Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-06-09
FOREIGN.

A dispatch from Versailles on the 2Sth
says the insurgents had shot the Arch.
bishop of Paris, Able Duguerre, and six.
ty-two other hostages remaining in their
possession. The troops had previously
captured La Roquette and saved 1859 hos
tages detained there.
According to. a dispatch from Versailles
on the evening of the 2sth, the insurrec-
tion in Paris was completely suppressed,
not one band of insurgents being left. The
firemen had the flames under control.
1t is reported that there were, on the
9th, upward of $4,000 dead bodies in the
houses and cellars of Paris, many of them
those of women and children.
General Vinoy has been appointed Gov
ernor of Paris by Theirs.
A New York despatch of tn goth ult.
says; "The loss of property in Paris is
estimated at hundreds of millions of dol
lars. 1t is said the city will not be, in this,
or in the next generation, what it has
been. The report that 10000 persons had
been killed is believed to be an exaggera-
ton, although there is no doubt the num-
Der will at least reach 10000. The slaugh.
ter of the insurgents-men and women
is declared to have been frightful beyond
description.
Cable dispatches of the Both describe
Paris as a vast graveyard. 1t was believed
that $4,000 to 10000 people had been shot
since the Versaillists entered the city.
MacMahon's soldiers spared no one whom
they suspected of sympathy with the in
surgents. Both sides seemed to be
wrought up to desperation and madness.
With the exception of Pyatt and Gran
sert, all the Commune Chiefs had been
killed or taken prisoners. 1t was calcu-
lated that 10000 insurgents had been
killed during the preceding week. Siyty
thousand prisoners had been taken.
TLirty-three Communists, including
seven women were publicly executed on
the plaza in front of the Hotel de Vile in
Paris, on the 2lst, by being shot by com.
pany of soldiers. Six volleys were fired
before all the victims were slain.
The Bishop of Orleans, M. Dupanloup
will be the successor of M. Darboy as
Archbishop of Paris.
Minister Washburn telegraphed on the
31st that order had once more been restor
ed in Paris. AS far as ascertained, Amer
lean citizens and property had escaped un'
injured. He said it was difficult to tel
who will be the coming man or the form
of government likely to be adopted
There will, he says, be desperate strug
gle among the different interests.
A Vienna dispatch of the 31st says
president Grant has requested the Aus
trian Government to allow Baron VoI
Lederer, its Minister to the United States
to preside over the arbitration of the
Cuban claims, and imperial permission has
been telegraphed to Washing ton"
A Paris dispatch of the 1st says: "Th'
French journals are greatly divided in
sentiment as to the future of the country
The Opinione, Bien Public, POlaiQue, Siecl
and Constitutional favor the continuance
of the republic, while the Temps, National
and Pdtrie are very guarded in their com
ments upon the situation. The Opinion,
thinks the withdrawal of Thiers would bt
equivalent to revolution. The Steele says
Theirs is as energetic against the Bona
parties as the Reds. The Figaro favors {
monarchy. The sale Of newspapers OF
the street is prohibited. The Steele wa'
seized this morning. Executions have
ceased. Prisoners are now on trial a
Versailles. The barricades in Paris mum
bered 400"
The London Times of the 1st, in an edi
toral, while admitting that it is hard fol
the Canadians to yield their fisheries Il
the Americans without the advantages o
reciprocity in trade, expresses the earnes
hope that Canada will loyalty ratify tn
treaty of Washington.
An Imperial decree has been issued OF
dering that June 18 be observed through
out Germany as day of Thanksgiving.
A New York dispatch of the I'd says
Paris advices report very strong reaC
ton against the Versaillists !; that Thier
will be forced to resign; that the calm in
telligence of the country favors consti
tutional monarchy, and that either tn
Bourbons or Napoleon will rule. Loui
Napoleon's agents are said to be usin
their influence to insure pLe6iscite, whic
they believe will make his restoration
almost certain.