Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-05-24
'Iculrnaras Taken By the TsrsaiIlists.
Illness of Vice President Colfax.
miscellaneous and washington News.
MIscEELANY.. go 9As"'
THE VERSAILLES FAC FLOATS OVER
THE CITY OF PARIS mi ~
Exciting News frern spain.

LONDON, May "a dispatch from Ver
sailles Monday evening says the Xersail
lists occupied a station on the Versatile.
railway, the boulevard, Mont Painasse
within a short distance of the Luxem,
bourg, and that Gen. sClinchamp has turn
ed the insurgent position at the Tuillerie:
and made from eightEto ten thousand pris
oneTS.as-s.@T .stffTnufEaE
A later dispatch says the Vefsaiilists oe
cupy theI Place Vendolne! the Tuilierie.
and the Hotel de Vile, ana that Issy il
certainly in their custody. a.' I, = 81.
Lis reported that Felix sPyatt has beer
arrested. L[}dTkHE .Ie.ssu sie,oil ze1s
Another dispatch says the insurgent.
abandoned the Place Coneorde Yesterday
Gen. E'Admiraultis forces have sur
rounded Montmartre, and a battle is nov
progressing there. gt,,E,,, H.. a.. "a, 125 IT,. =
The complete overthrow Of the insur.
gents is imminent.
The very latest noon DISPATCHES, from
Paris say the Versailles flag now floats
over Montmartre, and ithatthe whole CITY
is evidently in possession of the forces o1
tho Assembly. RI N .34rsEEEF ~ I
MADRID, May % g. To days session Of
the Spanish Congress was exceedingly
stormy. The Radicals presented resolu-
lion for the establishment of republic.
The Cariisbs siibmittedR motion declaring
theelection of King Amadus null and void,
and that sDopy Carlos, of Spain, was the
rightful king. The discussion was long
ndexeiteda buy the body finally adjourn
ed without any vote upon either PROPOSE
ton nj s.slaeG airselofH
VERSAILLES, May 233-TAfternoon.-Gen.
Cline tianip, having last EVENING" occupied
BatignalIis, attacked Montmartre to-day,
on the west and south, from the Avenue
and BodleYa11' de CiFhy. Gen ~ Admi-
rault, simultaneously moved his forces
along the line of thez Seine and boulevards
Leading to, the hnertf1ernl railway, and att
tackled the station of that road, carrying it
by assault. He then moved upon Mont
martre, which was eaptured at one O'Clock
this evening. al I'd fI-TiD bnA
Gen. Cissy's foreesrcarried the 'barricade
in Chaussee du -MaineJ in the southern
part of the city.
The operations bfthe Government troops
are progressing satisfactorily everywhere,
and complete suppression of the insur-
rection is expected to-day or tomorrow
The losses of the YegSaaillists in to7day's
engagement were very sn1aIl. s"''''"' ~
NEW YORK, May pa Versailles spe
cial to the Telegram says the heaviest
fighting yesterday was in the Rue Royale
The slaughter was terrific. Coils. Dubois
and Moran, nephews of Guicit, command
ing the Versailles troops, were killed by
the explosion of torpedoes. The barricade
in the Rue st. Honore were captured and
rec Dtured six times.T I1qsq .s41ol
Gen. Vinoy is reported wounded in the
groin ana Cen. Donai in the head. a.
1t is rumore,d that the Archbishop O
Paris and the Able ss of Francois and Vii
lemeux were shot BY t.. insurgents. q ~.
LONDON, May 23.lThe epson summer
meeting commenced this wee me Der
by occurs tomorrow There al niteen
starters. The betting is immense, NV,lth
to against Boutwell,. slagW1B ',SlUaJ =
BUENos. lAYREsy IApFils 2TeaThe deaths
from yellow foyer are reduced to one, hum
dred per day.SA 5'Toh2 AnTlsF9C