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agggregna5s 5UgakT. 00T0333 4. -' . " daughter of Messira de Bethune Into !seame: she seems fall of Flemish pride anad ebiaasey; and I sball be pleased to have her at my court. Enough said;-you understand me. To-morrow I leave this accursed land; I Savse bad more than enough of their insolence. Nasal do Neele goes with us; you remaln here a Governor-general of Flanders, with full power to rule the land at your discretion, and aecountable only to ourselves for your fidelity." "Say, rather, at the discretion of my royal aleee," interposed Do Chatillon, in a tone of Bai * "Be it so," said Joanna; "I am gratified by I -your devotedness Twelove hundred men-at-I ama shall remain with you to support your 1 authorlty. And now it is time for us both to t gate rest, my fair uncle; so I wish you good c sight." "May all good angels watch over your ma- t jesty'" said De Chatillon, with a profound I bow; and with these words he left the chaim ber of the evil-minded queoen. Casaseau viii. CHA3PIER VIII. The city magisTrates and their friends the ea Lilyards bad gone to great expense about the eeremonial of the royal entry. The triomlphal c arobei and acaffoldings, and the precious stuffe I with which they were adorned, had coat large ii sams of money; besides whioch, a quantity of y the best wine had been served ont to each of .u the king's men-at-arms. As all this had been t -done by order of the magistrates, and conse- p qgaently had to be paid for out of the common t Wheat, it had been regarded by the citizens t with the greatest dissatisfaction. a Alli the machibnery of the pageant bad long a been removed; De Chatillon was at Courtrai, y mat the royal visit almost forgotten, when t aie morniag, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, a t eitr appeared before the town-ball, at the o UMWl place of proclamation, and by sound of ii trempet called the people together. As soon n as he saw a sloufficient number of hearers assem- o bled, be prodouced a parchment from a case a which hung at his side, and began to read ii aied: o "It is hereby made known to each and li every citizen, that the worbshipful the magia. v trates have ordered as follows, that is to say: d "That an extraordinary contribution be ii levied for covering the expenses of the entry al of our gracious prince, Ring l'hilip. "That each and every inhabitant of the "11 eltypay thereto thesnnm of eight grants Flemish, o to be paid bead by head, without distinction o £ ae. 'That the tax-gatherere oullect the anme o en Saturday next, from door to door; and that fi each as by force or fraud refuse or evade pay- Ii meat of the same be compelled thereto in due b marse of law." si T-cie of the citizens who heard thisl procla. o nation looked at one another with astonish, a meat, and secretly marmured at so arbitrary I as eaetion. Among these were several ti --isreaymen of the Clothwerkers' Company, It who, without delay, hastened to make the ti metter known to their Dean. a Desemeiok reoelved the intelligence with earame displeasure. Sooc a violent blow a esmek at the rights and liberties of the com- n mealty filled hibm with mistrust as to what ti might follow, for be saw in it a dfirst step to- n wads the despotism under whichb, with the e ai of France, the nobles were endeavoring again to bring the people; and be determined t to defeat these first attempts either by force or tl pulmy. He well aknew that any opposition c might easily be fatal to him, for the foreign as, emaes still occupied Flanders; but no consid- sa station could hobeck his patriotic seal; he had devoted himself body and soul to the weal of tl his native city. Bending immediately for the pl oampany's beadle, he thus commisasioned him: h, "Go round instantly to all the masters, and n, summon them in my name to meet forthwith tc at the ball. Let them lay all else aside, and ni delay not a moment, for the matter is urgent." ft The Clothworkers' Hall was a spacious ni buildiag with a round gable. A single large y, wiadew In front, over which stood the arms of o0 the company, gave light to the great room on ly the first floor; over the wide doorway stood di t. George and the dragon, artistically oat in. a, suse. In all other respects the front was tl without ornament or pretension; it would bi have been difnficult in fact to nguess from its f, appeoarance that it was here the wealthiest cl 'gelld in Flanders held its meetings, for it was $t excelled in magnificence by many of the al