The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-07-26
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courage which would be ndiilirh able II sde.
voted 10 n Just cause. Tile r Pantf,eonss Isl
recovered from the inslir Il, Is, aflerthreaa
hundred discharge OF fcannon, about IS I. g.
clock. ~
desperate co,,tess and isS'llaug htsr ats bel
Charchsof st. Severn and The cos 81
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The contest ncnr the Northern railway
was most tdespernte. The bend quarters
OF the insurgents was the Church Sof ST.
Severin, situate III The quarter Isl. jacques,
nenrthe river. Tie fortress and citadel
was the Fnubonrg ST.. Antoine, occupied
2nnd:barricaded throughout. The Clos St.
La.are wns fortified SO as 10 be rendered
almost imprcgnable. There was $prse,nit $S,Is,i,t
slaughter here. The national guards mr..
rived from Poissy and ,Ponioise drew sup IN
before the bnrrisade Of the Clos st. Lnz.
are, andnt tile firat fire so ofthem fell.
The Panthconfthe insurgents defended
with four pieces Of cannon. They had
also seized the Collage Henry@IV behind
it, and this church was the KEY, ofthe DO.
sition extending through The quartcr5St. t.l
Juqucs to The church Of ST. Severin. a..
cording tothe Steele, there were l50O.
national guards lying dead in tic church,
Of st. Seperin, who fell in The slaughter
at this spot. ~ .5., l.Ess.s' ltsiis!
The church ST. Gervais, Immediately,
behind the Hotel Vile, had to Le taken
'front.' tile insurgents with cannon.
AT six o'clock, by The reduction Of the
place Lafayette, the Clos ST. Lnzare was
isolated. @
Horrible bit herring both he troops and III
surgents. 800
A dreadful act Of butchery was COM.
mitted on this day Saturday, by the in
surgents at one Of the, barricades in the
Faubourg ST. German. They had taken
five of the garde mobile prisoners. md
held them npurt without injury. Hear
ing, however, that the troops of the line
were coming down in force, they deter
mined 10 abandon the burricade, bat at the
same time they came 10 another terrible
determination, which they forthwith car
ricd into eXecution--they cut the tl,roais
of,he FIVE prisoners! The lifsIess bodies
Of Tho unfortunate lads, for none of them
had exceeded the age Of eighteen, were
found still warm when tho troops Of the
line and party ofthe ga,de mobile came
up. :, 81
This net had the effect tie most intense
exnspe ration, and particularly amongst
the gardc mobile, 1900 Of the insurgents
had surrendered on the Place du Panihe-
on. These men were being led across
the garden Of the Luxembourg, when a
large body Of the garde mobile, who were
then guarding the .palucc and gardens,
being unable 10 restrain taeir desire Of
vengeance for their murdered comrades,
sent vollcy into the body thus passing,
and killed upwards Of 100.
Dangerous position Of he Deputies Poi.
soning Of the Troops.
Members of the National Assembly,
distinguished by their lri cooured scaris,
were seen in groups often or twelve, pa.
trolling the streets. Whenever they pns-
sed between the Chamber and the Hotel
de Willie, they never fnilcd 10 be fred upon
by insurgents from the windows. AL
though The number of regular troops in
Paris, with The accession Of the arrivals.
did not exceed 10000. tho number of nn-
iional guards was incalculnble; aitogeth.
or 5000 troops were in the city. Ss
The insurgents who were in possession
Of The Halle aux Wins poisoned the wines,
with The view Of destroying The troops and
and the national guard, in which they
succeeded. s,
The taubourg 81. Antoine attacked by the
troops, ,cith great sIaughier-dciermincd
stand Of fMe insurgents.
a delay allowed the insurgents in the
Faubourg ST. Antoine to surrender having
! expired without any reply, the operations
commenced. The first barricade was vi
gorously attacked and carried, but not
without considerable slaughter on the side
ofihe asailnnts. Colonel Bavnaud, of,hc
45,h regiment Of the line, and several off,
GERS, were killed. General Boquet, Of
the engineers, arrived at the Place do la
Bastille, with the fremen and sappers.
Some houses were in an instant blown up,
and several barricades thus turned were
captured without loss.
AT 2 o'clock il was announced that n
resolution had been taken by General ca
vaignac TO lombard Montmartre. Several
places in the Clos st. Lnzare and its en-
virons were set on fire by the insurgents.
The combat continued during the day
vi I'hiiy P'i'.s, Dut DeCdTie lSolhteu OIL
all for want Of communication. At the
Faubourgs 81. Antoine barricades had
been made, md were still occupied by the
insurgents. but no attempt was made 10
take TO them; the troops surrounded them
! the troops surrounded them 10 oblige the
insurgents TO lay down their arms. Al
Montmartrc they were still fighting, but
The firing, but tho firing WIS stayed until
the Clos 81. Lazare was carried by as
sauIt; the greater number Of insurgents
found there were taken prisoners. About