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.REYOLUTIOiV in UKAnvtil
fcioilts PhllHpp abdicates- ine Tnronfc!
EXCITING SCENES IN PARIS !
A Provision! Government established, and a Re
public demanded oy me i-coptc
We lay before our readers the following moat
thrilling accounts of the recent Revolution in France
tk " TnnlA the sons of the men of July have
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risen in their might, and tha rule of Louis Phillippe
and his family has been destroyed.
(Correspondence of the Balllmoft Americsn.)
New York, March 18, 3 P. M.
The Cambria has at length arrived, after a passage
of 20 days, and I hasten to send you the subjoined
summary of European news I
REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
Just previous to the sailing of the Cambria news
.Ah T.ivomnnl hv tpletrranh from Paris, to the
effect that Louts Phillippe had abdicated in faVor of
the Count de Paris. The Duke de Nemours was
proposed as regent and rejected. It was proposed by
Odillon Barrot that a regency should be formed under
the Duchess d'Orleans until the Count de Paris
should attain his majority, but that had been rejected
and a republic insisted upon. .
The Duchess d'Orleans and the Count de Pans
went to tho Chambers at half past one, accompanied
by the Duke de Nemours, and a lage pasty of officers,
on horseback. The Duchess d'Orleans, the Count
de Paris and the Duke de Nemours had been at the
Chamber of Deputies, and had been rejected by the
Chamber and the people who penetrated into the
Chamber. The Chamber of Deputies has declared
itself ea permanence. , ,
The Chamber has refused to allow the family of
Louis Phillippe to resign the throne. There will be
great efforts made to support the Duchess d'Orleans.
The idea of a Republic is not agreeable to the mass
of the Deputies. . The Chamber met to-day, but the
populace overpowered the majority. The King, at
one o clock, lett tne I'aiace or me iuuiciies,cw,wii
ed by a strong party of the National Guards and sev
eral regiments of regular cavalry. .The carriages
containing the royal party went by the Quays to the
Burrell ot Passy. .
The troops.were all withdrawn at noon to-day, and
not a soldier is to be seen. The troops of the line
;-a ,;k. ti, Pfnnlj All intercourse between
IIUIUIIU&I'U mvj -
the sides of the river is cutoff, and I hear distant
firing goinr on every moment whilst I write. Gam
ier Pages is Mayor of Paris.
All Paris is in the hands of the National Guards
and the people. Count Mole was just now named and
rejected by the people. Thiers and Barrot were next
mined and the proclamations appointing them minis
ters are torn down every where by the public. Gen'l
Lamoriciere has been appointed commander of the
National Guards. The placard was written by Thiers
and Barrot. It is said that General Lamoricierce is
killed, or at all events wounded. The Palace of the
Palais Royal has been taken possession of by the
people. After a great deal of carnage, an attack was
made at one o'clock on the Palace of the Tuilleries.
The Tuilleries is in the hands of the National Guard.
A strong government will be organized. A Re
public on the model of the United States is proposed.
A procession of persons in cloaks, and armed, have
just passed, carrying the Throne of the Throne Room
of the Tuilleries on their phoulaers in tnumpn, ana
singing the Marseilles hymn. There has been a most
frightful loss of Ufe, and in many instances the troops
have refused to act ajramst the People.
The number of killed is said to be upwards of five
hundred, principally in the neighborhood of the Pal'
acn Roval. and between that and the Tuilleries. An
attempt was made on the Finance Minister's resi
donce at 1 1 o'clock to day, which failed. The Tocsin
has been soundin? all day throughout Pans.
Tho people are throwing tho furniture out of the
m ... y r 1 J. 1 1
I umerics ana are Durning iu ad aiiempi nas ueeu
made to burn the Tuilleries itself. The people have
penetrated into the cellars of the Tuilleries, and are
now distributing wine among themselves. They are
also in possession of tho railway stations and barners,
The rails have been removed from the railways to
prevent the troops from arriving from the country.
Those that started from Boulogne to Paris were
oblised to return, as were also those from Neafchital
to Boulogne they could not advance by the railway.
mail and passengers bound to Paris were compelled
to return to Amiens.
We copy the following additional particulars from
Wilmsr aud Smith's European Times of the 28th of
r ubruary. 1 bat paper says :
We noticed in our last the feverish state in which
political affairs stood in Paris on the night of Thurs
day, the 10th, and we regret to announce that each
day has added to that excitement, which had increas
ed to such a pitch on the 22d, the day on which it
had been fixed to hold the great reform banquet, that
the entire city was in open insurrection. The con
versation which took place in the Chamber of Depu
ties, on Monday evening- between Barrottand Duch-
atel, prepared the people for the formal prohibition of
me rciorm oacquei wnicu was to take place on tne
following day. Proclamations by the prefect of
police, and an order of the day by tho commander of
t XT? 1 J - iv i i i-ii" .
mm iauuiiai ounrus, were puousnca, lorDiaamg me
banquet and all assemblages of the people, and pro
hibiting tho appearance of National Guards in uni
form, unless ordered by their chiefs. In consequence
of these acts of Government, the opposition deputies
met, and resolved that the banquet should not take
placo, that the people be entreated to submit, and
that a motion for the impeachment of ministers be
made in the Chamber of Deputies. It was further
resolved, that should this motion be negatived, they
would resign their functions as deputies.
