Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-19
FRANCE.
INSURGENTS BEATEN-THEIR WORKS
ENDANGERED.

VERsAILLEs, April 18.-Thiers, in
a circular Just issued, confirms the
{ announcement of the capture by
! government troops OF the chateau
BecOn. Bathenes has been estab-
/ lished there within easy range OF the
Insurgents batteries. The report
from Paris that the colOrs of the
POntifcal ZOuaves were captured by
Communists at Neuilly on Sunday,
are unfounded.
PRUssIANs MOVING ON PARIs-FATE
OF THE INSURGENTS.
/ LONDON, April Is. 49, The Times
| Paris special reports that the Prus-
slams will intervene in the affairs of
France in the event that the Com
muue is victorious over the Versailles
/ Government.
The Prussians have advanced to
/ Aubervillas, four kilometres southeast
I of st. Denis, and within eight kilOme-
tres Of Paris.
The Daily Ne1Cs' Paris special says
! the Commune has in its hands IS, ,000,-
900 francs, cash, which was paid by
| the Bank Of France for UnsOld bonds
of the city of Paris.
! A Versailles dispatch says the Prus-
slams have agreed to stop revictualing
/ Paris by way of st. Denis.
/ The Insurgents now occupy the
/ greater part of the roads to CalOmbe,
/ and beyond Asneres.
Bismarck, in a note to the Yer
| sailles Government, admits the right
| of Marshal Mcmahon to occupy, with
! the French troops, the ground around
! Paris, and made neutral by the stipu-
latiORs in the preliminary treaty Of
peace.
/ FARCIAL ELECTIONS.
A dispatch from BOlOgne says the
| Communal elections in Paris were a
4 perfect iasCO. Not One-tenth Of the
/ voters went to the polls. In the eighth
| reimbursement only lI30 votes were
pOlled out of II, ,S25 voters. No dis.
/ patch was received from Paris by the
night train. 1t is stated by cOUriers
that the dispatch was seized by the
| Commune.
HORRIBLE CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
IN PARIs-BRAVE BOY.
AT nine o'clock last night the forts
aud advanced position sent into the |
Commune the result of the vote of the |
troops. The urn containing papers
was carried by an officer escorted by |
Nationals in procession, headed by /
the red flag. There were cries of F'Vive |
| la Commune" Yesterday, after the /
taking Of NeUilly church, a youth of |
i6 years Of age, planted the flag of the |
Commune on the summit of the |
church amid showers Of balls. |
The inhabitants are outstanding pro- |
visions. The report that the city is |
about to be invested by Nersaillist5 !
and Germans jointly, causes great eX- |
element. The barricade on the Rue /
CastigliOrie has been demolished. |
Large works have been erected at |
BatingrOlle5, Bellville and MOuntin- |
adre church. St. Jacques and Du
Haub Pas were surrounded to-day by /
the Nationals and the clergy arrested. !
During vesper5 yesterday the church 1
Of st. Vincent de Paul was surround |
ed by the Nationals and pillaged |
Scarcely a church is open now.
PRUssIAN INTERVENTION DENIED
DISASTERS TO INSURGENTS.
VARsAILLEs, April Is.-Marshal
McMahOn's headquarters are now at
tOntenOy aux Roses, near SCeaUx.
The TumOr that the PrUssians have
threatened fOrClble Intervention in
affairs at Paris is unfOunded.
Fifty insurgents were taken prison
ers 81 Chateau BecOn, and others cap
tured in the vicinity. An irOnclad
railway battery was captured by the
insurgents at COlOmbes.
G. F. TRAINS sUBoRDINATFs TRI-
UMPHANT - GERMAN INTERvEN- |
TION.
Special to New York World
PARIS, April l8.-The Communists,
after a severe battle, occupied the
whole of Neuilly, capturing all the
enemy's artillery and two flags. The
enemy also lost 1000 men killed and
wounded and 500 prisoners. The loss
Of the Communists was about the
same.
Fort Valerien is now bombarding
NeuiIly.
The Germans are massing heavy
bodies of troops, and give many other
proofs Of their intention to interfere.
RELATIONS OF FRENCH AND C GERMAN
TROOPS AND GOVERNMENTS.
VERSAILLES, April l8.-A Tribune
special says the Prussian officers at st.
Denis say they are sure to occupy
Paris.
The Tribune s special correspondent
at ST. Dennis, had an interview with
General Pope, commanding the first
division Of the Prussian army, on
Monday. He says:
" My Instructions are to be very
strict with the insurgents, and to give
the Government all facts of the dis
satisfaction that exists among the
French troops. They are ready to
protect the Assembly, but not attack
Paris,U
More than half the soldiers return
ing from Germany are sent home be-
cause they are regarded as untrust-
worthy, The five hundred million
francs, due April lst, are known to be
ready at Versailles, but payment is
delayed because the German troops
on the payment of this iustallment of
the war indemnity would then retire
toward Rheims.
CLUsERET IN HIGH FEATHER-REV-
oLUTIONARY MODE OF PAYING
DEBTS.
PARIS, April 18.-General Cluseret, /
the man that wears @. +. T.'s shirts.
reports that the past night has been
comparatively quiet.
DombrOWsH is steadily and surely
advancing.
Considerable breaches have been /
made in the walls OF Fort Valerien.
The situation is everywhere satisfac-
tory. Several of the enemyis batteries {
have been dismOunted and all of their
attacks have been repUlsed, with
small loss to the defenders, The s
morale Of the men is excellent.
The Mot De oder intimates that 8
negotiations will soon be reOpened I
with the Government at Versailles.
The supply Of provisions by the
and eastern railroads is un-
The Commune Is discussing the +,
question Of commerce, preparatory to j
a restoration of trade and credit. !
Among the measure under cOnsidera-
ton is the law requiring that all debts
due on the date Of its passage shall be I
paid within three years, in equal i
quarterly ihstallments, the first pay
ment to be made on or before the 10th 4
Of July. Penalties are attached for {
evasion or fraud.