The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-07-22

4 hourgs ST. Antoine, du Tempe, MeulIlhou'
amt. and Pepincourt were the last suhdhed;
The last band took refuge in the celeHrnlGo
cemetery of Pere la Chuise, but the Garde
Mobile hunted them even from this snnctua-
w. and they we're scattered in the neIghnor-
iIIg field On Tuesday the instruction del
iuitively queled.
The loss of life in this most uneXamped
conflict has been terrific. IL II thonsht mat
the uredominnting loss will he found TO be lar
orcnter ON the side Of the soIdicry than OF the
Esurgents No fewer than fourteen general
mGicers hive been put horS du combat great
or loss than III The most splendid engage
norts of Napoleon. Amongst those who
taII nre Cen Ncgricr and Gers. Deart and
Aro,. Gems. Charbonncl aud Reunult, aud
others severely wounded. -Four or five
members of the National Assembly are n
mongst the killed; and rs more are wounded.
But perhnps the most touching denth ~ that
of the Archbishop of Paris. The venerable
prente, on Sunday, volunteered 10 go to the
insurgents asa messenger Of pence. Cava-
ignuc said that such II step was full of dan
ger but this Christian pastor persisted. lie
advanced attended by his two Wears. towards
the barrcades with nm olive branch borne
before him. when he was rutllessIy shot III
the groin, aud fell MORALLY wounded The
venerable patient was carried by the nsur-
gents 10 the nearest hospital in st. Antoine
gushed, aud has since died.
1t will probably be never correctly nsccr-
tained TO what extent the sacrifice OF human
life in this fearful struggle has reached
Some compute the loss on the side Of the
troops at from five To ten thousand slain, but
wc hope this is exaggerated. The number
oipriSOners captured of the insurgents eX-
ceeds five thousand All the prisons nre fill
ed, us well ms the dungeons aud vaults of the
Tujleres, the Louvre, PnIais Royal, the
Chamber of Deputiesuud the Hotel de NlIe
military commission has already been np-
pointed to try such as were found with arms
in their hands; aud they will probably be de-
ported to the Marquesas Islands, or some
trausauntic French colony. A decree has
been proposed with tha, object. The savage
cruelty wiki which the insurgents waged war
almost exceeds belief. They tortured some
Of their prisoners, cut of their hands and
feet and inflicted buibarilics worthy of sava-
gcs. The women were hired to poison the
wine sold TO the soldiers who drank it, reel
ed and died. We would gladly turn from
the details ofthe the awful deeds which have
been perpetrated. 1t seems to he believed
generally, that ifthe insurgents had succeed
ed in following up their most admirably con-
ccrted plan Corporations, and having advance
ed their line and possessed themselves the
Hotel dc Vile, and followed mp their success
eS along the two banks of the river, that the
whole city would have been given up to pill
lagr; indeed the words 'i'Wag,e and Rune are
said to have been inscribed on one of their
hammers. Not less than 10000 stand OF farms
have been seized and captured in the Eau.
bourg ST. Antoine alone"
we hnVe not space to give tenth part Of
the details of these dreadful conflicts which
have reached us in our foreign files As an
instance ofthc courage aud heroisrn display
ed by the insurgents the fact may be men
tl,iF
'aned barricade against regiment of The
National Guard until all but one man were
shot The latter was taken prisoner while
fighting.
One of the most desperate conflicts APP
pears 10 have been ut the Pantheon, where
the Insurgents were driven. The fighting
continued from half past 3 to 5, Z, NJ. when
The building was recovered from the inSur-
gents after three hundred discharges of can
non.
After the Place du Pantheon was tuken,Ihe
barbados Of the Rue Vee Estrapade, aud
the Rue Neuve St. Genevicve were still to be
forced. For five hours the cannon roared in
ccssanty. The most dreadful carnage en-
sued; and it was not before four o'clock (the
attack having commenced at one,) that these
streets were freed. and that Il representative
otthe Ardeuncs, Nj. Payer, whose house had
been invaded by the insurgents, could get
ont oihis house and come 10 the Assembly.
There was also dreadful conflict ut the
church of ST. SEVERN, which had been iorti-
fed by the insurgents According to the 81
ccIe, there were 1900 national guards lying
dead in the church Of St. SEVERN, who fell
in the slaughter at this spot.
The instruction of the left bank ofthe Sc
inc and in the Cite was put down with great
loss ofife on both sides. So strongly were
'he insurgents posted, that the military, after
repeated attacks, found it impossible TO dis
lodge them. They therefore had recourse
10 the stratugcm of appearing to give way,
They retred-the insurgents fell into the
trap-they left their barbados, and pursued
their opponents. On plain ground they had
no chance, and great numbers were inrmedi-
ateIy slaughtered. This was the first success
on the part ofthe military. Others followed.
The Hotel Dieu was soon taken on the one
side. The Pantheon was stormed on the
other by NJ. BouIay, u member of the Assem-
bly,, at the head of his regiment of national
guards. The insurgents were driven from
point to point till they lost the whole Of their
strong points, and were at last forced to take
refuge i'll the large district in the neighbour
mood of the Burriere d'Imlie.
On the right bank of the river, the last
place which surrendered, was the Faubourg
st. Antoine. On Monday, after n short con
test, the Insurgents IN the Fuubourg surren-
dered uncon ditonally. This was the last
stronghold ofthe revolt the Clos de ST. La
zare having been already stormed. In this
latter place the insurgents had entrenched
themselves in Il strongly fortified position, on
vide elevated plain, in the vicinity of the
station of the Northern Railway. This plain
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