The army collected within Paris, and the surround
ing villages and forts, considerably exceeds one hun
dred thousand men. This force, unless the soldiers
sympathise with the people, could crush the Paris
ians; while the King and M. Guizot might indulge
their animosity to public moetings with perfect safe
ty. But if the army join the people, this revolution
would be more effectually completed from the fact,
,that so many men are congregated in the capital and
environs. Orders have been given for the milita
ry occupation of all the points of tho capital on
which the assemblage of the people might be ex
pected. As tho day advanced, the assemblage in the
streets gradually increased, until dense crowds filled
the principal thoroughfares leading to the legislative
chambers, and large bodies of police and military
were called out to preserve order. They assembled
in great multitudes round the Chambor of Deputies,
and forced their way over the walls. They were at
tacked by the troops and dispersed ; but re-assembled
in various qartera. They showed their hatred
of M. Guizot by demolishing his windows and at
tempting to force an entrance into his hotel, but were
again reposed by the troops. All the military in
Pans, and all the National Guards, were summoned
to arms, and every preparation made on the nart f
tho Government to put down the people. The latter
raised bamcades in various places, and unpaved the
streets, overturned omnibusses, and made prepara
tions for a vigorous assault, or a protracted resistance.
All the accounts from Paris represent the city in a
terrific state of excitement and dismay the whole of
that day. All the streets leading to the Chamber of
deputies were, like the bridge, occupied by strong
detachments of troops, and no one was allowed to
pa58,tXCepthe dePaiie. the newspaper reporters,
ofiidmsiorr W6re furnished with special ticket
The following letter, written from Paris, is taken
from the London Morning Chronicle :
V Tuesday Evening, Feb. 22.
The accounts which I sent you this morninir will
have prepared you for great confusion in the streets
of Pans, great assemblages of the people, and partial
mwuruance, u not lor actual insurrection. The re
sult is just what might have been expected. Im
mense masses have paraded the public thoroughfares
throughout the day; Troops in vast numbers were
on foot, and occasionally, where the masses became
more than ordinarily dense, charges of cavalry were
made upon the people, and the streets were cleared
with-wonderful quickness. The shops were all
closed, and business of every kind was suspended.
riM crowd generally directed itself towards the Place
, d Madclaino (where, if the banquet had gone on.
te?0 th dePuti was to havi started
f !uPIt A U Concde, and to the neigh
the Chamber of Deputies. -
l he principal portion of the crowd amearrA
from thl iS t0!th"r. mo,re from cunosity than
VotSi" icreat disorder, and they were far
more formidable from their vast numbers than from
their apparent intnt;n. . :n v " 11 lrom
,ill " ri 'T """ Vver, mere were
" J oi a very cnterent character,
Masses of men in blowses, frequently amotintwgJJio
thousands, were to be seen marching togethef .vith
a certain decree of order, and apparently- regular
leaders. A iarffe body of students also- paraded tha
Boulevards, mixed with others of a more ambiguous,
if not of a more dangerous description singing the
Mnmrilhi; at the rerv itch of their voices, and vo-
Mfnrtina- a baa Guizot i a bas It Minittert! Vive la
reform I accomnsnied with eroans or cheers as the
case might be. If to this you add regiments of Mu
nicipal Guards, horse and foot drawn up in different
quarters, and occasionally charging the people where
they assembled in large numbers or appeared threat
ening, thousands upon thousands of cavalry and in-
- . 11 ! 1 or,A
lanury in an me pnucipai squares, uuuictoiuo,
auavs: and multitudes of anxious people crowding
the windows wherever there was a chance of seeing
what was going on, you have before you a picture of
what rans was during tne wnoie oi tnis aay.
I shall now proceed to irive vou detached details,
which it is difficult to arrange in a regular and con
pected form. I have already said that the principal
Joint to which the crowd tended was the Place de la
fadeleine and the Place de la Concorde. About
half-past eleven a regiment of infantry and several
squadrons drew up near the church ot the maaeieine,
whera the crowd was most dense. A few minutes
bodv of persons, almost all
dressed in blowses, and said to amount to upwaras oi
6000, appeared from the direction ot the nouievaras,
but no one could, exactly say from what place they
m. . i t : l.
came, iney marcnea in prueeo&iuii, u"ug
nther's arms, and suns the ManttUaxae in one gener
al chorus. When passing Durand's restaurant, they
gave three cheers for reform, and then proceeded
without stopping to the Place de la Concorde,their
evident intention beinir to make their way to the
Chamber of Deputies. At the bridge opposite the
Chamber of Deputies, however, they were stopped
by a large body of cavalry and infantry, drawn up
on tho bridge. They were then brought to a stand
still, and their numbers were so great that they filled
the whole of the Place de la Concorde, one of the
largest scmares in Europe. Just at that moment a
portion of the regiment of cavalry at the bridge
charsred uDon the mas. separated,- and drove a con
siderable portion back towards the Boulevards, while
the rest was driven into the Champs iMysees, ana
the rest down the Rue Rivoli.
The whole of the place was cleared in less time
than can be conceived, but the soldiers though they
did their duty with great determination and effect, so
far from using unnecessarily harsh means, appeared
to go about it with great humanity and even good
humor. The portion of the crowd driven back to
wards the Boulevards, and still marching in order,
and arm in arm, had four national guards at their
head, armed with their sabres. In the Place de la
Madeleine an attempt was made by the troops to dis
perse them, which was only partially successful, and
shortly afterwards they met another large body, the
leaders of whom fraternally embraced the National
Guardsmen. On arriving in front, of the Hotel da
Affairs Eslrangert they stopped, and sung the Mar
seillaise in full chorus. They then began to cry out,
" a bas Guizot a bas It Ministers" and tho excite
ment was evidently increasing. At length a very
young man took up a large stone, which he hurled
against the groat gate of the hotel, an example which
was followed by the rest, who began knocking against
tho gate; and a shower of stones was thrown at the
same time and broke several windows. During this
time a body of the municipal guards (infantry) who
were drawn up within the gates, deliberately loaded
their muskets, and prepared for what might follow;
but a body of cavalry emerging from the Rue des
Capucines at that moment, charged, struck some of
the most active with the flat side of their sabres, and
very soon succeeded in dispersing the crowd, and re
lieving the residence of the President of the Council
from the danger it was in.
