The Portland daily press., 1871-04-17
FOR REIGN.
FRANCE.
CONTINUED FIGHTING.
1He Communists Still Claim Vic-
..tfF 5HT tories. yEaH.s SD
The Destruction in Paris by Shells.
Continued Exodus of the Inbabi-
tants. mar
THE BARRICADES.
Thiers' Terms Makes the Communist, Vio-
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70 r. EIGN.
The Destruction in Paris by Shells.
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.

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SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE.
| VIENNA. April 15.-The communal council
moi,;ns ar,s mas IN letter warmly compimepted
cate OF the separation of Church and State for
his efforts in that direction and has also ey
pressed the hope that the Austrian govern
ment will regulate the question of Church and
state within the boundaries of that EN- pire.
q - PERSONAL.
| LONDON, April Is. - Prince Frederick
Charles will in May leave his post as comman-
der of the German forces in France for a visit
to Kissingen and Berlin.
THE VERSAILLES GOVERNMENT REFUSED =
AGAIN.
PARIS, April 15-There was brisk cannon
aiding yesterday evening and Gen. Cluseret
claims to have repulsed the Versailles forces.
mand OF the communist gunboats The can
nonade RECOMMENDED at Maillot gate and
Neuilly this morning.
THE GRADUAL DESTRUCTION OF PARIS.
Yesterday shells fell in avenue Wagram; al
50 many rifle bullets. Tradesmen in avenues
Des Iereves were wounded and general exo-
dus from that quarter of the CITY is taking
place. Crowds are demanding passports 70
| leave Paris. The price is now reduced to half
franc. -
HuuoLeus are disappointed Inc streets
leading from Porte MaillOt are in ruins Issy
and Vanvers are firing small bombs, which
splinter in thirty pieces and are terribly de.
structive. s'rl-i . ai.T y ']aiI3
The socialists Republicans are making great
efforts to secure the return Of their capddates
The delegates of the commune to Versailles
have returned with Theirs conditions, which
nave rendered the insurgents very violent
A .BARBARoUs DEMAND.
Rochfort demands that Vinoy, G allpel, Fa-
vre and McMahon should be brought chained
| in couples to the Champs Elyses where the
relatives Of the nationals killed should be al
| lowed to do what they pleased with them
1t has been decided not to demOlish the COL
umn in the Place Vendome but displace the
statute on its apex. 'aa-l
.-ts BATTLE SATURDAY.
The Communists report Fort D'Issy repulsed
Friday and Saturday with severe losses to the
assailants. Gen. Dornbrowski attacked the
government forces at Neuilly yesterday and
claims that he took 400 prisoners. The en-
gagement continued through the entire night.
The batteries on the hill of TrocaderO have
| opened fire on Fort Valerien, which replies
with vigOr. Gen. DornbrOwski enforces strict
discipline among the national guards and is
doing much to render all branches of the mill
tary service more efficient.
THE COMMUNE VICTORIES REPORTED.
PARIS, 16-[Special to N Y. orld.]-Des-
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commune is reported. Five consecutive at
tacks made upon Vanores were repulsed with
great slaughter.
The losses OF government troops were dread
communists gained steadily. Their hopes are
now raised to the highest pitch.
| ,. GOVERNMENT STATEMENTS .-
LONDON, April 16-Evening.
from Versailles deny that the insurgents TOOK
4OO prisoners yesterday, and declare that no
Important military events have taken place.
They say that the insurgent forces waste their
ammunition by firing at night to no purpose.
On Saturday night though they kept up con-
tlnual cannonade only one Versaillist was
wounded. --ie----
THE BARRIcADEs
| Especial to N. Y. Tribune. 1.-The Tribune
special correspondent at Paris telegraphs that
powerful barricade has been begun in Place
Vendome. A 12-p0under is already mounted.
The barricades in Rue Castiglone have been
strengthened. g-al4 s., g
The State carriages of Prince Murat and
Marshal Canrobert have been seized. The
cure of Roche has been arrested. Yesterday a
delegate OF the commune took an inventory of
all the objects of value in this church, which is
one of the most fashionable. Most Of the SOL
diers and gems d'armes on the lIsland of Grand
Jatle have escaped. One hundred are prison.
ers. The national guards yesterday advanced
from the Bois de Colombes along the Seine to
Hauterure, intending to take the troops at
Coubenare in iha rear. They were met near
Colombts and forced to retreat With loss of
many prisoners oz eia % lGs- vIssal7l--a-l
| THE REGULARS STILL AT NEUMLy.
