Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-31
-Four days Later,

Inc steamer Baltic OF the Collins line,
has arrived, having sailed from Liverpool
on the 10th inst.
FRANcE.-The condition of affairs in
this country has continued to absorb the
public attention throughout tho whole of
Europe.
1t is now definitely ascertained that
Louis Napoleon has proved completely
successful in his coup d'etat Partial at
tempts at resistance had been made by
the ultra republicans, but they had been
promptly reprcssed and extinguished. In
the Departments tho resistance was con-
fined exclusively TO the extreme republic
cans, who had been repulsed with the
same rigor used towards their brethren
in Paris. yrf
1t may be said, in the Presidents Ian.
guage, that France has accepted the pro-
posal he has made her, but not with that
enthusiasm which Louis Napoleon calcu-
lated upon. Tho acquiescence of the
people has been universal, buttacit. The
opponents of the President preferred the
plan which he has proposed to the alter
natives of anarchy or legitimacy. Very
few persons can be found who sympathiss
with the Assembly, or who deny that the
President was forced by the continued in
trigues of that body TO choose lanA.s...s.s.
surrender OF ms power Office and liber-
ty, and the more rcsolute course which he.
adopted,
Tranquility was pretty we'll restored
in Paris by the evening of Friday. the
9th inst On the following day uptorn
paYements and the shattered wailsof hou-
ses were all that remained, of the insurrec-
ton in and about Paris.
The Departments of Saonc, and Loir,
and Alters had been placed in a stage of
siege, but the disturbances which caused
the act were insignificant
Every where, without an execution.
the troops had been successful. 800
A telegraphic despatch from London, to
Liverpool just received before the Baltic
sailed, states that the Prince De Joinv;Iic
and the Due d'Aumale had zone 10 Rel
GUM to raise the standard of revolt Aoainst
the military usurpation of President Ma
poleon. 80
Com Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, of the
United States Navy, was among those
wounded in the BonleYards. He lost his
finger, had his leg broken and was com.
pletely disabled. vsh -.
M. Theirs has been liberated bv tho
President, in consequence of his in health.
on his agreeing to leave the country.
The Artillery vote was ID for Napoleon.
and SO against him. .u
The exact loss Of the Army in Pay;a
during the late engagement is one sune-
rior officer and one hundred and fifteen
soldiers wounded.
The Bourse fluctuations from the Cd to
the 9th were from 80 to 10, and ON Tues.
day returned to SO.
Accounts from Geneva state that the
French refugees met to deliberate, and
aiter long and stormy discussion deci-
ded to abstain from entering France.
Mondays Moniteur contains the Presf.
dents proclamation, in which he says:
Frenchmenl disturbances are appre-
hended, but whatever may be the decision
of the people, society il saved. The first
part Of my task has been accomplished
My appeal to the nation for the purpose
OF terminating the struggles of parties, l
knew would not cause serious risk to
public tranquility. Why should the peo-
pie have risen against me ? fl do not
any longer possess your confidence /; IL
your ideas are changed, there is no occa-
sion to make precious blood flow. It will
be sufficient 70 place an adverse vote in
the electoral urn, and / shall alwas respect
the decision Of the people. Ishall always
respect the decision Of the nation, butun-
til the nation has spoken shall not hesi-
tate at any sacrifice to battle the attempts
of factions. $500,
Fresh arrests continue be daily made
among the Republican leaders. ,,isi,sa
Chsngarnier and the Generals were
confined at Ham 70 be tried by Court
Martial, on the charge OF attempting TO
seduce the soldiers Of the army from their