The Arkansas advocate., 1835-10-02

IaFtneSl point al Wllcn ine national guards and the troops were drawn up, his Majesty, accompanied by inc Duke of Orleans, the Duke de Nemours, the Prince of Joinyile, and numerous and brilliant staff. was re- turning along the same line to the Place Yendome, where the troops were to file off before him. it 12 o'clock at the moment when he had reached the Boulevard du Temple, little before the Theatre des Fer nambuies, tremendous explosion resem- bling regular platoon firing, was heard. At first II was supposed to be discharge of fire works, but the falling and cries of .lc victims soon revealed the reality, and ey cessIye confusion easaed-an Internal Mia chine had just poured forth shower of balls upon the eortege that surrounded the King Marshal Mostier, Due de Turin, fell and expired without word. Several other ofli- cers and some of the National Guards were also killed, and considerable number wounded. The falling of some horses, among which was that of Marshal Mortier, and the capering of others, added to the tu- mut-whch 1t would Dc difficult 10 des- crbe. During this scene, the King whose arm had been grazed by bullet. and whose horse had received a wound in the neck, maintained the calmness for which he is distinguished, and displayed his wonderful courage by riding mp in the direction of the house from which the explosion came.
 After the first emotion had passed, the cortege continued it's route amid shouts of joy for the preservation of the Kings life, and threats of vengeance against the assas- sins. The bodies of the slain and the per- sons who are wounded, were immediately carried to the Cafe Sine opposite, where medical assistance was afforded to such as were still alive. Smoke was seen issuing from the third story of the house No. 50, on the Boaleyarde du Temple of which the ground and first floor were occupied by a wine dealer, named Parault. Each story consisted of one chamber, which is lighted by single window in front. The house was immediately surrounded, and all the persons found in 1t arrested the room in which the machine had been constructed is very small, being six feet and half by se- ven feet.
 The machine was made with great skill, of wood, with iron braces, and extremely solid. Two uprights supported two cross bars wood, placed parallel to the window, and in these were placed 20 gun barrels. The front cross bar placed at about foot from the window was rather lower than that behind, so that the balls might reach the body of q man on horseback in the middle of the Boulevard. The charge was so heavy, that five out of the twenty-five bar rels had burst, notwithstanding they were very substantial and new. The assassin was immediately taken into custody About three months ago he hired the rooms of the second and third stories of NJ. Dalle- magne, the proprietor He gave his name Grard, meohanieian, and appeared to be about 24 years of age. His room has window in front and another behind, and he had taken the procauion to fasten rope to the latter, to assist him in making his escape. By the bursting of some of the barrels at the moment of the explosion, the assassin was wounded in the forehead, the neck, and the lip. Notwithstanding his wounds, he rushed out at the window. Some police officers haviag run into the inner court, and seeing Girard slipping down the rope, one of them exclaimed, "Ah wretch, we have you" Girard. who was al the mo- ment at the height of a wall, threw himself over 1t into an adjoining yard, and there was apprehended.
 The Ministers of the Interior, the Prefect of the Police, and several magistrates went 10 the house, and ill the assassin's chamber they found the remains of the internal ma chine still smoking--a straw bed, and fire lighted. 4 delay of half a second perhaps in the explosion saved ihe life of the King. The cortege advanced in the following or der The King, the Prince de Joinville, the Duke of Orleans, the Duke de Ne mours, Marshal Lobau, and Marshal Mor- tier. All those in the cortege who were wounded were nearly all on the same line as Marshal Mortier. The news of the at- tempt was rapidly propa gated through the capital, and produced a powerful sensation. General de Rumigny, Aid-de- Camp to the King, set off full gallop to inform the Queen that his Majesty and the Prince had escaped the danger, fearing that she might have been seriously alarmed if she had heard of the event from any person who had not witt messed it. In passing along the lines he mentioned to several officers what had ec- cured, and soon there was not soldier that remained ignorant of #. As the troops of the line did not extend to the Boulevard du Temple, they were ordered to shift in that direction, that they might be ready to act in case of attempt at disturbance.
 At the moment of filing off before the King, the National Guards shouted Vsoe le Roif which was answered by the troops