Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-01-08

crows, 'e Indignantly replied, 81 am only blow
ing ;he trumpet, if you dislike the notes 90 settle
matter with those who composed the music"
the day, the appearance of popular COM
molten became more and more threatening. AS
the SHADES of night darkened the streets of the
lnllamed city, cries of olive the Constitution"
Down with the Bourbons," "Death to the min
resounded through the gloom. As the
troops of the King, with drawn sabres,
were driving the people from one Of the streets,
the populace seized upon an omnibus, overturn-
ed it and throwing around it such articles as
could be gathered from the neighboring dwellings
formed a baricade which efectually arrested the
pregsls Of thetroopsa Behind this barricade
slienlly dsfh ded themselves, with paving
'sioiG every n within their reach. In
lsly every mind saw the efficacy of this
smp sigl.ting The city were
.dasled and the populace toiIed the liyelong
night in the mystery of darkness, making ar
rangements for the conflict of the morrow.
When the light Of Wednesday morning dawn
ed upon Paris, the principal streets were seen
filled with these effective blockades. Instead Of
the unarmed mobs which had fled before the
dragons the day before, there now appeared
throngs of well-armed citizens, here and there
marshalled in military array, under active lead.
ers, either veteran generals of the old revolution.
airy armies, or enthusiastic students from the mi
lltary school, The sound of war against oppres.
sion had aroused Lafayette from his retreat. anC
his silver locks were seen floating in the breeze
as he headed and guided the struggling people
A deputation Of students from the Polytechnic
school called upon La Fayette for counsel. Wit
the most solemn emphasis he uttered the singI
word " Resist" From1he venerable towers
Notp Dame the tri-colored flag of the ReyoIu
ton was seen floating in the breeze; the tri-cc
lore4cockade, the pledge of resistance unto deaf
was UPON every hat. The melancholy peal G
the Marin bells, and the martial drum, ~coIIecte
the populace in innumerable rendezvous for wal
Anxiety and stern defiance sat on every counte
nance. Paris was a camp, a battlefield. The Kin
had in Paris and its immediate vicinity eightee
thousand troops, veterans in war. To meet ther
in deadly conflict was no child's play.
As soon as the morningMlight was sprea
over the city, the sound of the trumpet and mai
tial drum was heard, as the regiments of tn
King, in solid phalanx, marched from their hea
qualters in the Tuilleries, with infantry and a
tlllGy and cavalry, to sweep the streets of the il
slrgent city. The p%opulace were prepared fc
ia deadliest resistance. The troops of Charlt
drilled ida d~lafsKllgdlfor the most dete
aed and desperate Then ensued seem
lOA NsS ahI rn~rdesva~ strife, such as ha,
N BEEN exceeded in any conflict. III
jtgVnlh GIVE afi6tedi every street of the city,
Heavy cannon moved down the opposing multi
tube, with balls and grape shot. Bomb shell
demolished the houses which afforded a covert
the a%ssailing people. WelI-mounted troops, arm
ed to the teeth, pursued and cut down the hyin
fugtives. And sharp shooters drove their bu
let's into every eye that peeped rom a windo,
and every hand that appeared from a turret.
L is not easy to imagine the havoc that mu
be Produced by the balls from heavy artiller
ricocheting over the pavcments of a crowded cit
andtearing their destructive way through parlo
and chambers, where afrighted mothers al
r thet babes were clustered together. One lac
q had tttired in terror to her chamber and her be
. wheu a cannon ball pierced the house, passt
through her bed and her body, and scattering h
%renaila over the room, continued unimpedcd
its WY Of destruction and carnage. A resolu
wom'n, observing with horror the awful slaug
= ter-shich one of the Kings cannon produce
as it moved down the crowds in the street
q RUSHED to the cannon, pressed her bosom to
$ mouth, and clasping it with her arms, entreat
j. the officer in command to desist. The soldie
+ endavored to pull her away. But with frant
strcagth she chung t., the gun, declaring that
q. they would continue their slaughter, they shou
fire through her body. The officer command,
t the torch to be applied. The gunner shral
Gromthc horrible deed. Fire shouted the Of
Ger, or will thrust my sword through 20
: pody.' The torch was applied, and instant
the iemains of this heroic woman were scatter
a in fragments through the air. A party of eig
lStuuGiilCl VIII NtlC SIllluS dL d ldDlC, ldStl
partlking Of refreshments. A cannon ball pie
$ ced the dwelling, passed over the table, ju
+ sweeping it clean of its contents, and buried
! self in the side Of the house, i%njuring no one.-
1+I% srvwgilded and suspended in iro
! Of the dwelling, with this inscription. an Q
j angs from Charles x; the last taken Of his p
teraai b0e."
e As the Kings troops encountered the bar
q cadss with which the streets were everywhe
! impeded, the citizens, from the yards and chat
o bers and roofs of the houses, and from every pr
s tecting point, poured in upon them the most
%structive fire. As these veteran soldiers, inur
to all the horrors of war, fought their bloody W
along the narrow streets, compact masses, tn
were crushed by logs of wood and heavy articI
of furniture, and paving-stones, thrown by the
q sand unseen hands, from the windows of the he
SEES, and rained down from the roofs like hail L
!. on their heads.
n For three days this terrible conflict contir
It ed with undated fury. The streets of Pa
flowed red with blood. The quick rafting f