, 1870-09-07

Nooucn yarn 0y n2dof WeAVd- AuA o5D [t |
aud live among the various .forti6cau lions ~
pesssntv; for thur region aaa
been tho battle-ground Of French asplta.
t,opA upon the Flemish LovlAnds, ind
Of. spanieh, French, and German
ies1onsy, ever sincs modern. history
Assoc1iuoss or Iux xzusE-, -
This concluding, Or concluded, campaign
fouEht in the Meuse Valley, on the oosder Of |
Belgium, adds another name to tho long se1lea
Of sctio,,s which hare given this region, With
Europe: Waterloo. Quatre Bras, LgnJ. 81
Armand, Wssre, F1eurus, and Chatleroi, al lie
m the A1euse and its afiluents, And Waterloo
il only seventy miles from Sedan.-three hours
By steam. or two days masch- The battle OF
Iigpy, where the Prs1ssians, under hineaer,
Int met tho French in arms prior to this w,
il lttla note than fifty miles from the polnta
On the Meuse where tho Nephew Of hia un-
c1er has 1eeiEned his liberty. Lgny was Tho
chief battle that immediately preeeded Water,
loo, and there Butcher, With 50, III men and
224 euDs, WEE ter1ibls whipped bT. Napoleon,
WITH II ,2a3 neu sud az guns. Dlnehez lost
1900 men and 2f guns.
The River Meuae begins to ba narigahlo
about forty miles below These late battle
Gelds, hat by vers small stosmers. Ihe
Me,,re, which f1ows round Sedan, through oc-
ca-ionsl bigh ridges, intercloven With marsa.,
barren lnolls, lsx-ae!ds, and attetclaa Of
low country, becomes dark and wild ssream
aftertt crosses the Belgian frontier, greatly
resembling the Elbe between Dresden and
Prague. Tall pillars Of tu2-stone aud Asse-
s,nne, barren and tottering, rise hundreds Of
feet above tile water, and many Of them are
crowned with castle ruins. France ptotrnded
pp the Aeuae Valley ou both sides, long,
narrow eplre, like the yirgani. Panhandle. 70.
nearly tllrty mics; and Girer, the
las. town u France, standa Up in the m
lie Panl,andie. It was. probably.
aiacMahon's intention to push large body Of
the Prussiaua LACK in thia narrow pass, where
they could not msnuuyre, and, II thcy tres
raeeed on Eelsihn roll, they would either
Delgians. The Mcuss, as a a1nal! stream. has
already traye1scd one hundred niles OF Franco
before it 1caehea Sedan.
Such, in brief, il ths place wherc. By aouac
str.usa fatality, bali The French army van
dersi in blind strategy. like tue Eg:pti.ns into
up. and down. and across the Meusc. hcmmed
III. a,otmtd at, pursued with re1vntieas parse
yerance, spd, fnAlly, fought cut OF he1Ft md
hore, they yielded 1t fortified Sedan, like the
Austrians, four gesra before; before fortified
where they rallied:
3iozieres is the cblof town Of the Depart.
uent in which the Emperor surrendered, aud
We may euppoee that there EaB good deal Of
I cackliug, despair, aud pale-facedness amongst
the conntsy lawyers there. Il stauds high
ct tho Men 70, which here enters the slatr hills
Of A1lennes, like the rIl At Walking Gorge,
| iu New York State. Tho river cuts ita way
deep II the shell, aud, winding round like the
r;m Of three-leavel clover, holds Nezierea
suspended abora it In the ait. AIezierea con-
il was yssy sbiy defended BY V4ubaa; ind
cl,ev=lier Bayard .deseuded It, in 1911,
| will, 2,Nd0 men againat Charles v,
with 10000 Spanish b6siegezs, hold.
ing out ssx weeks. In this aisgs, bombs
wc:c for the frat time used. After the battle
Valley toward Paris, invoptsd Mederes, and =
shell tbey uavsw into the town i. still! pro-
served M relic where 1t struck, in the aisle
of the ine, namboyant Gothic church. This
small church WIS chosen, in 1870, for the
marriage Of isabelle OF Attstlia with Charles
sacrc Of St. bartholomew, and died Ut THE
age OF "a, with disgusting and useful MON.
orr. Here, again, il ope Of the extraordinary
parallel readings Of this campaign: the
Hn,sRian troops from Wit,ena6uTg thandersne
round the malriage.altar ut tho murderer Of
to.;gny. BehinA aIeziosca lies dnil, u.sin
torcEtinE. balf.foseet country, ca1ledin Frencl
la Enutlttust. REtbe1 town, 60 much referred
to lately, stands in the midst OF it, with up
| ward Of 1000 people. This pain il tame
Auu2tCllEtllb palL OF El8HEGs LII pfHlule &
the Mild erags and forests Of Ardennes ant
tho frontier. Getting in near Mexiercs, nat
frcnch were dung up the MeuBo past Seda,
to the river vlilages Of Iouxer, S.enay SIX
Dun, and lent out OF their conrso BY th
rail~ay TO Montmedy.
MoSEIEo1.
| Aioutmeds, hall Way bul Scan Mezle.os aui
Tlionyille, Is faursh-class fortress, standing
On uear1y parallel tributary Of tho Mouse
close m to Eclgiuul-tha tributary etFeau
cal!ess the C.lesE. This town il divided, hk
| miniature Qnebec. into au upper and = lowe
! town. The upper town il surrounded by ligh
, bss.,oua; tho lower town is iata,1eFontly Dc
tcuaca, and the ~Aule place coutains no NOR
, thar ! 100 people.