These are the principal incidents which have come
within my notice in the course of the day. They
are not very serious in themselves, but they are just
of a nature that might at any time lead to a catastro
phe. One thing must appear evident to any one who
has seen the aspect of Paris during this day, that is,
that the Government, in determining not to allow the
procession of the deputies, and the enormous addi
tional number of persons which would have assem
bled, had it taken place, came to a wise determina
tion. W nether they would not have done better had
they given the orders for stopping at an early period,
and before the preparation were made, is another
matter. I think they would. Had the notice been
given three days ago, that the meeting was not to be
allowed, a great deal .of the excitement and confusion
of this day would have been avoided. . The excuse of
the Government is, that it did not. interfere until the
Sromoters of the banquet began to organize and arrange
ational Guards and other persons to form the pro
cession. 1 he excuse is hardly tenable, for it was
known and clearly announced several days before, that
the procession was to be one of tho principal parts
ot the demonstration. It is rumored that eleven of
the twelve deputies of Paris have resigned their seats.
On the 22d of February, the opposition Deputies,
headed by M. Odillon Barrot, preferred articles of
impeachment against the Ministers ; and the papers
also contain an account of he Reform Manifesta
tion, which was suppressed by the Government. The
opposition members of the Chamber, and a number
of the officers of the National Guard and the people,
were to have attended a great Reform Banquet (a
political meeting) in Paris, on the 22d of February ;
but the Government got information of what was in
tended, and sent its agents to the Public Square, to
arrest the preparations for the banquet, and destroy
C- c rrM , i .
"ic u.iurcs, vc. x nis was uone, ana tnis, u seems,
was tho immediate cause of the rising among tho
people. The people were not willing to surrender
the constitutional right of assembling peaceably to
gether to interchange opinions and discuss the mea
sures of the Government ; the Government feared the
result of the exercise of this right, and interfered to
deprive the people of it ; and the people resisted and
triumphed.
We quote still further particulars from the Lon
don papers :
Paris, W ednesday 2 o'clock.
After I despatched my letters last evening, crpnta
of greater importance than had taken place up to the
post hour occurred. In several streets running into
the Rue St. Dennis and Rue St. Martin, the people
erected barricades, by tearing up the paving-stones,
seizing carts, omnibuses, &c. Most of these barri
cades were soon carried by the municipal guards and
troops ; but at some of them several engagements
took place, notwithstanding the people were almost
entirely unarmed. The markets, the Place de la
Concorde, the Place due Carrousel, and Boulevards,
the Rue St. llonore, and an immense number of oth
er streets and places were occupied by the troops
in fact, the whole of Paris was occupied, as if civil
war had been every where raging. The troops re
mained with their arms in their hands all night. As
I turned the Rue St. Denis, the draroAns who wpr
stationed close by the Porte, received orders to charge,
and I saw them gallop down the street at a rapid rate,
wun meir drawn swards gleaming in the sun. At
the same moment, detachments of light dragoons and
infantry hastened after them. From that it was clear
that additional assistance was reauired ao-aint th
people in that quarter.
On leaving the Rue St. Denis. I saw a vast multi
tude approachiner, headed bv a red flair.
haste with which they advanced, it was plain that
me j were oeing pursuea oy the military. About an
hour ago, I observed artillery advancing towards the
Boulevards, with the obiecU no doubt, of hftino- di
rected on the Rue St. Martin, and that neighborhood.
iuo oi. uuiiuiB ii occupied wiu an immense
CnWd The Sxien of the Palais Royal is closed.
All the passages are also closed, and occumed with
troops. You would find it difficult to conceive the
mournful attiude of this usually gay city at this mo
ment. Shops closed everv wIiota aolJinn
where alarm and anxietv amoncr all laaa 1Tt
a single omnibus to be seen ; not a carriage; not a
uan muo. iiero ana mere vehicles
overthrown; the pavement turned up gas lamps
smashed and the remains of wanton destruction fre
quently visible.
: Great numbers of fresh troops have been marched
into Paris this morning, from the towns and garrisons
within reach of the capital.
In some streets the populace have destroyed the
electric telegraph.
The .National Guards, though the rappcl xvns fre
quently beaten last evening, scarcely turned out at
all. In several places, it is said scarcely three per
sons in a whole company answered the rappel. This
morning the rappel has been again beaten with the
like result. In the districts where the National
Guards did assemble, they cried "Vive laReforme
and sang the Marsaillaisa. - '
-Three o'clock. The Guizot Ministry has resigned.
A deputation of the officers of the National Guard
went to the Tuileries to demandl that.at ahould be
dismissedr-wherftbey were told by Jaquemirw
commanding the National Guard,, that the Ministry
had given in its resignation ' i. : : -' w.
The red aspect of the skyn tha direction of Ml.
Valerien showed that ar incendiary fire. wa raging
thFour o'clock. The intelligence of the resignation
of the Ministry is spreading like wildfire through
the city, and is every where received with .every de
monstration of joy. At this moment there is an im
mense crowd on the Boulevard, shouting rive a
Reforme." A General commanding 4he troops . lex
claimed, " You shall have reform."- And ,hertHs
misaal of thfi tha Ministry!" cnea tne poopie.
dismissal, and accusation, and avery thing waa.the
answer, nuu it woo n,vwiv . , . - r , .
