The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1848-03-21

onal guards. went about shouting "Vivs lie Viue
Ia rsforme, and singing the ..Marselaise" On many
OF the points where barrcades had been erected and the
people were resisting the troops, they ceased resistance
when they heard the OF the resignation OF the min
sers and the troops retired; but hear thar other
points hs people were less reasonable and between
and ten O'Clock the evening" large crowd from one
the aubourgs arrived opposite the hotel of the Ministry
Tor Foreign Affairs, and some shots were fired at the no
tel
The national guard mustered rather strong Yesterday
and, when the news of the resignation OF the ministry
was known, great number who had refused to
turn out made their appearance
AT IL o'clock. there actual disturbance in the
Rue st. Denis, the Rue St Martini and that neghbor
hood. and the troops all withdrawn. But the peo
pie busy engaged in constructing formidable bar
rcade the Porte They had turned up great part
OF the foot pavement had seized some carts, broken
down some IRON ratings, and in fact, possessed them
selves of almost everything which it possible TO
move The difficulty Of removing some of the stones
was considerable but the mob enlvened their labor with
reiterated shouts of Down with Guzot" In the
Rue Montmartre barrcade being constructed near
the hotel Of Baron Delessert, short distance from
the Boulevard The pavements was there dug up
the railing IN front of the hotel broken down,
and several back-cabs were seized. AT the entrance
into the fauboug Montmarre from the boulevard, the
mob was also engaged in constructing banicade Sur
PRISE was expressed at all the troops being Withdrawn
but SAID that they busily engaged the
hotel OF the Ministry OF Foreign Affairs, and the noise
Of frequent fusilades confirmed that statement The mob
seemed oleraby good humored for several of them po
ey advised reporter to take the streets in pref
erence to the bouevard stating that there danger
in passing along the latter Many persons walking
up and down the boulevards, armed with muskeis and
clubs The only armed force was patrol of the
national guard which greeted by the mob with cries
of "Viue Ia garde nationale"' number of boys
amused themselves with smashing the gas lamps The
guard house of the Boaevare Bonnie Nouvee had been
abandoned by the troops, and the mob was occupied IN
pulling everything to pieces in the interior, breaking
down the iron railing, &c.
1t is with the deepest regret that announce twelve
o'clock at night that the l4th regiment of the line,
toned in front of the Hotel des Aaes Etrangeres, fired
tonight on numerous group OF young men who were
passing with some national guards at their head, and
killed considerable number OF them, besides woundDg
many others This event caused the greatest excitement
particularly at later hour of the night, when of
the dead bodies (at least twenty it sad) were
ried in wagon along the Boulevard towards the Bias
tile: Several barcades were Immediately thrown up IN
the Rue du FaubouTg MOnmartre the Rue Montmarre,
and other streets close to the Bouevards Some cabro
let's trees, barrels, and other articles also flung to-
gether across the Boulevard des aiens so as to form
kind OF balcade but the pavement had not been torn u
the other places mentioned AT the hour at which
we write, matters have become more tranquil.
| From Debsts. Feb "a
| Between three and four O'Clock deputation of about
one hundred members of the national guard, composed
for the most part of the officers of the fourth LEGION went
towards the Chamber of Deputies. battalion of the
tenth legion, which the service of the Chamber
advanced the middle of the Pon de la Concorde and
declared that they had orders not to permit any depua
ton to proceed to the Chambers AT the moment at
which this was passing M Odillon Barrot and M; Gar
nier Pages who were followed by great number OF
deputies OF the opposition joined the deputaton. The
petition was then RENTED to M Cremieux.
Rue St. Antoine and the Rue Montnartre and between
the vielle du Temple and the Rue St Martin, the bar
ricades OF which, has been already stated were con-
sructed with dgences, cabs carts. Sc, filled with pa
wing stones Most were abandoned without resistance,
and the crowd assembled in other spots barrcade in
the Rue viee du Temple the Rues de rOsalle and
de Poitou, was surmounted by red flag. An officer
who commanded detachment which attacked one OF
the barrcades in that quarter struck by ball
barcade at the entry 10 the Rue de Perche was destroyed
by artillery.
In an attack on the Place du Chatelet, M. de ST.
Hlaire chef de battalion Of the 34th regiment, was
killed.
From the Paris Conservatism Feb "A
The services of the reimbursement post Offices was
mpeded yesterday and the day before, by the insurgents
The post Office for the Hales remained constantly closed
Yesterday and the day before the insurgents prevented
the postmen from taking the letters from the receiving
boxes; and Tuesday night of these postmen was
Office omnibuses prevented from running the whole
of the day, by assembage of 400 500 armed men
Some letters were spoiled by the injection into the re
celving boxes OF water, or some other matter.
From the Paris Reforme, Feb. "a
When the 10th legion of the national guard was assem-
bled, yesterday morning, the Place Turenne one oil
them shouted "Vive la Reforme" whereupon M Lemer-
cer the colonel, gave orders that he should be seized
but the national guards surrounding him, declared that he
only expressed their sentiments.
detachment, consisting OF several companies OF 80
people near the Pont Notre Dame.
Between and o'clock, about fifty municipal guards
who were shut in courtyard OF a house IN the Rue
Bourg PAbbe, forced to lay down their arms The
national guard negotiated between the people and the
municipal guard for the dsaming and when was ef-
fected, the former took the latter under their protection
The evaporation OF the crowd against the municipal guard
most intense, owing to the severity with which that
body had acted in different quarers and when they issued
tect them The people then demanded that they should
be made to take off their skakos, and that they were
obliged to do They were then led along number OF
Streets headed by detachment of curassers and sur
rounded by the national guard the troops of the line
forming passage for them pass On arriving at the
Place de PHote de Ve clever cavalry movement pre-,
vented the crowd from entering, and the municipal guard
were thereby enabled to escape into the Place they
then warmly expressed their thanks to their deliverers
AT o'clock, the quarter Transonlan and part OF the
Rue ST. Martin were filled with barricades, which were
ants were politely conducted to their residences Fires
were lighted for the bvouac In the Rue Rambueau,
the people, carrying torches knocked at the doors, until
some one answered They then cried, "Have you arms
eyes" "Then give Them When the arms were given
the people wrote on the DOORS son dome des ares
AS the crowd was assembled before the Hotel OF the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and utterng the usua
cries, they fired on, without any previous notice
and ffy-two persons fell dead or wounded. cry OF
victims of an abominable ambuscade, and several OF
them FASTENED into the neighborng streets, shouting ITO
arms! to arms We are being assassinated y Shortly
after, cart arrive at the office OF the Ndfionei
containing dead bodies The vehicle was surrounded
by people, who weeping, and full OF IDdignauon
and who showed the bloody bodies, crying 'Ihey
are assassins who have slain them! We will avenge