Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-08
The Goddess Reds in Full Feather
They Sack Churches, lmprisOn
Priests and Exile Nuns.
"A Scene of Ag0nIzing Despair al
PeFs Is Chaiss-A Reign Of
Terror.
ViOIsEt CsnHOHadlDg-TsrFIbIs Bat
iIs-A Cry from the People.
WOmsn Marching in Column as IN
tie Days of Marie AHtOiaelts.
Chaos Come Again and But Little
Possibility of Order or Peace.

TERRIBLE BATTLE-REIGN OF TER
ROR.
PARIS. April The W0rlds spe-
/ cial says the situation is hourly be-
/ coming more alarming. The forces
| Of the Commune are growing stronger
and bOlder. Thiers' proposition for a
treaty has inspired the Communists
with fresh hopes, and it is believed
I that they have 100, 600 men who will
| boldly fight. The Government troops
retain their conquered positions and
make no advances. To-day a battle
/ is raging in the fields between Cha
/ tillOn and VaUvres. From the latter
I place the insurgents maintain the
fire. Crowds Of women and children,
frantic with grief, sre searching each
/ ambulance as il arrives for the bodies
/ Of their husbands and fathers. The
! slaughter on both sides yesterday and
/ to-day was fearful. Terror reigns and
/ the prisons are crowded. The churches
/ and houses of aristOcrats are pillaged, ,
| and all priests imprisoned. A great
many murders have taken place.
j On this day, Good Friday, there
were no religious services in Paris.
/ German Intervention is their only
hope.
FROM THE CRL DU PEUPLE.
LONDON, April Z, s p.m.-The Cri
du PeltDLs asserts that the Communists
maintain their position. They re.
] pulsed the attacks of Versailles troops
1 on the bridge of Neuilly, and have re-
! taken ChatillOn, dismounted the enc
my's batteries near Waivers and cap
~
reinfOrcements have been dispatched
to L'Hay, which is threatened, The
impression prevails in Paris, nOtWith-
/ standing it is COntrddicted by the
Communists, that the Versailles
troops carried the barricades at the
bridge OF Neuilly.
The Commune has prohibited the
holding Of public meeting, called in
! Paris, to promote measures of cOncili-
alton.
CHURCHES SACKED.
BRUSSELS, April z. "A nun who es-
capped from Paris reports that the
churches have been sacked and the
| priests insulted, arrested and mall
treated, and that the converts were
entered at night and searched. A ru-
NOR prevailed before she left that 20
Jesuits had been shot. Ossy succeed
/ ed in escaping from Paris after he had
heen hunted from place to place by
the Communists.
/ COLLEGE OF JEsUITs CLEARED OUT.
LONDON, April Z, a.m.-Specials
to Nelcs report that all the officers
and professors Of colleges of Jesuits
| in Paris were arrested by COmmun-
] lists. Graussit, who was appointed by
] the Insurgents delegate as Minister Of
/ foreign affairs, has sent out an address
/ to the representatives of France
| abroad, notifying them of the elec-
/ ton and organization. The COM
mander Of the army OfgN Nersailles is
waiting for heavy artillery to attack
/ the forts of D'Issy and Seace. The
| plenipOtentiaries Of France and Ger
many will have another meeting at
! Brussels on Saturday.
CLUsERET's REPORT.
PARIS, April 6 (via LONDON, April
/ 1.-THE Commune DEGREES the arrest
! Of all persons accused of completely
/ with Versailles, and a Jury Of investi-
| cation will decide who shall be de-
/ tanned as hostages. Every execution
] "a tAAC %NaLAyLAnA5 AAhEn p4AoOAACA5 VI
or of civil partizans captured by
! Versailles officers will be immediately
/ followed by the execution of treble
the number Of hostages.
Cluseret reports that the Commune
/ reorganization of the National Guards
/ will give them 100000 picked men.
He adds that at the present moment
the policy Of the patriots is to main
tain an attitude OF defense.
ROcheiOrt's journal is severe in its
/ condemnation Of the administration
Of affairs by the Commune.
THE INSURGENTS AT BAY.
/ VERSAILLES, April THE insur-
/ gents have been dislOdged from the
! bridge Of Neuilly. A fierce cannon
ade is kept up between ChstillOn and
/ Forts Issy and Nanviers.
/ A depuiatiOn of Partisan merchants
had a consultation with President
Thiers.
A bill has been introduced into the
! Assembly to accelerate the action Of
the court martial. 1t is apparently
the purpose Of the commander at
| Versailles that the army completely
invest the capital. The linJs are al
/ ready established on the left bank Of
| the Seine.
BagneUx has been occupied, and it
| is expected that the occupation Of Hag
and CLASSY LenOi will soon follow.
| The Nationals have been ordered
to retire behind the forts and remain
| on the defensive.
Bergeret claims that the fire from
/ the forts hEs dislOdged the Govern
ment troops from their advanced pO-
/ sitiOns.
The Commune is making reqUisi-
4 tiOus on shops for arms and ammuni-
/ ton.
| EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT PERE LA
CHASE.
/ NEW YORK, April IA special
! telegram from Paris says that the
/ funeral Of the killed yesterday was an
/ extraordinary scene, There were three
huge hearses, with black velvet pals,
each decorated with sixteen flags, con-
tanning the dead. Following them
were 5000 National Guards and double
that number Of citizens. Women,
marching ia hundreds, passed along
the bOulevards at a solemn pace.
4 Many members Of the Commune
| Joined the procession as they arrived
at Pere Ia Chaise. Each hearse con-
tanned thirty-three cOffins; and there
! were tWenty-three other hearses al
ready in the cemetery, filled with
dead from various hospitals. It was
an awful scene. One huge grave was
TO contain all the bodies, which were
lowered one at a time, amidst the
shTeaks and shouts OF men for ven
geance on the assassins Of Versailles.
Pere Ia Chaise was one mass of people.
sWaying with passion and screaming
"Nive la Republique," "ViVe Ia
| Commune" Losses Of the Commun-
lists create great grief Ia the city,
mixed with bitter animOsity.
VIOLENT CANNONADING.
LONDON, April IA dispatch from
! Versailles to-day, states that violent
/ cannOnading was heard last night and
this morning ia a nQrtheasterly direc-
tiOn from Paris.
It is runaored that General Henry
has been executed by order of the
Versailles Government. The TumOr
was probably circulated by the in
surgents Ia order to fan The excite
| me1t against the Government.
nj. Regnier is suspected Of an at
/ TEMPT at negotiations with the Yer
sailles Government, and has been ar
rested and imprisoned by order OF the
Commune.
Jay Goala Assaulted.
NEW YORK, April Jay Gould
was assaulted in the parquetfe OF the
Grand Opera House by Deputy II. s..