Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-10-19

co'or-hsg was again hosed at the H.tel de Vile
me archS'shop,s palace was puodered; aud the big
Gesn OF Nore Dame beginning to toll, proclaimed to
| all Paris the triumph oil her ci liens Then indeed
the whole population poured forth. He who h all n mus
Se' advanced TO the combat There no longer sus.
pense, no longer lack for COURAGE The pupils Of the
Poyhecbnic or artillery school, burs, ont of their col
ege and scattered each to head portion of the mob
ihs barracks OF Babylon, the Invslids. the Abbaye
were all carried, the Swiss defending the barack. of
Babylon for several hours, slaying hundred citizens
and losing great number themselves.
But let me pause The field il too wide 10 be com
pretended in one sketch. Being but amateur and
stranger, unarmed too, determined to retire. The
mob were bcsnning TO arrest the curious and force
them to work at the barricades got out of the din
And here LET rae remark, that though man OF e.
ry strong nerves, II was with great difficulty that
myself away in order TO return TO family, and re-
assure it, There is something exciting in the neigh
oorhooi OF strife, that was difficult TO leave IL to
urn hunter from the chase. On the OF the bat.
Tie, eit in he condition of moth, lowering round the
huge blaze OF lamp; its magnihrence made me for.
get It's peru; and 1t was under the necessity OF mus
ering courage, faith that requisite run
way.
, did, however. turn my back. and recrossed the
boulevard NV home lay outside the walls In order
70 reach ", had TO pass of the barriers, which
found in possession OF desperate setof rufans they
had piliaged the dollhouse drunk it's wine and had
made hse OF lite contents. into which they flung
cahroies, piano, and other pieces of furniture When
these refused TO light they quckened with barrel of
oil from the cellar OF the toll These rascas had no in.
eniion oil fighting their object was plumber and the
lntbriety OF the moment alone delayed them One
fellow endeavoured 10 set Are TO the house re-
spectacle and even handsome building he fell iuck
~, ana dashed his brains out. A approached the
oarrer ciiLeD was entering Paris with his uiuske
10 join his fellows. One Of The rusus shot AT him in
sport wounded him in the thigh aud got instantly BAY
oneted for his pains.
This was l:ile consong 10 us who were threatened
with pillage; however, We armed and watched. The
top CT our house lie flat aud loy situated on the rise of
Mon'martre, it commands noble view of all Paris
lie hen were the inhabitants Of the house collected
on Wednesday night, the female trembling; they had
sons and husbands in the fight The four days OF trou
BILE were the hottest Of the yoar;-days of tlave
oveliness; the sun in all its glory with gentle east
wind Wednesday night moonlight; we could clear
w distinguish the different steepys and large public
buildings, well az the smoke that arose from the fir
ing. Early in the night, the Sounds of mu kes were
most frequent in the Faubourg Pois onnere I'm Iced
there were three hours, during which was ipce<an
in that one spot; connped rolling fire. like that hcb
herads In an ion betwiX, two regular armies Every
two or three minutes the cannon thHndered in the d.
recton oil the qiays; we could at times discern the ssh;
and II tn was by chance moaentary pause, then
came the hum, the heavy gigantic boom Of the tocsin Of
Noree DAme-the bourbon as il is popuarly and char.
acteristcaly called-the sound Of which came laden
with all the dread associations of the Revolution II
was enough TO appal Ens,sh heart ring how
much we are hated. having myself seen each shop.
keeper that had the word Angldis his door ssdu
lousy employed in erssng the obnoxious term
An hour before day he firing ceased 10 rscommence
when that hour had elapsed thousand en,reucbnents
had been raised in Paris IL would have required hun.
dred hou'aDd men to have kent each street and inter
tsrrupted heir lahors. Ga Tuesday morning the 2sth
the troops were concentrated in the Louvre The Tu
leries, the Palsis Royal and the adjacent streets
Provisional government had been proclaimed consist
log OF Generals La FAyette and Gerard and the Due
de Choisen. One tnkno,Un indioidrtGl had appointed
this Government, soon de tdcto one: he had merely
me command OF a printing press A 10 the Due de
Choiseu, he was never Consulted but his name was of
use. Lafayette accepted the command OF the National
Gnord As to the fight, the Pupils of the Polytechnic
School alone appeared 10 command
TIE point most preset by The people or by the Ma.
tional Guard TOR that uni'orm became conspicuous
was the Louvre. The Swiss defended it, and fred with
murderou' aim upon those who endeavoured to raise
enctneuts opposite TO it, huge blunder was made
in not completing them by night. AZ the people were
complete masters of the other side Of the river there
wac discharge OF cannon from time time from the
front gate OF the Louvre clear the Pont Arts These
discharges took effect the front Of the poor institute
opposite, which is terribly specked; ball near
~ carried away plaster. Marmont at length ure ed
by the reproaches Of the Ministry, resolved TO relieve
the Louvre by clearing the to the left of IL and
beyond IT, III advanced about ten o'clock to tie Place
des VICTORIES, at the heal Of fresh troops and from
thence ordered them to clear the which diyerge
from that point The citizens at fret retreated from
this formidable attack but the evaporation and carnage
were now great, that each house became fortress
and each window embrasure, from which shots were
fred without niermissicn. Marmont himself penefrs.
ed az fir as the Rue Monmaftrs, bat driven hack
by the fire. From the mOmen Mt il known that Mar
mont rereated, the troops ready 10 surrender An
officer Of the Guards forward the Rue de la
Plix, and an armistice concluded on the Italian
Boulevard !or that quarter. The fifth regiment who
held the Marche des Jacobins declared they would no
longer FIRE, but begged that their Iiues might not no
forced was here at the instant, and thought that the
srmstice general but no-the firing about the Lou
vrs. did not cease.
The place OF the Pdla iyal was In. scene ofdread
ful hu'chery. The guards having been fred on from
the houses attacked and entered hem flingng the de-
Tenders from the windows and thew themselves taking
their stations ia their strong, but isolated POSTS Houses
and were forced by one, and at gre lat loss
The officers never spared. The Rue 81 Honore
strewD with dead; The soldier sirpped--fhe moor
wretch in his rags BY crcuteus way; it was posi-.
BILE to gain the POn Neuf Signs of strife were in .v
cry street especially about the Halle. The bridge wa,
crowded with the curious with more women than
men, although ball from the Louvre would now and
then whstls past, ard smash window on the ousv
The Swiss firing from the windoyyr and The coon
made OF the Louvre upon the people, Of whom could on
" be seen few skirmshers hers AMI there, behind
the w ster.house ar under the low parspst. pupil
Of the Polytechnic School alone on horseback ON
tbs quay. commanding and expo'ing himself foo-har.
Oily, but he never dropped Atsngh and OF a sudden
The muskstfy ceased; there was Iush over tn. P,ni
des Arts. well round the Louvre; IL wss carried:
and rushed forward from far position 70 learn
how. What the Louvrni Within and
without the dead lay thick The people were rosn,inS
through the g'ded apartments, whilst the sound of arms
told that the soldiers sill deendnR the TuiIsries
in fact hat place had been twice carried once nsed
c'sy before the louvre pasersd. aud Inns man
lives we're idly lost. The crossing of thu Pout Rova
under The Fl Of The Pavilion de- Mar-an wa, ssd to SO
Gallant After the Louvre and the arsenal were con.
quersd the Tuleries made little resistance scIl lead
shot, Of he Polytechnic School: the ropn.
lace placed him on the throne, and covered him with
iher victorious flsgs. An editor Of The National was
the 6rs to hoist the r.c0lour on the Tuileres The
troops Tetreaed through the Champ Elvsess and bai