The fighting in the quarter oi ou ivjaruJiyi". vv
tinues, and troops are proceeding to it. When, .how
ever, they shall learn the overthrow of the Ministry,
it is believed that hostilities will immediately ce9
In passing the bank, just now, I saw the mob had
got possession of the guard house at the corner. They
had torn down the flag, and a fellow hoisted it on a
large pole. There were then shouts of tTothe
Tuilenes ! to the Tuileries !" ...
Fresh troops are being summoned to Paris. The
regiment of Carbineers, in garrison at Provens, are
expected momentarily. At Clichy, the inhabitants
have bcon told to prepare for the reception of troops.
During last night the barricades of yesterday morn
ing were removed. However, this morning, large
numbers of the populace were underarms, and re
building the barricades. The streets of St. Denis,
St. Martin, Rambuleau, and St. Sauvier de Gravil
liers, and all the narrow streets adjoining, have been
barricaded, and so well defended, that up to eleven
o'clock, the troops had failed in their attempts to
take possession of them. The municipal guari were
repulsed to the Rue Montorquoil, by the firing of the
populace. The garrison of 30,000 troops are all
employed to guard the innumerable .avenues, to. the
Place Gerard. Many of the regiments are overcome
with fatigue. The council of ministers, and acrowd
of parliamentary dignitaries have taken refuge in the
chateau. Fresh troops are expected every moment.
Half-past four. All governmental officials' have
been ordered to place themselves underarms as Na
tional Guards. The troops of the line have been
nmvided with hatchets to cut down the barricades.
The 2d, 4th, and 5th legions of the National Guard
have mustered strongly, shouting "Vive la Reforme!
A bas Guizot !" The revolt now appears to be con
centrated in the St. Denis and St. Martin quarters,
where a sharp fire is kept ,up between the msur
rrfnt! and thn municinal n-uard. 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 arrondisement of Paris, rose; and
in tho name of himself and the other deputies for
. . .i : r - r
fans, addressed some questions to tne minister oi iu
interior, with respect to the recent events in rarw.
M. Guizot, who had shortly before entered ; the
nhamKor. immediately rose and said I have noth
ing to say at the present moment to the -question'1 of
the honorable member. The King has sent for; Count
Molo, who is empowered to forma ministry."' Loud
cries of "bravo,' and cheers followed this announ
mcnt, which appeared to annoy ai. nuixovj . ie
then continued "We are not to be prevetedby
such manifestations as those I now hear, as long as
we remain in office, which will be till our successors
are appointed, from doing our duty. We shall con
sider ourselves responsible lor all mat may nappen.
V o shall act in everything we do accoramg to our
best judgment and consciences, and according to
what we consider tho best interests of the coiiptry."
After some interruption, created by this announce
ment. M. Odillon Banot rose, and said " In conse
quence of the condition of the Cabinet, I demand the
adjournment of the proposition which I made yester
day (the impeachment) loud cries of " yes, yes ;"
and " no, no." I will submit to tho decision of the
Chamber, on the point, no, no.J
M. Dupon then rose, and said 1 he nrsi thing
necessary lor tne capital is peace, it must oe re
lieved from anarchy. Every one knows that the spi
rit of July exists yet. Homage has been done to the
rest of the nation. But the people must know that
its deliberations must not be on the public way. 1 he
assemblages must ceaso. I do not see how the min
istry who are provisionally charged with the public
affairs, can occupy themselves at the same time in
re-establishing order and with the care of their own
safety. I demand the adjournment of the proposi
tion presented yesterday Loud cries of" no, no."
M. Guizot. "As long as the Cabinet shall be en
trusted with public affairs, it will make the law be
respected. The Cabinet sees no reason ' why the
Chamber should suspend its labors. The crown at
the present moment is using its prerogative. That
prerogative must be respected. As long the the Cabi
net is upon the benches, no business need remain
suspended."
The President then put the question as the adjourn
ment of M. Odillion Barrovs proposition. About
one hundred members of the opposition supported
the adjournment; the whole of the conservatives
were against it. The Chambers immediately rose
in great agitation.
Five o'clock. The public joy increases at the re
signation of the ministry. At this moment a detach
ment of the National Guards, followed by a large
crowd is passing through the Bourse, shouting '4Vi--vela
Reforme!
Half-past five o'clock. As the resignation of the
ministry becomes more and more widely known pub
lic joy becomes greater. It really seems, as if no
ministry was ever so intensely or so. universally de
tested. The shops still continue to be closed. The.
movements -of the troops are also continuing. ,The
fighting has ceased in the quarter St. Martin, but
great crowds still fill the streets, and the soldiers
have difficulty in maintaining order.
FURTHER PARTICULARS. ;
A new cause of outbreak T!u cry of rer
awful night Formation of a Republi
vengeance An
'ican Govern
ment Progress of the Revolution The People and
their Press Admonishing their Jzailors Soldiers
firing on the citizens The bodies of the killed Cries
of vengeance Hie Streets barricaded Proclamations
to the People Hie Dutchess of Orleans in the Cham
ber of Deputies.
We subjoin from the French papers the following
deeply interesting details of the events which we
have given under the heads above.
At half-past four it was hoped that the worst was
over. About halt-past seven, the uouievaras being.
then crowded, there arrived a column of the combat
ants, many of them armed with muskets, and singing
.i -m ?ii i .i r i ' g-it T-
toe luarscuiaise ana tne cnorus oi tne uironqms,
which I have so often mentioned. They were reviv
ed with uproarious felicitations by the people," and1
proceeuea to tne omceoi tne lauonai, wxuen tu3ex$sh
to be organ of the formidable opposition.. They de
manded that the editors see that their liberties .were
not "again" played with. . M. Marrast, principal
editor of the National, harrangued them from ,!he
balcony, and assured them that their liberties would
this time be. secured. Ihis scene was repeated-six
times during the night.
