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insurrection. | will not their be- tesrfermiser tks tise os acolivets ot toneaction Dat it demonstrates one feature of the public mind, this trying moment. Six o'clock. —Two companies bave left the city for the baniicues, to~ from which, and other circum- stances, | infer that the government has sufficient force for the present purposes. Occasionally, ca ade is yet heard, but much lens frequent than wo ‘ours sii ‘A great number of prisoners have been made t 4 shot upon the spot—amounting probably dreds ; as the gover: t now shoot | ‘all they take under arms, | think the insurgent force ust be more and more diminished and weakened ; and it is exceedingly difficult, as it appears to me, to | Teceive any reinforcements from without the city. | ‘The walls and barricades of the city, the constant watchfulness of the guard, and the difficulty of getting Shrough the city, render it impracticable ; and ail are searched, and every means is taken to prevent them from receiving ammunition. This is a fair t far the populace can contend in a regular and pro- | tracted fight with the gusrd and troops—they must jeld sooner or later to the regular foree. What the insurgents do with their prisoners, | do not know, only im individual cases, 1 have feared that the shooting | of the insurgents might cause them to shoot in re- turn ; but | apprehend that the number of their priso- ners is «mall, though one gentleman whom | happen to know slightly, is reported to be in their hands. just asked the concierge of my house whether her | yusband had returned, who is a National Guard. She paid no—he bad been gone forty-eight hours, and per- | haps be wasdesd. She bad not heard from him. and | taking my cane, he whipped away the boys from the | Foor, while she was telling me this! And-perhaps he | fa dead—as likely to be he as any one else—and | ap- | hend that those who have fallen to day, to say | mothing of the two former days, amount to, perbaps, | thousands. This has been the most awful day of t! three, there can be little doubt. One other circum. | stance is worth mentioning. Six or eight little bo from five to eight years old, to-day were having a shi fight in front of my door. one side crying “Vive Henri Cing,” and thefgother, “Five la République,” all armed with imitation guns and swords, whose fathers were gone, at the same time, into the midst of the battle, and whether dead, or alive, they did not know. The mothers stood around, without paying much attention to what was taking place. OBSERVER. Panis, June 26, 1848—7 o'clock, A. M. First to be Blown Up—.Aspect this Morning—No News- popers To-Doy—Interesting Particulars—British Gold in Circulation among the Insurgents. This morning is sombre. Not a newspaper is pub- Jiehed. Yesterday we had only strips and halves of a very few numbers, containing very little information— to-day none. The discharge of cannon, at intervals, | characteristics. Sooo Cae era Myint Gaon etateot decrees— Prefect of ire per ie il foroe, ae Ee eet ee citizen Emile and sup- me nite a the "tele will Smmcaiately seize all the cop'es eels vale ‘tntacoee the capital in blood. ‘and ¢ These decrees explain themeeives, and to a certain extent, the condition of Paris. OBSERVDR. Panis, June 26, 1843—2 P, M. of the Insurgents—Some agreeable Present condi! Truths. The insurgents are now confined to the Fuubourgs du Temple, Saint Antoine, St. Dennis, and Poisson- niere, and in the quartiers du Temple, and St. Martin; Lut most of these places have been subdued ; and there is no doubt that this day will do much towards termi- nating a protracted battle, which bas continued four days and three nights, with but little cessation, and, in which a host of gallant officers have fallen, and several thousand citizens, Itis refreshing, to turn from recitals of carnage to acts of heroism, and hu- manity, such as are examplified in the following recital of facts, and which throw a flood of light upon the qualities of the French, and some of their remarkable Captain Loverdo, aid-de-camp of General Damesme, as sent to reconnoitre a barricade, in ruc des Methu- vins and was captured by the insurgents. The chiefs of the barricade wished to force him to take his lace at their head—he told them that they could il him; but that they could not dishonor him, ‘They were about to shoot him, but one of the chiefs interfered, saying “1 am an old soldier, and I will | not snifer you to assassinate an officer disarmed.” The | interference of this cheif prevailed ; and he delivered the officer. and conducted him nimself, to the quarters of General Damesme, where was M. Arago member of the Executive Power. At that moment Capt. Lovardo | stated the facts, and they all surrounded this chief, | and congratulated him upon his good conduct. In a | moment after, the chief retired, saying, “ Gentlemen, | 1 leave you—you are at your werk—I return to | mine.” “A few hours afterwards, this barricade | was attacked and carried, after a bloody battle ; | but the heroee cheiftain was not captured. Volume could not better illustrate some beautifal—ah! de ere or rer Wem armen gre: Se TREE Te Pants, June 26—7 o’elock, P. M. Return of sowe of the National Guards—Their Meeting with their Friends—More Interesting Particulars of the Progress of Events. Great numbers of the Guards are returning to theit friende—the streets are full, and the meetings joyour, to iLose who return uninjured. The army, Guards Mobile, and Guards from the country, are releiving the National Guards, many ef them, from duty to- night. There is no language that can do justice to the noble manner in which the Guards from one hundred and fifty miles round Paris have come to the rescue. The Guards Mobile have been on duty four days and three nights, and slept only on their arms. Fighting has generally continued till one or two o’clock at night, and commenced at 4 o’clock in the morning. Great numbers of bouses have been beaten down by the cannon, to expel the insurgents; and among the number, the beautiful Pantheon, per- haps the second or third building in the world for beauty, and gran eur, has been dreadfully defaced, its itisrs detroyed and would have been imme- diately blown up, had not the insursents, 1500 strong, | consented to have surrendered upon being assured what would be their fate. The insurgents have fought more like furies anJ devils than like men ; and the amount of labor that has been performed, in making fortifications and barricades, is incredible—both sides have had short living and little rest. Ido not believe the history of the world affords any example of such a desperate and continued contest by such immense dies of men, Jung 27—7 o’crocx, A. M.—This morning looks bet- twofully gloomy. We feelassured that the roaching a termination—that the insur. gentsare driven further and further from us; and that their means are becoming more straightened, and their numbers are diminishing. But the city is yetin a state of seige, and war exists; and all the rules which have been so awfully put im operation, and so well enforced, are yet in existence;—we live in @ for- tification; under military law; and restrained in all privileges of going abroad, or even walking beyond the squares in which we live, But the générale did | not beat this morning; and the countenances of peo- ple bave undergone a faverable change; we have some cheerful taiking in the streets; the carts are | moving, in limited numb rs—a few papers are permit- ted to circulate; some loads of provisions are making | lightfu! qualities, in the French character. While all | good men wil | French nation. and in the first days of their Re- | public, yet it will serve the more fully to demonstrate | the strength of the Republic, the union and sym- | pathy between Paris and; the country and the pat- riotism, valor and indomitable courage of the French citizen. Foreign instigations and gold, misunder- deplore this page in the history of the | their appearance; and ths women, in great numbers, have ceased to stand at their doors, and upon the side- walks, faying little, and looking ina manner to de- | note thelr anguish, and yet indicative of firmness, to restrain any lamentations, I have seen but one crying | in the streets. A young lady, opposite, received a letter, | from the agent of the Post-office, broke it open as she fs heard—sometimes these discharges appear to be very | standings, errors, and false circulations at home ; and | stood at the door, and burst into tears of anguish, near. None of the men in this vicinity, or in the dif- | ferent apartments, have returned. Few are to be seen im the streets, except the guards, Little quantities only of provisions arrive. Women look more than Brually sad. Paris is almost