The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1871-04-04
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LONDON, April 1.-The Paris Commune
Favre, Picard, Dufour, SIMON and Potham
before the tribunal of the people, and
ordering their properties to be seized.
Another decree pronoupces the separation
OF the church and the State, snppresses
religious bodies, and abolishes national pro-
perty.
The Foreign Office yesterday received dis
patches from the British Legation at Pekin,
Of the 10th of March, reporting all quiet iu
China.
BRUssELs. April 4.-The second setting
Of the Peace Conference, was held yester-
day.
BUCHAREST, April 4.-Prince Charles has
postponed his abdIcstion of the throne of
Roumsnia until the result of the elections
for the Chambers is known.
New YORK, April 4.-The World thinks
that two democratic and two republican
Congressman are elected in Connecticut.
Fhe vote is very close. The republicans
| claim the election OF Kellogg in the second
district, by nine votes. The democrats
refuse to ooncede this. About ], 800 newly
snfranchised negroes voted this year which
will account for the republican gain.
The Sun and Tribune claim the election
Of Jewett, republican candidate for Cover
nor, by from 100 TO 200. They refuse to
concede any election of Congressman until
| full returns are received.
IL a,syfn ~. - :
iested by a small majority, and claims
,hree out of the four congressman. Re
turns come in slowly, and are meagre.
NEw YORK, April "A special, dated
Paris, Sd, evening, says:
| About o'clock yesterday afternoon, sfte,
great preparations, the insurgent NAtonsl
commenced passing out at the Neuilly Gate
z all about $4,000 men, Gen Bergeret
| Flourens and Menoti Galibaldi command
ing.
1t was understood that Fort Vaeria
would not FIRE, but about six O'Clock III
artillery was all in front, and Gen Bergere
n advance with 10000 men, when suddenl
Va eriAn opened fire, killing the command
ant, Henry.
Gen. Bergsret had just got out of hi
Icarriage when the vehicle was smashed by
bomb shell. The widest scene ensued.
The troops tried to retreat. The maj
body left Bergeret alone with ten thousan
men.
He tried to fight with field artillery sgaint
VaIeriAn, but it was useless.
The communists got into the city, but Be
geret and his men are cut off and cAnnt
pass NAlerian.
The main body escaped with a loss
, 4 90 men, but Bergeret must lose large nun
| oers.
| Altogether there are 10000 men k;le
wounded ard missing, including Bergeret
force.
The communist troops number l50,O(
men.
Tremendous excitement prevails.
WASHINGTON, a pril 3.-SEsArE.-A nur
Der of bills were introd uced.
Stewart introd uced resolution directir
the Secretary Of the Interior to inform Il
Senate under what laws individuals and co
porstions are allowed to hold large bod,
Of public lands, and closing them to gettl
ment.
Sherman resolution for the Ku klux bi
was taken up, in which Blair was entitled
the floor b B'Rir argued that the measure
was now proposed to pass was an AssunI
ZION of power Of congress- TO publish Il
violating of state law. This dsngeroI
power, which is now to be assumed by col
gress, may, and doubtless will, be exercise
/ at some future day by some other party upC
the wealthy communities IN the n orth. II
designs now of this legislation was to car
out the designs OF remorseless set
sooundrels, carpet bageers and their aide
and abettors, and to continue General Ora
perpetuAly in power.
He declared thsi the real reason for q
, proposed legislation was found in the dl
, couraging prospects of the radical part
E He characterized the reports OF outrages
; North Carolina, az detailed before the cor
nittee Of the Senate, as the utteradces
men who would not be believed by anYbod
: Out Of Gov. Eolden's own mouth were the
fAlsehoods exposed, as IN his message TO t
Legislature Holder expressly said no d
J orders existed in North Carolina. I
= democratic party, while it believed the
. Acts to be unconstitutional, did not, ss h
q been charged, intend the overthrow of the
by force the only measures to which I
1, democratic party would resort, were cons
y tutional ones.
8 Mr.. Scott here interrupted and quot
from the BroadheAd letter OF Mr.. Blair, Il
ID the President elect should disperse the carp
K, bag goverumsnts by forcs.
B. Mr. Blair said he was not the Democra
III party, aud the Democratic party was
Mr. Blair, and he repeated that the Der
10 cratic party never threatened to use viol'
i, meas ures for the overthrow of the uncon
Io tutional acts of Congress. He (Mr. Bls
IS had believed, and did believe, that
IA President, having taken an oath to supp
er the Constitution, should stand to that o.
af whether against Congress or against IL
w. viduals, for be believed that Congress V
ms lAting the Constitution was no more tha
sr. mob. He had said that the army should
Ila made to undo the work Of usurpation, 6
nd he said so, bat no force would be necessa
W. for if it's army was Withdrawn the imam
va carpet-bsg government would fall oil tbs
70. selves. He charged that the Republic
is iu North Carolina, had, during the Pr
cd Dental canvas, in an address advised
negroes to burn the barns of the people '
'O' discharged them on account OF politics.
a. He reviewed at length the condition
m affairs in North and South Carolina, al
ish ing that corruption, fraud and villa
'us reigned supreme. Ee quoted from Rep
:, lican papers eighty articles severely c
az. menting on the conventionslity of the lie
his lature, and also quoted remarks of Cover
ur- Scott, that one of the greatest curses eft
ef- ing South Carolina, was herd of unscrr
lous adventurers from the north com
there for plunder.
ai- Blair continued reviewing the oondi
of the other Southern States. The d
Z which be declared to have been enovm
wss increased under the republican rul