The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-05-04

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,It-DISsy Not Occupied by Yer
..aIi,t. Hard Fig hting and Heavy
Losses.
P,R,>. Nav THE report that Gen
20, Domhrowski has been taken pris
a,rr j, not confirmed.
The Vrrsaillists have at no time oc
r,pri y l,sy. After the desertion o.
,,. carlson. the volunteers raised by
M. Commune issued from the city, and
n, onIy rroccupied the fort which they
ngni empty, but after hard fight and
,-ya, sacrifice of lives, drove theenemy
,po the trenches, carried one Of their
.arricairs and regained possession Of
nrCemerery OF Issy. They made an
,,,rmr, TO retake Les Monitineaux, but
a,lri. losing heavily in killed and
eognIrd. Every effort will be made to
.od Fort D Issy, but should its capture
.p,rar inevitable, it will be blown up.
PARIS, Evening, May New works
.r- beng constructed around lssy, rem
!-ring the fort more formidable than
.yrr The enemy's fire to-day has been
mainly directed against Porte des Sterns
fai LeyallOis.
White Flag Taken Down.
Nrw YORK, May 3.-A dispatch,
aiei Versailles, Tuesday evening, says
.aar after hoisting white flag on Issy
he insurgents hauled it down. They
sill soon surrender. The same fate
viii soon beiall Montrogue and Van
lBeiicr General than Cluseret.
The new General, Rossel, is much
morr dreaded by the Versailles COM
.ardprs than was Cluseret He is re-
arir,l a. a much better officer.
six shells u Minute.
At Point Dujour the insurgents tried
. erect citadel, but Nalerien threw
Y iorry pound shells a minnie and
mslIy DESTROYED the work.
The Versailles Troops Furious.
>plr, report thirty thousand Nationals
,-aiy 10 support the Versailles troops,
ut only when they enter Paris.
Ihranser OF the troops against the in
.rsents Is inconceivable. Our troops
--ase quarter, and it is useless for an
"Hrrr 10 urge mercy.
Fort DIssy Being SheIied.
PARIS, May 2.-General Meagy is to
tried hy court.martial for abandon
= ls-y
The Versailles batteries at Chatillon,
lrnion and Breteul have been shelling
~ all day.
corporation of AIsace and Lorraine
with the German Empire.
BERLIN, Nay I'm the German
'a'jsment to-day, on the bill for the
''Poratiop Of Alsace and Lorraine with
nsGerman Empire, Prince Bismarck
'ad Daring the late war the foreign
lowers proposed the naturalization Of
Asace and Lorraine, but that would be
sufficient for Germany and could not
thought Of As to the inhabitants
eng still averse to their Fatherland,
si the Prince in conclusion "We
'as strive 10 win them back" The
I'd "a' referred TO the committee.
The Peace Negotiations.
ihe Prussian Cross Gazette denies
aa' negotiations for treaty Of peace
''h France are to be transferred from
S'assels to Berlin.
I0e North German Gazette says the
'''msn p'enipotentiaries at Brussels
,',,. ave proposed the payment Of five
o... o.'.a'GS by France in quarterly INSTALL
T,.T T"p beginning June 2, 1871, ending
~'4.. yn : 1874, the payments to be
5't 10 god or or its equivalent. The
,"yn iEnvoys have offered to pay the
"l'lIa'd IN cash and the remainder
,, "a's, convertible later. Fortunate
f.. "s herman armies hold possession
h. ",,tIent territory Of France TO secure
pa!ment in accordance with the
.b.. .b",nSFy terms of peace, should no
D., agreement be arrived at.
'ament-Cheap Ocean Postage
Iov,. Defeated.
LONDON, May I'm the Chamber of
:. Wy "nIght, Lords Kimberly, Rus,
-u' 'rey criticised the Whig ad
I1',fa''on in Ireland, which was ably
'"1ea 10y Earl Granville.
Ne House Of Commons there was
y. n Interesting NJ debate on ocean postage.
SseIey' moved a resolve that the
aer a,,s"er General should make ar
,sSno.at Smeats with the United States for
,,I'.on ,,s,. I OF the rate of postage on
aons s between OelTeen England and America
,or,nap pnny. He pointed out the i'm.
ne,c;.i o. such reduction to the COM
hu !, ana poorer classes, and urged
lis would serve to strengthen the
GunSsmeen the two nations. Messrs.
hr ~ and Heron followed in sup
es,n. the resolve. Mr.. Monsell,
kodins General, thought that
: 'he present contracts with