Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-06-01
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fires are bursting out all over Paris. ThI
insurs gents put boxes of petroleum every
where.
1t isreported that Bergretz himself fire,
the Tuileries after he had stepped it II
petroleum. The Church of st. German
PAuxerrois is burned.
The Palace of Justice is DESTROYED
Blood runs in the cutters. The wallis o
the Tuilerics have fallen.
The Rue Rivoli is burning along it
entire length.
Dead Nationals are seen everywhere
All hidden Nationals. when found, ar,
brought out and shot Immediately. A
few Communists are holding out and still
she'll the city. The slaughter of the Ma
tionalsis frightful. The Versaillists, sine,
Tuesday, have been killing all prisoners
The houses in the Rue Royale were wei
with petroleum and the Nationals Their
fired them. The insurgents evidently in
tend to destroy Paris.
Even women were discovered throwing
petroleum on the houses. Six Nationals
dressed as ~pompiers (6remen) discovered
throwing petroleum, instead of water, on
the fires. They were shot. There is no
limit to the readiness that exists to kill the
members of the Commune and the leaders
of the National Guards, when captured.
The gas works at Auberville have been
exploded. There many other explosions.
May MISUNDERSTANDING conHa-
g%rations still rage. The only hope il in
a calm wind. The FIRE brigade expected
from London has not arrived. The Ver-
~saillists are now advancing on Belleville,
whence the petroleum bombs fall over
Paris. The insurgents still hold four
strong positions. 1t is known that some
of the hostages held by the Communists
have been shot. The troops continue to
arrest numbers of women carrying bottles
of petroleum. A Court Martial for the
trial of the insurgents commences on Mon
day.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Washburne
telegraphs that at seven o'clock Friday
evening, the American lives and property
were safe.
VERSAILLES, May, 27.-The railroad
workshops are burned. The insurgents
are driven from Charonne. The Prussiaus
detain all escaping Communists.
Favre dispatches the representatives
abroad that the acts of the insurgents are
criminal and not political, and asks their
%extradition should any enter the neighbor-
ing countries.
LONDON, May PA dispatch from
Soissy says the Germans, who have been
seeking for the Archbishop of Paris and
o%hor baetooac rannr& fho- oon mn EDI
them. 1t is supposed they have been shot.
1t is calculated that over fifty thousand
dead bodies are in the houses and cellars
of Paris, many of whom are women and
children. 1t is said the women are per-
fectly furious during fights. The execu-
tons are constant.
The destruction of property has been
1t is estimated that one-fourth
of Paris is destroyed.
WASHINGTON, May 27.-Washburne
telegraphs Secretary Fisk that the insur-
gents still hold a small portion of Paris.
The Archbishop's fate is uncertain.
LONDON, May 26-Paris dispatches
announce that the Rue Royale was destroy
ed by a mine. The insurgents were driv-
to the Cemetery Pere La Chaise, sur
rounded and captured.
Courset, a prominent Communist was
by the Versaillists.
VERSAILLES, May 26.-The insurrec-
ton has been squelched in Quarter Mouf-
Aard in Paris. where 5000 prisoners have
been captured. The insurgents are still
confined to Belleville and Les Buttes.
whence petroleum shells are
fired all over Paris.
McMahon has sent the insurgents a last
to surrender, in which he says
that all hereafter captured with arms in
their hands will be shot.
The Collections in the Louvre have all
been saved except the library, in which a
great many valuable books were destroyed.
The National Library in Grand Louvre
are safe. The insurgents still hold the
Place de la Bastille. Metromarte.
Charonne and Belleville.
The insurgents evacuated and have
blown up Fort Issy. The Government
forces are now attacking Place de la Bas-
tile. AT noon to day a furious battle
in progress near Pantin.
OUTSIDE PARIS, WEDNESDAY NIGHT,
May 25-The wind has changed and the
fires are observed to be slackening. The
are still illuminated by flames.
The debris fall great distances. 1t is said
the Mazas prison is reduced to cinders.
Fears are still entertained for the safety of
The Archbishop Dorbay. The insurgents
who attempted escape in the direction of
were repealed. Cannon
aiding against B~elleville and Chaurmont
continues. f"f
OUTSIDE PARIS, Friday Morning-The
'annonade against the insurgent position
It Belleville was fiercely resumed. Terri
bic fires are still raging inside of Paris.
The Northern Railway is repaired, but
to the city is still refused. The
German positions at Bervilliers and else
where have been strengthened to prevent
he escape of the insurgents.
ST. DENIS, May 26-All the collections
the Louvre galleries and Palais Royale
re intact.
Troops to-day surprised and shot on the
pot a large company of women engaged
the pouring of petroleum into the cellars,
nd afterwards throwing in lighted fuses.
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 2G-Morning-
he following leading insurgents have
Deen shot Yallas, Amareux, Brunei Ri
ault, Dombrowski and Bourguet.
The following public buildings have
cen destroyed The Palace of the Tuil-
cries, Ministry of France. Prefecture
f Police, the Court of Accounts, the
'alace of the Legion of Honor, the Bar
acks on the Quay d'Orsay, Hotel de Vile
nd Mont d Pete.
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 26, 8 P. M.-The
attic at Pantin continues. The insurgents