The New York herald., 1877-10-21

lon stoned ihe wagon and brought II back to The
place where the barricade had commenced IL
came along from the Bsstille. "Gooil" SAID the con-
ductor 81 see what tins y" Sc descended Win 5000
grace and tola his passengers to get out inth tne
driver unhtched the horses and went on shaking Ihe
| d.rl on his coat. The omnibus was upset
| the ngnway, which very WIDE al this point 10
| not throw down TOO many vehicles suggested one ,
but this maze only poor oarricade, Quite ,ow 700
shor and cit the sidewalk Tree ~ tue TWO sieea -
this officer OF the guard passed, toiioweu
by ordinary; pcrceivng the baricade he put spurs
Schoelcher quietly inspected the overturned vehicles
When he the cart sghtly above she others
! be said .rh4t Is not very nice" But they went on
pilng up all kinds of material, nna!y throwing upa
| lot VI empty baskets, winch SIMPLY added oulk N
| front without strengthening The iortihcation
rney working very quietly when, suddenly, 2
| boy came running along and shouted "Thc troops y
In fact companies OF troops were coming rom me
Bastille douDie quick, echelonnec IN such man
| ner as 10 take up the entire street All windows
and doors OF The neghboring dwellings, were pre-
BasIde In corner Of the Darricade, was graveiy
relating story 10 Nader DC Montjau "Mader, said
he Al. nearly two hundred since tho Prince OF
Concs gave battle IL this same Faubourg 81. Antoine,
where now are when an officer who was with nm
asked, have you ever seen = battle lostr NO, ST.
sWoA you are ABOUT TO see one lost tell you now,
Nader, thai you are about 10 sec barrcade taken
Meanwnle those VINO were armed were placed IN
position &c hight behind tne oarricade. The decisive
moment approached "Cltizens,n said Schoeicher,
"do not Are single shot when the army Of the
faubOurg Nights u IS the blood Of the people that
flows on both sides Let US first speak 10 the sol
dicrs." So saying no mounted one OF the baskets
which faced the barrcade. The other Representatives
ranged themselves near him on the side OF the omn-
bus. Malarder aud Duac were on his right puac
sad to him:-"You scarcely know me, citizen
Schoecher but love you. GIVE me PERMISSION to
remain by your aide. bold but secondary rank IN
Assembly, but desire 70 be IN The hrst rank dur
ing the hsntn AT this moment some men Ia olouses
OF those which the 10th OF December mad
brigadea, appeared At the angle OF the Rue
STE Marguerite, all the Darricade, crying
out:-.'Down with the twenty 1--WE francs" Baudn,
who had already chosen has post clamoercd up on the
barricade and looking nxeaiy al THESE men said
five francs A was heard IN the street. few
doors which had remained partly open were now
closed. Tho two attacking coiumns appeared IN view
OF tho barricade. Further on could be seen rows OF
shining Dayonets. IL was those which had barred my
scnoelcher raising his right arm with authority,
made a sigE to the captain commanding the nrst
platoon to stop The captain made return sign IN
ihe negative All the Second OF December IN that
gesture The law said "Stopl" the SABRE replied,
'No." The Two companies continued 70 advance NJ a
slower pace and cautiously SchocIcher
descended from the barricade on tho side next
to the soldiers. De Flottc, Dulac. Malardier,
was grand spectacle seven representatives Of tho
people, without other arms than their scarfs, or
sashes-that is 70 say maJesncay oiosnoa win law anu
straight toward the soldiers, who awaited them win
their rifles at present. The other Representatives
remained behind tho barricaje, making the nnal
preparations for resistance. The comDatants had an
intrepid attitude The lieutenant Of marine, Gourmet,
was head aud shoulders above them all Baudin,
VINO mad hitherto remained upon the omnibus, now
partially hid his body Seeing the seven representa-
lives APPROACHING the soldiers and officers experienced
q moment OF stupor. The captain made sign that
they must not advance any iurther
They halted, schoelcher said In "a grave tone:-
Solders we are Representatives. OF the sovereign
people; we are your Representatives,; we arc those
elected by universal suffrage In The name OF the con-
stitution in tho name OF universal suffrage, in the
name of the Republic We, who are the National As
sembIy; We, who the law; we oNer you to Join
Us; We summon you 70 obey, oo.n you ana your
reentatlves OF people the leaders OF the army
Soldiers. Louis Bonaparte violates the constitution.
