The New York herald., 1871-11-02
THE TOUR or AMADEUS
Ths Royal visit to Corona History 4 ths Oity.
and Its Principal 1uildings-How His le
Majesty Was Received Brilliant s''
uluminations in His Honor. .r.


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--.sasga MADRID, Oct q 1871. p
In my last detailed our sojourn In Barcelona mp
to the evening OF Monday, september lS Next morn
ing ateight O'Clock. started for Corona Two lines
OF railroad lead to ths ancient ana time. IGNORED
city-the one inland, the olher along the seacoast
The nrst was our route on sne upward Journey aud
the second on the return. At each OF the dcpos Of
Clot Horta San Andres dc Palomar. Santa Coloma,
Moncada, Moles, Montmelo. Grsnollers Cardelen,
Llinas Palan. San celoni. Gualba. Breda, Hosteb-
rich and Empalme-whIch, wisn their many
pueblos. were all studded over richly cultivated
c0untry-we stopped q few minutes to receive the
congratulations OF the gathered thousands. who
were loud In their DEMONSTRATORS or loyaity ana
respect to The King. Between two and three r. M.
we arrived rived a' .sarax.o..sf saI IS -ss-,,a Y.
"Gerona the Immortal as it Is called In history
Tradition ascribss the foundation Of the city 10
Gerion . contemporary OF Osirls who, having
travelled to me Pyrenees to explore the rich mine
raj treasures OF those m0unras rounded the CASTLE
and his three sons the city giving the name OF &C.
ronella to the spot TINS mag on may not be true;
but some say the name Is derived from the words
"Ger' tnearJ aud s'Onyarn-the sncient name OF
Its river-n0w called the Undar History Is silent
as to the part Corona took the tunes OF the Celts
Romans and PhenecianG OF tine CHRISTIAN era
there aro abundant records It's 1irst bishop
lPoncio) was martyred in sos by DlocletIan, and
subsequently canonizsd as santo Ponclo. ns An
esrlier tradluon asserts taat st. Paul and ST.
James both preached the Gospel here; but
this will not bear investigation However 1t had
Its bishops from the earliest ages. It's strongly bult
and proudly placed castle rendered lt an early
OBJECT o attack By the Moors who captured 1t at the
beginning OF the eighth century. In 7S5 Charlie
magne conquered it from them. In 1898 they
attacked and took lt again after horrible Siege.
AT the middle OF the ninth century 1t was recovered
by the cunts OF Barcelona In the twelfth cent ury
1t suffered three months' siege from Philip I'LL, Of
France, AFTER which 1t capnulascd but tn ough its
heroic bravery with all the hOnors. In 1851 Pedro
~. erected II into ducado, and in 141j Ferdinand
l. OF Aragon created II into principaiy. Juan III.
OF Arason assaulted ana sacked 1t Tor having given
shelter to his Queen, Juana Enrlquez. and her son,
and added TO the shelter the re usal TO surrender
them to his cruel will. II sustained long siege In
defence OF the rights Of hospital w. At the end OF
tile sixteenth Century II cOMpeiled the army OF
Louis Alv. 70 deciare Itself conquered beneath its
walls. In the seventeenth centurI capltuiatcd 70
NOaes, alter siege or twelve months. AT the out
rid, saragossa and other heroic cues rose ANS.
Napoleon l., corona Was DeSicgeu Intellectually IOr
s rsIs 0y S 1Ss y enc end o s
IL again. and Kept pounding a. ~ Tor nine
montns,,durng Which a tune they tred against y
thousand Ats l4.O0J innab,tantJ psrIsned De.
fore II was taxen. The defence was Ia the han0s OF
Seros 'a aavs @ seen M prociSnsoa a'V o. mis- 10
WINCH ne says:- -l .s81 s0@t4sIgG9 To Z 4
GEsysDxssEs Tho sasmy prop.sa.e the that they
ana experiences sSsers.,n no dOaat Il Any q
ton have defend the city drop OF blood All
shs nation know Of your the happier
sSr0n aS ss BE- a.ss sas
This Is dated Gerons, April I. 1900. and is slaAed
Mariana Alvarez. After mae Dontny heroic de-
bravery displaysd Ins garrson received tne nonors
property guaranteed. me French troops were sripG
iated to pe lodged IN the castle and barracks aud
not blleted on the residents, wnlc ali supplies oil
PROVISIONS were TO De paid for and not forced.
qff rs THE CATHEDRAL
Another relic Of that age Is the Csursn Of san Fus
wnore are still shown what purport to DO the head
Sd M s s'S q q atsfs s. 81 psaSs Tas
me al.s.:. - ~ .nsss ~, so1y iay, buried
sa ac ds Rs'ss s. sa9css - Sseas ne &c
Pnnllp tue Haf1f invaded the pfOyince and beaan
Of pouonoa. nleAs q an esloss, ISSUED rom inc
ss missing @Ss sss q Sss.sl g sf as = iss
plsasn-plose by .'t3pan,sn nes' wan Z vsnxe
0ns g9s 49, call rssse o & Whether SoSEe
tne story u nignly coiored ne pfowess Of t6ese
nlee y SILL .recorcel IN. the proven OF ..Los
sSsy 1858 sad cSnpesa the s..sos ssa
n1asr I" e oS nStns ere.
habltalits and compcllsd the French Under Beicn1s
SO snnooenv Is 70 Dsiievs the story ana oraisrs
national Thanksgiving 70 Son Harcls0 tue saylor o.
SPAN SPAN: A bs taere nach lit.e Or no trutn ~ these
putedthe ansiQuty Of the Clty and the many sIegcs
It has sustained. On arrival Ct ITS iaiiroad depot
and conducted 10 the Cathedral 6rst, an then
to the house Of wealthy resident, where he was 10
the housc He immsdiareiy came mee oas e cn the
balcony and was loudly cheered by the people.
He witnessed the dee OF tne troops and then stood
for TWO mortal hours IN one OF ihe suons receiving
deputations from the public bodic. ana from some
very enthusiastic In their reliclatlons some or the
more simple hearted among the peasants, VINO
threw themselves on their knees whcn they were
usnered into Inc presence OF royalty. King Amadeus
70 see anybody kneel before Elm. .'sLevantase p
rise up Is his instant cry, aud n the Kneeer - not
chaIp ~ ooeyiux nc uses nus own hands 10 enforce
it. nave seen him do this dozens OF times during
TINS journey. especially to the poor Wome u VINO
approach hlm with petlnons Nl1s 80 - -
alrl aw THE KINGS VISIT ABROAD. FN "a
The reception over, the King rode out IN an open
carriage with TWO norses, and without escort to no
hospitals and other pubic charities. 70 show the
good sense exhibited by the republicans j may
mention that one OF their deputies, Se1or Pefegri
received the King In the Casa do BeneGcencia aud
conducted MIN az over iic ediace, giving him ex.
plantations OF all It's details Here ought 10 men
Majesty BY the republicans Of Barcelona. they felt
that in receiving and nonoring the King ns CHIEF OF
the nation they were not under to least necesstty
Of abdicatlng their prlncples. nls Majesty