Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-01
Frightful News from Paris.
OUTSIDE PARIS. Nav 25-Nirh

the burning: debris falls to a great dis
tance. 1t is said the Mazas Prison is re-
i duced to cilders. ~ @i; Vs.
Fears are still entertained forthe safety
of Archbishop Darboy.
Paris dispatches announce>the Rue
Royale destroyed by mines. The insur;-
gents were drivens into the Cemetery OF
Pere la Chaise, where they are surround
ed and must be captured.
La Liberte says that foreign powers
promise.the prompt extradition of mem
bers of the Commune in the event of
their escape from France.
=Courbell, a prominent Communist, was
shot by the Versaillists. ,..4
The following leading insurgents have
been shot: Wales, Andrauex, Brunei,
Piqut, Dombrowski and Bosquet. The
report of the arrest of Pyatt, Delescluze
and Clusereti is unconir,ned.
The Northern Railway is repaired, but
entrance to the city is still refused.
- The German positions at Auberviliers
and elsewhere are. strengthened TO pre-
vent the escape of insurgents. The Ger
mans permit only women and children,
inhabitants Of the burnt quarters of Par
is, to leave the city,. 'aQ4 lai
The following public buildings are de-
stroyed: Palace of the ,Tuilleries, Minis:
try of Finance, Prefecture ofGPolice,
Court of Accounts, Palace of the Legion
of Honor, the Barracks on Quai d. Orsay,
Hotel de Vile and Mount de Piete. The
following are saved: Ministry of Marine,
Interior, Foreign Affairs and Agriculture
the Pantheon, Ecole Militaire, Ecole des
Beaux Arts, Bank of ofFrance, Credit Fon-
cier, and the Churches generally. s., =
.sd so. VERSAILLES, May 20.
The instruction is squelched in the
Quarter Moufiiord of Paris, where six
thousand prisoners were captured. The
insurgents are still confined to Belleville
and Les Butes Chaumont, whence Pc
troleum shells are fired all over Paris.
McMahon has summoned the insur-
gents to surrender. All hereafter found
armed will be shot. The Mazas prison
is captured. The insurgents had remov-,
ed their hostages. At noon today there
was fierce fighting at Pantin.
The battle at Pantin continues. The
insurgents are being attacked on three
sides by Government troops. - -
Confagrations in Paris continue. y.
ta -. PARIS, May 25. =.
The collections in the Louvre were all
saved, except the library, in which a
great many valuable books were destroy
ed. The National Library and Grand
Lievre are safe. The insurgents still hold
Bercey, the Place de La Bastille, Charon,
Belleville and Menilmontant. The in
surgents have evacuated and blown up
Fort d. Ivry. The government troops are
now attacking the Place Bastile.
i. ~ VERSAILLES, May 26.
New fires are burning, and the insur-
gents have but boxes ofpetroleum every
where. 1t is reported that Bergeret him.
self fired the Tuileries after having steep
ed it in petroleum. The Church of st.
German Aux Errois was burned and the
Palais of Justice destroyed. Blood runs
in the cutters. The walls of the Tuile-
ries have fallen. The Rue Rivoli is
burning. 80 .yg.
Dead Nationals, are seen everywhere.
Any hidden Nationals are brought out
and Immediately shot. A few Commu-
nists, holding out, are shelling the city.
The slaughter of the Nationals is fearful.
The versaillists since Tuesday have been
killing all prisoners. Houses in the
Rue Royalewere wet with petroleum, and
the Nationals fired them. The insurgents
evidently intended to destroy Paris.
Even women were discovered throwing
petroleum on the houses. Six Nationals,
dressed as panpiefs, discovered throwing
petroleum instead of water on the fires,
were shot. There is no limit to the read
mess that exists to kill members of the
Commune and leaders of the Guards
when captured. The gas works at Au-
bervilliers have exploded. Many other
explosions have occurred.
The Versaillists are advancing on
Bellevillc, whence petroleum bombs fall
over Paris. The insurgents still hold
four strong positions. 1t is known that
some of the hostages held by the. Com
munists have been shot. The troops
TO arrest numbers OF women
bottles OF petroleum. y court
martial for the trial of the insurgents
commences Monday. Washburne tele-
craps that : o'clock, Friday evening,
American. lives and property were safe.
The foreign tiremcn from London have
entered Paris: The contlagration is de-
The Versailles Railroad work
shops have been burned. Theinsurgcnts
nave been driven from Charonne. The
Prussians detain escaping Communists.
LONDON, May q.
A dispatch from soissy says the Ger
mans who have been seeking for the
Archbishop of Paris and other hostages,
'eport that they cannot find them. They
re supposed to have been shot.
1t is calculated that over $4,000 dead
bodies are in the houses and cellars .in
Paris, many of whom are women and
It's said the women were per-
ectly furious during the fights. Execll-
ions are constant. The destruction Of
is terrible. 1t is estimated that
ne-fourti of Paris is destroyed.
VERSAILLES, May 27.
Favre dispatches representatives abroad
hat the acts of the insurgents are crimi-
lal. not political, and asks their extra +.
ition, should any enter neighboring
ountries.
M. Picard to-day. informed the Assem-
ly that General Cissey occupies the
hole left bank of the Seine; that Gene
MS Vinoy and Douay, after capturing
he Place do la Bastile, occupied Flu
ough st. Antoine as far as the Barrier
u Trone; that Generals Cllnchant and
Admirault have advanced to the foot of
leheights of Les Buttes Chammont, and
lat they will 10 morrow, with GO,000
len, occupy this last refuge ofthisi mon.
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