Con- suis, gives the latter gentlemen seats in the ex- ecutive, Renein the Jormal possession of the group by England. The specia! auditors have con- irmed the charges of malappropriation made against the late government by the planters’ com- mittee, Woods and his tellow adventorera have ‘within two years got rid of $620,000 as best sulted their own interests. They obtained $210,000 by taxation, pledged the pubile credit for the balance and now owe an additional $25,000 for in- terest. Wagga Wagga has supplied a sequel to the Ticnborue romance by a startling case of will forging. A wealthy ililterate settler named Buckley died intestate, and a former acquatntance of bia produced @ will, dated thirty years ago, by which @ shepherd named Maher was bequeathed the estate. The latter cunningly kept in the Lack- ground until advertised tor, then appearing quite ignorant of his good fortune. ‘The government, as heirs at law, disputed the claim, proved conciu- sively that it was in Maher's handwriting, and pur- pose providing him with Iree apartments during the few remaining years of his lie. Green’s trial for the murder of Maxwell Reynolds by means of an infernal machine has been post- Pponed to enable the police to complete their evidence. They have made very little progress ‘up to the present, and will probably have to enter @ nolle prosequi. The Victorian elections are progressing {a favor of the Francis Ministry as Tepresenting the protectionist party. Sir James McCulloch, the late Premier, is reported to have Spilt and to be organizin tree trade party m opposition to the policy of the government. The strongest plank in the ministerial piatiorm is the | reform of the Upper House, and, as in this the | general voice of the people rds, MeCulloch | appears to head a ftorlorn hope. From Northern Qneensiand there are Warnings against any further rush of miners. The new diggings are fully occupied, food is at famine prices and hun- dreds are returping. Meantime the government are doing what they can to alleviate the distress, and traders ure pushing forward live stock, &c, South Australia adds to the news of the month an extensive strike among the copper miners, of | whom 2,000 are out. Their wives and children | have assumed the offensive by assaulting the of- | ficials at the great Wallaroo and Moveta mines, ‘The authorities have not interfered and the direc- tors of the various companies interested now de- cline to make the slightest concession. Dr. Lang, the veteran historian of Australia, with the frost of three score and ten thick upon him, leaves for Europe by this month’s mail. One of his last public acts here was to sign an address | to Rochetort and his companions congratulating them upon their escape. P. S.—I have just learned trom M. Grousset that he and M. Joarde, having completed their arrange- ments here, sail this afternoon for San Francisco, SKETCH OF HIS CAREER, ‘The escape of Comte Victor Henri de Roche‘ort- Lucay from the penal colony of New Cale- donia and his passage through the United States, on Ins way to Europe, have brought | him so prominently before the American pub- he that @ great deal of curiosity is naturally excited as to the character, principles and antece- dents of the man, No small amount of specula- tion is indulged im as to his future movements, and therefore a glance at his past history and political career may be useful as serving to indi- cate the course he will be’ likely to pursue and the influence he may be able to exert in tne politics of France. He is the son of the Marquis Claude Louis Marie de Rochefort Lucay, a strong legitimist, who in early lite married a wife from one of the most republican of republican families. He was born on January 30, 1830, By both he inherits the almost irreconcilable principles of absolute monarchy and free republicanism. Six months alter his birth came the downfall of the Bourbon monarchy, leaving his father to struggle in hopeless antagon. ism to the declared will of the people. Rochefort ‘was sent to the College of St. Louis to study medi- | cine and prepare himself for a great career in what is considered a high profession in France. But his genius took another turn. Instead of a close | application in class and in the dissecting room he chose to scribble verses of poetry in his dormitory, carrying bis fancy in this direction so far that | when the examination day came he was most ingloriously “plucked.” Ip 1851, after failing as a teacher of Latin to juveniles, he secured a position in the Hotel ae Ville as a copying clerk, at the Same period indulging in occasional poetic freaks, Leaving the employ of the government in 1861, ten years later, he gave all his time to writing, con- tributing to the ‘Dictionnaire de la Conversa- tion” and occasionally assisting a8 an editor in the ofMice of the Charivari, Between 1856 and 1866 he wrote a great many vaudeville: chiefly in collaboration with other authors, and finally he became one of the editors of Figaro, with & handsome salary. His leading con- | tributions to literature were published under the name of “Eugene de Mirecourt,” which nom