Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-05-10
FOREIGN.
The Attack On Paris Begun
Fort D'ISSy is Abandoned
Fort VanVreS in Flames.
Bismark Going to See Theirs
FRANCE.
The war of the Women.

fTlS, MONDAY mgnt, says the Centr'
Committee of the Women's Union d.
mand war routrance.
The sisters of the convent of st. Su
plice have been arrested.
The Prussians Taking Prisoners
Magazine Explosion.
The Pfussian patrols are vigiant on tn
neutral line, and $50 Nationals were al
rested by them yesterday. Gen. Clusere
demands an examination. A pOwde
magazine at Port MailIot was exploded b.
two shells this morning. 1t an awfu
sight, and several Persons were killed
There was great destruction.
| AE The Situation at Essy.
Three officers commanding at Issy de
clared it was necessary to explode thu
fort. Rossel ordered them to hold out
They replied that they would resign.
Rassel had them and two others arrested.
The General has great determination, and
is virtually military dictator.
Freaks of the Commune.
The dispute between the Central Com
mittee and the Commune is healed. The
Commune has seized the telegraph lines
on the Northern Railway. The German
General Won Der Tsun demands the CON-
plete evacuation of Biennes. At meet
ing of the Commune yesterday, it was
demanded that the Deputies from Paris to
! the Versailles Assembly should resign i'm
mediately, upon pain of Outlawry and
death.
The Situation Monday Evening.
A dispatch, dated Versailles Yesterday
afternoon, says: Tomorrow operations on
large scale are expected. To-day the
commanders of the divisions came to
Versailles to take orders. Mcmahon,
with eighty big guns, will operate on a
certain point at four o'clock tomorrow.
The Rebels Recover a Barricade.
LONDON, May "a Times special from
Paris says the Federalists yesterday re-
captured a barricade in Rue PrisVant.
The commandment of the Nationals was
shot during the fight bya cure.
A News special from Versailles reports
a great concentration of troops in Neuilly,
and says an attack is anticipated
Prince De La Tour D'Avergne
A circular from Picard orders that a
strict watch be kept upon the movements
of the Bonapartist Prince De La Tour
D'Avergne.
The Algerine Communists,
A dispatch from Versailles says the in
surrection in Algeria defes the efforts of
the authorities and is spreading in all
parts of the province.
Claimant UntenabIe for stencil.
VERSAILLES, May 9.-Clamart has be-
come so unhealthy from the presence of
unburied bodies that the Versailles troops
have been obliged to evacuate the place.
The Government retires from service
about Paris and sends to the departments
all soldiers having relations IN the Capt.
tai.
Fersaillists Advancing through the
BOuIOgne Forest
The Versailles army continues TO ap-
proach to Bots De Bologne. The bat
terry at Montreuil commenced firing upon
the Insurgents position at point Ded Jour
and elsewhere.
The Investment of Paris,
VERSAILLES, May "A Communal
decree fixes the price of bread at
80 confines per kilogramme. Col. Wit
eel was killed or captured at Issy. Gen.
DOmbrowski is expected to assume the
chief command of the troops of the Com
mune. A gunboat belonging to the Com
muHe has been disabled. Vanvres is in
extremis. The investment of Paris from
Gennevilliers to Issy is complete and a
general assault is imminent.
Prince Murat Gone 10 France.
BRUSSELS, May o. It's reported Prince
MGrat has gone to France.
The Grand Attack on Paris Begun
Fort Issy AbandOned-Vanvr in
FIames-ResuIt at MOntr0uge I'm
known.
PARIS, May 9.-The Versaillist forces
made strong attack on Fort Montrouge
this afternoon. The results are yet un-
known. The cause of the abandonment
of Fort Issy was a panic. The Yer
saillists made three attempts Monday to
capture Moulin Lauguet, each Of which
were Tepulsed. The losses before Issy
and Vany-es have been heavy. There
was review of the troops tonight in
the Place de Ia Concorde previous to
their departure for the field of battle. A
grand attack is expected tonight. A
coDfagratiOe is raging at Fort Vanvres.