The southern press., 1851-12-27

tunt udftf~u tHts tnOfHiHg toHIfrS thc
d'Eau, in the Boulevard, wss preceded By two
companies OF the Garde Natiorale--no doubt to
show the people their sympathy with the army
"Orders were given this day to arrest the
members of the Mountain who had signed an
incendary proclamation, calling the people to
rise, and which was torn down Yesterday morn
ing.
IL am just told that in Paris there is an army
of 100000 men, and not less than 100 guns, ex.
elusive of those in the forts
Yesterday Thursday evening, at o'clock.
the eight prisoners arrested on Monday morning,
arrived at the fortress of Ham. They were es-
cor:ed by 100 OF the Gendarmere Mobile and
squad OF sergens de-vie. Ii is stated that 10
men would have sufced. General Cayaignac
is lodged in the apartment formerly occupied
by Louis Napoleon. lie asked to be allowed the
attendance Of his valetde chambre his request
was immediately complied with. Four occupy
the upper, and four the lower story. In the lat
ter Is placed General Lamoriciere. The pris.
oners are, as you know, Generals Cavaignac,
Chsngarnier, Letio, Lamorciere, Bedeau, Colonel
Charras, NM. Roger du Nord and Bsze The
others are, believe, at The Mazas.
Though there are no groups in the Boue-
wards, yet persons promenade on the pathways
AZ usual. The chiefs are decidedly discouraged
II is not merely the fidelity of the army, that has
discouraged the insurgeats,' but also the alb
sence OF all news of a satisfactory kind from the
departments. The chiefs sitting in secret
council to decide on what is to be done under
these circumstances A few are in favor Of a
renewal Of the attempts the greater number
express themselves discouraged, and prefer al
lowing some days to pass, in order to have news
from the departments They are in state Of
4 xkS q Sk,.s. h<.~ 80 xkut L :
realized. They circulated tire rumor yesterday
that the departments were already marching on
Paris, but the people, or that part of it that
fought yesterday, or might be again induced to
do 80, now see the falsehood of the rumor The
terrible lesson they received yesterday may also
have contributed to damp them The weather
is moist and heavy, and rain has fallen, though
not abundantly, nearly the whole of the day
The shops along the Boulevards have all the
shutters up, though several have one half of the
doors open. Vehicles, with the exception of
omnibusses, are allowed to move about, and the
public carriages are allowed to remain on the
stands, which was not permitted yesterday"
PROCLAMATION OF THE PRESIDENT
In the name of the French peope-The Presi
dent of the republic:
Considering that the mode of election pro-
mulgated by the decree of I'd December had been
adopted under circumstances as guaranteeing
the sincerity of election;
But considering that the vote by ballot, as
actually practised, appears TO be better guar
antee for the real meaning of the votes (inteH
gence des subrages;)
Considering that the essential object of the
decree of the I'd December is to obtain the free
and sincere expression of the will of the people );
DEGREES.
Articles g. g. and of the decree of the "a De-
cember are modified as follows:
Art 9 The election shall take place by uni
versal suffrage All Frenchmen, aged 81, en-
joying their civil and political rights, are called
on to vote.
Art g. They will be required to justify, ethe,
by their inscription on the electoral lists drawn
up in virtue of the law of March l5 lS49, the
conditions required by that law.
Art a. The ballot will be opened during the
DAYS of the goth and 2lst of December, in the
chef lieu of each commune, from o'clock in the
morning to in the afternoon. The suffrage
will take place by secret ballot, by yes or no, by
means of manuscript or printe bulletin.
LOUIS NAPOLEON BoNAPARTE.
Given at the Palace of the Eysee, Dec. A.
(Countersigned) DE MoRNY
Minister of the Interior.
The minister of war on the same day, issued
the following decree:
Art. |. Any individual, whatever bis quality.
who shall be found in meeting, cab, or asso.
citation tending to organize any resistance what
ever to the government, or to paralize its action
shall be considered as an accompce of the in
surrection.
Art. 2. In consequence he she'll be imme
diately arrested, and given up to the courts
martial, which are permanently sitting.
And the following proclamation:
The minister of war decrees-Every person
propagating false news shall be Immediately
rested, and brought before court martial as all
accomplice of insurrection.
A DE SAINT ARNAUD.
PARIS, December A.
On the 9th, the following document emanated
from the war Office
The President of the republic and his govern
ment will not hesitate to employ any measure
calculated to maintain order and save society,
but they will always know how to pay attention
to the voice of public opinion, and to the wishes
of well inclined persons. They have not hesi-
tated to change mode of voting which they had
borrowed from precedents in history, bnt which.
in the actual state of our electoral habits, die
dence of the votes given. The President of The
republic desires that all the elec ors she'll BE-
at liberty in the expression of their
votes, whether they exercise public functions or
not, and whether they belong 10 the civil pro
fessions or TO the army. Absolute indepen.
dence, complete liberty of voting, is what Louis
Napoleon desires to see established.
DE MoRgY,
Minister of the Interior.
PARIs, Dee. 5.
The office of the interior at the same time
was busy employed in causing placards to be
posted about the streets, contradIcting rumors
of popular risings in the provinces, and giving
assurance Of continued tranquility.
On Saturday great number of prisoners con
fined in the cellars of the palace of the Tui
leri we're removed to the forts. Arrests con
tinued among the lower orders, and the barri-
cades were generally destroyed. lnterments of
persons killed in the nsurrection took place in va
rious quarters. A gentleman named Du Barque,
a conservative, killed by accident on the Boule-
ward Poissonniere, while standing at his window,
was buried in the church of Bonne Nouvele.
His political friends wished TO profit by the oc