The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-05-31

dislodged the Federals from Foubourg
German and elsewhere, and are to-day
continuing their victorious march.
1t is thought the Federals will make
an effort to escape toward B~ellevilIe
and .Pantin. Crowds of repulsive
looking men, destitute of uniform and
in rags, were taken prisoners.
ATTACK oN.wASHBURN'S HOTEL
LONDON, May 24..-Berlin papers
of. the 2lst state that General Fabrice
recently demanded of the Paris Com
muue the surrender of the National
Guards implicated in the attack upon
the hotel of Mr.. Washburn, American
Minister. Grousset replied that the
| Commune had ordered that the EN-,
bassy be held sacred, and that when
they heard that the establishment had
been attacked, they ordered a court
martial of the offenders. The culprits
fed in dismay and could not be found.
The Commune could, therefore, only
express sorrow and indignation at
the occurrence of a deed that they
were unable to prevent.
VERSAILLES, May %. - Night
Archbishop Dechous, ten hostages and
nearly fifty priests were murdered in
cold blood at the Magas prison on
Tuesday night. Several leaders of
the Commune were shot today, after
being tried by drum head court mar
tia].
Persaillists IN Complete Possession
ST. DENEs, May 25.-Evening-
The fighting has ceased. The Yer
saillists have complete possession of
the city. The conflagrations have
nearly all been extinguished. They
in all cases were caused by the shells
of the Versaillists ard not by the
Communists. A portion of the Lou
vre was saved. The most precious
words of art are safe in the vaults
Last night and this afternoon the
troups refused to give quarter, and
killed all who fell into their hands.
Details of the Horrible Scenes IN Paris.
l.. New YORK, May PA special
dispatch gives the details of the fearful
scenes in Paris yesterday. The Trib-
une correspondent says the fighting in
the Boulevard Haussman and Eau
bourg st. Honore was very severe
Many houses are filled with the dead
and wounded OIL both sides. The Ho-
tel Of the Ministry of Finance is burn
ing ticrcely The Tueleries and the
north side of the Louvre are. COM
pletely Quilted. -Four walls only OF
the Palais Royal are standing, The
fighting was very severe around the
Hotel de Vile, which is blazing
with petroleum. The British Embas.
sy building is much damaged. The
Audit Office of Achieves is burned.
The Place de la Concorde is terribly
injured. No quarter is given. The
Versaillists behave well towards the
Inhabitants. The fire is raging in
nearly every street. The Northern
railway station is in the hands of the
Versaillists There is a heavy bonn
bardment of Paris from the barIicade
on top of the Rue Lafayette.
A special from Versailles Wednes-
day night says General Vinoy tele-
graphs that he has possession of the
Hotel de Vile, BeIlevil.e, and that
the Temple quarter resists vigorously.
1t is reported that Delascules has
been arrested. Six great fires are Wis
ible. The Place Vendome was defn-
itely occupied at four o'clock Wednes-
day morning. The insurgents made a
strong stand at Rue St. HONOR
The Palais Royale was set on fire by
retiring insurgents. The capture of
the Place Vendome made the Tuiler-
les untenable and the insurgents satur-
ated it with petroleum and set it on
fire The insurgents arc still fighting
like fiends. The Eastern Faubourg
populations seems mad with joy, and
the tri-color waves everywhere. The
streets are quiet and the Versailles
troops are orderly. A hunt for the
Commune leaders has begun, and the
police are searching houses, roomsa and
cellars. Paris enveloped. in a dense
pail of smoke and is terribly damaged.
The streets are smeared with blood
and are Uttered with debris. Another
correspondent describes the burning
of the Tuileries. Another that of the
Hotel de Vile, and the awful n
accompanying. The Austrian Emhas-
sy, the property of the Empress Eu-
genie, also burned. The Caisse DIES
Consignatin is reported destroyed,
likewise the Spanish Embassy. De
parture from Paris is impossible, and
circulation through the city difficult
and dangerous. The loss of the YER
saillist troops is small. and 1900
Commune prisoners have been taken
to Versailles. 1t is reported that Bill
lonary was shot Immediately after he
was taken. The Versaillists are send
ing firemen to the city from the towns
within a radius Of twenty miles.
Another correspondent telegraphed
from Versailles last night that Paris
is being burned to the ground.
The mad and frenzid insurgents de-
liberately fired the Louvre, Tuileries,
the Cour DIES Complies, the Hotel de
Vile, the Ministry of Finance, the
churches, and many public buildings
in the city. The contiagration is rap
idly extending. The correspondent
tried to enter Paris, but found it i'm
possible. In watching the fire he no.
ticed a tremendous increase, and a
third of the city, he says, will be
burned before night.
Another correspondent from Yer
sailles telegraphs that the insurgents
were beaten everywhere except at
Belleville, Montrauge, and Antoine.
The chiefs arc skedaddling. Deles-
cluse is a prisoner. Dombrowski is a
prisoner of the Prussiaus. Mr. Theirs
announces that all Nationals must be
disarmed Immediately A lettor from
Paris says the Versai'lists are masters,
and the city is in ashes.