We have placed him as rccreant TO the law Obey
usn
The officer who commandcd-a captain, named
Petdid not allow Schoecner to finish ms harangue.
"Gentemen,o said he. Il have my orders. ! am of
the people. am republican, IKE yoarseli; out
only an instrument"
81 only know my order"
..There is an order which is far above all othor
dersn replied Schoecher (which Is as binding on the
soldier ns on the civilian-this is the law"
He turned again toward the soldiers IN order to con.
snouted~"Not another word; you must not con-
tnuc II you speak another word will order tho
men 10 hre'
AT TINS moment another oiiicor on horseback ar
rived. lie was the cbei OF the battalion bespoke
for a moment 10 the captain in an undcrtone
sGenlieraen Representatives, said the captain i'm.
medateIy aiterward, shaking his sword nervously,
'rctre, or viii give the order 10 hro."
"Fire ~ cried De Fiotte.
The Represontativcs--strangc and heroic imitation
OF Fontcnoy-took of their hats and faced tho muzzes
his head and waited with crossed arms
"Fix bayonets," said the captain, and, turning
pipe la RelnJhqne!n ~ shouted the Representatives,.
Tho bayonets lowered, the companies closed up.
soldiers rushed upon the immovablc Rcprcscn-
tatlves.
TINS was grdnd,ose, terrible moment The seven
Representatives. the Uayonet points touch their
breasts without word, without gesture, without a
rctrograde step. But the hesitation, which not
their souls the hearts OF the soldiers. The sol
diers insncveiy that here was TO be double STAN
-
tue people, VII lcn treason, and murder unarmcd
men when was cowardice. Either treason or cow
ardIce these epaulets which may sometimes
grace the general never the soldier when the bayonos
we're the Representatives that they touched
their they turned about, and tho soldiers II
by a unanimous movement passed between the
Representatives without dong them any harm
Schoechcr only had his coat pierced IN two places,
and IN his mind this was mataddresse than IN
tention. one oil The soldiers VINO laced him. wishing
to AVOID striking the captan touched INN win ms
which Scnoechcr had IN his pocket and simply pierced
his clothing
A solder said to De Flotte, "Citizen, we don't
wish TO harm you" Meantime another soldier ap-
preached Bruckner and took him by the shoulder.
.swel, " said Bruckner, "areu Tho soldier, deeply
moved, lowered his weapon and shook the hand of
Bruckncr. The most striking thing was that despite
the orders gwen by he chiefs the Two companies ar
rived successvey tho Representatives crossed bay
and turned about The consignc COMMANDED,
but instinct reigus; The coas,yne may be crime but
instinct honor. ne chief OF battalion SAID subse-
qucntiy I've wero told that We should have TO do with
brlgands; we have had TO deal with heroes"
AT the bArrcade ihcy nau Decoms ana, see
ing the Representatives surrounded and wishing to
them fred snoL This unfortunate snot
Killed a soldier who was standing between Do Flotto
und Schoclcner. Tho officer commanding the secoud
platoon passed. near TO schoelcher the poor
tell. Schoeicher pointed out the gaspng man 10 the
officer. "See, Lieutenant he SAID rho officer
Piled wth gesture of despair, What do you wish
Us 10 40 ~
Inc companies replied TO the shot by a voey and
rushed forward 10 assault the Oarricade leaving behind
the seven Representatives who were stupehcd at
bong still alive The Uarrlcade replied with voIley
bur II OF avail Tne barrlcade carried.
Baudin killed. he had named at his post upon
tho omnibus Three balls had pierced his body one
struck the right eye and entered the BRAN. He
tell. He never reg AIMED consciousness Halt hour
aierward he was dead They carried his body 10 the
Hospital OF ste. Marguerite. Bourzat, who
Baudin with Aupry !of the Nortn), had his CLOAK
pierced by ball.
one incident which should be noted Is, that tho
soldiers took PRISONERS III this oarricade. Those
who defended II dispersed IN the streets OF the iau
bourg took refuge IN neghborins houses. Tho
Representative Aagno was drawn bchind the door OF
an aheyway by some frightened women aud here found
himself shut up with OF the soldiers who had
10 take the barricado moment aiterward the Repre-
sentative aud tho soldier came out together. Tho
Representatives enabled TO quit tins their