Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-04-28
Foreign Notes.

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PARIS, April 25.-Atian early hour to-day
Ports Bineau and Ternes presented extraordina-
ry scenes-carriages, ambulances, and all kinds
of vehicles crowded with men, women and chill
dren, rich and poor, all c;amorous to leave the
horrible city. Only the persons possessing con-
veyances were allowed to leave, however
Some took up decent women, who wished to
search for their relatives at Neuilv. There was
great distress outside the gates. The sight was
pitiable. Many of the nationals were drunk;
thousands of poor collecting remnants of furni
ture; ambulances seeking wounded; houses torn
open by shells; ratings and lamp-posts were
ripped up; trees were cut off, and horses killed
at the barricades, where, in spite of the armis-
tice, the nationals were working devastation
| horribly. AT the point near the junction of
| Avenue Rouil and Rue Orleans it was evident
that nothing with life could have existed under
such storm of iron hail, and many were the
| impromptu places of shelter resorted to. There
| was strange mixture OF ruins and magnificent
furniture.
The asylum for the aged and bed-ridden is full
of wounded, and everybody is hurriedly placing
| the sick and young in vehicles and their
goods in vans before the slaughter would re-
commence. On the Elysees crowds of persons
| were viewing the scenes Of destruction or NOV.
| Ing furniture.
The Ottoman embassy is being dsmantlcd
Many distinguished persons are present. Bv
| five O'Clock $4,000 people had gathered at the
ramparts waiting to see the first shot fired. 81
Croix is all in ruins. In it | found a man much
emaciated, who had lived in a cellar three weeks
Last week the nationals came to the place and
demanded the plate and money, and the follow
ing day the priests removed to the English con.
vent, the next door. On Friday last the com.
munists returned, visited the English convent
and demanded the priests. The concierge nj.
tempted to save them, but those who could be
found were seized and bound and taken to pris-
on. The nationals attempted to set the convent
| on fire.
To-day Porte Maillot is being repaired by three
hundred persons. Every person going ont ia
forced to carry sack Of earth to the work. and
Il any one refuses he Is arrested. Three mem.
oers OF the commune, accompanied by bril-
lant escort attempted to approach Versailles,
but were driven back by Versailles troops, who
are stern and uncompromising in appearance,
AT 4;oO people were hurrying home. AT 40
theie was general stampede toward the portes
ana at hVe O'Clock the Versailsts had with.
uraWn pehlno inc oarncades, where they had
been fraternizing with the communists. There
was no firing from the Neuilly side till six
o'clock.
VERSAILLES, April 25-Evening.-There ba,
been bombardment OF Fort Issy all day. and T
breach is distinctly visible. The Prussians ner
nit the Versaillists to erect batteries between
the forts, but if the insurgents approach the,
will fire. An attack on lssy has been arranged
| PARIS, April 27.-The southern forts arr
badly damaged. The Versaillist projectiles fal
inside the ramparts of the city. A grea
many people are killed and wounded. The Mo
d'0rdre says that the communists will blow III
the forts if necessary. The commune claims Il
have silenced the Versailles battery at Meudon
captured barricade at Neuily and dsmounteC
five guns at Courlevoie. The communal coun
Gil now holds it sittings with closed doors.
VERSAILLES, April 26.-The Prussians bay,
ordered the arrest of the cure of the church O
st. Denis. The cause is unknown. Seven can
mons in Fort Issy have been dismounted anc
Fort Montague is an utter wreck. The Prus
sian General Barnaekow and staff have arrived
at Dieppe, where Gen. Won Cohen, commandel
Of the German force in the north Of France. 1,
expected. Six Thousand troops from the Yer
sailles army have executed some imnortant
movements north of Paris. The situation o.
the insurgents south of Paris is said to be GOOD
Theirs announces in circular that active one
rations commenced yesterday. The insurgents
battery on Trocadero has been removed. There
was some fighting at Asnieres yesterday. The
bridge over the Seine to Clichy, but were M
successful.