houses around it. d Notwithstanding the considerable number of tr large and small chambers which the building hi eestained, not one of them was empty or on- I, employed. In a spacious room on the second is deory were to be seen the masterpieces, or speclmenas of work which every one had to sbow before he could be admitted to the wastership; and also patterns of the most eately stuffs that the looms of Brages could peoduce. In an adjoining chamber. wre - f hibited models of all the implements madeses of by weavers, fullers, and dyers. In a third apartment were laid away thedresses and arms which were used by the guild on ocoasions of Fi esremony. tb The prinolpal room in which the masters beld their meetings, lay towards the street. t All the operations which the wool had to on- ar Image, Sem tbose of the shepherd and shearer babes, of the weaver and dyer, and even to th te Sfreign merehant, who came from distant an leads to exchange his gold for the ptnffe of wI handers, were exhibited upon the walls in ool we.memoted paintings. Several oaken tables hh W a aember of massive seate stood upon the ma tdme Boor. Six elveb covered arm chair at go *o frther end ladicated theplace of theDean thi asl Anelents. The beadle oase dlepatoned, it was not long fre heasre a coeslderable number of master-cloth- WI wsrkeLs*eri assembled at the ball, energeti- ha es1llieoesiug the matter whoih for the time fee meat eeeepisd -them, and overspread every it eseateaace with the deepeat gloom. Moast of tha iwee violedS Ia their expressions of In- No diualles Ogalami the maisramme; aevuehtbe wi va 1Ietswre -Urega beIT straI ed--dhiaslasd's Sto take say extreme steps, While the assembly was thusee each moment Inereasing, Deeoninpk Sentered the room, and passed slowly through I the crowd of his fellows up to the great chair r where bin place wne. The Analents took their Sseats beside him; the rest mostly remained I standing by their seats, the better to catchb sight of their Dean's oonatenance, and read ef from his furrowed brow the fall sese of him weighty and eloquent speech. The whole number present was sixty-persons. As soon as Deconinck saw the attention of his felloirs directed uppng himself, with an em pbatie gesture of his band he thue spoke: "My brethren! give heed to my words, for the enemies of our freedom, the enemies of our prosperity, are forging fetters for our feet The magistrates and Lilyards have flattered the foreigner who is become orur master, by re ceiving him with extraordinary pomp; they have pressed us into their service for the erec tion of their scaffoldings and arches, and now they require that we shoutd make good the cost of their scandalous prodigality from the fruits of our honest labor; a demand which is an in fringement alike ou the liberies of our city and on the rights of our company. Under stand me well, my brethren, and, endeavor with me to penetrate the future; if for.this once we submit to an arbitrary imposition, our liberty will soon he traumpled under foot. This is the first experiment, the first pressure of the yoke that is hereafter to sit heavy upon our -necks. The unfaithful Lilyards, who leave their Count, our lawful lord, in a foreign prison, that they may the better be able to gain the mastery over us, have long fattened upon the sweat of our brows. Long did the people serve them,-serve them as beasts of burden, and with sighs and groans. To you, men of Broges, my fellow-citizens, was it first given to receive the heavenly beam, the light of freedom; you were the first to break the chains of slavery; you rose up against your tyrants like men, and never again shall you bow your necks under the yoke of despotism. At present our prosperity is the envy, cur greatness is the admiration, of all the people of the earth; is it not then our bounden duty to preserve for onrselves,-to hand down to our children, those liberties which our fathers won for us, and which made as what we are Yes, it is our duty, and a sacred one! and whoso forgets it is a caitiff undeserving the name of man, a slave worthy only of contempt!" But here one of the masters present, by name Brakels, who had alreody twice filled the oflice of Doan, rose fromnt his seat, and interrupted Deconinck's slpech with these words: " You are always talking of slavery and of our rights; but who tells ns that the worship ful magisitrates intend to infringe upon them ? Is it not better to pay eight greats than to break the peace of the city t For it is easy to see that if we resist, we shall