The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-07-18

desperate fighting on both sides, except a lul
during a frightful thunder storm. In the af
~tcrnoon of Friday the conflicts we're withou
intermission. On Saturday, however, the car
mage and battle on the South of the river were
horrible. During the whole Of Friday nigh
and until 5 O'Clock on Saturday, the roar ofthe
artillery and the noise of the muskets were In
4~cessant.
In this frightful state ofthings the Assembly
betrayed not a little alarm. Populations from
the Assembly were proposed to go and en-,
treat the combatanis to cease this fratriclda
strife. but all the successive reports proved
that the insurgents were bent on only yield
ing up the struggle with their lives, and their
valor was only surpassed by their desperate
resolution.
On Saturday night at s o'clock the Capitol
was in an awful state. Fighting continued
with undated fury. Large masses OF troops
poured in from all the neighborng Depart
fmcnts. but still the insurgents, having render
ed their position almost imprcgnable, resisted
5more or less efTecually all the force which
5could be brought against them.-The red flag
the banner of tho RepuJlique DemOcratique
let Sociaie, was hoisted.
j On Sunday morning, at the meeting of the
National Assembly the President announced
that the Government force had completely sue
3ceeded in suppressing the instruction on The
7lett bank of The rircr after a trighym sacrifice
Of human life and that Gen. Cavaignac had
{given insurgents on the right bank till 10 o.
CLOCK TO surrender, when, if they did not lay
4 down their arms, he would storm their in.
trenchments in the tau6orTg 81. Antoine, where
4 they were now driven, and put the rhOte 10 the
srord.
The heaviest artillery had been brought tC
bear upon them, and little doubt could be en-
tcrtained that the instruction could be put
down. The hope thus held out of the termin.
i alton of the instruction was not, however, re.
4 llized. The fighting continued the whole Of
the Sunday with a fearful loss of life, especial
IL to the National Guards. On Monday the
& rcinforcements Gen. Lamoriciere had receiv.
ed from Cavaignac, enabled him to hem the
insurgents in the Eastern part of the city, and
Z although reduced TO extremities they still
fought with incredible valor.
1t was thought on Monday morning early
THAT they would surrender, but again the hope
thus held out. of the termination of the insur
ERECTION, was not immediately realized. At II
3l-2 o'clock the fighting was resumed and IT wa.
sonly after 4 fr1ghtful struggle of about two
fmore hours that the Government troops, eve
5rywhere prevailed, and the pact of the insur
Erection being broken, the insurgents were eth
Ger shot, taken prisoners, or fled into the coun
atry in the direction of Ninccnnes.
q The eastern quarters comprising the JdT
4bourgs 81. -Antonie, du Temple, Mendmo"fant
land Pcpincourt were the last subducd. The
J last band took refuge in the celebrated GENE
atery Pare la CHdise, but the GGrue Mobile hunt.
fed them from this sanctuary, and they were
! slaughtered in the neighboring fields.
4 On Tuesday the insurrectiOn wds definitely
squcled. The loss of life has been terrlic-no
fewer than fourteen general officers had been
put horSdu combat; a greater loss than in the
mott splendid engagements OF Napoleon. a
7mong those who fell arc Gems. MIegrier, Deart
land Brea; Gems. Charcolnel and Renault and
Others severely wounded.
-Four or five members of the National As
5sembly are amongst the killed, and as many
wounded, but the most touching death is that
,of the Archbishop of Paris. The venerable
|Prelate on Sunday volunteered to 90 10 the
insurgents rs 4 Messenger of Peace. Gen.
ICavaignac said that such a step was full of
but this Christian Pastor persisted.
lie advanced, attended by his two Wears to-
NdIuS inc D~drllcducS, Will an owe DCancnl
borne before him, when he was ruthlesslv shot
in his groin and fell MORALLY wounded. The
venerable patient was ordered by the insur-|
gents 10 the nearest hospital in st. Antoine,
where he received the last s~acraments, Ian
guished, and has since died.
The editor of the Perc Duchesne, NJ. La
was shot in the head at the barricade
Roche hoart, where in the dress of an Ourrier
he was fighting at the head ola party of insur-
gents.
1t will probably be never correctly ascer-
to what extent the sacrifice of human.
life in this frightful struggle has reached.
Some compute the loss on the side of the
at from 5000 to 10000 slain, but We
hope this is exaggerated. The number of
prisoners captured of the insurgents exceeds
3, 1000 all the prisons are filled as well as the
dungeons and vaults of the Tuilleries, the
Louvre. Palais Royal, the chamber of Depu-
and the Hotel de Vile. a military com
has already been appointed to try such
las were foun1 with arms in their hands, and
they will probably be transported TO the Mar
'quesas Islands, or some transatlantic French
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