LOUIS DUVAL.

chery;" many of the soldiers joined the people, who
seized arms-pikes, swords, and guns-wherever
they could be found; and shouting, To the Bastille I
to the Bastille down with the Bastille i" they rushed
towards the gloomy building. After a fierce attack
and a feeble resistance, the Bastille was won, the
prisoners it contained were set at liberty, its governor
was 'killed, and the detested old prison itself was
burned and demolished.
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 But the destruction of the Bastille did not feed
hungry thousands; and though it was a triumph, it
was not a relief. But the people had now got arms
in their hands, and knew that they were powerful:
they did not, however, use their power aright. Many
frightful murders were committed in Paris, of those
whom the people looked upon as their tyrants and
enemies; and the nobles of France began to hasten
away from the unhappy country, into other lands.
 From Paris, these disturbances spread through a