Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-10
NoVsmeats and Intentions Of the
Communists -Thslr Defeat
Certain.
Movement Of Government Troops
Preparations for a Grand
Assault.
Clusssrst and His Fellow Sans
cuIOtlss-Thsy are Still FlsrCs,
VindletiVs and Bloody
Minded.

] CdU16 80 uHuGdibuN lEULl AAlc pit1ClCc
/ Of unburied bodies, that the Versailles
! troops have been obliged to evacuate
/ the place.
The Government relieves from ser
vice about Paris and sends to differ
| ent departments, all soldiers having
| relatives in the capitol.
| The Versailles battery continues to
| approach and the Bois DuBOlOgue
| battery at MOntreul has commenced
firing upon the insurgents position at
Point du Jacur and elsewhere.
VERSAILLES, May "a COmmU-
nal decree fixes the price Of bread at
| fifteen centimes per kiIOgramme.
Colonel Wetzel was killed or cap
tUred at Issy.
General DOmbrOWski is expected to
/ assume chief command Of the troops
of the Commune.
VERSAILLES, May 9.-Thiers has
| issued g circular in which he eXults
over the capture Of Issy. He says we
| found much ammunition and artil-
! lery in the fort. Vanvres is defence
/ less and the capture of Issy sutfices
for the success of our plans.
On Monday night General DOuai
crossed the Seine and is now en-
| trenChed two hundred yards from the
! enCiente, where ne will be able TO
batter down the bridge of NeUilly.
The reign of the infamous faction is
drawing to a close.
PARIS, May 9.-The VersailIists
made a strong attack on fort Mont
rouge this evening. The results Of
the attack are yet unknown.
The abandonment Of Issy was q
panic among the garrison.
The Nersaillists made three at
1 tempts on Monday to capture MauIin
Sagnet, each of which were repuIsed.
The losses before fort Issy and Van
vres have been heavy.
There was a review Of the troops
tonight in the Place de la COnC0rde
previous to their departure for the
field Of battle. A general attack is
expected tonight.
A cOnfagratiOn is raging at fort
Vauyres.
BERLIN, May 9.-In the Reichstag
to-day, in the committee debating the
that the first five clauses Of the Papal
guarantees slaIl be put in the shape
in which they recently passed the
Senate.
The elections in Lyons passed of
quietly,
FLORENCE, May 9.-In the Italian
Chamber Of Deputies it was ssgreed
bill for the incorporation Of AlsaCe
and Lorraine into the German empire,
the article of the bill which grants
immediate German citizenship to the
inhabitants Of those provinces was
adopted
LONDON, May 9.-A Times special
from Paris says the Federalists yes
tprday recaptUred the barricade in the
Rue PRONE. The COmmandaut of
the Nationals was shot during the
fight by a cure.
A NslCs special from Versailles re-
ports a great concentration Of troops
at Neuilly, and says an attack is an
ticipated,
A circular from Pecsrd orders that
a strict watch be kept upon che move
meuts Of BOnapartist Prince De la
! Tours d'AUvergne.
It is reported that the Prussians ar
rested about one hundred and nifty
| fugitives from the National guards.
It is positively denied that the dis
pute between the Central Committee
and the Commune has been healed.
u
A dispatch from Versailles says the
insUrreCtiOn in Algiers deties the ef-
forts Of the authorities and is spread
ing to all parts Of the province.
NEW YORK, May 9.-Dlspatches
dated Versailles yesterday afternoon
saws tomorrow operations on a large
scale is expected. To-day the com
manders Of divisions came from Yer
sailles to take orders to Mcmahon who
with eighty big guns will operate
on a certain point at O'Clock to-mOF-
row.
A special dated Paris, Monday
night, says: The Central Committee
of the WOman's Union demand war.
The Sisters Of the convent Sulplce
have heen arrested. The Prussian pa
trolls are vigllant on the neutral zone
and one hundred aud fifty Nationals
were arrested by them yesterday.
| General Cluserat demands an exam
inatiOn.
The powder magazine at Ponds
Mailtal was exploded by two shells
this morning. 1t was an awful sight;
several were killed. There was great
destruction. Three officers command
ing Issy declared it was necessary to eX-
plOde fort Rosa in order for them to
hold out. They replied they would
resign. ROsset had them and two
others arrested. The General has
great determination and is virtually
military dictator.
The dispute between the Central
Committee and the Commune is
healed.
The Commune has seized the tele-
graph lines on the Northern railroad.
The German General Won Der Tam
demands the complete evacuation Of
BienaZ.
At a meeting of the Commune yes
terday it was demanded that the dep
uties from Paris to the Versailles As
sembly should resign Immediately,
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