The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-09-11
PARIS, July 81.

nation on the lace OF tho eortn. xn0
day before yesterday Paris was filed with
l5O, 900 men engaged in mortal combat
its streets ran rivers Of blood, and rever-
berated the thunder of artillery-ths roll
Of musketry-the perpetual tapping of the
oas de charge-the tolling Of the tocsin---
| the cheers Of the combatants--the shris!tS
and groans of the wounded and dying
Yesterday morning all was calm. The
military service was performed with order
and precision by 100000 men, who new
er before this week figured as soldiers--
under the influence, to be sure, of those
heroic youths, the scholars of the Ecole
Polytechniqve, and the example Of the
National Guards. A decent gravity reign
ed every where during the day. AT eve-
cry instant were to be met men carrying
on bers such of the wounded as could be
transported to the hospitals with safety
800 of all parties are in the Hotel Dieu
alone. While each of those unfortunate
poor fellows passed, every man present
spontaneously took offhis hat. The dead
were honorably disposed of. The num-
Der in the Louvio was immense. Eighty
were borne to spot opposite the eastern
gate ofthat building yesterday, and bur-
led with military honors. Nearly as many
were put on board of a lighter, and brought
down the Seine to the Champ de Mars,
and there appropriately inferred. A con
siderable number, among whom were four
Englisimen, who fell on the preceding
day, were buried in the Narche des In
nocens.
The Ecole Militarie surrendered yester
day. The artillery from Vincennes march
ed upon St. Cloud.-The fortress itselfre
mains in possession ofthe Kings troops.
The Due de Bordeaux is said to be there.
Poor child am sure he would not be
molested. If menaced, he would certain
! iy be preserved by the Garde ,Nstionale,
at the expense ofiheir lives. The Priests
had all disappeared, or ifvisiblej were dis
guised. ii i,.
The loss Of both parties on Thursday
was immense. 1t was eviden: to- every
man who saw them that theFrench troops
were detected. Some of them had not
tasted food 80 hours. They fought more
over against their own countrymen. The
poor Swiss had still more cause for defect
ion, for they apprehendcd that no quarter
would be shown them. They were wrong
for the lives Of all who surrendered were
spared. The people fought like lions. :.
AT one point woman, in the costume
Of her sex, headed the Bourgeois, land was
the boldest of the combatants, If degrees.
of bravery can be admitted in this most
memorable Conflict of modern times. A
woman in mans clothes, fought at the at
tack on the Swiss barracks in the Rue
Plume{. The manner in which the Swiss
fought, and the natnre of the engagement
may be taken from the following instacce:
A company of them defended one portion
of the Rue St. Honore. They were re-
duced to sixty when saw them, g. fought
in three lines of single files. The people
occupied the whole breadth Of the street
iH front of them. The foremost Swiss sol
der would fire or attempt to- fire, and
would fall pierced with balls before he
could wheerto gain the rear. The same
occurred to the next, and so until they had
every one fallen. The contest here, at
the Louvre, the Tuileries, and at the
Place de Greve, was maintained with the
most deadly obstinacy. The Rue St.
Honore, for two days, was 4 scene Of
slaughter. There may be counted in the
front of the house, which forms the corner
of the streets de Rohan and ST. Honere,
five thousand shot holes.
In the Court ofthe Louvre field piece
was planted, which commanded the Pont'
des Arts, being exactly opposite the In
|stitute. Here the fighting was so dread
full, and SO maintained, that the front Of
the Palace ofthe Institute isspeckled with
musl,et ant grape shot. One cannen ball
only appears to have been fired. 1t has
smashed portion Of the wall, and from,
its elevation, must have CAUSED dreadful
execution in sweeping The bridge. The
attack on the Tuileries was not Of ns long,
duration; it was over in two or three
hours. A Young fellow marched on with
tri-colored flag at the head Of the attack,
ing Bourgeois. A thousand balls, fred
from the front ofthe Chateau, whistled by.
him without touching him. He continued
to march with sang J'Oid, but with, at tie
same time, an air Of Importance, up to the
arch, and remained there until
the end OF fhc battle.
The neighborhocd ofthe Hotel de Wills
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