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Show TELECRAMS. :NIGHT REPORT. j . 'j FOREIGN. Eiiuluaiion of lUc Coutmnnltti. New York. 21. Late foreicn jur-. jur-. na;juit received give interestm de-: de-: j tLLiia of the trials of th.e Cumuiuiic .' i prUon-rs in progre at Versadie. la . j tlie examination of Assi the fullowin . 'eo!i-jjuy tojk place: l I PfL-iident to A-i "You cave or-; or-; ! dcrs fjr the aaM nation ot General? L'-xomte aud Tnoma, on the iMh oi , Mrch.M "It is falso," replied A-i. '"Wurcyuu not chief uf the Commune Com-mune agaiuat the Government?" "Ye?; jou attacked us and we accepted ac-cepted the struggle." "Aod you voted for the massacre oi the hostage??'' j "Xe?,'' again was the firm reply. ; "Because when at war it is neees?ary to re?ort to retaliation!" murmurs ol indignation aroe anions the audience, but A??i only smiled disdainfully. The President asked, "Why did you purchase sulphur and coal? you wished to burn down Paris." The accused retorted by observing that the troops had done their wtJr?t by tiring explosive shells inio the city." ''It is an infamous lie!" cried the , public prosecutor greatly moved. "You made requisitions, lor petroleum." "It was unnecessary to do so," replied re-plied Asm; "the ibrtd ware full of it." A?si in answer to a question by the , President, did not seem to deny his affiliation with the International society; admitted he was a member ol , the central committee; is a treemason; was at the central committee on the loth of .March; was not at the Hue de Kositres; and knew nothing of the executions ex-ecutions of Generals Thomas and Le Compte. Assi went ou to say he had ; not opposed the law on hostages, but should not himself havo executed them; had said the only way to save their brethren at Versailles was to threaten reprisals; "an eye lor an eye" was his maxim. Garsan exclaimed, "You take three eyes for an eye!" lie had signed the decree for pulling down tho endome Coulmn. Other decrees imputed to him he bad not signed, but admitted he had not protested pro-tested aud never thought of resigning on account of them. The horrible details brought to light at the trials have created the profoundest ind'gnatiun in the public. Evlctlom In Ireland. The London Times, speaking on the agrarian is in s io Ireland, says: "During "Dur-ing the year 1870, 549 families, comprising com-prising 2,622 persons, were evicted in that country; one hundred aud four families, comprising 58 persons were readmitted to their places, leaving the number of families actually evicted -Hj, and persons 2,0'J-i. Tlie Iiilemnilonnls. A letter in the Journal de Brussels slates that a meeting of Internationals took place at, Geneva, at t which thirty committees were represented. Something was said abont giving other capitals of Europe a taste of tho Cotn-uiunisc Cotn-uiunisc regime which Paris aud vicinity vici-nity enjoyed. Paris Ntws. Paris, 21. In the Assembly to-day a stormy discussion was aroused by t he irreligious expressions of soma of the deputies iu speeches. At the distiibutiou of prizes in a ?cliojl at Lyons, Jules Siuimi was pre ricnt and made a speech, in which he declared he should ever uphold the principles of molality. Paris, '21 The xVsseuibly committee on budget has agreed to fix the salary of Thiers at 500,000 francs, with a credit in addition for ordinary expenses. ex-penses. A bill providing for the dissolution of the present Assembly will soon be brought forward. The deputies of the "left" are preparing mauifestoes, demanding de-manding the restoration of tho constitution consti-tution of 1S4S. Strike in Berlin. Berlin, 21. The carpenters of this city havo struck for an inercaso of twenty-five per cent, in wages, and the reduction of tho day's, labor to nine hours and a half. |