The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-04-01

Wl0 aFI1Ve1 WH6agSE HAGctaMS GoI
RESPONDENT Dent as an old friend
said: "My return to France is onl,
a Question of time. Sooner or late
she will summon me 60 save he
from incapables who are now dis
PLAYING their folly and madness il
shedding her blood and plungins
her into anarchy. Ny pretended
deposition will never be ratified by
the people.
There are only TIVE parties il
France whu are the pessessors o
real strength-Repdblicans and Im
perialists-~but the Empire alone il
able to conduct France to true anG
permanent liberty. The Orleanists
possess ctiIy'a iSaagihasy strength
they dare not-yenturc aIEEgppeal tc
the popular will.p
The Emperor is in excellent
health. sS57 @4s 90 4As
LONDON, March 20.-NapcIeon
left Wilhemshohe on Sunday, escor>
ted to the station by d guard Of hon.
or. He arrived at Dover to-day
where the immense crowd awaiting
him cheered enthusiastically.
PARIS, March 20.-N0 resistance
il made to the insurgents
Gems. Lecompte and Thomas were
executed by order Of Riccotti Carl
baldi, who directed the insurgents.
PARIS, March 2l.-General Chan
zey is a prisoner of the insurgents.
The execution Of the sentence of
death passed on hin has been de-
ferred. I.asante@ was shamefuiiy
beaten by the rerelutionists-
Gen. Vinoy, with 2a,G0e troops,
has been entrusted with the sup
preston of the Insurgents; it is
feared the troops T unreliable.
The Government inspires no con-
fidenee. and multitrdes arc leaving
Paris. III e7@ft50 ~ss
Rouher, was arrested at BOulOgne,
by order of the Versailles Govern
ment, and was brutality treated by
the mob. - #.t 8..- -5%
PARIS, March 21.-The insnrgent
government announce they will arm
the forts to insure the defence of
the capital {; also, sent an ultima
tum to Theirs, fixing the 23d as the
last day for the return of the AS
sembly t~a9IsariS;gif they return they
shall have liberty of action, other
wise the National Guard will march
ON Versailles.
LONDON, March 21.-The Paris
correspondent OF the Times tele-
graphs that many persons were shot
without ii trial on Sunday. The
Nationals VIII shoot Theirs, Vinoy
and Daurellesi fcaptured.
The prisoners1of Metz and Sedan
are Offering. their services to the
Geyernment.
Napoleon's route from Dover was
an ovation. cyfgzs4z.Y ~Aa
Ex-Empefor Napoleon arrived at
Chislellurst at 2 O'clock Monday af-
teIno0n. He was received with en-
thusiastic cheering III that village,
and at the railroad stations along
the route from Dover.
VERSAILLES, Marchs 21.-The in
;surgents liohl Gen. Chanzy and Adj
miral Sniss;st as hostages ; they will
shoot Ghsnzyif attacked. ~
BERLIN, March 22-Count Won
Bismarck has been elected TO the
rank of prince of the German EN-
pire. Gen. Won. Moltke has re-
ceived the. Grand Cross of the Order
of the Iron Cross. ~
The Emperor delivered his speech
from the marble throne of Charlie
magne, Yhfefi was brought from
Aix-la-C happelle for that purpose.
VERSAILLES, March 23.-All the
principal imperial officers have re-
turned to France from imprison-
ment in Germany; and without ex-
ception are retiring from military
service. tsa1uYA
Jules Favre read q letter from Bis
marck, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES i'm Paris
did nptfndiesSe the execution of the
convention entered into with the
Germans and intimating unless the
provisions Of the convention were
eut, they would open fire
upon the citys 4
PARIS, March %, 10 P. M.-There
has beensne further bloodshed since
6 o'clock. The armed insurgents
Observation-Disclosures. The seity is
gloomy and the excitement intense.
PARIS. Wednesday Evening,
March Asse.-This evening q large
number Of uRsrmed persons reached
Rue de Ia Raiy, the eRtranee tozthe
Place Vendome, and appealed to
the sentries to give way to their
passage into the districts occupied
by the insurgent National Guards.
The request wasiefased by the SEN
tries, - wlen .6,es demonstrators
pnfurled a stand ofcolors- 7
The Nationals threatened to bayo-
net the flag bearer, and the crowd
Mt once commenced t0retire. Baron /
Nathan, seized the flag and exhorted
the eFoWd to advance against the il
IegaI force eeeupying the places the +
order was obeyed, when the Nation
als occupying the place beat their
drums and fred into the air; the
crowd ~retfeating too slowly, three
ranks of the Nationals fled out
from thesbody, and fired into the
crowd. There was a. terrible scene
For Ave minutes, and then the crowd
broke intD q terror7strieken retreat.
least thirty persons were killed