Litchfield enquirer., 1848-04-20

we"ther Wa sill mild and wishou, saia,
Though the sky was dimmed villa clouds
Al rleV, n in the mnrning sAlliesl forth.
lcaunOt express my as.Oni-hment at the
scene. The wh,.le Boulevard was 4
scene Of d~solation. From the Rue de
Ia Paix to Rue Noutmarte-the firest
part Of PARIS. he glory Of The city-every
tree was cut DOVE, all the public munu-
mcnls reduced 10 heaps Of ruins, the
Placements torn up, and The entire wreck
tumolsd into succession of barricadrS.
Every street leading into this portion Of
,hs Boulevard was strongly horricaded.
Such giant operations seemed like tho
work OF enchan'ln"nt.
But my wonder had only begun. At
the point where a,he Rue NOMINATE
crossrs the Boulevard, the whole pave
s. ment was torn up> and something like
square breaslwork was formed lin which
Ocannon was planted. The whole space
around was crowded with the populace,
a
scene, q y Jung man about twenty, PRES.
sed through the crowd, and, Stepping up
on the carriage of the carman. cried
out" Down with L ,u.s Philippe /" The
energy with which this was spoken
ecemed to arres, general attention, and
the remarkable appearance of the youth
"a gave effect to his words. He seemed the
very DISQUALIFICATION ct Revolution. He
was short, ebroad. shoutdered. and full
q CHI Sled HIS face was pale, ms cheek
spotted with blood, and his head without
hat or cap, wns hound with hanckcr>
.- ehiet. His features were keen. aud his
t eep-set grey e was lit with spark
that seemed borrowed from The tiger.
= As he left the tn ong he Game near IN =,
and I sud, inquiringly-"D Down with
louis Philippe -" Yes p was his re-
ply. "Aud what then !" said /. "a Re-
pu lie !" was his answer-and he passed
on, giving the 'walchword of Down
with Louis Philippe" to tho mass s. h"
encountered. This was the frs, Instance
= in which heard the overthrow of the
Ki <, and the adoplionrof a republic, pro-
pus d.
In pursuing my walk, motto ID that
the population were abundnn,ly supplied
with weapons. On the Two FIRST days
they were unarmcd-bul after the slaugh-
y ter at he Foreign Office, they WIN, to all
the houses aud demanded weapons.
These were given for refusal would have
been vain. An evidence Of the consid>
Grafton Of the NIB, even in their hour Of
wrath, is furnished by the fact, that in
all cases where the arms had been sur>
rendered, they wrote on the "Armes
donnees.' (orn.s given up) SO as TO pres
ven, the annoyance Of a second call.
It might seem fearful thing 20 he>
hold mob, such rs that Of Paris, bran>
dishing gnns, fowling-pieces, swords
scu,lasses, ha,che,s and axes but must
saythnt ! felt not the slightest fenr IN
-passins5s en,ong their thiek"'' mass'S'
Some OF them, who had doubtless never
banded nrms before, see.p"d little
ioun,v and iubilan,. The Gao'irs, II
pee oliar race of ent"rprising, daring, des-
\ pirate hoys--the lenders in riots, row
asd rebellions -weie swarmng on a
sides, ana seemed 10 feel head taller, IN
the possession Of their weapons saw
several Of these unwassed imps stru'ling
abou, With red sashes around the waist,
supporting pistols, dirks. cutiasses, &c.
Yc, must state, that over the whole
sce..e there was an air Of good>breeding,
- which seemed guarantee against insult
or violence. / may as we'll say here,
tina, during the whole three days did
not see .scuffie or wrangle among the
maprople-I did not hear an insulting word
nor aid sec menace offered, but in
a crnAic,s between the sol liers and the
populace. may add that did not see
u drunken person during the Who'll" pes
Rod, Win The single exception which :!
shall hereafter mention. .. .
Itook a wide circuit in the region 81
the Rue Mon,,nartre, the Bcursc, the Ru'
Vienne, ST. Honors, and Pala's Royal.
Every whore there wereenormous bars
ricades and crowds Of armed people,
Soon after 1 pnssed,-that is about IL
o'clock--ihe southern quadrangle Of the
Palo' Royal. which had lately been the
residence of the brothers II the King II
Naples. was attacked and taken by the
'popuiace. The beautiful suit of 70 ms
were richly furnished. and decorated
with costly pictures, statues, Or"nzrs ana
o,bcr specimens Of ar,. Thesr were u">
sparingiy tumbi"dainto abe square and
the street. and consigned tOthe Times
Al the distance OF $50 feet OF the Fal-