Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-20
FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FRANCE.

pealIng to the reason ana paJrlOLlSL1
Of the citizens of Paris to preserve or
der. He says he is informed that
the m8lcontents at MOntmartre have
| planted their guns so as to demOlish
the dwellings OF their fellow citizens.
/ He declares that by such acts as these
the public will be fatally cOmprO-
/ missed, because a Republic accOmpa-
MED by disorders will be lost. He
insists that the present Government
is really Republican, and no friend Of
the Republic should strike at it.
The Government will take the
cannon from those men who
were misled by designing pO-
liticians and seek to inaugurate a civil
/ war. He draws picture Of the de-
| plOrable results Of their dOings, show
/ ing how the reviving commerce slipped
| and shops were deserted. He con-
! tinues: The government, hoping mall
| contents will return to their duty as
good citizens and obey the laws, but
| still withhOlds orders to proceed to
extreme measures to free the country
/ from the new enemy, but Is deter
mined to act, when necessary, and
deliver the principals over to justice.
The government relies on the Co
operation of all good citizens. The
proclamation concludes, ''after this
warning, We shall proceed to force
peace, il necessary, at all hazards"
TERRIBLE CONDITION OF PARIS.
LONDON, March l9, 3 3am.-Events
of a most unfortunate character have
taken place in Paris, and the situation
is hourly becoming graver. The Gov
ernment, following up the prOclama-
tiOu OF President Thiers, at midnight
Friday sent a detachment of troops
and ge71dGrBleS to occupy the positions
of the insurgents IN MOntmartre. A
considerable number Of cannon were
removed, and the geBdGrmeS made
some four hundred prisoners. In the
morning the National Guards of Belle
vile and MOntmsrue, with unarmed
soldiers arrived on the scene and re.
leased the prisoners. General VinOy,
who was in command of the Govern
ment forces, had posted a Gordon of his
corps around the bill OF MOntmartre
aud planted meirailleuses at the ap-
prOaches, and his sentinels prevented
all persons from ascending the hill
The batteries Of metraiIleUses were
soon surrounded by angry groups,
who demanded to know why the
authorities distrUsted the people, and
if iC was their intention to massacre
them. Soldiers when asked if they
meant to fire On the citizens, !
made no reply, and soon a general |
fraterniZ4tiOn commenced. The peO-
pie were allowed to draw mitrail- |
Ieuses aside and ascend the heights. !
Companies of soldiers on the summit |
fraterniZed with the Nationals who /
were guarding the cannon still in l
their possession. As fresh troops ar /
rived on the grounds the people /
shouted to them, "ReYerse arms i'' |
aud the order was Obeyed. At ten |
o'clock the Nationals held the ground |
again, and prevented all unarmed /
persons from going up the hill. At /
the same hour a serious conf &C 4
occurred in the Place Pigalle, at the /
end of the street leading from the /
heights. Some artillerymen and 4
ChasseUrs were surrounded by an /
angry mob, who accOsted them with
shouts OF, go and fight Prussians."
An officer Of Chasseurs, endeaVOring |
to dlsengage his horse from the /
crowd, drew his sabre. He was in
stantly dragged from his horse and
killed. A melee followed, in which |
an artillery man and two nationals
were wounded; but the fighting soon
ceased, and the soldiers abandoned
their posts and mingled with the
crowd, distributing among them their
cartridges and relinvuishing their
ChassepOts. The artillery men suf-
feTed the people to remove two me-
trallleuses, making no further show
to resistance. Gen. Darme alone |
proved faithful to the Government,
but being too few in numbers to be
effective, withdrew. At eleven
o'clock many of the battalion
of national guards, being fully
marched i0tO MOntmartre,
shouting, IjUe Ia Repu5liqHe." The |
were then wholly IN the pos.
session Of the National soldiers, they /
having routed the ge7ldGTRles. Not
single regular was visible. All the
National Guards were amply supplied
with cartridges, and appeared deter
mined to retain their cannon and hold
their position on the heights. The
number of insurgents is still indef-
mite. Their main object just now is
resistance to the Government; crowds
in MOntmartre and Belleville, how
ever, are clamOrOus against the As
sembly at Bordeaux. They demand
its immediate dissolution and the cleo
tiOn of a new body, which shall sit
in Paris. At 6 O'Clock Saturday even !
ing agitation and uncertainty contin-
Ued. Troops have been Withdrawn /
from FaubOUrg, where the people ap
pear excited and hostile.
fAnn1raI Eargr1 gyag uF7vrprr ToI fors
several hours by a mob, at Mont
martre. His troops proved faithful.
They charged and took three barri-
cades, using the bayOnet, and finally
cut their way out and escaped.
General LecOmpte and others were
not so fortunate, being abandoned by
their men. They were made prisoners
by the rioters, and are now detained
in Chateau Rouge. Gen. Paturhes
was wounded.
In the morning the troops succeeded ]
in capturing forty cannon in Mont
martre. The people retOOk five with
out lighting; the remainder WeFe re-
moved to a place of safety. The rebels
killed and cut Up all the horses Of the /
staff officers, who were surrounded
and made prisoners. The rebels are /
now building additional barricades in
BelleYille and FaubOuTg
st. Antoine.
The Government has issued another |
proclamation, repudiating any inten-
tiOn of a coup d'etGt, warning the COM
munists who seek to pillage Paris that
they will ruin France, and appealing
to the National Guards to put an end
to the condition Of anarchy into
which they have plunged the capital. /
AT O'Clock pm. it was reported that
deR. LecOmpte and Clement Thomas,
the latter formerly COmmander-in-
chief, who were captured in the morn
ing, had been shot by the insurgents
after summary trial. This news
spread CONSERVATION through the city. ,
Gen. VinOy's staff, all the troops of
the line, and the entire force of gen.
10rnles have retired and left the
bank of the Seine, leaving the Ma
.iOnal Guards to restore order on the
right. The National Guards assem-
Oled at various points. The boule-
wards were crowded, but there had
been no further conflict. Shops were
closed and omnibuses stopped run
ming.
VI A~'NA-'A'A' - AN EAhNL9s
LONDON, March 10, 1880 p.m.-The
latest news is that the National Guards
)f MOntmsrtre have seized and now
occupy the staff and general head
quarters buildings. The National
Guards Of Paris are ia Place Ven
dome.
The Echo Of Parliament says that,
IN consequence Of the disturbances in
Paris, the Emperor William has pro- !