Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-05-17

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Upos.
I"ecrafAsd ETclEsiret ,e M Erentr.o Gar
kNcftfnx scenes at the Dem oIit,eu nj
the sendoWe Column
4 PARIS, May ~, TUESDAY Night-rhare VAS
tremendous scene st the fall of the Column al
Nendome, At half past O'Clock this afternoon.
The fall was announced for O'Clock. ana al
the balconies in the Place Yendome we're
hrorsed with ladiS. Rues de IL Pal, ana
CsS;igilone were crowded. Three bands 81
music arrived willie the vorkmen we're engaged
IN chipping At the base OF the column. NJ.
Abad'e next arrived and inspected the Windlsss
Inc eNci'ement Was intense. kochefort mex
hpIta rec ahd the people crow iei srOund him.
giving him loud cheers. Soon AL arrarre -,auss
were CON pleted. and the bugles sOnn lsl. The
cable WAS stretched sud tfsh.enes INT ne
column stood firm. The wlndlsss broke and ne
nulleSs dew into the cir and descended. striking
sailor SUD woundlng him After this A., l.let,t
AoAdie declared that he needed two hours -
Ielst me tackle. At a qusrtcr-pasi - Wa
gwen out that the column would not fan before
:: A general expression OF dsagprobatiou Weut
completely with the Ners titles eover,m.r,
I and narrowly ESCAPED the euiilotine Az twenty
minutes past O'Clock the cable was again
tretched Tor the work Of demolition. Suddenly.
10 the surprise Of the spectators the vast coIum,,
moved and swayed. II next svert marnircepfiy
do~n, bursting into fragments ss 10 struck the
. earth II Tell lengtkwlse in the kue de Ia Pax
exactly on manure cushion prepare FOR n.
spliutcftuR with a duh heavy laundering SOM =.
while q thick cloud of dust and crushed rri
POWDERED masonry rose IN the air. The rraa.,g
gave tremendous shouts Of ISrs IA C5ms,-.
sho the bands played the MarsclsIse. Nlru
The dust cleared away there lay the gloria..
column shattered 20 pieces. II. bronze AGA
masonry In two msSses together In the midI...
and the statue OF the Emperor several feet Tr.rll
ere s s OF me column With the head knOcA-I
or. Tie crowd rushed forward 20 collect th,-
fragments a. relics, and the quarts were una,is
20 reset the rush. NeIt the orators commenced
speeches, indaleins in all sorts OF eNuavacanI
language, The statue OF the Emperor MA,
treated a. II IL had been the Emperor hin,seT
The nationals spat into its face api struck ID
with their rires After the cerernouirs we
concluded the crowd disper sed. and the soldiers
moved on, waving the red flag snd giving eH-
preston 10 10Y by continued shouting. The ex-
citement was intense, and is even now high
Dissensions I'm Paris aud az Versailles.
kRsAILLks, Nav Is, eveniug-A tradesmap
from Paris says many thousand- OF the men OF
order are anxious TO have q fearful revenge on
me me req repnbucsns when the forces OF the
liners government enter the city. The s'reds'
have made them fight the Versailles troops
against their will. ana informed that the sol-
a ais1s peicnglng 70 the Versailles goyerumsnt
when captured by the insurgents are torturedta
death. In Fort Nanyres. before the capture a
captain OF McMahon's army was taken and i'm
medlately shot. The troops are Indignant ant
swear vengeance. IL Is believed the grand
assault viii take place in a few hours The
enemies OF Theirs assert that be is DELAYING
otoering II 10 be made because be IL afraid the
end OF his power will arrive when the arpV
captures Paris. The National Assen,bIv Is no,,
deIbersting whether IL can call itself the Con
sttuent Assembly.
War Notes Through London.
LONDON, May IA dispatch from PAIRS
SAWS the Steele. National, AreniT Nat,5a1I L..
suppressed.
Several persons were injured by the fall OF tie
The NeTSsilists parallels have been agyanees
uhul they are now only one hundred metrcs
IRON the remparts OF Paris. The troops In m.
trenches are greatly disturbed by the fire OF the
insurgents, and az many a. thirty OF them were
A Daily Neirs special from Paris saws the inn
poTtant minority OF the commune has PROTESTED
ssslnst NE continued existence OF the commit
The Standards special from Versailles siyes
the report that Fort MontrOuge has been AIKEN
j lie same correspondent SAYS the republican
delegates will present 20 the scuhly A motiou
Tor the appointment Of Thiers % the Presidency
OF the republic for two years, and adds that a
dlstuI bance IL expected.
Tho keds Afraid Of Their Generals.
PARIS, MsN The column OF Nendotne feli
IN three pieces. The square an which il food
vii LenceIorih be known as " Place In.sTna-
tonAle.' The committee OF Public safety ha-
by decree, associated the civil commissioners
with all the generals Of the commune ia order
a IL said, 10 prevent The danger OF a air,a.o-
ship. Burger and De Reuveare associated in
with General DombroWski; Johannard with IA
Cecilia, and Meiilet with WrObleski. An the
TRAINS leaving Paris are carefully examined
The owners OF petroleum are ordered 10 IepoTt
70 the commune. The Parisians still hold
MOntrouge. Fort gsnVres is uDoccupied The
NeIsailidsts are pressing operations for the CAP
Louis Blanc Coming 60 the Unttea
States.
VERSAILLES, Nav E.-Loais Blanc viii 90 -
a, m ,s after the termination OF the sessions
LATER
Paris TO be AsssuIsed-The Commu-
nists Leaving In Dismsy.
LONDON, NAV 1.-The NLdGfsrdis a
patch says the Nersaillists will probably carry
the city to- night and the communists are leaving
in dismsy.
Twelve Hen Drowned ~ Sea.
LONDON, May ia French fishing vessel has
been run down and sunk in the English channel
by an American bark whose name il not re-
were lost.
Ciu:eret Building Barrieades.
PARIS, May I.-General Cluseret advises tbe
Committee OF Safety TO cause the erection on
barbados in Place de PEtOile, Place de Koins-
and Place dEylsn, Of the second line OF the
defensive works, from the Passy Gate 70 Gre
nellie Bridge; and of the third line from Popt
&c Ia CoDcorde 20 Porte de Ia Ouen.
SNOW I'm England
LONDON, May 1.-THE weather IL very cold
ana snow fell this morning i'm Scotland And
north OF England. IL is thought the croIs have
sustained serious injury.
HE Mexican TroubIes.
Jaarez's Generals Resisi HIS AatkoTtig
MArAMoRAs, May s-JuareZ l. relieving Ala
the Generals supporting his opponents. He has
cent General Ochos to relieve General ROeha,
San Luis Potosi Roehs IL supported by Escab.
edo, and he refuses 20 obey the order Tie
matter is still pending. General Lopez, coIn-
manding at Iampico, acting under instructions
rom General Roeha. also refuses TO be relieved.
IL is reported that the port OF Tampico has
been closed General Paiacios com mapJlins az
Mstamorss, supports Roeha and will act lie