New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-22
THE FALL OF ST. CLOUD.
FROM The sCEPTRE TO THE AUCTIoNEERS
HAMMER

From The London Globe, July % ,,,,,
win be added to the past. Tae Palace OF st. Cloud. Or
rather what remains OF 1t, has come uhusi 70 tho
En~iSh tourist vii thereby disappear FOR twenty
two years 1t has been an eyesore 10 IN. Nausi' "
length the ruins are be handed over TO the peKa%ee
and spade. but before they are 'G a he interesting
As know TIE afST T Gns tho
ssac of Paris, when it pounded by the shells from
Mont valcen, and lnay DESTROYED by Inc inc 'o 10
tsst Nsnoleon i'll dned at the palace for the last Tine
The had been declared ana The 70 bem 10
BANQUET before leaving to join the array uh trI
dessert being seiyea paionT oaSfea the band to
play the Marsclllase revolutionary ar wm t.
during his reign was p'oastitea ana S % dnnta as il
was 10 that OF Louis XVI It was the iast oeSaSlo
on shck n music suS fh hS n Of f france ss
The historical role Of tie chateau da'ei from olG
isTyapd sold It against his viii for much less than Is
was worth, and under curious clrc,his'uI,s ,tst
70 the owner who received him in pfncelv sV ,,
Ills Majesty enrDtured with the Duiiullle " nm
park surrounding II. Cardinal Mazaiih VINO anvI
ppanicd the monarch was equally loud In his ndhi.a,
lion OF IT, and approaching llervaId sld. lo w
have spent millions on it, The ferner genera a. W." c
at loss for an answer since to confess that me 10
tate had cost him much would be 10 aisio mest1v
Xner few seconds he replied No. not so mncn rh us
YOU may imagine-only about 10oo0o nntorv who
Nv. doy no received the visit OF RoNai nun. nrnn
heSged him In the name Of the King 10 red' ,ne
rtv IN lis Majesty of course this was tah,,'Tm r
10 command which he was ior tbs deed Of sale in his
hand The King" he said, accepts your e' Her
and will take the domain for h lUoH incur Ills Moesy
displcasure and the loss Of ms seau of St Cloud
.raTSed and emSeished became royal %, me
capable Of ryans the s I% nTs a XIV and after him
Mnre Ant inetto Napoleon Appreciate sne b" act
Of the spot there 'S Wns ne there S's also where
|hcn nia a,,at Of the Brumaire was accomplishing
Then came the overthrow OF ho hp occpnicd the
,,as,on M the conqueT'Tp enemy VINO occuP"1 ndn-
invasion a made merry In the Imperial salons uhar'
Inc second Empire it was the principal s'i wae there
aence ,bat the Queen passed her memorable WISH 70
tbc 1mperal Court Nine Cartte in her f H
recosstons o gyfs the rcsn Of Napoleon III Tho
apartments of their MaieieS 0ceup t The EMPRESS
OF os 'h e,a rS at the extremity: contained hye
windows, from which splendid pahorinsa o II was
formerly the bedroom Of Louis XVI In me
sfudy was TO found writing desk when thai
belonged to MS ana in 81 the de @
bale prominently hung IN uIe era vas In that
tns tSas NspeIeon iii took leave of the Empress
when accompanied by the Prince Imperial ne p sur
himself at the head OF his troops never - ''''"
"s remember visiting the ruined chaean after e, PsaSe
was signed had pssseS What ,otO eject the sg guns G
sG Mont Valeren had on the positions Of the Germans
IN and a. s Ssn"md the Sn PH Sopnar e paan christ
go In crosse josepbinp- and every night IL woke
me no lust nicely asleep ana WsnS "a 1871,
20 find The palace such awful wreck The runs
ysra stiIl smoking and every now and then pll.rs
and rfters came tumbling down. Dhe Franc staryAso
Will lis marble columns was nearly rcducea ~ 49,
rest had fallen n carrying with IL doors ana noois
which lay In a heap below. scrambled o'ei ~
rnns outside and got into the chateau by one OF ne
windows but before had time TO 50 any rlr sn
aisa Of stairs iseTgi e wiser wsa G aS
o. continue INV explorations. and rereaied int9 the
parS mach to the meriment of the Germah soieIs,,,
Who had warned OF the danger IL Is ge"e,"iIHh
lis treasures but the truth Is that most OF tie ool~
~ valne yerc removed by the French authorize, D.
fore the arrival Of the invader under the Walls Va
Paris Several rich tapestries, however, VT n 80 80
stolen or destroyed nobody knows some nnep'eeh'e
were also left behind and fell into the ta,uS ~ In
enemy whose pa;diallty for clocks IS DywoEu "NA
the French. IA. , md foru
fed Round the park ran rows oil cascnates, Ny .b
The Germans WIRE quite at home and free from tle
shells of la crosse Josephine which passed oVer
their heads rs they smoked their pipcs IN tne' canc
that the Germans would occupy the palace henSe
their bomtardment of II but they we're not su.a
foeIs as that Others say that the palace was de'
sroyed by the Republicans because ~ was ens nes n
pla ycround reserved for the Prince Imperial Where
he had miniature circular railway, remained almost
intact save that the iron rails had been taken up
10 strengthen gate close by As for the statues IN
Salcsn for the Germans to amuse themselves WITH
Altogether II a sad spectacle, which was ron
dered all the adder by the brilliant which shone
down on 1t, as II In eleeiui irony Iooay lbe paIarc
historical "reminiscences ot the great whr whlch was
the cause OF its destruction