Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-01-02

FRANCE.-The well-informed Paris cor
respondent of the National lntelligencer
makes the following statement respecting
the department of Louis Napoleon on The
night in which his recent coup detat was
accomplished
Paris is under a martial law once more Nj.
B0naparte has effected the military coup e!at SO
long threatened, so much talked of, so often an
nounced as imminent. The Republic no more
exists even 10 name. A Dictator lords it over
France Its Sovereign Legislature has been ar
bitrarily dissolved. Two hundred and fifty OF
its principal members have been arbitrarily ar
rested, and are now in prison. Nj. Theirs, NJ
Berryer Michel, ode Bourges) NJ Baze, with
many of the colleagues, are some in the fortress
Of Eincennes, some in the fortress at Mont Va
lerien. Generals Cayaignac, Lamoriciere, Chan
GARNER, Leho and Col. Carras, are prisoners IN
the fortress of Ham, from which Nj. Bonaparte
escaped a few years since. Bonaparte is a0so-
lutte master Of Paris, and will probably ere long
be absolute master of France. The revolution
has been thus effected On Monday night there
was a great reception at the Palace Elysee.
The Presidential saloons were crowded with the
beautiful and the brave. 1t was the most bril-
liant and animated soiree of the season. The
President himself did the honors of the mansion
with princelv atiability, and seemingly with en-
tire devotion TO the entertainment OF his guests,
without a thought of the audacious, reckless,
perilous drama Of which, in three or four hours,
he was TO be the prominent actor. IT Is SAID,
indeed, and ! am told on good authority, that
though the coup d'eiat had been resolved on and
arranged In all the details OF It's execution for
two or three weeks past, the moment Of its con
summation had remained undetermined, and
was not in fact fixed till a couple OF hours be-
fore the commencement Of execution. The
lid ont trnF
circle of officers and projects OF departments,
who were playing the courtler IN the presence
Of him whom they were sure would be one day
their Emperor. lie passed into an adjoining
cabinet where he met q couple Of hls intimate
counseIors and devoted partizans. They told
him that the decisive moment had come; that,
in fact he must now choose whether he would
90 to prison as a captive, or to the Iullerles as
an Emperor; that the allied factions in Parlla-
ment intended on the morrow 10 introduce and
carry a measure that would Intallby result In
his impeachment and incarceration, unless ener-
getcaiy prevented by the prompt execution of
the counter stroke that had been long since pre-
pared and which he must now let fall.
Very well, gentlemen, hand me the decree
and the proclamations, I'll sign them. But the
Minister of the lnteriorIs Is not present; we have
no time now 10 send for and consult with him.
| appoint, at the instant VI. de Morney Minister
Of the lnterOr-let him Counterslgn the decree.
And now let it be immedIatel y,cXeCuted, and let
the proclamations be 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 role Of host with
wonderful sang froid and cheerfulness Of manner
that prevented the first suspicion on the part
of his guests that he had just played the decisive
game Of his fortune-hIs head against a throne
Before day the next tmorning, Generals Chaugar
nier, LamoriCiere and CayaIgnac were seized at
their respective residences by detachment of
troops dispatched for the purpose. Before day,
and with the utmost silence, without causing the
slightest alarm in the city, large bodies of
troops were directed on the Place du Palais
Bourbon, the Place de la Concorde, the Champs
Elysecs, the Hotel de Vile, and the Place du
Carousal. Daylight found all these strategic
points of the city in the quiet possession Of NJ.
Bonaparte's soldiery. The questors Of the AS
sembly were arrested. All the entrances into
the Palace in which the sittings were held were
guarded by troops, with strict orders to prevent
members Of the Assembly from passingin in. The
first ntimation that the Parisans had of the au-
dacious revolutionary movement which was in
process of execution came frsm the placards
which, by order of the usurping dictator were
pasted upon the walls all over the city.
By the arrival of the Steamer Canada at New