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Cheyenne, Laramie County, Wyoming
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Paris correspondent reports details of a republican mob attack on the Hotel de Ville on January 22, involving ruffians and national guards. Mob fired upon after wounding an officer, resulting in five deaths (including a woman and two children) and 18 wounded among rioters; three or four mobiles injured. Rioters fled as reinforcements arrived under Gen. Vinay; Flourens was prominent.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 28.-A Paris correspondent gives further details of the bloody outbreak of the republican mob, and the attack made on the Hotel de Ville about noon of the 22nd.
About 200 of the most repulsive and villainous looking ruffians in the city, including a large number of soldiers of the 101st war battalion of the national guards, marched in a body to a place in front of the Hotel de Ville, uttering revolutionary cries and calling upon the citizens to arm. Never during the present troubles has a crowd been seen bringing so vividly to mind the horrors of the old French revolution. They occupied the place over an hour without any opposition, singing, shouting and yelling. In the meantime a small guard of mobiles and Bretons were drawn up in front of the Hotel de Ville, who stood their ground, avoiding any collision with the mob by all the means in their power. After one o'clock the adjutant in command, advancing in front of his men on account of the somewhat more threatening demonstrations by the crowd, was fired upon and fell, severely wounded in the head and arms.
Immediately on seeing their officer fall, the mobiles fired on the crowd, creating a terrible panic. Unfortunately, a number of persons who had gathered as lookers-on, encouraged by the length of time which had elapsed without violence, were drawn up in front of the Hotel de Ville and received the shots of the mobiles.
As the crowd fled, shrieking, apparently about fifty of their number were left on the ground, It was afterwards ascertained that five were killed, including one woman and two children, and eighteen wounded, more or less severely, besides several slighter hurts. At the same moment, the mobiles fired, a number of muskets were fired from the windows of houses on the east side of the place occupied by the rioters. Three or four mobiles fell from the fire, which was badly directed. The old casements above the statue of Henri Quatre, were completely riddled with bullets. After several rounds were fired, the mobiles withdrew from the building, and a large force of national guards came at double quick time, along the Rue Rivoli, with Gen. Vinay at their head. As they approached the Hotel de Ville, the rioters left their houses and fled before them, the guards allowing them to escape without shooting or arresting them. It is said that Flourens was prominent among the rioters in the last attack before the firing begun but was not seen again afterwards.
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Paris
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About Noon Of The 22nd
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five killed including one woman and two children, eighteen wounded more or less severely, besides several slighter hurts among the crowd; three or four mobiles fell wounded from fire from houses.
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About 200 ruffians including soldiers of the 101st war battalion marched to Hotel de Ville, uttering revolutionary cries. They occupied the place over an hour. A guard of mobiles and Bretons stood ground. Adjutant wounded by mob fire, prompting mobiles to fire, killing five and wounding eighteen in crowd. Muskets fired from houses, wounding mobiles. Mob fled; national guards under Gen. Vinay arrived, allowing escape. Flourens prominent among rioters.