The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-01-08
FR sEEE.

Inc WeIl-informed Paris Correspondent Of the
National IHtellisencer, make. the following state
| lnent respecting the department Of Louis Napo-
leon on the night in which h. recent eoup e-...f
wa, accomplished:
rams Is under martial law once more ".
bensparte has effected the military cup d-ef-t
50 long threatened, 20 much talked Of. so often
announced as imminent The Republic no more
exists even in name. 4 Dictator lords II over
France. Its Sovereign legislature ha, been ar
bltrsrily dissolved. Two hundred snd fftv of
It's principal members have been arbitrarily 49,
rested, and are now - prison. II. Theirs. II.
Berr!er, Michel, de Buurges,) NJ Baze. with
many OF the colleagues, are some n the fortress
. q 'Incennes, some IN the fortress az Mont Va
ler1en- General. CaVaignac, Lanoriciere. Chan
GARNER, Le1c, and Colonel Carras, are prisoners
n the very fortress Of Hon from which NJ
bonaFarte escspcd f-v year. since. Bonaparte
Is absolute master Of Paris, and vii urobahly
ere long be absolute master Of France. The
revolution has been thus effected: On Monday
n isht there was grand reception st the Palace
Elysee. Tie Presidential saloons ve-- crowded
with the beautiful and the brave 1t va. the
most brilliant and animated soir.e Of the -ea,on
The President himself id ~. horors Of the
mansion With princely sFsbility, and seemingly
vita entire devotion 10 the entertainment Of his
guests, without a thought 20 the auds-ious.
reckless, Ferilous drama Of which IN three or
four hours, he ~ss 20 h- prominent actor Itis
said, indeed and an told upon good authority.
that though the coup d'-tat had been resolved
on and arranged IN al the detail. Of Il. e1ecu-
ton for two or three weeks past, the moment OF
its eonsaR4msrion h-d remained undetermined
and was not IN fact f1ed tili couple Of koa,s
before the commencement Of execution The
President was called cut about midnight from
circle Of ofnoers and prefect. y departments
who were playing the corrtIer y the presenc. OF
him whom they were sure would one dav be
their Emperor. He passed into an setjoining
cabinet, where he met a couple Of II. intimate
counseHors and devoted E.rti,.rs. They told
him that the decisive moment h.i come; that,
in fact he must now chOoee whether re -ozId
60 10 prison as captive, or 10 the Tuileries 81
al Emperor; that the allied factions IN Pariia-
ment intended on the morrow 10 introduce and
carry a measure that would infsllibly result IN
his impeachment and incarceration. unless ener-
geheally prevented by the prompt execution Of
pared, and which be must row let fall.
Very well, gentlemen, hand me the decree
and the pTocIanations, III sign them But the
Minister q the Interior j. rOt present; We have
tim. nov to send for ard consult with him.
l appoint, a. the instant, NJ de Aorney Minister
Of tie Interior-let him countersign the decree
And now let It b. Immediately executed, aud
let the proclamations De issued
The President then returned to the crowded
saloons. and couple Of friends of mine, who
were at the Elysee that evening reported that
he continued 10 perform his T0ts Of host with 8
wonderful sang fT0t7 and cheerfulness that pre-
vented the first suspicion on the part OF his
guests that he had just played the decisive game
Of his fortune.-his head against throne
Before day the next morning, Generals Chan
GARNER, Lamoriciere, and Cayaisnac were served
at their respective residences by q detachment
Of troops dispatched for the purpose
Before day, and with the utmost silence, with
out causing the slightest alarm, in the city,
large bodies Of troops were directed upon the
Pace du Palais Bourbon, the Place de Il Con-
cOrde, the Champs Elysees, the Hotel de vile,
and the Place du Curousal- Daylight found al
these sJragetc points Of the city IN the quit pos
session Of NJ Bonaparte's soldiery. The ques-
tors of the Assembly were arrested. Al the
entrances into the Palace IN which the sittings
were he'd were guarded by troops, with strict
orders % prevent members CT the Assembly
from passing in The first intimation that tie
Parisians had Of the audacious revolutionary
movement which was in process Of execution
came from the Plaeards which, by order OF the
dictator, pasted up the walls all over
( the city.