New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-03
The merchants. traders and others OF
SOUTHAMPTON. are gong o give Nj r. J Walker
FRANCE.
The Nas>acres in Faris,


Paris the following particulars of the massacres
which followed the usurpaton IN Pans
more cruel, baIbaTous, and lnhuman slaughter
/ suppose was never committed co ho'
alluce 10 the taxing of iae oarricades ou' 10 tne
massacre on tie bOuleyaTds, OF which mere IS no
mention IN The Partisan papers mao fortunate
escape mvseIf Al about 3 o'clock | was II tse
Boulevard deS ltallens, and saw a. immense iofee-
should think between 10000 and ID CO men passing
up the bouievafds. | accompanied them as lar a
the Rue VIvieIne. 10 see II could md my American
friend A, whom think | mentioned IN my last ie'-
ter did not know al the time that the troops we're
advsncingto attack oarTcade at the fone ~ pehis
Not beng able TO md my friend, returned up TIE
rue Vlvienle. intending 20 go again on the oouie.
yards When ! go, T. the top OF the street,
found a corcon OF soldiers across IT, who would
not allow any one 10 come WITHIN % yaruS OF
tiem Inst about this time (halfpast o'clock
the firing recommended IN the bouesafds
MonimsI,re and PoissOnnlere and Tue seEtfes az
the ton OF the Rue NivIenne nred deliberately ~n
the street al US The rush was Tremendous bu.
got clear round corner and departed Tor my hoiei
as soon as possible went out again aiIerwAri,
and went 10 the bottom OF the oouleyards near the
rue du Helder TO watch the hrlnt. The regiments
Of the line fred atthe windows OF the ooulevards Tor
several hours, but saw NJ hre returned ron tue
wiaeows then went home 10 dinner nad
NOT arrived and were hoping that nothing had
hapueped 10 him, when woman rushed IN, pale
and trembling, and asked for me She had orougnt
poor A S card he was lying wounded IN porte!s
loo &c IN the Boulevard MOntmaTtTe. VI course
started lIamt dla.ely for the spot had much diff
Guilty in getting there as the streets were all occu-
pied by soldiers but the officers we're generally civil
When got 10 the place the boulevard WIS a CHASTITY
sight There were 10 wounded but the dead were
living in dCzeIs most OF them just as they fell and
the paVements were slippery WIN blood. lney
were almost all bourgeois, and not OUTFITS
Two or three women we're arranging some
Of the coTIses and placing candles AZ their heads
that their friends light recos nize them. Toe sol
diers were standing ~ case IN the censer OF The
street, very quiet, on, perfectly unconcemsd there
was not living man 10 be seen excep. them. l
found poor 4. III good spirits, but badly wounded.
He described the whole thing rs wlnton massacre
He was walking along the b0nevarts IN the same
direction as the trOOrs and when he heard the hrag
commence il the Porte -. Denis he turned back,
thinking as no place for nim Almost al that IN
slant the whole OF the troops IN the BOuleFdrdS
Monimatre and Poissonnltre fred at the windows
and Il H. people walking IN me streets VINO were
w.thou. arms and making no resistance. Inere
were crowds Of people al The windows, but feS were
hurt as they had time t. thToS themselves back
when thew saw the muskets go up. But Tor tue
promenacers IN the streets there was no escape.
The first bullet struck A. on the le:t hard Knocking
of the fore finger he then went down on one knee,
and held up the other hand hoping they would spare
him Another bullet struck him IN the center OF the
lett shin, smashing the larger bone, and dead man
fell heavily across him. IA he lay on the ground ne
saw Que or two officers endedFOnng 10 make me
men hrc at the windows, bu. some continued 10 IRE
al those On the ground. lie managed - crawl ilto
q ponci's lodge, where the gaze vas open, and the
women assisted him. He described II as perfect
storm OF balls Another bullet struck so close 70 hlm
OIL the wall that Il spaiteret aad cut his face Ike
small shot. As he lay IN he lodge The women htd
to leave him ard getto safer place as the bullets
were coming IN there. The firing was kept up al
most without ceasmg FOR two or three hourS. al
though here was no resistance whatever I1eyer
saw such Nant"n destruction the fronts OF the
houses were perfectly rddei with shot
Capt William Jesse writes a similar ac-
count 10 The London Times The following eE-
tract Is shocking:
AZ . o'clock, when approaching the extremity OF
the Rue NNlcnne, | observed the troops passing
along the Boulevard, which they cleared driving the
people into The side streets. who ran do vn Il cry.
