THE' VOLUNTEER
John B. Bratton, Editor aud Proprietor..^
OAIUiISDE,. THURSt>AY,MAIICH, 53,: 1818.
AGENCY.
B. PAIiMER, Eaq. isdur nuthoriiecl Apeiil (hr pro
cHiing ailverlimhneiits: receiving subscriptions ami making
. ollccllotnr for tho American f'olunteer, at hi ofilco, N. W.
corner of Third and Chi’smil streets, Philadelphia.
EOR PRESIDENT,
THE SOMtXEE OF THE NATIONAL CONTENTION.
FfIttCANAL COMMISSIONER, ,
ISRAEL PAINTER,
’v! r O£-WtBttnpreland County* .
Tiis.s3oo Exempt Bill. —Tlio first section of lire
bill to exempt from, levy tad sale, or distress for rout,
property to the amount of $3OO was negatived on
vdcoiid reading ih thoSenate,Hfler protracted debate.
Nays 17.
Aj>POINTMENTS BV THE PRESIDENT.
"By and with the advice and consent of the Senate,
“ 'AiiBRoaK ,FI. Sevier, of tlie State of Ark ansae, to
'ba Commissioncroftho United Suites, with thorank
of Envoy Extraordinary.nnd Minister Picnipotcntia*
' rytb Uie Meiican republic.
.’Robert M. Walsu.ol the Stale of Pennsylvania,
lo bo.Secretary of the Legation of (be United States
’.to the'Mexican republic.
/CbNriRMATION BV THE SENATE.—HeNRVCHAPMAN,’ to
bo President Judge'of the'XXtii (Cheater and Dela
ware), judicial district.
OtIR BOROUGH ELECTION—A. DEMOCHA
. TIO VICTORY J
Democratic friends of Carlisle have good rea
son'to rejoico. Tire election on Friday in this hilh
crto strong hold of Federalism terminated in a deci
ded-triumph.for our friends. > Tlio returns wliich wo
publish'^,low, show that wc liuvo carried our candi
dates for Assessor and Town Clerk, which is a gain
from last year. This our friends scarcely expected,
considering the' largo Federal majority heretofore
cast against us.; Ih (ho East Ward wo carried,
everything by an increased majority,-'arid ih (he
West' Ward, we have reduced (ho majority of bur
opponents. By . adding together tho volo qaat for
Judge in'the two wards, it will be seen that the Fed
eral majority in tire borough for that office is two.
Let it be remembered that this borough.has Hereto
fore been Whig by from 45 to 50 votes, and that wo
faavu how carried our Assessor by 10 votes of a ma
jority—our Town Clerk by 9 votes, and reduced the
veto for Judge to two. Certainly this is glory enough
for one day. Below will bo found (he correct returns:
EAST WARD.
. Chief Burgess ,
138 | Joseph H. Blair,
Assistant Burgess ,
William .Moudy, 144 | Jumss IS. Guthrie,
Dcmo.
Wm. B Knox,
Aaaeaaor,
George Sanderson, ,152 ( B. D. Wunderlich,
Town Clerk,
Adam Scnscman, ,151 J James R. Weaver,
- Counci/,
WilHarn Parks, 148. J. F. Gnenslor
Lemuel Todd, k - 145 John Thompson,
Peter Spohr, 134 George Gibson,
H. A. Dot/, 133 Francis Eckels,
. School Director,
George McFccly, 151 | Peter D. Smith,
Judge , .
Marlin,Cornroan, 149 | George W. Rhccm,
Inspector *
147 ] William E. Creigh,
Constable,
169 | Samuel Crall, ■
Jobs Brannon,
Joseph Stuart,
WEST WARD,
y Chief Burges^
87 | Joseph H. Blair,
Assistant Burgetti
,'. 86 j James L, Guthrie,
Council,
Wm. B. Knox,
William Mood/,
IhvG.'W.Foolko, 93 J.B. Parker, 147
Isaac Sheaffcr,, 86 Jacpb Rheem, 142
William Wert, . 82 George Wise, jr,. 151
, Jacob Leiby, 87 A. G. Lechler, 140
William M'Pherson, 76 William WinholU, 141
Aaatiaor,
George Sanderson, 108 |B. D. Wunderlich, 139
School. Director,
James Hamilton, 244 |
Judge ,
Mitchell M’ClclUn, 103 j Wm. D. Murray, 144
Inspector,
102 ] Jacob Drctz,' 143
Toun Clerk ,
Robert Allison,
Adam Scnseman, 106 | James R. Weaver, 140
Contlable, , '
9C 1 John Walker. 148
John Taylor,
TUB REVOLUTION IN PRANCE I
We publish lo*day', to the exclusion of nearly every
thing else, the startling intelligence from Franco.—
Tho-lbll particulars of the revolution which resulted
in the overlhrowof Louis Philipp's government,«will
be found in today's paper. It will bo seen that the
immediate cause of the revolution was the attempted
suppression of the groat Reform Banquet, which was
to hard taken ptaco in Paris on the 22d of February.
The Public Lodger, in speaking of this revolution,
siys-r-“Tlie news by tho Cambria, of tho revolution
in France, on Saturday, took every body by surprise,
and produced the most intense excitement in (he
public mind. The event had been predicted, but it
has happened before the timo that prediction had
fixed fur it. ’ It has been burned on by (ho unwise
end arbitrary attempt of tho “ Citizen King” to im»
pose additional restrictions upon popular right*. Ho
first took away tho liberty of the press, and then at
tempted by force to prevent (ho people meeting at
public dinners to discuss politics. Tho result was a
sadden rising in Paris of a million of people and tho
overthrow of tho last of the Bourbons. The royal
family have fled, and a Republic has once' more been
established in France. The groat men of the nation
afo at (he head oftbo Provisional Government, Ara
go, ihe philosopher, Louis Blanco, the communist,
Lamartine,'the free trader, and others, ore true re
publicans, who enjoy (ho confidence of tho people.—
Many believe (hat the French arc not prepared fora
republican government, and that this attempt will
end like previous ones, in tho establishment of mon*
archill power; but (he French ore much bettor in?
formed upon political matters than formerly, and
have experienced too much of the evils of tyranny,
and the faithlessness of its promises to be willing to
(rust their liberties again to its keeping. The name
of King has become odious to them, and (hey seem
determined to put sn end to royally ot once, The
attempt will be made at all hazards, and its success
teems more than probable. The other governments
.of Europe hove too much to do just now in taking
care of themselves io allow them to interfere openly
against this popular outbreak. They will probably
remain quiet, watching with Anxiety the effect of the
napvemoni, and the froa principles promulgated by
It upon their own Tho excitement through
pttt E?urd| e is interne, and the republican sentiment
lepflie, oVpry day to bo growing stronger, Conces
•lons have been wrung fioin royslly.in the Italian
States, and the people arc everywhere growing bold.
