Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-01

Cross tho streets, TO form barriers, or carried INTO
the upper front. rooms OF the houses, to De thrown
upon tue cnemy. Arms were III the hands o. an
could procure nem;--,hey were oil every &C.
scrlpon: and many not able To "btdin musKes, hao
fixed scythes The end OF long poles
Another body OF the people mad broken INTO tue
Museum OF Anvi, nj Armour, a"d had ermed them
selves with The ancient Ronai and an que lmpe-
nerts OF warfare. Persons II all uges, and females
miugled In The struggle. lie black nag was MOIST
ed, and price offered for the mcaId OF Pohsnsc'
whom they considered us the auther oI All lhelf
wrongs The Dukc ol Ragusa, The commander oil
the Kings troops, began Tie contest 10y charging
upon The people ut The mead of ms forces. tpPo-
rarily he was successful, anu the people noo; tney
soon rallied, ana made themselves masters OF the
tIotc dc Vile 1.-THE town house,. Inc contest was
ina ;itained with fury for twelve hours WIN various
SUCCESS During.thIs Tune, the rePose 81 oar quar-
! ter (which Instant from The centre al the city,
where the igutlDg ally TOOK place. Wae Ire
uuentiy dts ugUed by purics OF gems armes pufsu-
,nn me ci,izrns several uf whom Werc killeu I'M
rnedIately under the window OF our butel-Ihe roar
of the CANNON, rafting of ipuske ry, The shouts
of the cum ants mingled with the gloomy s.und
of the tucsln, which rung from me towers Of
No,re Dame continued though the day. The gates
of the city were cosed-tle barriers, with bot one
exception, In possession oil the li5erals-the mas
stopped. and no communication with the surrounding
country
The firing ceased about IL clock the night of
the eeth. after having. continued unremittingly for
thirteen hours Tho events which had taken place
around ms recalled most powerfully the gloomy recoI-
lcctious of the former revoiution;-si we had too
much confidence the present enlightened state of
the Partisan population to suppose it possible that
the cXccsses which had been committed at that pc
rluj would now take place-and The even, has mos
fully realized the truth of confidence and uuici
nation After short respite on the rlnTuna OF the
10Th heard the tocsin again suund and auatn the
work Of death recommended q more slstern.t tic
attack under the direction OF the students OF the Pol
ytechnlc Shoo was made on the Louvre and the
g,3e ,f,t,
Guards They driven from the buildings into
he cour,-yards of these cdItices-:heY were sum
moned To SURF entcr-ihls was rejected with scorn-
they were inst anty flank d By the Poyteclnics tue
cotnbat ives dreadful but 1t eventuated IN the
fight OF tie royal troops, who terribly cut up
George " ashlngton L,teyettc and hevasseu- wcre
among the first enter the Tueres--the Grst at
ne head Of a division Of the people, and The latter
carrying the coinurs. f4evasseur was dangerously
wounded and his life Is dcspaEed of The whole of
lic populace took possession of this palace.
One oil MY friends had the curiosity to along
with them; were there presented of curious
character No one seemed disposed 10 page,- on
the contrary, they beat the spa any offending
IN that way This chateaa was filed with people,
most of whom we're leaning their muSkets, and
breaking OF the necks the bottles of wine which
they bad found i'll he kings sores) on the barrels of
their n ms and while Gualng the liquor the, discuss
ID lis inertia They all exclaimed, ''let every one
enter-let every drink much he pleascs, but
let no one take any thing away" Standing the
ms gEiijceut throne IN the kings state apartment,
one of the p. pie shouted Vive Ia Chare vive lie
peuplc! has Poignac, = but what st uck my friend
as particularly singular presented IN the private
theatre of the palace. Here large number With
faces blackened by dust and powder, had put on the
habnjuents of the stage players, and were perform
in piece dc t!.octre With all the eSrnesness and
seriousness imaginable. In the midst of all these
disorders 10 rnhbrries were committed. on he con
trary instances wore numerous of valuable articles
being carried to the Hotel dc Vile and placed lhere
for safely.
The socitude which We had all felt during this
disturbed period, whils tie city vas without law, and
without bead civil uagistracy, gas at re-
lieved by the dapntles forming provisional gov
eminent. at the head Of which placed the old
friend OF our ia ion. General Lafayette. Measures
we're also taken by the National Guards f5r the safe
ty of pers Ms and property and I'll The public build
ings we're placed under the charge of the armed
citizens The Royal roops had navy rcireated with
ont The was--thc tr-caloured flag waved from every
edce. bot still the King at the head OF lnree
force at the palace OF St. Cloud six miles from Par
is II was feared thai his forces would seize upon
the heights OF Mon'narre aud regularly besiege the
city short time served TO diss.pate hose fears
dissatisfaction soon showed itself among bis troops
aud the fallen monarch, With all his family, Was obi
CAD to seek safety by fight the morning of the
3lst. 81. Cloud was very shortly after taken pos
session of by armed force from Paris. On the
same day the Duke of Orleans who has always been
extremely popular, accepted the appointment confer
red upon him by the Provisional Government, of
Lieutenant IcHera oil The Ningdom. About 1000
r3en killed in this comrotion. the greater part
being Of the Kings tronps-a5out 1000 were woun-
ded.-Tbe excellent order which reigned through out
Paris has excited the astonehment of all of us-no
excuses Of any kind have been committed and prop
erty has been every where respected This fact
speak loudly in favor of the excellent character of
its nhnbiants:--thcy have risen very much in our
cstination.
From the Colombian Cenncl.
LETTER FfBOM PARIS.