ho enjoy, by
a just title, the esteem and confidence of the country." Of these over
eighty refused to serve. During the same morning, indications of
discontent began to be apparent. At about 10 o'clock, M. Baudin, one of
the representatives of the people, made his appearance on horseback, in
official dress and with a drawn sword, in the Rue St. Antoine. He was
followed by several others, and strove to arouse the people to resistance.
Considerable groups collected, and a fragile barricade was erected. Troops
soon came up from opposite directions and hemmed them in. The groups were
soon dispersed, and M. Baudin, and two other representatives were killed
on the spot. Great numbers of troops continued to arrive, and the whole
section was speedily occupied by them. On Thursday morning, appearances of
insurrection began to be serious. Barricades were erected in several
streets. At 12 o'clock the Boulevards were swept by troops, artillery was
brought up, and wherever groups of people were seen they were fired upon.
It is now known that police officers encouraged the building of barricades
in order to give the troops a chance to attack the people. Buildings were
battered with cannon, and scores of respectable people were killed at
their windows. Throughout the day the troops behaved in the most brutal
manner, bayoneting, shooting, and riding over every body within reach.
Great numbers of innocent persons were killed in this manner. It would be
impossible to give within our limits a tithe of the interesting incidents
of the day, illustrating the spirit that prevailed. It is pretty clearly
ascertained that the object of the government was to strike terror into
all classes, and that for this purpose the troops had been instructed to
show no quarter, but to kill every body that threatened resistance. Many
of the soldiers were also intoxicated. 'Order' was in this manner
completely restored by evening. But over two thousand people were killed.

From the departments, meantime, came news of resistance. In the frontier
districts of the southeast particularly--the whole valley of the Rhone, in
fact the whole region from Joigny to Lyons, including several departments,
the rural population rose in great strength against the usurpation. There
was very hard fighting in the Nievre, in the Herault, and in the frontier
districts of the Sardinian and Swiss Alps: and in many places the contest
was distinguished by sad atrocities. In the course of