The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-04-18
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TIE soMBARDMEsr OF eAiis
A BREACH AT PORTE 1fAILLqT
The City To be Captured by Assault
The Church Of Ncsre Dnmesacked ed
llHtF LIZ. i liz 49,
Process Of the Governnscnt Troops
Z u R % P E
A BREACH AT PORTE SfAILLgT
The City to be Captured by Assault
The church Of n osrp pnmesa cked
Process oi the Goyernna emf TROOP,

Process Of the Government Troops
LONDON, April 10-The Times spe.
cial from Versailles says the Govern.
ment troops now occupy, in force. the
towns Of Bouiogue, Asncires md Snbs
lonville; ard have unmasked a number
of new batteries between Neuilly and
the ramparts of Paris Many ! Of the
Paris newspapers exhort the people to
abstain from voting at the election of
Monday (to-day), and thereby give a
death blow to the Commune.
A Paris special to the News says
sShells are crashing close to the Amer
ican Legation The firing broke the
drawhridge of Porte Maillot The
Church of Notre Dame has been sack
ed"
NEW YoRK, April 10-A Versailles
special to a morning paper says General
Pichot died from his wounds. Siege
guns are coming in The Government
is resolved to enter Paris by storm at
any cost rather than lombard the city
Valcriensfires. mainly to, clear the ram
parts :apd prevent the artillery being
used TO repel attack A partial breach
has oeen effected in the fortifcations
Yesterdays sortie against Chatillon
was repulsed with heavy loss An ia
cessant fire is kept up from Forts fssy,
Varvrcs and Montrouge. The damage
done is slight
The Cathedral of Notre Dame has
been sacked Rocilsfort vainly endeav-
lored to save it from pillage. Nearly all
the valnables were plundercd.
The Telegraph's special from Ver-
satlles says the breach at Porte Maillot
will admit of easy entrance by an as
sailing party that the Insurgent bate
ries on the ramparts have been silenced,
and that an assault is expected to be
made to morrow. s's s'eel E. ~, i.iiit Z 7
hsef ExcEssEs or THE PARIS REDS. ~. ~.
/ QrfT tWorld's Special.}
PARIS ,Aprii f8.-UnIess the Germans
save .us, Paris must soon swim Will
blood! The ICohmuhe hourly grows
more desperate, and resorts to fierce ex.
cesses. The. Conciergerie is filled, with
priests and Nuns, who have been arres.
ted on warrants calling them citizens,
and styled servants Of a person called
God. Archbishop 'Durboy was stripped
naked, bound to q pillar and scourgec
and Knocked for hours, by band q
200 Reds. lapes
THE LOSSES OF THE NATIONALS.
PARIS, April 10-yia LONDON, April IL
The Mot d Ordre says the losses o.
the Nationals on Saturday and Sunday
were 225 killed and 435 wounded. It il
expected that the main attack of til,
Versailles army on the city will be mad,
in the direction of Montrouge. Yer
nisole, a member sof the Commune, wa.
killed at the outpbsts. Theirs has offer
ed to give safe conducts to delegates
from the Party of Cancellation who may
be permitted to leave Paris. One ol
these delegates, Dessonnaz, has already
gone TO versailles, without waiting To-
o sale conduct. ssss g.
All of the carriages except two of sh,
ex- Emperor Napoleon arc at Versailles
The excepted ones are in Paris, at th,
Hotel de Vile. where they are used b,
the citizen-chiefs Of the insurgent com
mittee. They have served snccessivel,
Napoleon III, .Gambetta, Glais- Bizoin
Rochefort. Etienne Arago, Jules Ferry
Citizens Assy and Lullier,and their pres
ent possessors, whoever they may be.
| The experience OF Mr.. James Clash
er, an English 'aeronaat, explains abou
how high q man can ascend insthe ali
with safety to himself. Last Srptcmhe
Mr.. Glaisbcr made an ascent IN a bslleol
from Wolyerbampton On that occa
sion he aseended seven miles, The great
est height ever attained He has never
recovered from the effects and is nov
seriously i'll: his illness being caused. i
lis thought, by the bursting of some o
the blood-yessels while at that great
height ~ =
and uninterrupted cannonade has beer
Kept up since last stevening betveen Cha
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