Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1848-04-20
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N" 40. Vito, No. 1851.

torme,' ard the crowd cheering iogalx
Bands OF SOTO 1900 meu and suvs wen,
aoout making noisy demonstrations Of low.
On being met blythe uo ,ps. ,heyndiyided
toilet them pass, ami Immediately resumed
their songs. sa., u. .,a. ........
towards halEpasi six O'Clock, IN, the
evening, an illumipat,on was spoken Of,
"Hd many persons lighted up spontaneous
| ~ The illumination became more gene
RAJ, and the populace in large numbers
vent through the streets, calling. .Liyh,
up" numerous bands, alone, or following
detarhnenls of the National yards, went
s"ou' shouting. Vive la Roi y 'Viye 10, Re.
tor"e !! aud singing the 'Marsei!laise.' At
many poinls. where barrlcadrs had been
erected and the people were resisting the
troops, they ceased when They heard the
news OF the designations and the troops re,
tired III is all over was the general CRY,
and feeling of relief reemed 10 psrvade
every BOSOM.
ihere can be no doubt ,hat.ahut 70, a
ia'ai occurrence which soon after took
place. the farther progress of the revoi,
would have heen stayed. Many wiseper>
pie BOW say, that the revolution was all
planned before hand they had f,reseen and
predicted il; and from the be. inning of
the outbreak, everything tended to this
, point. The fact is unqueslionably Others
wise. The opposition, with their various
clubs aad societ es distributed through all
classes il. Paris, and holding constant
communication with the ouvriers or blouse.
men no doubt stood ready to take advantage
OF any violence ON the par, of the govern
menl which might Justify resistance. bu,
they had not anlicip, ted such coutinscn.
cy on the present occasion.-Il is no, pro>
bablc that the Mole ministry wou,d h.v..
satisfied the people but the King Ind
yielded. GuIzot, The special object of ha.
''ed, had fallen, and II was supposed that
farther concessions, would be made. as
| conc'sSicn had been begun. But acci-
dent which ofen rules the fate Of dynas-
ties ard empires. now stepped in TO govern
the course ofeven,s, and give them char
acler which should astonish The world ~
| In the course OF the evening. q large
mass of people had collected in the Boule-
ward, in the region Of Guizors office-the
Hotel de Afains Etrangeres' The troops
here had unfortunately threatened the PEG.
PEE ny rushing Mt them with liAsA abayo-
nets, after the announcements of the minis>
try, and when a good fe-ling prevailed
among all classes. This irrirated the mob,
nnd was partly, no doubt,the occasion OF
the gathering in this quarter For some
reason. not we'll explained, grea, many
troops had also assembled here, and in
The vicinity. A. .en O'clock, the street
from the Madeline TO this Rue dc Ia Paix,
Was thronged with soldiers and people.
There was. however, no riot, aud no,
symptoms of disorder. al
Al this moment number Of young
men, ab"ui sixty 10 nuinhcr; came along
the Boulevard, ON the side opposite to tho
soldiers. aud III" F'reign office 1t is
said that the Colonel anticipated some
attack. though nothing Of the, kind was
threaten d. 1t appears that the soldiers
stood ready to fire, when one Of their
guns went off and wounded the conmavs
dants horse in the leg. He misiook this
for shot from the, crowd, and give in>
slant orders to fire. A tuslIade immedi>
ntrly followed Twenty persons fell
dead. and forty were w"uudrd.R The
immense massrs dispersed in terror. and
} carried panic ~ oil directions. Tho
gro"ns Of The dying md the scscams Of
the wound filled the air. rs .r.
Shops and house. around were turned
into hospitnl. We are betrayed-we
are betrayed R"vrngr. rsvsnge.' was
The cry Of the MASSES X. .....a. .s-.-
From this moment tho doom Of the
monarchy WIS slrd. Tie leaders OF
The clubs, no doubt, took their measures
tor revuluiIen. ......g ....- q,
An imnrase wagon was soon Brought
: to tho scene of The massacre: the dead
bodas were land Oh il. and fla ring tsFcb.
ss were lighted over it. The ghaslly
spectacle was paraied through the
streets, and the mute lips of the corpsss
doubtless spoke more effectively than
those OF the living. Large masses If pso-
Pile. pale with excitement and utlering exc.
crations upon the murderers, f,llowed in
Itbe. Train of the wagon, as Il passed
. through the more pornl"us streets OF tho
, Ic,ty, and especially IN those qnariers in :,
) hnbiied by the lower classes. Thc ef-
i feet was such as might have been antics
pn,c.l. At midnight The barri,ades were
begun, and at sunrise the streets of parls
formed y network If Qualifications, which
set the troops Mt defiance. More than
Two thousand barricades, some Of them
isn feet IN height. were thrown up du-
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