The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-10
PAYMENT OF INDEMNITY.
SURRENDER OF D'ISSY
FIRE OPENED On PARIS.
Dumont to Command D'Issy
PAYMENT OF Indem nifty.


Bismarck will shortly depart for Com.
.irgre where he will have an interview
,.,b President Theirs on the subject
Of the PAYMENT of the indemnity install.
urnr-. lie has informed Mr.. Favre
:bat any further delay in the execution
Il the treaty will result in grave conse'
.urprrS to France.
Surrendered for Trial.
LONDON. Nav 9.-Boulton and Park
lNo Of the parties implicated in the
,omrn.persouation affair which created
.omuch cxcitemement last summer, and
me details of which reused popular in
.lgnation to the highest pitch, surren-
Tered themselves, a short time since, to
he authorities for trial. 1t will be re-
npmbered that these men, at the time
Of the capture and trial Of their more
ari,tocratic accomplices, Lord Clinton
and James Stafford Fisk, United States
'onsul at the Port OF Leith, in Scotland,
could not be found, and for a long time
rontnued to guard so well the secret Of
their hiding place as to battle and evade
he utmost vigilance OF the police. At
last, finding escape impossible, they de-
.lyered themselves up. The trial Of
ne criminals commences here to-day.
rhrv are charged with an unnatural
,rime. Mr.. Coleridge. Consul for the
crown, opened the case for the prosecu-
lions. Proceedings will doubtless be
developed daily OF an excessively pru,
rirnt and revolutionary nature. The
court docket was called this morning,
nearly thousand being present. The
result is anxious looked for
Surrender OF Fort D'Issy.
VERSAILLES, May 9.-The insurgents
ire from Fort d Issy has been efiectual-
" ,ilenced by the batteries OF the artil-
Iery fires Of the Government and the
urt has secumbed TO the superior
,orce OF the Nersaillists. The Nersail-
IS troops entered the fort this morning
and took possession Of the guns. The
garrison has become too feeble to offer
res,tanre. Heavy siege guns are now
being placed on the walls Of the fort by
the Versaillists and those will be short
IS turned against Fort Vanvers on
which furious cannonade will be
opened assisted by the other Versailles
batteries. This new acquisition will be
made the central offensive point by the
Vrr,ailis,s and will form powerful
ald in the reduction ofthe southern forts
oow held by the federalists.
CannOpaaing Unabated.
PARIS, via BoULoGNE, May 9.-The
rannonading continues unabated. The
massive column in the Place FendOme
,lll standing, Notwithstanding the
many proposals which have been made
or IT, removal. 1t is greatly shattered
IL many places, but the artistic beauty
and grandeur Of the structure remains.
From the Red Standpoint.
Special To the World.
PARIS, May S.-All continue TO 90 on
well, Moulin, Saguet and Hautes Bruy-
rre, have received reintorcements. Our
cavalry has made successful recon-
nolssance near lssy. An attack made
hy the ersaillists near Levallers was
'epuIsed Negotiations for an armis-
lice Of twenty five days are still progress
ny.
The Bomba ment OF Paris.
VERSAILLES, May S,-The new bat
'rry at Montretout opened a mod crate
nFe on Paris today. The lombard
meht will be resumed with greater en-
Trsy tomorrow. The fire from Forts
ri>Sy andNanvreS today has been weak
he other federal batteries keep up a
N-'rouS cannonade.
Temporary Change Of Commando
PARIS, Evening, May S.-Dumont
has teen appointed to the command of
''>y' "eneral LaCecelia having been
'aken i'll. Prableusts will command
"e right hank Of the Seine until he re-
overs. All the journals OF Paris, even
ne most conservative, condemn the ac-
"oG OF the Versailles government in
"ohimting the assembling o! the pro-
'c,th Congress at Bordeaux.
lie column in the Place Nendome
"SS not Yet been removed.
British Parliament.
LONDON, May 9.-In the House OF
lords IUfas this evening the University Test
"'' was sustained 10y the Mayor. In
"e Commons the discussion upon the
Ne" Ne" Army Regulation bill was resumed
VT Anson, member for Brindley, who
was commissioned Mayor in 1859, after
honorable service in India, argued in
,a.or OF the system Of purchasing com
missions, recitine the usual arguments
III iayor Of the practice. Other military
members who participated in the debatt
ce'e divided upon the subject. Mr.
Iardwell, Secretary Of War, denied
nat the changes proposed by the bill
would subject officers to loss, as tn,
commissions sold since the introduction
" the measure had brought full prices
Alter a prolonged debate the Hous,
u'ided, and there was founi to be
majority of sixty-three against the pur
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