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.halons on The liver soAue, In Southe1n
;tauce. We are now ia very old aud historic
'aft Of France. the favorite haunt OF Gnst-
euague And the CarloylDgiAn hlnge, aud the
'cst Of the ihe founders Of the Cnpetisn dy-
1asty which was only suspended Win the pc
plateau description al round here. and the
camp OF Chalo1ia il ten OK twelve miles from
tho CITY upon the memorable sita Of AttilAs
battle with Theodore. Whenever the Prus-
sisns strike In this region. they will tap his,
horseback ride from Chalouss is the city
where Joan Of Arc crowned Charles VII
soissops, midway tetween Rheims and Cham
paBne, was once the captal Of France
SoEon, near by, was the bIth.pl.ce OF Jonn
OF coGgny, the hymns Of Luther will be sung
around the home OF Calvin. Il seems, there
fore. that John Browns soul Ia not tue
only thing Which is marching on. In
all the villages round Chnlons you can recog-
nize the names Of familiar ChampaSnes. sil,
the town Of Cha1ons is pierced for vaults,
where have seen the round-bellied bottles t
lie by tens Of thousands. neck downward. and |
ever and mon some Que would burst Of its ,
ovu yolition. |
The city Of chaions is very uninterestins; !!
marrow streets. poor, old.fashloned hotels. :
one large City Hill, or Hotel de IIik', carved ]
al over, like everything in France, With q :
freeh letter NJ" and three peculiar Churches,
constitute. With about &C, ,0u0 paop1o, tic OH
tire city. The NIne, here ahaloI stre LIN,
comes up into the city and il a sever, dye-
ing vat, milling power, and a washtuh. The
houses are OF Whita limestone, as everywhere
in the empire. a garrison is always kept
here, as, indeed, in evefy city q France. Tue
two Or three are gathered together, there he
will Re With them.
TIE CANT OF cHaLoNs.
The train going north from Chalous will
carry you TO the camp in about forty minutes
This great camp u suspended midway besween
Paris aud Metz, between Napoleon and GeE-
many 1t wsa designatcd as the site Of the
camp for the reason that it Was hea1th{, ac-
cessible iFuta Patis, il tie rear OF tho strong
Mo=elle aud EheuisA forsresses. aud conven-
lent to 1ntiuilate Germany IN the summer,
being LEES than hundred miles from Rhenish u
I1ussi1, Luxembourg, and Belgium. This
camp is no novelts in France, camps having
been established ever since the american Re&-
oiution, tor the purpose 0f seasoning men to
camp iifs, accustotn1ng them to large move
msnts. and entertaining the Court and popu-
lace with than battleR; but Caalons is the
largest csup ever pitched in Europe; aud the
farms Of upvarla at ,100 wiue-Sfowets and
pf asants were purchase ed outright and thrown
Into shis idle piece OF parade.
E1eursltp tickets arc sold from ChA!on5 to
tie camp aud return for shout two francs,
secohd class. The camp station Is called
Monrmflon, and disnounting hero one sees
nunll cz Of sc,all cottage hotels, With gardens
roucd them for the wiue-drlnkttsG card-fIay-
| ing soldiers Taking one Ut many cabs or
+ emribuses which ssALd 1t the station, you are
cowled over hard plaster rosd to village
| At the etfategir centre OF the camp-a very
| peculisr village, no house in it having per-
mapeat look, but al! apparently constructed
OF cheap material so as to be readily movable,
| aud the trees which groT round them arc Of
rank, quick growth, In this struggling. scat
| tered village, there are iDuR, restaurants,
brothe!s. shops. aud = theatre. They are ali
! OF tL,rd-rate character. adapted to tho wants
| Of common soldiers, aud We mag get good
| idea OF French morality by the fact thar the
Gro:lels are obliged to reduce their scale Of
psiceH to aecomtnodste tile c1cheauer OF tho
common soldier. Tic French Government ia
go bureaucratic that it iusiats upon masking
the bargains Ill foznlcation.
Chaloue camp is not for lied affair. ~ has
been said. 1t it, simply Champ de Aars
upon large scale, and it looks iEo race
hospital, and vi!lsgs OF suffers assembled
together. Three hard rosde concentrate At
the village have named, and which IL called
Grand 1lourmelon to distinguish it from the
railway station OF Petit 3loufmelou. On one
Of these ruads the artillery camp is pitched
! on Auotbgr the cavalry camp, and OH n third
The infantry camp, 4. the extreme eud d
the infautsy line are placed the Spahis and
| 7ureos. the leatlen mefcenaries Of France
brought orer from Harbary, to- amuse tht
Ia1i+iana. They are Arabs. black or yellow
the Spalis dressed iu Zouave costume. ant
arc 10th miserable set Of jcckals, but biz
} and supple enough to do euch work al tn
French Jim Fisk dcsires.