like the tomb of the dead, compared to its ordinary condition. Last evening the companies which | at first supposed were returning to | the banlicues for the night, were on their way to a far more unwelcome task than that of returning home ; it wasto attack and blow up, if posrible, a barricade | or fort, which has hitherto resisted all attacks of the cannon, When | saw the sappers and miners, with their preparations, following soon the companies that belonged out of the city, it occurred to me that they would not be going out of the city except to accom: | | lish some military purpose—and so it proved. At the de of ta Chapelle is this place of resistance | which they are undermining, and preparing to blow | up. How fearlessly all these men, from the country as | well as city, meet death. They walk up to the attack with their drums beating, in their variety of dresses. which much resemble those in which our forefathers fought at Bunker Hill; for those from the country are equipped and dressed very much after the fashion of the description given of those thrilling scenes in our own beloved and glorious country ; and they have evidently caught up their weapons, bid good bye to | their friends, leaped into the cars. and rushed into battle, many of them never to return again, in the | same manner that the immortal founders of ovr re- public left their ploughs and teams in the field, and | thelr houses, and their workshops, to fight the English and the tories, in the days of our revolution. The French have to meet the influence of British money in this terrible carnage. Immense sums of British | geld are found. in small pieces, upon aimost all the pri- soners—in many instances the distributors have been | seized; sometimes having from £10,000 to £12,000, in | value of British gold, upon their persons, There is no | longer any doubt existing in the minds of the people here, that the British are furnishing immense sums of money to stir up this massacre, as they did to produce that at Naples. These men say, “Give us bread, or and yet bread has never been so abundant and so cheap in Paris for ten years, and wages never so | high since the reign of Louis Philippe. Indeed all | these men have been supported without doing any- | thing ; and when the government is taking the mea- | eures to give them actual employment, they are sti- mulated to revolt, and paid in British gold for drawing the blood of their fellow citizens. Men are carrying flags with these mottos, who, when seized, gener- ally are found in possession of five and ten francs in | their pockets, more than this class of men probably ever had, under the most favorable circumstances. [t is estimated that, at least, twenty-five thousand con- viets are among the insurgents; and all who have been captured have their pockets well lined with change. | course it is necessary to fill up their pozkets when they get empty, or they will not fight. Great numbers of the industrious laboring men are with the govera- ment, and fighting heroically in the ranks of its ene- mies. The most desperate part of the population of Paris, men and women, are engaged in the insurrec- tion. Some very heavy discharges of cannon are this moment, shaking the house in which I now write ; and | news has this moment reached me that the insurgents | & | Caveignae. He ‘bas brought order out of confusion, | dow, the guards are examining the provision and coal the adoption of false systems of govern=ent for tem- temporary purposes, have brought about this direful calamity, But the enemies of a repubiic have gained | nothing- they have demonstrated here how much stronger iss republic than a monarchy, to resist the | most terrible and forcible rebellion, that ever trans- pired in Europe OBSERVER. | Panis, June 26, 1848—2 o'clock P. M. | Wounds of Officers—Louis Blane’s Escape—Representa. tices Killed—Legion of Honor Conferred on two Young Guards—T'he Incidents Attending these Facts | —f Letter of a Guard to his Mother, translated General Lafontaine is wounded, but not mortally.— | All night, for the last two nights, the sentinels, at every five minutes, cried “Sentinelle , prenez garde a | vous,’ and no one, at this moment, is permitted to step across the street without showing a good ca Louis Blanc was discovered between two representa- tives, near the Boulevards, and it was with much dif- ficulty that the officers of the guard could save him as the author of this state of things, and they placed him in a vehicle, and rode the horse with him to the Assembly as fast as possible, where he was deposited. His official character was appealed to to save him, and With effect. All persons concur in praising the human- ity. the firmness, and the admirable measures of Gen. | and inspired the troops with that confidence which has made them both active and resolute ; and being sure that he had the insurgents in his powers, he has taken more time to operate, that the effusion of blood | might be spared as much as porsible. | General Negrier, a reprerentative, has been killed, and Charbonnier, another representative, wounded, said to be mortally. M. Laroche, the editor of the newspaper, called Pére Duchésne. of an inflammatory character, | has been killed while fighting in the ranks of the in- | surgents. The Place Lafayetté has been the scene of a terrible carnage, This moment, under my win- carts, which are passing ; and a man, near by, is | dying of the poison given to him in his drink, before | this horrid mode of taking life had been made known. One young man, sent out by his mother to find his brother in the guard, having done £0, joined the battal- ion in a charge upon the barricades, and fell at the first discharge of the insurgents. The archbishop of Paris, | with four clergymen, has just been the bearer of a | | was read in the Assembly by the President : | Some of the slightly wounded are walking about the | streets; while all the spare time of thousands has been devoted to making lint and bandages for the | limbs of those who have fallen, But to-day will finish | the work of reducing the insurgents to submission. | The force is so immense against them, and driven as | they are from every part of the city—except a certain | circle. at the eastern extremity, upon this, the north | side of the river—it will be impossible for them to hold | out, with much force after to-day. All the south side | of the river hus been carried; and nothing remains there, but to guard the ype gained;—and unless they bave surrendered this morning, upon this side, | ere this the troops have moved against them, in im- mensely strong columns. All the troops from the country are still actively engaged, and others are com- | ing in.” Indeed, there has been one general r'singin France, to come to the aid of Paris, and insupport of the Republic acquired, in so short a time! No monarchy in Europe could have withstood the shock—and what is charac- | teristic of the republic. it gains strength daily, by be- ing attacked and tried. The affections of the people drove them reluctantly to its support It is the im- wulse of the heart that causes men to expose their from the indignation of these men. He was denounced”| lives for it—fear of punishment has no existence—the | this unfeeling conduct, to the extent to wh: | army, guards and people, all share in the same senti- | ment; and there is no treason among the masses in | such an hour. OBSERVER. Paris, Juxx 27, 1948—8 o'clock, A. M. Archbishop Badly Wounded—Protest of the Insur- gents—Letters and Conditions of Surrender—Gen. Cavaignac Demands an Unconditional Surrender— Confidence of allin those old Officers now iv Command. The Archbishop, who went yesterday upon an er- rand of peace, as I informed you, into the ranks of the insurgents, was unfortunately very badly shot in the | throat. He caused the drums to beat for silence ; and | the guards and insurgents, misunderstanding the ob- ject, interchanged shots, and among others the Arch- Dishop fell, covered with his own blood. The insur- gents protest that the shots did not come from their ranks, and have furnished certificates to that effect; Yesterday, the following important correspondence Moxsteun, THE Present ov tity NATIONAL, ASSEMBLY : ‘We do not desire the effusion of the blood of our brothers: we | have always fought for the Democratic Republic; if we desire not | proclamation from General Cavaignac to the insur- gents, which he offered to carry, having cailed upon General Cavaignac for that purpose, which offer was | most promptly and gratefully accepted. | At the barricade of Rue Menilmontant, where Gen. | Lamoriciere surrounded the Garde Mobile, and where the battle was terrible, a young guard. only 18 years | old, seeing the flag flying on the barricade, rushed from his ranks upon the flag. amidst a shower of balls, and | brought it off without receiving a wound Gen. Lamor- iciere was so much gratified, that he sent him to the | National Assembly, and roon after he was presented to Gen. Gavaignac, who embraced him, and seizing the cross of the legion of honor from the breast of Colonel | Chunas, who stood by, placed it upon that of the | guard, saying. “You have well earned it.’ Then the | said.“Oh how glad my father will be,” and wept entered some houres, last night, in Rue Montmar- tre, and killed women and children ; but under what | circumstances cannot, at present, be known. | have not heard of many cases of unusual cruelty on the | part of any one ; and, I hope, they do not exist to any | considerable extent. Fourteen women were arrested, | Just evening having poisoned brandy to seli te the Na. | tional Guards; others havingfammunition, disguised as milk carts and beds for the wounded, &e OBSERVER Paris, June 26, 1848—10 o'clock. } Decrees of General Cavaignac—Important Information ‘The rules are growing more and more strict, as ne- — eessity demands it. Those who drank the poison died | upon opening their stomachs, the | json was established. Every species of device has been resorted to, to convey munitions to the insur- | gents. Several women have been arrested with am- | munition ewed up in their wearing apparel. Emile | Girardin has been arrested, and a seal put upon his press. This incendiary hasat last forced himself in the meshes of the law. Every species of publication of every description has been prohibited, except un- der certain regulations, which will prevent the promul- gation of incendiary publications. I have before in- | formed you that the twocommanders, in succession, of the Guerde Nationale, had been wounded, and:their | places eupplied. Now, the Commander of the Guarde | Mobile has been struck down, and it is found mortally; | he had performed deeds of daring for two days, and | yesterday was shot through, just as he was leading the | Guarde to the charge of a barricade; he fell, covered | with his own blood, but rose again, cried “ Vive la Re- | publique,” rushed upon the barricade, followed by his rave soldiers, and fell again, to be transported from thence to the hospital Gen. Duv’vieris also wounded, | but not mortally. Gen. Lamoriciere has had his horse | killed under him, while charging a barricade. colonel of the sth regiment of the line was dead at his feet; thus, four of the six commanding enerals have disabled, and the fifth had a horse aignac, in whom the ex- | |, alone has escaped without | It was Gen. Damesme who commanded the Guard bile. The battle of New Orleans was hard- ly more fatal tothe commanding officers of the Eng- lish army, than has been this terrible struggle of four | days and nights, to the heroic French officers, who have so gallantly borne themselves, I do not see that | it ie confirmed that those taken inarms have been shot, except under peculiar circumstances of aggra- | vation, andinonly a few instances, where an exam- | ple was necessary. All information of this morning, ndicates that the whole defence of the city has been conducted with the greatest humanity consistent | Hed under him. Ge ecutive power is deposi aceident with firmness, and the preservation of the lives of the | citizens. ‘The following proclamations of Gen, Cavaig- nac will be found full of interest :— | “The attack directed agsinst the republic, has aised uniyer- val indignation. From ali parte the Nations n come to the aid of treir brothers in Paria, In | erday, and during all night, numerous bat- ‘The routes are overed with citizens armed in ¢efence of the revublic. Ail wish to share with the legions of Paris and the benlien society, menaced in ti nf; and to finally terminate a straggle ntry. | our democratic institu afflicting to our cou) Let each be at his post to-day, and the rebellion wil disappear. Some Feinfurcements of troupe have arrived from We constr men, munitions ard provisions—nothing is wanting ‘June 25th, Gen. EC AVAIGN AC At a later hour— “The cause of order, a ineurrection is less powe teem taken, Everywhere. the } 1. | weyeadmirable in their unity, gain ‘ow ‘he barmeades, We ean affirm, without fear, that the country ani society are saved; from all the dope fraternal succor | arrives. Fran entire, fights with one rt, and decrees one | pur pore—the reyublie and order. BE, CAVAIGNAC The Chief of Executive Power. Still le ter— “The Chie of Executive Power decree . that the mayors of the | differy nt arrondissememts in Paris, shall proceed to the disarm: ing of every National Guard who, without legitimate cause, docs not respond to the aprea's wh ch are made to him, to come to the | defence of the republic FB. CAVAIGNAC. | ‘Still la and you whe “Laborers, aring raised against your | country, a last time, in « of all that is re- | » holy, and ‘sacre mn, deposit your arms; | fhe National Arseny ‘and ‘te a They say to you, thet cruel punishments await ‘These are Jour enemies, and ows, whe say this—they say y be sneri- feed with ang froid—ceme to vs, come us penting, | re and eutmit to the Iw; and the armfof the Reputlie are ready | to reeelve you, Chief of the Executive Power, E Sewann, President of the National Asse in view of the deoree of the » ine that the city of Paris is reme Commander of all the military for- | tue’ of power which has been couterred | wiog ces of the capital, in vi ‘wpen ue by the sine decree Liat which follows: — sooth, Serary placer referring to Setind aint and not om! he authority is des imical to the re-estab- lishment of public tranquility. mee ™ AKT. 2. Ail the authori exeention of this decree, civil and military, will see to the B. CAVAIGNAC. i Tater, Kyery individual laboring (0 Braise ba be consid. ered af if be was taken ‘with =. i mo gee org F. CAVAIGNAC, virtue of the deeree of the j ‘41 Jeter. ue Chief of Bxeowtive Power, in | soldiers ot the Glst Guards Mobile and Nationale—he | firm, | whic! like a child for joy ; as did most of those who were pre- | sent. This is French character—that of which Buona- parte had so much and understood so well in others.— There is another peculiarity. and that is, that the whole battalion will be gratified with the event. without | being jealous. Another young guard, who had per- | formed precirely the same feat, at the attack of the | barricade of St. Denis, where the carnage was terrible, | and efcaped with only a wound in the knee, writes the | following letter, which | translate, it isso beautiful and s0 characteristic—written while the surgeon was dress- ing his wound My Drar Mornsr Can you believe the happy news, yon who thought me so poor asoldier? Ab, well! 1 inform you that I have been to-day decur- | ated with the Legion of Honor, which has been placed upon breast by Gen. Cavaignno, for haying taken adrayean from tl enemy at the g St. Denis ala Chapelle, So this brave comrade, Guard National, who brings you this present, is charged yy me to embrace you until I can” do it myself,” I. rhould is evening, but We are yet engaxed in some work which is tisee ful. Ag to wounds, I have only the knee a little shattered; but it is eo little a thing that I hesitate to make it known to you. J embrace you with all my heart, AMEDEE LELORNU, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Who can fail to discern from such letters and inci- dents, some delightful features in the French chai er. und among others, their immense pride of charnc- ter? Iknow that they will be read with ple our people OBSERVER, Pants, June 26, 1848—3 o'clock. Facts Authentic. froma National Guard, who has been Four Days in the Fight—Terrible Scenes—10,000 Fallen The barricade of Poissonniere is taken, and I send you the account, as only one of the multitude of speci- he | mens of such scenes. The attack, the account says, | has been murderous. The insurgents were intrenched | behind some formidable barricades. which the cannon | | could not destroy; they had resisted all the power of the | cannon, after numerous discharges; and behind | which the insurgents fought. The troops demanded | to march to the bayonet. A butcher placed himself at th» head of the column of attack, followed by the | first sprung upon the barricade, and seized their red | fiag. ‘The 61st left ene hundred dead upon the field of battle, and the guards suffered severely, Six o’cLocx, P. M.