de plume was appended to “La Marquise de Courcel- les?’ and “Le Roman d’un Jeune Homme Pauvre,’” “the latter well Known by its having furnished Sothern with one of his best characters, that of Victor in “The Hero of Romance.” His articles in | Figaro were republished {n three separate annual instalments. The first, tn 1866, was entitled “Les Frangais de ia Décadence;” the next, in 1867, “Le Grand Botitme,” and the fast, tn 1968, “Les Signes du Temps.” By this time he had, however, become notorious for the constantly increasing virulence of his attacks upon the government‘and for the unscrupulous abuse he levelled againt the Personal characters of the members of the impe- vial family. The patience of the Ministry Was | speedily exhausted, and the proprietors of Figaro were subjected to repeated and costly prosecu- tions. Several judicial condemnations followed, and at last the sule of Figaro was pronib- ited. That be has exercised a considerable in- | fluence in the course of events in France for.) the last seven years, and largely contributed | to the fall of the Second Empire, there can ve no } Teason to doubt; but he must be @ superficial observer indeed who would rank him among the able men of the republican party, such as Game betta, Favre, Grevy, Picard and Louis Biaue, | Rochefort is nota great mun in any kense of the word, bat he is none the legs one of those meu who | are bound to make their mark in history. Judging trom his character, temperament and attainments, nature never intended him for a Jeader oJ men. A | ready and brilliant writer, he is too prone to de- scend to Scusrility and coarseness, and his powers | Of Sarcasm are almost unrivalled. He is doubtless | a Valuable acquisition to a party aiming to pull down @ tyrannical government, but, unless ex- perience has considerably changed him, a positive | obstruction to the building up of @ free one. His faults are more errors of judgment than the re- sult Of @ Vicious disposition; for the number and extent of the sacrifices he has made for republi- canism leave no room to doubt the earnestness and sincerity ‘of bis motives. His hatred of tyranny and injustice 1s so intense and overpowering as to lead bim to extremes that are often as wnjustiflable as the acts of the despots he condemns. During the agitations pre- vious to the Franco-German war he was the embodl- ment of the popwar hatred to Cesarism, and be- spattered every memoer ‘of the impertal famuy and the chtef’supporters of the dynasty with the rossest abuse. His famous Lanterne and the arseiliaise, & Aaly paper which he afterwards established, were the true exponents o1 the red- dest shade of the Parisian irreconctlabies, and held an immense sway over the minds of the in- flammable and fanatically republican population of the capital. There seems to be no doubt that Rochefort in early life was an Orieanist. Many bok far higher pretensions in other respects have changed their convictions, but beck was evidently ashamed of.the fact and strenuously dented tt. On being reproached with his presence at the funeral ot ex- m Maric-Amelie, in London, he said he was there merely by accident, but in his book, “La Grande Boheme,” he admits he went by d: De However that may be, he is now, beyond ‘doubt, a republican of the reddest hue, as few who know ee of the maa will be inckned to question. appeared on the political arena ata time wh man of bis character and temperament had every opportunity to acquire notoriety. France had submitted quietly for sixteen or seventecn ents to the personal rule of the Third Napoleon: / us & new generation was fast springing up that chafed under the yoke, and ominous Mutterings | of discontent were heard, that competent judges | fignc if required. Prince Pierre was fis son was s boy of ten e fate of the Empire and the po Bn Ms & thread of his own lite. the succession to ils ‘ton be ranted & semblance of parliamentary ‘independemes — fondly hoped that Prazos would ‘be vatisded ena the tardy coacession of a portion ot her rigbtay The country Was appealed to by another pi: and the result showed that the town pulation: were grerwhelmingly ‘agalyst him, though he ran bad a large majority im the rura)’ terete wi it him @ majority of the whole nation, Hea owledge that the intelligence ot the nation wad against him chagrined the Emperor keeuly and made him resolv fo put iD practice at the earlies! opportunity old maxim of fading em hoymen: in foreign war for the discontent he could not ap- pease at home. The fi triking incident that helped to make him popular was his DUEL WITH PAUL DE CASSAGNAC, the fighting editor of the Pays, a subsidized Bona. partist organ. The two brothers Uaseagnac, Pau§ and Garnier, have become famous both for thet duelling propensities and their reckless habit heaping scurrilous abuse on all who opposed the Empire, An article having iy! ag in the Pay: over the signature of Paul de Cassagn: that Rocheort considered personally tnsuiting, he im- mediately demanded a retraction of the nef th language. The answer was @ repetition of th insult, and Rochelort considered be -bad no othe: course left than