Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-22
Desperate Fighting at Hsu.lIy-The
Versailles Troops Advancing.
Cholera Anticipated - Numerous
Deaths from Kindred Diseases
Occurring
a PisCs Of stFatsgy-Ths COmmuH-
isis Fighting Among Them
selves.
Thsre has Been an Awful Slaughter,
and the General Officers of the
Communists are 0uarreliHg
About il.
Circulars from the Communists and
President ThIsrs-Ths Insur-
gents 0utIawsd by the As
ssmbly.

LONDON, April, IA dispatch rom
Versailles says the assertion of the
Communists that they have recovered
their positions lost on the 18th is false.
The Parisians have been driven to the
right bank of the Seine, and have not
attempted to return to Asnieres.
A dispatch dated Paris last evening
| SAYS there has been desperate fighting
! from house to house at NeUilly aud
/ LevallOis. The forces of the Assembly
have been reinforced at Neuilly. The
Communists defend with great tenaCi-
/ ty the barricade opposite the position
( of the Versailles troops. The can
/ nOnading was incessaut throughout
the day.
The Nersaillists have not yet Occu-
| pied the village Asnieres, but are at
the railway stations and in the
woods.
The fire from the Versailles batter
les greatly tries the Nationals, but
/ though they have suffered a heavy
loss, they are still Undaunted.
A decisive engagement is impend-
/ ing at Msilliot, the gate ramparts ad-
/ joining which, are heap of ruins,
/ The shells reach even Rue de CalaysO
Bien.
The newspapers have to stop pub
liCatiOn. The COmpCsitOrs Of most Of.
] the journals are engaged in riOting.
The NelCS special from Versailles
says the Prussiaus intend to surrender
/ those forts around Paris, which are
/ still in their possession, to q lawful
! government.
Five hundred million francs in
demnIty, due April lst, are still Un-
The barricade in Rue de Rivoli, in
Paris, is represented to be extremely
! formidable.
A Versailles dispatch, of to-day,
says that several barricades, with a
number Of prisoners and several can
| non, were captured at Neuilly.
The Prussian military authorities
have required the Government to fur
nish information as to the number Of /
/ troops daily arriving at Versailles,
Duke d'BrOgle has returned to his
post, as French Ambassador, at Lon
don.
A Paris special says cholera is an
ticipated, as numerous deaths are
| occurring from kindred diseases.
A Versailles dispatch says the in !
surgents are bOmbarding Sevres from !
a new naval battery erected at Point /
du Jour, and the Government is una /
bic to reply.
The GdUlOiS says it must confess /
that the insUrgent defense shows sys- !
TEN, intelligence and daring.
Another dispatch from Paris says |
the taking of Asnieres was accom- |
plished by strategy. The troops in |
| line simulated friendship, and thus
passed the OutpOsts of the insurgents
/ without difficulty.
The buildings at Asnieres were de- /
/ strOyed.
A dispatch dated 5;25 pm. Wednes- /
| day, says Nslerlen and COUrbevOie
/ are shelling Paris frightfully, and that
| forty civilians were killed.
PARIS, April 2l-WOrld special
Another revolution is imminent. The
/ Commune has arrested the Central
/ Committee, accusing its members with
negOi ;qting with President Theirs to
befrav Paris. The National Guards
are Indignant, and threaten to arrest
the Commune unless tne committee
are released. Complete Snarchy
reigns.
PARIS, April 2l.-General OkOlO- |
L
sailles army have thrown up entrench- /
meuts on the left bank of the Seine, /
and are now concentrating at PUteauX
and COurbevOie with the apparent in |
tentiOn Of making a sOrtio against lie
Valois and Villieres.
General DOmbrOWsH still claims
victory, but the Nationals are re
turning dispirited and disgusted. |
/ al al
DOmbrOwski complains Of the inefi- |
cheney of the officers.
The American metTailleUses have
been moved to the front.
DOmbrOwski states that he is wait !
ing for the cooperation of the gun
boats, which will be ready in four
days.
The Communists are burning the |
houses held by the Nersaillists in |
Asnieres.
1t is uncertain whether the Arc de |
TriOmphe was destroyed by fire from /
the Assemblists' batteries or blown |
up by mine.
PARIS, April 2l.-The Commune |
has issued a manifesto saying that /
Paris is once more labOring and suf- /
feriDg for a regeneration. France de- /
mands local autonomy and encourage |
ment Of producers; she does not aim
at dictatorship; she desires to decen-
tralize the unity Of the country. The
document prOnOunces the compromise
with Versailles impossible and closes
with an appeal to Favre to dissrm the
troops threatening the capital.
VERSAILLES, April 20.-President
Thiers in a circular to the prefect of
the department announcing the cap
ture Of Asnieres, declares the end of
the criminal resistance Of the govern
ment approaching.
News via London says the Assem-
bly, has rejected the motion to treat
with the Paris insurgents.
ST. DENIS, April 2l.-There are
symptoms Of the PrUssians leaving
the forts which are to be given to the
regular Government. The Prussians
will retire to Rheims.
General CanrObert has visited 1
Thiers. Seven thousand troops have /
reached Versailles from Switzerland, /
and -, 900 are ready to leave the same /
quarters for Versailles.
There is 70 be a meeting of the |
Generals to arrange against an attack /
on the insurgents floating battery /
that has been constructed on the 1
Seine.
GALVESTON.