The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-07-20


, beat them in other parts of the city. NJ. La
MARITIME rode with the staff Of Cavaignac
through Paris to quell the insurrection, bu
it was evident that nothing but the power o
arms could compel the insurgents to yield
The Government forces were divided into
three divisions, and large masses of troop.
were brought to bear with artillery upon the
position of the insurgents, but still Friday
passed and the instruction had evidently
gathered strength
On Saturday, the oath, the National AS
sembly declared itself in permanent session
and Paris was placed in state Of siege
The Executive power was delegated absolute
y to Cavaignac, and at half past 10 the mem.
bers Of the Executive resigned
Reports poured in every hour TO the As
sembly, and as the intelligence arrived of the
slaughter of the National Guards, and the
fall of one General after another, who was
killed OR wounded by the insurgents, the sen.
sation became deep and alarming.
Various proclalnations were issued by Ca
vaignac to induce the insurgents to lay down
their arms, but to no effect
The whole of Saturday was occupied in
desperate fighting on both sides, except ull
during a frightful thunder storm. In the af-
ternoon of Friday the conflicts were without
intermission, On Saturday, however, the
carnage and battle on the South Of the river
were horrible. During the whole of Friday
night and until o'clock on Saturday the roar
Of the artillery and tho noise of the muskets
were incesSant.
On Saturday light at 8 o'clock the Capital
was in an awful state. Fighting continued
with undated fury. Large masses of troops
poured in from all the neighboring Depart
ments, but still the insurgents, having rem
dered their position almost impregnable, re-
sisted more or less etlectually all the force
which could be brought against them, The
red tlag-the banner Of the Rcpubljque Dem
ocrotique ct .Socjale, was hoistcd.
On Sunday morning at the meeting Of the
National Assembly the President announced
that the Government t6rt e hal co,aptctely sue
ceeded IN SuppreSSing the inSurvection on the
left bank Of the rtver after tifghJiN sacri-
fee Of human life; and that Gen. Cavaicnac
had given the insurgents on the right banl,
till 10 o'clock to surrender, when, if they did
not lay down their arms, he would storm
their intrenchments in the Faubourg St. An
tome, where they were now driven, and mt
The mhole 10 The Stgdrd
The heaviest artillery had been BROUGHT
to bear upon them, and little doubt could be
entertained that the instruction could be put
down. The hope thus held out of the termi-
nation OF tho instruction was not, however, |
realized. The fighting continued the whole |
OF Sunday with fearful loss of life, cspecialy |
to the National Guards. On Monday the re- !
lntorcemonts Gen. Lamorciere had received |
from Cavaignac, enabled him to hem in the |
insurgents IN the Eastern part of the CITY, |
and although reduced to extrenitics they still |
fought with incredible yaor.
IL was thought on Monday MONTH MOI: E i-.i!'
that tha.. ----Ia s"IICnder, but again the hope
-hus held out, Of the termination of the insur-
'cctlon, was not Immediately realized. At
10 l-2 o'clock the fighting was resumed and
t was only after frightful struggle of about
wo more hours that the Governments troops,
everywhere, prevailed, and the pact of the
nsurrecton being broken, Il o insurgents
we're either shot, taken prisoners, or fed into
he country in the direction of Vincennes.
On Tuesday The iaSurrection ,cas defnitely .,
'Hclled. The loss of life has been terrific ,
10 less than fourteen general officers had
'ecn put horS ou comjat; greater loss than :
n the most splendid engagements of Napole.
n. Among those who fell are Gems. Ne 9
rier, Deart and Brea; Gems. Charcolnel and :,
tenault and others severely wounded. |,
-Four or five members Of the National As. -
emily are amongst the killed, and as many :
lore wounded, but the most touching death !
that OF the Archbishop Of Paris. The ven II
rable PreIate On Sunday volunteered to 90 r
the insurgents as Messenger of Peace ~
len. Cavalgnac said that such step was full ";
danger, but this Christian Pastor persisted. E
lie advanced, attended by his Two Wears :.
wards the barbados, with an olive branch w W
orne before him, when he was ruthlessy -,
lot IN the groin and fell MORALLY wounded. VI
he venerable patient was ordered by the in, n,
!rgents to the nearest hospital in ST. Antoine, =
here he received the last sacraments, Ian -
lishcd and has since died. 90
The editor Of the Pere Ducbesae, NJ. La a..
che, was shot in the head at the barricadc a.
ochcchcart, where in the dress of an ourriey ao NV
was lighting at the head Of party of in \;
Tgents. ~
1t will probably be never correctly asccr CO.
med to what extent The sacrifice of human s s'I
C in this frightful struggle has reached.-- ~,
me compute the loss on the side of the 'e'
oops at from 5000 to 10000 slain, but We 81
pc this is exaggerated The number of a" AZ,
soncrs captured Of the insurgents exceeds t tl''
''"j al INC pIlSoIS are 1lNeu rs well as the er<
nseon3 and vaults of the Tuileries, the o.. sL'e
uyre, palais Royal, The chamber of Depu- t t;.
s. and the Hotel de Vile. A military COM I',
'son has already been appointed to try '"'
n as were found with arms in their hands, ,or
they will probably be transported to the .rm
rqucsas Islands, or some Transatlantic a. !
anch colony. "a "a;
A decree has been proposed with that eb 'u'
t. We have not space to recount many A..
OF individual heroism. Many soldiers d Ta
libited sublime courage. On the other t u,"
I'd the savage cruelty with which the insur- ''''
IT'S waged war almost exceeds belief -
ey tortured some of their own prisoners rv,
off their hands and cect and inflicted bar N-N
tiles worthy of savages The women
g hired to poison the wine sold to the "
icrs, who drank it, reeled and died. It Nat