Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1852-11-03
Suspicion and rear in France.


The able and intelligent correspondent of the
London Leader collects certain facts which would
60 to prove that France is anything but satisfied
with the project of the Empire. He writes:
The attitude of the population begins to cause
some uneasiness to Bonaparte and his adherents.
All the rigorous measures of December are re-
suped. In every department persons confined
to certain districts (internes) are suddenly torn
from their houses and deposited on the frontier,
if not transported to Algeria. Fresh arrests are
taking place in Paris and in the provinces. A
number of workman, suspected of more than
commonly ardent republicanism, are driven out of
Paris. Numerous domiciliary visits take place in
the towns and villages. We are living under the
loides suspects of 1913. The other day the house
of Pilhes was absolutely beseiged, because it was
known that Aristide Pilhes, the ex-representative
had taken refuge there. He had been condemned
to transportation, and had made his escape from
the prison of Folk.
The Prefext of Nancluse, in concert with the
Procureur de la Republique, surprised Farascon
in the dead of night, at the head of whole force
of gendarmerie, in the department, and surrounded
the town. They proceeded to search every house
Seventeen houses were thus broken into in sue
cession. The minutest researches, prolonged for
several hours, led to no result.
The press is still the object of continual perse-
cutions. The Steele has been condemned to a
thousand francs fine and years Imprisonment.
No one knows for what article, deserving SO Sc
we're sentence. M. Louis Jourdan, the editor of
the Steele, affected by this penalty, is man
known for his extreme reserve and singular mod
Grafton. His condemnation has produced most
! unfavorable impression.
The Censorship is not less active. A new piece
called Richard the Third, was in preparation at
the Parte St. Martin, in which the words tyrant
and unsurper occurred more than once. All the
passages were expunged What pity is that
the censors cannot suppress history History is
guilty of thousand other illusions equally crimi-
nal. Even in Switzerland, Bonaparte has forbid
den the publication of Victor Hugo's brochure, on
the pretext of insults against friendly govern
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The elections in Paris are over. The govern
ment candidate (two highly respectable mer-
Echants1 were returned by an Insignificant majori-
| ty. One-half tho electors abstained altogether
from voting; the votes of the other half were
about equally divided between the government
and the opposition. One of the electors had
written upon his ticket this formidable threat
is If Bonaparte makes himself Emperor, take my
SOLEMN oath to kill him.
Another electoral fact, equally significant, was
noticed in the Department of the He ct Vleine, al
Hubignac, in the communal elections. Not sim
gle elector presented himself during the two days
the ballot was open. ThG official bureau, finding
that no voters came forward, also declined to
vote, and went away, leaving the ballot-boxes
empty. This is fact unexampled in the history
of elections.
The garrison of the Var has been doubled
The frequent Communications between the Vu1
| and the French refugees is Piedmont, made Bon
| aparte fear an invasion of that department. In
the Department of the Gironde, number of de-
pots ofa arms and of gunpowder have been dis
covered. Everywhere, in fact, there are signs oil
agitation.