The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-28

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Care, which crosses the Seine at Bercy. A
portion Of Les Buites Chaumont has also been
carried by the Versailles troops, who are now
advancing into Belleville, whence petroleum
bombs are sill thrown all over Paris.
LEFLo's REPORT
General Leno has informed the Assembly
that the insurgents still hold Charonne, dis
trict Of Les Buttes Chaumont, La Chapcllc,
La villette, Meuilmontant and Bellevlle.
The General also informed the Assembly that
the instruction would end on Saturday.
HOSTAGES SHOT.
1t is known that some of the hostag IS held
by the insurgents have been shot.
WOMEN ARRESTED.
The troops continue to arrest numbers of
women carrying bottles Of petroleum.
THE FINALE.
The insurgents will probably be surrounded
tonight in Belleville and Meuilmontant, and
the remainder of the city occupied by the YER
saillsts.
THEATRES BURNED.
The theatres Lyrique, Chatelet and Porte
st. Martin have been burned.
RED FLAGS CAPTURED.
A cannon and twenty-five red flags have
been captured at Belevile.
A COURT MARTIAL.
A court martial for the trial of insurgents
will begin its sittings on Monday.
REPORTED SHOT.
There is a rumor that Delescluze and Pyat
have been shot.
MUTINoUs PRISONERS.
The insurgents imprisoned in the docks
have attempted rising, and several were shot
before order was restored.
Unsuccessfnl Search for Archbishop Oar.
boy-Fity Thousand Dead Bodies In the
Streets and Celisrs-Turious Women
Terrible Destruction OF Property.
LONDON, May 81, 1871.
A despatch from Choisy says that the Ger
mans who have been searching for the Arch
bishop of Paris and the priests held as hos
tages by the Communists state that they can
not be found, and it is supposed they have
been shot.
HOLOCAUST.
1t is calculated that there are upwards Of
so, 900 dead bodies in the houses and cellars
Of Paris, many of them those Of women and
children.
FURIOUS WOMEN.
The women, it is said, have been perfectly
furious during the recent fighting in the
French capital. Executions of insurgents are
constant.
TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY
The destruction Of property is terrible.
One-fourth of Paris is estimated to have been
destroyed.
Foreign Powers Asked to Extradite Insur-
VERSAILLES May 81, 1871.
M. Favre, in despatch to the representa-
tives Of France in foreign countries, says the
acts of the insurgents are Of criminal and
not of political nature. He therefore desires
them to request the neighboring nations to ex-
tradte those who may enter their territory,
and says that the government of Spain already
proposes to do so.
PIoARD's ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE ASSEMBLY.
NJ. Picard to-day informed the Assembly
that General Assy occupies the whole left
bank of the Seine; that Generals Vinoy and
Douay, after capturing the Place dc Ia Bas-
tile, occupied the Faubourg st. Antoine as
far as the Barricade du Rhone; that Generals
Clinchamp and Ladmirault had advanced
to the foot Of the heights Of Les Buttes Chau-
mont, and that they will tomorrow, with
10000 men, occupy this last refuge of this
monstrous insurrection.
NOTHING KNOWN OF TIE FIRES AND HOSTAGES.
NJ. Picard also stated to the Assembly that
no news had reached the government con
corning the fires in Paris or of the fate Of the
hostag es held by the insurgents.
ST. DENIS REPORTS.
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TELEGHAMS 70 the NEW YORK HERALD.
Terrible OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tircmcn in
the City-Prussians Fro Upon the Com