Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1871-05-31
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Paris Taken at Last
THE COMMUNISTS ovERTHRowR.
FIENDIsH MASsACRES AND OUT
RACES COMMITTED.

ST. DENIS, May 24.-This has been
most terrible day for Paris. The city is
burning in many places, and the destruc-
ton of great part Of the central and
| eastern districts seems inevitable.
The Communists still hold all the dis
tricts between the Place Vendome, the
Tuileries, and Belleville. The troops
are moved down by the fire from win
dows and barricades, but steadily gain
ground. The slaughter is awful.
A Telegraph special says: Foreign
powers have ordered their representatives
in Paris not TO protect the insurgents.
1t is said that Washburne did not act in
concert with other diplomats. Belioray,
the Communist Minister of War, was
killed yesterday.
The dead remain unburied and the
wounded lay unattended in the streets.
ARCHBISHOP KILLED
VERSAILLES, May 25th.- Archbishop
Darboy, with ten hostages and nearly
fifty priests were murdered in cold blood
at the Mazas prison on Tuesday night.
RETRIBUTIoN.
Several leaders of the commune were
shot to day, after being tried by drum
head court-martial.
Last night and to day the troops re.
fused TO give quarter, and killed all who
fell into their hands.
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 25th-Afternoon.
Since noon strong southeastery
wind has prevailed, which blows the
flames towards the Place de la Bastile
threatening the entire city with destruc-
ton.
ST.. DENNIS, May 25th--Evening.-
Fighting has ceased. The VersailIists
have completed possession of the city.
the CONGREGATIONS are nearly all of them
extinguished. They in all cases were
iguted By the shells of the Versailliste,
and not by the communists. A portion
of the Louvre was saved. The most
precious works are safe in the vaults.
New YORK, May 25th.-A special dis
patch gives the details of fearful scenes
enacted in Paris yesterday. The Trib.
ane correspondent says the fighting in
Boulevard Haussman and Faubourg St.
Honore, was very severe. Many houses
are filled with the dead and wounded of
both sides. The hotel of the Tuileries
and the north side of the Louvre are
completely Quilted. Four walls only of
the Palace Royal are standing, and fight
ing is very severe around the Hotel de
Vile, which is blazing with. petroleum.
The British embassy building is much
damaged. The auditors Office of ar
chives is burned and the Place de la Con-
cordo is terribly injured. No quarter
was given. The Versaillsts behave well
to the inhabitants. A fire is raging in
nearly every street. The Northern Rail
road station is in the hands of the Yer
saiists. There is heavy lombard
ment OF Paris from, tho ban iondes on the
top of Rue Fayette.
The capture of the Place Vendome
made the TuilIeries untenable, and the
insurgents saturated it with petroleum
and set it on fire. The insurgents are
still fighting like tiends, and The eastern
Fauburg population seem mad with JOY,
and the tri color waves everywhere. The
streets are quiet and the Versailles troops
are orderly,
New YORK.. May GA dispach
from st. Denis Friday night says there
are still terrible conhagrations in Paris,
the flames of which rise to great height,
and illuminate the country for miles,
All human aid seems valueless and the
only chance of saving much more yalua
bic property from destruction rests in the
hope that the night will remain calm
The London fire brigade is expected, but
has not yet arrived in Paris.
The slaughter of insurgents has been
frightful and the Versallists have been
killing all prisoners taken.
The houses 10 the Rue Royale were
covered with petroleum and the insur-
gents fired them. The people are furious
IN consequence Of the fear that the insur |
gents intend to destroy the whole city :
Even women are discovered throwing |
petroleum upon the houses, and six mem.
bers of the National Guard, dressed as
pompeers, and who threw petroleum on
the fires instead of water, were shot in
the Place Royal.
Hidden Communists when found are
brought out and shot Immediately, and
no pity is shown. Rayel Bigaut, chief
of the Communists Police, and Corbet.
superintendent of the destruction of the
VeLdome column, have been captured
and shot. Numbers of the prisoners,
among them hundreds of women of the
demi monde, taken fighting for the Com
muue, have arrived here.