The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1848-07-26

snntional guard. At six Of 'clocE the figh.
|s,ing continued, and the number of troops
hud. been increased. !. S national aguartls
were killediat the. Porte st. Deiia.5 BY. d
fatal mistake, two legions Of the national
guards fired on cach DINER. I,he5cri
among the pop,Iace stxere various. "Vivc
Henri v. p,.Vive Napo.son!'' ..Vivc Ia
$Republic!" were severally heard.
AT nine o'clock, the struggle inTtlle
quarter of ST. jacques was most terrible.
In the. course Of he evening the insurgents
captured post OF the .gnrte mnbic, and
made them rnnrch:with,llem. All round
the Temple thc'town WINS intpossrssion Of
the insurgents, who were defending them
selves with intense energy. The platoon
discharges replied tothem every five min
sutes:
1t was estimated TINT not less than co.
900 Of the ouvriers and the drcgs Of the
population Of Paris and the bnnlieu were
guthercd together in the desperate attempt
10 make another revolution, and recover
the mastery.
SATURDAY.
THE EClTY DECLARED IN ASTATE
OF SIEGE.
On the morning the cath tho Place
dc 10 Concortle was crowded with cuiras-
sicrs, lancers, and artillery. From nine
till twelve o'clock the boulcvards contin.
ucd to be patrolled by troops.
Al o'clock notice WINS given that the
capital was tlcclared in state of siege,
and all individuals except those inaarms
rs national guards were ordered torremuin
in their houses 1t wus announced tiht
the Executive Commission had abtIicatcd,
and ihnt Gen. Cavaignac was appointed
Provisional President of the Republic,
with powers Of a Dictatorship. al 2 o.
clock p. m. the streets were swept by col.
umns Of The national gnnrtle.
Official DEGREES and Resignation of The
Executive Government.
The following is tho decree by which
the National Assembly declared Paris in
u state ofsiege:-
Art. !. The National Assembly re.
mains en- pcrmdncnce.
Art. 2 Paris is in state of siege.
Art. 8. All power and authority is del.
egatcd TO General Cavaignnc.
The National AS. emily also voted un.
animously decree by which the wives
and children Of tho citizens who had fallen
or might fall in The defence Of order were
TO be adapted by the country.
After this decree was passed, the Exc.
culive Council resigned its powers in the
following letter.
"Monsicnr le Prcsidrnt-The Exccu
tive Committee would think it was wan
ling alike in its duty and its honour if il
withdrew before se1i,i'.n and public pc
ril. 1t wiIldraws only on vote Of the
Assembly. IN rcmi,ling 10 it the powc
with whichit invested us, we return 10 tho
ranks of the General Assembly, TO devote
ourselves with you To the common dan
ger, and to the snfi:,y Of the Republic.
"LAMARrINE, ARAGo, LEDRU RorLIN
GARNER PAGES, MARIE, tho Members
0f,he Executive Committee.
"24th June. "PAGNERRE, Secretary"
Very large attachments Of mlinna
guards from the environs and fnrlher
points, arrived during the dny, in The cupi
tai. From two til! four O'clock all com
munication between the Madeleine ant
the Assembly and the eastern part of Tie
town, was stopped. Driachmcns were
placed at the Fortign.oilice, and across al
the streets leading towards The Pulais
Royal and The eastern quarters.
On The dictatorship being conferred up
on General Cnvaignuc, he issued The fol
lowing no,ice:-lf al noon The bnrrcadc.
arc mol removed, mortars and howi,Zcrs
will be brought. md bv which shells vii
be thrown which will explode behind tho
bnrricadcs, and in tho apartments of ,he
hnns's occupied by the insurgents.
Hostihties Renewsd in Me cite and 81
Jacques-succession Of the insurgents
An ArmiSfice agreed 10.
From one o'clock in the morning til
nine o'clock The tisllnde und the cannon
nde hnd moi ceased in The quarters of the
Citr AL St. jacques. The insurgcnt
ha! thirteen pieces of cannon. Thrc,
were inkcn. About hulfpnst nine, III,
! insurgents, who were surrounded on al
most oil points, succeeded in forcing
pussnge by means Of their artillery
About ten o'clock this column was in til,
quarter ofthe Halle, where bloody en-
counter took place. At the same hou
the insurgents Of the Faubonrg ST.. An
tome were marching to operate in juno
tion with the column Of ST. Jacques. Al
nrnIstIcc until eleven o'clock was proro
sed by Gen. Cavaignnc, who declarc.
that after that hour tho most energetic
terms would be adopted.
From The break Of day the cannon thun
dercd without intermission in the direc
tion ofI.a Chnpelle. A considerable bod,
OF insurgents, driven into the Plume de-
Vertus, between La CapcIlc and La Vii
lett", was surrounded in the night.
In the morning the insurgents became
master of the church 81. SEVERN.