Weekly national intelligencer., 1848-07-15

nuderous Gre poured down upon the troops and gangway
of internal communication had been opened from house
house which supplied ammunition of escape the
besiered The progress Of the forces this point
cordngy very slow and il IN the Of this position
thai the final stand Of the nsurecton made Monday
afternoon.
The operations carried with equal skill and courage
at the wings for that may strictly be applied 10 the
positions which the nsunecton had assumed On the left
bank OF the Seine the e wing extended 10 the Pantheon by
the steep and line Of the Rue ST. jacques which was
completely bsrrcaded and fortified with cannon The
attack this position alone cost fifteen hours hard and un-
interrupted hghtng yet was he r which was
by troops The attack the right wing which extend
ed Clos ST. Lazse conducted by Gen. Lamorclere
VINO gradually forced his on the third day TO the barriers
and there effected his junction with, the central division Of
Gen. Duvvier. f
II NAV be inferred from the regular distribution Of the insu
reconary forces that their plan exhaust the troops by
uiess attack the barrcades, and then 10 assume ofen
sve operations by advance Of the two wings upon the Ma
tional Assembly and the end Of Pas place the
Government between fires, and reduce il to inevitable de-
struc,on The extent Of Organization which the execution Of
such Understanding over line Of several miles in length
and maintained for nearly four daysdscoses perfectly
inconcevabe.
Every species Of artiHce employed carry ammun
ton the pals Of the milk women, the couches Of M wound
ed and even the cons of the dead found filled with
gunpowde and cartouches Large sums OF money! IN gold
and notes. were discovered the persons Of apparently
poverty, and OF young children The women Of
Paris took an active part in the struggle They conveyed
der and signals through the hottest fire. They carries OH
the wounded Some Of them persisted the baHcaces, or
fred from the houses on the sodels whilst
reported to inflicted the most refined babaties upon
their wetched lowcizens who had fallen prisoners INTO
their hands tE
The fighting did not extend over the whole of the city
the contrary was entirely connedto the densey peoped
district forming the half Of Paris which s the resi-
dence Of the working classes In the revolution OF February
when Louis Philippe dehroned, the principal part OF the
fighting the district inhabited by the arlstocacy and
the that s about the Chamber Of Deputies, the
Madeleine the Tuees the Palais Royal and that part OF
the Bouevads which reaches from the Porte 81 Denis to the
Place de s C5ncorde and that part o. the quays which
stretches from the Hotel de Vile the Chamber Of Deputies
whilst in the present conflict the combat never carried
further than the Clos de ST. Lazare the Porte st. DENIS
and the Hotel de Ve the north bank of the Seine the
Hotel Dieu in the island of La Cite and the Pantheon and
the Goubelns on the south. This densey peoped district
upwards Of half million Of inhabitants, and inter-
seced by the complicated work of narrow and crook
ed streets that is TO be found in any city in Europe Around
edge the ground rises into hills Of considerable height
the Pantheon, which situated the highest ground
Paris the Rue de Roquee (he steep street leading TO
Pere la Chase and the Clos de Lazae, the northern
railway station. The heights the north side Of the river
fortunately commanded by the considerable heights
of Pere Ia Chaise and Montmae from which they could be
cannonaded We will give narrative as briefly as pos
sible A
On THURSDAY some Ave hundred or thousand
Of the wokmen who to Government order were
being conveyed the provinces to which, and not to Pa
they beonged be placed upon public works. halted in their
march outside the gates returned the city, excited it after
wards appeared, with wne and proceeding to the Hotel de
Vile, demanded, by depuaton an interview with NJ Marie
The given them satisfactory They shouted
'sDown with Marie y Down with the Executive Govern
!" and marched singing "We will remain, we will re-
main" the air of " Des Lampions the Faubourg ST
Antoine, their numbers receiving constant accession The
national guard hastily called by the Executive Gov
eminent and imposing Of troops, under the COM
mand Of General Negrer, he hero of Constantine and
distinguished Agers sodier placed in front Of the As
semtly Hall and, apparently checked by the military de-
monstraton, there that night nothing attempted.
FRIDArOn Friday morning, the combatants being now
face face and fully understanding another the struggle
commenced Thenhabtants reused from sleep IN the
morning by the sound Of the gera beating in all quarters
The report few round the city that barcades erected
being erected every point and the confuson the Alarm
and the march and man@uvres Of the military and national
guards, proved this be true The Executive Govern
the palace OF the Luxembourg, and declared lis
sitting pemanence. The President of the National As
sembly joined them after o'clock, and at
arranged that the Minister Of War; Gen. Cavagnac, should
be invested durgce with the chief command Of all the troops
OF the line and other military forces in the department Of the
Seine He accepted but condition that he should
be allowed to take all the steps OF military nature which he
thought proper without interference the part OF the civil
power The Porte ST. Dennis, Of the gates OF Paris was
found be in the hands Of the conspos They had raised
at the top of the porte black flag, bearing the inscription
AteEers Nafi0nalr, and g lie Trauai Ia Mort, and
bad enirenched themselves, il IN fortress, behind
bacades which had been constructed as by magic across
Of the line and national upon and surround
ed the Porte st. Denis The bsrcades attacked with
moments hesitation and, after sharp contest in which
numbers killed. the mob reeated rather fled Hopes
entertained that all the Assembly were in
formed from General Cavagnac, that the state OF the city
eassurng but the deusion dsspacd towards the
evening by the sound Of musket and the hurried and alarm
ing reports Of those members Of the Assembly who acted as
volunteer couers and employed themselves in carrying news
from headquarters to their colleagues Towards evening"
placed beyond doubt that the inurecon had broken
out the Faubourg st. Antoine, the Place 3e GIeve, and
in the neghborhood Of the Hotel De Vile that the bacades
every WHERE and that the bands OF Communists wee
under their leaders, determined to attempt TO reach and to
overpower the Assembly. disaster too, had occurred 10
balance the victory Of the morning post the Rue Jaque-
lot bad been carried by Of hese bands the gade mobile
in charge Of IT, had fed The celebrated republican guard
that body obnoxious the 5h Of Msyhad joined the
people, Civil had commenced in Pans
sArURDAr-The night had given cessation TO confusion,
and the insurgents had employed in strengthening them
selves In the morning the poorest quarters Of Paris the
Fsubourg St Antoine the Fsubourg ST. Michel the FauDourg
st. Maceau and the quarter ST. Jacques were IN possession
Of the mob. Fighting had begun o'clock but the sixty
thousand troops, prccpsied upon the bscades, gained
advantage up 10 IL o'clock The troops fred at from
the houses and the slaughter fearful BY o'clock they
had made some impression they succeeded in clearing the
boulevsrds from the Porte ST. Martin, and in driving the in
sugens towards the Basc The insurgents also driven
from the Place de Ia sorbonne Gen. Clement Thomss
mandsn Of the national guard fell wounded In the course Of
the day. and the Executive Government Immediately deceed
10 Gen. Cavsrnac the sole command Of the line, the guard
mobile and the guard national The Of cannon contnu-
ed throughout the day in dreadful nonoony