Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-05-18

and that the Versailles army could go
into Paris to-day if it would.
Sir John Frederick William Her.
schel, the only son of the great astrono-
mer, and himself an astronomer of
worldwide repute, died in London, the
18th, at the age of Is.
At a secret sitting, of the Paris
Commune, on the 9Th, it wa decided to
insist on the resignation of the Commit
tee of Public Safety, and that the ap-
pointment of their successors should be
made Immediately,
The defnitive treaty of peace be-
tween France and Germany was signed
at Frankfort on the 10th inst. The
treaty, it is said, will not merely remove
temporary difficulties, but will insure a
real and durable peace. II
-Advices from Buenos Ayres state
that business is entirely suspended, and
the city to a great extent deserted. The
Custom House and all the banks are
| closed. The ravages of the yellow fe-
yer continue, and will apparently only
cease for want of victims. ~
The Government batteries main
tain a terrific fire on the ramparts of
Paris and the Notifications, which are
still held by the insurgents. Fort Van
vres was retaken by the Communists at
the point of the bayonet. There was a
| desperate engagement around Issy, and
| the Communists claim to have recap
tured the park of Issy. The National
battalions are thinning out rapidly.
Gen. Rossel closes a Communication
to the Commune, complaining that he
had not received proper[support.- He
| complains NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. have not
been granted him when urgently need
| ed, and that, in point of fact, the Com
mune was incapable to discharge the
| duties pertaining to it. He, therefore,
retires from its service, and demands a
cell in Mozas prison.
The insurgent Subcommittee of
Organization, in a proclamation issued
on the 10Th, orders the most relentless
measures toward the besiegers. All
troops are forbidden to eease firing upon
Versaillists who may attempt to surren-
der, while fugitives and ~straggters are
are in numerous bodies, are to be fired
into mercilessly by cannon and mitraii-
leuse. ~ ~ TF = sS''
& The insurgent Committee of Public
Safety has issued a proclamation to the
people, which says :" The republic and
the Commune have escaped a mortal
peril. Treason had penetrated our ranks,
and brides had been distributed. Rossers
surrender of Issy was the first step of
| the drama; the opening of the gates of
Paris was to follow. A majority of the
| guilty have been arrested, a court mar
| tial is now sitting, and their punishment
will be exemplary CES oEI~G SIS
~ nor nuor Hffu
years of age took place in he Place
| CASTLE, Paris, on the 7th. Five thou
| sand were present and marched to the
| Louvre and demanded arms. They say
| they want to show the young men how
to fight. Arms were furnished them.
! At a club held in the church of st.
| Nicholas, in the Champs Elysees, on the
same evening, M. Perrin proposed that
the Commune summon the Versaillists
to liberate Blanqui within twenty-four
hours, on pain of putting the Arch
bishop of Paris to death in case of re-
fusal. The proposition was carried by
exclamation.
a Versailles dispatch says "Presi-
dent Theirs has issued a proclamation
to the people of Paris, in which he says
the Government wall not lombard the
| city, but will make an assault upon the
ramparts. He requests h citizens to
rally round the troops, and promises in
return for their aid the granting of an
| amnesty, and the continuance of the
subsidy to the poor The Germans de-
clare that they will mercilessly resume
the war unless the insurreetion is; at
! once suppressed. Reunite and open
| the gates t. us. The work of the a
non will then cease, and tranquility
| and abundance will take its place. We