Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-07-28

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hers Of the executive government resigned
They declared that they shonld have heen
wanting in their duties and honor had they
Withdrawn on account OF sedition or a public
peril they only withdrew before a vote of
the Assembly. Reports poured in every
hour 10 the Assembly, and as the intelligence
arrived of the slaughter of the National
Guards, and the fall of one General after a.
mother, who was killed or wounded by the in
surgents, the sensation became deep and a.
farming.
Various proclamations were issued by Ca
vaignac to induce the insurgents to lay down
their arms, but TO no effect.
The whole of Saturday was employed in
desperate fighting on both sides, except a
lull during a frightful thunder storm. In the
afternoon Of Friday the conflicts were with
out intermission. On Saturday, however,
the carnage and battle on the south side of
the river were horrible. During the whole
of Friday night, and until 3 o'clock on Sa-
turday, the roar of the artillery and the noise
of the muskpts were incPssant. In this fright
ful state of things the Assembly BETRAYED not
a little alarm. Deputations from the Assem-
bly, were proposed to go and entreat the com
haiants to cease this fratricidal strife but all
the successive reports proved that the insur-
gents were bent on only yielding up the strug-
gle with their lives. and their valor was only
surpassed by their desperate resolution.
On Sunday night, at 3 o'clock, the capitol
wassin an awful state. Fighting continued
with undated fury. Large masses of troops
poured in from all the neighboring depart
ments. hut still the insurgents having rem
derpd their position almost impregnable. re-
sisted more or less effectuallv all the forces
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red iag-the banner Of the repubhque demo-
~cr1figue Ell sociale-was hoisted.
On Sunday morning. at the meeting Of the
Assembly, the President announced that the
government forces had completely succeeded
in suppressing the insurrection on the left
bank of the river, after a ftightful sacrifice Of
human life and that Gen. Cavaignac had
given the insurgents on the right bank till
10 o'clock to surrender, when, if they did not
lay down their arms, he would storm their
entrenchment in the Faubourg St. Antoine,
where they were now driven, and put the
whole to the sword. The heaviest artillery
had been brought 10 bear upon them. and lit
tie doubt could be entertained that the insur-
lection could be put down. The hope held
out of the termination of the insurreciion was
not, however, realized. The fighting contin-
ued the whole OF Sunday. with a fearful loss
of life, especially 10 the National Guards.
On Monday the endorsements Gen. La
moriciere had received from Cavaignac ena-
hled him to hem in the insurgents in the
Eastern part Of the city and although redu-
ced TO eXtremities, they still fought with in
credible valor. 1t was thought on Monday
morning early, that they would surrender;
but again the hope thus held out of the ter
mination of the insurrection. was not imme-
diately realized. At half past 10 the fighting
was resumed, and it was only after a fright
full struggle of about two more hours. that
the government troops every where prevailed
and the front of the insurrection being bro.
ken, the insurgents were either shot, taken
prisoners. or fled into the country towards
Vincennes. The Eastern quarters, compri-
sing the fau5mrgS 81. .4nfoine, du Temple.
Meuilmotant. and Peping Court, were the last
subdued. The last band took refuge in the
celebrated cemetry of Pierra la Chaise, but
the Guard Mobile hunted them even from this
sanctuary, and they were slaughtered in the
neighboring fields.
On Tuesday the insurrection was definite
ly quelled. The loss of life has been terrific
no fewer than fourteen General Officers
had been put 'hors du combat greater loss
than in the most splendid engagements of
Napoleon. Amongst those who fell. are
General Megrier, and Gems. Deart and Brua,
Generals Charcelnel. and Renault-and 9TH
ers severely wounded.
Four or FIVE members of the National AS
sembly are amongst the killed. and as many
more wounded. Butthe most touching death
is that of the Archbishop of Paris. The VEN
cradle Prelate on Sunday volunteered to 90
to the insurgents as a messenger of peace
Cavaignac said that this step was full of dam
ger, but this christian pastor persisted. He
advanced, attended by his two Wears towards
the harricades, with an olive branch borne
before him, when he was ruthlessly shot in
the groin, and fell MORALLY wounded. The
venerable prelate was ordered by the insur-
gents to the nearest hospital, in St. Antoine,
where he received the last sacraments, Ian
g%uished, and has since died.
The editor of the Pere Duchesne, M. Laro-
che, was shot in the head at the barricade
Rochechoart. where in the dress Of an %Ouprier,
he was fighting at the head of a party Of in
surgents.
1t will probably be never correctly ascer-
tanned to what extent the sacrifice of human
life in this ~frightful struggle has reached
Some compute the loss on the part Of the
troops as from 5000 to 10000 slain, but we
hope this is exaggerated. The number of
PIISoneIS cdP'uIeu OF the Insurgents exceeds
5000. All Of the prisons are filled, as well
as the dungeons and vaults of the Tuilleries,
the Louvre, Palais Royal, the Chamber of
Deputies and the Hotel de Vile. A militia
ry commission has been appointed to try
such as were found with arms in their hands,
and they will probably be exported to the
Marquises Islands, or some transatlantic
French colony. A decree has been proposed
with that ohiact Mo hava MT cnaca IN m
count the many acts of individual heroism.
Many soldiers exhibited sublime courage
On the other hand, the savage cruelty with
which the insurgents waged war, almost ex-
ceeds belief.