Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-22

napartists in the army had confirmed the i'm
preston; and, as regarded the Republicans, il
was supposed that they would be sufficiently
reconciled 10 the projected Revolution, in case
OF lis success, by the immediate advantages il
would secure them, aud by declarations already
made In Louis Napoleon's works, to the effect
that he approved OF a Republic, provided it had
an Imperial head. It was accordingly resolved
to make an attempt on the frontier town of
Strasbourg, the situation of which made it mole
convenient for the purpose than any other On
the 18th OF October, 1886, at five o'clock, on a
cold snowy morning, the men of one of three ar
tlllery regiments, which, with three regiments of
infantry, and one of engineers, constituted the
garrison OF the town, found themselye drawn up
IN the barrack-yard, having been summoned
from their beds by the trumpet-call. They stood
wondering what was to take place, when seven
or eight persons in the costume of French Off
GERS, entered the yard, carrying standard, sur
mounted by an eagle. One OF them came hast
lily up to the colonel of the regiment who forth
with presented him 10 the men as the nephew of
the Emperor, come, as he said, to place himself
at their head, and effect great revolution in
france. The trick was successful; the speech
Of Their colonel, the eagle, the words and look of
Louis Napoleon, and especially his cocked-hat
hurried them away; the old Imperial SILVER ran
through their veins; and a shout of Wire J EN-
Peror rang through the courtyard. Hastily the
regiment was set on march through the town
with the band playing; windows were opened,
and heads popped out all along the streets to see
what was the matter; and citizens unbarring
their doors, and tumbling out in twos and threes
followed the column. At head quarters, the
general in command of the town was arrested
by the insurgents. So far all had gone well;
but the tide was soon turned. One of the in
tantry regiments, occupying a barrack apart,
acted more coolly than their brothers the artille-
rymen; wavered little at first when Louis Ma
poleon addressed them, but ultimately stood firm
and prepared TO give battle. Seeing the cause
lost, the prince and his companions surrendered
and the town was restored to quiet. The gov
ernment, on hearing of the affair, lost no time in
disposlng of the offenders. Louis Napoleon was
brought as a prisoner to Paris, but in two hours
after his arrival, was sent off under guard to the
coast, to be shipped to America. The persons
that been arrested with him, including the insur-
gent colonel, were reserved for trial, but were
ultimately acquitted by an Alsace jury.
Early in 1887, the hero of Strasbourg, who
had only just landed in America and re-embar-
ked, was to be seen in the streets of London
report had been spread that he had pledged his
word to remain in America for ten wears: but
this report, ltappears, had no foundation in truth
and was raised, his adherents said, from mali
cious motives. Scarcely had he arrived in Lon
don, when the news of his mothers illness
caused him to return once more to Switzerland
Here, after receiving her last breath, Goth of
October, 1879 he continued to reside till. find
ing that he was likely to be the occasion of
rupture between the French and Swiss govern
ments, he voluntarily returned to London For
more than two years he remained in the British
capital, one OF the bevy of distinguished foreign
ers that the Londoners like TO point out to each
other in the parks or at the opera Regarding
his habits during this period, one of his euogists
has taken care to be sufficiently particular; tell
ing how the Prince uniformly rose at six
o'clock; worked till midday then breakfasted
and read the journals causing notes to be taken
of what interested him; at two received visitors:
at four or five, rode out; at seven, dined, ETC.,
etc.--in all respects, it seems, the very nephew
OF his uncle! One of the fruits of those rather
apocryphal laborous mornings was the Idees
Ndp0te0nlenReS, of which everybody must have
hcard--a sort of pamphlet purporting to be an
exposition ofthe main ideas that had formed the
political creed of the Emperor. This production.
the most celebrated of the authors writings. is as
our readers may find out on trial, the poorest
imaginable series of sententious commonplaccs
The pitiful result of the Strasbourg affair, it
might be supposed, would have effcctually cured
the Prince of all confidence in such sudden
strokes for the future. But his mpetuosity was
lucurable; and the very rdcule that his former
trial had provoked, prompted him to make a new
one that might succeed better. Accordingly.
when everybody had ceased to think of him, he
again flashed into notice. The time chosen for
his new attempt did not seem unpropitious
atta IN tba - |
lippe than in 1886, the French nation CHANGED.
in the year 1910, to be under the inf luence of
one of those emotional frenzes to which it is so
liable, the cause of the excitement being nothing
else than the expected arrival of the remains of
Napoleon from st. Helena. Awaiting himself of
the Napoleonic fever thus originated, Louis Ma
pOleon resolved to land in France, effect Rev.
olution, drive out the Orleans family, and as it
were prepare the country for his uncle's recep-
ton. The means for effecting all this did not
appear by any means formidable. On Sunday
the 4th of August, 1910, small hired steamer,
The City Of Edinburgh, Captain Crow, com
mander, dropped down the Thames from Lon
don, with what it seemed a pleasure party of
foreigners on board. There were about sixty
passengers in all, including gentlemen, grooms,
lacqueys, &c; and the place of destination was
said to be Hamburger. But when the steamer
was out at sea on the 9th, the prince harangucd
his companions, told them the object of his vow
age, distributed money among them, and caused
them all to put on false French uniforms, which
he had brought with him. Captain Crow re-
ccived orders TO make for Boulogne; and during
the rest of the voyage, the cabin was the scene
OF feastng and uproar. Captain Crow had never
seen people drink so much, he afterwards depo-
sed in the Witness-box and poor Hobbs the
steward did nothing all night but draw corks.--
BY midnight the steamer was of the French
coast, and at six o'clock on the morning of the
9th, the party landed at Vimereau near Bologne.
Having formed in marching order, they set out
for the town, the Prince at their head, after him
an officer carrying gilt eagle, and then the men
in uniform. The Prince had with him sum
of 100000 francs, in bank notes and gold; his
companions likewise carried bags of money and
bottles of rum. Other parts of the furniture of the
expedition were live eagle, which, however,
never made its appearance, and copies of three
procamations privately printed in England, one
addressed to the French people, another to the
Army, and a third to the department of Pas-de-
Calais. Passing a custom house station, where
the men would have nothing to do with them,
the band, with crowd of fishermen, children,
etc, hallooing in their train, reached Bologne,
the garrison OF which consisted Of two companies
OF the AID line. The soldiers were at breakfast
in the barracks when the party entered. Rum