«r : In (hesMortioh of their rights. May their cauae (
Jw IUCWMfHI, *nd permanent Jib«ty Uo c.tabU.boil
In evoiy qu.rl.r Ilia world. The now. by tho
next .twitter, wli}qhjpftLiverpool, on Iho 11th inst.,
.nd lo now out nine day., will bo waited for with tho
m».t Jnlenio inlcrc.l.
THE JPBDERAT. STATE CONVENTION.
The Federalists oftbisStale held ft so-called Slate
Convention at Harrisburg, on tho ls|h inst., for the
purpose of nominating a candidate.'(br Canaly.Com*
missioner, (to bo defeated by the people next. fall,)
and to appoint Senatorial delegates'io the Federal
National Convention, whiclr Is to assemble at Phil.X
dclphia Bomo liino in-i May- NerMiddlowarth,
Esq., ut present tho Suite Senator from Union county,
and a roost bitter Anti-mason, received' the nominal
lion for Canal Commissioner.. William F. Johnson,
of Armstrong,.an avowed Scott man, and Samuel
Bell, of Berks, a Clay man, were selected as the
Senatorial delegates; J ™ -
A few resolutions were then passed—-oho of them
denouncing every candidate who is net " the exponent
of well-known and. long established principles of the
Whig party,” but we.are hot told by the other reso
lutions what those “ principles” are, and all are left
in the dark on that subject. .Tho - war is not even
hinted at—indeed not one of the resolutionß'give ud
the least' idea of the “ principles” of-this mongrel
party. The resolutions do not say that the Federal*
isle are favorable to any particular policy, nor do they-'
even say that they are opposed to anything—they
proclaim to {Jib country, just nothing at all ! Before
tho adjournment of tho Convention, a resolution was
offered nominating that prince of humbugs Andrew
Stewart of this Slate, as the .Federal candidate for
Vico President,nut it was voted down! Poor ‘'tariff
Andy,” he has received tho cold shoulder oven from
his supposed friends.- A poor compliment indeed for
his struggles for tho defunct tariff. Another reso:
lotion was then offered that the names of all the del
egates bo called, and that each one should say who
ho was in favor of for President. This resolution
created some fun, and in tho midst of the confusion
a motion was made that the Convention adjournttne
die, and (ho Chairman, (without putting tho question,)
declared the Convention adjoured! So ended this
political farce. , .
THE LAW OF LIBEL.
Although at. a lute period of the session of oar
State Legislature, it is still not too late to do good—
and we should like Io sco some action taken in rela
tion to (he law of libel—wc should like io see a bill
introduced and passed, ollowing the truth to be'given
in evidence in all (rials for this offence* For the ad-
I ministration ofjuslice.it would appear impossible to
| pass a more righlcousor more important bill. It will
be asked by every citizen not schooled in such mat
tors, “ wlml! con you not give the truth In evidence
in all oases on trial before a jury bf your country ?”
Wo answer no. You may charge a man with fraud,
or any oilier crime, the. evidence bf which is in your
possession, and yet the Court will not permit you to
submit the facts to the jury, and consequently tho
accuser alone is heard. It is one of the severest
blows to the liberty of the press, to truth, to justice
and public safety, that can well bo imagined. .You
: know that a man. is about to Commit a robbery, or
| lias committed one, yet at your peril you put the
community on its guard against him. We have.had
decisions on libel cases which are a disgrace to the
name of Justice, and the passage of such & bill as we
propose— a bill protecting the innocent, and allowing
tho truth to be given in evidence—might be consid
ered 'as establishing tho freedom of the or css and
protecting the rights and property of the gpblic.—
Wherever there is slander, malice, and a determined
disposition to injure a citizen without cause, let pun
ishment follow; it is the liberty, not the licentious
ness of the press which should be protected. But it
may be said that an editor with'a good case, has no.
occasion to apprehend tho verdict of a jury. Surely
not, if ho can gel his case fairly and fully spread
before that jury, but the Court steps in and soys:
“ that testimony cannot be given, tho technicalities
of the law prohibits itwhereas it should be, “spread
the > truth, the- whole truths and nothing but the
truth,” before tho jury, and leave that jury to decide
upon your motitft. Tho Press used to be called the
I Palladium of liberty—tho Sentinel on. the Watch
tower, yet that sentinel may see u robbery committed,
a fraud meditated, a traitorous act to the country |
perpetrated, yet he must bo cautions how he sounds
the alarm, because the accused, if so disposed, may
mulct him in damages and costs In a libel suit. A
verdict may/ not, it is. true, bo obtained from a jury,
but a defendant may be dragged from court to court,
from county to county, may bo subjected to heavy
costs and expenses; and when the case is tried, the
jury may decide In favor ot that defendant. . A ornue
should always be laid in the county in which the
alleged libel is published. The.truths and facts, in
ail cases, should bo allowed to go to the jury j.and .the
jury should .bc the judges of the law and the facts.—
The public, as well as tho public press, are deeply
interested in bringing about a reform of .this impor
tant character, and making U the duty of iho court
in all libel cases, (6 allow the facts to go to jury for
consideration and decision. " •
Fed,
109
96
95
88
105
MEW HAMPSHIRE ALL RIGHT I
1,000 Cheers for (lie Granite State.
