The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-03-23
FROM PARIS.

FROM PARIS.
Insurgents Hold the CITY. y
aARlBALD1 ONE OF THE LRAD..Rs.
| French Gone, ais Mursl or ed
PARIS, March l9.-The city Is 10
the hands of the Nationals and the
mob, who are fully armed.
Generals LeComte and Clement
Thomas were captured, tried and put
to death. Their corpses we're mutila-
ted. The Nationals are now the only
armed force in Paris. Theirs with tho
whole government has gone 10 Psris.-
The American Minister, Washburne,
aud the whole diplomatic corps have
followed.
The Prussiaus have returned to the
French authorities 100000 Chesepot
guns, for use in case of need.
PARIS, March 20-The insurgents
hold the Hotel de Vile, Palais de JUS
tice, tho Tuillerlcs and Place Vendome.
Complete apathy is displayed by the
Bourgeois. No resistance has been
made to the insurgents. The murders
Of Lecompte and Thomas were perpe
trated by the order Of Garibaldi, who
directs the insurrectiou. They were
shot iu garden of the Rue des Ro-
slers. Thomas resisted vigorously, bu.
Gar'baldi ordered him to be held against
wall while his body Was riddled with
bullets. Lecompte died With the Ut
most calmoess, smoking 4 cigar, and re.
fusing bsud.ge over his eyes. Many
other executions occurred. The gov.
erument has telegraphed tor 8 600 men
at Camp Sartory to come to Paris
The Prussians at St. Dennis will eote1
Paris if the garrison Is increased be-
yond 10000. The city is full Of Bona.
parties agents, among whom are Chew.
reau Cont Roahl and Regnier. Th,
insurgents for some days past have ,e
ceived five francs daily, which is 1up'
posed to have been furnished by these
agents.
The elections will be held on We'd
nesday.
LONDON, March 2l.-The government
at Versailles has addressed reassurine
circular to the projects Of departments
informing them that the situation il
Paris is 90 worse. The revolution, dis
honored by its criminal acts, is unani
mously disavowed.
Gen. Chanzy aud other officers ar
still detained by the insurgents, bu
there are hopes of their speedy release
The Mayors Of Paris protest sgains
aud refuse to carry out the illega
orders for communal elections to the a.
sembly, and unanimously condemn tn
disorders and their authors.
The Nationals now only demand tn
nomination IF Saisset.
The government promises the speed,
Intervention Of the srmv now rs]lie,
before Versailles, and concludes Will
the assurance that the greater part 0
the country remains calm.
A meeting of the editors of tn
) Paris press was held to-day at which
a resolution was adopted declaring tia
the convocatlon of electors for to-mor
row should be regarded as null an'
void, and that PUBLIC opinion is de
cidedly against the committee wbicl
ordered it. That it is to be hoped th
committee is not implicated in the lille
gal and criminal acts of the insurgents
and that now is the time for the nation
al guard Of Paris to come forward az,
put an end to this deplorable state o
affairs.
PARIS, March 21.-The insurgen
government announces that the fort
will BE- Immediately armed to insur
the defence IF the capital; it has ais
seat an lntimation to Theirs fixing tn
23d inst. as the last day for the retor,
of the assembly to Paris. If they Re
turn they shall have liberty of action
Ii they refuse the National Guard vii
march to Versailles and disperse them
General Chanzy was 50 maltreate,
by a mob that he was sent to the hot
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