Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1840-11-21

remain, yours respectfully, OcT% ASb#W
VERITAs,
EIGHT D4Ys LATER FROM ECRoPl
ARRIVAL OF THE BRlTTAN!A.
ANorHERA ATTEMPT TO AssAssINATE
THE KING OF THE FRENCH. I
Pans, Oct Is.
A musket thot wss fred al the king a, six O.
click this evening. st the moment when his maj
es.y was passing along the quay Of the Jule
rics, on hi return TO st Cloud.
Neither the king nor any Of the persons b.
whom he was accompanied, wac hurt.
The assassin was arres.ed.
He showed his crime.
The name of the assassin il said to be BARNES
He is from the south Of France(le said Marse;lIc.
Blu, there was some doubt on tina, poiSk) 1t woule
appear that his n,usket had been overloaded, for il
burst aud wounded him in the shoulder.
II was rulnored that the assassin was one Of the
advocates for war who are at present SO much
er4hf, and that by numbering the King he.caIcula.
ted OIL Itnoviug the only bar TO the arrival Of tia.
calamity.
The funds fell Of course ut Tartsni's in cense-
quence of this attack, but as 80 further conse-
quences were spprekcndea from it,tbey rallied. AT
The time when the express left. per cents were
7of. 7sc. with, however, butt doing. q
From the Sunday Times, DC, 18th.
The Pari. papers of Friday. sre1hore occ upisd
with the a!racious attempt made upon the king s
life, on the preceding evening, than. with the east
ern question. Opinion was divided respecting the
probable efec, of the at,emp,io assasinate the kirg.
One portion Of the press regarded 1t as calculated
TO weaken the republican or turbulent, ar'y, and
therefore 10 secure the maintenance of peace
Another (of which the Journal des Deba!s Is the
principally fears taat France will have been inyar-
ed by it in the eyes of foreign powers, who may
regard it as demons,rative of her internal. disisio. y
aud weakness.
Last evening, continues The Detats, at fifty five
minutes past FIVE o'clock, when the king We re-
turning to 81 Cloud, accompanied by the queen
and Madame Adelaide, and was passing along the
quay of the TuiIleries, near the Pom. de la Con.
corde, opposite to the guard house du Iion,. an
individual fred a carabine in the direction Of the
carriage. Their m~ajeslies, who fortunately were
not injured, continued their journey. The assas
sin had evidently chosen this position with the
intention of taking advantage (like Aiiband) Of
the instant that the king would salute the troops
under arms. The king, in fact. always salutes
The guard, whether troops of The line or National
Guard, and in SO doing lets down the glass of ths
carriage, and advances forward. One of the gren.
adiers on guard Immediately seized the assassin,
who said, i am not going away He w4s then
taken to the guard house. The project Of police |
arrived IN q few minutes, and inlerrogated him.
He confessed bis crime. and declared tina, his
name was Warius Darmss. He said that he was
a native of Marseil!es, and had been for a long
time 10 Paris, and was employed as a %froi,eur
lin polishing the floors Of apartmen,s.l He was
cAd in a long frock coat, under which he con-
his car ahine. the stock OF which was ex-
pensiyely carved. He is 43 years of age.
He was searched, aud on his person. were f und
Two loaded pistols and a poinari. The carsbine,
which had been cut short aud loaded APP to the
had burst. The charge did not scatter,
Ind The carriage was but slightly struck. The
assassin, however, was severely wounded 10 the
eft hand. His carabine was loaded with several
and siuss. The explosion was extremely
oud. One of the NatiousI Guards Of the escort
vas slightly wounded in the hand by n slug.
)ne Of the footncn who>wa standing behind tn
arrisge, was wounded in the leg. The
s not dangerous, but the ball has not yet been
rae,ed. ~ 80 Z
BARNES: when arrested burst into a violent pas r,
ion aud exclaimed. Cursed carabiaa / had
AIKEN a good aim, but | overloaded it, Z
To The first question which wa. addressed to-
i'm, be at frs, replied, 'Conspirator.' h,
What is your PROFESSIONALISM exterminatof :
ftyrn,s. !
What could have induced 70. 70 con,Ini. 50
orrib'e' . crime!' i am no, a hired consPh Ebr.
folIowedsthe impulse of my nature,
s.How longsis it since you forssd this vesolu-
on!'i About an hour since; I wished 10 rid
rance Of the greatest .yrant thai she ever pro-
uced.
DaEmea is dlsw stature, he ha. a aaning and ,
rccious expression of coun,cnance. Az bearing |:
dictates most determined resolution. ~.
His wound is seriou and required medical as91
stance. Ills asserted sksi it will be necessary :
smpu,aie two or three of his ingsrs. The pain 8
The wousdFas 50 iasense thst be tainted.
II was remarked that after b. committed the Z
ims. he usded ts,eupt to escape, and that he !
. measure dciSesed hidself up to the soldiers .
ID police officers ~ho arresed him. AT eight !.
eock. . hackney coach was broueb hahespsrd
'use and o sirpne sescor. Of police psocseds nod !
lowed il. A considerable multitude $of sptc,a. :
r. followed the coach 10 silent asionishaIent.
Their m~ajestiss arrived At st O4Dnd early IA
e evening. Some miny Sfer~aras.ths DuhA
ID Duchess Of Oflesns no. the T'uiseries and y
to ST Cloud. The Duke d'Aumaie arrived 4
s. Cloud from Viaeennesin the course Of the y
e.ai"g. A considerahAs ~ ebsapf peers depn-
and cabinet ministers, Mh sevss1k members -
The Diplomatic body. amoaess~ shom we re- y
Lord Grsnvil!esthe EnsIishsambasador \
ps''sa 70 s. Cloud s!shs a''' a~.s.soasAs !. !.
o. ne boulevard. .os public plse.s, il. 81 I
the - p. on the King life, proodaesd ID IL 81
eal1. IN
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EURoPE..
n Bessoots or rmed-seporfed AZ y
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Fhsefaation 81 ~ Jf~sad-prospecS b. VIZ, Il,
fc. DC. - III
NV Yoax. Nov -
packet shir New Yo,k has just arrived, m
N Lissfpooi, whence she sailed on the s,h uit, m
70 which date she brings Liverpool paper, Y
Loubon 10 Inc 18th. vi,
he pnMs appears still more wa,li1c. Ifdeed NJ
war upon Syria snd Egypt is already under M
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