Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-05-18

alarm was excited, and the drums of the ma
tional guards beat 10 arms shortly after noon.
when the whole body, together with the garde
rationale mobile, assembled, and presented so
formidable an appearance, that the Commu-
nists did not venture to make any overt at
tempt, although they marched TO the Hotel de
vile. The following account of the affair is
given by the Journal des Debats:
s'During the whole of Sunday, an extraordi-
nary sensation reigned throughout the capital.
At noon the drums of the national guards beat
to arms, and never was the assembly of that
force so numerous or so decided The national
guard (mobile,) with General Duvivier at
their head, were also in movement. These
different corps, which mounted to more 1OO,.
600 men. took up positions on different points
OF the capital. A body of more than $4,000
men occupied the Place de PHotel de Vile
and the approaches to it. Repeated cries we
heard through the ranks of 'Vive lie garde ma
tiona le,' 'Vive lie Government Provisiore, p
"a bas Communists Vive lie Republique
The cause of this military display is as follows:
In the morning placard was posted in every
part of the metropolis, inviting an assemblage
In the Champ de Mars, for the election of Off
GERS OF the staff of the national guard, which
were to be taken from among the working clas-
ses. A great number of honest workmen re-
paired 10 the spot, in the idea that they were
about 10 fulfil one of their duties as citizens
1t soon, however, appeared that their pa
triotism had been made the dupe of an au-
dacious and well-contrived intrigue, the OBJ
ject of which was to carry out projected
manifestation against the Provisional Govern
ment.
Strange reports were in circulation during
the day, as to the object of the intrigue. 1t
h., I.
rected against part of the Provisional Gov
drnment M. Lamartine, M. Marrast, and M.
GARNER Pages were TO have been removed, and
their places filled by M Blanqui and NJ CADET.
The period of the elections was to have been
postponed to the 31st of May. The national
guard would have been disarmed, and the ma
gistracy dismissed en- masse, and replaced. All
the officers of the army were to have been
cashiered and replaced be elected chiefs. Such
were the alarming reports IN circulation in the
capital.
''The following is the recital of what really
occurred: A column of from $4,000 to 10000
workmen, unarmed, presented itself at the
Place de PHotel de Vile, but they retired soon
after without making any threatening nantes
tation. They withdrew before the imposing
attitude assumed by the national guard. Such
has been the result of the dey
1t is considered certain that the attroupc-
mlent on Sunday in the Champ de Mars was
coHvoked by Louis Blanc, who is resorting to
all possible means to extricate himself from
the embarrassment in which his signal failure
at the Luxembourg has thrown him. 1t was
Gen. Changarnier that induced Lamartine to
order the rappel to be beaten on Sunday. Mel
Their Lamartine nor Letlru Rollin believed il
possible that such body could be convoked as
soon made its appearance.
The Paris correspondent of the times describes
the occurrence as follows
cat length, about o'clock, all settled down
The Boulevards, as far as the eye could reach
land believe might say from the Madeleine
to the Bastile,) was filled with national guards
whose various costumes gave to the affair a
character of novelty and interest indescribabe
A lull of half an hour took place. The
most gratifying, the most cheering, and the
most reassuring event that could have occur
red, took place before the national guards
marched off. The noise of approaching drums
and the echo of distant cheering was heard, and
before the cause became arparen mt, loud, con-
tinuousshout issued from the national guards
All this was occasioned by the approach of a
large body (several thousands) of those men al
whom it has been the fashion here in Paris to
laugh irreverently, because of their grotosque
character. and, in many instances, the poverty
of their wardrobe-the national guard mobiles.
They advanced in the pas accelere, III treble
ranks ofabout 5 deep, and marched better than
any troops the line or national guards i had
ever seen. A more resolute set of fellows has
not been seen than they appeared. There were,
perhaps-because of their sense of propriety-
little grave, and carried their heads little
stiff1y, except when they relieved, by cries Of
l'"Vive la garde nationale!'' the enthusiastic
shouts of ''Vive la garde rationale mobile.''
with which their elder comrades received
them"
''From that moment perfect confidence in
the maintenance of order struck every beholder
All remained tranquil, although the crowded
streets and excitement and agitation that pre-
vailed are hardly reconcileable with such a
phrase, until s o'clock, when was made to
tremble for the fate of my pacific prediction
New subject for alarm seemed TO have Offered
itself; for, without beat of drum, national
guards again began to hurry to various points
of rendezvous, in few minutes afterwards the
rappel was again heard. The national guard
again appeared, and as before formed on the
Boulevard. Half an hour of expectation and
alarm succeeded, and it became obvious that
i this time the national guards were not as good
humored as they had beer during the day.
This appearance of gravity suggested fears thai
all was not right whereas it turned out thai
they were only displeased with the agitators
/ who had caused them so much trouble-a fac
J which was proved when another heavy column
of mobiles passed in front of them. The salu
tations were quite as hearty as before, but tt
those cheers of mutual goodwill were now
added with tone of deep execration-'A ba
les Communicated a bas Blanqui!' A bd
Cabet!' (the leaders of the sect.) This cry wa
taken up by the whole mass of the people, ricf
and poor, men and woman, with which, thro'
out the entire day and evening, the Boulevard
7 and streets were filled"
, The Presse observes that the 10th of April il
the date of the finest day the republic can boas
of since the oath of February. The nationa
guard provoked by an imprudent manifestation
rose in one body, animated, both old aud new
by one and the same spirit, by one and IN
same will. The national guard has taken Il
hand the cause of the order, of the true hbert
n of government, and of the republic ltsell
S which could not have resisted certain experi
It ments. All Paris was spontaneously illumina
y ted Several friendly demonstrations were i
o the course of the day made before the oficit
rfM 10 rfin and o