The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-02-01

| extinguiShing IL and after chasing
away some of the rabble who had
broken into the archives and smashed
the armories under the pretext Of
searching for powder, he hastened TO
rejoin the patriots who were attack
ing the Bastile.
The Price of Peace.
"Within the fortress Encouragement
reigned. The Swiss mercenaries of
the garrison. however, exhorted the
governor 10 continue the defense, but
the officers, high and low, besought
him TO surrender, and he himself
knew that it was impossible to defend
it, the impossibility of getting food
preventing him from sustaining the
siege over a long period.
The governor, beside himself, adj
| dressed the garrison and asked if it
were not better TO fight than to rem
der themselves liable to slaughter by
the people from whose fury there was
no promise of escape. Let US go back
to the towers said he. and if we
must die let US make our death dis
astrous 10 the enemy. Let us crush
! them under the debris of the Bastile' !,
| But the soldiers answered that they
would prefer to die rather than TO kill
such a great number of their fellow
| citizens and that a further resistance
was no longer possible. They must
surrender. The drums were then beat
en- and white flag was hung from
| the tower of the BaZiniere. But 1t
was too late. The crowd, angered at
the dastardly treason of the governor
when he had fired upon their depu-
ties, saw only new trick in these
demonstrations of peace and contin-
ued to advance, firing their guns to
the very bridge of the interior court.
"a Swiss officer, addressing himself
to the attackers through a kind of
loophole that he had found near the
drawbridge, asked them that they be
content with the honors of war.
mo, nor cried the crowd. He then
held a paper through the same aper-
ture, which distance made illegible,
crying that they were willing to sur
render if they received promise that
the troops would not be massacred by
the citizens.
"A certain man runs and finds
plank which is placed on the parapet.
Several people place themselves IN
der it to act as counterweight. The
| brave unknown goes forward, he is
ready to seize the paper but he falls
into the moat Struck down, accord
ing to some, by shotgun, he dies
a victim of his courage. NJ. Maillard,
son of a huZzar at Chatelet, un-
daunted by the death of the other,
courageouSly goes out upon this long,
straight plank and seiZing the paper
places it in the hands of NJ. Hullin,
who reads it in a loud voice:
"'We have twenty thousand weight
of powder. We can blow up the gar
rison and the whole quarter if you do
not accept our surrender Upon
the word of an officer we accept said
NJ. Hullin. Lower your bridges
"Sic Semper Tyrannus."
"The invalides (patients in the mill
tary- hospital which was part of the
Bastile) were drawn up on the right,
the Swiss ON the left. Their arms
were placed against the wall. They
took off their hats, clapped their
hands and cried bravo TO the peo-
pie who were rushing, crowding, into
the fort The first to enter treated
the conquered with friendship, throw
ing themselves upon the necks of the
officers in sign of peace and reconcile
alton and taking possession of the
place as it was ceded in the terms of
surrender. But, those who followed
them. breathing only slaughter and
vengeance, treated the conquered as
if they had been taken by assault.
"Some of the soldiers stationed on
the bastions. ignorant of the facts OF
the surrender, at this moment fired
several shots and the crowd. carried
away with rage, hurled themselves up
on the invalides and crushed them
with blows. One of them was slain.
The unfortunate Bequart, that brave
officer who deserved so well from the
city of Paris by dissuading the gov
the Bastile, and who had not fired a
single shot during the day. was pierced
by saber which severed his wrist.
"MailIard. Cholat, the grenadier
ArIie. and several other attackers, dis
puted the honor of arresting NJ. de
Launay. He was not in uniform but
clothed in a gray frock coat. In his
hand he had a sword cane with which
he tried to pierce his breast and
which the intrepid Arns snatched from
him. HulIin and several others
| charged themselves with seeing him
safely to the city hall.
Feared Rage of Crowd.
NEARLY all those who composed his
escort thought that they would be the
victims of the murderous rage of the
crowd against the prisoner. Some
snatched at his hair, others thrust
their swords at him and tried to stab
him. The unfortunate man, seized
with fear of death, said in a weak
voice to N. Hullin: 'Ah, sir. you have
promised not to leave me, stay by me
to the Hotel de ViIle;' and again adj
dressing II. Allie: Is ii thus that you
have promised meY
1.-The fury of the crowd was contin-
ually increasing and their blind re-
sentiment did not spare NJ de Launay.
NJ. de fEpine was hit over the head
with the butt of gun and was forced
to abandon the escort. HulIin him.
self, despite his strength and great
stature. could not ward off the vio-
lence of the mob. Wearied by the eff
forts that he had made TO defend de
Launay, crushed by the blows, over
come Dy the Bullets, he was forced TO