Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-10-27

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serious revision and amendment. a parI of Com.
moiore NapeT's remarks on the subject m,y equal
ly amuse and surprise your readers
He had been 10 years in the service, and he had
never sccn either good muskcs, good pistols, good
eaiosse' or good earIouche boxes in his whole iiie
. Laushterl
0 "when lac was in Syria many Of the arms were
unht Tor service, ami when they supplied the noun
taneers many had refused TO take them, they were
so I, hcien'. The honorable buronci, (Sir Robert
I Peel,) should he semi tos his younsster, who
l IN the Maryland was very dne young man
(much aughteTl would find that that statement
eorfec'. lie was grateful 10 the present Govern
ment for the addition made TO the seamen, for
shlPs had not been manned they ought to he;
and on recent occasion, Il a large French fleet,
well manned, had borne down upon them, man
could have told what the consequences might have
been. Whatever party might DC IN power wheth-
er Wings or Tories, his hon ,rable friends the
Radicals, he hoped that means would be taken to
prevent our being dIssraccd, we had been IN the
American wal.
AS To the improvements spoken of by Capt.
tNzroy, the Americans were three years before us
IN those improvements. He should like TO know
what a military man knew about gun-caTrllges, or
how gun should be fitted or elevated Il was
well known that the guns with which the Navy had
been fitted through the Ordnance Department were
oi the very worst sort OF any navy IN the world,
not even excepted MehemCt Ais ships" (Ilcar,
hcar)
While the camp was forming at Compiesne for
the demonstrations and paseants which | have
skeiched, this capital was Gir4rted - more than
aiarmed-by tortnshS's afternoon eneuis, or half
irsusrccuon. IL is subject, as you know by my
correspondence 10 periodical vlslIaIiouS this mode
from the inhabited cellars, Sarreis and factories and
the public resorts OF the unemployed and malconent
of every humble description. Last September and
October, had 20 TtcprL combinations and disorders
of hosts OF operatives win the formidable motto,
Live by labor OF die IA baltls-yIrre en traraii1ui
| oH mourn e0nLaiiaHi. This autumn, the afflIr
began on an open square before the Palace of Jus
|
from the Secret Political Societies that Tor two or
three years met IN committee in the wine shops and
coffee cells O the pur.Ieus. They were Ia the habit
OF reading Radical tracts and journals TO groups
Of the utterly Ilierate. have watched this sort of
lecture IN other quarters of Paris and its envrOnS,
aud been struck win the Gylcty ut the is;entcrs,
particularly for the most absurd aud atrocionS
charges against their political rulers. Hundreds OF
huerusma OnS OF all ages, collected from the square
| Of The courts and ihaI o the Hotel Ce Nlle pro-
cccced across IN gallant style TO the iauooUrgs 50
famous 10 French revolutionary history, sin sns the
Marsei.es hymn, breaking the street lamps, aud
SEEING on The red stuff they could discover at WIN
dows 10 make fl . for their blujscons. This anlr-
c7y was renewed from evening TO evening; for an
extent OF miles, all the shops were closed, and
doors and windows fastened; municipal sergeants,
guards, gCndlgmcne, regular troops, troke the thick
ARRAY oi the iesions OF dIstIrocrs ana nquireTS,
aid about them with thick canes and the fat blades
OF oroadswo rdS, and thus contriyed 10 sweep the
squares, streets, and bou.evards, 50 at least as
t. enable the inhabitants 10 snatch reposs after
mdng ht. At length the emeu.e OF the gaminsrie
| (vAgHJUnd laGsl and the attempts OF the sOcIe-
ties 10 gather an amy OF bldckguards for gen.
eral battle, became expected exhibition for
which some twenty or thirty thousand spectators
ranged themselves between SIX anu seven o'clock on
the 0Ouevards TO the entrances OF the TAU.
