The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1871-04-13
NEWS SUMMARY.

The news from France shows n desperate
state of affairs in aud around Paris. On the
Sd inst. the lnsurgent army, commanded by
Bergerrt, Flourcns and Menotte Garibaldi,
marched out OF the city, intending To attack
the Government forces ut Versailles. but fire
was opened on them from Fort Nalerien, rout
ing the insurgents with heavy loss. President
Theirs announced in the Assembly Mt Yer.
saics that the Government would deal harshly
with the ringleaders but lenicntly with their
dupes.
| McMahon has been appointed Commander
| in Chief OF the Government forces.
| The Paris Commune have issued n decree
sezing the property of Theirs Favre, Picard,
| Dufour, Simon aud Pathman. and another de-.
cree prcnouncing n separation of church and
state and suppresslng religious bodies and
abolishlng the national property.
A terrific battle ragged all day on the Sd, be.
tween the Government, forces under General
Vinoy. aud about one hundred thousand Com.
munsts, undet General Bcrgeret. The lat
Ter were everywhere defeated with terrible
slaughter Bergeret and F'lourens. with $1,000
men, were cut off and surrounded near Men.
don and will DC compelled to surrender or be
cut to pieces On the 4th, the Communists
met with an overwhelming defeat. losing all
their artillery, and it was expected that the
Government forces under General Vinoy would
enter Paris on the following day or at least
by the 9th.
| The German and French peace Plenipoten-
tiaries held another meeting at Brussels on
April 4th
The Paris Deputies to the Assembly had an
interview, April 4th, with Milllers of the Com
mune.
The London Telegraph's correspondent says
| hat frat Ia ordered
to hold itself ready to march to Paris. The
reign of terror continues. Flourens and Du-
val, two of the insurgent Generals, have been
killed, aud Henri, the General-in- Chief, has
been taken prisoner.
In the United States Senate, on April Sd,
Frank Blair being awarded the floor, he made
powerful speech against Sherman's resolu-
ton, ins.ructing the Judiciary Committee to
prepare and report bill for the suppression
of the Kuklux organization IN the South. lie
denounced the system of government under
which the South is now ruled as disgrace to
the age. and maintained that the design OF the
proposed legislation was to carry out the de-
signs OF that remorseless set of sconndrels, the
carpet-baggers, and their aiders and abettors,
aud to continue General Grant perpetually in
power and quoted the remarks of Gov. Scott,
that tone of the greatest curses affecting South
Carolina was the horde of INSCRIPTIONS ad-
venturers from the North coming there for
plumber" Senator Blair occupied the greater
portion of the day, and concluded his speech
on April 4th, when Senator Morton replied to
Mr.. Blair. and he in turn was followed by Mr..
West of Louisiana, who defended the Repub-
lican administration of affairs in that State,
and concluded by saying that his State was
peaceful, and that persecution for political
opinions had been in a great degree modified.
! In the House of Representatives the debate
on the Shellabarger Kuklux bill was continued
by members, for and against the bill, and late
dispatches intimate that it cannot pass the
House without being amended and undergoing
material alteration. The Democratic menl-
bers of the House have fought the bill. step by
step, and with the support of few honest
Conservative Republicans they may be able to
defeat, altogether. the proposed outrageous leg
islation concocted by the Radicals for the fur.
Their humiliation of the Southern people.
The report Of the San Domingo Commits