New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-12-30
FRANCE.
State Of the Usurpation.
Ience of The n. Y Tribune.

Correspondence of The N. \ Tribune
PARIS, Thursday, Dec. II, 1851
Nv last letter was dated IN the midst Of
the revolution, but think 1t doubtful whether 1t
ever reached you. A part OF the American mail
did not leave Paris till the next day, and such
letters as appeared suspicious were opened, and
if they represented affairs in light uniayorablc
TO the Government, Were destroyed. hope,
however, by taking sundry precautionary meas
ures, to insure the delivery OF this communcs-
tion intact
Ii is useless to resume the thread OF the mar
ratlve at the point where | left It. The tele-
graph and the intervening steamer will have
supplied you with the details OF the Battle OF
the Boulevards. | can only hope to give you
sketch of our present situation, and the pros
pect before us.
The official report of the loss OF the army IA
the DAYS OF December, gives the number of killed
as SIXTEEN men The loss on the part of the
population for the greater part innocent per-
sons, though exposed by their own imprudencc,
and compromised by the shouts and sometimes
by the shots of individuals in their vicinity, IL
variously estimated at from three to six hundred.
On the morning of Thursday l was told by person
m situation TO know, that the Government expect
ed that the killing Of about five hundred persons
would be sufficient 20 reconcile the city TO the ne
cessties of the case. They would be satisfied,
BY this bloody proof, OF the desperate Character o.
the enemies of society, and of the extreme peril
in which family and religion would havs been
placed, had not the patriotism Of Mr.. Bona
parte and the courage Of the army been equal
TO the emergency / should say that half the
nosb nv his ma -,
forcing contest without adversary, and this ex.
agzeratipg the insurec.on where II really existed
that the whole fabric OF society was really menaced
tina, without Louis Napoleon the star OF France
would have set in sea OF blood. The sixteen sol-
diers killed may be supposed, from facts already
known, to have come to their death IN the following
ways five intercepted at various times, when car
Ding dispatches through obscure streets, and muF'
dered by assassns who happened TO be at large i've
shot from the windows Of houses, and six dead upon
the hundred barrcades From these facts you may
gather an idea of the resistance made IN the streets
Il already stands on record and will live in history
that the slaughter in Paris, In the Revolution oil
1851, was wanton and unnecessary, and what Is
more than all, planned and intended beforehand in
this connection, quote a paragraph from The LoH'
don Times which, though not written by an eye wit
ness is as correct as though it was. Speaking
within the limits OF historical ruth, and upon the
testimony Of eye and ear witnesses, the bloody ana
ueacherous deeds OF December will be remembered
with horror, even in city which witnessed ths
massacre of st. Bartholomew and the Reign OF Ter.
ror" These may not be the precise words, but the
meaning is exactly as have given 1t.
You have doubtless heard tina. the authorities
possessed themselves Of the bodies Of the killed
and refused to give them up to those who applied
for them. This was to avoid any such catasnopH
as resulted in February from the exposure OF the
victims Of the fusilade, in front Of the Ministry
Foreign Affairs. They dreaded long and tearfd
funerals, and the outbursts OF popular fury, which
are always kindled by the sight of the blood Of
martyr. They therefore kept the bodies for day
or two, till the excitement had partially subsidef
when they sent them by cart-loads 20 the Cemetery
Of Montmarue. Here, the families Of the deadIs-
ceived permission to apply for, and deeenty bup
their fathers, brothers or sons. The faces OF sua
as were unclaimed in two days, were sprnklsd with
-four, in orcer to conceal traces Of putrefaction.
| went with gentleman, on Tuesday, to one Of
the prisons, 70 make inquiries for one OF his iheaih
who missing. The reply OF the oti'lal, ID
barbaYous French I translate into equally oafoarcus
English. On being asked If such person WAS coz
fined in the prison, he answered " | don't Ano"
it's more likely he's sho, go 10 NOntmahre, lus
over the dead pile, and If you find him, snize I'M
| out" On being INTERCEPTED as TO the dlfi;uiyH
| finding body under such circumstances, ne 'A~
Take your pick, then suppose one oo'J w..
| do as we'll as another Thus are the deaa ",
honored in the capital Of civilization thus u 'A'
memory profaned thus are their relatives outrage
and Ineensed
Per contra-Here is An extract from the Ce"'a
tunnel, from which you viii lean with "ha' ''"''
care the wounded soldiers are treated
Yesterday at O'Clock the President OF the hspS N,
| lie, accompanied BY the Minister Of War ana IA
aides.de camp, visited the wounded soldiers, csI.
have been removed to the hospital OF toe uies
Ion These glorious fellows, spite oil tne. as, /,
rigs replled with the most lively accamasi ~ ,ss
the words OF consolation showered on HEN :,
| President One ofthem had said IN the mofhipss,s
onIy desire one thing to see Napoleon before TIA
He recovered his strength sufficiently TO oles
| President. who decorated him with his oNh hs "A
All OF those who received the ribbon, carneu I'm.
| their lips their eyes being moist 18th teas w.
Ipg could be more touching phan 10 see inc sp"Ia
sion Of enthusiastic gratitude of these noo.e 49,
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