The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-01-22

ne misery e 1aSsaeea me- osses
3eliee.
A book destined to excite much curl
osity and anger will be issued in few
DAYS in Paris, entitled Memories sur
le Second Empire" II is in reality
history of the ID Of December, 1851, re-
lated by N. de Maupas, Project Of po-
lice 1t that time, one Of the first insti-
gators Of the coup d. etat, and one Of
its warmest and boldest actors.
''The arrests were all TO be made by
police commissaries. For . month ]
had sent for each Of these officials to my
Office, and had selected for the most i'm.
portant commissions those whom ]
deemed the most resolute. With sin.
Rle exception I found the utmost devo.
ion. All Who were 70 cot ON the ID
had been warned not TO leave home, and
received orders 1t 2 am TO be ct the
Prefecture Of Police 1t . specified time,
between and half-past I. Five min.
utes were allowed each officer. On ar.
irving they were kept apart and intro.
duced singly into my Office to receive
my instructions. II is always blunder
Of such . moment to say more than II
necessary, and I told each commissary
what arrest he was to make, not letting
him know that he was sharing in gen.
eral measure.
"About eight o'clock / had all the
minutes Of arrests, and most Of the com.
missaries, on coming back from Mazas.
had seen me-
As to NJ. Theirs, his arrest was .
strange scene. Awakened out of his
sleep by the entry OF the police commits
sary. he was seized with positive terror
on hearing that he was being arrested.
HIS words were incoherent: He did
not want to he arrested; he was not q
criminal; he was not conspiring; he
would henceforth remain o stranger tc
politics; he was going abroad" All
this was said with great volubility,
without Mr.. Hubault. the commissary.
being able to put in o word. But when
his first agitation was over. and the
commissary had persuaded him
that his life was in no danger,
he recovered himself. and the illustri-
Gus orator. sitting in his bed, COM
menced to hold forth as il he had been q
simple spectator of what was passing.
To the request to rise and dress him.
self he replied by singular proceeding,
from which it should have been more
dignified to abstain. Then, still un.
clad, he approached piece Of furni'
ture in order, he said, to take o pair o.
pistols. If blew your brains out,
said he, and added, DO you know that
/ am armed, and that il would he very
excusable if treated you like q male
factorv NJ. Hubault soon Gained hi
bellicose humor by showing him that III
himself was armed; but M. Theirs hai
regained confidence, and he began jest
ing in way altogether out of harmon!
with the situation, betraying ar
effoIt to conceal his real stat
of mind. This painful scene
lasted upward Of quarter Of an hour
NJ. Theirs was evidently anxious to gair
time. What hope had he? NJ. HUI
bault at length insisted on his dressing
and in few moments he was beside TIN
commissary in the carriage awaiting
him outside. The attitude Of NJ. Their
then suddenly changed. His first ter
TOR revived. lyon are going to shoe
me, he said: L see you are leading m
to DEATH Then. once more treasured
AZ to his life. he tried to ascertain
whether he alone had been arrested
He tried, by promising considerable
sums, to obtain permission to escap
from Mazas. At Mazas he fell into
state Of complete prostration. and wa
treated with the greatest care"
The most extraordinary thing is tina
80 many persons were aware of the in
tended coup d. elat, and that nobOd
betrayed the secret. This is unprece
denied.