The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-04-14
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are admitted.
A London letter says Louis Napo.
leon walks feebly, and is i'm very poor
health that he and Eugene are ex-
tremely popular in England
On the Sd, two corps of insurgent
troops advanced toward Versailles. one
ga Mendon aud Chatillon, and the other
ga Reuil. Both corps were routed by
the Government troops, and Flourens
killed.
The Paris Commune have issued n
decree arragning Theirs, Favre, Picard,
Dufour, Luron and Pothnan before the
tribunal of the people, and ordering
their property to be seized. Another
decree pronounces the separation of
Church and State, suppresses religious
bodies, and abolishes national property.
Bismarck has written to the Cham
Der of Commerce of Shasbourg that
Germany will compensate the inhabi-
tants of Alsace and Lorraine at the same
rate that was accorded to the inhabi-
tants of those provinces when they were
annexed, under similar circumstances,
TO France.
A rumor having arisen that body
of troops, intended for an attack on
Paris, had reached Neuilly and st. Cloud,
all the western gates of the city were
closed on the lst inst, and several Off
GERS Of the Eighth Battalion Of the Ma
tional Guard were arrested. The COM
plete isolation of Paris is momentarily
expected.
A dispatch from Versailles on Sun
day says: The crisis is at hand. Two
batteries are in motion on the Paris
road, and the ambulances are all ready.
Bismarck has given his permission for
any number OF troops to be massed near
Paris. and says if order is not restored
in Paris by the 18th inst. the Germans
will enter This news may be accepted
as reliable
A special to the World, dated
Versailles, Sd, says, all day great
battle has ragged between the Govern
ment forces under Gen. Vinoy and
100000 Communists under Gen. Berge-
ret Everywhere the latter were de
feated with terrible slaughter. Near
Meudon. Bergeret and Flourens, with
$4,000 men, are cut off and surrounded.
and must either surrender tonight or
be cut to pieces in the morning. Many
Communists refused to fight, and are
throwing down their arms and begin z
for mercy.
A dispatch from Berlin says the
h'rauz Zeit,tnq. of the lst inst, announces
that the proposal of the French Gov
eminent to Germany for an increase of
the number of French troops in Paris,
in consequence of the disturbances in
that city. has been agreed to. The Ger
man Government has also promised, in
case of the spread of the disturbances
beyond Paris, to place the departments
occupied by the German troops in a
state of siege. according TO the French
laws. The number and disposition OF
the German forces in France will not be
changed.
The Not dc O{re confirms the state.
ment that Bismarck has consented 70 a
modification of article 3 of the prelimi
naries of peace, and allowed the aug
mentaton Of the Paris army TO $4,000
men. Bismarck. in his note. asked
Theirs TO define the time in which he
would accomplish the suppression of the
instruction in Paris. Theirs resisted
the demand by the expression Of q hope
that he would succeed in his efforts AT
Cancellation. and by asserting the right
to judge when other measures were ne.
cesSary.
Mail advices from Europe show that
the leader who has organized the Paris
instruction thus far is certain Henri
man risen from the dregs Of the popu
laton and Of the cmeutjcrcs Of Lyons
He is only 20 years old. but is a man o.
wonderful energy and great influence
even already among the mob. 1t is by
his directions that the whole Of the city
on the south bank Of the Seine ha:
been put into the excellent state Of de
Tense in which it is known now to be
His name is already word of terror tC
the Parisians, something as that O
Marat was long ago.
The following dispatches, dated a.
Paris on Sunday evening, were received
via London Fighting has been goin!
on since yesterday evening at variou.
points. In the Place de Ia Concorde
this morning, cannonading was distinct
lv audible. the sound coming from the
direction of Neuilly. The fortress Mon
Valerein opened upon columns OF tht
Nationals which were marching on Cour
bevoie, and kept up a continuous fire
for several hours, to prevent them from
establishing themselves in position
there. The Nationals were finally com
PEELED to retreat, after suffering consid
cradle loss"
A special, dated April 3, evening
says: "At about 4 o'clock YESTERDAY
afternoon, after great preparations, the
National insurgents commenced passing
out at the Neuilly gate-in all $4,000
men-Generals Bergeret, Flourens ano
Menotti Garibaldi commanding. Itwa
understood that Fort Valerien would
not fire. AT about 5 o. lock, the artil
lery was all in front. and General Der
geret in advance with 10000 men, whel
suddenly Valerien opened fire, KILN.
the Commandant Henry. General Der
geret had just got out of his carriage
when the vehicle was smashed by
bombshell. The widest scene ensued
The troops tried to retreat. The mair
body left Bergeret alone with l0,OOl