The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-03-31
ANOTHER WAR IN FRANCE.
Its GlOOmiest Hours Yet TO COme--An Out.
burst In Paris-.Re evolution Under the Ban
ner Of Pillage.

burst In Paris--R evolution Under the Ban
ner Of Pillage.
The Geographic dispatches of Sunday,
the 18th inst, give accounts of for
midable revolution now going on in
Paris. Events of the most unfortunate
character have taken place, and the sit.
uation is hourly becoming graver. The
Government, following up the proclaim
alton of President Theirs, at midnight
on Friday sent detachment of troops
and gendarmes to occupy the position
of the insurgents in Montmartre. A
considerable number Of cannon were re.
moved, and the gendarmes made some
400 prisoners. In the morning, the Ma.
tional Guards of Belleville and Mont
martre, with many unarmed soldiers of
the line, arrived on the scene and re-
leased the prisoners. Gen. Vinoy, who
was in command of the Government
forces, had placed Gordon of troops
around the hill of Montmartre, and
planted mitrailleuses at the approaches,
and his sentinels prevented all persons
from ascending the hill. The batteries
of mitrailleuses, however, were soon sur
rounded by angry groups, who demand
ed the people, and if it was their inten-
ton to massacre them. The soldiers,
when asked if they meant TO fire on the
citizens, made no reply, and soon gen
eral determination commenced. The
people were allowed to draw the mitrail-
leuses aside, and ascend the heights.
The companies of soldiers on the sum
nit fraternized with the Nationals, who
were guarding the cannon still in their
possession. As fresh troops arrived on
the grounds, the people shouted to
them, " Reverse arms" and the order
was obeyed. At 10 o'clock the Nation
ais held the ground again, and prevent
ed all unarmed persons from going up
the hill. At the same hour serious
conflict occurred in the Place Pigalle.
At the end Of the street leading from
the heights, some artillerymen and
Chasseurs were surrounded by an angry
mob, who accosted them with shouts of
$50 and fight the Prussians." The
Lieutenant of the Chasseurs, while en-
deavoring to disengage his horse from
the crowd, drew his sabre, and he was
instantly dragged from his horse and
killed. A general melee followed, in
which an artilleryman and two OF the
Nationals were wounded. But the
fighting soon ceased. The soldiers
abandoned their posts and mingled
with the crowd, distributing among
them their cartridges and reinqushing
their chassepots. The artillerymen sut-
iered the people TO remove two mitraii-
leuses, making no further show of re-
sistance. Gendarmes alone proved
faithful TO the Government At IL
o'clock many battalions of the National
Guards, fully organized. marched into
lique." The district was then wholly
in possession of the Nationals, the sol
diers Of the Seine having all deserted.
There was not a single regular visible.
All the National Guards were amply
supplied with cartridges, and appeared
to be determined to retain their cannon
and hold their position on the heights.
The purposes Of the insurgents are still
indefinite. Their main object Just now
Is resistance to the Government.
Crowds in Montmartre and Belleville,
however, are unanimous in their clam
ors against the Assembly at Bordeaux.
They demand its immediate dissolution,
and the' election of new body which
shall sit in Paris. At 6 o'clock Satur-
day evening there was still agitation.
The troops have been withdrawn from
Faubourg, where the people appear ex-
cited and hostile. Gen. Faron was sur
rounded for several hours by the mob
in Montmartre. His troops proved
faithful. They charged and took three
barbados, using the bayonet, and
finally cut their way out and escaped.
Gen. Lecomte and others. not so fortu-
nate, being abandoned by their men,
were made prisoners by the rioters. and
are now detained in the chateau Rouge.
Gen. Paturel was wounded. In the
morning the troops succeeded in cap
turing forty cannon in Montmartre. OF
these the people retook five without
fighting. The remainder were removed
to place Of safety. The rebels killed
and cut up horse of staff officer,
whom they surrounded and made pris-
oner. The rebels are now building bar.
ricades in Montmartre, Belleville, and
Faubourg st. Antoine. The Govern
ment has issued another proclamation
repudiating any intention of coup
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pillagc Paris that they will ruin France,
and appealing TO the National Guards to
put an end TO the condition of anarchy
into which they have plunged the capt.
tai.
AT 9 o'clock p. m. it was reported that
Gems. Lecomte and Clement Thomas.
the latter formerly commander-in.chief
of the National Guards. who were cap.
tured in the morning, had been shot by
the insurgents after summary trial.
The news spread CONSERVATION through
out the city.
The journals this morning confirm
the report of the execution of Gems. Lee
Comte and Clement Thomas. After
their capture they were taken to the
garden of Rue dies Rosters, Montmarte,
where the Central Revolutionary Com.
mittee hold their sittings. After a brief
trial they were condemned to suffer
death and taken out and shot. All ac-
counts say they died bravely. Gen. Vim
oy's staff, all troops of the line, and the
entire force of gensdarmes have retired