Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-04

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Foreign Intelligenoes
A dispatch from Versailles on the 1ah
says the Government troops had captured
and were occupying Asnieres, and mad
driven the enemy across the Seine. The
| insurgents admit having been repulsd al
Neuilly, but claim victories at lssy and
Claimant. A dispatch from AsDieres, rsd
Versailles on the 10th, says the insurrec.
ton was falling to pieces.
A Paris dispatch Of the goth indicates
tina. the government forces were continu
ally gaining ground. The fighting at
Neuilly on the 18th and 18th was very
fierce and bloody. Before retreatingt the
Nationals set fire to a number of houses
in Neuilly, and the inhabitants, hidden in
cellars. being unable to extricate them
selves, were burned to death.
| A Paris telegram Of the 23d says The
situation of the belligerents was unchang.
ed. The Versailles troops were building
formidable barricades in Neuilly and con.
structing pontoon bridges at Surennes and
Poteaux. Chateau Bacon, the pivot Of
their operations, was strongly fortified
Official reports to the Commune state that
the Nationals silenced several Of the
enemy's batteries and repulsed attacks on
forts Issy and Vanvres.
A Versailles dispatch Of the Goth s,ys
the Assembly had rejected a motion to
treat with the Paris insurgents.
A dispatch from Paris on the evening OF
the Goth says: "There has been desperate
house to house fighting all day at Neully
and Levallois. The forces Of the ASSN
bly, have been reinforced at Neuilly, but
the artillery of the Communists defended
with great tenacity the barricade opposite
the position Of the Versailles troops. The
cannonading was incessant throughout the
day. The Versaillists have not occupied
the village of Asnieres, but are entrenched
at the railway station, and in the Colonies
woods. The fire of the Versailles batter
les greatly tried the Nationals, but though
they have suffered heavy loss, they are
still undaunted."
A manifesto issued on the Goth by the
Commune at Paris pronounces compro-
mise with the Versailles Government i'm
possible, and closes with an appeal to
France to disarm the troops then threaten
ing the capital.
An interview was had on the Ath, at
Versailles, between President Theirs and
a deputation from the Masonic lodges of
Paris. In reply to request for an armis-
tice, Theirs said General L'Admirault had
power to grant truce whenever it should
become necessary, but that the Commune
could never be recognized by the govern
ment.
A Paris telegram of the Gath says
suspension of hostilities al Neuilly had
been arranged.
The Spanish generals recently exiled to
the Belearic Islands have received permits
sion to return home.
A San Domingo dispatch Of the 18th
says the troops of Baez had again defeated
Cabral. Several indecisive engagements
between the forces Of Luperol and those
belonging to Baez had lately taken place
in the northern provinces.
Dispatches received at Washington on
the 25th, from Minister Washburne, con-
corning affairs in Paris, state that the
people were Respondent and that no man
had yet appeared with sufficient strength
to bring order out of chaos. There was
no prospect Of a restoration of peace, and
the indications were that the civil war
would continue until the national energies
are utterly wasted
The London Times special from Yer
sailles on the 25th says a strong reaction
favorable to the restoration of Napoleon
is reported to have set in in the provinces.
1t is reported that the steamship Queen
of the Thames, from Melbourne, bsund to
London, has been lost, and that l large
number of persons were drowned.
A Paris telegram Of the evening of the
25th states that fighting had been suspend
ed on that day in consequence Of the ar
mistice. The belligerents had been en-
gagged in building and repairing barri-
cades. Many placards urging conciliatien
had been posted up.
Recent advices from Pekin, China, state
that the Imperial Government had made q
demand upon foreign Ambassadors, that
schools for the education of females be
abolished; that teaching to male subjects
of the empire of all doctrines opposed to
those of Confucius be forbidden; that
missionaries be considered Chinese sub
jects, and that Ambassadors are also noti-
fled that the attendance Of women upon
religious service is one of the occasions
of the recent massacres Of foreigners, and
that though the events cannot but be de-
plsred by the Imperial Government, COM
pensation for their commission is abso-
lutely refused.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the 10th, new Con-
ference Committee, consisting OF Messrs Edmunds,
Carpenter and Thurman, was appointed on the
Ku kux bill, who subsequently, reported the bin as