The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-24
Pans, April ls-Eyer


out orders. The Versailles troops'haVe estab-
nshed ;strong batteries to the LEFT of Valerien:
General Cluseret offered his resignation, as
the Communists have run into excuses, but
bis resignation was not accepted. At Neuilly,
to-day, the Versailles troops drove the insur-
gents within two hundred yards of Paris.
stragglers, mere boys of 16, returned dirty,
ragged and dispirited. The commandant Of
Notifications at Rue des Ternes was shot
| through the shoulder. The Nationals have
Just attempted to retake Asnieres but failed;
they seem to prefer fighting under fortihca-
tiens. Dombrowski: has disappeared. 1t is
supposed he is dead Or wounded. At last &C
counts the .Versaillists were within one hum
bred and fifty yards of the ramparts.
PARIS, April 2l-Eyening.
Cannonading between Cllchy and Nenilly is
incessant. The expected general attack by
the versailllsts has not commenced. The
Commune is making immense preparations
for defence inside and outside the ramparts.
VERSAILLES, April 3l-EVening. z
The Versailles army. holds, all offensive posi-.
lions from Chatillon south to Genneylllers,
north OF Paris, close to st. Denis. ,,+as,.a
VERSAILLES, April %.
A c~annonade is now in progress at advanced
posts. A decisive battle is Imminent. There
Is no truth In the rumors Of ministerial modi-
flcation and supplementary election to the As
semb!y. President Thiefs visited the wound
ed government soldiers A. mutlny is report
ed to have occurred among the Communist
troops. tfr9c M
ST. DENIS, April 20.
There are symptoms OF the Prusslans leaV-
Ing the forts, which will be given up to the
regular government, The Prusslans will re-
lire to Rheims. Seven thousand troops have
reached Versailles from Switzerland, and
80, 600 are ready to leave the same quarter for
Versailles.
- 49, ~. 8 = BRUSSELS April q.
It is reported that a portion Of the armysof
Versailles occupied st. DeEis, and that com:
munication by the northern railway is inter-
rupted. m 80
- LoNDoN, April %. :
A special dispatch to the Times from Paris
saws the Commune delegated its powers:to q
committed of nine members. A company.of
nronauts is' being formed In Paris. ef
The Times, correspondent at Versailles says
1t Is reported the Pruesians will surrender. the
forts still held by them to the Versailles troops
on Sunday. Paris will shortly be Isolated. The
shells from the insurgeni batteries fall short OF
ivalerien.
The Daily News special dispatch from Paris
saws there are serious discussions among the
members of the Commune. Communication
with provinces are cut of. All citizens under
IS years Of age are obliged to serve. =
The Telegraph's special dispatch from Yer
sailles says the Prusslans are preparing to
evacuate Clarendon. :.
General Ducrot has arrived at Versailles
with twenty thousand men Of the late Imperial
army.
1t is announced that Menottl Garibaldi will
at once return to Italy. -. a...'t y:
In the report made to the Commune yes
'terday, General. Cluseret claims to have re-
pulsed the Versailles army at, all points. Other.
accounts declare the fighting murderous, and
say the village orCourselles, on the righttbank
iof the Seine, between Neuilly and Clichy, is
filed with wounded.
. 1t Is stated that an armistice has been con-
cluded for to-day, for the burial of the dead
and to allow inhabitants of Neuilly, Clichy. and
other towns under bombardment to remove
to places of safety.
A barricade Is in course Of erection under
the Arch of Triumph.
A demonstration was made by English Dem
ocrnts IN Paris, at which resolutions were
adopted congratulatlng the Commune upon its
success :. .o.
The Journal Oficiel Of Versailles, to-day,
publishes a large number Of appointmehtsito
the Legion of Homer, In order I'd equallze re-
wards granted to the army. of the Rhine with
those of Paris, the Loire and the North. Gen.
erals Changarnier, Bourbaki, Cissey and: Bas-
son are awarded Grand Crosses of the Orders.
A dispatch from Paris says: /" Representa-
tlvcs Of m and industry Of the capital
are about to make q fresh attempt at %concilia-
ton, and will go TO Versailles for that purpose.
Tho army Of the Assembly are strongly iorti-
flying the towns of Sevres, Courbevoie and As
uieres, and the Communists are erecting de.
tenssve works at Neuilly, Levallois and Vii
llers. The Moi D'Ordre confirms the entry of
the Versailles troops into St. Denis. There
has been no cannonadlng since 10 O'Clock this
morning
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