The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-18


M the insurrectiou. win not give their names, be-
,ause consider the idea destitute OF foundation
but demonstrates feature Of the public mind, at
his trying moment.
Six o'clock-Two compa MES have ieft the city for
he banIieues tonight from which, and other circum-
stances, infer that the Mt has sufficient
Ade u yet heard, but much less frequent than few
hours since great number of prisoners have been
made to-day, and shot upon the spot-amoun ting
probably to hundreds as the government now shoot
al they take under arms think the insurgent force
must be more and more diminished and weakened
and 1t is exceedingly difficult il appears to me, to
receive any reinforeements from without the city
The walls and barbados Of the city, the constant
watchfulness of the guard and the difficulty of getting
through the city. reEd,r IL impracicabe aud all are
searched, nd every means is taken 20 prevent them
from receiving ammunition. This Is fair trial Of how
far the populace contend in regular ana pro-
tracted fight with the guard and troops-they must
Weld or later to the regular force What the
insurgents do with their prisoners do not know only
in individual cases have feared that the shooung
Of the insurgents might cause them to shoot in re-
turn but apprehe nd that the number OF their priso
ners is small though gentleman whom happen
TO know slightly, is reported to be In their hands
just asked the concierge of my house whether her
husba nd had returned who is National Guard. She
raid no-he had been gone forty-eght hours and per-
haps he was dead. She had not heard from him. and
taking my cane she whipped away the boys from the
room, while she was telling me this And perhaps he
II desd-as likely to be he as any one else and sp
prehend that those who have fallen to day, to say
nothing Of the two former days, amount to, perhaps,
thousands. This has been the most awful day of the
three, there be little doubt. One other circum-
rtapc is worth mentioning. Six eight little boys
from five to eight years old to-day having sham
fight in front of my door one side crying Yire Henri
Cinqn and thetother "Vire Ia RtpubLque, all armed
with imitation guns and swords whose fathers
gone at the same time into the midst of the battle,
and whether dead, or alive, they did not know The
mothers stood around, without paying much attention
to what was taking place. OBSERVER.
PARIS, June &c, ls4s-7 o'clock, A. NJ.
First to te Blown Up-9spect this Morning-No News-
papers To- Doy-bteresng Particulars British Gold
IN Circulation among the Insurgents
This morning is sombre. Not a newspaper is pub
lishsd. Yesterday had only strips and halves of
very few numbers, containing very little information
to-day The discharge Of cannon at intervals,
10 heardsometimes these discharges appear to be very
near None of the men in this vicinity or in the diff
ferent apartments have returned. Few to be
in the streets except the guards Little quantities
only Of provisions arrive. Women look more than
usually sad Paris is almost like the tomb of the dead
compared to its ordinary condition Last evening the
companies which at first supposed returning to
the banlieuts for the night their way far
more unwecome task than that of returning home
it to attack and blow up, If possible barricade
fort which has hitherto resisted all attacks the
cannon. When saw the sappers and miners, with
their preparations, following the companies that
belonged out Of the city it occurred that they
would not be going out of the city except accom-.
psh SOME military purposeand so it proved At the
barricade OF "a Chapehe is this place of resistance
which they are undermining, and preparing to blow
up How fearessly all these men, from the country as
we'll as city, meet death They walk to the attack
with their drums beating, in their variety of dresses
which much resemble those in which our forefathers
fought at Bunker Hill for those from the country
are equipped and dressed very much after the fashion
Of the description given of those thrilling scenes in
our own beloved and glorious country and they have
their friends. leaned into the cars and rushed into
battle many Of them never to return again, in the
rame manner that the immortal founders of our
public left their ploughs and teams in the field and
their houses and their workshops to fight the English
and the tories in the days of our revolution. The
French have to meet the influence of British money
in this terrible carnage. Immense sums of British
gold are found in small pieces upon almost all the pr
soners-in many instances the distributors have been
seized; sometimes having sfrom 10000 to fl2O0O in
value Of British gold upon their persons. There is
longer any doubt existing in the minds of the people
here that the British are furnishing immense sums of
money to stir up this they did to produce
that at Naples These men say, Give us bread
death ~ and yet bread has never been so abundant
and cheap in Paris for years wages so
high since the reign of Louis Philippe. Indeed all
thing and when the government is taking the
sures to give them actual employment, they sti-
INFLATED to revolt and paid in British gold for drawing
the blood of their fellow citizens Men carrying
hags with these mottos who when seized gener-
ally found in possession of FIVE and ten francs in
their pockets, more than this class of probably
ever had under the most favora BILE circumstances Il
Is estimated that at least twenty-five thousand
victs among the insurgents and all who have been
captured have their pockets well lined with change
OF course is necessary to fill up their pockets when
they get empty they will not fight Great numbers
OF the industrious laboring men with the goveru
ment, and fighting herocay in the ranks of its
mics The most desperate part of the population of
Paris, men and women are engaged in the insurrec-
ton. Some very heavy discharges of this
moment shaking the house in which now write and
news has this moment reached that the insurgents
entered some houses last night, in Rue Montmar-
IRE, and killed women and children but under what
circumstances cannot, at present be known have
not heard Of many of unusual cruelty the
part OF any one and hope they do not exist to any
considerable extent Fourteen women arrested,
last evening having poisoned brandy sell to the Ma
tional Guards others gfammuntion. disguised
milk carts and beds for the wounded SC
OBSERVER
PARIS, June &c, 1s4s--10 O'Clock
DEGREES of General Cdra gnae-Iaporta Information
The rules are growing more and more strict,
eessity demands it, Those who drank the poison died
immediately; and upon opening their stomachs, the
fact of poison established. Every species Of device
has been resored to- 10 convey munitions to the nsur
gents. Several women have been arrested with am
munition sewed up in their wearing apparel Emile
Girardin has been arrested, and seal put upon his
press This incendary has at last forced himself in
the meshes of the law Every species of publication
Of every description has been prohibited except
der certain regulations which will prevent the promul-
cation of ineendary publications. have before in
formed you that the two commanders in succession
the Guorde Rationale had been wounded, dtheir
places supplied. Now, the Commander of the Giarde
Mobile has been struck down. and is found morally;
be had performed deeds of daring for two days and
yesterday was shot through just he leading the
Guarde TO the charge OF barrcade; he fell covered
with his own blood but again, cried Tire la Re
yublgue,n rushed upon the barricade. followed by his
brave soldiers and fell again to be transported from
thence to the hospital Gen Duv'ver is also wounded
but not morally. Gen Lamoriciere has had his horse
killed under him, while charging barricade and the
colonel of the tSth regiment of the line struck
dead at his feet thus, four of the six commanding
generals have been disabled and the fifth had horse
killed under him. Gen. Cavaignac, in whom the ex-
ecutve power is deposited, alone has escaped without
accident. 1t was Gen. Damesme who comma nded the
Guard Mobile. The battle of New Orleans was hard
ly more fatal to the commanding officers of the Eng
lsh army than has been this terrible struggle of four
days and nghts to the heroic French officers, who
have so CALAMITY borne themselves do not see that
ii is confirmed that those taken in arms have been
shot, except under peculiar circumstances Of agra
walton, and in only few instances where an exam
pie was necessary. All information Of this morning,
indicates that the whole defence of the city has been
ID rritI L.