Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-17
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
PARIS, April l6-Sunday noon.-Ye sterday
morning attacks were made on Porte Dam
phine which continued all day.,
The quarter Of the Champs Elysees has been
falling thickly The building occupied by the
American legation was struck by fragments OF
u shell Oh Saturday nevertheless MIR. Wash
bume continues to reside in Avenue } Josephine.
Barricades have been ordered to be erected
immediately III the quarters OF the lulllerles
and Beleyile, which will render Paris imprcg-
nablc to the assaults of the Fcrsaillists
1t is reckoned that during the past two days
the Eersaiists have lost 900 killed and
| 800 wounded.
All persons are now allowed to leave Paris,
except men between the ages OF 10 and AZ
years.
Provisions are rising.
All the gates except those opposite the enc
my are open all day 80.
Chandrey the editor of the Steele, has been
arrested. The charge is unknown; not even
his wife is permitted to visit him.
There Is great outcry against the number
of arrests, no more will take place without a
report to the Commune
PARIS, April 10th, Sunday Night -There
has been firing in various directions all day.
In the Champs Elysces shell struck the arch
Of Triumph The arch bears the marks Of
much damage, having been struck by thirty
three sheels The Champs are full of people,
and carriages and the omnibusses are running,
going nearly up to the arch. The stalls are
open and Punch and Judy shows are exhibited.
Crowds in holiday attire are moving to and fro.
Groups are gathered around and are curiously
examining the lamp posts struck, and pay little
attention to the bombardment save when they
hear the loudest reports, when they look to sec
if shell is falling.
No interest is manifested in the elections.
General Cuseret says the demand OF Theirs
for the surrender Of Paris within twenty-four
hours is nonsence. 1t is very well for men ac-
customed to capitulate, but our men will let
gunpowder bear back our reply.
= The family Of Minister Washburn have left
Paris.
1t is anticipated that all the railway lines will
be cut tomorrow and state OF siege declared.
There are provisions enough IN Paris tor only
three weeks.
LONDON, April ia special dispatch to
the Times from Versailles says the Prussian
trenches on the terrace atNendon are now occu-
pied by Government troops and sixteen guns,
pointing towards forts d Issy and Vanvrcs, have
been placed in position there. MacMahon has
succeeded in surrounding the lnsurgent troops
Mt Asnieres with strong force from the Yer
sailles army.
Tho cannonading Sunday Was less continuous
than for several days,
ThePrussians are massing large reintorcemcnts
to their troops in the vicinity Of Paris
At Saint -OuenSur Seine, the Germans have
occupied two Kilometers south OF st. Denis
and seven klometers from Paris
1t is believed that Blavqui now controls the
affairs of the Commune.
A dispatch from Versailles says the Govern
ment has given Paris twenty four hours to sur
render
The family of the American Minister Wash
burne have left Paris.
Theirs issued circular on the evening OF the
10th as follows: The insurgents are emptying
The Government continues to tcmpOrze Tor
the purpose of collecting an irresistible force
and also to allow the Parisians time to reflect
The insurgents say we shoot our prisoners and
intend the overthrow Of the republic and the
suppression of the subsidies Of the National
Guards. These statements are false There
was some cannonading to-day but it was with
out result Otherwise military affairs are quiet
and nothing of interest has occurred.
The elections to fill the vacancies in the COM
munal Council attracted little attention A
large portion of the voters abstained from the
franchise.
A Daily News special from Paris says a
number of manufacturers have been arrested
by order of the Commune for keeping their
workshops open and thereby preventing the
Nationals in their employ from joining the
army.
The correspondent of Neutrality-suspicious. Beige
says the end approaches.
The affair at Asnieres was DISASTROUS to the
Communists, whose lines are filed with their
dead 49,.
The Versailles forces are within one keome-
tire of Porte des Fernes.
A dispatch from Marseilles says the trial of
the Communist leaders is proceeding. Gre III
ieur wife has sent petition to Theirs asking
the pardon of her husband
LoNDoN, April 1.-THE news received from
Paris and Versailles is exciting. Fighting con
tinucs under the very walls Of Paris, and shells
are continually falling in the Champs Ulysses;
The Arc de Triumphe is repeatedly struck aud
murh ,1amauad