The southern press., 1851-12-27
y RAN E-P A RIS,
THE CONDITION OF PARIS AT THE LATEST MO-
MENrs-vorE OF THE MILITARY.
Correspondence Of the .Nec York Daily Times.

MENTS-VorE OF THE MILITARY.
Correspondence Of the .Nep York Daily Times.
PARIS, MONDAY, Dec 8, 1851.
Having gathered nothing definite from the ru
mors circulating in the street last Thursday
afternoon, could only add the postscript in
pencil tlat matters were looking worse AL.
though the fighting was then going on actively.
it WAS impossible TO gather the particulars of
the results. The difficulty in that respect was
almost as great on the following day, nor has il
altogether ceased yet. Considering The effects of
alarm, of high excitement of political prejudice
and the fact that any one man could see but
little Of what Was taking place along the course
of the Upper Boulevards, an | at different points
in the labyrinthilm district lying between them
and the rver, the testimony of eye-witnesses
must be taken with some caution. Other au-
tholites are tfiicial--placards and the columns
of Journals devoted to government. few
other Journals that have creeped cut again in
the last few days, hazard no independent com
ments on the events of the week We have
beside ramors born of suspicion, of heated fucy
of the father OF lies, growing as they 90 into
shapes of The widest travagance-sometimes
however, having something of probability or
plausibility about, and, rarely enough, few
grains of truth. Some of the London papers
have printed statements containing downright
falsities and others in which the little reality on
which they were based, was all distorted. or
quite concealed by the indgested mass of errors
built upon it.
The scene Of the fighting on this side of the
river has already been mentioned There has
been but little comparative disturbance on the
other side. The most important barricade was
raised at the Porte st Denis other barricades
were raised in the neighborhood The attack
was m de by the troops at o'clock on Thurs.
day afternoon, and did not meet with prolonged
resistance. The crowds o. people on the Boule.
wards, Bourse, Nouvelle, and Poissonere, were
ordered to dsperse and obeyed but while they
were moving off, sho!s were fred from the upper
windows of houses on the Boulevard, Poisson
ierre Montmatre and, it is said, from one or two
on the Boulevard des Italiens. The soldiery
Immediately fired at the houses and into the
crowd. OF necessity, innocent people were
killed. Houses were entered by the military.
and there is abundant testimony 10 show that
people within doors We're, at least in some in
stances, charged with the bayonet So far as
can learn, however, this bu'chery was very rare.
and in no case sanctioned by the presence OF
officers, who speedily put stop to it.
In general, 1t appears that the soldiers have
done as little needless harm as was consistent
with their brutal and butifyng professions.
The Coup d Etat being struck, state of sic
was the natural accompaniment O position
being made to the state Of siege, powder and
shot put down the opposition, as quickly ard
effectively as possible II is idle to ask muskets
or muskeieers--whose only virtue and vocation
is brute force to discriminate nicely between
innocent men and active opponents. Consid,r
ing that the government had already done their
Tuesdays work. the work was done wiselya d
well ! am no adrnrer of the Tuesday's work,
but after that premise, can admire the conse
quent energy and decision, the completeness Of
plan, and the thoroughness of execution Of what
has been done since.
Resistance on the part of few insurgents.
who are evidently not representatives, of nny
portion Of the population OF Paris, Formidable hy
numbers or organization, was quie XIV oyercome
by disciplined army of one hundred thousand
men. On Friday, the slight attempts TO renew
the contest were efIectually put down early in
the day but the sight Of closed shops the for
midable display Of ssIdiery, the terror or sd.
ness on all coun'enances, weighed oppressiyely
on the sense BY night, large bodies of troops
were marched to their barracks, to the sound of
music, almost the first music that had been
heard during four days. Paris was stiled-not
tranquil. Not shout, not n voice raised above
the ordinary conversational tone was TO be heard
from the masses moving where circulation as
permitted Policeman and military, except ai
certain points, were nowhere visible, but no one
knew how near listening, watchful Mouchard
might be, ready to report his words and gestures
Paris was subdued. On Saturday, things re.
sumed nearly their ordinary external appearance.
so far as the shops and markets were concerned
But the multitudes who came out TO look at the
places to which bttle and death had given
new interest, seemed Of different race from
those who filed the great thoroughfare between
the Madelaine and the Bastille, a few days be-
fore French vivacity had given place to 4 more
than New England gravity. The people of Paris
cannot be said to have taken part in the insur-
reclion The very few violent members of tbe
late assembly, who were active in the barricad -.
are not The exponents of the republican or anv |
other party. The people were lockers on / !
cannot fad any authority for the declarations |