The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-24
APPOINTMENT OF ADMIRAL SOISSET
Commander of the National Guard
Stc., Etc.. Etc.. ETC., Etc.
FROM EUROPE.

Postponement of the s.I. Iasurrectionary EIec-
LONDON, March 24.-The insurrectonary Gen.
trail Committee has issued proclamation post
poning the elections in Paris until after ener-
getic measures have caused their reclaimed
rights to be respected.
At meeting Of the Mayors and Deputy
Mayors of Paris,
Admiral soisset
was appointed Commander-in- chief of the Ma
tional Guards of the city, with General Langlois
as Chief of Staff and Victor Schoelcher as Chief
of Artillery. The appointment of soisset has
inspired confidence among the friends of order.
The BeIleviIle Nationals
have occupied Mairies in Rue Drouot and the
First arrondissement of Paris, after a long nego-
tiation with the Nationals of that quarter, with
whom number of Zouaves and Guards Mobile
of the Seine were seen.
The Mobiles Demand Arms to Fight the Insur-
who have barricaded the Place Vendome.
General LndmirauIt
will probably succeed General Vinoy in the
military command of Paris.
The orderly Nationals have
Expelled the Insurgents
from part of the Eighth reimbursement, COM
prising the Faubourg st. Honore the
Second arrondissement, comprising the Place
de la Bourse, and the Ninth arrondissement,
comprising Rue Drouot. They then occupied
St. Logaro (?) station, and asked OF the Govern
ment at Versailles reinforcement of troops to
retake the railway crossing, where the insur-
gents control traffic.
An American Among the Victims.
Among the victims of the affair in the Place
Verdome was an American named George
| Tirrell.
At noon yesterday Paris was quiet, and the
| Bourse closed.
General Ducrot Ind been Shot
! by his own soldiers.
| Disturbances at Lyons
are reported, where some people proclaimed the
commune and resisted the red flag.
| Thiers has Telegraphed TO the Prefects
to set at work the anarchist Liyonnese, and given
credit for the purpose.
At the sitting of the Assembly on Wednesday
1t was said it had been decided to hold munich
pal elections in Paris before the 10th of April.
Military Measures Against Paris
| were also projected. General Charette who is
at Versailles, has been commissioned to raise a
volunteer legion in the west of France, and has
issued an appeal to the defenders of order,
family, and religion to join the ranks.
special despatch to the Daily NeoS says
People Flying from Paris
| terror stricken, and the rebels preparing for
a desperate encounter to recover their lost
ground.
Terrible Railway Accident.
An accident occurred to railway train filled
with interned artillerymen returning to France
by which % were killed and ~ injured.
Lord Lyons Confident.
LONDON, March 24.-Lord Lyons telegraphs
TO the Government that he is confident of the
early restoration of order in Paris.
The Commons Last Night
| sustained the ministry on various clauses OF the
| Army bill by heavy maiorities.
This RI0Fnins's Quotations
LONDON, March 24-11'30 A. M.-Consos fol
money, s21&; for account 02&@92A. American
securities quiet; b-20s of 1862, 92; OF 1866, old
0lA; of 1867, 90s; 1O-4Os, So Erie Railroad, Is
Illinois Central, llo4; Atlantic and Great West
FRANKFoRT, March 2s-U. s. $40 bonds closed
961i@963S.
ANTWERP, March 23.-Petroleum closed at 4sKf
| LIVERPOOL. March 24-1l'30 A. M.-COttOn quie
and steady; upland, 714d. Orleans, T&d The sale
OF the day estimated at IL 600 bales. The sale
OF the week have been $4,000 bales; for export
l1OtO for speculation 5000. Stock, 7s0 900; Ameri
can, As 200 Receipts OF the week, $4,000 bales
American, $4,000. Actual export 3S,000