not get off with out bloodshed. Many of us will have to bury a child or a brother-and all for eight groats ! If we were to take your word for every thing, the Clothworkers would have their 'good-days' In hand oftener than their shuttles; but Ihope that our masters will be too wise to follow your advice on this occasion." This speech caused the greatest excitement among all present. Somae, though but few, made it apparent by their gestures that they thought with Brakels; but by far the greater number disapproved of the sentiments he had expressed. Deconiack had narrowly watched the conn tenances of his brethren, and had told over the number of those upon whose support he could reckon. Having speedily convinced him self that the party of his adversary was but small, he replied: "It stands written expressly in our laws that no new burden can he laid upon the peo ple without their own consent. This freedom has been purchased at a very costly price; and no person, be he who he may, has the power to violate it. True it is, that to one who does not look far forward, eight groats, paid once for all, are no great matter; and certainly it is not for eight groats' sake that I would urge you to resistance; but the liberties, which are our bulwark against the despotism of the Li lyards,-shali we allow them to be broken down? No; that were at once most base and most improvident. Know brethren, that liberty is a tender plant, which, if you break but a single branch from off it, soon fades and dies; if we allow the Lilyards to clip our tree, we shall soon have no longer power to defend its withered trunk. Once for all, whoever has a man's heart in his bosom does not pay the eight groatel Whoever feels I true Claward blood in his veins, let him lift his 'good-day,' and strike forthe peoples rights! I But let the vote determine; what I have said is may opinion, not my command." To those words the master who had already spoken on the oppohite siale rejoined: " Your advice is evil. You take pleasure in tamatit and bloodshed, in order that in the midst of the confusion your name may pass from mouth to mouth as our leader. Were it c not moah wiser, as true subjects, to submit to the French government, and so to extend our commerce over the whole of the great land of France? Yes, I say, the government of Philip the Fair will forward our prosperity; and ev- r cry right-minded citizen therefore must regard the French rule as a benetit. Our magistrates t are wise me,, and honorable gentlemen." The greatest astonisabnent showed itself tbroughout the assembly, and not a few angry t and contemptuous looks were cast upon him I rho held tbhi uaseemly lsnguage. As for De- f, ucnluck, he oould no longer contain his wrath; h his love for the people was unbounded, and a moreover he felt it a dishonor to the whole ~ paild that one of his own Clothworkers should thee express himself. "What f" he exclaimed, "is all love for freedom and fatherland dead in our bosoms? I Will you, out of thirst for gold, kiss the very f, banda that are riveting the chsalus about our ; rest And shall posterity have it to say that a it was the men of Briges that first bowed tl Leihr heads before the foreigner,aad his slays tI ?o, my hrethrea; you will nat sadae it; yee - ill act let this blot soene ups. gur ame mbly freedom to the strager fr mslaeablse gd.. loopk and peace soob -a dastards love; bot'let as ougb remain free fromraeproab sad shais. -Let free chair Bruges once again pour out the blood of her their free children for the right! Bo mue the fairer tined floats the blood-red standard; so mouec the b to faster stands the people'a power !" and Here Deconinock made a abort pause; and be- a mose fore he could resume, Master Brakels agalu f The broke In: "I repeat it, say what you will. What dis n of grace Is it to ns that our prince is a stranger 1 em- On the contrary, we ought to feel proud that a we are now a part of mighty France. What v t, for matters it to a nation that lives and thrives hy n four commerce to whose away it bows? Is not Ma- 14 feet I homet's gold as good as ours " ri crud The indignation against Brakels was now at a y re- the highest,-so high, in truth, that no one t they deigned to answerar him; only Deconinck sighed b ereo- deeply, and at last exclaimed: now " 0, shame 1a Lilyard, a bastard has spoken d coat In our hall I We are disgraced for ever !" uits A tomultoonus movement passed through the a Sin- assembly, and many an eye flashed wrath upon a city Master Brakele. e der- Suddenly