, 1870-09-07

Crusader Godfrey Of Bouillou, who pledged
II III lU95 10 the Bishop Of Lege to raise
money for lia Palestine campaign. France
conquered it nearly seyen centuries lates. or
just before onr American Revelation, and 1t
became the property Of the Court Chamber
laiue. La Tour d'Auvc1gne, BY royal gitt: By
the peace Of TIA, it had been divided he
| tween Franco and the region now called Bel
Eium,-Sedan falling to France, an1 part VI
fhe town ofBouillon 10 Belgium. The toxin Of
| Eouilfon, Just 1c1Des the present ftontaeE from
| Sed4p, ia Bituattd between steep hills on the
-Senor,-4 branch Of the Msuse,-aud it u
E:1eened over By = strong caes1e on au over
| banging rock 1t coutairs about :, 900 people.
| Tp1enne. othcrwiaa Henn do Is Tour
| ti'AryerEpe, was the son Of the Duke Of Houll-
lon, By tl.e daughter Of William The Silent OF
| Holland, and he ~as b0ru Ut sedan, ID 4oll
| Protestant lie xAs educated By the Fight
ius IhL.~ Of tl4at time, NaEnce OF Orange,
| and ADOPTED by Tichelieu. He was the great
SIareLaj Of Franco on the German frontier,
| ns.irptl Conde, his rival. rcnonnsej bis r.
| ,icicn for AMBITION, pluudered the Rhenlsh
| psla.:uasc.-theseby peoplinE PennsJ1ssnla'
| M=Yr,spd, and New fork.-and. after being
| killed On Reconnaissance. ho "ss od11ea y
81. Ecuit, amoug tho Bourbon hnes, and
h;s ashe. we're sacked, with theitB, in the
| EeyoIutiou. 1t ID singular thst, At this time,
aIa Tour d'AuyerEne should he cabinet
ctEceE iii Donapaltes rulncd dceputsru; Whiie
Sca:n, tho family eeat, becomes eelehrated By
J.nGE1tt1&
rr:ci hsve overcome those Of Turenne.
The rresert Il Tour d'-Auretgne is de-
| +eerJ.nt at ~ ll.gitiuato branch OF the
Bouillcn family, whose great ancestor boro tne
| title Of the f11Et GF5nAdier OF Franco Al
loaillon, i slsiu the ay .na .efa;2 ensspooa = sn
the Ealgiau Guard probably made an exciting
| p,cturc ou the daxs Of battle round Sedan
| eatherod letare tho ~enny Hotel du Nord
1ve1rhaduvcd hy the military prison. the Sc
| moi River screaming b. down !ccky gorge
| x,c=sed by two bridges; and hroken country
ut xoo.Is and rocks cnrisuuiog tbs placa. Iht
] nearest railway station in Belgium to Doullo1
| il St. Hubert, twenty miles N the EeAr, on tht
Great luxembourg Railway, wh5sh .weaps IN
side the Prassian. Luse1nl1urg,. aud Belgian
pened the first fight of tho wst, to Tteees
luxembourg City. aud thence straight I,
S3uluF and Brussels.
St. HuboEt il equa1id town. containing II
Attry church. and It lies = = piece GU ffou
| ita station OF poi1- Other stations doubtes
crowded with upunded and psnic-stricke'
wretchea. arc IonEtiez. slate qust7T town
and Aslon,, bright place Of 6,Goo psople
amidst good scenery. Luxembourg town SUI
fortress. where uaost Of the var c1s1es3on
dence has been despatched By telegraph, con
tains 1900 people, ard il the property Q
Holland. This u singular place, built on
peuinsuIated p1omontou, With diam antle'
fortilcations sIrewu all round it, partly faze'
| in 1867, to prevent France Or Prussia rom o.
cursing them. Streams run through dec
I Scrre. II The tsse Of it, two hundred feet be
low The promontory town. and little millin
, | and industrial suburbs nestle on the brink @
these streams. Luxembourg has.been hkone
| to Jerusalem and to Gibraltar. There II
81 two good inns here, and lively, PERCEPTION
. . scenery Ill round. :;
French Sedan3a about equidista aut from th
two large foreign towns Of Luxembourg ~
, | Samur; that is about Bfty miles from each
straight line. The tngitives, falling hs;
toward Nanur, passed directly through shal
speare's "Foreat of Arden" and hne FORE
= rcenerv it fs to this daJ:
. ! "AIdepnes waves ADORE them her green leaves
~ DeNy with NATURES teardtops, ~ they pass"
Namur WIS undoubtedly III Idle and e1pes