New-York tribune., 1884-01-26
THE FOREIGN MAIL.
THE NIGHT OF TIE corr DETAE
ny n. de MawDas, Pysf,ct OF POlfe,.

ny n. de Ma,sDas, Prefect OF PO,fc,.
On the night before the lst of December 6cneral
st. Arnaud and NJ. de Maupas, at quarter past lO,
leave the drawing-roOms Ofthe Elysee by the prin-
clpal door, 80 as to avoid suspicion and, crossing
WHITTIER they had already been preceded by NJ. de
Morny. :. Each of us, beginning with the
President, read the proclamatiOns which a few
hours afterward were to cover the walls of Paris,
and teach France her new destinIes The Prince
shook hands. as he would have done on auy ordi-
nary OCCASION calm and confident, like all great
who require no effort TO raise themselves TO the
level of the situation. Before separating the Prince
wished to share with General ST. Arnaud the modest
sum i'll his cash-box. His cash-bOx was in the
rght-hand drawer of his table. The Prince lifted
ont a box. Here is all my wealth." said he gayly,
General, take half You will need 1t TOMORROW
for presents" The box contained 10000 francs IN
bank notes, and twenty packets of 900 francs in
gold. The General only took ten packets, and the
Prize kept the rest of this modest exchequer.
The arrests all to be made by police COM
missaries. For month had sent for each OF these
officials To my office and had selected for the most
important commissions those whom J deemed the
most resOlutc. With a single exception found the
utmost devotion. IL is always a blunder at
such a moment TO say more than is necessary, and
told each COmmlssary what arrest he was 20 make,
not letting him know that he was sharing in gem
eral measure. About 5 O'Clock had ali the
minutes of arrests and most of the cOmnssares. on
coming back from Mazas had seen me. Cen
erai Changanier had not attempted any serious re-
sstanCe he had perceived its tutillty, and had re-
signed himself He had asked that his valet might
accompany him, which request was immediately
granted The arrest of the two Qu4stOr, VI.
baze aud General LehO both living in the Assembly
Palace, OccasOned no uneasiness, when once the
Palace had been milltarly occupied All the out
lets guarded, that they were prisoners even
before their arrest At the foot of the staircase
General Lefio meeting Colonel Esplnasse, who.
with detachment, had kept near the scene OF
operations addressed him III the bitterest terms
and harangued the troops around hun. The Colonel
and hs unmOyed. Once in the carriage
with NJ. BertOgliO and the two policemen who were
To take him to MaZas, the General offered no further
resistance. The second QuRStOr, Nj. Baze, was stu
frrif. tod al nnIa Iptin
resOrted 10 means of resistance persisted IN
not dressing himself, and had To be seized and
dragged to the carriage awaiting him. On the way
he exhausted every form OF INSULT ana ike Gencral
IeiiO vehemently addressed the officers and soldiers
whom he passed. Not syllable OF sympathy
Lamoricere and Bcdeau and Colonel Charras gave
to similar episodes. The same aunless resist
ancc. the same threats. the same attempts TO
harangue the troops the same indifference OF
officers and soldiers, and lastly, the same puuct-
BUSINESS by the commissarles in the execution of
their orders.
AS 10 NJ Theirs his arrest was a strange scene.
Awakened out of his sleep by the entry Of the
police cOmmssary, he seized with positive terror
on hearing that he was being arrested. His words
were incoherent: He did not want TO be arrested;
he was nor 4 criminal he was not conspring; he
would henceforth remain n stranger to p0lltlcs; he
was going abroad" All this was SAID with great
vOlubility, without NJ Hubault, the commissary
being aL!o to put in a word But when his first agl
tation was over and the cOmmlssary had persuaded
him that his life was III no danger, he recovered
himself, and the lllustrlOus orator. sitting III his
bed commenced to hold forth as if he had been a
simple spectator of what passing. TO the re-
quest to rise and dress himself he replied by
singular proceeding, from which it would have been
more dignliied to abstain. Then, still unclad, he
approached piece of furniture IN order he said TO
take pair of pistols. " If blew your brains out,
said he-and added do you know that am armed,
and that it would be very excusabe if / treated you
like "A malefactor" NJ Hubault soon calmed his
bellicOse humOr by showing him that lie himself was
armed but VI. Thers had Tegained confidence, and
he began jestng in way altogether ont of harmony
with thei situation. betrayng an effort to conceal
his real state of mind This painful scene lasted
upward OF Il quarter of an hour NJ. Theirs was eYl-
IDENTIFY anxious to gain time. What hope had he
NJ Hubault at length insisted on his dressing, and
in a few moments lie was beside the cOmmlssdry IN
the carriage awaiting him outside. The attitude OF
NJ Theirs then suddenly changed. His first terrorS
revived. " You going TO shoot me-" lie SAID, Il
see vou are leading me to death" Then, once more
reassured as to his life he tried ascertain whether
ne alone had been arrested. He tried by promising
considerable sums to obtain permission 10 escape
from Mazas. At Mazas he fell into state of COM
plete prOstra tion and he was treated with the
greatest care. r.,
The most important and most decisive act Of the
I'd of December was accomplished General Cham
gnrners plot was annihlated by his arrest and that
of his chief accomplices. The demagoglc rising was
also paralyzed-its organizers were al Mazas. Their
satellites only remained at large, and we may judge
by what the riot deprived of its chiefs accom-
pished of what 1t might have become had they been
t its head to recruit the revolutionary masses ana
lead Them combat.