Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . ed a storm of excitement at streets were filled with a wildthrong of citizens and national guards,who surrounded the palace of the corpslegislatif, and demanded the overthrowof the Bonapartes. Jules Favre, in thelegislative chamber, declared that theempire had ceased to exist, and accom- FRANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 15
Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ..etc., etc . ed a storm of excitement at streets were filled with a wildthrong of citizens and national guards,who surrounded the palace of the corpslegislatif, and demanded the overthrowof the Bonapartes. Jules Favre, in thelegislative chamber, declared that theempire had ceased to exist, and accom- FRANCE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 159 panied by a number of republican depu-ties repaired to the Hotel de Ville, andorganized a provisional government,consisting of MM. Arago, Cremieux,Favre, Ferry, Gambetta, and others. The mob attacked the Tuileries, butmet with no resistance. The empress,deserted by all her attendants but one,and by every domestic, was saved by mand was refused by the French gov-ernment, which declared that it -A^ouldnot give up an inch of its land oi astone of its fortresses. M. Thiers,though seventy-three years old, made ajoirrney to the courts of England, Rus-sia, Austria, and Italy, to ask the me-diation and moral support of thosepowers in behalf of France—but with-. ESCAPB OF THE EMPRESSthe timely arrival of a devoted Evans, an American, who enabledher to escape to England, where shewas joined by the prince imperial. The provisional government wasanxious to make peace with Ger-many, but the King of Prussia demandedthe cession of Alsace and Lorraine,which had been partly overrun by hisarmies, as the price of peace. The de- EUGENIE FROM FRANCE. out success. In the meantime the Ger-mans advanced to Paris, and investedthe city. Communication between thecapital and the provinces was maintained by means of balloons. ]M. Gambetta, a member of the pro-visional government, escaped from Parisin a balloon, and reached Orleans insafety. He at once began to preparethe provinces for resist
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