New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-03-20
pRocrnAuoS OF NJ. THEIRS.

dwellings Of their ftlOw-cItiZons. lie declared that
BY such acts as these the Republic was fatally COM
promised, because a Republic accompanied by dis
ordces would be lost lie insisted that the present
Government is really Republican, and no friend of
tbeE.ruUhc should strike at it. The Government
would take the cannon from these men who, misled
bvdcsl.,ning politicians, sought to inaugurate civil
WI. Il. draws picture Of the derorable results Of
then doucs. showing how the Teviving commerce Of
the city was stopped and the shops were deserted
He concludes as follows:
"Tbe Government, hoping the malcontents VIII
return u their duty as good citizens and obey the
laws sill vithhod5 orders TO proceed to extreme
measure 70 free the country of a new enemy; hut
itisto determined to act when necessary, and deliver
the principals over 70 justice. The Government re-
lies on the cooperation Of all good citizens. After
this warning we shall proceed to force peace, If nee
essaTy, at al hazards"
THE ATTACK.
The Government, following uD tho proclamation
Of President Tiers, at midnight Friday sent
detachment Of troops and gendarmes to occupy the
positions Of the insurgents in the Montmartre Dis
trict. a considerable number of cannon were TO
moved, and the gerdarncrie made some 100 prison
ers. In the morning. however, the National Guards
of Belle, lie and Montmartre, with many unaTned
soldiers Of the line arrived CD the scene and released
the prisoners.
THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS JOIN THE INSURGENTS.
Gen. Yinoy. who was in command OF the Govern
ment forces having posted a Gordon of troops around
the hill Of Monmmtre and planted mitrailieuses at
the approaches and his sontinels preventing all per
sons from ascending the hin the batteries Of mi
trailleuses were soon surrounded by angry groups
who demanded TO know why the authorities dis
Trusted the people, and if it was their inten-
ton 70 massacre them. The soldiers when
asked if they meant to fire on the
citizens made 10 reply and coon a general frateni-
zation commenced. Tho people were allowed to
draw the -nitraiIeuses aside and ascend the nights
The companies of soldiers the summit also frateT
nized with the Nationals, who were guarding the
cannon still in tLeir possession. As fresh troops
arrived On the ground the people shouted TO them,
"Revcrse ar1ns~ and the order was obeyed. at 10
o'clock a. m, the Nationals held the ground again,
and prevented al unarmed persons from going mp
the hill.
Az OFFICER MURDERED By TIE MOB.
At the same hour serious conflict occurred in the
Place Picae CT The end Of street leading from the
nights. Some aItilleIymen and chasseurs were sur
rounded BY an angry mob, who accoscd them with
shouts of. Go and ight the prussians.' i ieuten-
ant Of chasscus while endeavorng TO disengage
his horse from the crowd, drew his saber.
He was instantly dragged from his horse
and killed A melee followed, in which
an artIeryman and two Nationals were wounded.
But the fighting soon ceased, the soldiers having
abandoned their posts and mingled with the crowd,
distributing among them their cartridges and re-
Hnquisnnc their chassep6ts. The artillerymen also
suffered the people to remove two mitraiileuses'
making no further show Of resistance The
gendarmcs alone proved faithful to the Govern
nent but were too small in numbers to be effective,
and were withdrawn.
THE INSURGENTS MASTERS OF THE SITUATION.
Atm O'Clock many battalions of National Guards,
fully organized, marched into tho MonhnartTe dis
trct shouting Jira Ia Eepu5Hque" The district
was then wholly in the possession Of the Nationals,
The soldiers having deserted. Not gendarme nor
asingle regular was visible All tho National Guards
were amply supplied with cartridges, and appeared
determined to retain their cannon and hold their
position on the nights
At Laviette also, the troops fraternized with the
insurgents; whole regiments Of the line surrendered
their arms refusing to act against the insurgents,
and marched across the Place de La Concorde and
Champ de Mars.
OBJECTS OF THE MOVEMENT.
The purposes Of the insurgents are still indefinite,
Their main object just now is resistance to the Gov
eminent. The crowds in the Montmartre and Belle
vile, however, are unanimous in their clamors
against the Assembly at Bordeaux. They demand
its immediate dissolution and the election of new
body which shall sit in Paris
Up to a late hour Saturday evening the aeita-
ton and uncertainty continued. The troops had all
withdrawn from the faubourgs where the people
appeared excited and hostile. The Nationals were
assembled at various points. The boueyards were
crowded, but there was no further conflict. The
running.
GENERALS MURDERED AND TAKEN PRISONERS
Startling facts connected with the events of the
morning have become known. Gen. Faron was sur
martre. His troops pro we'd faithful they charged
and took three barcades. using the bayonet and fin
ally cut their way out and escaped. Gen. lie COmte
and others were not so fortunate. Abandoned by
their men, they were made prisoners by the
xotera aud are now detained in the Cha