पृष्ठ 847 / 1118

But as the consequences begin to be felt, the government is

obliged to repair the evil by new laws, forbidding men to do that

which previous laws had recently prescribed to them.

The principal fruits of the insurrection were these; the

destruction or loss of much provision in the insurrection itself,

and the rapid consumption of the small quantity of grain then on

hand, which should otherwise have lasted until the next harvest.

To these general effects may be added, the punishment of four of

the populace, who were hung as leaders of the sedition, two

before the baker's shop of the crutches, and two at the corner of

the street in which was situated the house of the superintendent

of provision.

The historical relations of this epoch are handed down to us with

so little clearness, that it is difficult to ascertain when this

arbitrary tariff ceased. But we have numerous accounts of the

situation of the country, and especially the city, in the winter

of that year and the following spring.