Ing out, " S0Hrs1.touS" sought refuge with my vile
III a shop. ard subsequently reached INF own house.
At 3 o'clock, returning from the Place de la
BouIse, 70 was with the greatest difficulty got
back AGAIN. The suRs had been distinctly
heard FOR some time IA The direction Of the
Fauboarg s. Dsnis aGd the passage of troops that
way continued Tor quarter OF an hour after
came blCk. Having written, ! went 20 the balcony
at " itch ny VIE ~aS standing, and remained there
watching the troops. The whole Boulevard as Tar
as The eye could Iea a Safy fsioSs at orarer dis
lance, wlth here and there batch of 2.pounders
and no NuZ-ss, some Of which occupied the rising
ground on iht Boulevard PcsScuuiere. The WIN
doys WcIe cIDncCd with people, principally women,
uaf CsmeT servants, ard children or like ourselves
the Oct updhis 81 apartments Inc mounted officers
we've sm"knC theH cigaIs a custom introduced into
the army, rave understood by the Princes Of
ths OIeoNs iiE!lF-not very spiteTlke one,
but 80 such a moment, particularly redssurlng,
as II fotCade the idea that their services were
likely 70 be called into immediate reuusltion
o. tie BOIlesard ors ItdlIeDs | could but
little. ct account &C The angle have mentioned,
hu. ~ ue erection Of the Pore = Denis !
could GO distinctly rs iar as the end o., the Boue-
vdrc Bonnie NoIyeile. Suddenly, ard while vas
mtentiN Icoslug Nrh my glass Al che troops IN the
distance eistV ard, few msskc. sn0ts were 6red
az Tie head Of tie column, which consisted OF ABOUT
3OCg men. ~ a fow moments - spread, and after
hanging little came down the Boulevard Ia a
wa'lig sheet Of flame. So regular, no viewer, was
the fire that at first thought it was fen de ois tor
some DdTTcaOc taken in advance, 20 sigma tneir
position to some other division and It not iii IL
came within 81 yards OF me that | recognized the
sharp ringing report o. DlIclIiTicge out even then
could scarcely believe the evidence OF my ears for
as TO my eyes could not discover any enemy 10 fire
at, and continued looking az the men until the
company below me were actually raising their ire
locks, ard one yagabOnd, sharper than the fest-a
mere lad, without either waisker or mOusache-
had covered NE. Ia an instant dashed my wife,
who had Just stepped back against the pier between
the windows, when shot struck the ceiling imme-
diately over our heads aad covered us with dus,
and broken plaster In a second after placed
her upon the hOOr and IN another A volley came
sgaDst the whole front Of the house, the baicony,
ami windows shot broke the mirror over
the chimney piece, another the shade OF the clock
every pane Of glass but one was smashed. the
curtains and wlndoN-iTames cut the room, N snOr,
was Titdied. The iron balcony, though rather low,
Was great protection, sui FIVE balls entered the
room, and In the pause for relOaling Dire nav wife
10 The door and took refuge In the back rooms OF the
mouse Inc TaslIe OF muSketry was incessanJ for
more than quarter Of an hour after THIS, and IN a
very few minutes the guns were ulllmbered and
pointed at the of VI SalandfOuze We houses
on our right WHAT the Dject meaning OF all Ems
might be was perfect enigma 70 ever ndividualin
the house, French or foreigner some thought the
troops had TUNED round and joInel the Reds others
suggested they must have been fired upon sOme.
where, though they certainly had not from our house
or any other on the Boulevard Monlmartre or We
must have seen Il from the balcony Besides which,
IN the temper hlch me soldiers proved 20 be, mad
that been the sc, they would never have waited
for any signal ffUm The head OF the column 500 Yards
on. THIS wanion fusillade must have been the 70.
suit OF pane lest the windows shOnld have been
lined with concealed enemies. and they wanted 10
secure their SKINS by the FIRST Te or II was sangg,-
nary imPulse-elueT motive being equally d!scr.dIt-
able 70 them soldiers IN the case or as clazens
II the otheT As military man. lis with the deep.
est regret tina, feel compelled entertain the later