The onls cther fortified town between Mon,
, Ioetls and 1honrilic III Longwy, on the verge q
1-uxen.ooasg-in fact, projecting into i!
= NV. who called it the Iron Gate OF Franco
hnt tue Russians captured it twice, once i
. | Try, aud again t11 ISIS.
: stenaY. OIL til. Meusc, just behind Mon
: medr, waa once fortified :. bus its defence
!. are nov in ruins. 1t lies in fiat, marsh
; ccuptry, subject to inunlatiou and i COZ
. taina about 3,u00 ncople. Tho same nlaF
said Of Dun. kecping away from the Pru
: riau artillery on the heights to the north, tt
!. French wandered up the stream, endeaE0riu
! | to maintain line Of 1,sttlc in tfte fat countr
i | sul reach ferdun, where the road crossed II
l. Meuse from Metz to chaions but they xel
!. syaiu doubled up, made TO retire, and II
j. into
d Se2au-wbere Napoleon took bis Seda
T. chair, saying to those who carried tle bic
i II Eerlsn "-is manufacturing towu OF le
II md his pupiss and it Is important 81 hayit
n first popu!afizei the Sedau-ehair, which "
cuce used By nil good society, until the nu1
| eot in the hshit Of running on. and also
ID t having bsen the first town in France to
u | heartily into the manufacture Of cloth. &
10 bert, the great aud mean Primo Aini6tt
I'd ulsrlcd the business Of nskinG cloth in Soda
be sud probably yon can buy cloth ia Chicago
:. day irum the Sedan factories, where abo
I'd 10,0JD people worked ut tho business up
10 three weefe ago: Sedan cloths ire reckon
10 amo1:g the finest in Trance.
~ sedan il disty place. with three poor int
70 called, respectively, the Golden Croas, t
io silver Crose, AID tho Tnrenns Hotel,-t.
he latter named for the great soldier of Lot
he XIV: who was born hcre, and bis stat
u square, or Piaoc. At The centre of tho toa
nj 1hr statite IL ns miserable as the busTour
'o~ in6s. Several poor cafes. or ssfdn,nets, op
ek upon the square. Tho cloth factories ta
- advantage Of the cusseut and pools OF I
=, Meusc. which, flooding the bitches Of
aa ranlE,arss, goes on toward Aazieras 4
ms Chas!enont, :henee passing into Belgium:
to This plas,e il partly bull. on knob in
all vide amph;1heatta Of hills. The houses q
an generally low, white Limestone cottages,
Of upon stfeetR without sidewalks: and the I
OIL giles, bo1nh-proof, and detached parts OF
on derly stone forilfcasions. oyergrown Vt
ia- grass, tha ditches partly dry, run teyoad {
At town and hold guaxd ores the road into Dul
DO Lu1ombours. whose. fzontiar ie almost
Ms sight. The Meusc below Sedan makes 10
y, bend, and shows the white road ia the mel
y. ow leading to Nezieres, a long distance {
y This old fortified town il dismal enough
he time Of peace. but, crowded With III, 600 N,
lie ill-rrepared for i defence on this hang
ID. Holland frontier. and without ptovisio
laa probably without large artillery, it psoved Il
e1c less in tine Of trouble. alter ~ tue e1pe'
OF year., and gavo word to France more {
than that other word OF omen. Waterloo
Dts E*1uE fCor1lyES FScH SEDAN II NELGFEA.
lie The region Of Sedan is essentially Germ
ne. III 1sce anil traditions. It vas formerly
on nnchy Of Eouillon, and nelonged to the e.
NJ II III lu95 10 the Bishop Of Lege to II
on money for l.ia Palestine campaign. Fra
ny conquered it nearly eeyeu centuries lster,
in jus. before onr American Revolution, and
Of became The property Of the Court Chant
nd lie peace Of iii, it bad been divided
he tween Franco and the region now called !
20 ! eium,-seian falling to France, aud part
sas the town ofBouillon 10 Belgium. The toEu
ion Eouilfou, just ac1oes the present ftonueF II
kne ssedAp. la 8ltuattd between eleep ILLS on
ion Sp1rox,-s branch Of the Msuae.-aud it
E1eeded over By strong cae.1s on On OF
2 L.ngipg rock. Ii coutains about !, ,ooo pco|
md Tu1enne. otherwise HsnE, do Is y
10, d.aryergne, wss the son Of the Duke OF u
The lon. By tho daughter Of William thc Silent,
yau Holl.pd, and he nas b0rn 1t Sedan. in lbl1
the rrolcstant, IIe xAs educated by the - Fig
lar ix:. i'hL," Of tl.at time, 1tA.rire Of O1an
'ce, and ADOPTED by Richeljeu. He was the s.
The Marshal Of Franco on the Gez1naa iron;
Is ahirpta Conde, his rival, rcuonnse5 b bis
ses Agion for ambition, pluudered the Khel ,s1..
ne Pslat:uatc,-therebE popping PennsS1fa
as M=ry!spd, and New forR, R,-and. after b
is EiIled On / Reconnaissance ho was barred
les. 81. Eeuit, among ths, Bourbon kiOgs,
its his ashee we're sacked. w1.h shei1s, in