Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-05-01
FRANCE.
PARIS AND THE GOvERNMENT-
H0RRTBLE TNCIDENTs.

b I WFlHE NAlEK AldA AAACAuIa AAE AalLN
mune Waged irreprOfc C a9ly-nO eI
| plOsive bullets were ed. nery
was no bombarding places filled
with women and children. These vic
latiOns Of the Usages of civilized war
fare he charged upon the army OF
/ Versailles. Ia the cartridge boxes of
] prisoners taken by the National
troops, explosive bullets had been
found, and WantOn shelling Of the
most crowded parts of the city had
been going on for weeks. The mis-
understanding with the Prussians in
regard to the operations of railways
having been adjusted. The Commune
now propose tOcOnfiscate the property
Of the Northern railway, unless il re-
sumes running its passenger and pro-
vision trains into Paris. A Masonic
/ procession half a mile long passed
| through the streets to-day, and planted
| their banners on the ramparts, under
heavy fire. All lodges Of the order
/ in Paris were represented. Several
| MasOn5 were wounded while on the
/ walls.
Twelve thousand Versaillists oc-
! CUpy Geunevillieres.
The Nationals are making prepara-
! tiOns to abandon the southern forts.
| RumOrs of the reverses OF the Ma
| tiOnals at other quarters are current.
Batteries have been placed at Or
! leans and Vanguard Gates.
The inhabitants of MOntrouge,
| Plaisire, Vanguard and MOntmartre,
are removing from their dwellings.
Issy has not yet been abandoned.
DISTURBANCES IN FRANCE.
VERsAILLEs, April 29.-The As
| sembly has declared an urgent passage
/ bill Of visiting, with severe penalties
on all illegal seizures Of property in
/ Paris. Three delegates from the Ma
sonic fraternity Of Paris, come into
| the lines opposite the MaillOt gate;
they were received by cannOnading
officers and were conducted to this
place.
THE VERsAILLIsTs BEATEN.
PARIS, April so, evening. There
was a sharp engagement on Saturday
night at Les MOulinauX, in which the
Verssillists were repulsed with loss
OF tWenty-nine men, who were made
prisoners; but in the meantime a
column Of the enemy advanced on
Clamartre, q way station, and Occu-
DLE4 ElE lDu5E1 EMO uuluLEA AhEl5
from the intrenChments of Issy. The
fort was q wreck, the casemates bro
ken in, embrasUres demolished, thirty
of its sixty guns dismOunted, and the
ammunition for the mitrailleuses eX-
hausted. The garris0n.became Ta1iC-
stricken, the gunners mutinied and
spiked the half thus remaining guns,
and this morning before daylight the
entire garrison abandoned the fort.
It's cOmmandant, General Negry,
has arrived in the city.
THE GOVERNMENT VICTORIOUs-THE
AIAsONs AND THEIRS.
VERSAILLES, April 5O.-Park Castle
and Cemetery Issy we're carried by
the Government forces last night.
Eight cannon, a quantity of ammUni-
ton and two hundred prisoners fell /
into their hands. The advance is now
within seven hundred metres Of Fort
Issy, whose capture mOmentarily is !
expected. President Thiers granted
an interview to delegates from the |
MasOns of Paris, who arrived here !
last night. He told them that the /
Government desired an end of the |
civil war, but France could not capi- /
tulate in the presence Of an armed in /
surreCtiOn. He referred them to the /
Commune for the restoration of the 4
order within the city of which it had /
usUrped control.
THEIRS SPEAKs-A VICTORY.
VERSAILLES, April 3O.-Evening.-l
President Thiers, in a public circular,
gives a dispatch from General Cissy, !
announcing the success Of a coup dc /
main in BOnnany farm near Chat |
illOn, in which thirty-twO insurgents /
were killed and wounded, and seven
ty-tive taken prisoners. The same /
circular contains a dispatch from Gen /
eral FarOn, COnfirminga previous re-
port Of brilliant success of lOyalists
in front of fort Issy. CannOnading
continues. One hundred and fifty
prisoners, and ten pieces of artillery
were captured and brought to Yer
sailles.
CLUgARET PROVES HIMSELF A HERO.
General Cluseret, who wears Trains
shirts, went to the front at the first
detection Of his troops and returned
at noon to-day. Having failed to stop
the panic, he has sent out fresh troops,
among them the Avengers of Paris,
to re-OcCupy the works. A desperate
fight Is now in progress at that quar-
ter.
The Nationals, on Saturday, having
pursued some Chasseurs almost into
St. Dennis, the Prussians threatened
to fire into the latter if they entered
the town. The Chasseurs made a
detOur and escaped.
1t is reported that the Archbishop
of Paris has been released.
Engineers are at work on the south
ern portion Of the EnCiente,
The Northern railway has paid
S03, 900 francs to the Commune.
THE EAST.
BERLIN, April 29.-Spencer's ca
zetts announces that the French con-
tributiOn to support the German
troops has been paid up to the 18th
instant.
FUTURE POLITICAL TROUBLES.
LONDON, April 30.-The Observer
says thaE the NapOleOnites consider
the Assembly now sitting at Yer
sailles does not represent the will of
the nation, and are Of the opinion
that when the internal strife IS ended
it viii be necessary to consult the peO-
pie anew on the question Of govern
ment. They express their intention
of abiding by the result.
FRANCE FAILS TO PAY.
PARIS, April 29.-The instaIIment
Of 500, 600, 900 francs has not been
paid. The money has been offered,
payable by the Government in 1856,
with interest at six per cent, but the
offer has nOt been accepted. Theirs
says when Paris falls he can get bet