A trhmRay cunnects the different parts Q
the camp, on which tho provisions arc bauied
; Cannpns, horses. and stores stand iu the sul
or rain. The cemetery is grotesquely osna
melted With various efhGies, cut ont Of SIP
su1n. tho place for ehatu battles Is = EKas
{ lawn, sloping upward from the imperial pa
, vion, and covering shout five hundred acres
! IT. tie pavilion, whlch ID = cottage, spauGle
} uith arms aud eagles, the Emperor STAYS du.
. ms the two weeks Of parate, held late in Au
, ! gust or eariy in September, and right By
the Empress cottage, the Prince Imperial
,, c1ib. alt, the Lousa q the camp commander
: ce1a looked to me. IS passed over it, TO b
:. aa affair without reason or besuty. Tbs lane
/ zcape, perfectly bake, rose high aud bos
I against tie eEy, and, as I rode over it in
;" dfenching rain, I consulted q large book
. military camps in general. and this ono
: particular.
= And row, they say, the Emperor is
!" 1.l1' ima. Let us tcok at Ineius. Tbs "a
:. was will tske you theze IL thirty minute
= FROM the camr. Eight cnsner roads cauce
a ttate at RheiIns. aud five lines Of rail. but
= il on the dire ct way to Tsris. It Is larE
:. cit, tim ChaIotlr, huld,ng. perhaps, for
7 thou nd ,;eoulc, and i, il a!ro grea. char
:. | paGne market. The rnpdcru part Ut Il
- tonn, around the l1say station. is quite pr
stntable, having smar: green park and LAX
"a aud etasue Of Colbert, who VAS born her,
y but, as you proceed up INTO the town from
n staten. you ezreiye that Rheims il one
4! 4! tic Oldest TOW LIS IN FEace-st riie, ciscui.or
"a narrow ettects. toofish people, houtes
~ ~ protsudipg gables, poor coyking. Little bli
~ aileys, rtraage sign-ports. 1ingy arcades. c
VI ~ csrvcd water for:ains, sn1all inns, AUG, os
lcsfcct gothic ediace. full Of rust, grotes4r
ness, aud dnsy aplentlor. II has
- reddish. gray Limestone hue. Two gre
~ towers rae from tbe farddt- Dragons q
I'd above tie deep portals amt ngst the embattl
p Angels. Flying butitssses leap over the tr:
~ sep.s and lean Gainst tue nave:
l. Within the church. epangied gold in t
hs blue groiuinGt, MANY royal psgeanss ia
10 10 betu performed. and here Joan OF poEeu
~ unfurle.i her orritlamme, In this old to
- amongst tire peasants who believe in his
~ ~ from terse superstition, the melo-tlEama
'sp Sa Empc.or lil*s his diminished head Tbl
~ ~. ! miles distant IL Ham, where he vas eeve
~ ~ years prisoner and ~, author Of decept
- eentmentAhties at ComFeseas be !
~. ~ l,ou, ded aud hunted amongst his ra1iEi.
Al Rheims. where the most worthless Bons'
Ia, wae crowned, the th,rc reiguiug Napoleon .
~ muse upon its vii iesue Of \ throne GAi
,r ,n, hg reriury au3 murder, maintained by
- rliclty, and forfeited without necessity or :!
-ct pa,hF. -
~ the tiyrnnn race is moving to its pnliosof
's- NV conclusion: Tsals in the nineteenth cent?
- The voeSes country. I khcrt range. eq
- - il height 10 our Ais gLany Mountalns,
IL beeu alsesdr as=ed ty ;ht irs;zaa,as. n
~. viii be rsaeed superior to the other; Ia
~ a. France hasa resrr.e army Of lnagnisrde
-, | exyerispcc, it sactns probable that Lou1s
nea poffou has zach. i the end Of his career.
,ers The only rersons sho &c ssn teFres r. 1hss 3
nov md a lev American donkcys, vino, VII
t1es f .Benold III things created for my nse:"
toe lug "See trance lor mine!" replies tds Ptu!
.ao goose ......
sasy NOTES on TEE TWO NATIONS.
~ Tho wonder Ok this wax is that Pruaaia
Ar, whipped Frauce-France. that claimed t
.han responsible for everything that ~as, aud
rosf natural dictator over everything tna: c
sera be- France, that supposed Europe shiF
. Of vhtu i, sneezed; thas attributed evesEt
81 to it, int revelation, and that supposed
At Il bodv in the world would surrender tis b
Esnt righ, to eelonE to 80 glorious nation:
france. having kept up huge etandlal
my II procigious expense, and ta1eht u
tray- to teneve that, however Nold.rtnl haa
aver the paet u neeh. ~ aoSoaotei2 r.
the uncef Napoleon. Sehetu. y e':s .ss's ith -. Z
3ads tleatso tofln q nshe oTLooe oeao.o 1AS
:he tat q zoe eoEu1n. 1ha. % r
sirsy H1Eo. bi'EoH3 tne 1oi' 80 ;at,r,.r - =,
1ise ea1-+h. !: tsNss sesNae !,s; ~ ..ah
,isne pea1s that the Frenchn:au has declined +
me me lie empire. Sapoleoa han denAncled Fl
,he II il OF III. giant thai ii WAS. Who eha
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