The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-21

on estimated at ~ Ihls rom the
et having been principally confined to the people and
he municipal guard although the soldiers did in some
The contest was end half past A. A Sigh, calm
ensnea ana ,gos up position at the corner Of the Rue
office Of the Ma fondi newspaper.
About hafpasi 7. the Boulevard Ibeing then crowded
armed with muskeis, and singing the Mpseaise and The
chorus of the Guondins which have so often enoned
They received with uproarous Fluctuations by Nh,
people, and proceeded the office OF the National which
seems TO be the OF this formidable opposition They
'sagan" played with. NJ Marrast. prime pal editor of the
National haranged them from the balcony, and assured
them that their liberties would .hls Time be secured This
scene repeated six times during the night.
AT 10 o'clock column Of 600 800 people of all ranks
them were evidently many of the Commnnss and, pos
siby, of those maleactors who will mix in all popu-
terrible. The subsequent act OF of The party JUS
tfed the apprehension which their appearance suggested
Hotel DIES Afaires Etrangeres remained occupied and
guarded by troops About 10 o'clock young man walked
up the officer in command and blew his brains with
pistol Seeing him fall his soldiers, hou ORDERS fired
on the people, Of whom four or five Were killed,
tered ourselves that all toerably well over created
painful sensation. Twenty minutes afterwards. however,
as far as could perceive, turned alarm into rage
The buz of an approaching multitude coming from the
death ouriy pour Ia patr was chanted by the thoog
instead of the victorious Marseaise, Mingled with this
heard large body of the people slowly advanced -Four
in front carried torches Behind them open
discovered four five dead bodies, partly unessed
WHICH appeared to have been carefully ranged in the
When the head of the column reached the OF the
Rue Lepelleer, the song changed burst of fury
which will not be forgotten by those who heard it
The procession halted the office of the National and the
whole party burst into unanimous shrek, cry Of
pengeanee' You know how sonorous is that word when
pronounced in French The dead bodies the
those OF the men who fell under the fire OF the soldiers
above mentioned.
This event is deporable IL may possibly change the
The night was an awful one The noise ofthe workmen
appeared to break the stiffness Having heard SINH
lar in 1880, guessed what was going Barrcades
immensely strong a. the end Of the Rue Rleheleu
this moment, (halfpa TO- Every tree on the whole
line OF the boulevard has been elled Every of the
superb lamp has been thrown down. and all converted
into barbados.
At the corner of every is barricade gentlemen
shopkeepers clerks woknen, all laboriDg at the work with
an eagerness and an eanestness beyond description.
The King 60 further than he has, or defend his po-
At IL o'clock NJ OdiIon Banot accompanied by Gen
Lamorciere, repaired from the Chamber Of Deputies
stalled the presence Of the national guard and multi
tude OF citizens, who filed the Shortly Afterwards
the following proclamation was posted up on the gate,
'MY DEAR COMRADES: I have been invested by the new
of the department Of the Seine.
SPY your energetic attitude you have asserted the TIL
umph of liberty You have been, aud will ever be- the de-
lenders oil order. rely upon YOU you may rely upon
me. n.
"Your comrade,
(Sisned) General LAMORICIERE
(Countersigned) ''ODILLON BARROT.
paris Feb. a. lol8."
At2ocock the following proclamation posted tho
"CrrnRss OF, Pans: The King has abdca,ed. Tho
CROWN bestowed by the revolution of July, placed
on the head OF child protected BY his mother They arc
both under the safeguard of the onor and courage Of the
Partisan population All cause of division amongst has
ceased exist Orders have been given the the
line their respective quarters Our brave army
be employed than in shedding its blood in do
s'My beloved fellow citizens From this momon, the
maintenance OF order is insed to the courage and
of people OF and national
They have been faithful noble country. They
VIII not desert " In TINS grave ' "oBIIoN BARRor
All the military posts tie left bank of the Seine
IN and e o na
Of armed wolmeI headed BY pupils Of the PoXsonn0
in the Rue du Veux Coombier The sentinel at first Of
ered resistance but when told that they acted tho
1"s their Which were passed the pso
under the The hemsm then Appeared ns
The people proceeded thence release the prisoners
fined in the military prisons Of the Abbaye and the con,e
All the bedstesds and furniture then brought out into
the street. formed into heap and set on fire AT one mo
adjoining houses, and the remen sent for to exn.
gulsh it.
ed everything in i-windows, furniture, pictures, NC
through the streets and the bousvards and ultimately
smashed TO pieces similar scene of destruction took
place at the Palas Royal All the furniture taken out
and burnt in the court
PARIS, Feb 24--l o'clock p. m
was unable to send my despatch off this morning, al
though the courier the railroad before IL O'Clock ho
rails having been removed in some places. Communca
ton by that is therefore, out of the question The
post Office is closed
There sno fighting. 1t is all for the present The
proclaim atoms you will receive herewith have produced
temporary calm. The summons of the King to M. Theirs,
and that geneman's stipulation that NJ Odilon Barrct
should be member of any ministry of which he himself
should be the chief made known generally this fore
noon and with all possible despatch. You will regreto
learn however, that nothing short OF the abdcaon Of the
King will now satisfy the people. Hundreds of orators TIA
verse the city, declaming against his Majesty and calling
out "Down with Louis PhilppeW
Moreover the unfortunate the Foreign A.
fairs last night threatens to changes feared wold me
character OF the struggle Large pools of blood sill Oh
the asphae pavement of the Boulevards des Capucne
the troops only fired when their colonel brutay shot,
They demand "pengeance."
Another lamenabe incident has occurred 10 produce
thirst for blood | coming down the Faubourg o.
of musketry At the of the Rue des Champs Eysees
was stopped by gentleman who running, ana ao
vsed me to do the same which confess did 1t turned
out that band of the people proceeding towards m
Champs Elysees An officer of the staff passed hem ana
reached the I'd house of the municipal guard mentioned
in my letter of Tuesday He addressed the little garrison
told them all over and by to resist the PEG
pie. Unfortunately, they disobeyed his injunction nnen
arms demanded. They replied by volley. Their
| guard house stormed, and every man OIL them was
bnchered met more than young fellow bearing OH
sticks shakos OF the slaughtered soldiers covered win o
and dirt.
An extraordinary took place on the boulevard
des 1taliens about the moment Several regiments
infantry of the ne preceded by national guards res
Of cuirassier three field pieces and three calsso
of ammunition appeared They were stopped by me
people, who with the most perfect GOODNESS, seized n
horses by the heads broke open the calssons, and d
| uibuted the ammunition without any rests lance DC,
linz otfar m them IN indications VI