a voice was heard from the midst c avor of the assembly, " Turn the Lilyard out! no c' this French hearts among us!" and the cry was re ,iour peated again and again from one to another. h It now required all Deconnlok's influence the to keep the peace; not a few seemed inclined to our violence; and the question was pot, whether h cave Brakels should be expelled the company, or sign fined in forty pounds' weight of wax. s gain pon While the clerk was busy taking the votes, h ople Brakels stood with an unconcerned air before den, the Dean. He relied upon those who had received nof with favor his first speech; but in thishe greatly s vyn deceived himself, for the name of Lilyard, aa t of sore reprooach in the eyes of all, had not left hi inam him a single friend. The sentence that he f, ante should be expelled the company was given t: r without a dissentient voloe, and the announce- I: sent ment was received with general aoolamation. ti the Upon this all the fury of the Lilyard borst n, is forth, and a torrent of threats and abuse flowed w for from his mouth. The Dean sat on in his place hi hose with the greatest composure, without deigning ct and to reply to his adversary's insults. Presently se our, there came up two stout journeyman, who bh a it officiated as doorkeepers, and required Irakels pt o, a to leave the hall forthwith, as no longer a d< member of their body. Full of spite and bit nine teruess, he obeyed, and now thirsting for re- . oce verge, presented himself without loss of time er 3ted before John Van Gistel, the principal tax- fo gatherer, whomn he informed of the opposition TI I of organized by the )Dean of the Clothworkers. co hip- Peter Deconinck continued at considerable le sm! length to addrcaas his fellows, the better to at to encourageo them to the defence of their rights. th rto It was far from being his desire, however, that in th- they should do anything tumultuously; and he o dory strictly enjoined them to confine themselves to w ate I refousing payment of the eight groats until ber leg, should call them to arms. sys' All the members now left the hall, and made ae tope the best of their way homeward. Deconinck Ifo ioar proceeded alone and in deep thought along the Ci old Sack Street, intending to have a conference fin ,ent with his friend Breydul. Ie foreesw how grerat wi few, would be the efforts of the nobles to re-establish oh ,hey their power over the people, and be was medi- pe ster tating on the means of preserving his brethren ev bad from falling again under the yoke. The mo- at ment be was on the point of turning into the try snn- Botcher Street, he found himself asurrounded or, ever by some ten armed soldliers, while the high th he constable of the town coming up to him, re- of rim- quired him, in the name of the magistracy, to let but surrender without resistance. His hands were to bound behind his back, as if he had been a an awse common criminal; to which, however, he sub- ert teo- mitted without conmplaint, well knowing that lom resistance was in vain. In this way be walked co and quietly on through four or five streete between be wer the balberds of the sergeants, without seeming th bes to pay any attention to the exclamations of one wonder which everywhere greeted the proces- tb, t is sion; and was at last conducted into an upper WE irgo chapaber of the Prince's Conrt, in which the pr are city magistrates were already assembledr and in Li- along with them the other chiefs of the Lily ken ards,-John Van Gistel, chief receiver of the see taxes, and the warmest friend of France in all of on, Flanders-being at their head. The latter no no you sooner saw Deconinck before him, than with don an angry voice he exolahimed: thi to "So, insolent citizen, yon defy.the authority col ger of the magistratea! We have heard of your for rebellions doings, and It eball not be long be om fore you pay for yonr disobedience on the gal- we eels lows." lift To this insulting speech Deconinck calmly ms ital answered: aid "The liberty of my people-is dearer to me c than my life. In such a death there is no e idy shame, and for me there is no fear, for the peo- , ple die not. There will still be men enough w, in whose necks will never bend under the yoke." lik the "A drean,, a vain dream," replied Van Gistel; ar ass the people's reign is over. Under the rule of ma it our gracious sovereign, King Philip, a subject cv, tomt obey his lord. Your privileges, extorted thb ser by you from weak princes, most needs be re __ of viewed and curtailed; for