At 10 o'clock a column of 600 or 800 oconle of
all ranks, who had been fighting, passed up .tha
JUoulevard. Among tnem were evidently many of the,
Communities, and possibly some of those malefactors
who will mix in all popular movements. The bear
ing and attitude of this column was terrible. The
subsequent act of one of the party justified the ap
prehension which their appearance suggested.
Although M. Guizot had retired from the ministry.
tho hotel des Affaires Etrangers remained occupied f
and guarded by troops. About 10 o'clock a young-
man walked up to the officer in command and blew
his brains out with a pistol. Seeing him fall, his
soldiers, without orders, fired on the people, of whom
four or five were killed. - -r. .
The report of this discharge, at a moment when
we flattered ourselves that all was tolerabl Je well
over, created a painful sensation. Twenty tniantea.-T
afterwards, however, a most touching and maiyjjtyJ
procession arnved, and, as tar as J. could -pcreeivey
turned alarm into rage. -sV
The buzz of an approaching multitude coming
from the Boulevard des Capucines was heard, and a
low song'of death, " Mourir pour la patrier',.- was
chaunted by the throng instead of the victorious Mar
seillaise. Mingled with this -awful and imposing
chorus, the noise of wheels could be heard. A large
body of the people slowly advanced. . Four -in front
carried torches. Behind them came an open cart
surrounded by torch-bearers. The light was strong,
and discovered four or five dead bodies, partly un
dressed, which appeared to have been carefully rang
ed in the cart.
When"the head of the column reached the corner
of the Hue Lepellefier, the song was changed to a
burst of fury,.which will not aoon be fW-JJ
those wbo heard it. The procession halted at the
office of the National, and the whblejbarty jroret into
a unanimous shriek of vengeance .'You
sonorous is that word -when pronounced m rencn.
The dead bodies in the cart were those of the men
who fell under the fire of the soldiers above men
tioned. , ,
r This event is deplorable. It may possibly change
the issue of the aflair. ;
: The night was an awful one. The noise of work
men appears to break on the stillness. Having heard
similar one in 1830, I guessed what was going on.
Barricades one immensely strong at the end of the
Rue Richelieu, were in progress of construction.
This has continued up to this moment, (half past 10.)
Every tree on the whole line of the Boulevard has
been felled. Every one of the superb lamp posts
has been thrown down, and all converted into bam
cades. . . ,
At the corner of every street is a barricade, gen
tlemen, shopkeepers, clerks, workmen, all laboring at
the work with an eagerness and earnestness beyond
description.-
At 12 o'clock. M. Odillon Barrot, accompanied by
Gen. Lamoriciere, repaired from the Chamber of De
puties to the Ministry of the Interior, where he was
formally installed, in presence of the National Guard
and a multitude of citizens, who filled the court.
Shortly afterwards the following proclamation was
posted upon the gate, amidst universal acclamation :
My Dear Comrades : I have been invested by tho
new Cabinet with the superior command of the Na
tional Guard of the Department of the Seine.
By. your energetic attitude you have asserted the
triumph of liberty. You have been, and will ever
be, the defenders of order. I rely upon you, aa you
may rely upon me. Your comrade,
(Signed) Gen. Lxmoricixr.
(Countersigned) Odilloit Bxot.
Paris, Feb. 24? 1848. .
At 2 o'clock the following proclamation was post
ed on the walls of Paris :
Citizens of Paris The King has abdicated. The
crown, bestowed by the revolution of July, is now
placed on the head of a child, protected by his mo
ther. They are both under the safeguard of the hon
or and courage of the Parisian population. All cause
of division amongst us has ceased to exist. Orders
have been given to the troops of the line to return
to their respective quarters. Our brave army can be
better employed than in shedding its blood in so de
plorable a collision.
My beloved fellow citizens ! From this moment
the maintenance of order is entrusted to the courage
and prudence of the people ol rans ana its neroic
National Guard. They have ever been faithful to
our noble country. They will not desert it in this
crrave emereencv. Udiiaojt Uarrot.
This proclamation produced a temporary calm, but
the unfortunate occurrence at the Foreign Affairs last
nurht threatens to chancre the character of the 8 truer'
gle. Large pools of blood are still on the asphaltic
pavement of the Boulevarde des Capucines and the
Rue Basse du Rampart. The people forget that tho
troops only fired when their Colonel was brutally
shot. They demand Vengeance."
On leaving the palace, the King and his family pro
ceeded to Neuilly under an escort of cuirassers. Af
ter the troops evacuated the Tuilleries, the palaco
was immediately occupied by the' insurgents, who
destroyed everything in it windows, furniture, pic
tures, &c. I he throne alone was left entire, carried
in procession through the streets and the Boulevards,
and ultimately smashed to pieces. A similar scene
of destruction took place at the Palais Royal. All
the furniture was taken out and burnt in the court.
Marshal Bugeaud had been named at once as com
mander of the National Guard and of the troops of
the line.
In the Chamber of Deputies, at 1 o'clock, M. Sau
zet took the chair in the presence of about 300 mem
bers. Shortly afterwards it was stated that the
Dutchess of Orleans had arrived at the place with
her two sons. The Princess aoon appeared at the
left door, accompanied by the two princes and the
Duces lie INcmours and Alontpensier. 1 he young
Uount do Pans entered first, led by one of the mem
bers of the House. He penetrated with difficulty
as far as the semicircle, which was crowded with
officers and soldiers of the National Guard. His
presence produced a lively impression upon the as
sembly. Almost immediately afterwards the Duchess
entered, and seated hersolf in an arm chair between
her two sons.
