The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-03-14

the women and children in long fill
moved out. They were offered an escol
to Liege, whittier this same army wa
soon to move ON a precisely simila
errand. Behind them were fathers, hns
bands. brothers and sons, in chains
Bereft Of every species Of property, n
duced to absolute want, these Thousand
Of helpless creatures were compelled I.
leave home, country. and protection. an,
perish from want by the roadside.
This accomplished, the next step il
the programme was to remove the grea
body of troops, preparatory to the fina
destruction of the city. An accident
however, precipitated this part of it,
doom. The night after the departure OF
the women and children, fire broke
out, which soon spread. Orders were
given to extinguish it, but it reached the
Hotel de Vile, which was stored with
gunpowder. The explosion extended
the fire. A great number of the prison
ers. including the officials and more
noted citizens, were confined in the
Church of Notre Dame, and were burned
In the destruction of that building. The
fire spread furiously, and in its progress
overlook soldiers laden with oil thou.
sands Were hemmed in between streets
of blazing fire, and persisted. The vim
dictive commander had no regret, other
than that an accident should have antici-
pated his orders, and that the world
would not give him the full glory of
having applied the torch. He did what
was next best to secure this destruction,
and that was To have the fire applied to
all parts Of the town not within the
range of the existing confagration.
Again and again was this work renewed.
Buildings that escaped tine fire one day
were fired the next 4; and SO for seven
days and nights did the hellish work
progress, until there was not a habitation
Or building left in the whole Of the
once proud city of Dinant.
The aged Prince who, from his perch
1t Bouvignes, could see nothing left of
the once stately city of Dinant, with its
numerous churches and public buildings
mot even Of it's walls, with their eighty
blackened ruins and snok.
ng embers, was not satisfied. He or
Tered laborers from other cities of his
lominions to level the broken walls of
he burnt buildings. excavate the foun-
and cart away to distant
laces everything incombustible that
night be used in rebuilding any portion
4 the city. The ruins were thus re-
noved: officers were stationed there to
ollect everything OF value, no matter
ow small, that had escaped the pillage
nd the fire. The dust and ashes and
lnders were actually sifted, in order to
ave no relic to be found thereafter !,
pom what had been the site of the brave
ty. In the list of articles found by the
Ulcers, and by them inventoried anu !
I'D on account of the Government, were
any Of the character following:
:" A little chain of silver, with bell"
"Two little silver cups, weighing, to- !,
ether, one mark" /.
" A pair Of brides gloves" =
-" An agnus encased in silver" =
:" A necklace with ten little paternos- ..
rs of amber"
The work Of destruction continued un-
the next spring, and then, when there :
IS not stone upon another, and each
nber and stone had been carried far ;,
ray, the vengeance of Philip "the :
oOd' was satisfied, and Dinant was no ).
ore. =
Still worse, if that could be, was the :,
of Liege. Liege was an ;,
principality over which !,
iilip had placed his relative, John of :.
'urbon, as reigning Bishop. The peo- !,
e rebelled against this worthless !,
lice and more worthless prciate; were !,
seral times punished severely, and, ~
ally, for an attempt to make the Bishop
prisoner, Charles, who had become ;,
IKE Of FLANDERS and Burgundy, wiped
e city out Of existence. :,
The churches of Liege we're rich be- ci
nd those of any city outside of Rome. cl
icy were adorned in the most costly n,
amer. The fame Of their wealth ex- b,
eded perhaps the reality; but. it al
we'd to lead the soldiers, once set free, la
seek their first plumber in these re- eli
ious houses. They entered the bt
urches sword in hand. They robbed n,