Now Hampshire is' Democratic by an increased
majority. The Radical Democracy of the Granite
Stutd have swept Ike field'against the allied forces
arrayed against them. The defeated fought gallant*
ly, but It was of no use. The indomitable Democ
racy rallied gloriously, and the result la a triumphant
victory. Oar Democratic brolliorn deserve unquali
fied praise and have shown us an example which may
well be followed.
Wo sum up our intelligence, received by telegraph,
which leaves qp doubt of the correctness pftlio opin.
'ion expressed previously, as to the re-election of Ja.
red W. Williams, (he Democratic Governor of Now
Hampshire. Returns are received from aboui'lwo
thirds of the Stale, and they indicate a majority of
at least from 2UOO to 3UOO.
The Legislature will also bo Democratic In both
branches. This ensures tho election of a Democrat
ic U. S. Senator, to fill the vacancy occasioned by
the expiration on the 4th of March next of the term
of the lion. Clma. G. Atherton.
The Concord Patriot gives the vole of 179 towns
for Governor—
Williams,
Berry and Scat,
Dom. majority 138 G Dcm. minority 114
Democratic not gain, 1500!
If the remaiping 43 towns return the same re)*
ativo veto si last year, Williams'majority will bo
3000. «
Representatives—l3s Democrats, 110 allies elected
in towns which last year chose 110 Democrats, 127
allies. Dem, not gain thirty three,
In the Council'—Democrats 4, Abolition Whig 1.
Last year 3 Democrats, 9 Whigs. . The defeat of
John Kelley in the Rockingham district, shows the
true feeling in N. Hampshire, for ho wos a hitter op*
poncr.l of tho war of 1812, os ho is of hi« country in
the present war. *
Increase or Soldiers’ Pay.— The Senate has
unanimously adopteda Resolution, requesting'Con*
gross to increase the pay of tlio non-commlssioned
officers and privates in the U. 8. service, both regu
lars and volunteers} and also to extend tho pension
I laws to the widows and children, dr indigent mothers
[and sisters of officers and soldiers who may die of
i disease while in service. This Resolution is a very
commendable one, and simple justice to the “poor
, soldier" who U often literally compelled to “spend
I half a orown out of sixpence a day” should prompt
■ Congresß to act upon it immediately. It is u re*
pioaoh, indeed, that the request It contains should bo
| rendered necessary at this late day.
arrival of the .
STBAILER {'A.MUIUA
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE!
Abdication of Louis. Philippe•
PALACE IN POSSESSION OF; THE PEOPLE;
ORRIBLE MASSACRES
Establishment of a Republic.
RETURN OP LOUIS BONAPARTE TO PARIS
,Tho steamship Cambria arrived at Now York, on
Saturday morning last, having flailed from Liverpool
on ult.
Her intelligence is of the mosL'slartlingand im
portant charactert
A revolution has broken out* in Paris—in which
all classes of the people have participated.
- From Smith’s & Wilmer’s Times of Fch. 26th.
INSURRECTION AND BLOODSHED IN
100,000 Soldiers Under Arins'ln and oronnd
the CltT-Uealgfnatlou of the Guizot Ministry. *
Wo noticed in our last tbe .feverish state in which
political affairs stood in Paris on the niglitof.Thurs.
day, the lOlh, and wo regret to announce that each
day has added (o that excitement which had ineroas
cd to such a pitch on the 22nd, the day on which it
had been fixed to hold the great reform banquet, that
tho entire city was in open insurrection. The:con
versation which took place in tho Chamber ofDepu
lies, on Monday evening, between Barrotand pueha.
tel; prepared tho people for the formal prohibition of
the reform banquet which was to tako place on tho
following day. '-. > .
Proclamations by the prefect of police, and an order
o)f tho day by tho commander ofthe Naliqnu(Guarda,
were published, forbidding the banquet, ana ail US’
scmblagcs of tho people; and prohibiting tho appear
ance of National Guards in uniform, unless ordered
by their chiefs. . In consqgaunce of these acts of
Government, (ho. Opposition Deputies met, and re
solved lhat tho banquet should not tako place, that
the pebple.be entreated to submit, and that a motion
for tho impeachment of ministers bo. made, in .the
Chamber of Deputies. - It was further resolved, that
should this motion bo they would resign
their functions as deputies;
The army collected willun the surround
ing villages and .forts considerably exceeds ono hun
dred thousand men. This force, unless the soldiers
sympathise with the people, could crush tho Parisians;
while the King and M. Guizot might indulge their
animosity to public meetings with .perfect safely.—
Bat if tho army join the people, this revolution would
bo more effectually completed from tho fact that so
many men ore congregated-in tho capital and its
environs. Orders have been given to. take military
occupation of all the points or^tho .capital, oiL,wj)iclj
the assemblage of the people rnight Ue-pxpccled.'
As the day advffnccdibo assemblages in the streets
gradually increased, uwil dense crqwds filled (he
principal to the legislative
chambers, and bones'of police and military
were called oat 10-preserve-order. assdqftbled
in great multitudes,round tho Chamber of pfMjpUes,
and forced their way over walls. TWJywcre
attacked by the troops and ro-assem
blcd in various They phoned their hatred
of M. Guizot by demolishing, his .window and at
tempting to force an entrance into his hotel,.but were
again repulsed by the troops. AU lhc military in
Paris, and all tho National Guards, were summoned
id and overy preparation made on tho part of
the» v jwffifriment to put down tho people. Tho latter
raised barncSdcs in.various places,and unpaved the
streets,overturned omnibusscs,and made preparations
Tor a vigorous assault, or a protractfetfrcslstanco.
All the accounts from Porjs repre»6nVthfe city in a
terrific stale of excitement and dismay -the whole of
that day. 'All tho street Icading'to the CharaberolS
Deputies were, like the bridge, occupied'by strong
detachments of troops, and no one was allowedtfto
pass except tho deputies, tho newspaper reporters, and
those who wore furnished with special of ad
mission.
. Wo like the following from (ho London Morning
Chronicle:— .m
Paris, Tuesday Evening.