you have grown into t, lip insolence upon the favors ahown you, and now ev- rise up against us, as disobedient sonljects, his ard worthy not only of ponishment hot of eon- uB tea tempt." Ialr Deooninek's eye fashed with indignation: to I elf "G od knows," he exolaimed, " whether It is we try the people who better deserve contempt, or the of Im Lilyarda, those bastard sons of Flanders, who aw )e forget alike their country and their honor, oB Ib; basely to fawn upon a foreign masterI Sab- a d ud missively you kneel before this prince who has bul *le sworn the downfall of your oountry; and to ant ili what end ! that you may bring back Into your hands yonr old despotic away over the people; but or and that for greed of gold I But you shall not liEk 5! sacoeed; they who have once tasted of the for ry fruits of the tree of freedom turn with diagast A ur from the baits you offer. Are you not the voil at slaves of the foreigner! And thInk you that so ed the men of Briges are snak low enough to be the s ? the slaves of slave? Birs, yeo forget year- she eml*slve strangelyI Oar eeunky has growa Ilto asS xl~~~~;~n cAt.r I ~ Siii'A ja 1T. gonoe !ibe yot d,. ferevert . e "Be allut, rebel 1 cried Van Gistel; " what e haveeneb-a yoa to do with freedom? you tse were never made for It." sr " Our freedoma," answered Deoontnck, " we he have bought and paid for with the sweat of our brows and the blood of our veins; and DO- shall we, then, permit such as you to wrest it in from as t" Van Gistel replied with a soornful smile: is- " Idle words, Master Dean; your threats are r? mere smoke. We have now the French forces at at our disposal, and shall soon show you that at we can clip the wings of the many-headed liy monster. The insolence of the commons has la-. long passed all bounds, and they most now be ruled by other laws. Our plans, be assured. at are so well laid, that Brages shall humbly bow o the neck; and as for yourself, you shall not ed behold to-morrow's dawn.' "Tyrant!" cried the Dean; "shame of Flan en derel Are not the graves of your fathers dog in her soil ? Do not their sacred ashes rest he within the earth that you, unnatural that yon n are, would basely sell for the gold of the for eigner? Posterity shall judge you for your let cowardice; and your own children, when they no chronicle the deeds of these days, shall curse re- and renounce you !" " It is time to make an end of these foolish cand insolent declamations," exclaimed Van to Gistel. " HerE, sergeants, to the dungeon with er him until the gallows is prepared !" r Upon this Deconiuck was led away, down several flights of stairs, into an underground vaolt. He was heavily ironed; a chain round i' his waist made him fast to the wall, while by re another his right hand was linked to hie left ad foot. An allowance of bread and water was ly set before him, the massive door was closed a and locked, and the captive was left alone in ft his solitary dangeon. He now saw clearly e from the words of Van Gistel how seriously in the freedom of his native town was threatened. e- In his absence, the Lilyards might overpower the citizens with the aid of the foreign merce et naries, and so annibilate the labors of his s whole life. This was a frightful thought for ce him. Ever and anon as he moved under his ig chains, and their clanking etruook his ear, he Iy seemed to see his brethren lying thus blond 10 before him, with shame and slavery for their is portion; and a tear of regret would trickle a down his cheeks. t- The Lilyards, in truth, had long been bnusy e- with a plot of surprise and treachery. Ilith 0 erto they had never been able to lay any firm Sfoundation for their ascendency in Bruges. n The people wore all armed, and could not be coerced. No sooner was any recourse to vio. le lence attempted, than the terrible 'good-days' O appeared, and all their endeavors were in vain: "' the guilds were too strong for them. At length, t in order to remove, once for all, this hindrance e out of their way, they had concerted a plan 0 with De Chatillon, now governor-general of 1e Flanders, for surprising and disarming the cit izens on the morrow of this very day. An .e early hour of the morning bhad been fixaed upon k for the execution of their design, when De Is Chatillon was to be ready to support them with o five hundred Frenoh men-at-arms; but however t well their secret might be kept from ordinary h observers, they greatly feared the activity and i- penetration of Deconinek, who, moreover, was n evidently possessed of secret