! bOurgs ST. Martin and ST Antoine. From their
! seats. they raised shouts Of laughter, they wit
| neSsUu slow a druU5lng cleverly administered
! by the public forces, or charge which dispersed
! for moment ana put TO sht the Gus bands OF
| than hurt or frightened. Sunday sen'nlght, the
gadding HOrdes OF Paris rushed 10 the Champ de Mars
| 10 the ho Sc races; thence 10 s.. Cloud and TO
| Versailles tor the play OF the waters and back al
SIX O'Clock 2. NJ Tor the Instruction on the upper
Noueyarjs. With such mObs and proceedings,
bruises, broken heads, heshwounds, and Of
the mere lockers on could not tai to multiply from
eve Among the three hundred and odd cap
lures OF the police, the examinations in the COrrec
IOnli Court and al the Prefecture, disclosed some
Englishmen, simple bystanders, and two or three
VINO cOut-uLeq with Lhe town sGTgcauls that they
Ind much night TO tie pave any constable or
corporal. You read M every account OF public
| >. cctICle, tragedy, or tIrce-Oa eOmpis bEduc0Bp
d.lnglOiS parui les cluisur. Pages of the law
and police journals daily hlleu with the inter-
rUgltiJn aud trt.s Of the rioters they yIe d
proof enough of RaG!cs instigaIon fos revolution,
a. the tine they illustrate the simplicity Of the
multitude, rife 10! tur and rolc Tor predatory mar
cACs, and SsditIous cries, without any definite OU
iect or 81! humor. "Why," SAID the Judge, 10 one
OF rough struggle, why, did you throw stones
aud Uo.Ues 81 the gendirmerIe :" "Mr. Judge"
answered he, 81 can't tell | have never been able
70 keen out Of ScrapEs; II Is my character to play
un!u-ky prlnks." The majority OF the cu.prts OF
this character md the female prisoners have been
let oil with small fines and short imprisonment.
The heaviest sentence hitherto is on cI-devGnt
captain in the service Of Don PEDRO, OF Portugal,
who enlisted lately with the Journal du Peuple, and
| OF whose revolutionary equipment and zeal aOun-
daut evidence was brought forth. Since the 23d
inst. all quarters have been restored 10 quiet, more
by change Of weather and the lasstl,e oi all par
ties than any eIeTiiOn OF force. Every day cOllec-
tons Of ammuni.ions and oil arms, and masses Of
sword canes, (cIncs poygnl!d,) and ,enaHied dens
Of manufacturers Of powder and weapons, discovered
10y Tie otlciai explorers, alarm tie rejecting por-
tiGE o! TINS community. II the Opposition prints
did to, constantly provoke every class to hatred OF
the administration, and TO resistance IN every doubt
tul! or GlspU'aul- case strive 10 convert the
irac.0ry and turbulent into victims OF d=spOtism,
/ they wou.d rave stronger warrant tOf complain.
ing that public authorities, with armed force OF
I q hundred thousand men Including the Nation
Guards al their command should suffer such out
RACES on the rub lc peace AMI on private proper
" % be continued iOE weeks. Whatever en-
pipYmcu. ofiu.CC can possibly e distorted or cxag-
geTaic1, Is iun ned o. tIil account Tor the end,
wH ca Is rccKlcss.y pr sled IN Great Britain, and
even In our model Egpupuc-Cte i9i de u, que
je my Ws'irj uismOun', That may leap IHtO TIC
saddle a gr.ncipa writer Of the parties, opsrat-
ing against the Sout-GuizOt Cabinet, could not
he. Up ryJukng hs ciItgs thus "HIi At least OF
the stumbling Of the Government is caused by the
obstacles with which you cucumber It's path" IL
Dc very common impression here, either produced
or encouraged by The press, that the police eKciles
the popular Gig-rDincgs Tor the purpose istrength.
euug the Government by alarming the pOsscssOrs
Of property and the overs Of quici drawing ont
consprs.J from their lurking places, or cscerIIn
ing the pulse OF TIC iacll0us, getting, from time
. to tune, the scum OF the people, which cOmmOuJn
! raises. Every mai. brings intelligence Of some new
outbreak, chiefly in the South, az INST the fiscal re-
gistTy. Three of the Toulouse editors and a large
batch Of sireet.IiJtciB have teen retained in prison
tor trial. At Cermoni order being restored by
gre additions 20 the military force, the magistrates
and courts have ard1Uus task in examining ard
! dspOaIng Oi the multitude Of PRISONERS, town black
guards, village sImpei9ns, and marauders from tue
/ mountains, (hIls Of Auyergne,l wild the
/ Arabs of the Atlas. The oJJec, OF most of them
. was, what they accomplished ~ destroy the Gu
closures and toI-gat.s, and spread through the eel
lars and warehouse of the Ct wine and other aTt-
ces from without subj -ci ~ the Ocr0i. ltsanolher
instance OF the evil OF this system that, by the Off
/ cF. census, ROucn, thriving manufacturing city,
does not appear TO have Increased IN numbers for
five years past and the is that the operatives
generally have domic ci themselves outside the
ga'Cs boo order TO escapes the effects Of the OcTO On
the Jneg OF wing. We are informed to-day that a
reg .ln.nr Of IUfinTy has been ordsrcd from HayrC
70 RoIar, "where the Government is concentrating
troops t1r ths suppression Of uny Disturbances that