The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-14
FALL OF THE BAs,ILLE
our French cit xens celebrate IL. "A
History Of she Prison.

our French cit zens celebrate II, "A
History Of she Prison.
To night at Ansoine's BIRD cage GU
French c,izsns will celebrate the fall of tb,
Bssal in mxnner:ap PIRATE and with 81
esInes.ness bea .tiog saea an occasion. Thu
hall has been beautifully decorated and th'
colors of France and the United States COM
bino together in adorniug the walls
We Americans and our German citi
z,os and in fact all fo'eigu borI
who have become a party Of
Us will Join in commemorating the joyou
occasion of the fall OF the deteslable French
prison. Professor B,uer's baud will be IL
attendance to discourse delightful music AND
there will b. dancing and y good time gen.
orally. Speeches will b. made, and the
occasion BIDS fair to be in full keeping with
the event celebrated.
TIE d, fl ilion VI Bsstille as given, Is from
bai,r, winch means to build, and in the ear
Ter use Of the word was any fortified build
irg forming part of a system of defense OF
al .cR, aIu tne name was especially applied
TO several the principal points in the al.
Gent fortlfcati ms Ot Paris. la the reign
of King John, or even earlier
the gate OF Saint Antoine was ,tked by two
towers, and in 1869 H6shes Aub-
riat NJ the commsnd ol Charles 5.h changed
it into regular Ba;tlle or fort by tue sddi,
ton of six others of massive structure, the
rpbole uaited by thick walls and sur
ounded by a ditch twenty-five feel
wide. Various alterations were at
forwards made, but the building remSne
what it was substantially made by the vlgor.
Gus provost, a strong and gloomy ST., Q are
with eight stern towers. As the use OF the
general publications were superseded the USE
OF the word BAstlle asa general designation
castle of Saint Antoine, the political
importance of which made it radically
long before it WAS a,tusliy Q only B.stilis
Of Paris. The building originally had q
military purpose, and it appears Ms fortress
on several occasions in French history
When Charles the Seventh re-.
took Paris fOm the English
in 1896 all his opponents in the cit,
took rsiu 20 in the B.sttlle, which they pre-
paved to defend with vIgor, but the want OF
provisions obliged them 10 cspi!ul.te. In
1858. the Duke of Gulse took possession OF
the BastilIe, and had the parliament shu,
up within its gloomy wallis for having refuse
their adherence to tho league. Henry the
Fourth deposited his ire sures there. There
is "a great many more historical euento con.
nec.ed with IT, that are too nun rous to
to ne ton. Ass very rly rerod. how,
~ he Baetile was empl we'd tr The
us.Ody of state prisoners aDo
1t grew to be more of prison
According to the generally accepted accounts
the fret one incsrcerated within its walls was
the builder himself. Hughes Aubrlst To
the reign of Louis XIII 1t was recognized u.
regular place of confinement, and
from that tine on until
lis destruction by an enrsged people it was
alled with men. women and children 81
every age and condition. The stories told
about the treatment within tn
cruel walls of the Bastile are
shocking and almost beyond belief. At
the bresking out of the French revolution
the BastIle was attacked BY the PA-isiAns and
after vigorous resistance 1t was taken AID
r.zed 10 the ground on the l4sh Of july,
1850. At the time If its capture only seven
prisoners we're found within ito walls. Thu.
q patriotic people made away with q
prison that had been used fol
Incarceration at tina bidding of royalty.
The site Of the building Is now marked BY
Acolumn of bronze dedicated TO the mem
Dry Of tho patriots of July A.h l7G9 and il
crowned by gilded figure OF Mercury
spreading his piaions in ths act of fight.