The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-07-26

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FRL DAY
THE oITTBREs e E A X .1ls CON.
FLlCTAT sTEIE BA RRlcADE DEssE q
On. the morning of the 23d at f;,nri
O'clock, Dbout 5000 sof these men erected
sbarricades a. Porte st. Denis and ST.
Martin. Many ftham we're armedWitb
3muskets. Atabout ten they nttnckc,l ii
post of national guards, md attemptedsto
disarni il. Resistance being nude, the
assuinnts fred, and The guard returned
the fire. The people fled. Al nhon,
three o'clock the rappel having been baa.
ten for The national guards, nearly one
third turned out. a detachment ofsthe
sccnnd legion marched against bnrri-
cade, and called upon the men who guar
ded il TO surrender. The answer wns n
discharge Of mnsketry, on which the nn.
tional guards fired, but afiera few rounds
they were ovcrpowed and tlisarmcd, and
the workmen from the windows ofthe sur,
rounding houses fred upon them. jtThree
or four were killed and several wounded;
Alta latc hour the national guards came
up in force, and opened murderous FIRE
on the barricndes. The insurgents made
an obstinate resistance, but at lengll,
abandoned the barricudcs and fed. Sew
eral national guards were killed; a Lieut..
Colonel and Chef d'Escadron were
wounded. Ftom thirty to forlytof tho
people we're killed in the attnck. Gencr-
al de Lnmoriciere commanded the troops.
The cry of the emeuticrs was "Vive la
RepIhliouo Han,ocro,; ~
At all early hour the Place de la Con-
cordc had been occupied by an immense
body oftroops, but very few the nation
al guards were TO he seen; the same was
the case in the Fnubolrg ST. Honore, the
Rue dc Rivoli, the Rue dc Ia .Paix, and
the Boulevnrls. BY three O'Clock the
Hotel dc Vile, together with The barri.
calcs err ctcd there, were occupied by
troops. Bodies Of the national guard
were stationed at The Tuilcrics, but while
on former occnsions, the rappek had no,
bern beaten for two hours before Paris
Witnessed 100000 citizens under arms,
although it beat four hours, there was no,
the tenth part of That number scen. AT
i've o'clock n force Of artillery was sent
up 10 the rnii rond St. Denis, when the
second legion attacked the burricatles ut
The Porte ST. Denis, The national guards
being fired on by the insurgents, answer
cd by discharge in plnloons, firing in the
air. This was replied to by IN effective
discharge by tho insurgents; nllcr which
tho nntionnI guards discharge vollcvs for
quarter Of an hour, to which the imsur.
gents answered by continued dropping
fire like that OF si,arpshoolcrs. II is i'm
possible 10 describe the eiEcl produced bv
these fusilndcs upon the misses which
crowded he boulevartls, who ncd in ter
ror. This was Increased when the M
tional guards, from wnnt Of ammunition,
retired before The insurgents.
Nj. Arngo made every effort through.
out the day 10 prevent II collision. All
The troops and national guards showed lIp
grcnlest intrcpi'liy and the most admiru-
BILE dcvotedness.
BLOODY SCENE AT THE ECOLE
DE MEDlCINE-SEVEnAL DE.
PUTlES AND GENERAL OFF.
GERS KILLED AND WOUNDED.
At ten o'clock p. NJ. the firing hal
nearly ccnscd. The nutionnl guard, the
garde monilc, and the troops were under
arms. There was no means ofapprouch-
ing the theatre OF the struggle. so tha. j,
was mol possible to learn iflhe insurgents
had rclninetI their position. The engage
mrnl was very bloody in tho qunrtcr Of
tho Ecole dc Medicine. |, was said ha,
NJ. Pascal. the Lieut.. Colonel Of the lllh
legion, and NJ. Avriul, banker, had been
morally wound. d.
NJ. Bonienu and NJ. Bixio, IN learning
nj tho Asst mbly should lie the first 10 ex-
pose themselves 10 the fire. "()ur place
(said NJ. Bixio) is nj the head Of the ma.
tional gunrd. to stop, possible, The effils-
ion ofblood;" and borrowing the scarf of
one ofthc members. he Immediately left
the Chamber TO curry OH, his declaration.
M. Bixio has been sho, in the breast, aud
II is feared he caiinot survive. NJ. Gle
mcnt Thomas has received ball in the
thigh Gen. f}cdeau hus also been woun.
/, dcd in the thigh. M. Dorncs, repre-.
sentative and editor Of the National, has
bern wounded.
Col. Thnyer, one oflhe richest propric-
tors in Paris, has been wounded. NJ.
Pierre Bonaparte, son Of Lucien, had horse
wounded by ball by the side of NJ. de
Lnmartinr. During the greater par, of
the day Lamartinr accompanied General
Cavagnac to all the scenes of,he contest.
| GENERAL CAVAIGNAC APPOIN.
TED COMMANDER.lNC CHIEF.
at two o'clock an order was published,
signed by the President Of tho Assembly
and Executive Commission, appointing
q n. Cavaignac COMMANDMENT. Chief of
ofthc troops of every arm, including the