Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-01-05
RICH MOND, VA.
Thursday Morning, January 4. 1880.
NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT.

NEW FRENCH PRESIDENT.
The New York Tribune has complied The io
lowing brief sketch Of that strangely lucky ind
vidual, Louis Napoleon, whom Willis no, il
apply styles "Napoleons cooked hal, without Il
head in it." Whether he will, by a coup d'eta
possess himself OF supreme power; or, in accor,
ance with his lair-spoken words in his adore.
previous 10 the election, peaceably take posses
sion of the Presidency, and exercise the powe
within The limits laid down by The Constitution
will soon be revealed. We confess lha! our ar
prehensions Of mischief to France, and to III
peace and liberal sentiments of Europe, base
upon hrs election, have been somewhat mcdife
by The cast Of the B,naparlisI ministry, whic
has been circulated in the National Assembly, a
follows: nj. Odillon Barrot, President of lh
Council and Minister OF Justice; NJ. Achil
Fould, Minister of Finance; Gen. Oudinot, o
War; M. Barhelemy 81. Hilaira, OF Public In
| s,uc;ion and Ecclesiastical Affairs M. Leor
Faucher, of Public Works; NJ. Bineau, of Com
merce and Agriculture; Admiral Cecille, of Ma
rine; NJ. Leon de Mallegille, OF The Interior; M
Droun de Lhuys, CT Foreign Affairs.
Odilon Barrot is man of decided talents, anc
Stern, though moderate Republican. Should he
be selected as the Premier, we may expec, eff
Glen: and liberal measures 10 support The cause Of
order and the Constitution.
Louis Napoleon is elected by an overwhelm-
ing majority. The latest accounts announce
from the Hotel de Vile, where The scrutiny is
progressing, that Louis Napoleon had received
tour million OF votes, whilst those for Gen. CD
vaisnac were only nine hundred thousand and
ii is said that The funds rose in consequence ofhe
confidence felt in the new government. The
vote in Paris stood: Louis Napoleon, I39, l65;
General Cavaignac, 72754; Ledru Rollia, %.
sos; Raspail, 1908; Lamartine, 3,3Os.
|! is gratifying TO know tina, the Red Repubi.
cans poled less than 10000 votes in Paris az
its banlieaes. In The Department OF the Seine
Napoleon received l9s,4s4, Cayaisnac 95, $50,
Rolin 26.64S, Raspail 1851, Lsmartine $685.
showing that the socialists form not five per cent.
OF the whole population.
Not six months since, the question was grave.
ly considered whether The bill of expalriation
against Louis Napoleon should be revoked
uop he is the legal President OF a srea, Repub.
ic. What curious freaks OF Fortune. WISHING
o France quiet and happy administration, we
five The Trbune's sketch:
CHARLES LOUIS NAPOLEON, son Of Louis En-
King of Holland, was born 10 Paris on the ooh
u AprIi, iSoS. HIS goa-parenls were the EN-
'eror and Maria Louisa, and during his Child
lood be was an especial fayorile of the former
IN the return OF Napoleon from Elba, he stood
,eside him on the Champ de Mars, and when
Embraced by him for the last lime, al Malmai-
on, the young Louis, then a boy of seventeen
'ears, wished 10 follow him at all hazards =
When the family was bani.hed from France. his
mother removed TO Augsburg, where he received
good German education. He was allerward
AIKEN to Switzerland, where he obtained the right
II citizenship and commenced a course of mill
airy studies. After The July Revolution, by which
e was sec nd Time prescribed from France, he |
Isled Tia y IN company with bis BROTHER and in |
he Pope. This movement tailed, but he sue
eeded IN making his escape, and his brother dy- |
ng al Forii the same year, he visited England |
nd aterward returned 10 Switzerland, where for
wo or three years, he conlented himself with
rri.ing political and military works, which do
10, appear TO have been extensively read. The
ea,L Of the Duke OF Reichstadt in 1892, gave a
lew impulse 10 his ambitious hopes. HIS first
evolutionary attempt, al StIasbourg, in October,
S36, completely tailed, but alter short impr-
on,neni in Paris, be was sent 10 this county,
The illness OF his mother occasioned his retu:a
he following year, and alter vsi; 10 Swi,zer-
and he took mp his residence in England until
MS second attempt al Boulogne, in 1910
II ~ far nj n IL
led, and he was himsel: taken and sentenced TO
Imprisonment for life in the Castle OF Ham. The
particulars Of his escape in May, 1886 after an
Incarceration Of six years, are we'll Known.
From that time until the end oil Septe mber lasl,
when he was returned as Deputy 10 the Nation
al Assembly from the Department oil the Seine.
he has resided in England A late London jour
nal in describing his nude OF life gives the iol-
lowing not very aaterius account.
"He was Inscriptions in contracting obliga-
ioas which were wholly beyond his means Of
repayment and his most serious pursuit was the
S udy Of alchemy, by which he expected to ar
rive a, The discovery Of The philosophers stone.
So vigorously did he prosecute this exploded SCI
enCe, ct a house which he had fitted up as
laboratory al Camberwei, and SO firm was his
faith in the charaan empiric whom he employ
ed to aid him 10 transmitting The baser metals
iuio SoiG, thdS nc - sdiu W nave actually az
his revenues in anticipation, and 10
have devoted the frs, milliard of his gains TO the
payment othe national debt Of France, in order
TO acquire thus an imperial throne by purchase"
The large majority by which he was elected
Representative astonshes every one, and gave
his followers the frs! encouragement TO bring forth
his name as Candidate for the Presidency. To
d feat the acknowledged Republican patty, he re-
ceved also the support OF the Legilimists and The
Oreanis,s, ard those combined influences have
elected him by an immense majority. The rest
mus, be left 10 Time and Fae.