Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-25
FRANCE.

Gambetta Getting up Another Re-
yOlutiOn.
VERSAILLES, Aug. 24.-The bill of
Gambetta for the consideration of the
republican union deputies in the Assembly
proposes the dissolution of the National
Assembly, on the ground that its discus
sions have proved fruitless. He calls for
constitutional Assembly in its place,
and the resignation of Theirs when
constitutional Assembly is elected.
LONDON, Aug. PA Times special
from Paris states that the question of the
dissolution of the Assembly is causing
excitement, and that grave consequences
are possible. --. ....-. -.....
Anniversary of the Young Republic.
VERSAILLES, Aug. Pat is officially
announced that the anniversary of the
establishment of the Republic will be
celebrated throughout France on the Sd
of September.
1t is reported that the negotiations be-
tween France and Germany in relation 20
the evacuation of the French Territory
by the German troops, which has been
carried on some time at Frankfort, will
be transferred to Versailles.
PARIS, Aug. "a The La France says
an understanding has been reached be-
tween the Committee of the Assembly
and the Government respecting the disso-
luton of the National Guard, and that
the discussion on the subject in the As
sembly, and the conflict over both Is i'm
pre- babe.
The Horrors of the Commune.
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Details of the
trial of the communists at Versailles re
veal horrors hitherto untold. More than
dozen witnesses gave their accounts of
what they had seen at the prison of La
Roquette on the oath of May, when the
Archbishop of Paris and over hundred
less well known victims were massacred.
The most important of these was DR..
Pumoyer. He recounted how gendarme
was escorted by troop of ruffians, com
manded by woman with tremendous
chignon and armed with rife. The
wretched man was Intercepted by a
court martial composed of striplings of
seventeen years of age. 'tAre you mar
ried2" "Yes.n ''Have you any child
ren9" 81 have eight" The witness
tried 10 interfere, but the roaring ruff ans
menaced his life. He entered the prison
amid cries like the yells of cannibals.
"Hear me, F" said the witness to national
guard. 81 shall never forget his face.
From his mustache dIipped red drops.
| The man approached me, and breathing
on me with fetid breath, at the same time
he thoued me, as if to give me quality.
While talking to me he amused himself
by passing his bayonet through my beard.
| They soon led me into the bloody court
| yard, where was poor man who was
| soon condemned to death. The savages
prolonged his sufferings. They aimed at
| him with their rifles, and did so leisurely;
the victim tried to escape; they then fired
at him as they would at wild beast, and
| he fell; an insurgent chief dispatched him
| by firing in his ear.
| Much of the testimony was irrelevant
| In Ferries case the witnesses were sum.
moned to prove that the accused com
manded the firing pFrty which shot Oar
boy and his five companions. OF al
these witnesses only one sWoTe positively
to having seen Ferre at La Roquett,
prison on the oath of May, and then only
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admits he was, busy signing orders OF re
lease for sergeant de vile and gendarmei
imprisoned there. Sand if you were,
said the President 'you know well tina
by ordering those unhappy men ID b.
thrust out of prison, you were sentencing
them to be torn il pieces by the intuTi
ated populace the moment they left tht
prison gates" FerIe at this shrugged
his shoulders with an air which was per
fectly fiendisb, and said coolly, ''Tha
did not concern me" There was an au
dible murmur in court at these words.
VERSAILLES, Aug. 24.-In the trial 0
Asst before the Court Martial TO- day, the
prisoners counsel boldly charged th'
Versailles troops with using petroleum
shells during the siege of Paris. Tn
court promptly silenced the sccuser ant
stigmatized the assertion as infamous.
English Opinion.
The London Spectator, commenting
on the trials at Versailles, says NJ. Thier
is cementing communism in blood, build
ing up a party which, for generations
will consider it at once moral duty an
and point of honor to avenge its victim
on society by attacking order and th
government. We English have right I
, ] speak, for we have tried his policy i
Ireland five hundred years, tried It moi
boldly than he viii venture to do it, till "
had at one time reduced our opponents
million and q half, and with this Onl
f result, that we bred hatred which \
3 clsmency, no concessions nor fsvors b.
. yold justice seem able to extinguish {