sources of inform - ation which they had in vain endeavored to 10 trace out. The Dean of theClothworkers was I craftier than them all, as they well knew; h they had therefore seized the first opportunity - of arresting him, in order to deprive the popn- . o lar party of their ablest leader, and so fatally e to weaken their ranks. Brakels' denunciation Sand the intended resistance of the Clothwork - era, had merely served them as a pretext. t Having thus begun, by the commital of De- f d coninck, the execution of their base plans for e u betraying their native city to the stranger, I g they were about to break up the assembly, I 'f when suddenly a tumult was heard without, I Sthe door was burst open, and a man forced hist way through the doorkeepers, who, striding e proudly up to the assembled magistrates, cried I in aloud voice: " The Trades of Bruges call upon you to say e whether you will release Deconiock, the Dean of the Clothworkers,-yes or no ? I advise you ° not to be long in making up your mind." "You have no concern, blaster Breydel, in t this chamber," answered Van Gistel; "and I command you to quit it forthwith." r "I ask you once more," repeated Jan Breydel, " will you set at large the Dean of the Cloth workers, or will you not?" t Van Gistel, after whispering to one of the t Y magistrates, cried in a loiid voice. " We reply to the threats of a rebellious sub Sject with the punishment he deserves. Ser 1 geants, seize him !" " lIa! ha! Seize him!" repeated Broydel, S with a laugh; " who will seize me, I should like to know ? Take notice that the commons are at this moment about to make themselves it f masters of the building, and that each and 01 every one of yon shall answer with his life for * the Dean of the Clothworkers. You shallsoon see quite another dance, and to quite another tune too;-that I promise you." Meanwhile some of the sergeants in waiting hiad drawn rhear and seized the Dean of the Butchers by the collar, while one of them was already uncoiling a piece of cord with which * to blid him. Breydel, intent upon what he a, was saying, had hitherto taken but little notice B of these preparations; but now, so he turned I I away from the Liyards, he perceived what the U offoers were aboat; and sending from bhi obest el a deep sound, like the suppressed rooring of a ball, he east bhi flashlng eyes upon bln Esail- at ante, and cried : vi " Think you, then, that Jan Breydel, a free butcher of Brages, will let himself be bound ' likes calf? Hal you will wait long enough w, Sor that t" And with these words, which he uttered in a iii roioe of thunder, he struck one of the ofcers so violently with his heavy Ast upon the head, that the man speedily measured his length on S the gresnd; them, while the rest stood stupe ead with heelehm t, bhe rapidly ised jLe ,~Sctl~rnd Lii ~ ~ - ýoii ifriirial at'tbim ight ' ii .. LALhe doerway be turned roeadepe-t l+ ,hat yards, and agii exclaimed : you "oU aball - pay for it, tnsolent soondrelsI What I bled- Isqhober of Bruges I Woe to yen, ' we acuersed tyrants! Hear me! the drum of the Sof Butchera' Guild shall beat your death-marhob and More he would have said; bat being nc It it longer able to hold his ground against the multitude that was pressing upon him, he de. scended the stairs, uttering threats of ven are geanoe as he went. rces An indistinct sound, like the roar of distant hat thunder, now fell upon the ear from the other dad side of the city. The Lilyards turned pale, has dnd trembled at the coming storm; neverthe. r be less, being determined not to release their red, prisoner, they strengthened the guard about )ow the building, so as to secure it against assault, not and retired to teiTr homes, protected by an armed escort. Ian- An hour afterwards the whole city was in log insurrection; the tocein sounded, and the rest drums of all the guilds beat to arms. The you distant groan of the coming storm had given for- place to the formidable howl of a present tem our pest. Window shutters were closed; doors hey were ftetened, and only opened again for the tree grown men of the family to pass out in arms. The dogs barked fierely, as though they had lish anderstood what was going on, and joined their fan hoarse voices to the angry shouts of their mas 'ith tern Here the people were grooped in masses; there they ran hither and thither with hasty *wn ste*e; some armed with maces or clubs, others cud with "good-days" or halberds. Among the mnd streaming multituda the butchers were easily by to be recognised