The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-03-20

UUU francs cOntracteu ny the 1oulo uele-
CATION OF the September government.
The Bank of France will not ask the
payment of supplementary interest, ex-
cept in case of persons who avail them
selves of tide delay accorded by the new
loan. .-,.
BERLIN, March l8.-The new Prus-
sian Cross Gazette, semi.official, to-day
says that if the French persecute the
returning Germans a German army
must reoccupy the environs Of Paris
and possibly the city. .s.s I
PARIS, March 1S-Eyening.-Gen.
Faron, with 800 men, has blockaded
Mont, ,Martre Several officers have been
taken prisoner. A large crowd Of the
National Guard surround the hill A
squad of soldiers Of the line fraternize
in the streets with the people, who are
out in great numbers, and shout, "Vive
Ia repubEquer
LONDON, March lS.-Advices from
Hong Kong state that a powder fac
tory belonging to the Chinese Govern
ment at Hong Chow has exploded, and
that forty persons were killed.
LONDON, March 10, $50 A. NJ
President Thiers has issued proclama-
ton appealing to the reason and patrio-
tlsm OF the citizens Of Paris to preserve
order. He says he is Informed that the
malcontents of Mont Martre have
planted their guns so as to demolish
the dwellings of their fellow-citizens.
He declares that by such acts as these
the Republic is fatally compromised,
because the Republic accompanied by
deserters will be lost. He declares that
the present Government is really re-.
publican, and no friend of the Republic
should strike at it. The Government
will take the cannon from those men
who, misled by deceiving politicians,
seek to inaugurate civil war. He
draws picture Of the deplorable result
OF their doings, showing how the reviv-
ing commerce of the city is stopped and
the shops deserted. He continues: The
Government, hoping that the malcon.
tents will return to their duties as good
citizens and obey the laws, still with
holds orders to proceed to extreme
measures to free the country Of the
new enemy, but is determined to act
when it is necessary and deliver the
principals over to justice. The Gov
ernment relies on the cooperation Of
all good citizens. The proclamation
concludes: After this merning we
shall proceed to force peace, Unnecessary,
at all hazards"
LONDON, March l9-3 A. M.-Events
of, 9 most unfortunate character have
taken place in Paris, and the situation
is hourly becoming graver. The Gov
ernment, following up the proclamation
of President Thiers, at midnight sent
detachment OF troops and gen darmes
to occupy the positions Of the insurgents
in Mont Martre. A considerable num-
Der Of cannon were removed and the
gen darmes made some four hundred
prisoners. In the morning the National
Guards of Belleville and Mont Martre,
with many unarmed soldiers Of the
line, arrived on the scene and released
the prisoners. General Vinoy, who was
in command of the Government forces,
had posted a Gordon of troops around
the hill of Mont Martre and planted
mitrailleuses at the approaches, and his
sentinels prevented all persons from as
cending the hill. The batteries of
mitrailleuses were soon surrounded by
angry groups, who demanded to know
why the authorities dstrusted the peo-
pie, and ifit was their intention to mas
sacre them. The soldiers, when asked
il they would fire on the citizens, made
no reply, and soon general fraternza-
ton commenced. The people were al
lowed to draw mitrailleuses and ascend
the heights. The soldiers on the sum-
nit fraternized with the Nationals, who
were guarding the cannon still in their
possession. As fresh troops arrived on
the grounds the people shouted to them
to reverse arms" and the order was
obeyed. At 10 o'clock the Nationals
held the ground again and prevented all
unarmed persons from going up the hill.
At the same hour a serious conflict oc-
CURED in the Place Rigalle, at the end
of the street leading from the heights.
Some artillerymen and chasseurs were
surrounded by an angry mob, who &C
costed them with shouts Of go and
fight the Prussians."
A lieutenant of the chasseurs, while
endeavorihg to disengage his horse from
a crowd drew his sabre, and he was in.
stantly dragged from his horse and
killed. A melee followed, in which an
artilleryman and two others were wound
ed, but the fighting soon ceased. The
soldiers abandoned their posts and
mingled with the crowd, distributing
among them their cartridges apd relin-
gushing their chassepots. The artil-
lerymen suffered the people to remove
two mitraillenses, making no further
show of resistance.
The gems d'armes alone proved
faithful to the Government, but were
too few in number to be effective, and
withdrew at III o'clock Many battal-
ions of the National Guard, fully Or
ganized, marched into Mont Martre,
shouting, "Vive Ia Republique." The
district was then wholly in the posses
sion of the Nationals, the soldiers hav-
ing deserted. Not a gen darme, or
a regular was visible. All the Nation
ol Gnard are amply supplied with cart