Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-07-21

but the vast majority confused mass Oh
ruins. / asked our coachman why tney were
not rebuilding or removing the oenrls'-
They have no money, said he, at present,
but in few years, when the war ueot IS
/ lighter, they will commence to rebuild.
Neither pen or pencil can picture the scene
of devastation that met our eyes on every
hand. We should have found it sad pl, as
ure to have fingered here and visited the ruins
on foot; lut, as we had planned for visit to
ST. Cloud to see the ruins of Napoleon HIS
palace our time did not permit further de-
lay.
Our track to ST. Cloud lay through the
Bots de Bouogne, woods of Bouiogne) a
delightful park, where the Emperor, and
members of the Jocky CLUB were accustomed
TO drive of an afternoon. Before reaching
the park, however, We passed the pedestal, on
which stood bronze statne Of Napoleon l.
erected by Napoleon III. after wiring MS
book of Julius Caesar. For fear that the
/ Prussians might get this statue, the Commnn-
lists threw it into the river, but Afterwards
took it out and made is into cannon. After
spending a half hour in the Jardin DAccA-
matation, where we saw collection OF plants
and animals from all parts OF the World
superior, in point of numbers ana neathess'
tn ANYTHING we saw in London, the famous
Geological Gardens not excepted, we entered
the Bots de Boulogne. This forest OF trees
was resorted to by the unfortunate citizens OF
Paris for fire wood during the seige, but only
few acres of the trees were cut down.
Some of the trees showed the effect of the
war, being sadly cut by shot and shell, from
the fighting between the Communists ard the
Versailles army. Before arriving at st,
Cloud, we drove by the celebrated Long
Champs, where, at the time of the Exposition
| in 1867, Emperor Napoleon LII reviewed ms
troops before representatives OF the World,
and where Kaiser William also reviewed his
troops just before entering Paris on the 18Th
of January, 1871, and where, sad TO relate,
so many of the unfortunate Communists, con-
demned to die, met th>ir death at the hands
of their own countrymen. The Long Champs
is an extensive trotting park, formerly used
by the Jockey lab, and attended on some &C.
casions by the late Emperor, but deserted
now, at least for the present. Here we had
a fine view of Fort Nal, alren. four miles
from the city, called the key Of Paris, being
a natural fertilization. 1t was from this fort
that the French bonbarded the village OF ST.
Cloud, throwing petroleum shells and burning
the village together with the palace Of the
Emperor, just before the surrender of Paris.
ST. Cloud was occupied at the time by King
Williams army, and the French thought they
could drive him ont with petroleum shells.
The ruins of St. Cloud as we found on enter
ing the village, bear testimony TO the mistake
of the French, and here it may be well to OBJ
serve, that the greater part of the property
destroyed in Paris and vicinity during the war
of '70-Tl, was destroyed at their own hands,
apparently, with blind madness.
After refreshing ourselves with a luncheon,
we proceeded on foot to view the ruins O. the
late Emperor's palace. now crumbne away,
grand mass o. ruins and monument Of de-