The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-05-30
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THE PARIs REVOLUTION.
The vers'illls,s Occupy the CITY.
$4,000 vcrsRiIlists Within the
Walls.

$4,000 vcrsRiilists Within the
PARIS, May % All is over; seventy
thousand Versaillists have entered the
city anu more are coming. They march
ed in all night, coming through six
gates; they met with but slight resist
aDce. The barricades were not defen-
ded. No mines were exploded.
The Vcrsaillists are now moving on
Hotel de Vile, where the Communists
will make their last stand. The Yer
saillists behaved splendidly, committing
no excessec.l oa sl,sts. sefs.-eE
BLOODY FIGHT IN RUE ST. HoNoRE.
VERSAILLES, May 22.-Rcports from
Paris come in thick and fast. The Pa
lais de L'lndustrie is surrounded by
Government troops, and the Commit
nists inside have been called on for an
unconditional surrender. A parley is
now in progress.
A bloody fight occurred in Rue St.
Honore. The Versaillists charged down
the street with fury, and were fearfully
cut up by a concealed fire from the win
dows of the conciergieries. McMahon
planted eleven pieces of cannon on the
city sioe of the Arc de Triomphe amidst
the debris, captured the barricades and
completely swept the Champs Elysees.
The Communists are concentrated
along the Rue de Rivo!i, Rue St. Au-
toine, and around the Hotel de Vile
and in Place Bastile. .
! PARIS COMPLETELY ISOLATED.
LONDON, May 22-All communication
with Paris is suspended. The Northern
Railroad has been cut by the Prussians.
The bombardment of the Notifications
of Paris, still held by Fedcralists, con-
tinues.
A dispatch from Versailles says
"Paris is completely isolated by the
Prussians, and no one has arrived from
there since midnight"
The Times dispatch from Versailles
says: "Half the army is within the
walls, and hold the gates of St. Cloud,
Passy, Auteuil, Trocadero and Meutte,
as we'll rs the Arch of Triumph. Heavy
firing is heard in the Champs Elysees.-
Sixteen thousand Versailles troops en-
tered Van Girard and Montrouge."
THE GERMANS DRIVING THE INSURGENTS
LONDON, May ga dispatch dated
outside of Paris, Monday evening, May
ed, says: "The isolation of the city
continues. Fires are raging inside. A
dense smoke overhangs Montmartre.-
Frequent explosions are heard. The
sound of cannon and musketry firing is
continuous" . -.
1t is said that the Prussians are occu.
pying Vincennes. The Prussian out
posts have received strict orders to drive
back all insurgents attempting to pass
their lines. '5r r.f t.-
A wounded Communists General
seeking to escape from Paris, has been
turned back by the Germans.
Their advanced corps has been doub.
led
The head quarters of the Prince OF
/; Saxony will shortly be removed from
Margency to Compiegne. The guards
will return to Germany by the end Of
the present week
vERSAlLLlSTS OCCUPY THREE-FoURTHs OF
1 ..-. ..... THE CITY.
Worlds Cable Dispatch
VERSAILLES, May 22-Thc Commune
troops rallied at Montmartre and Hote
de Vile, the approaches to which pla
ces were defended by barricades. Mucf
serious fighting took place, and it resul
ted in the Versailles troops occupying
three-fourths of the city,. A confagra
ton is raging near the, Invalides, anc
the insurgent battery on Montmart-e i:
cannonading the city.
L'Admirault telegraphs that every
thing is satisfactory, and, although fight
ing may continue several hours, the city
is absolutely won. Many Commune
leaders we're taken, and there were some
awful massacres.
LONDON, May pa dispatch from
Versailles, Monday evening, says th'
Versaillist troops have occupied sta
ton of the Versailles Railway, on th'
Boulevard of Mont Pernasse, which il
within q short distance of Luxembourg
and that General Cinchamp has turned
the insurgent position at the Tuilcries
and made 5000 to 10000 prisoners. La
ter dispatches say the Versailists hav'
occupied the Place Vendome, the Tuile
ries and Hotel de Vile. Nj. Assy il
certainly in custody, and it is reported
; that Felix Pyat has also been arrested
|, Another dispatch says the insurgent
abandoned the Place de la Concord
yesterday. General L'Admirault's for
ces have captured Montmartre.
THE LOUVRE, TUILERIEs, AND OTHER Bull
DINGS BURNING.
VERSAILLES, May 24.--Ihe Louvr
and Tuileries are burning. 1t is salt
they were ignited by the Federals, witt
petroleum. .......s.. ......
Dombrowski was wounded and i'm
prisoned at St. Denis.
The insurgents have fired the palaces
, OF the Legion Of Honor and the Coun
. Gil of State, on the southern side of th'
Seine, and opposite the Gardens Of th'
Tuileries. Other palaces are also burn
ing 81 rta stl @
The Versaillists have advanced thei
left wing to Belleyille, the center to tn
Palace of the Louvre and Hall Central
I and their right to the Observatory
Fumes and smoke Of petroleum pcryad'
the city.
DESPERATE FIGHTING ALL TUESDAY NIGHT
ST. DENIS, May 24.-After a brie
lull the shting in Paris RECOMMENDED