The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-27
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 25-Night.


The wind has changed and the fires are %.
served to be slackening. The heavens ave
still Illuminated by the flames, and the bur1-
ing debris falls to great distance. 1t rs sad
the Mazas prison is reduced to clnders. Fears
are still entertained for the safety Of Arcn-
bishop Darboy. The insurgents attempting
flight in the direction Of Aubervilllers AID
Romanrile are repeled. The cannonadirg
against Belleville and Chaumont continues.
LONDON, May &c.
Paris dispatches announce the Rue Royal
destroyed by mines. The insurgents were
driven into the cemetery of Peresla Chaise,
where they are surrounded and must be cap
tured.
The Daily News special mentions rumor
that the hostages in Mazas prison were shot.
La Liberte says that foreign powers promise
the prompt extradltior Of members OF the
Commune in the event of their escape from
France. Courbell, prominent Communist,
was shot by The Versaillists. The following
leading insurgents have been shot: Wales,
Andrauey, Brunei, Piquet, Dombrowski ana
Bosquet. The report of the arrest Of Pystt,
Delescluze and Cluseret is unconhrmed. Il is
rumored that oil hostages held by the insur-
gents are safe, but nothing is positively known
yet. The Northern Railway is repaired, but
entrance to the city is still refused.
The German positions at Aubervllliers and
elsewhere are strengthened to prevent the es-
cape ofinsurgents. The Germans permit only
women and children, Inhabitants of the burnt
quarters of Paris, to leave the city.
The following public buildings are destroy
ed: Palace of the Tuileries, Ministry OF Fl
nance, Prefecture of Police, Courtof Accounts,
Palace of the Legion Of Honor, the Barracks on
Qnai D'0rsay, Hotel DeVille and Mont De
Piete. The following are saved: Ministry OF
Marine, Interior, Foreign Affairs and Agricul-
ture, the Pantheon, Ecole Milltaire. Ecole Des
Beaux Arts, Bank of France, Credit. Fancier,
and the churches generally.
VERSAILLES, May &c.
The lnsurrection is squelched in the Quarter
Moufilord OF Paris, where six thousand prison.
ers were captured. The insurgents are still
confined to BelleyiIle and Les Buttes Chau-
mount, whence petroleum shells are fired all
over Paris.
The latest cable dispatches state that
Mcmahon has summoned the insurgents to
surrender. All hereafter found armed will be
shot. The Mazas prison is captured. Tile in.
surgents had removed their hostages. AT
noon to-day there was fierce fighting at Pan.
ten. The Worlds cable from Versailles oi
Thursday night says, Archbishop Darboy, ten
hostages and nearly fifty priests were mnr'
dered in cold blood.
BRUSSELS, May rs.
Baron DeAuethan declared, In the Chamber
Of Representatives to-day, that he should moi
consider or treat as political refugees villains
of the Commune who escape from Paris into
Belgian territory.
The Latest.
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 2G-3 P NJ.
The battle at Pantin continues. The insur.
gents are being attacked ON three sides oy The
government troops. The confagrations in
Paris continue.
PARIS, May rs.
The collections in the Louvre were all saved
except the library, in which great many
valuable books were destroyed. The Nationa
Library Is safe.
The insurgents still hold Bercy. the Placs
de 10 BastlIle, Chron, BelleVille and Montmar'
ire. The Insurgents have evacuated and
blown up Fort D'Issy.. The government
troons are now attacking the Place de "a Bas-
tile.