by their flashing pole-ares; left he smiths, too, with their heavy sledge-bam ra mars on their shoulders, were conspicuous in among the rest at the place of meeting, which In was near to the Clothworkers' hall, and where rly already a formidable body of the guilds stood y drawn up in array. The multitude kept con . stbantly increasing, as each new-comer ranged ver himself under his proper standard. his At last, the assembly being now sufficiently for numerous, Jan Breydel mounted the top of a frwagon, which by chance was standing in the hisb street, and flourishing his heavy pole-axe he about his head, in a stentorian voice thus ad d dressed the throng: er "Men of Brugest the day has arrived when ke you must strike for life and liberty I Now we mnust show the traitors what we really are, and amy whether there is a pound of slave's flesh to be th- found among us, whatever they may think. rm They have Master Deconinuok in their dungeon; es. let us elense him, if it cost us our blood. This be is work fir all the guilds, and a right good io treat for the batchers. Now, comrades, up I- with your sleeves!" in: And while his fellows were obeying the word th, of command, he himself stripped his sinewy ice arms to the shoulders, and sprang from the Ian wagon, crying: of " Forward! Deconin9k for ever!" :it- "Deconinok far ever!" was the universal n ory. " iorward I Forward I" io And, like the surgiog waves of a stormy ocean, the angry multitude rolled onward to ith wards the Prince's Court. The streets resound 'r ed with the cry of " Death to the tyrants I" ry while the terrible clash of arms might be nd heard, mingled with the baying of the dogs, ras the heavy toll of the bells, and the roll of the m- drums; the citizens seemed possessed one and to all with sudden fury. rae At the first approach of- their frantic assail wI ants the guards of the Prince's Court fled in ity every direction, and left the building wholly in- undefended. But harried as their flight wase, ly it was not rapid enough to save them all; in on an instant wore than ten corpses lay on the k- ground in front of the palace. Inmpatient of each moment's delay, and e- furious as an enraged lion, Bredel mounted the hor stairs by three steps at a time, and meeting a or, French servant in one of the passages, hurled ly, him headlong among the people below, where t, the unhappy victim was received on the points ,u of the "good-days," and instantly despatched ng with clubs and maces. Soon the whole build ed ing was filled with people. Breydel had brought with him several of the smiths, and ay the doors of the dungeons were speedily broken an open; but, to the dismay of the liberators, all on were empty; Deconinek was no where to be found. Then they swore in their fury fearfully in to avenge his death. I (To be continued.) l, A veteran officer observes: "I never place h- reliance ona man who is telling what he would have done had be been there. 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I Ask youe. ewaisar hr it every eWedseday, - 1 - P. mV. he PI '41ou 41 TEN m ,Cii" - no L Repudiation of the whela of ( qe p 6hqg he Si tate of Louistana, ad refiteg It*i tsf ra sy tax Se* to pay the principal or the iaterest t the itine. i- 2 The passage of an aot by the Legislature e Lo. ISilana, at the earliet moment pessible,ii rsibai assesement of taxes, under any pame or guise w nt ever, to pay interest or prinot .al of the se.alle t ier of any city, town, village or parish in the State. la, 3. The passage of an acs by Congress, eomplemental S to the section of the Federal oanstitutiona. ieelarig that no State bshalt emit bills of oredit, making ita sr penal offence to assesa or attempt to coleiat a texts ut pay the interest or priniopal o'anybill of cereditiasue It, by or in the same of a State, or a public orporapen an Ocreated by a State. 4. Abolition of evoy State tax upon industry known as "license tax;" prohlbition, by leglaltive eaostment. of any such taxes, by city, town, villagee be parish authority; and the entire exemption, by statute. he of all vessels, whether seagolng or river craft, trom on wharfages. levee or any tax whatsoever, ain every pelt, n- and at every landing in Lepaietaa. 5. Reductlon of State tasatice, ro every puope, a m a rate ~itch shalt not exceed ue dtler sad a half per be head of the populationof the State (eayri.gJe),anoee. sa. tog to the census made in 1870. ad 6. Limitation of municipal or parooblal taes. brala sir purposes, to a rate which shalt not exceed seven deas per head of munilcipal or parochial population e i00,00 in New Orleansi, according to the sameoeasus. Be; 7. That all taxes, State and maanlcpa i(emaiaaisgd ty on the slet of January. 