"Last night, the barricades of yesterday were swept from the streets, and even the material of which to build them also, the pavements only excepted; yet, at dawn this morning, the whole space between the Quartier Saint-Martin des Champs, the Mont de Piete and the Temple, and all the smaller streets were choked with barricades." "And they were at once assailed?" "By the troops of the Line, the Municipal Guard and the chasseurs of Vincennes." "Who were repulsed?" "With most obstinate bravery. At the Rue Rambuteau, the 69th Regiment was three times driven back; also at the corner of the Rue St. Denis and the Rue de Tracy. In the Rue Philippeaux a ball passed through the face of a soldier of the 21st of the Line infantry, and then through the head of a voltigeur behind him. Sixteen soldiers fell in the attack on the barricade of the Rue Rambuteau. A blouse pointed a pistol at an officer of the Municipal Guard; the pistol hung fire, and the officer passed his sword through his assailant's body. From this you can infer that we have had close fighting." "I have heard that an assault was made on the armory of our friends, the Leparge Brothers, for weapons; is it so?" "There was an assault at about ten o'clock; but the windows were too strong to be carried. There has been fighting in the Rue de Petit Carrel, and the neighborhood of the Place Royale, I learn. Achmet Pacha, son of Mehemet Ali, is fighting for us with the most wonderful intrepidity. A chef de bataillon of the 34th was slain by a shot from a window, and some offices of the Octroi have been burned. Three men were killed at the Batignolles, and their bodies were accompanied by an immense throng to the Morgue." "Have you heard that the 5th Regiment, as in 1830, has joined the people, and that, on their way to the Prefecture of Police to liberate some of the people who had been arrested, they stopped at the office of 'La Reforme,' and were eloquently addressed by our friend, Louis Blanc?" "What did he say to them?" "He told them the fight was not yet over; that there must still be a banquet; and that this time there must be no mistake--the workmen must have the freedom they won!" "Vive Louis Blanc!" cried Albert, and, in a higher state of excitement than he had ever before been known to exhibit, he hurried off. "I am for the Tuileries," said Ledru Rollin, as they parted. "And I for the Palais Royal," said Albert. "We meet to-night at the office of 'Le National?'" "Without fail, at midnight!" It was on the square at the south end of the Palais Royal that most blood was spilled between the people and the troops. The Chateau d'Eau was furiously assailed and obstinately defended--assailed by the people and defended by six thousand picked troops. The people triumphed! Of the troops, at least a thousand perished, and the remnant fled.