Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-22
FOREIGN NEWS
Another Revolution Ahead
Commune VS.. the Committee
PruSSianS Retiring to Rheims
Leaving the Forts to ThierS
Paris SThreaten'dWith Cholera
FRANCE.
Paris Demands DecentraIized Uni.
tY-ConprOmfse impossible.

| Paris Demands DecentFalized Uni.
ty-COmPrOmfse Impossible.
PARIS, April 20.-The Commune has
issued a manifesto, saying that Paris, once
more laboring and suffering for the re-
generation of France, demands local au-
tonomies and the encouragement of pro.
ducers. She does not aim at dictatorship.
She desires the decentralized unity of the
country. The document pronounces COM
promise with the Versailles government
| impossible, and closes with an appeal to
France to disarm the troops now threat
ening the capital.
VERSAILLES, April 20. = President
Theirs, in a circular to the Projects of
the Departments announcing the capture
of Asnieres, declares that the end of
criminal resistance to the government is
approaching.
VERSAILLES, April 20, via London,
midnight. Assembly has rejected a
motion to treat with the Paris Insur-
gents.
Thursday's Struggle at NeuiIIy-A
HOuse-tO-R House Combat
LONDON, April 21.-A dispatch dated
Paris, last evening, says there has been
desperate house e-to-house fighting all day
at Neuilly and Levallois. The forces of
the Assembly have been reinforced at
Neuilly. The Communists defend with
great tenacity the barrlcade opposite the
position of the Versailles troops. The
csnnonading was incessant throughout
the day. The Versailists have not occu-
pied the village of Asnieres but are at
the railway station and in the Colombes
woods. The fire of the Versailles bat
teries greatly tries the Nationals, but
though they have suffered heavy loss
they are still v-daunted. A decisive en-
gsgement is impending at the Maillot
gate, the rampaIts adjoining which are
heap of ruins. The shells reach even the
Rue de Calypso
The Bien Public newspaper refuses to
stop publication. The compositors of
most of the journals are engaged in riot
ing.
The Prussians will Give Thiers the
Use of ALI the Forts.
The News special from Versailles,
says the Prussians intend to surrender
those forts around Paris which are still
in their possession, to the lawful govern
ment. The 500, 200, 900 francs of indem-
nifty due April lst are still unpaid. A
barricade in the Rue de Rivoli is repre-
sented to be extremely formidable.
A Versailles dispatch to-day, says sew
eral barricades, with a number of pris-
oners and several cannon, were captured
yesterday at Neuilly. The Prussisn mill
tary authorities have required the govern
ment to furnish information as to the
number of troops arriving daily at Yer
sailles.
PestiIence in the Wake of War.
A Paris dispatch ssys that cholera is
anticipated. Numerous deaths are oc-
curing from kindred diseases.
New Battertes-The Rebels, Strength
A Versailles dispatch says the insur-
gents are bombarding SeVres from new
naval battery erected at the point Du Jour.
The government is unable to reply.
The Gaulois says it must confess that
the insursent defenses show a system of
intelligence and daring.
The Rebels Beaten at Their own
Game,
Another dispatch from Paris says the
taking of Asuieres was accomplished by
stratagem, the troops of the line simu-
la,ing friendship, and thus passed the
outposts Of the insurgents without diff
Guilty. The buildings at Asnieres were
destroyed.
The Horrors OF Wednesday.
A dispatch, dated 5:25 P. N. Wednes-
day, says: Valerien and Courbevoie are
shelling Paris frightfully. Forty civil
ians were killed. Gen. Dombrowski still
claims the victory, but the Nationals are
returning dispirited and disgusted. There
has been an awful slaughter. Dom
broWski complains of the inefficiency of
the officers. The American mitrailleuses
have been moved to the front. Dom
browski states that he is willing to have
the cooperation of the gunboats, which
will be ready In four days. The Com
munists are mining the houses held by
the Versailles troops in Asnieres. 1t is
uncertain whether the Arc de Triomphe
was destroyed by the Assemblies bate
ries or blown up by mines.
Chaos Commune VS.. Cen
trail COmmitIee-AnOth ReVOIu-
IiOn Imminent.
PARIS, April 21.-Another revolution
is imminent. The Commune has arrested
the Central Committee, accusing the
members of negotiating with President
Thiers to betray Paris. The National
Guards are indignant and threaten to ar
rest the Commune unless the Committee
are released. Complete anarchy reigns.
Friday-The Military Situation
OkOIOwitz Wounded.
Gen. OkoloWitz has been wounded.
The Versailles army have thrown up en-
trenchments on the left bank of the
Seine and are now concentrating at
PuteauX and Cerbevoie with the apparent
intention of making sOrtie against La
Vallois and Villiers.
The PrusSians Withdrawing TO
Rheims.
ST. DENIS, April 20.-There are symp-
toms of the Prussians leaving the forts,
which will be given to the regular gov
ernment. The Prussians will retire to
Rheims.
Gen. CsnrObert has visited Theirs.
Seven thousand troops have reached Yer
sailles from Switzerland, ard thirty-two
thousand are ready to leave the same
quarters for Versailles. There is to be a
meeting of Generals to arrange a joint
attack on the insurgents. a floating bs /
tery has been constructed on the Seine