The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-13
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TER RIBLE NEWS
FROM THE
FIR ENC n RE P u B Lie.
ran
Four Days Fighting!
FRENCH REPUBLIC.
Four Days Fighting!
The Archbishop Of Paris Muir
dered.
Fourteen Officers, Six Deputies, and
$4,000 Men Killed and Wounded.
the REPUBLIC TRIUMPHANT.
&c. &c. &c.

The steamship Niagara, Capt. Ryre, arrived at
Boston at seven o'clock yesterday morning, from
Liverpool and Halifax.
She sailed from Liverpool on the LIST instant, at
noon, and has thus made the passage in less than
eleven days.
One of the bloodiest dramas the world ever wit
Messed-one of the most fcroclous and obstinate
instructions which the ensangulned history of
France has had to record from her earliest annals
has Just been brought to close in the streets of
PARIS, by the absolute humiliation OF the revoted
party, and the triumphant success of republican
arms.
To furnish any adequate idea of this appalling
occurrence, would be immeasurably to surpass our
limits, and we therefore refer to the newspa-
per accounts, which doubtless will be perused
with feelings of the profoundest solemnity.
After four days and nights of incessant fighting,
the insurgents have been utterly vanqushed, with
a loss on both sides of 10000 killed and $4,000
wounded, which is believed to be much beneath
the true estimate.
The commencement of rebellion appears to have
been by depuatlon of ourriers, who waited upon
M Mare, at the Luxembourg. He listened to their
grievances; but observing that their spokesman had
been active IN the affair of the 18th of May, said
to the men, 'syou are mott the slaves ofths man; you
can state your own grievances" This expression
was distorted by the workmen that M. Marie had
called them slaves; and it seems to have been the
signal for the consprators who had previously or
gained vast movement, tc commence their ope-
rations. On Thursday night, the 22nd OF June,
the first barbados were raised and the troops and
the National Guards called out. On Friday, the
3d. the insurgents possessed themselves of all that
portion of the right bank of the river
Seine, stretching from the faubourg st. AntOn,e
TO the river whilst the left bank they
occupied all that portion called the Cite
the fouborwgs ST. Marcel, 81. Victor, and the
lower quarters of st. Jacques The communlca-
ltions of the insurgents between the two banks o
the river were maintained by the possession of the
Church st. Gervaic, part of the quarter OF the
Temple the approaches OF Notre Dame, and the
bridge st. Michel. BY these extensive lines OF
operations, the insurgents occupied vast
norton of the most defensble parts of the city,
and afterwards threatened the Hotel de Vile,
which. if they had succeeded in taking, might
have secured the first victory on their side On
Friday there were partial conflicts; but the
insurgents seemed to be occupied more in for
tlfying their positions than in actually fighting;
but whatever successes the government troops
may have had in various quarters where con-
flics took place, as at st. Denis and st. Martin,
it now appears that the enthusiastic courage
of the insurgents repulsed them, and even bea t
them in other parts of the city M. Lamartlne
rode with the staff of Cavaignac through Paris to
uuell the instruction; but it was evident that
nothing but the power of arms could compel the
insurgents to yield The government forces were
divided into three divisions, and large masses of
troops were brought bear with artillery upon the
positions of the insurgents; but still Friday passed,
and the instruction had evidently gathered
strength.
On Saturday, the 9th, the National Assembly
declared itself in permanence, and Paris was
placed in state of sege. The executive power
was delegated absolutely to Cavalgnac; at half
past ten, the members of the Executive government
resigned They declared that they should have
been wanting in their duties and honor had they
Withdrawn before sedition or a public PERIL
they only withdrew before vote of the Assem-
| bly. 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 sensation be-
came deep and alarming.
Various proclametions were issued by Ca
yaIgnac 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 ull during frghtiul
thunder storm. In the afternoon Of Friday the con-
. flcts were without intermlsslon. On Saturday
however, the carnage and battles the south of the
flrver were horrible. During the whole OF Friday
night, and until three o'clock Saturday, the roar
of the artillery and the noise of the muskets were
incessant. In this frightful state of things the As
sembly betrayed not a little alarm. Deputations
from the'Assembly were proposed to go and entreat
the combaants TO cease this irarcdal stnfe but all
the successive reports prove that the insurgents
were bent on only yielding up the struggle with
their lives and their valor was only surpassed by
their desperate resolution
On Saturday night at eight o'clock, the capital
was in an awful state. Fighting continued win
undated fury. Large masses OF troops poured IN
from all the neighborng departments; but stu the
insurgents, having rendered their position almost
lmpregnable, resisted more or less efiectually all
the force which could be brought against them.
The red flag, the banner of the ,rp"biiquc demo-
crafigue ct socaale, was hosted
On Sunday morning, at the meeting of the Ma
honal Assembly, the President announced that
the government force had completely succeeded in
suppressing the instruction the left bank OF the
nver, after frightful sacrifice of human
life; and that Gen. Cavaignac had given the
Insurgents on the right bank, till 10 o'clock to sur
,ender when, if they did not lay down their arms,
he would storm their entertainments IN the fdu-
pbourg 81. Antoinc, where they were now driven,
a III. the whole to the sword. The heaviest ar