the first shot, dressed himself, and made a round
of the posts; then sure that everything was in order, he had formed
patrols of chasseurs, and had himself, accompanied by two officers only,
gone wherever he heard cries for help. But in spite of the strictness of
his orders the small number of troops at his disposition delayed the
success of his efforts, and it was not until three o'clock in the morning
that he succeeded in securing Trestaillons. When this man was taken he
was dressed as usual in the uniform of the National Guard, with a cocked
hat and captain's epaulets. General Lagarde ordered the gens d'armes who
made the capture to deprive him of his sword and carbine, but it was only
after a long struggle that they could carry out this order, for
Trestaillons protested that he would only give up his carbine with his
life. However, he was at last obliged to yield to numbers, and when
disarmed was removed to the barracks; but as there could be no peace in
the town as long as he was in it, the general sent him to the citadel of
Montpellier next morning before it was light.

The disorders did not, however, cease at once. At eight o'clock A.M.
they were still going on, the mob seeming to be animated by the spirit of
Trestaillons, for while the soldiers were occupied in a distant quarter
of the town a score of men broke into the house of a certain Scipion
Chabrier, who had remained hidden from his enemies for a long time, but
who had lately returned home on the strength of the proclamations
published by General Lagarde when he assumed the position of commandant
of the town. He had indeed been sure that the disturbances in Nimes were
over, when they burst out with redoubled fury on the 16th of October; on
the morning of the 17th he was working quietly at home at his trade of a
silk weaver, when, alarmed by the shouts of a parcel of cut-throats
outside his house, he tried to escape. He succeeded in reaching the
"Coupe d'Or," but the ruffians followed him, and the first who came up
thrust him through the thigh with his bayonet. In consequence of this
wound he fell from top to bottom of the staircase, was seized and dragged
to the stables, where the assassins left him for dead, with seven wounds
in his body.

This was, however, the only murder committed that day in the town, thanks
to the vigilance and courage of General Lagarde.

The next day a considerable crowd gathered, and a noisy deputation went
to General La