The accounts which I seftt yon ibis morning will
have prepared you for great confnsiin in the streets
, of Paris, great asscmblagci of the 'people, and partial
| disturbance, if not for actual insurrection. There*
suit Is just what might have been expected. Immense
masses have paraded the public throughfarcs through*
out the day. Troops in vast numbers were on foot,
and occasionally, where.the mosses became more
than ordinarily dense, charges of cavalry were made
upon the people, and tho streets with wonderful
quickness. The shops were all closed, and business
of fcvery kind was suspended.
Tho crowd generally directed Itself towards the
Place dn la Madelmo (where, if the banquet had
gone on, the -procession qf the deputies was to have
started from,) to the Placfr de la Concorde; and to
the.ncighbbrhood of the Chamber of.Peputies. Tho
1 principal portion of the crowd appeared to have been |
drawn together more from curiosity than frdtn the
i wish'to create disorder, and they,were far more for*
midalle from their vast-numbers than from their pp*
parent- intentions; still, however; there wore occa
sional parlies of a very different Character. Musses
of men in blouses, frequently amounting to thousands,
were to bo seen marching together with a -certain
degree of order, and apparently under regular lead*
ore. /' • A •. .
; A largo body of students also paraded’the Boole-
Varda, mixed with others of a more ambiguous, if
not a more dangerous description, singing Iho Mar
eeilluiseii the vCry’pitch‘of their voices, and vocifer
ating a hat Quitotl a has Miniiterel Vite la re
forme! accompanied 1 with groans or cheers as the
ease might bo. If to this you add regiments of
Municipal Guards, horse and foot, drawn up in
different quarters, and occasionally charging, the
people wham they assembled in largo numbers or
thousands upon thousands of
in all the principal squares,
DouloffVu , a>and quays; and multitudes of anxious
people crowding the windows wherever there was a
chance of seeing wJiot vrm going on; you have before
you a picture of what JPuns was during the whole of
this day.
I shall now proceed to give you delJChed details,
which it is difficult to arrange in a regular snd con
nected form. I have already, said that the prinplj’j"
point to which the crowd tended was the Palace do
(a Madeleine and the Palace de la Concord,' About
half past eleven a regiment of infantry and several
squadrons drew up near the church of the Madeleine,
where the crowd was most dense. A few minutes
afterwards an immense body of persons almost all
dressed In blouses, and said to n mount to upwards of
6000, oppeared from the direction of the Boulevards,
but no one could exactly say from what place they
came. They marched in procession, holding ouch
other's arms and sung the Marseillaise th one general
chorus. When passing Durand's rpsturont,- they
gave,three cheers-fur reform,and then proceeded
whhoui slopping to the Place do iu Concorde, their
evident intention being to make their way to. the
Chamber, of-Deputies. At the bridge opposite the
Chamber of Deputies, however, (hey wore stopped by.
a largo body of cn'vair'y and ( Infantry, drown up on
the bridge. They were Uien'brougM to a-stohd.stni,
ahd their numbers were so-grout that they filled the
whole of the Place de la Concorde,’oho of the largest
squares in 'Europe. Just at that moment a portion
pf the regiment of cavalry at the bridge charged upon
the mass,'separated it, and drove'a considerable “por
tion back towards Iho Boulevards, while the rest was
driven into the Champs, Elysccs, and the rest down
the RuclUvoli.
The whole‘of (he place was cleared In less time
(hap can bo conceived, hut (ho soldiers, (hough they
did their duly With groat determination and effect,
so far from using unnecessarily means, appear,
cd to go obout with great humanity end even good
humor. The portion of Ihe crowd dflven back to.
wards the Boulevards, und still marching in order,
and arm in arm, had four National Guards at la
Madeleine an attempt was made by the (rooQS to
dispci kb them, wliic'h was only partially successful,
and shortly afterwards they mol another large body,
the loaders of whom fraternally embraced the Nat‘l.
Guards. ’ ' * .,_
On arriving In front of the JloUl d€M
rengeret they stopped, and sung the Marseillaite In
1 full chorus. They then began to cry out aba» Ouixot
1848. 1847.
28.285 26.921
26,899 All others, 27,035
HI6HL¥f?IMPORTAHT INTEII
FLIGHT TO EIL
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Sacking of tlio Palace.
PARIS.
—«6os U ilifinislere,” and the excitement was evi’
dcnlly-inoredßing.;.'At length a very young man took
up every .large stone, which he hurled Against tho
great'gale of the hotel, an example which . was fol
lowed by'thb rest, who began knocking against the
galoj’’a shower of stones was.thrown'at the samp
time, and broke several windows, During this lime
a,Body pf-ilie Municipal Guards (infantry,) who were
drawn up within the. gates, deliberately loaded their
mUskois, and prepared for what might follow; but a
body of. cavalry emerging from tho Ruo dos Capa
cln'es, at that moment charged, struck some of the
most active 1 with the fiat side of thdir sabres, and
very soon succeeded in dispersing tho crowd, and re*
lieving the residence of the President of tbe Council
from the danger it was in.
In a small street in tho neighborhood of tho Ruo
Vivienne a body of ruffians attempted to break into a
gunmokcr’s simp, but failed. Then they attacked
the shop of. a poor marchatui de boii t and plundered
it of ths small.quantity of firewood it contained,
which they formed into strokes. In the different
attacks made' by the troops' some severe blows were
occasionally dealt, and upon the whole a considerable
number of persons received, sabcfrculs and severe
bayonet-wounds . but I, did not hoar.of. any. one be.
ing killed.
I may as well mention that among tho other crios
that issued from tho,crowd, was that of Vive la iigne,
which was to be heard every lime tho compact bodies
which appeared from time to time, passed a regiment
of infantry. A grout number of prisoners wore taken
by tho police, who had buen caught in Uio act of
uttering seditious ertes, or.throwing stones.
These are the pr incipal incidents which have como
within, my notice in the course of the day. They
wore not very serious in themselves, but lliov are just
of a nature that might at any moment load to a
catastrophe. Ono thing must appear evident to any
one who has. scon tho aspect of Paris during this day;
and that is, that tho Government, ia determining not
to allow the procoBsion.of deputies, and the enormous
additional number of persons which would huyo as.
ecmblcd.hnd it taken place, came to a wise dctcrmi.
nation. Whether they would not have done bettor
hadthoy given the orders for stopping it at an earlier
period, and before the preparations wero made, is
another matter. I think they would.
