Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-10

Unfavorable votes in the army are not allowed to
be published Such, notwithstanding the ntimda-
ton exercised over the soldier, to the extent of
making an independent negative vote equivalent to
self-sacrihce, have in some instances occurred. |
learn from private that the large garrison of
Metz declared against the pleJiscitum by large
majority.
Among those who have just been rewarded for
strenuous efforts in the cause remark the name of
Veron, the famous editor of the Constitutional
He has received the of officer Of the Legion of
Honor, and is doubtless destined 10 receive more
substantial acknowledgment of service rendered from
the future Emperor. If Bonaparte lives, he will be-
come Emperor of the French. He has given sufh-
cent evidence of his intention to scrape at nothing
for the contamination of his ambition and his i'm
mediate agents. his new Minister'S Generals, and in
innate counsellors are a set Of needy audacious ad-
ventnrers who have nothing to lose and every thing
to gain, both as regards property and honorable re-
putation am sorry to say that learned last even
ing, from source that commands my serious belief,
that the The afternoon of the 4M instant
upon The BoateUa,ds Of some Sirty serenity per-
fecty innocent persons 1cas Intentional and prene-
dtated, acH TO strike terror into the populd-
ton Of Paris, and thus compel Submission. to the de-
signs Of The Dictator. An English lady, resident in
Paris, told me that she was visited on Thursday,
(the 18th December,) early in the afternoon, by a
French gentleman, friend of the family, known as
man of high standing in the political circles He
came in great haste, and was much agitated "Where
is your husband p was his first question. He has
gone out" Not upon the Boulevards, hope J"
" Yes; he will be upon the Bouleyards he has gone
TO the Rothschilds." God grant he may not go
higher up than the Boulevards DIES Italiens! There
is to be terrible work there this afternoon The peo
pie will be fired upon and many lives will be lost ~
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two or three hours in mortal anxiety awaiting the
husbands return, the friend knowing well what was
actually taking place upon the Bouevards, and saying
that it was predetermined. The husband finally
came in safe and sound. This account is in some
measure corroborated by what another acquaintance,
a Frenchman, resident upon the Boulevard Mont
martre told me of the events of that afternoon. He
said that the Boulevards for long distance above
and below his residence, was occupied by troops sta
tionary upon them, in line There was not, up or
down, far as could be seen from his windows, the
slightest insurrectionary movement which could have
been made the pretext of ordering a discharge of
musketry upon the people There was evidently
upon those Boulevards no friends or parakers of in
surrection. All at once firing was heard at a
siderable distance above Nearer and nearer it came,
till in minute or two the whole line Of military
above and for some distance below the residence of
my informant were observed to be firing yolleys
upon the noensive spectators occupants of the side
walks and lookers-on from the windows. Balls were
heard whizzing tho heads of my informant and
his guests though not even single cry of I" Vive
la Republique y had issued from his apartments.
He and his guests Immediately threw themselves
flat upon the floor, where they remained till the fir
ing ceased Then they rose, and counted through
the glass of the windows of one balls at
just about the height to do mortal work The story
comes to me removed but one degree from the Gre
dible eyewitness who saw poor fellow, most re-
Specialize peaceable man of family who had been
accidentally wounded in the leg by the first discharge
and who had taken refuge beneath doorway, deli
beraely aimed at and, down upon knee he was,
shot through the body. After the firing was over
he picked up, dying and there were found to be
five balls through his body and through his clothes.
| have heard of one fellow-countryman of ours
who was wounded severely in the leg; another with
a bayonet wound through the hand Several others
report themselves to have hairbreadth escapes.
One, a Mr.. G., of New York, was arrested and con
Quoted to the prison of the Concicyyere from which
ne was discharged upon the nterpositon and urgent
instance of our Minister, Mr. RIvEs. hear of an
other feow-citizen of ours who, caught upon the
Boulevards at this critical moment and seeing men
falling thickly about him, bethought him that by
feigning to be killed he might avoid many chances
of being SO in reality. So down he fell, moonless
as the hero of the bear story in the fable when
placed upon his legs by those who came along soon
after to gather up the dead he was discharged am
told, with divers kicks and curses for his cowardce.
For my part, think it was very sensible and we'll