Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1848-03-30


insurgents prevented the postmen from taking the
letters from the receiving boxes; and on Tuesday
night one VI these poStmen surrounded and de-
tanned for several hours. The post-ofice omnibuses
were prevented from running the whole of the day,
by an assemblage Of 400 or 800 armed men, Some
letters spoiled by the injection into the receiving
boxes of water, or some other matter.
From the Paris RefOme, Feb. "a
When the 10th legion of the national guard
sembed, yesterday morning, on the Place Turenne,
ione of them shouted 'Viye la RefOrme!' whereupon
NJ Lcmercier. the colonel gave orders that he should
be seized; but the national guards surrounding him,
declared that he only expressed their sentiments.
detachment. consisting of several companies of
the Sd legion prevented the municipal guard from at
tacking the people near the Pont Notre Dame.
Between and o'clock, about fifty municipal
guards. who were shut in courtyard of house in
the Rue Bourg Fable, were forced TO lay down their
arms. The national guard negotiated between the
people and the municipal guard for the disarming
and when it was effected, the former took the latter
under their protection. The evaporation of the
crowd against the municipal guard most intense,
owing to the severity with which that body had acted
in different quarters; and when they issued from the
courtyard, a strong force required protect
them The people then demanded that they should be
made to take off their skakos, and that they
obliged to do. They then led along a number
of streets, headed By detachment of cuirasses and
surrounded by the national guard the troops of
the line forming passage for them to pass. On
irving at the Place d'Hoel de Vile. clever cavalry
movement prevented the crowd from entering and
the municipal guard thereby enabled TO escape
into the Place. They then warmly expressed their
thanks to their deliverers.
At 9 O'Clock, the quarter Transoman and part Of
the Rue St. Martin filled with barbados which
were guarded in military fashion by the people. The
inhabitants politely conducted to their resden
ces. Fires lighted for the bivouac. In the Rue
Rambuteau the people, carrying torches, knocked at
he prpd HOY
cried, slave you arms 7" ayes" "Then give
them" When the arms were given, the people
wrote on the DOORS "On donne des Grmes :"
As the crowd assembled before the Hotel of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and uttering
the usual cries, they fired on, without any pre-
vious notice. and ffy-two persons fell dead or
wounded. cry OF vengeance was Immediately Ut
tered by the people, the victims of abomlnable
buscade and several of them FASTENED into the neigh
boring streets, shouting "To arms to arms We are
being assassnated !'' Shortly after, u cart
arrive at the Office of the Naticnel, containing dead
bodies. The vehicle was surrounded by people, who
were weeping and full of Indignation and who
showed the bloody bodies, crying "They
sins who have slain them We will avenge them
Give arms arms - The tos-hes, casting their
glare by the bodies and the people. added
to the violent emotions Of the scene. M. GARNER
Pages, being that moment in the Office of the Ma
tona, addressed the people. He promised that he
would employ his efforts obtain for the people thus
attacked the satisfaction which is required from these
impious and atrocious ministers The funeral train
left our office, conducted and lighted in the same
manner. They conveyed the bodies to distant quar-
ters.
an. de Courtais, deputy of the opposition, FASTENED
to the Boulevard des Capucincs to ascertain the
ses Of this shameful butchery He informs us that
the colonel of the regiment which had caused the
firing to take place. was in CONSERVATION at what had
occurred. He thus explained what he called deplo-
rabe imprudence. At the moment at which the
crowd arrived, bullet from gun, which went of
by accident in The garden of the hotel, broke the leg
of the lieutenant coOnel's horse. The officer COM
handing the detachment believed that it was an at
tack ; and Immediately, with guilty want of refec-
ton, commanded his men to fire. This officer was
Immediately placed in prison."
From the London Times, Feb. &c.
Latest Particulars.
Count Mole has declined the task Of forming a new
ministry The King sent late last night for M. THEIRS
and that gentleman at once undertook TO submit TO his
majesty the list of new cabinet making provso
however, that he might be permitted to join with him
as one of his colleagues, NJ Odillon Barrot To this
his majesty was graciously pleased to accede This
morning, at little before o'clock, a number of
people were busily employed in erecting barricade
at the end of the Rue Tatbou, close TO the Boule.
ward, they saw group of gentlemen approaching
from the end nearest to the Rue des Trois Freres
Some of the crowd Immediately recognized them, and
loud cries of 'Vive NJ. Thiers," Z" Vive NJ. o. Bar
} rot,' burst forth. With these gentlemen Nj
Duverger du Hauranne, M. de Remusat Prince de Ia
, Moscowa, and other members belonging the oppo
sition. The whole party walked on towards the Cha
teau, followed by cries of Klre la Reformed" Yes
yes" said NJ Theirs, ''you shall have it,. At ano
ther point, in the Rue Grammon the cry arose of" EN-
pechez oins les coups de fuSil! which also
sponded to nrmativey by the group of deputies. The
whole way from the Boulevards to the Rue ST. Honor
is intercepted by immense barricades, of then
considerably higher than mans stature At each O
these implements, Nj. Theirs and the other gentle
men were obliged to pass singly; and as the rumo
spread that the honorable gentleman going to the
3 King loud cheers continued TO greet him.
! At about 10 o'clock, M. Odillon Barrot passed ~
the Rue Saint Anne, foot, towards the Boueva rds
I proclaimng Genere Lamoricierc commandant of the
3 National Guard of Paris. and accompanied by nu
escort of National Guards and citizens inter
mingled. On arriving at the corner of the Rue Rich
elieu, NJ o. Barro gave orders to troop of dragons
of the 2lst regiment of the line. to proceed the
9 barracks. The order Immediately obeyed amids
: shouts of " Vipe Ldmoriciere," "ViUe Odiion Bar
rot" Vire Vingt-unieme de ligne," the soldier
e fraternizing with the people. The caissons of thu
regiment in instant broken open, and the
d contents distributed amongst the crowds.
BY III o'clock the muster of the national guards hat
become very strong and most of the posts which hat
been occupied by the infantry of the line taker
: possession of by them. company of the line wa
seen returning their barracks in the Rue de Eau
bourg Poissonniere-many of them disarned
e having given their muskets when demanded by tn
, people, or rather by lads who were in the crowd
= Those who were not dsarmed had their muskets re
versed Two pieces of cannon and two caissOns wer
; seized the Boulevard des Italiens by party o
r the people, mixed with national guards. The powde
l. was taken of the caissons and distributed to tn
al al