—A national guard, belonging to the horse, has just returned, who bas been gone four | days and three nights, and been in the midst of the | fight—from him Ifearn that the fight and slaughter | have been even worse than our worst fears—that the | number of men of the insurgents have amounted to | at least one hundred and fifty thousand fighting men —that they were prepared and amply supplied with | arms, powder and balls, and every species of deadly | weapon, and as well organised and officered almost the guards as themselves—that their barricades were too strong to be destroyed frequently by cannon, | and so compact that balls would not pass through | them—that the women were constantly engaged in | running balls; that they gave their thimbles in great | | numbers for this purpose ; and that the balls came to | France, he has ren them in that form—some were square, that the insur- | ents had large quantities of funds ; and in the first of the fight killed more men of the guard, than | did the guard of them—that the guard had to learn | their mode of fighting, b; strating the houses; and | from the windows and holes made, fire upon the ene- my—that the streets, in some places, literally ran with blood ; and that whole fields of battle are more or less | drenched with blood—that at first great numbers of guard were shot down in the streets, and that it was impostible for them to ascertain from whom the shots [receeded—that Generals Cavaignac and Ln Morictere ave the entire confidence of the army and guards ; have conducted most gallantly, harmoniously and Ai and that but for them and the assistance they received from the guards of the country, which exceed, he thinks, one or two hundred thousand, the guards of Paris could not have overcome the re- bellion, the loss, and fatigue, and disadvantages were fo great—that all the troops from the country have fought as honorably as thore from the city, or the army ; that they have forced the insurgents, who, he thinks, are yet one hundred thousand strong, so near the eastern extremity of the city that there is no Inger any doubt about the success ; that General C, wishes to give them @ chance to surrender, if they will ; but will, to-morrow, if they do not, bombard that part of the e ity—that all the sick have been removed id they filled with the wounded — that the sre filled up, many of them, with the dead; that thousands and thousands are among the dead, amounting, as ia generally estimated, tomore than ten thousand fn all—that much of the money which was found upon the insurgents, was in gold-—that among other projectiles, was one which he brought to me, about 2)¢ inches in diameter, hollow, with a email orifice, and made of composition ; this was filled with powder, and a match attached to it, which was set on fire and thrown among the troops to explode—be says the general impression among the gvards is, that the old Executive are in the conspiracy, and among them they include -. [will not name bim, for 1 do not believe it It seoms to be incredible. But to be mepected—ch, how terrible! rs n Ors VER, to pursue the bloody revolution which exists, we desire also to Preserve our title of French citizens, in preserving all our rights | and duties.” | Here follow the signatures of the committee of five, who were the bearers of it,and which was brought about by the agency of two representatives, who had gone among the insurgents for the purpose of produ- cing peace. Tv this letter the President of the Senate, | after consulting General Cavaignac, responded as fol- | 8 : “Crrizens—If you ask truly to preserve the title nnd to fulfil | the duties of French citizens, destroy instantly the barricades, in | of which we ean see only in you insurgents, Submit | yourselves, and recurn, as wardering childven, into the bosom of the Democratic iblic, w! the National Assembly has the mission ms ‘stabish; and which, at ail price, it will cause to be pete Following this, is the declaration of Gen. Cavaignac, | thathe has but one word—* unconditional submis: | sion.” The firmness of Gen. Cavaignac and his old | officers, in war, under his command, and the noble | bearing of the President of the Assembly, in controll- | ing that disorderly body, and holding their mouths | closed, in such a crisis, are worthy of all commenda- tion. Perhaps never was a greater ascendency possess- ed over w body of legislators, than this remarkable presiding officer has acquired and preserved over the Chamber. It was ae necessary to silence this body as | the press, during the military operations, and to dis- regard the miserable course of officiousness and folly on the part of many of the members. ‘The two mem- bers that got themselves among the insurgents, and do not find their return so easy as they anticipated.— It may be inference and rumor, but they had not got back last night. A great number of propositions have been made for terms, by the insurgents, or a portion of them ; but in no very wuthentic way; and the President of the As- sembly has announced to that body that General Ca- vaignae has not thought it worth while to disturb the plan of his military operations, to take them into con- sideration. Unconditional surrender is his onl ) answer, and he gives notice of his intention to attac! at agiven hour the streng holds, and time to surren- der, beforehand, if they desire it. ' This is the true po- sition. It is time that there should be no longer any half way measures, or tampering with treason in Paris. Two committees were raised—one to examine into the events which have led to this insurrection— and ancther, into those which led to that of the 15th of May. There will now be thorough work ; and if the old Executive are implicated in cither, or auy one els ali will find it difficult to shun the responsibility tached to their acts. Old military, thorough men, are evidently at the head of the affairs, army and guards, and all the people ident of the Asembly they find a man almost unc- qualled for firmness, and power, and command over | that bedy. And there will be, hereafter, no white- washing of men. if I understand the temper of the men and the times. All those who have fought, are full of admiration of their general officers in command; | they are so noble, and brave, and cool, and firm, say | they ; and their system has been so perfect, and it has | | been an hour to the men OBSERVER, Panis, June 27, 1848 Letter of General Cavaignac—His Name Immortalized— Position of the Insurgents—Influence upon Lou Napoleon—Change in French Affairs the Republic in its Infancy. General Cayaignac, yesterday afternoon, sent into the Assembly the following letter, which was received with immense cheers, and vivats for the republic :— “Monson 1: Presipexr—Thanks to the attitude of the Asembly and the éevotion of the Guard Nationale and the Triumph of | army, the revolt is reduced. ‘There is no more struggle in Pa: | Ar soon ax T cbr be certain that there is no more dancer for the | country, 1 shall remit respec fully to the Astombly the powers whieh it hay temporarily er nfided to me, | GENERAT, CAVAIGNA | never do anything more for | ed bis name immortal, and will be classed among the saviours of his country. He is surrounded by the admiration of the French people, and to him they give the crowning glory of having well performed his perilous mission; anil to this he adds the example indicated in his letter. ‘The measure of approbation awarded to him will but be limited only by the power of the French people, I have no doubt Should General ( | pow that at this time, were there an election, he woul id be placed in the Presidential chair almost by unani- mity. This revolution, or rather rebellion, has de- stroyed allprospects of the election at present of Louis Napoleon, The rebels have been too nearly identified | in the use of his name, without any fault on his part, as I verily believe, to prevent him from coming before | the public at this time for such atrust, The insurgents have based their demands upon such an extraordinary foundation, “ bread or death,” when they had an abun- dance of the former, and by this time, probably, of t jntter, and were actually maintained in idleness, and have fought ro terribly, and used, in many instances, such extraordinary means, that whatever might have | been the faults or follies of the government, there is no longer any sympathy felt for them, and their ower for the prevent, mo . is Bors in Paris and the countr, public mind for stringent measures, and stifled all sickly sentiment upon the subject. Ithas also brought 4 more vigorous set of men to the head of affairs, and overturned the azote of a divided executive,’ Na- poleon wrote to the Directory, when they proposed to rend another general to divide with him the command ef the Italian army, “that one bad general is better than two good ones,” and one would think that France has had experience enough upon this point to be willing, by this time, to give it up; yet there will be a party in the Arsembly which will vigorously push this project. But this hurricane which has overtaken the | Arrembly renders the future still more uncertain, | while it