to challenge him to mortal com« bat. De Cassagnac never refused @ obalienge, an it was arranged they should cross the igi frontier and fight with pistols, The police, havo; got wind of the affair, were on the alert, and suc- ceeded in intercepting and bringing back the tn. Beate duellists. In a short time after succeeded in eluding the Ny orsreg ot ae poe proceeded to the plain of St, Denis, quietly je. their pistols and exchanged two shots, Rochelo! was badly, but not mortally wounded, and forced to remain inactive jor a time, till suiti— ciently reovvered from his wound, ‘fi made him immensely ponaiee in Paris, partly {roi sympathy with himself and partly in consequen ol the general hatred felt toward the This helped in a great measure to circulate hi writings, and their own intrinsic ment soo! caused them to be eagerly looked ior. Bverythin; connected with the Empire and the Bonapart family Was indiscriminately attacked, and neithe: ity nor delicacy was shown to any one, male o. female, that had the misfortune to belong to 16, The public poilcy, the private character of Napo+ Jeon and his relatives were held up to public scorn,, and in language whose biting sarcasm and caustic, irony made it more keenly feit, His pen was mor feared by the Emperor than that of many an able: man, jor anything that is ridiculed in France’ never stands long. it was during this troubled period that Henrf Rochetort launched nis Lanterne, and afterward@ the Marseiliaise, The course of events soon gave to the latter an enormous circulation and a wide~- spread influence. Wuen Rochefort first contested: one of the circumscriptions of Paris, notwith- standing his popuiarity, he was defeated by a mode erate republican, Carnot, grandson of the “organ= izer of victory; but vacancies soon oocurring 1m consequence of the election of Gambetta, Favre and others for several constituencies, he was triumphantly returned. He openly avowed hig intention to take the necessary oath of fealty to the Emperor and break it, giving a8 his excuse the fact of the latter's violauion of bis oath to the Kepuvlic, THE SCENE IN THE CHAMBER, on Rochefort’s name being called to take the oath, caused some sensation, The Emperor was seen, to smule, which irritated him considerably, and, shortly alter he said, “However ridicuious | may peg as the sneer of a certain monsieur woud imply, leel conscious of haying done nothing so ridiculot as to appear on the seashore with a tame eagie o1 my shoulder and a piece oi bacon in my hat,” re- ferring to Louis Napoleon’s famous descent aw Boulogue. HE ASSASSINATION OF VICTOR NOIR, an attaché of the Marseillaise, by Prince Plerrey Bonapagte, @ mun of infamous character, whose hands Were often dyed with blood, created a pro- found sensation in France, and gave Rocheiort chance of bringing atill beavier indictment against the reigning family. Pascal Grousset, one Of those who escaped from Nouméa with Roches fort, and as that time editor of a Corsican paper, sent young Noir as his second with a cuallenge to Prince Pierre, and the latter snot him in cold, biood, Next day the Marseillaise contained an; articie from Rochetort that was virtually an appeal to insurrection. Noir’s funeral was an im- posing demonstration against the Emperor. One hundred 4nd tity thousand men marched) in procession, with Rociefort at thetr head; and from the intense excitement that pre~ vailed it was evident that they were ready for acquitted by- the sham tribunal that tried him, and Ohivier gow Tmission from the Chamber to prosecute Koche« fort for hts article in the Marseiaise. Being con victed, he retused to go to St. Pélagie till com- pelied to do so by force. He waiked out of th Onamber in company with anotner Deputy, an ‘Was escorted by a simul] knot of determined mei resolved to prevent his arrest. Paria was greauy agitated, ard crowds of excitea men thronged th streets, The authorities did not dare to arre: him for a while, but at length an | offered, and a crowd of sergents de ihe rasuex: suddenly on him, arrested and hurried him off ta, prison before any one had time to mteriere, The crowd rushed after him, gates and doors were burst open, but he was spirited away 80 quick! that those who were determined on his reac could find no trace of him, BARRICADBS WRRE ERECTED in different quarters o! Parts that night, under tha, direction of Gustave Flourens and a small organ< ized band, Large crowds collected benind the but on being attacked by the Gardes de Paris crowds made scarcely 2 saow of resistance, none bust the organized men showing fight. Paris wae evidently not in earnest in the business, for whem the populace ot that city mean fight they do it: Flourens fled to Belgium ana thence to jand,. and the attempt at insurrection ended abortively.. ROCHEFORT IN 8T. PELAGIE continued to wage incessant war on the Empire through the columns of the Marsetlaise, til the: government, losing pattence, suspended it for two, Months. Though the ability of his articles was nota to be compared to that Oi those written by Louis: Blanc, Victor Hugo, Delescluse and other men of mark in the republican party, they