, 1883-07-21
The Siege of the Bastle.

soadsj by centuries of iyra"Dy anu cor
ruPti1E, arose u. their might. demol
lshed tie B.sti.c, and paved tie way 10
that L.5srts. EJa'its FrdterHits, whiel
she nov enjoys a. Eas leading republic Q
the cd vorid.
/ Carlyle, il lis history Ct the Frencl
Revolution, says that 80 describe TIN
| Stage Of the B4siile ithoustJ 10 be on
( of the most important Ia History per
haps traascends the talent Of mogtals
Could ons bu', sitter in6nI,e reading, sc
to understand So much as the plan of Ia,
building, Bu; there Is open Esp.ausde
st the end Of 'he Rue ,ml-aH,oIne
there are such Force uJ,s, Cctr -irTtce,
/ CauT Gs fOrns, sr,hej Gateway (Sher,
Louis Tournsr nos 6shte); then neH
draw-hr!6sss, dc-manl-hricges, rampant
bastions, and the gun Ei;ht Towers: a
labyrinthic Mass hieh-frowniug there. oi
all ages from twenty years to four hun
dred and ;welty;-bsles.ue .uered, in this
It's last hour, as we SAID, by mere Chaos
come a.4.:n. 0rjosncs Il AlI caAbres.
threats OF al capacities; men Q; ali plans,
every man L,s 0En engineer. SELDOM
since the Sar =: PygmirE aEJ CSsues was
there seru 50 anomalous thing. Halt
pay Elie Is nom. for suit u regimenJais,
no oDe wve.d heed L.;a IN eolcured
clothes: hali-FsT Hu.ln Is hsraaGuing
GIEdes Franchises III the ri4ce je GIeVe
FraLtic patriots pick ap the grape shots;
bear them. still hot (or seemingly soI, TO
tie Hotel dc N!ie-PdEis, You perceive,
Is 20 ns hunt, Tiesse..es . pale 10 The
reEy hgs, tor the roer Of the multitude
grows deep Paris wbONy has got TO the
acne d Its frenzy; whlrlvd IL ways, by
PANE madness At every street 6-rrIcade,
ihe-a WhII's SImmeung, 2 MINOR WhIrl-
pool-sireDg,bening me Jarneade, since
God knows what Is Coming; ans ali MINOR
ShiIlpools pay dis;rac' edly into that
grand ti.e mahlstEalu which is iashlng
round the Bsstil--
And 20 it lashes and :. TU-Ts. ChClst
the wine- merchant has become an I'M
promptu cannoneer. See Geyfget, of The
Marine Service, fresh flom Bresr, ply the
King of Sans cannon. Singular tii @e
we're not used 10 the ike: Georgrt 10y,
las night, taking his ease at his lan, the
King Of Sans cannon lsy, knowing
np:Llug Uf han, for :. hHuGred years. Yet
now. at the ri.ht instant, ,hey have go'
together, si,Ji DISCOURSE eloquent music
For, hearing what was toward, Gooreet
sprang from the Brest Diligence, aud
ran. GarGe, FrsDcaises also VII he hyre,
with real artillery: ~ere not the walls 50
thick Cpwari4 irom the Esp'anaae,
hot z.n'ally iraul all EeiIhbnrlnI roofs
ana Mind 1ws, flashes one ,rresc!ar de.nge
4 musAetry, effect. The In
s.iides lie fat, firing comparatively at
tFoi- r-.so f-cr hralnd stones hardly
.hror-h por,uoiss, shoS the =? OF nose.
We ia,l, shot, aud make 10 impression.
Let coLtil-ra,.On rsge, Of whatsoever
Is oonbustibIt, Guald-roOms are burnt,
iays!iG6s aDess-roo.as- \ distracted
'Peruko maker aIth two fe-y torches IS
for burning The sai'pryyss u the Arse
raI;-had not 4 wUIDau run screaming;
had not q Patrio., with some tIucture Of
Natural Philosophy, instan y struck the
wind out OF hIm (6utt "j mUskeu on plt
Of stomach. overturned bsrrois, and
stayed the levouring element. \ young
beautiful LADY, se.zvd escaping 10 these
Ontrr Conrts. and thought fs'ss!, TO he De
Lauaay's daughter, shall be bU'at IN de
Launay's sight; she lies swOonea on a
paillssse: bat again Patriot, it Is brave
Aubin Bonaemere the old soldier, da-hes
IN, and rescues her Straw is burnt:
three cart.oads q il, hauled th;thef, 20
10 IN White smoke: almost TO tie 2Lok
lng Of Patriotism Itself; 50 that E..e had,
with signed b.oss, to drag back one cart;
and Rs5le the 'sigsntic haberdasher' all
other. Smoae as Of Tophst; Confusion
as q BIbzl; noise "a Of the Crack Of
Doom,
Blood AoEs; the a!lmeat C; new mad
meas. The wounded are carried into
houses Of the Rue Cerissie; The dying
leave their ias, mandate Dot 20 yield tili
the accarsed Stronghold fail. Ard vet,
slas, hcE faIl tn walls ase SO thick,
ID .pura.,ons. three IN number, arrive
from the II ,,el-ds-V,iir, Ab5e Faushet
tsL, 49, o; ouel can say, with What al.
most superhuu.an courage of jenevcience-
rtese wave their T,Sn-G ,g-ia the arched
Gateway, and stand, rolling their drum;
bat to uy ,.ar...sa- ia slch Crack Of
D,o.a, de Lluray canEo. hear them,
ddce got believe them. they return with
iusti;. d rag, the whew of lead stlii sing
M in the.r ears. WHAT to d.. The
F,remeu arc here, squirting with their
hre-punIs On the lnvalIGes cannon, 70
act the touchhales; they unfortunately
calnct squIy, So high, but produce only
clouds Of spray. Ind:yiioals II classical
knowledge propose cItoisits. S1nterre,
tie son sraus Brewer Of the Suburb SAINT
Antoine, ADVISES ra.ber thlt the place be
iroa. by a mixture Of FhosPhor"us and
oil-of-,u-ren.ine spcUtet uptbroaSi. fore
irg ylmps: O SpiEola-SlH'er5e, hast
;heu tie u..x.ure rsaiyz Every .a@a HE
Own engineer. Aud st,li the fr--3eluge
aAs.es ng;. even wurlen are firing, and
Turks; Z. least one wouaL with her
.~eet-hsart, and one Turk, Grr1es Fran
csises hsye cone. zeal cannon, zeal can
noneer& Usher MsiiIard is busy; half
pay EIe, bslf-Psy Hulih rage in the midst
Of thousands.
How the great Bagtille Clock tIcss
GnaudIJle) in it, Ianer Court there, a its