Had the notico been given threo days ago that the
meeting waanot lobe allowed, a great aoalof tho
excitement and confusion of this,day would hove
been avoided. Tho excuse' of the Government is,
that It did hot ihterfpro until the, promoters of the
banquet begun to organize and arrange National
Guards and other persons to form the procession.—
The excuse is hardly .tenable, for it was .known and
dearly .announced several .days before, that tho.pro- 4
cession was to bo ono of the principal parts of the
demonstration. It is rumored that eleven of the
twelve deputies of Parts have resigned their seats.
iIGENCE!
IMPEACHMENT! OF,THE MINISTRY.
At the meeting of thoCHsanber of Deputies on the
22d, the deputies of the Opposition, to the number of
$3, submitted the following proposition s—
'“Wo propose to place.ihu Minister in accusation
as Guilty—
“l, Of having betrayed abroad the honor and the
interests of Franco.
“2. Of having falsified the principles of the consti
tution, violated the guarantees of liberty, and attack
ed tho rights of tho people. . ..
' “3. Of having, by, a systematic corruption,attempt
ed to substitute, 'lor the free expression of'public
opinion, the calculations of private interest, and thus
perverted the representative government.
“4. 0f having trafficked fbr ministerial purposes
in public otficcs, as well as in all the prerogatives
and privileges of power.
*•5. For having, in the same interest, wasted the
finances of (ho slate, and thns compromised the for*
cos and the grandeur of the kingdom.
11 6. Oflmving violently despoiled the citizens ofa
right inherent to'every free constitution, and the ex
ercise of which bad been'guaranteed to them by the
Charter, by tho laws, and.by former precedents.
-*♦ 7. Of having, in t finc, by a poHcyovcrlly counter
revolutionary, placed in, question tlrtjic.conquests of
our revolutions, aind thrown tliOiOouhtry: inlojt pro
found agigution.*’ 1 •* , _
M Gcnoudcj.submillcd in his own name a proposi
tion of accusation against tho minister, conceived in
these terms
M Whereas the Minister, by bis refusal to present
a project of Irfw for electoral reform, has occasioned
troubles, 1 propose to put in accusation the President
£ftho Coupcil, and his colleagues.”
' ‘ y ..
The Reform ManlftiUtlon*'
The following is the reform manifestation issued
on Monday morning by tho Opposition, and publish
ed in ail the Liberal papers, and by . which the
Ministry- support thoir reasons for prohibiting tho
banquet:— * ,
“ REFORM MANimTMtylfi .
"The general committee the
banquet oflho 13th atrondlsemenl, thinks it right to
slate that the object of the demonstration' fixe<f for
Tuesday is the legal and pacific exercise of a consli.
tutional right, the right of holding political meetings,
without which representative government would only
be a derision. The Ministry having declared and
maintained at the tribuhe that this-right is subjected
to the good pleasure of the police, deputies of the
Opposition, peers, of France, ex>deputics, members
of the Council General, magistrates/ officers, sub*
officers, and soldiers of the National Guard, members
ofthc central committee, of electors ofthe Opposition,
and edilorrf'of newspapers of Paris, hove accepted the
I invitation which was inndoto lake part in the dc*
| monutrutlon, in order to protest, in virtue of the law,
1 against an illegal and arbitrary pretension.
As it is natural to foresee that this public protest
may attract a considerable gathering of citizens) asj
it may bo assumed also that the National Guards of
Paris,faithful to their motto, “ lAberte Ordre Public
will desire,on this occasion, to accomplish the double
dtity of defending liberty by joining the demonstra
lion, and protecting order,and preventing all collision
by their presence; and*as, in the expectation of a
numerous meeting of National Guards and of citizens
it seems right to lake measures for preventing every
cause of trouble and tumult, the committee has
thought that the demonstration should lake place in
Ihut.quprtcr ofthe capital in which tho width Of the
streets and squares enables the population to assemble
without excessive crowding; accordingly, tho depu*
tics, peers of France, and other persons invited to tho
banquet, will assemble on -Tuesday next at eleven
•b’clock, in tho ordinary place of the meeting of the
purlimc.iiUry Opposition, Place do la Madeleine, 2;
tho subscribers to the banquet, who belong to the
National Guard, arc requested 4JO meet before the
church of the Madeleine, and to form two parallel
lines, bbtwcon which tho persons invited will place
themselves; tho cortege will be headed by tins supo.
rior officers oflho National Guard who may present I
themselves to join the demonstration; immediately
after ibopcrsons invited and the guests wilt be placed
a rank bFofilcowi ofthe National Guard;, behind the
latter the National Guards, formed In columns ac.
cordingty to tho number of the legions; between the
third and fourth columns the ypang men of tho
schools,headed by persons chosen by themselves; next,
the other National Guards of Paris and tho suburbs,
in the order set forth above, Tho cortege will leave
at half past eleven o’clock, and wlllprocccd by tho
Place do la Concorde and tho Champs Elysoos to tho
place in which the banket is to toko place. ■
The committee, convinced that this demonstration
I will bo .the moro efficacious the more it bo calm, and
I tlio moro imposing the more It phall avoid oven all
pretext of conflict, Invites the citizens to utter no cry,
to carry 'neither flag nqr exterior sign, it invites the
National Guards who may take part In tho demon'
slrotion to present themselves without arms; for Un
desired to make a legal and pacific protest, which
must bo especially powerful by tho number and tho
firm and trannuil altitude of tho citizens; Tho com
mittee hopes that on this occasion every man present
will consider himself os a functionary charged to
cause order to bo respected; it trusts in tho presence
ofthe National Guard; it trusts In tho sentiments of
the Parisian population, which desires public peace
with liberty, and which knows that, to secure the
maintenance of, Its rights, It has only need of a
.peaceable demonstration, as becomes an Intelligent
phd enlightened.nation, which has the consciousness
of the irresistibin authority of its moral power, ond
which in assured that it will cauio,Us legitimate
wishes to prevail by tho legal arid calm expression of
its opinion." '
Paris, Wednesday, 3 o'clock.
