The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-15
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS.
Herald Special Reports from
Versailles.
Insurgent Claims of Success
Again Denied.
Offer Of Communist Leaders to Sell
the Gates Of Paris.
NEUILLY NOT RECAPTURED.
N. Theirs Refuses to Treat with
the Paris Delegation.
Discomfort Of the Military and
the National Assembly.
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MO TROOPS I'm VERSAILLES
Violent Cannonading at Asnieres
and Claimant.
NEUILLY NOT RECAPTURED.
N. Theirs Refuses to Treat will
the Paris Delegation.

TELEGaAas 70 THE NEW York HERALD
LONDON, April IA, 1871.
have received the following despatch from
the NEW YORK HERALD special correspondent
in Versailles, dated Thursday afternoon.
Your correspondent says:-
COMMUNIST TRAITORS
An offer has been made by two commanders
of the insurgent National Guards to sell two
of the gates of the city to the Army of Ver-
sailles for the sum of 85O,OOOf. (about
$7O,O0O) each. A similar offer to betray the
Commune has been made by some of the
leading officers in command of the garrsons
of forts Issy and vanvres, the sum demanded
being 1000, ooOf. ($2OO, oOO) each. In re-
Spouse to these treacherous offers NJ. Theirs
positively declined accepting them.
RECEPTION OF THE PARIS DELEGATES.
The delegates from Paris, appointed by the
party Of Cancellation within the city to visit
Versailles on q mission Of peace, arrived
here yesterday. After hearing what they had
to say NJ. Theirs refused to enter into any
treaties with armed rebels.
INsURGENT SUCCESSES DENIED.
The stories which have been current of the
defeat of the government forces by the insur-
gents at Asnieres and Claimant are utterly
untrue. The troops only reiterated for the
purpose of drawing on the rebels, who showed
disposition to advance.
LOSSES OF THE COMMUNISTS.
An American gentleman, just out of Paris,
informs your correspondent that since the
opening of active hostilities between the gov
eminent and the insurgents the latter have
already lost 8, 900 men in killed, wounded and
missing
MURDER AND PUNISHMENT.
Insurgent prisoners taken by the Army of
Versailles were recently sent to Brest, and,
while they were en- route, they murdered one
of the soldiers in charge of the train. Next
day military court martial condemned eight
of their number to death, and the convicts
were Immediately taken out and shot.
DIsooNTENT.
The military authorities and the members
of the Assembly are greatly discontinued
because M. Theirs persists in his refusal to
give authority for an attempt at coup de
main.
NO TROOPS IN VERSAILLES.
No troops are in Versailles now. The en-
tire military forces of the government are in
position aroand Paris.
ins-Reports From Partisan Explanation
Tho Breton Troops-self.Gove for
Paris.
LONDON, April IA, 1871
have received the following dispatches
from Versailles, dated yesterday and to-day,
and forward them for the use of the
HERALD
NEUlLLY NOT RECAPTURED.
The report that the insurgents had recap
turcd Neuilly is false.
VIOLENT oANNoNADINa.
A violent cannonade is kept up at Asnieres
but without important effect
At Clamart the insurgents continue to fire
on our works, but their guns are harmless.
REPORTS FROM PARIS.
The Maillot gate is an utter wreck. A bat
talon of Nationals from the QUARTER st.
Georges has refused to go to the ramparts,
and forcibly resisted an attempt to compel
them to do 30.
AN EXPLANATION.
The London Times special despatch from
Versailles says the arrival of General Fabrice,
the German Administrator at st. Denis, is con-
sequent upon the receipt of notification from
the Versailles government Of its intention to
make supreme effort for the capture of Paris.
TIE BRETON TROOPS.
General Cathelncans, commanding the
Breton Legion, has established his head
quarters at Rambouillet.
sELF-GovRRNMENT FOR PARIS.
A despatch from Versailles says the Assem-
bly, has adopted, by vote of 40 to ia, q
resolution giving to each ACCOMPLISHMENT Of
Paris the right to elect four members of Q
municipal council. The Left vainly protested
against the action Of the majority.