The Portland daily press., 1871-03-22

A Paris dispatch of Monday says: The situdt |
ton io-j y IS rtcb- p.cd Tle:h baIrIa6es
have been erected, but there is general quiet.
Omnibusses have stopped running and traffic
has ceased. The Nationals have occupied the
forts lssy, Vanvres and Bicetre The police
commissioners have been arrested. General
Chanzy ives so nalt Q ited by the mob that he
hau been sent to the hospital. The insurgenG
Central Committee, it appears, signed an Or
der for the release of Gems Chanzy and Iur-
quet Gen. Cremer is the probable com nand
er of the National Guards. The .lnsursentS
have seized the funds in the Hotel de VINE anu
the Mayoraltes. All approaches to farls are
guarded by Nationals for the purpose OF pre-
venting invasion.
A procamal,ou has been issued bearing the
| signatures OF Louis Blanc Victor ochoellber
and Others, which contains the ioiowins eea'e
| ments:
| -Ac,uated by the absolute necessity OF hav-
| ing Paris aud the Republic cobviaced OF tue
| best means of achieving the end which will
| satisfy tae legitimate wshes OF the frehch peo-
| measures providing for the election by the Ma
tionaI Guards OF ITS owe chiefs, aud Tor the
| creation of a municipal council TO be elected
| by the suffrage OF all citizens. What is most
wanted now IS order IN liberty and by hber-
The Central Committee publish its official
Journal headed Official Journal of the Repub-
lican Federation. II conlalus the following
| manifesto:
Originating in the suffrage of 215 battalions
OF the National Guards, it r-pndlates disturb
ances. The governm ent calumniates Paris and
arms the Provinces. 1t imposes upon US
commanderand attempts night disarming. 1t
| removes the capital and UNANIMOUSLY seeks to
besmear our honor with bloody filth. The Ma
| tiOuais have participated in no crime" =
The proclamation fixes the elecuon for We'd
nesday. The Journal also announces that the
committee will aDdlcate power upon the cleo
inn n 90 ono hv ha IL.
tee IS firm in its decision to respective prehml-
: naries of peace for the slke Of the Republic.
An appeal TO the departments invites quick
| adhesion to the cause.
The Journal also contains an eXhortatiOn to
the press to respect the Republic, justice and
| truth. Complete political amnesty is promised.
| The courts which have proved partial are to be
abolished. The committee repudiates all par
| ticipatiOn in the execution of Gems LecOnte
and Thomas
The Nationals have discovered fresh stores
: of arms aud ammunition and now completely
: possess the whole city. The tradespeUple Of
+ Versailles are dscorcerted at the condition d
affairs and are impatient for the decision frou
the National Assembly. Many persons were
. | shot without trial in Paris on Sunday. aud the
| Nationals will shoot Theirs and Gems. Venoy
and Paladines it they are captured. There IL
: | a strong reaction among the respectable DOR
r ten of the inhabitants, and the Central Com
| mittee is alarmed thereat and seeks the media
e ton of The mayors of the city for the appoin
| tiOnals.
Versailles resembles a camp. The entire
neighDoIh ,od is strategetcalIy occupied by
troops. The prisoners of Sedan and Metz art
offering their services to the covers ment. Tht
cities are So crowded that many deputies to tht
i | Assembly are obliged to sleep in stables.
/. Rouher has been arrested and imprisoned a
Boulogne aud narrowly escaped lynch law
:; His wife and daughter were also arrested
/. Other Imperialists have made their appear
ance in Boulogne and their arrest is expected
p, A despatch of Tuesday says
La Sante has been shamefully treated ant
It beaten by the revolutiOuists aud his sister ha
n also been arrested. The thirst for blood Oh tn
| part of the revolItioDists manifests itself Al
u disgustinsly as ever, and the lite OF no offcia
If OF the government Is safe. CONSERVATION pre-
" | walls among all classes
The insurgents at Montmartre and Bellevll
J. saluted each other at daybTeak this morning.
v New barracks have been erected in the neigh
borhoUd OF Baugpailes and the Rue d. Am
l. sterdam, in Avenue ClInchy and in the Grea
e Northern Railway station.
s President Theirs has gwen most positive or
}. ders to Gen. Venoy for the suppression of tn
l riots, but has accompanied the orders with tn
o expression of the hope that the insurgents " i
- listen to reason. Gen. Venov has % 600 troop
', but great fears are expressed that no reliauc
d can be plactd on this news