, 1873-01-19

nTade, the subjected to every vile outrage art
taea murdered II any persons escaped with life,
and spoil The old and ycung men cnd women, me
the saIe fate Charles, who, siuce the destruction
Cathedral OF 81, Lambert and driving out tic robbers
gcscuea that ter:.le. Ills Lieutenant in liz
t1annef rescued Ihs Church OF ST. James; BIT
S ri. f II h az On
f'ceeeliug morning an order was Issued that aGel
men end women and children might leave tho city.
The ecclesiastical communities sent By boats Il
another city. After the departure OF these, license
wa5 sgain given. There were orslcrs to kill or plan
der bnt there freedo given to tho soldiers to e
what they pleased. Thssa as no coneelted massacre
oeation.' All tae men found IN 'nese were
IN grours If for diversion. Many ere carried .e
the houeetops md thence hurled to the streets below
the bridge over thc Me,se, lied together in pairs md
there thrown into The river. How many perished by
these and other Of deaah is unknown Tho his
details, though they acknowledged tho tssacre ~
Ious estimates, founded uron moro loss historical
aa,a are s1Se'n and 81 msny tess Place the
fed the city before tho advent Of the
troops met fate hardly less dreadful, .1sin fome
instances cruel than those who remained. They
sought refuge and shelter in the woods. They were
destitute Of food and clothing. They could 50 no
where else. Harborng or giving rteer to fugilives
from Lege Was held to be crime and punished &C
them. They were hunted Us besst5. They perished
with cold aud hunger, and from exposure.
Tho soldiery had exhausted all their ingenuity
and strength in wiping out Dinant, but regular
laborors were employed to make more thorough
work Of the demolition OF Liege, and erase
almost ita very ruinB from the landscapes:
Some pans were taken to isolate tho churches In
der to prevent their taking fire when the Hitter should
be hndled. These precautions. however; failed in
many instanccs aud the churches shared the fate OF
the less saucaed property. On the 0Ih Of November,
the torch first applied: and Charles and his army,
then far away on their cruel mission, sa from their
kindled were allowed to exhaust themselves. Each
morning fresh fire Wns started; aud thus, conttnu
burn what was combustibio IN the eity; and dur
ing those long weeks Of days cpd nights, tho fires thus
used to crafty the royal demand for revenge, rage
through tho once beautiful city. At last these fires
went out there WAS nothing more to burn. Tho
churches which had been exempted by the Dukes
command, and spared by tho flames, etood sur
to so into Details Tho havoc which had been enacted
at uinans repeated, but more extensive field.
earev sed OF Of Sae
RED of and sold mud I'LL that was left Of Lfege that
had been erected by man. were the churches without
and priests without people.
While Charles the Bold lived, Liega remained un-
peope. Sono str1ggiers-sole survivors Of her peo-
ple-found shelter in the rocky heights behind the
allowed to hire lew mechanics; Int no step toxsrd
The rebuilding reinbahiting the CRY allowed.
No veasels were perpittcd to land; and In a COM
manding part Of the city fort was erected, conn
audiug both sides Of the river and which suppressed
my attempt to renew the industry which had once
been SO famed. +
The history of Liege may encourage both
Boston aud Chicago. Its loss Was total; and
ret, despite the determination OF its inhabit-
ants and its industries, Liege, in tho quiet
growth OF few centuries, had become one OF
.he busiest centres Of human activity in tha
world:
It is vast Workshop. Each r1an, .nd 1t would
ee, each woman aud child IS artisan Nature has
lepoEted In eosa vicinity inaxhaustibc beds Of iron
md coal Forever, By day md night, the miners are
ielring the and the fuel to feed the seemingly end
array of furnaces that 40 out. In countless
hops strong, hardy and skilful men, fashioning
nd forging this Iron into every Imaginable article
;htch tho wants Of zaaa require HardHare, cutlery
aQines and locomotives, mills, nails. machinery;
re-ar.Is aud cannon carriages, and every descrp-
ion OF vehicle these the ernrloy1nens OF
other vast establishments the sud tho chilli
Ell ndusriously at Nork upon linen aud cotton
oods, broadcloth and leather manufactures.