1675, shall be cancelled, except ;re so much thereof as may be necessary to pay the appe. be priations due to charitable instituss, to cenrs, seo. _ yretarte. olerks ad worknlag people engaged fi the publio service, ad for supplies furnished ho pabie ; use; provided, however, that a rigid scrutisy shall be n- made Into all the claims, whether payrolls oaraeosemai, as against any department reasonably obnodxeus tohe hlb snuspicion of fraud; that cash prices only, netthe ax. r travagant prices charged by reason of dspreelated" d credit, shall be allowed; and, provided, that iS any event not over one million of such taxes shall bead. Ln- lected in New Orleans-say oneitth of the ameant ed which will probably remain due sa the time specfed. 8. That the salary or fees of every publie eser, ly whose remuneration is properly a sublet of legislative a consideration, shall be reduced to an amount eeees. be ponding with the abilitlae required to perfalm his duties, and the responsibilities of his plaee, due eao Ce sideration being had also to the suniversal impoverelsh. d- ment of the people. Iesolved, That every nominee of the HIVES shall in give his written assent to the Platform, and shall pledge re himself to support It. id COITY ADIEINISTRATOS. ie Mayor-JOHN J. LANE. k. Administrator of Improvements-DAN'L SCULLY. o; Administrator of Accounts- - . Administrator of Finansce-J. L. DAVIES. Administrator of Asseasmnten. - d Administrator of Policeo-ZCPlI. FOLEY. P Administrator of Commerce - DENIS PRIRUR WHITE. d Administrator /f Water Works-CHA9. FITZEN REITER. Civil Sheriff-A. H. DELMAS: 0 Criminal Sheriff--D. A. DENISON. Coroner First, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Districta Dr. THOS. L. BROADDUS. a1 Coroner Second and Third Districts-DESLPHI BIENVENU. Senators First Districtt-B. It. ORMAN W. W. 'y CARBE. 0- Senator Second Distriot-ANTONY BSAMBOLA., aI Senator Third Distrlct-JOIN PASLEYT. I" BBPSBBEZNATZYBA. to First District-T. A. BARTLETTE, JAS. TIMON?. e, Second Distrlct-J. A. FLORAT, JAMES POWERB. iThird District---- -. Fid ourth District-NICHOLAS SINNOTT, JOHN FREDERICH Fifth District-FRANK MAREQUEZ. 1- Sixth District- - n Seventh Distriot-JOSEPH BRUNEAU. S Eighth District-AUG. STUART. Ninth District- - - . n Tenth District-H. HB. WARD, CHAS. H. REED. Eleventh District- - e Fifteenth Ward (Algiers)-- . JUSTICES OF TILE PRACE. I. J. C. COLEMAN. 0 2. WM. H. HOLMES. a 3. JOHN L. LARESCRE. d 4. JOHN CAIN. e. 6. JOHN P. HIGGINS. S7. J. W. FALLS. d CONSTA ELES. 1- 1. JAMES COLLENt. d 2. PETER KEARNEY. d 3. MICHEL J. PONS. 4. JOB. CONTRERAS. S5. a. WE. FOLEY. S 7. B. B. FALLS. F Several of the nominstions are necessarily nftlltd r yet, owing to the absence of members from the city. oc Itm STATE , LINE. e t - STATE OF LOUISIANA, 000 tons... Capt. Stewart. - STATE OF MINNESOTA, 5000 tons...Capt. Hamlin. SBrATE OF ALABAMA. 140o 0 a to .. apt. Flint. STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, 4500 tonuath at ress. STATE OF VIBRINIA, sino tons .......Capt. Sadler. STATE OF GNEORIA n ' tons.....C ..Cat Coe aed STATE OFro NADAp 0eed atlones.Burlding The Stesmers of this line are dispaiched regasuiarl LIVERPOOL IIRBCT. SThrouglh Blls uf Lading signed to al part. of Great Britain and the Continent. ge~ ioes oodl for Twrelve months, at peally Through Ttokets to and from all parts of the Utolld KinRgdom and Europ. Au e.per.enoed Surgeon and Stewardeas at.h...Is each Stemer. No charge for mediotuss or meialw rafts from a up isatesd at loest raise.a Prepaid Emiaten Tokst, ise d to partiewsi to send for their friends in the Old (Jenstr Pit.i greenhecha from sny Hallwray Statieu is Irelsatl Thevssmels of this Usne are aB nwlrge baat ad enbd ym of skll sod srexpeeeaa Thyawe Sbl epoi l the traide and is 03 the hay with. Out detutica. The passenger accommodatisas are ussurpesed. A. K. MLLErB £00 Agst myll 74l U~9Ouaredostata·trsi kaworiea. LADIEs' HAIR STORE. GEORGE T. SHILL!NGC, 381.~... .......D~radeaireet..,......,..SS1 Bet. Thata and Erte, opposite Jebreos Sehesi Isi fahly prepr apA theymyoa ~PB1~IGI)rl l(LLDIES AXE SWITO~iS, CURLS) or myai aab ftemtheil UrteeltlharkeawtshdsE M j GOODS, ire deserpesee S B airN Toilt Alriioik ?.n aed ~fatBsestg Faaew·sI-4 laoJ Sets and evry H airwoy OwrabrTt~ wllr Vtry erare pernpisassewded Is. O T sAlOdOON. Iwhea Is alwpsra~e aadts.