The regulars still hold the bridge of Neuilly.
Valerien replies to the Paris batteries and has
sent shells into. Passey and Antevilly.. The
Prussians have occupied Stonen, near st.
Denis, in the QUARTER du Triomphe.4 mum.
Der OF manufacturers have been arrested by or
der OF the commune and their manufactures
Il closed, in order to force the workmen to ioin
the national guards. The price Of fresh meat
had been doubled, and preserved meat is diff
cult to obtain. hto' .t 'lso a -s!t ,lla = ~ Z
-Iis .Is A YANKEE SPECULATION. ssl,t1e, F,
A we'll known American banker has offered
TO purchase the column in the Place Vendome
and to transfer it to Central Park =
VINDIcATIoN OF THE VERSAILLES GOVERN
MENT
VERSAILLES April 15-Of1cialN denial is
given to various charges Of cruelty attributed
to the Versailles authorities, civil and military
Locroy, The dramatic author, who recently re-
signed his seat in the Assembly in order to re-
main with the communists, was arrested yes
terday at the Neuilly outpost of the Versailles
army and brought to Versailles bass -.
Cuba.
L HAVANA, April 15-The Bishop of Havana
left by steamship Missouri for New York this
afternoon. Some say he is to remain at Mas
sau. Crowds Of priests, but no citizens, went
on board to bid him farewell.
K
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, April ia local ex-
port tax of so cents per cask on sugar or mo-
lasseS has been levied here,
NEW YORK.
THE ALBANY RAscALITY-THE PRICE OF
-TREAsON.
NEW YORK, April 16-The Times leader to-
day, in discussing the turn Of affairs at Albany
and Winans' unexpected surrender to the De-
mocracy, says that up to Friday evening the
member from Chatauqua probably intended to
come out Of the struggle an honest man, but
unknown to himself two men appear to have
been preparing for him the path of treachery.
One was his political sponsor and the other was
his employer. One was . United States Senator
Fenton and the other Jay Gould. These two
were close together for two hours on Friday,
and at that interview there is reason to believe
Tweed, which is said to be $4,000 cash down,
| with an additional bribe thrown by the Erie
ring OF i've years tenure of position worth
$4,000 per year. The Times also demands that
Senator FentOn explain his share in the al
legged compact or stand convicted Of An alliance
| clearly equivalent to political suicide. go 81
The World omits editorial reference to the
affair, and the Herald intimates plainly that
| no doubt the Democrats owe their success to
| the use of money. l tiarn5'7 81 rr. p ri n
-'s -,' '. ~, f ABscoNDED. .i. -...
| James s. NOVEL;, of the firm of Wm Este &
| Co., stock brokers on Broad street. absconded
yesterday, having forged the signatures to a
number Of checks, the total amount of which
| has not been ascertained. Two of the checks,
| Amounting to $4,000, we're certified by the
| Fourth National Bank, and on one of them
| NOVEL; procured $4,000 in gold. The bank
| will lose about $4,000 by the operation, as the
/ firm had on deposit only about half the amount
| certified. The firm of VIM. Este & Co. has
been dissolved in consequence of NowelPs op-
| erations. ;ra.arf 541s H.IF ht.fe. s'fA-.
/ NALoSoN r..f H....-....-
| yesterday signed a contract TO sing one hum
| dred nights in opera next winter in New York,
Boston and Philadelphia. She will soon leave
| for California.
| THE BAPTIST BRBE. e
Eighty -four members of the Baptist Ladies'
| Heme society in this city have signed protest
against the recent acceptance by the society OF
| an appropriation from the city treasury.
VARIOUS MATTERS.
| One hundred recruits for the 4th regular in
| fantry in Kentucky leave this city tomorrow.
David b. Wandering, a lawyer attached to
| Laura Keene's Theatre, dropped dead on 4th
street last night.
Nearly all Of the hundred prostitutes lately
sentenced to Blackwells Island for six months
| were yesterday released on bail and returned
| to their old haunts. .....--..-..-
There was fire this morning at No. 20 Cliff
street, occupied in part by Messrs Penniman
| & Wright, importers of cutlery. Damage $780,
600; insurance $4,000 George w. Navyo, q
silent partner of the concern, has been arrested
| for arson.
The body of Capt. John Quincy Dickinson,
| killed by the Ku-Kluxes in Marriane, Jackson
i Mo In, 40 "a H. L.