After 1 despatched my loiters last evening, events
of greater Importance than had taken place up id post
hour hud occurred. In several streets running into
the Rue St. Denis and tho Rue St. Martin, the people
orcclcd barricades, by tearing up Die paving stones,
seizing carts, omnibuses, &o. Most of these barrl
cades were soon carried by the municipal guards and
troops;, but at sonic of them severe engagement took
place, notwithstanding tho people wore almost on*
lircly unarmed. Tho markets, the Place dela Con*
oordb, (lie 'Plato du* Carrousel, tho Boulevards, tho
Rde St. llonore, and nn immense number of other
streets und places wore occupied by tho troops^-ln
fact the whole of Paris were occupied os if civil war
had boon everywhere raging.' The troops remained
with their arms in their hands all night. As 1
turned into tho Rue St. Denis, the dragoons, who
Wero stationed dose by tho Porto, received orders to
charge, and I saw (hem gallop down the street at a
rapid rate, with their draWn swords gleaming in the
min. Aflho same moment, detachments,uf light
dragoons and infantry hastened after them; From
this it was dear that additional assistance .tyae re
quired against tho people in that ... .'
.On leaving the Rue St. Denis, I.saw a VastArtulli*
tudo approaching, headed - by a rod flog. From the
haste with which they advanced, it was plain that
they were being pursued by. the mililory. About an
hour ago, I observed artillery advancing towards the
Boulevards, with the object, no doubt of being direct
ed on the Rue St. Martin, and that neighborhood.—
Tho Ruo St. Honoie is occupied with an immense
crowd. Tho garden of the Palais Royalis closed.
All the passages are.also closed, and occupied with
troops.. You will'find it difficult to conceive'tho
mournful attitude of this usuolly gav'olty at thltf mo
ment. Shops closed every every whem
—alarm and anxiety among all classes. single
omnibus to be seen ( not q carriage, nor. a
a!‘few hack cabs. Hero and Inero, Vehicles, over*
thrown; the pavements lorn Ufi— gas lamps smashed
—and the remains of wanton destruction frequently
visible.'
1 Great numbers'of fresh troops have been marched
Into Paris thismorning, from the towits and garrisons
within rcach'of the capital.
In some streets tbo populace have destroyed the
elcctrjc telegraph. - • *
The National Guard, though the rapptl was fre
quonlly beaten-lost evening, scarcely turned out at
all. In several'placcs, it is said, scarcely three per*
sons in a whole company answered the rapjael. This
morning the rappel has been-again beaten : wilh a
like result In the districts where tjio National
Guards did assemble they cried “ Vive la Reformb 1”
and sung the Marseillaise,
The Guizot Ministry has resigned. = A deputation
of the officers of the National Guard went to tbo
Tuitories to demand that it should be [dismissed, when
they were told by General Jacqueminot* commanding
the National Guard, that itioJMinistry had given in
its resignation. . - . .
’ The red aspect of the sky in the direction ofMont
Valcricn showed that an incendiary fire .was raging
there. " - •
The intelligence of the resignation, .of the Minis
try is spreading like wildfirb through the city, and is
everywhere received, with-every demonstration of
joy. At this moment-there is an iminense crowd on"
the Boulevard, shouliog u Vjve la Reforme.” A gen
eral commanding the troops exclaimed,- “ You shall
have reform.”— I “And the dismissal of the .Ministry?”
cried the people. “Their dismissal, and accusation,
and everything,” Was the answer, and it was receiv
ed with shouts of applause.
The fighting in the quarter of. St. Martin still con*
tinues, and troops are proceeding to it. When howev
er, they shall learn the overthrow of the ministty, it
is believed that hostilities will immcdiatolycease.
: In passing the bank, just now, I saw.the mob,had
got possession of tho .guard-house at the corner.—
They had torn down tho flag, and a fellow hoisted it
on . a largo polo. There were then shouts of “To the
Tuilcriesi To, tbo TuiicrJes 1”
Fresh troops nro being-summoned to Paris. The
regiment of carabineers, in garrison at Proving, are
expected momentarily. At Ctichy,tbo inhabitants
have been told to prepare for the reception of troops.
During last night the barricades of yesterday rtior
ning were removed. However, this morning large
numbers of the populace were under arms, and re
building barricades. The streets of St.-Denis, St.
Marlin,JUrabutean, St. Sanvier.de Gravi)liers< and
all the narrow streets adjoining, have been barrica
ded, and bo well defended, that, up to eleven o’clock,
the troops bad failed in their attempts to take posses
sion of thorn. The Municipal Guards were repulsed
to the'Rue Montorqueit, by the firing of the populace.
The garrison of 30,000 troops are oil employed to
guard the innumerable avenues to the Place Girard.
Many of the regiments are overcome with fatigue.
The councils of Ministers, and a crowd of parlia
mentary dignitaries have taken rofugo in the cha
teau. Fresh troops are expected every moment by
railway.
AH Government officials have been ordered to place
ihemselves under arms os. National Guards. The
troops of (he line have been provided with, hatchets
to cut down tho'bsrricades* The 2d, 4th and slh 10.
giona of the National Guard have mustered strongly,
shouting “ Vivo le Rcformc i A bas'Guizot!” The
revolt now appears to bo concentrated in the SU Den
nis and St. Martin quarters, wherojx sharp fire is kept
up between the insurgents and Ihe.MunicipalGuard.
It Is rumored that the artillery is directed to destroy
the barricades, and that cannon have been fired in
the streets. . ,
In the Chamber of Deputies to-day,
M. Vavin, the deputy of the 11th orronditcmcnl
of Paris, rose, and in. the name of himself and oth
er deputies of Paris, addressed some questions to the
Minister of the interior, with reaped to tho recent
events in Paris. '
M. Guizot who had shortly before entered the
Chamber,immediately rose and said—"l have no
thing to say at the present moment to'the questions
of the honorable member. , Tho. King has sent for
Count Mole, who is empowered to form a ministry. ,f
[Loud erics of,“ bravo/' and cheers followed this an*
nouncement, which appeared to annoy M. Guizot.]—
Ho then continued—“ Wo are not to be prevented by
such manifestations as those 1 now here, as long as
wo remain in office, which will be till our.succcssors
are appointed, from doing our duty. We shall, con*
eider ourselves answerable for all that may
Wo shall set in everything we do according to our
best judgment and our consciences, and according to
what wo consider the interests of tho country.”
