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The Reign Of Terror In Paris

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Day
24
Month
March
Year
1871
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Public Domain
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Paris, Uarch 19. - Tbc Nationals have placardocL two proclaraations. The first o.io says tho Freneh people waited calmly till an attompt was modo to touch the Ufo of the Republie. Tho anny did not raise its hands ftgainst the arch of liberty. The republic is the only govemmgiit that can closo the era of inv;isionsaml civil war. Tho poople of Paris are convokcd for commuual elections. The proelamation is sigued by the Central Committe of tho National Guard.and dated at the Hotel do ViUe. The sccond proclamation is as follows : "To THJ2 PF.orLE of Paris : "Yow have intrusted us with tho defënse of tho rights of Paris.. We report thafc tre havo drivenout the government which betrayed us. Our mission is fulfilled, and wo now report to you. Prepare for eorrtrnunal elections. Give us as our only recompense, tho establishment of a real republic." Sorao signattires, thirfy in numbcr, are ppendcd. Tho Official Journal contains the following: " A proclamution from a conimitteo. as.iuming the name of tho Central Cominittee, has been distributcd through Paris. The men of tho barricades have teOccn possession of the Ministry of Justice, and have nssassinnted Gons. Clement and1 Lecomtc.. Who are the inenibeis oL the eommitfeee is unknown, as íb also what they dolivcr Paris from. The rimes committèd by them remove all oxcuse for support by their followers. Let all who have a regard for tho honor and interest of Franco separate from them. - Rally aronnd tho republic and tho Assembly." This is signcd by the ministère at present in Paris. The Hotel de Tillo is surmounted by the red nag and barrieaded, but circulation is Shots have been hrird, but no confliot is reported. Eespecttible Parisians are stupefied. General Lecomte was abandoned by his troops and arrested on tho heights of Montmartto. General Thomas was arrested in glam clothes. The latter's last word was "cowards." Ho feil at tho third discharge. Thiers is frrm, bnt full of grief. General Vinoy's indignation is boundlcss. On-Saturday the gendarmes firedupon the Nationals. Tho latter returned the fire, and several of the gendarmes wcro wounded. General Tinoy has been mobbed. Tho mob is triumphant and virtually possesses the oity. Only wine-6hops are open and druukenncss is rampant. Evrn wómen are armed. General Chanzy, upon his arrival in Paris, was arrested by tbo Montmartreists and it is said that ho will bc shot to-lay.. All persons of prominence are flying from Puris. VER8AHXK8, Mareh 19.- Tho Offidd J-virnal announces that the whole governtaent and all tho authoritios of Paris, with öo,O0O goed troops, undor General Vinoy, ure. here. The department authoriiies have been instructcd that they must obey only orders from Versailles, otherwfae they will forfeit their positions. Paius, March 19, 10 p. si.- Assy, of the International Society, was President of tho court which condemned Generáis Lemte and Thomas to death. Tho corpses of Gnerals wero mutilated. Tho National gttards arO now the only armed force ■ ín. Paris. Host of the Nationals are marching through the streets. They belong t-o the faubourgs. Thero are barricades in the Eue des Martyr, the Avenue Trudaino, Chaussee de Clignacti Court, Faubourg St. Denis, Rué Roche Choauort and in the vicinity of the Hotel de Ville and Faubouvg St. Antoine. Else■where all is calm. No acts of pillage havo occtuTod, but there is no trafic. The insurrectionists hold the mayoraltics, the offices of the Ministei-s and the tekjgraphs. Municipal elections are ordered for Tuesday. The Parisian Mayoi-s and Deputies demand the removal of Generáis Paladines and Vinoy, and the Prefect of Polico Valen tin. M. Ferry was .suggostcd as the latter's successor, and tho government gave its consent to the chango. - Gen. Ltinglers, who succeeded Gen. Paladines after the latter was taken prisonor, went to the Hotel de Yille, but tho insurgente refused to.recognize him. Several positions in Belleville and Montmartre have been fortified; The cannons in the Arrondissement des Buttes Chaumont were turned over to tho authorities on . Baturday, the National Ouards in that fceetion.bemg unwilling to beeome insurgeéHBi. DISPATCTI FROM MINISTER WASirBVRXE. WASBlIIifiTOX, MarcK 20. - Peeretary Fish has received the following dispatch : "London, March 20. - The following dispatch has just been receivcd'by messenger from Minister Wáshburne, from Paris, for Secretury Fish : "'Paris, March 19. - Tho National Guards Committce ismaster of Paris. The departments of the Interior and Justice and Prefecture of Pólice are occupied by theinsurgenfc:. Generáis Vinoy, Thomas, and Lecomtc have been murdered by the troops. The elcction for Commune will will be held to-morrow. All tho members of tho Thiers government havo gone to Versailles. I follow with the whole diplomatic corps.

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