New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-03-31
TWENTY third.

TIE weather was dull IN toe mofnins ~ ~ o
have rained hard ali day the throne might nave
been saved. bat it cleared away early ana oy hine
o'clock the streets were again fall Of people many
If whom were armed and all Of whom seemedin the
highest state Of excitement and durng tne os!
there was fighting psrtic1lary between the MUD
cipal Guard and the people in various places Dat
especiallv in the neigbborhood Of Rues st Denis
and St. Martin, Place de Chstalet Pont du Ohsnge'
Rue du Temple, &c. or between hues St Antoine
and Rue Montmarne and between Rue St Martin
and Rue vieille du Temple. The maFketP'sces
were all pied by the troops at twelve cannon
commanded all the entrances to the Marche des in
pocens. and large bodies Of cavalry ana lhIau'fS
were put In position as if for deadly coonic"-
stnl there was comparative quiet, and between
twelve and four o'clock | went through every part
of the disturbed district" the neighborhood Of
Bues St. Denis and st. Martin with perfect safety
Here and there guardhouse hsd been stripped and
set on fire Here and there some barricade gave
evidence that fight had occurred during The DAY
but the people seemed disposed ratherto wait Than
to fight They had as yet no leaders Ihey oio
not know what they wanted At the opening OF the
Session of the Chamber OF Deputies in the afternoon
it was announced officially that the Guizot Ministry
had fallen and tha the King had called Count aoie
to form a new Cabinet. The news spread every
where like FIRE, and the downfall Of Guizot seemed
to give universal satisfaction. At sundown the
fighting appeared to be generally suspended and
the people waiting to see what would come OF the
new Ministry
went out after dinner TO see the movements and
in passing up Rue de la PAX | saw an immense
crowd-many thous ands-unarmed and preceded
by torches making their way down the boulevard
folio ed them until they in front of Guzot
Hotel where they rent the air with the usual cries
but seemed every way pesceably disposed
Surprising that it was all overseeing that every
house was being illuminated in honor Of the down
fall of Guzot and believing that the revolution was
at an end. | went away to a friends It was but g
few minutes after | left, that an accidental shot
from the Hotel itself, broke the leg OF an officer
horse. TIE officer in command thinking ms troops
were attacked without a moments consideration
gave the order to fire and detachment OF the 4tt
line droppiog their Inuskets to the hip with the
muzzles touching the dense mass OF unwarned
people before them, fred, and fiftytwo persons fe
dead and wounded A cry of horror and sstonish
meot burst from the crowd" They asssssinate us
they assassinate us To aims to arms sounded
on every side. The wounded were taken away to
receive the bes. possible attendance, and the dead
placed in carts were drawn from street to street
through the city with torches glazing on thel'
ghsstly countenaDces and fierce aud eloquent men
pleading over their bloody corpses Tor vengeance
There was no longer aoy thought of reconciliation
al night the people toiled at the barbados and al
sunrise the next morning, scarcely street was
passable to cavalry or artillery. The pavement
was torn up, all the trees were cut down, cabs ON
nibuses and carts, were overturned and wher
morning came, Paris was no longer in riot but II
open Revolution.
Meanwhile, during the night, the King sent To-
NJ. Theirs, and confded to him the task OF forming
new ministry, Count Mole having failed, Thier'
insisted that NJ. Odillon. Barrot should be joined
with him, and early in the morning, proclamator
naming the ministers, and saying that orders ha'
been given to stop firing, was posted up