Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-06-09

having predicted that St. German
would be fatal to her, she took alarm
and abandoned the design. She
did not, however, escape her pre-
dicted fate, for she died in the Ho-
tel de scissors, which she had erect
ed, as she thought, out of the way
of St. German in any shape; but
the priest who attended her on her
death-bed was Laurence de st. Ger
main, titular Bishop Of Nazareth.
The Tuileries was continued by
Henry Nv, Louis XIII, and Louis
XIV. 1t was also in the form of
three sides of a parallelogram, the
open court between the sides being
1900 feet long by 400 wide, and IA
cling the court of the Louvre. Ma
poleon III. caused the two sides of
the two palaces to be united, thus
forming an immense parallelogram
the wing which connects them be-
ing called the New Louvre. In
front of the Clock Tower of the Tu-
ileries were the following inscrip-
tions in letters Of gold on slabs of
black mable: "154l, Francois L.
commence lie Louvre; 1864, Catha-
rine de Mcdicis commence les Tuil-
cries; ls52-ls57, Napoleon III. re-
unit les Tuilerics au Louvre" The
combined palaces occupied 60 acres.
Louis XIV was the last sovereign
who resided in the Louvre. 1t was
then converted into museum Of
art and paintings. The new Louvre
was used as offices for the ministers.
Previously to the revolution the Tu-
ileries was rarely used as a resi-
dence by the French kings. In 1889,
Louis XVI. was brought there from
Versailles by the mob. He attempt
ed to escape from it on the 10th Of
August, 1892. The conflict between
the Swiss. Guards and the people
took place there, and during the
Reign of Terror the Convention and
the Committee of Public Safety held
their sittings in the palace. Napo-
leon, when First Consul, made it the
seat of government, and it has re-
NAMED so ever since. In 1880, the
mob Of Paris attacked and pillaged
it, expelling Charles X. from France.
In 1913, similar scenes occurred on
the expulsion of Louis Philippe.
And on the 4th of September, 1870,
the Empress Eugene fled from it,
after her husband had been made
prisoner at Sedan by the Prussians.
1t has thus within century wit
messed the downfall Of ten different
forms Of government.
The Palais Royale was begun by
Cardinal Richelicu in 1924 and I'm
ished in 1896. 1t became the resi-
dence of Anne of Austria and her
son Louis XIV during his minority,
but no monarch of France has since
lived in it. The Dukes Of Orleans
became possessed Of it, and made it
notorious by their debauchery. 1t
is in the form Of a parallelogram,
with gardens in the intervening
space and is extensively used for
restaurants and other trades. 1t
was sacked in ls4s, but was restor-
ed and fitted up for Prince Jerome
Bonaparte, and on his death it be-
came the property Of Prince Napo-
leon, his son.
The Palace of the Luxembourg
was built in l6l5-2O for Marie dc
Medicis, then regent Of France, af-
ter the style Of the Pitt Pal>ce of
Florence. It consisted of centre
and two wings, and was named at
ter the mansion of the Duke of Lux
embourg, on the site Of which it was
built. 1t was used as prison du-
ring the great revolution, and it be-
came successfully the palace Of the
Directory and the Consulate, and,
recently, of the Senate, which held
its sittings in the grand semi-circu-
lar hall. The Legislative Assembly
held it's sittings in the Palais Bour-
bon, n building erected in 1922 by
the Duchess of Bourbon, opposite
the Pont de la Concorde. There in
former days the Council of Five
Hundred and the Chamber of Dep
uties held their sittings."