Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-07-26


| During the whole Of FRIDAY ni.,,,. e,.l
until three O'Clock on SATURDAY.. The roar
Of the artillery and the noise of the n,,s.
se's were incessant. In this fri.h,f,l
| state of things the Assembly betrayed no,
a little alarm 4 depuiaiioa from the As
sembly we're proposed 10 go AMI entrcat
the combatants 10 cease this frairici,sl
strife. but all the successive report. proved
that the Insurgents were bent on only
yielding up the struggle with their lives.
and their valor wis only surpassed by
their desperate resolution.
Ga Saturday night. at Io O'Clock. tie
capital was in an awful state. Fighting
continued with undated fury. Large
numbers of troops poured in from all tho
neighboring departments. but still the in.
snrgen.s. having rendered their positions
almost inlprcgnaIle. resisted more or less
effeciually all the force which could be
brought against them. The red fla-. the
banner of the RepubliGuc Democra,ieue
CT Socialc. was hois,ed :. ~
On Sunday morning. the meeting OF the
National Assembly. the President stated
that the government force had completed.
succeeded in suppressing the insurreciion
on the left bank of the river, after fright
ful sacrifice of human life, and the Cen.
eral Cavaignac had given the Insurgents
on the right bank till 10 O'Clock Ia surren.
der. when. if they did not lay down their
arms he woull storm their intrenchmcn,s
in the Fauborg;, ST. Antoine, where they
were now driven. and but the whole To the
sword. The heaviest artillery had bee,,
brought 10 bear upon them, and little
doubt could be entertained that the insur.
reciion could be put down. The hope
thus held out of the termination was no,
however realized.
The fighting continued the whole cf
Sunday. with a fearful loss of life, espc.
cially to the National Guards.
On Monday. the reiniorcements Gen.
Lemorere had received from Cavaiynac
enabled him to hem in the insurgents ia
the eastern part Of the city, and although,
reduced. to eNtremitics they still fought
with incredible yaior.
1t was thought on Monday morninr ear.
ly that they would surrender. but again
the hope thus held out Of the determine,
ton of the Instruction, was no, immedi-
atcly realized.
AT half past 10. the fighting was resum-
ed. and it was only after frightiul struy-
gle of about two hours that the govern.
ment troops. everywhere. prevailed, and
that part Of the instruction being bro
ken the insurgents were either shot, Ia,
ken prisoners. or fed into the country il.
the direction OF Vincennes. The eastern
quarters, comprising the faubourg st. An
TOME, du Temple, Meuilmontant, and Pc
pingcourt, were the last subducd.
The last band took refuge in the celc,
brated 1'ierr la Chaise, but the Gardc Mo.
bile hunted them even from this sanciua.
ry.and they were slaug htercd ia tho neigh.
boring fields.
On Tuesday the Instruction was def,
nitely quelled. The loss of life has been
terrific, no fewer than fourteen general of,
lcers had been put hors du combak-a
greater loss than in the most splendid en-
gagements OF Napoleon. Amongst those
who fell are Gen. Megrier and Generals
l}ear and .Brea; Gems. Charcolne, ind
Rendult and others severely wounded
-Four or five members Of the National As
sembly are amongst the killed, and rs
many more wounded, but the, most touch.
ing death Of all is that Of the Bishop OF
Paris.
! The venerable prelate on Sunday VOL
un:eered to go to the insurgents as a mes,
senger Of peace. Cavaignac said that
such step was full Of danger. but this
Christian pastor persisted. lilo advanc-
ed, attended by his two Wears, towards
the barricades. with an olive branch borne
before him, when he was ruthlessly shot
in his groin and fell mortally wounded
The venerable patient was ordered by the
insurgents to the nearest hospital in the
St. Antoine, where he received the las.
sacraments, languishcd and has since
died.
The editor Of the Pcrc Duchesne. n
Laroche. was shot in the head at the bar
ricade Rochehoart, where in the dress oil
an ouvrier he was fighting al the head oil
a party Of insurgents. 1t will probably
never be correctly ascertained to what ex.
tent this sacrifice Of human life in this
frightful struggle has reached. Some
compute the loss on the side OF the troops
at from 0 900 to 10000 slain, but we hope
this is exaggerated.
The number Of prisoners captured @
the insurgents exceed 5000. All the pris
ons are filed, as well as the dungeons and
vaults of the Tuillerics. The Louvre
Palais Royal. the Chamber Of Depuiies
and the Hotel de Vile. \ military com
mission had already been appointed to ir,
such as were found with arms in, tbei
hands, and they will probably be deportct
laniic French colony.
A decree has been proposed with tina
object. We have no space to recoun
| many acts Of individual heroism. Man,
; soldiers exhibited sublime courage. Oh
, the other hand. the savage cruelty wi;
which the insurgents waged the war n
most exceeds belief They tortured som
, Of their own prisoners, cut off their hand
and feet, and inflicted barbari:ics worth
a Of sayages. :.
a The women were hired TO poison IN
/ wine sold to the soldiers, who drank II
s and then reeled and died. II seems to b
r believed, generally. that if the insurgeni
#, had succeeded in following up their mo.
|. admirably concerted form Of opersfion.
j. and having advanced their line and po,
sessed themselves Of the Hotel de Win,
- and followed up their successes along fh