The hall was then forcibly entered by a multitude
of armed men of the lower orders and National
Guards. The Princess and her children then retired
to one of the upper benches of the centre, opposite
the presidential chair.
The greatest agitation and uproar prevailed, and
when silence was restored M. Dupin rose and announc
ed to the assembly that the King had abdicated in faV
vor of his grandson, and conferred the regency on the
Dutchess of Orleans. A voice from the public gallery,
It is too late."
An indescribable scene of tumult ensued. A num
ber of deputies collected round the D.uchess and her
children and the Dukes of Nemours and Montpensier.
National Guards also rallied round the royal family.
M. Marie then ascended the tribune: his voice
was drowned by deafening cries. When silence was
restored, M. Marie said that, in the critical situation in
which the capital was placed, it was urgently neces
sary to adopt measures calculated to calm the people.
Since morning the evil had made immense progress.
Should we proclaim the Duke de Nemours or the
D uchess of Orleans regent ? M. Cremieux, who fol
lowed, was of opinion to uphold the new Government.
M. Genoude thought that an appeal ought to be ad
dressed to the people.
M. Odillon Barrot next ascended the tribune, and
advocated the rights of the Duchess d'Orleans. M.
Larochejaquelin supported the appeal to the people.
M. Lamar tine and M. Ledru Rolin insisted on the
necessity of appointing a Provisional Government.
M. Sauzet here put on nis hat and concluded the sit
ting. The Pnnces retired, followed by the members
of the Centre, those of the Left alone remaining in
the hall. The insurgents then called or rather car
ried, M. Dupont de PEule to the Presidential chair.
The tribune and all the seats were occupied by the
people and the National Guard, and the names of the
following members of the Provisional Government
were proclaimed amidst a scene which has not been
witnessed since the Convention : M. Gamier Pages,
M. Arrago, M. Marie, M. Ledru Rolin, M. Lamar
tine, M. Cremieux.
This list was received with cries of 44 Vive la Re
publique," and the" assembly then adjourned to the
Hotel de Ville to instal the Provisional Government.
Latest Intlligence. The following proclama
tion has been posted at the Bourse :
Orders have been given to cease firing every
where. We have just heen charged by the King to form a
ministry.
- The Chamber will be dissolved, and an appeal
made to the country.
- Gen. Lamoriciere has been appointed Commandant
of the National Guards.
Thier.1,
Odillon Barrot,'
Duvergier De Havranne,
Lamoriciere.
All the Ministers have quitted their hotels.
The Bourse is closed.
Paris, Friday, 9 o'clock A. M.
A Republic has been proclaimed. The King and
his family are ttone to Eu.
I y The provisional government already appointed has
been confirmed. The following are ministers : Da
A HlfV.. T I.omnrtiriA. InrAlorn AC
fairs ; Arrago, Marine ; Ledru Rollin, Interior ; Marie,
Public Works; Carnot, Public Instruction; Beth
month, Commerce ; Lamoriciere, War ; Garnier
Pages,, confirmed as Mayor of Paris ; Cavaignac,
Governor of Algiers ; Decounas, Commandant of the
.National Guard.
au communication Dy railway ana aiitgence is
suspended . The station of the Northern Railway has
been burnt. It is impossible to get out of Paris by
that line. All was tranquil in the quarter of the Tu
illeries :
- -Half-past nine o'clock. The following notice has
just been published :
n the name of the Sovereign People.
Citizens. The Provisional Government has just
been installed. It is composed, by the will of the
people, of the citizens, Frederick Arago, Louis Blanc,
Marie, Lamartine, Flocbn, Lebru- Rollin, Recur,
Marast, Albert to watch over the execution of the,
measures which will be token by Government.; The
will of the people has chosen for delegates in the de
partment of the police,' the citizens Coussidiere and
Sobrier. rt The same soyereign will of tha peopla has
designated the citizen Et Arago,-to the Direction
General of the Post-office, i 4 .
Aa first execution of the orders given by thePro
visional Government, it is advised 'that the bakers,
or furnishers of provisions of Paris, keep their shops
open to all who may have occasion for them.
It is expressly reccommended to the people not to
quit their arms, their positions, or their revolutionary
attitude. They have often been deceived by treason,
it is important that they should not give opportuni
ties to attacks as criminal as they are terrible.
The following order has also just been issued :
In the name of tho French people.
It is interdicted to the members of the Ex-Chamber
of Peers to meet.
Paris, 24th February.
Dopont (del 'Enure.) An Cremieux.
Lamartine. Marie.
Ledru Rolin. r Arago.
(Ex-Chamber of Peers is rather significant.)
Paris this morning is perfectly quiet, but the shops
are closed, and the streets are barricaded as before.
The people crowd the streets, and are preparing to
go to attack the Castle of Vincennes.
Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte set out for Paris
from London on Sunday morning.
NORTH CAROLINA STANDARD.
RALEIGH:
WEDNESDAY, JttAKCII 39, 1848.
THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.
We lay before our readers to-day copious accounts
of the startling Revolution in France. Reading and
thinking men of all classes and parties, will look
with intense interest for the next arrival from Europe,
The masses of France are in motion. The wisest
and the greatest King of his age has been compelled
to give back before the popular power, and has been
hurled from his seat amid the rejoicings of the peo
ple, though surrounded by thousands of troops and
oruarded bv strong- forts and scores of cannon. What
next! Will the Allied Powers interfere! Will they
band their forces together, aa they have heretofore
done, and march upon Paris! Will forty millions
of enlightened Frenchmen submit to the yoke which
the despots of Europe may seek to impose upon them !
Will England look on, passive and silent! Dare that
power move to the assistance of Louis Phillippe!
