Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-05
Demolition Of the EuiIerIcs.

Demolition Of the FulIerIes.
The French Chambers of Deputies has de-
lcrced The demolition o! the Palaco of tho Tuii
lerlts. tho ancient aud modern babtalion of the
monarohs Of the oCu0try, which vas destroyed
all except its walls, by tho communists iu May,
1871. The votc 10 the Chamber was such
decisive one that it may bc assumed for certain
that this palace will soo1 disappear, and the
gr0uod occupied BY it be added to tho Tuils,,
les Gardens. which already oompris, fifty acres.
! by this change the Placl de Carrouse will b,
united to tho Place ds la Concordo, and tho
! west front Of tho Louvro will have al uuinter
| rupted and unrivaled vista Of pla7,. pa!k and
garden, such as ia pres ntod 10 no other city in
the world. The Tulcries has a strange and
not very savory history. 1t was buii;--or the
present building Was beguo, rathcr--by CatIla-
rlno do Medici, the able and venomous w;lo OF
III, who SO long ruled tho dcstinics OF
| France to evil. Strong minded woman as sho
| was, the crimes hstohod and done ia tho Lou
Vre seemed to mako the atmosphere oil tbs.
palace ckcning to her. That old paIaoo was
| begun, according TO Saint Folk. by Dacobcr,,
%ho kept his horS1a aud hounds ia it. L. vaq
| mado State nrison by Philip Augustus and n
| palace by Charles V aad Francis |. 1t was
| from one at tho windows OF the Louvre that
| Charles lA. sou OF Catharlne, irod upon the
| Hugucnots.
| There aro'legends that Charles V begau tho
building Ct tho Tuileries, (which derives its
| nams from the lot upon which it is built having
| boen originally brick yard or ti|o yard--tuilc.
| REL but 1t soems certain that the oldest part
| OF the building whose ruins still remain-thc
| central Pavilion dc rhoroee-waa erected by
| Catherine &c Nledicl in 1864. She also addet
| the adj OniDg wings and their paVpns, and
| lived III the new palace unit! death put au end
| to her plots and conspiricos. Henry lV ncxt
occupied the palace and enlarged it by extend
! ug both wings. 1t was llvorito palsc, ci' tho
| French monaraha thenoc!orward until Louis
XIV, piqued at the vars Of tho Froude auA
tho questionable obtisancc which the volatile
ParisiaGs paid to his maxim. al litat G. est
moi, removed tho court to Versailles. This
was in 1872. aud after the Graudo Monarchn
had completed the gallery, begun by bis father
connecting the Palace with tho Louvre. Louis
xiv also got Mausarl to improve the dome OF
tho Pavlllou dc rhorlogo 10 his characteristics
style, but he Would not live in tho plaoc, ard
it was not again occupied by French king un
til 1889. when tho populaoe oil Paris marched
cut to VcrSaeS and compelled Louis XVI
and Mario Autoinotte to remove thithcr. On
The memorable August 10. l793 this samo
,porulace, tired Ct their puppot king and
tho hated Austrian woman." bis wife.
stormod the building. msssacrcd the Swiss
guard, aud removed Louis Capet" and
bis wife 10 prisop. Napoleon, as soon as
nc became first coGsu!, moved into tho Tueriea
and made it his imperial palace. llo also be-
gan tho north gallery. along tho Rue DO RiVoli,
| which was np!etod in 1867 by Napoleon tho
4 n a1, a al nil, f.
the Tuicrcs ard tho Louvre. with the Place
du Carrouscl Tor i.s quadrangle, one OF tho
largest aud most magnificent PALACES 10 Europe.
EagravlDg0 have saado every ono familiar with
the front Of tho TuilerieG, facing tho gardens,
Tho Interior was unrvaled 10 elaboration, and
the palace contained So many rooms that il
used to be said the attondaots never oluld tell
how many persons wcro su:rcptitiously har,
bored there. The old palace has ever been ot'
nOxious to tho Eroroh democracy. who sacIc,:
it in 1880. and again ia 1918, and butn1I it
finally in 1871. There were many omlnoug
shakirg5 of the hoad WHOM Louis NAPOLEON
moved thithor from tho Palace Of the Elysac.
10 1852. In 1871 the petroeurs thoroughly
saturated the building with coal oil, put cx
plosives in ito cellars, and fired it 10 hundred
places. 1t was burnt cue effectively, a1d a part
also OF Tho galleries connecting Il with th.
: Louvre. The gardep, which Was destroyed nt
tho same time, has been restored but tho pom
ulsco would never permit tho restorlll N oi the
palace. the walls and foundations Of which arc
now TO bc raz,d in order to increase tho
breathing room of tho PsrisiRns. tSlI.
Tile SAD Story OF A BETRAYED WOMAN.
The last est Of an old but too constantly TO-
peated drama has been soen this week OF ono
of cur New York hotels; tho curtain has been
rurg down and the earthly record flushed in
misery and shame Of ouoo happy and bcautl-
: ful girl. O0ly two or three weeks ago seem
insly deeply attached pair arrived hero from
- Eugland. There were ton or twelve days OF ap-
parent ,rd and content in each others sccl-
ETY., aud then the euppes ID husband-a man ol
fashionable exterior and polished manncrs-
= wont away. His story was that he was golng to
phi!adeiphia, and that lie would soon return.
liz failed, however, to return, and IN dsy or
: two his companion became pale and bowed like
hIiphted liy, A week passed aud tho unfor-
tunate woman saw and felt that eho was aban
: 5oped, s. she laid dowo and never lifted up
d her head again. The wretched truth came cut at
Ias, She had f.d from her husband 10 Eog'
% land at tho solicitation Of tho scouudrel who
4 had now abandoned her. Captain CorYcrs
as be called himself, it TUNED out had actually
called for Eoelaud again, leaving his victim
who had sacrificed all for him, i'll and pennies
. in strange land. 1t was to bo expected. O
:; course, but equally ofcourso this poor creature
did not expect il; aud so shs died in bitter eric
aud r.moIs,. II said that she prayed Whe
= dyips that her husband might fall in with he
bstrayer 10 England. Strange but pitiful hand
smoolhered her wretched pillow and supplie
her needs till tho last, and yesterday she Wa
, laid to res, in Greenwood Il may be Wron
=, to echo poor Mary Hartley alleged dying pray
er bu. it is bard 10 repress. in reading OF be
u wretobcd fate, hope that punishment 10 som
iuss form SHOULD fail unon the william who de
a stroyed her.-M Y Erening Post.
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