makes the repubie infinitely stronger, T' soil of Pari best n Finca fa to hour and the occasion, M minds are |; with more and confidence. Those who have: it for it, thore who have undertaken to resist its , ‘What mghty power the Republic has | butit is probably altogether accidental, and equally | | uncertain from whence the accident proceeded. devils in the disguise of women. The character of a | that state where thousands are said to be imps of S: | tered that sentiment. overthrown by even before it wad put on its constitutional robes, while it wasin je organization. It was #9 easily establis! u e thoughtless and wicked expected earily to overthrow it; but the young giant bas put his foot upom the most extensive, the or- chieed, and the most numerous and powerfal insur- rection that ever existed in Euro] nd crushed it to the earth. Crushed it to the earth—for it gives no terms except unconditional submission. What a triumph for a system j Will Europe look at it in this point of view, and profit by it? Can the English press so distort the working of this now popular ma- chine as to decry it down and discredit it? Let far seeing men—statesmen—view these events—the mighty events of the last four days in Paris, and ask them- selves could any monarchy have achieved such results? Is not a repu ‘opger, even in Europe, in the hour of trial, than a monarchy? How loug could the Englirbh government have stood before this assault of one hundred and fifty thousand fighting men? The very first shock would have overset the government. But the republic has not even wavered under it, OBSERVER. Panis, June 27, 1848—12 o'clock. The Insurgents have been Conguered—Wound of the Archbishop is Mortal—Funeral Rites of the Dead— Conduct of the srmy—Refutation of the Libels of Alison, It is finished—the insurrection has been completely suppressed, and the city is tranquil and full of mourn- ing; there is no rejoicing, if there bas been a victory worthy of immortality. It has been one of French- men over Frenchmen—a triumph of order over anar- chy. Following the sounds of war will be those of mourning, and the funeral processions. Great num- bers of brave and gallant officers, who haye met the enemy in a succession of campaigns, have been cut down by the hands of Frenchmen. The thought is awful; but they have died in the defence of their coun- try, and in establishing republican institutions. ‘The army has gained a crown of glory for its services and its integrity in support of the republic. Our people read the libels of Alison and other English writers, or writers with English hearts, which is all the same thing, upon the French army, the French people and their institutions, See how facts contradict them, when the republic is put in peril by designing men, practising vpon the credulity of the more ignorant, and employing the wicked part of the population, which they stimulate by the use of large sums of fo- riign money. In one or two instances, carts loaded with specie and drawn by horses, bave been seized. Let them look at the army which the English libeller of republican institutions said could not be relied upon—their example of self sacrifice, and the noble manner in which they have given up their lives to de- fend that republic, which France is now establishing, See how an insurrection, believed to have been stimu- lated by English agents, and known to have been sus- tained by English gold, has been put down by the operation of free institutions ; and let them see, also, with what justice, firmness and moderation, the re- | public will proceed to discriminate between the great | and small offenders, and apply the necessary correct- | ing chastisement, not in a spirit of brutality, but in one of pain, sympathy and sorrow, for the cure of an offending brother ; nor will they pack juries to obtain a conviction ; nor will they expel the English, proba- bly, from Paris, who are represented, over and over deci and t have found themselves mires by tele it wis but four mouthe oa; again ae I hope incorrectly) to have manifested only rejoicings while this insurrection has been go- | ing forward. 1 do not believe that this can apply to all the English population residing in Paris; but the excitement has been terrible, in some cases, upon the | subject. While death was staring us all in the face, | und the dead and wounded were being brought home, | daxcing amd riotous laughter very illy became any people possessed of the first impulses of hu- manity. I hope the English have not been guilty of ch they | have been charged; I have been obliged to make known that I was an American, wherever I have moved. to relieve myself from the most careful seru- tiny. | "The Archbishop of Paris is sinking under his | wound, perhaps dead ere this time. It is said to be | mortal. He has received the last rights of the sacra- | ment, and the surgeons have no longer any hope of | hls recovery. He was shot in the back, but it is gene- | rally believed to have been accidental. There have | been some crimes of great atrocity on the part of the | insurgents ; but the bearing ef the guards and army | has been most noble, grand and humane. and even less bloody on the part of the insurgents than might, | perhaps, have been expected, on the part of the most | igno: nd wicked portion of a population so nume- | rous as Paris, containing a great many thousands of liberated convicts. I do not learn that the number of prisoners destroyed by them has been very nume- rous, though there have been some terrible scenes of | cruelty. The women are described as having been the most ferocious, and reckless, and blood-thirsty, But the lower clases of public women, in a city like London or Paris, are so numerous, and so lost to every | noble sentiment, that they constitute an army of people is no more to be determined by them, tha: The circulation through the most prominent parts of Paris is free to-day, and the city begins to re- cover from the aspect of mourning and sorrow which it has worn for the last four days. OBSERVER. Pants, June 27, 1848. Decrees of the Assembly — Injuries Done in Paris— 20,000 Killed and Wounded—Numbers Engaged—En- glish Powder for the Insurgents—Foreign Money for the Same—Barricades. The Assembly have decreed that those taken in arms shall be banished, and @ court martial is organ- ized to try the military offences. I do not understand precisely to what extent the military supercedes the civil tribunals, in the case of a city being declared in a state of siege; but I presume it includes all cases of offences against public order, after its date. The com- mittee to investigate the causes which have led to the rebellions of May 15 and the present one, are to re- port to the Assembly. I shall look with interest for that report; it may implicate those who are now in high places. I hope not. Cannon have been freely used for three days, and in large numbers, wherever they could be usefully employed. The destruction of houres, buildings and property must be very great, In several of the principal streets the rows of buildings will bear the marks of this revolt as long as they last. y | procured the above letter, are said yet to be there.and | The Column of July, 1830, has been injured by shot, but not very badly. ’Some churches, other large build- ings, anda great number of houses, have been entirely demolished. All the barricades ever before made in Paris have been cob houses compared to those erected upon this occasion, Great numbers resisted effectual- ly all the operations of the cannon, and it was only by means of the sappers and miners, and by blowing down the surrounding houses, that the Yusurgeute could be attacked or expelled. Many of these barri- cades were twenty-five to thirty feet high, and a hun- dred discharges of cannon against them would pro- duce no effect. According to the best information which I can obtain, there were about 250,000, includ- ing National Guards, Gardes Mobile, and the army, and nearly one hundred thousand more guards from the country, engaged actively against the insurgents; and of the latter there were not Jess than 150.000 fight ing men, besides the women, Twenty thousand have fallen, in killed and wounded, it is said—and I fear it is true—principally upon the ‘side of the government, as the insurgents were so well protected. ‘The insur- gents had eight cannon in all, but not ammunition fc using them. One huge four horse load of good E: lish powder, fitted for cannon, was seized in Paris, on g Had the insurgents been ‘8 way to the insurgents. well served with cannon, it would have been impossi- ble to dislodge them. Immense quantities of Russian and Austrian money have been found upon the insur- gents, and captured in procealing towards them, as well as of English, to which I have before referred. That these governments and the overthrown powers have put forward their agents and wealth to overthrow the republic, and deluge the country in blood, there remains no doubt in Paris. But they have only strengthened it in a thousand ways; and, among others, they have even driven the French royalists to support it, from a fear of the evils that might happen to them if it were overthrown. Last evening, “ Vive la République!’ was floating and placed in large let- ters over the doors of thousands who never before ut- Foreign powers will learn, too, how Frenchmen will fight, and what an undertaking it woull be for any combination to invade Paris. Not much short of five hundred thousand men have been engaged in this battle among themselves; and but for the desire of the government to spare the lives of the insurgents, and allow time to do its office, the numbers of the siain would have been greatly increased. All persons will now be disarmed except the National Guard proper and the Gurde Mobile. After the revo- lution, arms were allowed to all, and they have been turn ainst the government. Every man, although not engaged in the fighting, will be disarmed, as well as the insurgents, and I hope both the rich and the poor—both those in and out of offlee—will profit b: this terrible lesson. Of course the great banquet wilt not be held. Had the rebellion not been brought on before that day, when two more weeks would have been given for preparation, and masses of men assem- pled from the country, there is no saying what the re- sult might have been You will see an article inthe John Bull, of London, which oppores the clection of Gen, Cass to the Presi- dency, in the United States, because, they say, “ he is | anti-Englich in his feelings; and ionglish interests would be in danger of being compromitted.” The sume press says, * that there is no doubt that be will be defeated.’” I suppore England recollects the man- ner in which he defeated the attempt of England to form a European alliance against the United States, upon the ocean, by persuading France from entering into it, Thanks to Providence, France is now repub- Mean, and a sympathy unites the republicans of France and of the United States; and few men in either country have suficient popularity to be praised with safety by the English press, I think the culogising of the English press, and his connexions with the En- | glish, through his wife, who is English, have done La- martine great injury, influenced him against Napo- leon, and made the French afraid of him. Perhaps they have corrupted him; but this I will not believe, at present. OBSERVER Vanss, June 28, 1848, A Fisit (0 the Scenes of Battle—The Condition of the Buildings, and the Appeerance of the Population The Demand for Punishment is Tempered with that Jor Mercy. In the afternoon of yesterday, | visited most of the principal scenes of the bloody tregedy which has just terminated; and one must *see them, to appreciate their real condition, From the Hotel de Ville to the Bastile, for instance, a distance of 260 to 300 rods, connected by the ever memorable Rue Antoine, the : a word will be understood. Cannon balls have penetrat- ed the fronts ofa great many buildings, and thousands of balls seem to have been discharged against nearly every building; all the glass is broken, the entire distance, and around each window the walls are cover- ed, and perfectly defaced by the balls directed at the windows, from the first to the highest stories, The greatest slaughter took place in this street, aud at the Bastile, connected therewith. Each street leading into that of Rue .dnioine, was barricaded near its entrance, and across this great street, there was a succession of barricades. made of stone, principally. and reaching from ten to twenty feet high. On each side, the build- ings are of stone, generally from five to eight stories high, with a good share of windows in front. There was no mode for the Guards to approach these terrible barricades, in front, behind which were so many thou- sands of armed men, and flanked on each side by these rows of stone buildings, filled with armed men, uring shot i: their ranks from the windows. The Battie roged in this street forty-eight hours, almost without ceasing, by The dead could bodies, and fought without sleep and without sions, nearly. je assailing party fought that tir here and in the vicinity connected therewith ; and when it was announced to the President of the Asse! bly, that the place had been carried by the Guards and army, he rose and announced it te the Assembly, and fell hair, entirely overcome,—the point had been cairied, and§Paris was safe. Around the Bas- tile, in some parte, the same picture is presented, and the monument has been marked by shots, but not in- jured, except some parts of the base upan which it ‘stands; no cannon shot appear to have reached it, In some le) of the Boulevards, real forts had been made, and in a manner to resist cannon. Numerous carts, loaded with stones, each so large as to weigh many tons, were placed ‘across the streets, and the spaces between filled in with the paving stones which are generally nine or ten inches square, and equally deep. Many of the spokes, &e, of these carts had been cut off by the cannon. balls, but they could not penetrate the barricade, Not one-fifth part of the number of barricades were made this time that exist- ed in the revolution, but none now were made for show. Strong points of defence were selected, and something resembling forts constructed, No trees were cut down, lamp-posts overthrown. glass unreason- ably broken, nor any of those little acts done, which were designed to frighten Louis Philippe. Every act done this time was in view of a battle, and in prepa- ration to meet it; and well and faithfully have they performed their part, and executed their purpose, to the extent of their power. But,another feature, most extraordinary, presented itself to theeye. I travelled without molestation, and in crowds of tens of thou- sands of men, women and children, where, the day before, the parties were in mortal strife, the streets filled with blood, every Person ready to take life, and no human being allowed to approach, except he belong ed to the army, and went there to w: what do you suppose I saw? Men and women deadly enemies, and waiting an opportunity to strike at each other, or a stranger P sing? Mourning over lost friends, and charging the wrong upon each other in words fall of bitterness and hatred? No, Nothing of the kind. No one could have suspected that there ever had been war between the parties, or any cause for strife. Na- tional |Guards, Guards Mobile, dragoons, ctirassiers, insurgents, women, all the population entire, were mingled in one general me/ée of drinking beer and Bor- deaux, talking together in large masses and full of hu- mor, walking arm-in-arm ; here parties were sitting at the tables, male and female, in front of the restawra- teurs, or in them ; there the soldiers were lying sleep- ing upon the straw, upon the side-walks, or on their saddles, in the streets, their horses standing b; them, eating their fodder ; there was a man wounded, of whcm the greatest care was being taken, and the bier in preparation to take him to the hospital. In front of nearly every door, women were making lint, and preparing ‘bandages ; numbers amount- ing ‘to thousands, were thus engaged. Here, again, masses are looking at the buildings, and discussing the effect the shots, aud the manne: Eee ofthe two parties; others are walking over the grounds in- cluded in the forts, and the whole population upon these terribly contested points presented one grand melée of human beings crowded together as compactly as they well could be, and although it embraced the com- batants, men and women, not one unkind word was uttered; and all had the appearance of being one grand party, where the greatest humor prevailed, and where they had become fatigued and exhausted—fer this was clearly marked—us if by engagements in a great pie-nic party. All traces of blood have been washed out, and except occasionally @ wounded man, and tho rks of Propirty destroyed, or the effects of can- nonade, nothing unpleasant was to be seen. Indeed, it has been a great duel between Frenchmen, in which both sides have behaved heroically; and as Benton said of himself and General Jackson, they have fought, and adjusted as gentlemen, and left no adjourned question of veracity. The insurgents have been fairly overcome, and they have "heat They have lost all but their honor; but they have made the government feel their power. and reepect their courage and their numbers, and now they quietly submit to such penalties as it may see proper toinflict. If these are not