Ireland is waiting for an hour of vengeance! Ger
many may wake up all Europe, indeed, except that
portion under the control of Russia, may rouse itself
and make efforts to emerge into the light of liberty.
The intelligence of this Revolution in France has
been received in all quarters of the United States
with the liveliest expressions of satisfaction. In
New York, says the Correspondent of the Wash
ington Union, the French residents were almost
beside themselves with excitement. Simultaneously
they abandoned their counting-rooms, shut up their
shops, and French-man-like, rushed off to their cafes,
to congratulate each other. Every French house in
town flung out at once the "glorious tri-color. "
Doubtless there will be a meeting soon of the French
residents on the subject." We see it stated that the
Irish in New York were in a high state of excite
ment. The members of the Irish Confederation met
spontaneously at the Shakespeare Hotel, where elo
quent speeches were delivered, and the opinion seem
ed to be that now was the time for Ireland to take
advantage of England's circumstances to regain her
freedom. Subscriptions to the amount of one hun-1
dred thousand dollars were proposed, the money to
be sent, as soon as collected, to the Confederation in
Dublin, to be expended in the purchase of arms and
ammunition.
Charles the Tenth fell by attacking the freedom of
the press, and Louis Phillippe is overthrown by his
attempt to restrict and fetter free discussion. The
French people claimed the right, under their Consti
tution, to hold public meetings, (Reform Banquets)
and to discuss the measures of Government; but tho
Government, it seems, deeming the exercise of this
right dangerous to its security, took steps to suppress
these meetings and enforce what M. Guizot declared
to be the law uoon the subject. But in defiance of
this course on the part of the Government, extensive
preparations were in progress in Paris to have an im
mense meeting on the 22d of February, which was
to have been attended by the opposition Deputies,
several Peers, and a number of the officers of the
National Guard. This meeting was prevented by
the Government, and this seems to have been the
immediate cause of the subsequent outbreaks. On
the 22d the King's Ministers were impeached in the
Chamber of Deputies ; and for an account of what
followed we refer our readers to the intelligence in
another column.
The Richmond Times submits the following elo
quent remarks in relation to Louis Phillippe :
"Inspired as we are with the desire of seeing
France at the earliest day enjoy her long cherished
hope of a repnblic, we cannot repress a feeling of
sympathy for the remarkable man, who, in the close
of his eventful life, is called upon to witness these
painful vicissitudes. Louis Phillippe was born in
1773, and is therefore in his 75th year. His life has
been more remarkable tha'n that of any man living.
Having achieved distinction in the army, in his early
youth, he was soon compelled to wander as an out
cast through different European countries, now hid
ing himself in the mountains of Switzerland, now
travelling unattended and in obscurity in the snows I
of Sweden and Norway, and at last compelled to j
seek refuge in our own Republic, he was finally
placed upon the most brilliant throne of Europe. He
has held the sceptre with a master hand, and under
his rule France has quadrupled her prosperity and
power. His life now drawing to its conclusion,
he seeks to establish his family on the throne, and
his abdication is the signal for greater commotions
than were anticipated from the long expected occas
ion of his death. Whatever may betide his coun
try, the friends of humanity, and the admirers of great
ness throughout the world, will pray that his gray
hairs may be protected from violence.
The Liverpool Mail of the 26th of February has a
Telegraphic despatch announcing the arrival of Louis
Phillippe in England. He landed at Folkestone. v
Spring is again opening upon us the buds and
the flowers are bursting forth, and the birds are be
ginning to sing along the hedges and in the forests.
The common black Marten a sure harbinger of
Spring' appeared here on the 25th instant, the very
day,' as a friend informs us, on which it made its first
visit in 1847. During our Winter season these birds
are to be found in mild Southern climates ; but as
the season of frosts and snows breaks up, they wing
their way to Northern regions. We love to listen
to their full voice, as it struggles from their tuneful
throats, and to hear their wild cackle as they dart
into their boxes, or rustle among the green branches
of the trees. . :
. The present Spring is full two weeks later than t
was last year; but the very'lateness of the season
furnishes the best promise of an abundance of rntta,'
as well as of luxuriant crops. . "
' f
Gen. Taylor appears' to be a dead cock ' in the
Whig pit." In the appointments of. Delegates to
the Whig National Convention from 4he great States
of .New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, his name is
scarcely mentioned. Nine-tenths of these Delegates
are for Clay or Scott. The New York Express a
Clay paper exults over the faclU that afl the Dele
gates from Philadelphia are in favor of that " same
old Coon" against the world. 1
THE WILMOT PROVISO.
The Register of the 18th instant labors ham
produce the impression that men of all parT k
that all parties and all politicians in the free sl
are unsound upon the Wilmot Proviso. We tdi
neighbor, once for all, that this impression
take among intelligent men. The very feet that"
visions and difficulties have sprung up in the L
cratic party in the free States, in relation to this
tion. moves that the South has friend a ;n .v.. Des"
. u Ulal j .
ftf tVi TTnirtn- TVa Old Vr.Vo , NflOl
are for
.1
, aie against n
These are facts, and the Register cannot, witi, -i
ingenuity and special pleading, upset or contiot"1
them. . e"
Look at the leading men of the two parties in
free States. How do they stand! Buchanan fj
Woodbury, Dallas, Dickinson, Croswell, F0
and others against the Wilmot Proviso; and Webs'
Winthrop, Seward, Fillmore, Corwin, Delano
others in its favor ! Does all this meanne.
