Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-28
TELEGRAPHIC.
Gazette's Special Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.

PARIS, April %, Wednesday Evening -The
declaration OF Bismarck that the Northern forts
shall remain in the hands of the Germans gives
great satisfaction to the Communists
Gensd armies in St. Denis are becoming nu-
merous and loyal The National Guards there
have been organized
NJ. Seguin, the Souchef Of the war Office,
attempted to reach Versailles, but was arrested
ut the outposts. DR.. Dubois advanced to ex-
plain that Scguin was staff officer arrang
ing the position of the advanced posts and he
was arrested also: but afterwards liberated
The Rappcl says the correspondent Of the
London Times has been arrested.
1t is stated that while the Prussians hold st.
Denis the northern railway will remain and car
ry provisions to the city.
At . clock this morning heavy musketry
firing was heard in the direction of Bias Men
don. In this attack the entants perdus lost
very severely.
The gunboat fancy was disabled and re-
turned to Pont Concordc this afternoon with
difficulty. All hands kept pumping the vessel s;s
The fighting at Bas Mendon continues. The
huttcs of Montmartre are being heavily forti-
fed Monday night balloon started secretly
from College Rollin.
LONDON, April 2S-The Eersalllists yester-
day expelled the Communists from an lmpor-
tant position in the village of Les Mouliniceaux,
and occupied it in considerable force.
The Paris Commune has forbidden requisi-
tons on the property of foreigners.
The Mot d Ordre Of last evening says that
the people of Toulouse have risen in insurrec-
ton, and that many Of the streets are filled with
barricadcs.
The Versailles batteries at Combcroie ycster-
day bombardcd the Maillot Gate and the Arch
of Triumph. ....., ,,..
The Communists have established battery
in the road to Asnieres for the purpose OF bonn
harding Gennevillier, Colonies and Comberole.
The hombardmcnt of the southern forts yes
terday was fecbler than formerly.
The calebrc of the Versailles guns is smaI.
The fury of the combatants is increasing.
The Frccmasons will plant banners on the
ramparts of Paris on Saturday and assist III Its
defence.
The Governor of the Iuvalides has been ar
rested.
The official statement of the losses OF the
Communists to Thursday sums up nine thous.
and killed and wounded, besides three thousand
prisoners.
The London Telegraph has q rumor that the
Versailles army has taken the advance works
at Fort Issy; that the barracks OF the tort are
entirely destroyed and there is breach in the
walls at least five yards square The Communists
have established batteries at the stone gate in
Montmartre.
LONDON, April 2S-In the House Of Com
mons last light Disraeli, notwithstanding the
concessions of the Government made an I'M
sparing attack upon the budget, He SAID the
Government, in frantically aband oning Its 9TH
er proposals to save the tax Of six pence on IN
comes, had abandoned its dependence on In
direct taxation While he deprecated further
import on. agriculture, he equally ddepored
leaving the deficiency to increase year by year.
lie said the Chancellor of the Exchange in
1869 erred in giving up indirect taxes; ana ne
dlrict taxation. =,
The Chancellor of the Exchequcr, MIR;
Lowe. defended the reconstructed budget and
accepted postpcncment of its consideration
to Monday next.
The name Of the winner Of the 1000 grlneas
race ut New Market should have been publish
cd Hannah.
LONDON, April Is The Government has
suspended the writ Of habeas corpus in one
district of thn county of Wcstmeath, Ireland.