St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-14

the inhabitants of Putcaux and Courbc-
vote. Last night there was a violent
cannonade toward Meudon.
The insurgents are said to have made
demand upon the church for l 900, 900
francs, and avow that they will Kill! the
archbishop of Paris if it is not paid
The Prussian Cross Gazette says that
the British government is endeayorin@ 10
persuade Germany to interfere to restore
order in Paris.
Twenty-Five thousand French regulars
are expected from Germany on Wclncs-
day.
THE FIGHTING on FRIDAY.
Details Of the fighting near NcullIy, to-
day, have been received. The cOmmu-
nists, who were posted in small forces nj
Courbevoic, were dslodgcd by the GUNS
of Fort Valericn. They rallied in the
Avenue de Neully, and opened fire on
the Versailles troops who appeared en-
the nights. The communists were again
forced to retire behind the bridge of
Ncuilly, which they barrica,lcd. Their
purSucrs then si:cllcd and demolished the
tarricalcS. The i :sur@cnts suffered
heavily in attempting To hold the briIgr,
bat succCc led III cXtricating their cannon
anlcd abandon the bridge, taking refuge
in the houses on the eastern bank OF the
river. The Assemblies also occupied
the house on the opposite side, and a
sharp fu-iladc was kept up across the
river They then pushed across the
bridge and advanced iii pursuit Of the
rctrcating insurgents. The guns on the
ramparts opened 4 heavy fire, sweeping
the Avenue lie Ncuilly and checking the
pursuit. The communists again COM
mcnccd to throw up barricadcs across the
avenue, but they were ultimately driven
out Ct Neuilly, and withdrew beneath
the ramparts, the fighting, which was
desperate, commenced ut 10 in the m m
inc and ended at sunset
Minister Picard announces the com
pleie success of the government forces al
ter Il hard struggle, lasting two days.
TIE CRUEL MOE
y nun, vino escaped from Paris and
has arrived at brussels. reports that
churches have been sacked, priests insult
ell arrested and maltreatcI, and coavcntS
entered ut night and searched. \ lumor
prevailed before She lett that twenty
Jc-uits had been Shot. Special di~pa,ch
- To the DAILY News report that all the
Officers and professor. OF the college Of
thu .IcSuits in Paris have been arrested
by the communists. NJ Rc@nicrc, who
has been SUSPECTED OF IN attempt At ne
"0iiaiing with the Versailles government.
has been arrested and imprisoned by or
der ut the commune NJ A-sy succc ded
in r.capinI from Pau, after he had b>rn
hunted from place 10 place by the COM
muli-t..
\ dispatch from lIri- -tatcS that the
funeral q. the in>ur"cnt dead, Thursday
WAS IN extraordinary scene. There were
three huge hrar~c<, each containing So
collins, with black velvet pals, each dec
orairl with - red iilgS. Fullpwin"
them were 5000 national guards and
double that number OF citizens. Women
were marching in hundreds ;,lun" the
- 'lIlt'\ III IL w lltll III IlI'NN>Nl''ll sAl
rived at prrc Ia Chaisr, - other hear =
were already in the cemetery, filled with
dead from the various hospitals. One
hue crave WAS used Tor all. The bod
les were lowered one at a time, amid the
,hrirk> Of the women ami the shouts of
the men for vrn"cancc on ''thr assassinS
OF Versailles" l'crr Ia Chai~.. WAS one
mass of people sway in@ with passion, and
screaming give In Rrpuhliqur," "Nivr
Ia Commune The losses Of the com
muni,!s create great grief in the city,
mi\rd with bitter animo-ity.
Terror rci@n- and the prisons are
crowded. The churches and house, OF
the .ari~tocra;- are pillagcd, AMI all
Priests are imprisoned. y great many
murders have taken place on this Good
Friday. There were no RELIGIOUS >,rNic-
e. in Paris 10 day.