What Whig press, in all the free States, raised
voice against this Proviso and in behalf of the So !!
era States? Not one ! On the other hand f
bany Argus, the Pennsylvanian, and the
. .. .. , . ' U"AJ. I
organs of
the Democratic party in Maine, Ohio, Connects ,
ana in otner states, met the question boldly at th
outset denounced the Proviso as a "fire-brand" '
and appealed to the North and West to stand by th
Constitution, and to do justice, under and in aecori
ance with the Constitution, to the people ofth,
shareholding States. These are facts, which the
tor of the Register cannot meet.
But the Editor of the Register, in order to reieTe
himself from his embarrassment, and to make
weather" in North Carolina for such Wilmot Pro.
visoists as Webster, Corwin, and Winthrop, attempt
to introduce a new issue and to make a new test
upon the subject. The Register says :
"That these twenty-six Northern Loco Focm
would vote with the South and against the Northi.
favor of substituting Slave for free labor in v.-
Mexico and California, we presume the Editor ofth,
" Standard," himself, hardly believes. There is not
a Congressional District in any free State, a maiorf.
ty of which will Vote to tolerate Slavery in any new
territory where it is now forbidden by the laws ofth,
country." -
The Editor here takes the ground that Congress It
to be called upon to establish slavery in new Territo-1
lies, and then triumphantly asserts that no " Congres-
sional District in any free State" will so vote. Not
so fast, Mr. Gales. You have presented a wrong
issue. We of the South do not claim for Censor
the right to establish slavery in new Territories, but,
on the contrary, we contest the right and deny the po
er. What we aay is, hands off! , This TerritorjJ
whether slavery was "forbidden" by its laws or not
before we acquired it, is now the common property t
all the people of the Union. In obtaining it, its that-
acler, if free oV,t was changed at the moment the tiik
vested in us, and it became subject to the use of all Ik
Stales t and such being the case, it is for the ptopk
who may form Stales out of this Territory, and not
for Congress, to say.whether slavery shall be inter didd
or established. This is the issue,' and this the true
ground on this vital question. Give to Congress
ask Congress, as it seems the Register would do, to
establish slavery in new Territories and what next!
If Congress can establish slavery, why may not Unit
body abolish it where it now exists 1 i'
Week before last, in our notice of the reinarkablt
fact that the late Whig State. Convention held in thii
City, had omitted to take ground against the Wilmot
Proviso, we presented a mass of evidence, all going
to show the utter unsoundness of free State Whig
gery on this question. We now invite the attention
of the people to the following article' from' the Wain
ington Union of the 15th instant:
44 Mr. Root, a whig member from the State of Ohio,
addressed the House of Representatives to-day, in i
speech upon " matters and things in general " th
war, the state of parties, presidential candidates, thi
Wilmot Proviso, and all that. We had not the pleas
ure of hearing htm ; but we understand that he bold
ly and frankly asserted that there was scarcely or
whig in the north ( or west, in a non-slaveholdit
State J who would vote for any presidential candidate
who was not a Wilmot Proviso man. He said, in re
ference to his own State, (Ohio,) he was certain,
that in the Western Reserve, where the whigs could
roll up a majority of 10,000, no anti-Proviso whij
could get 1,000 yotes. What will the southern
whigs or, indeed, what will any friend of tite Amer
ican Union, think of so extravagant a sentiment!
The Confederacy is founded on conciliation and com
promise. This desperate sentiment is at war with
the very foundations of the Union and the Constitu
tion." Mr. Root is a prominent Whig member of th
House of . Representatives, and what he says upon
this subject is therefore entitled' to' attention and eofr
-sideration. Let the people of the South treasure op
his words. Let them look at the facts as they art,
and not as they are twisted and distorted by Whi;
journals ; and let them be warned in time ! The
Taylor men, above all others, are preaching no-pp
tyism at present, and calling on the people to disre
gard party ties and stand by the South ; and the Reg
ister professes to be a Taylor organ. " And now will
that paper, and all the Taylor WThigs, practice what
thej preach? Will they pledge themseves toBop
port no Wilmot Provisoist for President or Vk
President ? -
Some time since we predicted that the Whig Can
didate for Governor would not be selected from among
the members of either branch of the last Legislature;
and the prediction has been verified. iVe now p"
diet and we invite the Register to take notice of tw
fact that the whig nominee for President willbe
citizen of a free State, or Henry Clay, who " dodged
the Proviso in his Lexington Speech ; or that, should
a slaveholder, other than Henry5 Clay,' be the Candi
date, the nominee for Vice President will be a JFiM
Proviso man. Mark what we say ! That the KfS'
ister and the Whig leaders in this State will supptf
the Ticket no matter who may be upon it we hat
not the slightest doubt ; and we have as little doubt
that within three months from this date, the Register
will either become perfectly silent in relation to
Wilmot Proviso, or allude to it only to ridicule it
a humbug of the " first magnitude.'! Such is Whif
gery. Every thing for power and apoils nothutf
for the South or the country. Lit the lavkhoU'
ebs of Nobth Carolina bewabx ! They ask a0
to be betrayed ! !
Thb " Organ or Foreign IwTEBXsTsjrtat :T
gan of foreign interests,!tthe National Intelligent
takes sides with theFrench Government and loaf
Phillippe against . the people of France. Thtf
perfectly in character. France has a populatin
between thirty, and : forty millions, and out of we
about two hundred thousand only are allowed wi0Vh
The people rise in their might and demand refo1
and the right of suffrage ; Louis Phillippe treats the
to ball and bayonets, and pronounces them reW'
and the National Intelligencer sustains Louis
lippe and condemns the people ! This is Federah
We believe the Intelligencer and hundreds of
eralists in this country, prefer at this moment a
stitutional Monarchy to our present Republican F
tern; and u they had the power, it wouiai"
lonir beforfi va should havo a Roval family 81
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the clutches of such men ! '
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