After some Interruption created by this announce
ment.
M. Odilon Barrot rose, and said— 1 “In consequence
of the situation of the Cabinet, I demand the nd*
journment of tho proposition which 1 made yoster*
day (the impeachment) (loud ones of "yes, yes," and
“no, no.”) 1 will submit to the decision of the Cham
ber on the point (no, no.)
M, Dupon then rose, and said—“ Tho .first thing
necessary for tho capita) is peace. It must be re
llovcd from anarchy. Every ono knows that the
spirit of July exists yet., Homage has been done to
the rest of thcjiatlon., But tho people must know
that its deliberations must nut bo on tho public way.
Tho assemblages must cease. Ido not.see bow the
ministry, who are provissionally charged with tho
public affairs, can occupy themselves at the same
lime in reestablishing order and with the care of
their own safety. 1 demand tho adjournment of the
propositions presented yesterday.—(Loud cribs of ”nu
no.”)
M. Guizo|. —“As long as (he cabinet shall be bn*
trusted will^publio.affairs, it will mako tho law be
respected- Tlio cabinet sees no reason why the
chamber shdild suspend its labours. . Tho crown at
1 tho present moment is using Us prerogative. That
| prerogative muit ho respected. As long as the cabi
net is upon ihesjt benches, no business need .remain
1 suspended.”
1 The President jhon put the question as to the ad*
( journment of M. Cidilon Barret's proposition. About
one hundred .members of the opposition supported
the odjournmont, thi whole<Jf the conservatives were
against it. “•'
| Tho Chamber Immediately rose, in great agita
tion. \ ’
I . \ . ■ ' Five o'clock.
Tho public joy increase at (he resignation of tho
ministry. At tnlsniorneu ® detachment or. tho Na*
tlonal Guard*, followed bta large crowd, is pawing
the Bourse, shouting.** Vivja la Iloforme.”
, *i, i Half-past Five.
As tho resignation of becomes more
and more widely known tho ptblio joy becomes great*
er. "It rosily seems (hat no ministry were over so in*
tensely or so universally detested. The shops still
continue to he closed. The Itaovemonts of troops
aro also continuing. Tho fighting- has ceased in
tho quarter of St. Martin, but ghat crowds still fill
the streets, and the soldiers have difficulty In main*
talnmg order,
ABDICATIONOFLOUIBPHILIiIVE-A REPUB
LIC! PROCLAIMED—THE ROYAL FAMILY
HAVE QUITEDPAUIS—THE REVOLUTION
ISSPREADING—DREADFULU)SS OF LIFE
—THE COMMUNICATION WlTrt THE IN
TERIOR CUT OFF—THE RAILROAD STA
TIONS IN POSSESSION OF THE VpJOPLE.
; Paris, Tuousday.
Louis PJiiUlppo has abdicated In favor offlio Count
do Purls, l ,\
Tho Duke do Nemours proposed as Regent, and
rejootod, _ i
It was proposed by Odilon Bsrrot that a r*|occy
should ho formed, under tho Duchess of Orleans* un
til the Count de Paris should attain his majority,
but this bus boon rejected, and a Republic i ,
upon. . , ‘OnUted
The Duchess of Orleans and the Count .1 r.
went to tho Chamberat Half-past one acc„„° P,, i'
by the Duke do Nomeiire and a large' pati* l| 'p nitJ
'cots on horseback., The Duchess was iii deep
the touolfcSs do Orleans, tho Counfdo'pa'ri o ' ll '
the Duke de Nemours, have been at the Chunk' ,ni
Deputies, and have been rejected by the n , of
and the people drift) penetrated into the Chunk" 1
The Chamber'of Deputies has declared Sr
pirmenance\ llfle “ «n-
Tho Chamber has refused Id allow' the
Louie Phillips to resign tho thrown. Them di 1 *
great efforts made to support'the touches den? "
The idea of a republic is not agreeable to
of deputies, . 8 " 10 ,bo raws
The Chamber met to day, btaillho jiopnlace
powered tho majority. ‘ c ®
_Thoking, al one ohilock, left the Pal, ca „ r , w
■zs?i
The troops wore all withdrawn at noon toA.
Not a soldier is to he seen. Tho troops of 11,, u"
have fraternised with the national guard
lional guard with,the people.: All i„tor c „„
tween the two aides of the riser are cot off h , ,
wr a ito dl “ l * nt fir ‘ P ® e° ,n S ' on o, ory instant nl™ j
Gamier Pages u mayor of Paris. A stronc r
ernmebt Will bo organized. ARepnblic,o n thnlT 1 !’
el of the United Slates, is proposed. Omo<, •
A procession of persona in blouses, and am, ,1
have just passed, carrying the throne of tb, it™ '
room of the Tuilorics on. their shoulders in i r !„„ !
and Binging tho Marseillais. ln tnnmph
, There has been a frightful loss of life, and in n,.
ny instances the troops hare refused to acUcl.l
the people. Tho number killed is said to be unw j
of SOD, principally in tho neighborhood of the p.V.'
Royal,"and between that and the Tuileries.
Three o'clock.
An attempt wan made on the" Finance
residence at eleven o’clock, which railed. ' 1
Peril 0 T ° CSin h, “ b °° n ,oundin e l,l do J r Ihrcoghout
All i. in tlio hands or the National Goanl.
and tho people. Ul
Count Molo waa first named, and rejected by the
people. Thiera and Barrel Wore next named and
the proclamation* appointing 1 thorn ministers’ are
torn down everywhere by the public.* ’ 0
Gon. Lamoriciere has been appointed commander
of the National Guard. The placard waa signed b»
Theirs and Barrot. • , J
Four o'clock.
It wsiiidGon.fcamoriciore is killcd { oral all event*
wounded.
