Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-05

letters furnish variety of interesting traits of char
acer, displayed by the ciizens of that nctropoii.
during tie recent revolution. The following are
On the evouing of the eSth. at the time whe, tho
bre OF piece of cannon vas causing great carnans
among tue crowd in the blanche, Nibray onn Of
the brave people, cried ont, "W no will come with me
and take that pece--I will only have men who arr
0narmed." Followed by egh, or ten men, he rushed
forwar and bullet reached him just as he was ahou,
to Obtain his object. HIS comrades dispersod h.,
the wounded man got up again and was CONQUERED
to neIshbonring temp rary hospital which had been
established at the house oil the Commissary OF Po
lice
III ID E}strce. skilfi surgeon who passed ,bree
days alternately fighting and ending to the wo,n
ded, extracted the ball. and through his car. the cor
ragecns fellow was enabled 10 go out again Cow.
ards, cried he you have abandoned me lust nj the
time when the cannon would have beeu ours Fol-
'9w me ard repair your Disgrace" Ha went firth
again, exposed himself the fire of the mo- n and
i've minutes afterwards it was in his possess;o,
&c was then O'Clock. and twelve hours afterwards
TINS undaune ed patriot expired at few PAGES from,
Tue scene OF his courageous exploit He belonred
~ Tue CLASS OF the people, bnt among the people of
| ia: 70 there are 10000 heroes
| An affecting spectacle attracted n crowd ., a.,
Louvre Near the burial place Four brave citizens
VINO died for their country. soldier VIII, nftar
s.oppi"g moment to contemplate the numbe-es
iombs his eyes ba:hed with tears suddenly criel On,
| i am wretch a, hcsr words he threw h,,Se,t
on "'s h",ee' cahed 10 those present to shoot him
TORE AS clothes and sndeavoured TO seize sword
| md
end to his life Immediately great numbers of,bs M
ional Guard surrounded him. embraced him. and ON.
de"Toured to console him by swearing that The neo-
pie had already forgotten the error of he co-,rn,
IL was witt difficulty however TINT t,ax s,,ooI :,
IN composing hun, and he was led awav from ,ha
place, the sight of which seemed to auomant b;s dos
p"y ~ VIII De seen from this example thar our
oiers were more unfortunate than guilty and Tho,
each ot them had citizens heart hestinp und.r h;s
uniform. '-"' MS
~ touching and patriotic scene took pIaco ot tho
Ho''i Dicu, when the Duchess of Orleans accomna
h'eo by her numerous family. visited the wounded
mere The wife and children of the Jjentenap,
Nehe'a OF the Kingdom carried consolation and
succ UT To the wives and children of The wounded cIt
i"'hs. IN" most enthusiastic acclamatons oreotod
tns Solemn homage to courage in misfortune, and tho
Dutchess OF Orleans could only reply toll bv tears,
1 ~ .e evening the young ladies of the Orleans fam
ny were employed in making lint for tIa v,nnd,J
dhey sat in the balcony Of the terrace of the Paas
| iInyai, out were concealed from public view
IN mary parts OF the city the populace though Vi
.s.'iy suffering the most acute prIvations, refused
10 accept assistance from those who were moved bv
their desution The gentlemen on several oo
Sous ohereo money to persons who had ha rdly shoe
~ ee'r 'ee' IN one instance only could he prevail up
on Il poor fellow TO accept money. The man wa
ohered i've francs he refused that sum- and conseno
Tea o lake twenty sous, which he said was 10 INV a
Jew glasses OF wine for himself and his comrades who
were reaGy TO drop down IN the streets from thirst
Among the tales of heroism which come to ar
hnowiedge daily. we may cite one of law s,uden,
named M Anguste Pascon. This rouropeous vounn
ks tbo
rue de Bsbylone a. the moment when his comrades
terrified by the first firing beginning To retreat
gpt upoE battery, where be remained dur,no tho
whoie OF the attack, and Increasingly excited his com
ne had received wo gun-shot wounds a sbor,
4 leries % U VII
For the interest of the Arts, and with nio,, -
poiic property, 1t has oeen decided that q
recept should BIZ taken for the valuable oiecta
we're 10 the hlng cahine and which were placed in
.he nahds oi h de CaileuX. Secretary General of
me museum nj Eugene IIabat who had coma
9eousiy placed himself at the head of the assailants
renamed IN the Iueres PTS o in hand and was tho
nh''ais ID saving among other vauablcs a statve in
tnassVe silver g Henry the Fourth while an infant
ties 10y i -"''q"
:, AmoTg the noble traits noticed during the nnemers
VI. uuys o. JnIy we ought to notice the honorable
'oiuoc Oh M. Vosin eX sub officer of the ancient ar
my. VINO Keeps coffee house in the rue de Ronr
goSne, rms CITIZEN, after having seen the Roval
Tuaros nre upon unarrned men, posted himself at
the oafFicade. and exposed 10 the fir. Of 3. a,
tachInent of eighty seven vO,ti1eurs of tho Po.,
Guard OF the third Regiment He was however
i"FGed 10 r"treat, after having killed several mon
uu 7'u I'm nome with friend and an old man Of
Ky. hese three heroic men, without other aid
oraved the lie of the detachment dur,Do two hour
ana at length obliged it to abandon the Mace oftor
having hg ios ID men. The balls entered The coffee
"ouSein thousand places, fact which shows how vc
orousiy the hrDg must have been kent m
fren the hrst day Of the troubles and even before
ney ict their barracks, the greater part oftbe
ana soldiers of the line, agreed among themselves not
10 IRE upon their fellow citizens The Commandant
malliard. OF the 18th Light Infantry positively refns
ed to order his battalion to fire. in snie nf tho cit
| fateu commands which he received A, the same
'ine' IN another quarter, the Sub Lieutenant Iacrox
! vi Tue same regiment who commanded detachment
stationed at the prison Of III ontapn divided his time
between preventing the prisoners from cscap,np and
m1ncng the soldiers to meet the people as brothers
ms oraVeotticer remained at his post till the ne5r
DAY, ana then delivered it up to the National Guard
Al the plate which was in the T'nlerics woe 60
W" by the post of militia stationed at the EXCHANGE
oY n" care and under tho command of Mess,s Novi
ms and Gadon: THIS post has also preserved the
orders. " e us
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