The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-04-02

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officers OF the State generals. Sc who were all in A.
greatest conservation s. The Instruction must bs :
pressed at all hazards" he exclaimed to Marshal Buge
can Kill twenty thousand men, is said TO have been A
reply OF the marshal. but promise your msia
10 suppress the nsurrection" That all might not be H.
the unfortunate monarch submits sign the act of abd
ton IN avor oil his GRANDSON and the Duchess Of Ote,
as regent The venerable Queen the most aniable Al,
pous OF women, is kindled into unvonted anger by n
explosion within her aged bosom of the instincts of i
vile and mother. The lamb is now a oness raging gu
her brood ntangled in the tolls of the hunters H.,
and address the troops, she exclaimed turning TO he,
band, and will call down benedctions mon vonr be
The unfortunate monarch, accompanied by his sons ana
,ther attendants, went below and made a last ANIMAL =
The national guards, who responded by cries of Tp
rffortas mingled with and faint Vipe le roi u
that all lost turned his unhappy family A.,
made hasty preparations for immediate departure tn
King, the Queen the Duchesses and their children drss
as for walk drive then slowly descended and wend
their melancholy way for the last time through the garden
Of the Tulleres, escorted by few soldiers and nation,
guards friend Ia LADY, who Witnessed the sad prca
sion from her window told me that a spectacle mad
TO move the stenest hearlhis instantaneous fall as b
The hand OF God from the pinnacle the base this SLOW
yet sudden flight from palace to the street. which was
end In eternal exile The Queen grasped the her
husband with both hers, if protect him from popu.,
vengeance by the inerposton of her respected person
sacred from innocence, and misfortune. When thew
reached the Place de la Concorde the spot where his father
and the Louis the Sixteenth had persisted the dis
crowned monarch shrunk with momentary horror and then
assayed speak few words the tronging multitude
but his voice drowned in the camor as was that Of
the dying Louis when the officer in command ordered
the drums TO beat What coinc idence, and what
recollection! The royal ngitives quickly entered cou
Pile OF small, plain carrages-pnblic ones beeve-and
drove towards St Cloud, molesng them Thus the
royalty OF July, which seemed TO be seated firm as the
prmeva obesk that Witnessed their departure, may lie
almost said to have gone off in hackney coach That
step from the sublime the ridiculous which shows
the littleness Of human greatness.
In the meantime, not less thrilling was going on
the Chamber oil Deputies Its members had assembled
early, frequent and full" When flight of the ROYAL
family had been decided upon the palace, the Duchess
Of Orleans, holding by the hand her children the Count
dc Paris and the Duke de Chares proceeded the
Chamber along the river and the bridge dc la Con.
code friend Carlst officer of the guard of Charles be
TENTH who saw her crossing the bridge told me tina,
mother and children admirable to behold and ex
cited in his hitherto hostile breast the deepest sympathy
When she entered the Chamber, she took with her
children and the Dukes de Nemours and Montpenser be-
fore the President; but they obliged by pres
retire Of the elevated benches of the depu-
ties. Strenuous and generous efforts made by Oion
Barrot Dupin and Others establish regency; but the
armed mob broke in and, pouring from the public
Dunes into the hail. ovepowered all regular debate
g late " cried voice from the multitude as in
1890 To the proposal of regency, the voice
reloined, " one offered also 1880" A widow and
child'-ss We had them too in 1880 % interrupted the
memorable voice. The confusion which ensued is mposs
BILE to describe gun pointed at the president who
thereupon vacated his seat Another fired the po
trait of the King All the Deputies hastily etreated
few of the extreme left The Duchess who had attempted
speak, but in vain and her Children pressed upon
but nsulted by the crowd, when they borne
by faithful adherens The Dukes de Nemours and Mont.
penser eaped through the window and escaped in dis
guse had from good authority, that the design
OF Odon Barot engage the Duchess horse
back and accompany him alone the barrcades. She
much esteemed for her qualities OF mind and heart and
uniform prudence and decoum of her department. and
ma IN O
people would be attended with nodanger to the prn-
cess who might have gained her cause by such an exh
biton courage and confidence The opportunity did not
present ITSELF She is said have passed the night the
Hotel des Invadcs and has since proceeded slowly with
her children Germany Hearing that she was without
MEANS and might meet with obstruction the provisional
government her passport her Jewels and large sum
of money. The msfounes of this viruous but isarred
princess WILL doubt not, waken tender sympathy in
many republican bosom.
To 90 back little. walked through the garden of the
Tuieries which filed with the populace, intoxicated
with wild delight proceeded towards the palace, which
was occupied by triumphing multitude, who throw
ing the furniture and papers out of the windows, running
the balconies and leads and hosting flags and firing
guns the dome Fires knded in the garden and in
the Place du Carousel in whch most of the articles thrown
of the windows consumed, together with the roy
al state carriages. Papers of all kindseven the pr
waite and confdentiawere flying about in direction
friend picked up one. which proved to be private let
from the Queen of the Belgans of the pncesses
wardrobe of young person about be married This
PROCLAMATION of the domestic privacy of young and vu-
GUS princess moved my heart than gaver
thought how few, however humble, would bear with pa
thence this exposure the gaze of the correspond
ence however delicate irreproachabe, OF mother
wife, or sister. Motives of decacy, which you will APP
precate, prevented from entering the palace Men
and women, in the most groesque costume, made up OF
dresses liveries, the tapping of real and mimic
ROYALTY or the properties of the theatre ried
parading upon the roof of the desecrated dwelling oil
monarchs One man. with gorgeous robe folded about
him like the imperial purple, and something twisted around
his head in the guise of diadem, strutng up and
down the edge of the palace roof with the slow solemn
strides of hero tragedy amidst the gbes and accama
tons of the populace 1t masquerade; real
canival the saturnalia of royalty The OF the peo
pie inflicted upon everything associated with. or yp-
cal Of regal state and upon pictures statues or OBJ
be replaced by the upholstered Little or moth
ing pundered and it is asserted that guards were
placed the DOORS search those who went out and that
the people shot several persons in the man
ner for being found with piered articles The scholars OF
the Polytechnic School did much restrain outages here
other occasions and it is astonishing with what
docity the people obeyed the orders of these srplngs,
in whose patriotism they had confidence and whose
perior knowledge inspired them with respect What an
extraordinary raceexctable ierce and destructive, but
not gross selfish In the hour of triumph hungry wea'
ry and uncontrolled by the sembance OF anthori-
y heard of in Paris of violence being offered
to life property.
visited the of dcsructionthe Paais Royal and
the Tueriesat night with perfect security In the cell
lars of the latter terrible ravages going and met
of the people staggering from the effects of his Maes
tvs wine, and few, by it, stretched the side