The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-05-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

Hftitlt tbiE&1Ili liz N13iEt
ship upon the inhabitants mad al.
ready been adOpted.
London, MaNThe Commu.
nists lost heayiF before d,Issy.
Gen. Douay NsyIi1g crossed the
Seine, is entrpinlipa within three
hundred yarIsuie walls of Paris.
The ltaHfau ia1fI,cr passedtle
PapaI Guaranteed bill with the
Scnate's notifications.
The motion to disestabIish the
English Church failed in the Honse
Of Commons by 2SJ majority, Dis
racli and Gladstone both opposing
the move.
MAY 1O.-Thcre was a sharp en-
gaseInent yesterday at the bridge
of Nellilly, in which the insurgents
Wcrcabeaten. vi @ taf
Paris, Tuesday Night, May g.
Lust Night tlie Insurgents, eensiii,-
crd of:the impossibility OF holding
d'issy, evacuated the place, going
hyway OF Nssnvres, thereby seseaT.
Ing the fire OF the Nersaillists. ss
Versailles, Way 1e.-One hun
drrd and twenty nine cannon were
captured ut Issy. fifty of which were
brought to this city. The capture
of Fort Issy causes terrier among
the, parisians. It ii claimed by the
government that the Communists
statement that the garrison escaped
from the Fort Issy before the cap
turr is untrue. T
The fire from Vanvres ceased at
six o'clock. 1t Is. believed that the
fort is evacuated. @
Franlkfort-on-the-M Maine, May 10.
A definite treaty ofpeace, between
France and Germany was signed At
> O'Clock to-day. gro,
Berlin, May 10.-Theren was a
brisk fight ut Neuilly last night.
The Versaillists have turned cleo
tric lights toward Paris.
General Rossers resignation has
been accepted aud the general pla-
ed nnder arrest 4e
Deleseluze has been appointed to
the position vacated by rRossel. =
D~ombrowski was offered the COM
mand of the army, but refuses un-
less it III nlade supreme.
During the past twenty-four
hours the government batteries
have been liking AN average of
eighty shots per minute-an un-
p%reeedented bonbardment, having
Il terrible effeeetupen t1leinsurgents.
Paris, May~11.-tieneral Rossel
was arrested yesterday and placed
in the custodygefM. tfirardin.
Atafiyeso'eluekyesterday both of
them disappeared, and laasenots
been recaptured. AE
1t il stated that the Versailles
forces after occupying Fort d,Isssf
turned the guns against the ram
parts. gM
Thursday eyennlg-Fort Vanvres
was captured last night by the Yer
~saiIlcs troopssaM held for a. short
time, when It was recaptured by
the communist forces. There has
beeilslcs1terate fighting there to-day.
General Rossel lsts anot gone to
Versailles, as reported, but remains
outside Of Paris ready to give as
Sistalfce to the revolution.
London, May 1I.-The treaty of
peace Just concluded at Frankfort
abrogates the commercial treaty
and 4iermanE, and
gives To russia flek eoatrDl ut the
railways in the coded territory in
consideration of a deduction from
the war indemnity of three hundred
and twenty-six millions of francs.
One Of the clauses of the treaty
provides for the acquisition by
Prussia Of the railway from Tlion-
vile to Luxembourg. ,eazg
Versailles, May II.-Important
news has beer received from Al
gcria, where the condition of affairs
has decidedly improved. The Arab
insurgents were defeated in an en-
.agemcnt, in which their leader was
&@
There WaSsome excitement to-day
in the Versailles Assembly, when
Theirs, i'm a somewhat excited man
lier, demanded avote of confidence.
Which resulted i'm 495 to 10 I'm IA
y0r of Theirs.
Versailles, May 12-Evening.-
The Goyernmenttroo ps to day male
a determined assaHlt upon the Con-
vent Of D'Issy and carried the po-
Sition at the nointof the l,ayonet,
though it was stoutly defended by
the Insurgents; many Of the. enemy
were killed and three guns captured.
London, Mar iTahe STANDARD
IF this evening has q dispatch as
that the COMMUNISTS fafees
ire o,fiy f3,000 strong, and the Yer
army could go into Paris to-
lay ii ii would.
Sir Iolln Frederick William Her.
only son Of the great asfFono
ner, is dead, aged - years.
Versailles, May I3.-Thirty thous-
md Nersaillists i in the Bois de
Cologne. e~ntreneIlcd.
The head column of the insurgent
from Port Dauphin, was NJ
owed to advance, when twenty
light shells burst among them.
The column was blown to atamss
The Versailles forces have oceu-
,ielhFarf Fanne Tie faaerala
carlson made their escape by a
iubterrancam passage to fort Mont
20 nianS 8 mnrfara. and