Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-04-12
NsyBusuis, Successes ssd Failures Of The
eombatanis- Government Troops
Steadily Gaining Ground.
Eug'and Tnyltes the Co Operation Of Ger
many to Asaiats bstwssn the
BellIaersais.
Eighteen Of the Communists Favor an Ao'
astm Ht Of the DifRouItles BY Arbl-
tragioR-Tbe lnfUrlatsd BrHtes
Sill UppeFmost,

The Versafllans are completely
masters Of the situation at Neuilly,
but spare the inhabitants, as far as
possible, from bombardment. The
fire from fort Mott Valerien is cOnse.
quentIy very slow. There was sharp
musketTy firing yesterday in BOis du
BoulOgne. The manifesto Of the league
for the defense of the rights of Paris
demands communal liberties, and that
Paris be guarded by National Guards
only.
The iS0is announces the death of the
Able Duvery, from congestion OF the
brain.
The village of Chattilon is occupied
by twelve thousand insurgents. They
made a sOTtie against the Plateau and
were repUlsed.
The reported arrest of DeLes Cluse
is cOntTadicted.
The insurgents are said to have
made a demand upon the church for
million of francs, and avOW that they
will kill the Archbishop Of Paris if
it is not paid.
Favre, in a speech to the National
Assembly, said that all the great
powers had expressed their
sympathy with the government at
Versailles as the only legitimate gov
ernment of France. He also stated
that the German administration in
France, General Fabric, hadideclined
overtures to him by the Commune,
which he believed must shortly sue
cumb to the power Of the Government.
The insurgents have taken away
the archives from the foreign office in
Paris.
Announcement was made in the As
sembly by one of the Government
cOnfirmatOry Of previous statements
as to the general re-establishment Of
order in the country, and it was added
in regard to Paris. The Government
had the most implicit reliance upon
the courage and cOnstancy Of the army.
Thiers has issued a circular to Projects
for the information of the people OF
France, in which he says the statutes
of Paris are unaltered.
The insurgents have returned to
Asineres.
Our troops have fortified the bridge
at Neuilly. Their conduct has been
admirable. There was an attempt at
insurrectiOn in Toulouse, but it was
suppressed. The disarmament Of the
nationals at Marsailles proceeds.
Outside of the capital all is tranquility
aud satisfaction. Citizens have given
the Government their confidence.
A dispatch from Versailles 10th
says: Yesterday the forts of
Van yer and d'Issy were shelled.
The insurgents at ChattillOn twice
attacked our works and were repulsed.
The funeral Of the Generals killed
in the battle at Neuilly, was attended
to-day by an immense crowd Of peO-
pie.
The official journal guardedly denies
that the National Assembly is in favor
of a kingdom as the government Of
France, but says pOintedly that Ma
pOleOnism and Communism must
perish.
The insurgent losses, fhe last two
days, are officially stated,tO be 500.
There was no very hard fighting.
The Versailles troops are steadily
gaining ground, and the military sit
uatiOn has become exceedingly Crid-
cal for the COmmunes; but on the
western and southern sides of forts
Mont Rouge, Issy and Won Nres, they
were so vigorously bOmbarded that it
became necessary to postpone the
election for vacancies, as the Com
mune voters in many places were
under fire.
Gen. Henry's escape is reaffirmed.
The cafes on the bOulevards were
closed last night by military force.
New efforts for cOnciliatiOn are
making. Eighteen members of the
Commune have declared themselves
disposed to treat.
A special dispatch from Versailles
to the Tribune, Of Monday, states that
the insurgents made two sOrties Sun
day-One against ChattillOn Plateau.
A sharp fusillsde was kept up for two
hours. The sOrtie was repulsed. Ten
thousand men occupy ChattillOn. A
| Versailles brigade, about leaving, was
ordered to remain, and reinfOrcements
were sent forward.
PARIS, April 1.-THE Communal
authorities have redOubled their pre-
cautions against the departure Of any
person from the city without q pass
port.
DOmbrowski reports the complete
occupation of Amiens by the Nation
ais, and an effective operation Of the
irOn-clad cars on the Versailles and
| st. Germain railroad.
The affairs at Port MaillOt are i'm
proved for the Nationals, who re-
paired, during the night, the DANA
| ges caused by a cannOnade in the day,
| They have also erected additional
! batteries and otherwise strengthened
! the defenses around the gate.
! 1t is said that Herr Won Fabrici has
! informed the government at Yer
! sailles that the Paris Commune has
notified him of its determination to
stop the traffic on the Northern rail
way.
Generel PAdmirault commands the
forces around Mont Valerien, and
General Cissey those on the plain o
ChatillOn.
Special to the X. Y. World
PARIS, April IA breach Of POr
MaillOt is practicable and an assault
upon it is expected tomorrow. TIL,
Communists are barricading all the
streets. They have more than one
hundred thousand desperate men il
their command, and the work Of car
! rying the barrlCades will be fearfully
bloody. Your correspondent to-day
/ again interviewed the Central Com
mittee. They confessed their disap
pointment and disgust at the work @
the Commune, which has aped tn
revOlutionists of 1898. They say tina
their folly will alleviate the province
and array all the world AGAINST them
that they must resume the power the,
intrusted to the Commune, which
incapable Of legislating or directing
the operation of the military; tha
they who created the Commune mus
set it aside; nothing is left to do nov
but to snnihilate Versailles or be az
initiated.
PARIS, April, II, via London, mid
night.-The cannOnade and musketr
; firing was renewed this morning 8
Porte Maillot, Neuilly, Porte de
Jernes and in the BOis de BOulOgnC
T A deputation has gone to Versatile
= for the purpose of proposing measure
, | of Cancellation. They are instrUete
10 Insist on the maintenance of til
! republic and the continuance OF MI
= niciDal franchises, and to demand ths
I. the Nationals alone shall guard Paris
T and II Thiers rejects these terms, I
:, inquire what conditions Of peace th
D Versailles government has to propOsl
! BERLIN, April 1.-THE Prussia
b Cross Gazette says, The BIRTHS
( / Government IS endeavOring to pc
!, -, 40 Cio~rraav,xy IN fuforyrauc for, r.oe4e