unnecessarily revere, they will be satisfied with them; if very light. they will feel a contempt for them; if too severe, they will be exaspe- rated, and perhaps take up arms again. But they ex- pect to be punished, and do not expect to escape it; still it must be confined to the chiefs and principal men— the others are too numerous—and | think it not im- probable that the government may even reduce this number by causing them to draw lots. I think the se- verest sentence will be transportation, except in extra- ordinary cases. The people have exalted views of the abilities and energies of Gen. Cavaignac, and they, also, believe that he knows how totemper justice with mercy. There is but one feeling among the National Guards, and that is fora just punishment. One united voice gocs up against unnecessary bloodshed for punish- iment. All want an example made equal to the occasion, beyond that. ‘They say almost ail in the moment of excitement, by misrepresentations, excitement and foreign influences. If the French can fasten the facts upon the foreigners, who have furnished the money and the ammunition in such immense quantities, and corrupted the agents by whore means these vast t reenberes. of ammunition have been introduced stealthily into Paris, they will feel the power of France at thisimoment. To give some idea of the amount, it is only necessary to say that af- ter fighting three days and nights, in single fort 30,000 ball cartridges were found and eines BSERVER. June 28, 1848, A“ Vicar for the German Emp Bohemia Tranquil —Venetian Kingdom in Trouble—Newspapers Sup- pressed in Paris— Siege Continues—City Quiet. The Assembly, at Frankfort, are about to choose an ecutive chief for the German States, to be called “A Vicar of the German Empire.” The commission to whom the question was referred, have reported in favor of it, and our information as to the point, is that it will be immediately adopted. The German portion of the Austrian populstion seem to be complete masters in Bohemia at present, and the Congress of Sclaves to have been scattered to the winds. Official correspondence shows that 15,000 Serbes are marching upon Hungary, and the move- ment is charged to the active influence of Russia. Austria is still sending troops into Italy, notwithstand- ing the attempt at negotiation, and the Venetian king- dom seems to be left by Charles Albert to be ravaged by the Austrians, or to be defended by themselves. My own impressions are different, at different times, of the intentions and integrity of this man. Sometimes it appears as if he was only fighting to build up a king- dom for bimeclf, and that soon it would be necessary to fight bim to put him down; and, at others, it appears as if war acting for the well-being of Taly. ° Time only can solve the qucstion, as there 1s not always reliance to be placed upon what appears to be authentic infor- mation. Certain it is that he has allowed the Venetian country to eufler surprisingly, which, I think, is about to appeal to France. ‘Treviso has fallen into the hands of the Austrains, Several cities in Russia have been burnt down by incendiaries, among them Orel, Zalo and Juroslaw. Eleven newspapers have been suppressed under the laws relating to a state of siege, in Paris, among the principal of which are the Press, ssembly Nationale, and Liberty. The rest are pretty cautious. ‘The siege continues, though the city is tranquil. OBSERVER. Tanis, June 28, 1848—4 o'clock. Four Sentincts Shot Last Night in the Champs Ely- sées—Dangerous Condition of Society at this ho- ment—Circumstances connected with the Death of the Bishop. I have given you a view which was presented to me yesterday, in walking six or eight miles through the city; but it must not be supposed that the actual danger is entirely past; thousands of the insurgents have been driven out of the city, and are pursued by the dragoons; and they flee to the surrounding vil- lages, and there attempt to excite new troubles and conflicts; and the vast number of convicts and other derperate men in Paris, will continue to make the con- dition’of affairs very critical, and life unsafe, to a cer- tain extent, in Paris, especially of the Guards, in the night time. Four Guards were shot last night in the Champs Elysées, close by my residence, by assas- sins, They were acting as sentinels, and men came vp to them, apparently to speak to them, drew their pistols suddenly, and shot them dead on the spot. There were four single cases in this part of the oly; others were exposed, in the same way, to be shot from the windows of houses. Time, and the most vigorous prosecution of the necessary measures, can only cure this crying evil, by which the lives of many are yet destined to be sacrificed. Some of this class of men are terribly desperate. One prisoner yesterday told M. Thiers that he had killed fourteen with his own hand, and only regretted that the number was not double Of course he does not ask for any other Puniehment than to be shot. ‘The military court is in reasion, and these desperate cases ate disposed of as rapidly ‘as possible, Large numbers of these mort desperate villuins were shot yesterday morning and Pari last sect onthe Champ de Mars. ‘The case of t! Archbishop is a most remarkable one, and a very oruel one. It was undoubtedly the insurgents who. killed him, as the bell was of the jagged kind, which they uredin great numbers, to make the wounds more fa- tal, Hewas as brave as he was good; fully compre- hending his danger, and cautioned against it, he said it was his duty to go, and God’s will be done in re- lation to him. His prenorition was cordially accepted by General Cavaignac; and when he arrived at the ter- le barricade, where the parties were ind con- filet, drereed in his religions habit, the commander of the Guards joyfully accepted his mission, ordered the firing to ‘cease, which was terpond by the commander of the insurgents, Thereup ing entirely ceared; and the bishop nto id the buildings om both sides are siddied, J suppose thie | Desricades to address the insurgents. He was imme- Guards drew up around bim words were addressed 5 by them; immediately a gun was and the two Daatios again rashes to the strife, and discharged volleys of shot, xnd the carnage be- came terrible around the bishop, who implored the ties to desist, and continued for # time to stand the two parties unhurt; but, at last a ball struck hi and he fell mortally wounded. He was taken up ai carried toa place of security; and as one of the young Gardes Mobile was walking by his side, badly wound- ed himself, whose bravery thegbishop had noticed, and who had rushed upon an insurgent, and disarmed him, after he was thus wounded. the bishop took a cross from his neck, and placed it round the Guard’s,telling him to keep it—that it would bring bim good—and the Guard kneeled, and received it with hands uplifted, pledging himself before heaven never to separate from it. Such scenes develope beautiful traits of character, illustrate the strong points i ter of & nation, They are not stories m: they are miz- rors, which reflect the features of this remarkable na- tion; “and this tends to Mustea te thee religious opi- nions and feelings in a just point of view. . a OBSERVER. Panis, June 20, 1848. Aspect of the City—Acts of Cruelty—Individual Cases —Other Incidents—7,000 Prisomers—10,000 to 20.000 Killed and Wounded. ‘This morning the city isquict; but still looks gloomy; and people appear as if they felt that there was yet more danger, and more lives to be sacrificed before the restoration of order, Some cases of terrible atrocity ace being developed, which create a horror. Among o hers, thirty dragoons, who had been surrounded and captured by a large body of men, are said to have beem confined in an immense potter's oven; and that they had been heating it about fifteen minutes, when the Garde Mobile, by swimming the canal, attacked the insurgents, and rescued them. I do not think that the fact that an attempt was made to burn them to death is well authenticated; though the other particu- lars are. There were some cases where men were terri bly mutilated after they were captured, by cutting off their hands and feet, andin other respects. One wo- man was seon carrying about the head of a man upon her sword, and making all kinds of imprecations; thes individual instances of human depravity, perpetrated by probably State convicts, feluns, and the most abandoned public prostitutes—creatures to be found in every large city in. every country—and who, in a crisis like the present, give full scope to their ter- rible aalizpiry naninss, the human race, Indeed, a public woman is ten times more the flend of the infer~ nal regions, if ible, than the most debased man— like fallen angels. they seem to