were yet more | calculated to work on the feelings of the working- men, and consequently had more effect and were | more feared by the government. The events that ied to the Franco-German war are too iresh in the memiory of all to need recapit- ulation here, From that tiie tt!l the surrender of Napoleon at Sedan, and the proclamation of the Republic on the 4th of September, 1870, Rochefort waa little heard irom. The mind of France was too. Much bent on the fearful struggle with Germany to give much need to internal politics till roused to @ sense of her danger by the appalling disaste:s that befeli her armies. On the Committee of Gov- ernment and National Defence being appointed Rochefort was chosen one of its members, and was: one Of the most strenuous advocates of war to the end. Appointed president of a commission, om which Gustave Flourens also served, to superiu- tend the erection of lines of barricades ta Strengthen the fortifications of Paris, and enable the garrison and populace to defend it to the last and contest every inch of ground tm case of ® grand assault, he executed his task to the satisfac tion of all. From that tame till the attempted coun- ter revolution in Paris, during which General, Trochu, Jules Favre and other members of the pro~ visional government were taken prisoners by the mmutinous National Guards and released py the: voldness of the Breton Mobiles, Rochclort made no, Ogure in public. That he had lost some of his pop-* ularity is evident from the fact of his meeting Withy considerable opposition when ‘proposed as a meme, ber of the Committee of Defence for Paris es' lished fora moment by the dissatisiied Nation: Guards. He is accused by the *moderates” of conspiring with the mutineers; while the latter, who Were his-former partisans, consider he did now act honestly by them. What part he really di take in the trouble a not yet generaily known, no! is it likely to be ttl the flerce passions engenderedy by that time of strife shall have had time to cool He soon after resigned bis seat in the provisional overninent, and revived the publication of th Garsettuatae, It is worthy of mote that during th: time he, publicly expressed his disbelief in the: charge of treacuery made against Bazaihe, THE Gone tay The outbreak of the Communal insurrection hacy ite ortgin in the belief entertained by the republiq | cans of Parts that the monarchists in the Assembly were plotting to overturn the republic. The commom belief that its originators were simple communis! Who wanted @ general distribution of property, i withont any real foundation, The ideal of men was & FEDERATION OF THR DEPARTMENTS, With extended municipal privileges to the citi Each department was to control tts own | fairs and command its own militia, the cen: government to hold much the same position that of the United States. One of the strangest features in the whole .affair was the complete al sence from their government of those men whi rere su po cs ‘wine =e bed pre te of cred party. e exception of Ashy, Luitter and one of two more none of ™m ever been known to the public before, lefort’: name was scarcely heard of till the tnsurrectio: was in full biast and at no time was his infuen Much felt, But that he participated in and en« couraged the insurrection there can be no doub' His trial was repeated ye of jn consequence, I is sald, of @ entertained WA ‘some members be) hte bag that in diacios Telat to Intervention of Russia in the war, That woud 00 romise the government of National Defence. it # also generaily believod that his life was spared fo the same re ‘“ BIS MARRIAGE [8 PRISON to the mother of bis peepee Gauldrea was act of ‘at generosity, and for ti egitmmavizing | iis clultren was a romantia pea ot | dent that will give the future novelist a subject when depicting the characters of the munistio en, tert and sahows # peculiar feature imp com Mn Of the man. is Erection with the torrible insurrection o§ the Paris Ogmmune, his trial before the court mar tial and sentence of transportation for Iite ty New. Caledonia are known 60 all. It .will also be re: membered that on the voyage out he was treat respect and signs of unmistakab! Toaturey og tus fellow ners. What the caus Of this treatment may tis not easy to tell, bu certain it is that he has lost muck of bis populart' Bronsunoed wo be the sure prelude to revolution, iradually, but surely, a strong phalanx ofrepub- | licans were being sent into the Corps Légisiarif: | republican newspapers were established and were obtaining @ wide circulation, and the long forbid. | been an architect of repute in Paris, remains here den “Marsetilaise” was chanted deflantly in the streets, Louis Napoleon's health was falling, aitd | acourse. Hoy their cause are bot Lk ng his old adintrers, The republican party 1 France nave adopted @ policy of waiting, an every day gives (resh proot of the wisdom of sucte en Wiio lee) confident that @ short time only 18 required to insure the permanent succe: y to be much tnduen by ainan of the restiess, comvaliVe disposition ) Ais yun AY longer wave prool af its former Vugor, , Henri Kochyiort.