The Palace of the Palais Royal ha* bcoh taken poi;
session of by the people,sftcrogreat deal of earns**
An attack waa made at one o’clock on the Pa)*ce/>r
the Tuilories .
The Palace of the Tullcfle* Is in the hands of the
National Guard and*llie people, They are throwing
the furnilnro out of the’windows, and banting It, and
:an attempt haa been made to burn the Tnllcries/
, The people have penetrated into the cellera of the
Tullcrice, and ore distributing the wine.
The people are In posessloo <ff (he'failway stiliofti
and barriers—the rails remoted to prevent the troops
arriving Rom, the country. The passengers from
Boulogne to Paris were obliged to return from Ncnt
chatel to Boulogne, os. the railway is stopped. All
communications arc cut off with Paris. The mill
and passengers are returned to Amiens/
London, Saturday Evening.-
*Wc subjoin from the French papers a few details
of the events ofwhieh we. have given the heads
above)
.At half past four it'was hoped that the wont wn
over. About half past 7 the Boulevard being then
crowded, there arrived a column of the
man/ of them armed with muskets, and singing the
Afarseii/a»s« and the chorus of the Giroadini which
1 have so often mentioned. .They were received with
uprortous felicitations by the people/ and proceeded
to the office of the JVetfsnaJ, which seems to be the
organ cf this formidable opposition. They demand'
ed that the editors see that their liberties were not
"again” played with. M* Manast, principal editor
of the Ndtionol , harangued them from the balcony
and asstirrcd them that their liberties would this time
be secured. This seeno was repeated six timet da
ring the night. x V
Atlfl 6’cldck a column of 600'or 800 peopte of ah
ranks, who had been fighting, passed op the Boule
vard. Among thorn wore evidently many of the
ComriiUniSfri', and possibly, some of those malefac
tors who will milt in all 1 popUlaf'rtfdrenients. The
I bearing ond attitude of this column was terrible.—
1 Tho subsequent act of one of tho party justified the
I apprehension which their appearance suggested.
1 Although M. Guizot had retired from the ministry,-
the Hotel dcs Affaires EtrangcrOs/ remaVnvd occu
pied ond guarded by troops, About ten ©’clock a
young man walked up to the officer in command and
blew. Ills brains out with a pistol. Seeing him fill,
his 1 soldiers^-ivlthdut orders, fired on the people, of
whom four or five were killed.
- Tho- report of thh discharge,-at a moment when
we flattered ourselves that ail wos tolerable weUorer,
created a painful sensation. Twenty minulesifar
wards, a most touching and melancholy proctnion
arrived,- and aa far as I could perceive, turned slum
into tago, >
The buzz of an approaching multitude cotningfron
the, Boulevard des Cupunies waa heard, and a lew
song of death/ "Mowir pour la patre,” was chtaokd
by the throng instead of the victorious Jtfarserihh'*
Mingled with Ibis awful ond imposing chorus, lb*
noise of wheels could' bo heard. A Targe bod; o(
the pcoplo slowly advanced. Four in front carried
torches. Behind them camean-npcucartßurrounded
by lorch.bcarors, Tho light was strong, and discof
ored four or five dead bodies, partly tiodrcssed,
which appeared to have been'carefully ranged iatbe
cart.
When tho head of the column reached the confer
of the Rue Lepcllelier, the song was changed lo a
burst of fury, which will hot bo soon forgotten b;
those who heard it. Tho procession jolted at (lie
office of the National, and the whole parly burst into
an unahimona shriok of cry of Vengeance! Y°“
know how sonorous is that word when pronounce
in French., The doud bodies in the cart woreino* 0
of the .men who fell under tho fire of tho soldiers
above mentioned.
This event is deplorable. It may possibly chtng* i
the issue of the affair. - ,
Tlio night was on awful one. Tho noise of ww***
men appeared to break on tho stillness. listing
board, a similar one in 1830,1 guessed what was
going on. Barricades—one immensely strong *t in
ond of tho Rue Richelieu, wore in'progress of con*
Btraclion, This has continued up to this mo” 1 *"
(half pa?l 10.) Every tree oh the whole line of t
Boulevard has been felled. Every one of the s»P*
lamp posts has been thrown down, and all convert
into barricades. ,
At the corner of every street is a barricade,*
tlomen, shopkeepers, clerks,' workmen, all ,f.
at tho work witli an eagerness ond an earnest®
beyond description, . ' .
At 12 o’clock M.'Odillon Barrel, accompanied
General Larnoriciere, repaired from the Ch*m* ,ef .
Deputies lo the Ministry of tho Interior, wherei
was formally installed, in presence of the Natl
Guard and a muliUude. of citizens, who
Court. Shortly afterwords the following procw
(fan was posted up on the gate, amidst universe
demotions: . . »k. ih#
My dear Comrades—l have been wrested by
now Cabinet with the superior command of In
llonol Guard of (ho Department of the Some.
By your energetic altitude you have aswrie
triumph of liberty. You have been end wm«
the defenders of order.- I roly upon you,as J ou f
rely upon me..
'(SiiS f^ r G^t*«o«ra®a
(Countersigned) ODILLON BARRGT.
Paris, Feb. 91,1848. ' wfti b 0# l
At 9 o’clock,tho following proclamation was p v
ed on the walla of Paris: , n*|, 9
Citizens oTParta-Tbyipg hw »“}“j‘ od j a
crown bestowed by tho jßlution of Ju y».* .jJ,
placed on the head of a protected bv oJ
or, They are both under of cgtJll
and courage of the Porlslan"opuhilion. Q {^t r*
of division amongst us has ceased to 0,1 ' luro to
have been given to the troops of tbo-lhw-Jo b#
their respcollvo qudrtora. 2 . Our. bravo ar J
bolter employed than in shedding its blood
plorablo a collision. . ■ ‘ merned
My beloved follow citizens:—Frem 11 „- e
tho maintenance of order f - * n * r “ etc s tl heroic
and prudence of tho people of Paris a 10
National Guard. They have over been lbii
our noblo oumilry. They win not desert
grave emergency* .. omLLO N BARROT^
This proofeinulion produced :
but tho unfortunate occurronM at the, »oi«i
Half-past Four.