The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1848-05-04
LAST SCENES IN FRANCE.

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France aud around it, immediately after
the late rcyo!u,ion:-
The Kings scrvan, said TO him just be-
fore that timc--"ionr majesty, there is
great excitement among the people, and
you will bc obliged 10 make concessions to
appcasc them" The King remarked ",hn,
il was only coffee house aii',ir, which they
would put down in few hours"
A mnleinctor, in Paris, released from
prison by the recent revolution, and mista.
king the enthusiasm in favor Of liberty for
lawlcssncss attempted to commit robbie
ry--wss pursued aud nltcr long chase
took refuge in private house, when he
was killed on The spot BY baycnet stubs.
4 sa!uiary warning.
Nearly o million Of francs were snbscri.
bed Yesterday for the wounded. Many Of
the bankers pa, down each 10000 10 lJ,.
600 francs: B,ron Rp,hschild $4,000 and
the Bank 100000
The republic has adopted tho children q.
those who were killed in the three da, Of
tho revolution; md the palaces yncaicd are
to be converted into hospitals for the wild.
ows, wounded, &C., n much better purpose
than the maintenance Of a king and hin
household, aud much less expensive.
The estates Of Louis Philippe is repro
scented rs worth forty-fvc millions .of dol
lars, nnl he is said to have cared Ms mncl,
about his estates rs his kingdom. low
suddenly he parted with both!
Two dead bodies were exposed recently
to public view NJ tho Paais Royal, with n
paper, bearing the word Mieres, placed on
their breasts.
A vast quantity Of vauablcs wcrc res
cucd by the Polytechnic pupils from the
conflngra,ion Of Neuilly. The plate given
up I" the Treasury is olone valued At
f2oO,0OO.
On the ir-colored flag is to be inscribed
"Rcpnb'icqnc Franchise -libertc, cqualitc,
fratcrni,c." All the old Tags are taken
down. mud new ones put in their places.
The National Guards have new flags
throughout.
All tine money, plate, jewels and other
valuablcs Of the king mud royal family,
which were found in the palace, have been
carefully preserved, ms they were first
found by tho laboring men, who first enter
ed the palace; and all recompcnsc for en-
doing has been refused.
The sums y hich have been carted 10 pla-
ccs for safe keeping nmoun. to four or five
millions, md when this operation had been
completed aud every dollar found secure,
the two men who lind watched over the de-
posit for the las. twenty. -four hours, said 10
the officer who had charge Of removing The
property, "Sr, YOU have forgotten us-wc
hive eaten nothing since yesterday noon.' -
The officer WINS nstonished--asked them
what they would havc-,hcy answered,
sssomc brcndn
Upon his demonstrating with, and asking
them to receive some compensation, the,
declined. lie then asked for their names :
they refused to give them; said they had
not fought for money, aud they were not
in wnnt Of any thing but some bread to mp.
peasc their hunger.
AT the Palais Royal. in the m,ment Of
victory, the masses rushed into the interi-
or, and soon man was discovered steal.
ing spoons. They snid, aynu nre not Of
us--you nrc ihicf-knecl down." and in
stanily they sho, five balls through his bo-
dy, and labelled il "thicf," and then left il
for other scenes.
The women Tough, bravcly and in great
numbers, and fifteen or twenty wounded
have been carried 10 the hospitals; this
may seem extraordinary, blu, in France
the wives aud sisters, mud daughters of In
boring NOR, work in the shops and streets.
like men, according To circumstance
A majority Of the persons in the shops
Of Paris nre women, md this applies to all
classes, even to the charcoal shops; women
drive the hnrsc-car,s. WELD the la nd. bar
row, and carry bur.hens in the streets;
they drive teams To and from the markets,
sweep tho streets, plough tho fields, and
plant and gather the crops, aud, in all res
poets, perform the labor of man in the open
mir.
In this species of labor thcy become &C.
cusiomed to mingling with men and the
multitude; md in revolutions, do not shrink
from the position which habi, has assigned
70 them, and therefore jim their compan-
ions in arms, and, in some instances, some
were seen carving guns and drawn swords
during the melee.
FREEDoM OF THE Press AT WASHING.
roN.-On the Goth inst, there was mob
ut the Capital Of our country, to silence n
press, the tone OF which did not chime with
the "pccu'iar institution" which Gen. Cass
goes for extending md pcrpc,uating. Some
5000 persons assembled and appointed a
committee to wal, on the publishers Of the
National Era, and request them to re.
mcse their establishment from the Dis.