become the imps of helt, and to revel in scenes of blood and carnage, and the prospects of anarchy and confusion in society; and, perhaps, the surprise ie, that in a number so largo of men and women so debased, the cases of revolting cruelty have been so few. , ‘The enemies of France, and of ail republics, will teize upon these points to aggravate them, and from them to give a character to the whole French nation. Let such @ revolution, and rebellion following it, tran- spire in London, and who does not foresee the awful horrors that would there be perpetrated, where this de- graded class is vastly more numerous, and equally bru- taland desperate ? Such are some the inevitable consequences of a sweeping revolution, or successful. rebellion, i ion containing such cities, so pop~ ulous as Paris and London. anded by the insurge. Reet ones somtag tp a's thveatonlag — weed tothe fe ane se fusilade ap- nds of insurgents y, outside of the, barriers; and t) discharges of fire-arms are the encounters of the troops with them. But hort time will probably be suffi- cient to change this state of things, and restore order outside the city, as it generally is within the barriers. Indeed, from the best accounts of yesterday and last evening, it appears that a great improvement has been: made upon the day before, and that substantial order has been generally restored. About seven thousand prisoners are said to have been captured, all of whom will be transported; but I understand, that this will not deprive them of their civil rights after their return to France, as the punishment here called ‘“deporta- tion” would do, The committee and commandant are engaged in the most rigorous examinations; and since Vigorous men are now at the helm of State, measures will be vigorously pushed. Several passports ot M. Lamartine, have been found upon the dead body ef Count Narbonne, shot among the rioters. I ho; the English have not corrupted him; but some men in high places bave undoubtedly been at the head of this mighty rebellion, Paris is now a mighty camp. The troops cannot be accommodated in buildings, but sleep in the streets. One mile in the Boulevards, the Place de la Goncorde, Champs Elysées. and other places, are | occupied by them; the pavement being their bed, and a.stone their pillow. Thousands are now eng in visiting the troops and scenes of engagements; and to- morrow is to be agrand funeral service in honor of the dead, inthe Place de la Concorde. The ninth and twelfth legions of the National Guards have been dis- solved. Most of those two bodies, comprising 60,000 men, joined the insurgents; they lived in the most in- fected districts, and fought most desperately. More than 30,000 stand of arms have been captured alread; from the insurgents. I think the best estimates of the killed and wounded. place the number between 10 and 20000. Thousands of Sisters of Charity have come to Paris. to devote their services tothe wounded. How many noble qualities of the heart have been de- veloped by this sad event! OBSERVER. Panis, June 29, 1848. Latest News. Gen. Cavaignac§ has resigned his dictatorial powers, and received the unanimous approbation of the As- sembly, as have the general officers, army and guards— also the President of the Assembly, who has richly earned it. Immediately thereafter a decree was intro- duced, declaring Gen. C. President of the Council of State with power to appoint his ministers. He was chosen, President unanimousiy, and delegated with the power ofappointing his ministers with only five dissenting voices. Recurt, Carnot Bethmont, and Bastide of the old ministry, have been retained. Lamoriciere is Minister of War; M. Lenard, Minister of the Interior; Goudchaux, of Finance; and some others, whom I do not recollect, to minor posts. Gen. Cavaignac was the junior of Gen. Lamoricieres nd several other officers—whom this whirlpool of events has thrown up to the first post in France, under tl most trying circumstances—with a unanimity, haps, unexampled in the history of the world. ‘He ap- pears to bea man for this occasion—when courage, great moral firmness, and military energies are requ! site. He has imitated Washington in resigning his power, against the almost unanimous remonstrance of the Assembly, but he answered “that under a republic 4 dictatorship should not exist one hour beyond what was absolutely necessary.” The stace of siege is yet continued, and, therefore, in another form, we have Gen. Cavaignac andthe necessary power to execute the purposes of government. ‘The presidential chair broke down M. Buchez—it has made M. Sena d— I fear his place cannot be made good. An address has been published to the French poopie, which is worth laying before the American people. A manly energ: now guides the course of affairs, and the republic is triumphant—ah! more than triumphant—it is sur- rounded by a: halo of glory, that nothing but such a rebellion could bave afforded the occasion. Europe will be more astonished, and monarchies more startled at the manner it has triumphed over the combination of men and devils to destroy it, than at the revolution which hurled Louis Philippe from the throne; and those who know nothing of the recuperative power of a republic, under a mortal blow aimed at it, wilt be still more astonished at the new and vast accessiou of strength which it has acquired; the vigor of its mea- sures and its tone of detiance to enemies domestic or foreign, or both combined. The English will tremble, Russia will reflect, and liberalized Europe will rejoice that such a trial has been thus made, even at the sa- erifice of so much that was valuable. Indeed. one of the English press, forgetting itself for the moment, has exclaimed that “if a republic can withstand such an insurrection, it has nothing to fear.” Look at thé effect of such language from such a source at ruch @ moment, and how strong must have been the impress that gave birth to the sentiment. By the next mail 1 expect to be able to lay before your readers the report of the committee, which are most vigorous- ly examining the causes of the rebellion of May 16th, and the present one, and to give you the names ot men ip high ft ces connected therewith. I lark my words, there will be no sparing. Men accustomed to deal vigorously and to punish firmly, are at the head of affairs—men who have no fear, personal or moral. The'government of France at this moment is indomi- table—no monarchy in Sage noteven excepting that of Russia, so strong, The whole country] has risen as one man, to come to Paris—troops by thousands have been pouring into Paris from the most remote parts of France, and “vive la republiqve”’ is heard with an en- thusiasm that was not even equalled in the days of the revolution itself. bebe thousand men have fell fightins for it—immortal honors have been won for the ving in the same cause—the republican bannor has led them to glory, and has answered their expecta~ tions—it_ was a sound—it is now athing—a mighty Aad on ped, seen and understood—confidence is restored—the government is respected—and the public mind satisfled. ‘Tho higher classes rich—are now rallying around its banner, who ha’ hitherto stood aloof from it; and they too re- gard it as the savior of themselves, their families and property. They see that it has done for them what. monarchy never could do, and they are compelled to pay it homage, Among the i were found reveral decrees, of which I give a specimen, to wit—“No man, having 200 franos yearly Income, shall exercise any ‘all persons who et ipa rights for ten years—t wld any office since 1815 are deprived of all civil nd thelr property confiscated ;'? and yet the F have and political rights, then, others in the same strain ; — now aympathise with this class, by speaking of them as driven to it—the rebellion—by hunger. The fale- hood and the depravity aro alike manifested in the remark, Bread has never been so cheap in Paris, pro- bably for 30 years, as at the moment the rebellion broke out. When! came to Paris, in November, it was seven sous per killogramme, which is more than of our pounds ; and now but 5!;sous for the first quali- ty. Every person can live well in Paris, who isin health and will work, OBSERVER =Mo Going ab- sent, and the Recorder confined by illness, it wae Sagas d by the Chairman that the le Inthe absence of both, legally transact busi was then moved and seconded that the Board adjourn until to-morrow (this evening), at 7 o'clock, Carried. It was afterwards moved and seconded that the vote be reconsidered, Carried. Alderman Smith moved that in conrequonc®t the death of Alderman Swart- out the Board adjourn without delay, which was seconded and carried, Board of Supervisors. Monpar. by 4 17 ~Adjourned —meeti Franklin, Beq., in the chair, The Mi