The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-04-08
DAILY CRESCENT.
Miscellaneous French Items.

We gather the following items through the North
4 ern prints. which CLEAN them from foreign papers
received Ivy the Caledonia
Dissertation of the Barricades-The correspon-
dent of the London Times thus describes the hasiy
! but efectual street Notifications thrown up by the
people of Paris: Before all traces of the barr-
cades those popular checks on miscalculating Gov
ernments. disappear will endeavor to give an idea
Of one by illustration that will be fully comprehen-
ded by a Londoner. Suppose the Commissioners
OF pavements in one Of their perpetual dlggns up
piled the stones of Fleet street the way in
stead OF along it, inserting shop front or two
the top with few lengths of iron railing, and half
a d6zen trees from the Temple gardens finish,
that would be barrlcade like scores which have
been raised Ill Paris in the last movement. They
are rude enough to the eye, but most formidable in
their effect; troops can do little against them cav
| airy quite useless. As they are placed at all
the intersections Of the streets, whichever way
battalion turned it would find itself in a cul de sac
And they are formed with rapidty truly marvel
Gus. | have examined a hundred Of them with
much more interest than should feel i'll the Pyra-
mids.'
Historical Coincidence.-The following most ex-
traordinary coincidence cannot be passed by the
| historian without astonishment and wonder, when
describing the last two French revolutions In 1880,
no sooner had the Dey of Algers arrived in France
prisoner of Charles the Tenth, than the King
| was dethroiiad and exed and in 1913 no sooner
had tie Emir Add eel kacer reached the shores of
France, as the prisoner of Louis Philippe than the
King of the Barricades was dethroned and exiled.
Patriotism Of the Females.-The women fought
! bravey and in great numbers, and fifteen or TWEEN
ty wounded have been carried TO the hospitals this
may extraordinary, but in France the wives
and sisters, apd daughters of laboring men, work
in the shops ADD streets, like men, according to cir
cunstances. majority of the persons IN the shops
of Paris are women, and this applies to all classes,
even to the charcoal shops; women also drive the
| horse-carts, WELD the hand-barrow. and carry
| burthens in the streets; they drive teams to and
from the markets, sweep the Streets plough the
fields, and plant and gather the crops, and, in all
respects perform the labor of man In the open air.
In this species of labor they become accustomed to
mingling with men and the multitude; and, in re-
vouons, do not shrink from the position which
habit has assigned to them, and therefore join their
| companions in arms and, in some instances, some
We're seen carrying guns and drawn swords during
the melee.
The palace of Neuly was set on fire after the re-
voluton had done its work. by thieves and robbers,
| for the joint purpose OF destruction and plumber.
There were millions in money, plate etc, deposited
there, besides like numbers of wine, etc. The pp-
| lytechnics rushed into the building with drawn
swords and removed all the valuables, while the
robbers went into the Wine cellars, and drank and
qarreetl, till they got too drunk to do either and
| then falling down burnt up with the flames
which themselves had created. About one hun
dred dead bodies have been taken from the remains
of the building.
All the money, plate, Jewels, and other valuables
of the king and royal family, which We're found in
the palace. have been carefully preserved as they
were first found by the aboring men, who first en-
tered the palace; and all recompense for so doing
has been refused. The sums which have been car
ted to places of creeping amount to four or five
| millions and when this operation had been compile
ted and every dollar found secure. the two men
who had watched over the deposit for tWenty-our
hours said to the officer who had the charge of re-
moving the property, Sir, you have forgotten us
we have eaten nothing since Yesterday noon.
The officer was astonlshed-asked them what they
would have-they answered, - some bread. Up
on his demonstrating with, and asking them to
ceive some compensation, they declined. He then
asked for their names; they refused to give them;
said they had not fought for money, and they We're
not in want of anything but some bread to appease
their hunger. At the Palas Royal in the moment
of victory the masses rushed into the interior, and
soon man was discovered stealing spoons. They
said you are not Of us-you thef-kneel
down. and instantly they shot five balls through
his body, and labelled it = thief and then left it
for other scenes
On the tri-colored flag is to be inscribed g Repub-
lique Francase-Liberte, Equalite, Fraernte.'
All the old flags taken down, and new ones
put in their places. The National Guards have
new flags throughout
The King lost his breakfast on the morning he
they found the table not only set, but the repast
prepared and served upon it. The King servant
said to him, just before the time" our Majesty,
there is great excitement among the people, and
you will be obliged TO make concessions to appease
them.'' The King remarked " that it was only
coffeehouse affair." which they would put down in
a few hours. When he made his escape he was
dependent upon his servant to bring him two shirts
but he could not stop to take any money with him,
and at Drlx, his friends raised 200 francs for him
to pay his expenses to England.
The republic has adopted the children of those
who We're killed in the three days of the Revolu
ton: and the palaces vacated are to be converted
into hospitals for the widows wounded, etc, much
better purpose than the maintenance OF king and
his household and much less expensive
One hundred and ten hogsheads of wine, found
in the cellars Of Neuy. were removed TO Paris on
Tuesday and distributed among the hospitals of
that Capital.
1t is a significant fact that three lrishmen were
found among the patriotic dead at one OF the bar
ricades. They We're Inferred with the highest hon
ors by the people.
Madame DeLamartne and Madame Ledru Rollin
are both Irish ladies' These ladies are both engaged
in patronizing balls and concerts for the benefit of
those who have suffered loss by the Revolution.
The order of the coors in the color flag is to
be changed making the blue next to the staff the
white in the middle and the red at the extremity.
The fall of the French securities is falsely attrib-
ued by the European Times to the radical char
acter Of the Revolution. 1t is rather the effect of
the commercial embarrassments, and CONSERVATION
consequent upon the failure of Gouin q Co. They
failed simply because they could not borrow money
to pay their debts with 1t is also partly accounted
for by the scampering off, needlessly, of the rich
bankers. o
The Duchess D'Orleans, the noblest branch-in
law of the Louis Philippe family, fled to Ems, IN
Prussia with her two boys, the Count de Paris and
the Count d Eu.
YOUNG FRANcE.-A letter to the New York
Herald, written in Paris, says:
Louis Philippe has been deposed by boys from
twelve to twenty years of age. Do you doubt this
1t is nevertheless true. These are the persons who
haze fought, bed, and died, to achieve this work
Not person of note has been concerned in leading