The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-04-30
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.

FARiS. April 25.-There ia an armist(
Commune have bean appointed to preside Sve
i tne entry Of the sufferers from Nenilly. and t.
take steps for the accommodation of the desti
] lutte. All the vacant apartments In Paris have
peen requisitioned, and the inventories havs
been taken of the furniture, and seals placed
on all portable objects. AT an early hour this
morning Portes Bivan and Teruies presented
aud all kinds of vehicles were crowded with
men, women and children. Rich and poor all
clamorous to leave the horrible city. Only
persons possessing cOuveyauces were allowed
to leave. Some took mp decent women who
wished to go in search of relatives at Neuifty.
There was great distress outside the gates, the
sight was .pitiable. Many of the Nationals
remnants of furniture Ambulances seeking
the wounded. Houses torn open by shells.
ha,hnS and lamp posts ripped off and horses
., AZ the barricades where, in spite OF
the armistice the Nationals were working, the
devastation was horrible. AZ point near the
junction of the Avenue Rneil and Rue Orleans,
10 was evident that nothing with life could
nave existed under such storm of iron hail,
aud many We're the impromptu places of shelter
resorted to. There was a strange mixture of
ruins and magnificent furniture. The Asylum
for the aged and bedridden is full of wounded
and everybody is hurrietlly placing the sick
and dying in vehicles, and their goods in vans
before the slaughter commences. In the
Gihamps E'ysees crowds of people are viewing
uitnre. The Ottoman Embassy is being dis.
manti~d. Many distinguished persons were
present. By o'clock 5000 persons had gath
shot fired. st. Croix is all in ruins. In it was
q young man, much emaciated. who had lived
in cellar for three weeks. Last week the
Nationals came to the place aud demanded
the plate and money, and the following day
the priests removed to the English Convent
next door. Friday last the Comm nists visit
ed the English hs Convent and demanded the
them. but those who coum be found were
seized, bound and taken to Mazas prison, The
Nationals attempted to Settle Convent on fire.
Three hundred persons are at work to-day re-
pairing Porte Maillot. Every person going
out is forced to carry sack of earth to the
work, and any one refusing is arrested The
mem bers OF the Commune, accompanied by an
were driven back by the Versailles troops, who
are stern and unconpromising in appearance.
At 4:30 tho people were hurrying home At
1850 there was general stampede towards the
ports. At five O'Clock the Versaiiists had
withdrawn behind the barricades, where thew
have been fraternizing with the Communists.
There was no firing from Neailly till o'clock.
/ PAMs; April 1.-THE Commune claim to
have silenced the Versailleo battery Mt Men-
don, captured a barricade at Neuilly and dis
nantled five guns at Courbevoie.
LONDON, April 2e.-The Government has
suspended the writ of habeas corpus in one
district in the County of Westmeath, Ireland.
VERSAILLES, April 27.-Thiers, in his speech
TO the Assembly, says the situation is painful
and French blood still flows. 1t is consoling
20 know the denoument is near. Paris is com.
nletely invested, Fort d'Issy silenced and Les
Mont Miceaud captured. We are, continued
thiers, not assaifants. but defenders of law
md order. We wish Cancellation, but also
wish to save liberty from the despotsm of un-
oridled license After eloquently defending
The republicanism of the Assembly, Theirs con.
Guided a. follows: The insurgents are isolated
md all France is with the Government and the
assembly, in it's efforts to combine unity with
liberty.
PARIS, April 27.-The Masons have informed
The Commune that, having exhausted conciii-
atom at Versailles, they have resolv to plant
heir banners on the ramparts of Paris and. If
appeal to their brother Masons to join them, |