Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-09-29
raoM rus SArrO.AL oAserre.
BIZ 'act of l"t;cr 10 gantic.n,a of tais cav. d.,
Ted Paris Angus. a.

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"a their usual activity. Thus saor, snsca of time hss
been su6ic,eu; produce AMI accoynpi,Sn rasola-
non m me ,ff,irs Of the nation, nnl 10 prosiru
nouarch who seven days agn, locked upon himself
up,opg the rnosi powerful Of hose Of Euron. he
has ahdcatcd Ihc throne, and before n,rh OK
poet be w he prisoner ia the hands nf the nation
y deputes! Fhr ordinances OF ITO Ex-Klnr and
councillors, which have produced these vonIs arc
familiar tn TOI. when they ap.Enrcd on tho o6th
th tho people panic s;ruck:-snch bold and
tyTannea' proceedings would, IT unresisted be the
blow To their cvll lbcrtcs,-and vet no means
appeared to proven. their enforcement The ci,irrns
were unorganised Una 5nncd whist at the com
mund Of Charles, there wiihin the walls OF PARIS
forco Of go ,e5J of The best troons suouca with
all the p'uri,ions Of war Eycy thing seemed des
Pcrate; and ;ks n2x; n! ,-nny tho dtcs,ed laws we're
to take eject
IN despite, howovcr of tue ordlnances, 10 Ma |
honsi, one of the most distinguished cf the liberal
papers, was issued tho ruroino Of The 9th 7. |
Contained declaration signed by Of the liberal
cIHots. 'eHouucng tho ordinance, iufrin
Oh ta Churter ana expressing thor determ'na ion TO
c'ntnpn the publication Of their respective papers
fhe gems d'atmcs broke into the oficc-drmanded
tnc ouibors.-Vhn we're protected by their friends
destroyed me whole p'css, aud drove the wor6rnen
'It" he streets. This tho commencement,
81 Nh" revolution and the cause of the first blood
beng she'd During the day the gems d'armrs rode
though h. streets, charging the people where
ser th"y appeared IN any numbers, aud SHOOTING
dnwH any who dared 10 utter !hs sed,.jos r-ics
81 Wv IA Charlie or 1--WE Ia Pre>ac," or .Vjvc
IA N1so0."
rpets
aac". snd stones and her missiles we g th.own n
the gems darmes. Fhr dead bodies Of ihe murdered
men were carIid ihrnu-h the srrets md ,b.,-
friends loudly demapded vengeance on the hand, Of
thor oTpres50Ts The troors Of the Epn ,eerc dis
posed IN various siatpns ~ the civ aud cannon
planted IN the streets By ih;s tim nj the shons
and pisces Of trade closed. and their ownsrs
we're mingled with the poole. a. nrht the nonu
lace broke all .t5 lamps, nad the pavan.nts of Tho
streets were torn up prevent tbs psssa5, of the
cavalry. Various ussem5 Is Of he people took
place aAf fcsiS aRce was resolved o. The stuHan-s
OF law ami medicine resolved 10 take no arms 10 r..
dress ihr wrongs vi th~f ~, and each nd;yiI
uaI sworn either TO effect it or o perish in tho =,
tcmpi:--'hat they would search Paris for arms
procure hem paaceaby, il possible, and for n inst
eqnlvalenf,-.f not, then 10 seize them by force
huskct firing was Leard through the ni:rh,, and
was the requiem OF many ofthe gems d sr.nes w!o
were killed by the IRE from the windows nr -
houses beneath which they We're passing. The old
Natinnnl Guard had bnrn dlsbanied several years.
lat had rctiIned ihrlT aEnca; they re appeared in
arms on the morning Of he s3'h, joined by the stu
dents OF the Polytechnic school whs were placed in !
command, the absence o! the officers R,v,It
from The Ks"g and open defiance were nov nrnrif,s,
cd on oil hands Wherever the arms of the Rour
oons had been place they were torn down Per
sons having any iTscrp' nnS thr signs relating
to royalty. sTcII Par BreUet d,, Roi" rbV the
Aings grant, &c carefully efaccd u. The trr.co-
7rcd flag hr.stoh, and "a has lbs B,urfg,ys :, :
"Vve In Chnr'e,' 1--WE Ia ibcrtv," ..Viye IA p.,
plsH wcre heard throughout he 81 Te.ts Tho strco,si
we're unpavod and the paving stones, which are in
Block, about foot square, either bull INTO walls
the strccts to form barriers or carried into
the upper front rooms OF the houses to b. throcyn
upon che enemy. Arms wcre IN The hands Of all
who could procure thrrn;-thay were Of every do
scrption: and many not able to obtain u1uskos, had
fixed scythes to the End Of long poles
Another Sohy Of ile people had broken in.o Abr
Museum OF Ancient Armour. and had armed thon,
selves wlth the ancient Roman ard antique nipple
rnents OF warfare. Persons vf all arcs and frnaIoa
mingled in the struggle The black flag vas hoist
ed, aud price offered for the heard Of polirnac.
Shom they considered the authcr Of all thai
- Wrongs Fhr Duke of RHgusa, the commander of
the Kings troops began the contest Inv charging
upon the people at tho hesd ofhis furceI TemDo,
Tarliy he was successful, and the people fed; thoy
soon rallied, and made themselves masters Of the
Hotel d" WHO (the town housed. The cUntnst was
maintuGed with fury for twelve hours with vari,rs
success. Durng tbs time, the rc5?se Of our on,r
Tor (which Is distant from the centre sF tho civ
where tho fighting generally took place. was fro.
quentIy disturbed by parties of gers darnnes pursu-
ing the cli1rns, several Of whom we're kilIsd i'm
medsteiy under he windy Of our hotel -pbe roar
OF the c"nnOna The rafting Of nuskeiry the shouts
OF the connbaluits, mingled with the rinonoy g md
o. the tocsio, which was rung from the towers Of
Eoire Dame, continued though the duy The gates
Of The city wnre closed-the barriers with hut ono
exception, IN possession Of the Hbernls-the mail.
stopped. ord TO communication with the surrounding
country
The firing ceased about 70 O'Clock on tho n,rh, oF
tae 26lh, alter having continued unrrmittinglv for
thWteen hours Fhe events which hrd aknn ola m
around rs recalled powerfully tho rlnorov recoI
Ioctious Of the former tcyoution still we had too
much confidence ~ the present enlightened state Of
the Partisan population, 10 suppose it possible that
the cxcesses which had been committed at that ne
ROD would now tase placr--and the event has rnnet
Fully reazrh the truth Of our confidence und sntici
patton. After short respite on the mnruipr of tho
2Vth hoard the tnc'in Rgnia sound, and acsin the
work Of death rscpmm,ncod moro syston,tic
o'tsck uudor tue direction 9th students Of tho pol
ytneAnic Shpol was made Tho Louvre and the
Iuilerlas the strong holds of the SnIss and Pov,I
'g,, .
the conrt-yards Of these edfcns--.hoy vorSS ann,
tnoncd To surren6cr-ihs was rejected with sc,rp
they were inst anily nank.d by The Pot tnchn,c,. n
comhN was dreodl"l. but II cyrntuatcd m thu
flight VI the royal troops, who we're terrible cr, 80,
George Washing on lafayette and I."va-sru- vynrr
among the tirTt 10 enter tho Iulsrios-fho q, a,
the head "i division Of the people AMI she l,u,,
carrying tie colours. b"vo IsOUr wa dnng.rousiv
wounded and hs lire dcsparcd Of Tbo who'll "
The Populace soon took possosslon Of this pgare
One OF my friends had the curiosity 20 opicy rIn,,