Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-07-10

", All IOb tUc fEeuCu YoVPNs lDS wy
WAS then about te~ Years cf age, and ~ he
grew up, tA.Ie Fsa ..nsi SIansels were often
considered and he applied himself 70 IN
assiduohs study and examination Of all that
psrtained 20 bis fathers eventfal career
Not having much freedom at court, and dy>
ing young, be was not able 10 prs ctice much
on the motto, "Ail for the French people !"
yet We know that he adopted it; ard we al
70 know that the grandson OF the 6rst wife
u Nspoleou, the present Emperor Of France,
~ ever made il His prevailing motto and
hat be has been enabled, for the nearly
twenty years past, to do msch for bis native
and sincerely loved country.
II was interesting to be informed that the
young Duke Of Reicbstads, Napoleon H.,
died ia the same bed on which his imperial
father slept, when be was in the Schonbrunn
Palace in 1909, two years before the prince
WAS born At Paris.
/ walked Ie,sursly through the charming
grounds, ard aloag through the shaded ave.
Mues, and asceaded 70 ths top Of IN elevated
plHca vhees seAu1D what u called - 's0Io-
fistta Tenpls," kisd Of nsgni6eent same
mef house, from ths ftoat poFsico a which
there is ! delightful view e The palace end
gardens, and portion q viensa With the
western enviroas. Tbs beautiful fountaia
as the hass Of tAe slope, called Schone
Beunn~ ~ gives name 10 TIE palace.
Stupps, the Geeusn sesdees who stteope>
"a the life Of Napolsoa, vas shot ssd buried
10 the garden, 1eeting ~ Just hts d .
rosl6be assassin. ~E
Beibee leaving yiensa, I made an excur-
sion do~u De Danube 70 Presbsrg, the for.
mes cspi1aI Of Hungasy and il WAS IN ex>
cuesion long TO b remembered. II vas with
settings sst shoaghts of 70 usual kind thatI
~ foos spsn Hsagoviss soil, and vent into
IL citadel, and rsmblsd through the streets
Of the metropolis Of that once independent
kinedoia, nov the chief province oftbe Aus.
TRAN empiss. Prestufg remained capital
from 1855 p 1874, who's - seas Of govern
ment was mmoved TO Duse.
I stoed o. shs slevaasd spot, jsst bslov
he cassle, whers ~ Hunga1iau kings, slier
being esowssd, addsssssa The people. i
vas heD whesU Maria Thssesa sammsesd
Tie Hu6garian Diet cd after addressing
tbem, holding hse infase 80 il her arms, ths
Hungarian MOBILES and Ill present. With one
ussninous burst of chisalsoas loyalty, dssw
heir swosde, and shosssd, La - die 6or
cue Eia1, Maria ThersM.n The csrreas q
isvasioc was checked, and Austria VA ~.
o. thsas.y 10 Pngss, passed throagh
the AuslsieA psovises q 4oeavia, The naeive
country q sAs sslfsdesyisg kol.vian BEssh-
ren, whe 1ove svss beeo a0oog the foreoost
to send nd carry IL Gospel 70 heaahsa
lands. The train ssoppsd - Brunn, The cap.
ital of the province f; mot far from which y
the battle-6 field Of AustsEiitE, where Napolson
gained one of his 0oos remarkable victor
ies.
On arriving q Psagus, found aysslf is
situAied on beth sides Of the river Aoldau,
the principal branch Of he nvsr Elbs. In
eompany With n iateliissat EnglisA travel.
e, 1 crossed over 70 ~ oppesiis side Of The
Moldau, and ascended the hill on which Is
situated the vast palace Of the Hradschin.
Here f0smerly ressdsa the kings Of BoheInis;
aud out Of lis windows were thrown, in les,
ths men Who had come intrasssd with severe
edicss ag.inss the ProsestAnts. which was
The bsginning Of " famous Thirty Years
War; The view Obtained floa he palacs
and the sdjoining terrace is . remarkably
fine one, and | enjoyed II much:
Beyond and shove one Of the htidges
spanning ths river y ths elevated citAdel,
erected aud occupied By Libussa, Who foun-
ded the city Of Prague. History informs -
that she vas . most pro6igate queen, and
Was in the practice OF pitching her lovers
dows the saesp psecipiess a ahe AcsoPolis
into The wsssr, thus getting nd Of them u
her pleasure; but foetunstely there was one
Of The number, Who, though but . country
clown, succeeded in retaining her affection,
and be became The founder Of the Bohemian
dynasty, the first of . long line Of reigning
kings.
| was greatly interested in visiting the
large, and eligibly situated palace Of Wall
susasin, eec,sd By the celebrated Duke AL
bert, the great hero and successful general
Of the Thirty Years War; His landed
estates were immense; and we are told that
one could 60 from Prague to Vienna, . dis
tance Of three hundred miles, without leav-
lug his landed property. He lived in impe>
rial style, possesssd three hundred carriages,
snd horses in proportion, and VAS waited up
on by scores vi noble pages. When he con-
cludsd to build thv palace, be ordered NO
less than one huadss1 buildings - b reae-
we'd to make r0sn Soe il; asd shsse vess en-.
gagged upoo the sdi6ce The most skilled arch
itecss ssd vosknss Of Europe; and when
6nished ssd fsrnishsd, il We'd in beauty and
adornmsss visA most Of The impartial palaces
Of ~ essaieses. Jhs dshe cosA vsll bear
he sxpesss, tor his persoaal ineoas vas not
lso thaa 6vs nillisas pr aasasa. Ny guido
aecoaposied - into the various spacieus
rooms aad halls Of tAis nAgai6esas dscal
maasioa.
Bohenia vas ths head and ssal Of The -.
forusd religion. under Jsso0s a.d hasa,
bsgiasshg sbsue A. D. Aoe, = . busdscd
'y0n ben Lsaher. Pngue - Jesoae's
native city, asd net vitA aacA thas ~
minded NJ. uf him.