Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-22
Bloody Revolution.
The Sans Culottes of Paris In their
EIement-AtF0CieUs Scenes
Riot and Ruin.
The Gsnilsmsn Of the PsVsmsnl "
in the AsCsndant-0sCeECy and
Order take & Back Seat.
Communism 0yerrides the Republic
-Thl0rs and tie Assembly
Disguised.
Respectable People having Money
are Leaving Paris to the Mob
and the RsCrsant National
Guard.

are Leaving PaFis 10 me mOD
and the RsCrsant National
Guard.
NEW YORK, March 2l.-Advices
! from Paris, dated yesterday, report
| the situation unchanged. > Fresh bar
ricades have been erected, but there
/ is general quietude; Omnibuses have
| stopped running and traffic ceased.
| The Nationals have occupied forts
| Issy, Vauvray and Bicetre. The pO-
| lice commissioners arrested Gen.
| Chauzey, who was so maltreated by
/ the mob that he has been sent TO the
! hospital. The Insurgent Central
Committee, it appears, has signed an
order for the release Of Gen. ChauZey.
! Cremer is spoken Of as probable COM
| mander of the National Guards. The
Insurgents have seized funds in Hotel
de Vile and mayOralties. All ap-
proache5 to Paris are guarded by the
Nationals for the purpose of prevent
/ ing an invasion. A proclamation
/ of Louis Blanc, Victor SchOlahr, and
| Others, which contains the following
| statement:
" Actuated by the absolute necessity
/ Of having Paris and the Republic con-
| WINGED Of the best means Of achieving
the end which will satisfy the legiti-
mate wishes Of France and the people,
/ we will propose to the National As.
| sembly that measures be adopted
providing for the election by the Ma
| tiOnal Guard Of its own chiefs, and for
| the creation of q Municipal Council
to be elected by the suffrage of all
| citizens. What is most wanted now
is order in liberty and by liberty"
/ The Central Committee published
/ Monday its official journal headed,
! Official Journal Of the Republican Con-
! federation. Ii contains the following
| manifesto: "rWo hundred and fifteen
! battaliOns of the National Guard re-
/ pudiate the disturbances. The Gov
! ernment Calumniates Paris and arms
! the provinces; it imposes upon Us
a commander, and attempts the right
! ID disarm US; removes the capital,
and UNANIMOUSLY seeks to be5mear our
| honor withf bloody filth" The Ma
| tlOnals have participated in no crime.
! A proclamation fixes the elections
/ for Wednesday,. The same journal
1 also announces that the commission
| will abdicate power upon the election
/ of the new one. The commission is
/ firm in its decision with respect
/ to the preliminaries Of peace, and, for
! the sake of the republic, appeals to the
! departments, and invites a quick ad-
| hesion to the cause.
/ If al1n contains on avhorfafinv1 F0
the press to respect the republic, and
uphold the cause Of justice and truth.
! Complete political amnesty is pro-
missed. Courts proven to be partial
/ will be abolished.
The committee repudiates ali par
/ ticipatiOn in the execution of I.ecnmte
/ and Thomas.
The National Guards have entered
and sealed up the offices of the Figaro
and Gdu5OiS.
The Gre du People says that Paris
must proclaim herself a free autOnO-
! nous republican city.
! Nationals have discovered stores Of
arms and ammunition, and now COM
| pletely possess the whole city,
The tradespeOple of Versailles are
! discOntented at the condition Of
affairs, and are impatient for a deci-
sion from the National Assembly.
RELEASED SEDAN PRISONERS STAND
BY THE GOVERNMENT.
PARIS, March 2I.-The Central
/ Commission seeks mediation through
| the mayor of the city for the appoint
ment Of Admiral SOisset to the COM
/ mand of the National Guard, now in
! camp at Versailles. The entire neigh
| DOrhOOd Of Versailles is strategetically
! occupied by troops. The prisoners Of
| Metz and Sedan are offering their ser
vices to the Government. The city is
! crowded 80 that many Deputies of the
Assembly are obliged to sleep in sta
| bles.
ESCAPE OF NJ. ROUHER, EX MINISTER
OF NAPOLEON.
] NJ. ROuher has been arrested and
imprisoned at BoulOgne. He mar
| rOwly escaped lynch law. His wife
/ and daughter were also arrested.
/ Other Imperialists have made their
| appearance in BOulOgne, and their
arrest is expected.
The French National Assembly met
! to-day. Deputies from the mountains
! were all absent.
1t is officially denied that France
has requested that the prisoners of
war in Germany should return
/ through Switzerland.
THE RADICAL MOB FIXES AN ULTI-
NIATUM.
PARIS, March 2I.-The insurgent
! government announces that forts will
| be built Immediately to insure the
defense Of the capital. 1t has also
! sent an intimatiOn to Thiers, fixing
| the 23d inst. as the last day for the
/ return Of the Assembly to Paris. If
! they return, they shall have liberty
| Of action; if they refuse, the National
/ Guards will march to Versailles and
! disperse them.
/ PROCLAMATION OF THE CENTRAL
COMMITTEE.
The Central Committee issues the
/ following, which has been distributed
| throughout Paris:
Men Of the barricades have taken
! possession of the Ministry of Justice,
and assassinated Generals Clement,
Thomas and LecOmpte. Who are
members Of the committee is I'M
known, as is also what authority they
| deliver passes from.
Grimes committed by them remove
all excuse for support by their follow
/ ers. Let all who have regard for the
/ honor and iaterest OF France separate
from them and rally around the Re
publicans and Assembly. TSigned by
the Ministers at.present in Paris.
The Hotel de Vile is surmounted
! by the Red flag and barricaded, but
! circulation is unimpeded.
THEIRS FLYING FOR HIS LIFE.
LONDON, March 2l.-Many persons
are reported to have been shot in
/ Paris, without trial, on Sunday.
The National Guards will shoot
Thiers, NinOy and DOurelles If cap
/ tured.
There is a strong reaction among
/ the respectable portion Of the inhabi-
| tants.
! DOIEGs OF THE AssEAIBLY-RELEA
! OF CHANsY.
VERSAILLES, March 2I.-In the
! National Assembly to-day Grevy,
! President of that body, made a speech
denOuncing the insurrectiOn in Paris.
! Clemencian introduced a plan for
the election Of a Municipal Council,
| composed Of eighty members, for the
internal government Of Paris, the ur-
gency of which was voted by the As
sembly.
a plan for the election Of command
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