tot and wearing a grey felt
hat, threw himself upon me as I was carrying the standard of the
Friends of Order, but a negro, dressed in the uniform of the
National Guard, who marched beside me, kept the man off, who
thereupon turned against the person that carried the other flag,
wrested it from him, and with extraordinary strength broke the
staff, which was a strong one, over his knee. This incident caused
some confusion; the man was seized and carried off, and I fear he
was rather maltreated. We then made our way back to the boulevards.
At our appearance the enthusiasm of the passers-by was immense; and
certainly, without exaggeration, we numbered between three and four
thousand persons by the time we got back to the front of the New
Opera-house, where we were to separate. A Zouave climbed up a tree
in front of the Grand Hotel, and fixed our flag on the highest
branch. It was arranged that we should meet on the following day, in
uniform but without arms, at the same place."

This account differs a little from those given in the newspapers, but I
have the best reason to believe it absolutely true.

What will be the effect of this manifestation? Will those who desire
"Order through Liberty and in Liberty" succeed in meeting in
sufficiently large numbers to bring to reason, without having recourse
to force, the numerous partizans of the Commune? Whatever may happen,
this manifestation proves that Paris has no intention of being disposed
of without her own consent. In connection with the action of the
deputies in the National Assembly, it cannot have been ineffective in
aiding the coming pacification.

Many hopeful promises of concord and quiet circulate this evening
amongst the less violent groups.

IX.

What is this fusillade? Against whom is it directed? Against the
Prussians? No! Against Frenchmen, against passers-by, against those who
cry "_Vive la Republique et vive l'Ordre_." Men are falling dead or
wounded, women flying, shops closing, amid the whistling of the
bullets,--all Paris terrified. This is what I have just seen or heard.
We are done for then at last. We shall see the barricades thrown up in
our streets; we shall meet the horrid litters, from which hang hands
black with powder; every woman will weep in the evening when her husband
is late in returning home, and all mothers will be seized with terror.
France, alas! France, herself a w