Grand River times. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1851-18??, 1852-02-10
FRANCE.

No doubts are longer entertained OF the Pres-
ident's intention to re-establish the Empire.
On the first day of the new year he went thro'
the form of religious installation as ten years
President, at the Cathedral OF Notre dame, with
all the ceremonies used by his uncle as First
Consul; he takes up his abode at the Tuilerles
and the Paris tradesmen look for balls and
festivals; and a veteran OF the Old Guard might
suppose that forty years had been abolished
Meanwhile, the new Imperialism is developing
itself in variety of forms. Louis Napoleon re-
ceives from his royal brother of Russia the Or
der of st. Andrew, usually conferred on sove-
reigns The Austrian papers are proclalming,
as the Viennese PreSse does that Louis Napo-
leonized, France will no longer need to oppose
Russia, and the Austrian Lloyd's, that the Prince
President is firm adherent to the party Of" Or
der"
He has also decreed that the Eagle be restor-
ed to the national co!ors, considering" to use
his own language, that the French republic, in
its new form sanctioned by the suffrage of the
people, may adopt without umbrage the soure-
Mrs Of the Empire and the symbols which recall
the glory of that period, &C., DEGREES that the
Eagle be restored to the national colors and the
cross of the Legion of Honor"
Vernon, the editor of the Constitutional, tho
he advised the coup de etat, is indignant at the
continued repression of the press. Jules Janin
is also furious against" ce brigand, ce miserable,
&C scelerat."
There are at present more than 10000 per-
sons imprisoned in Paris. More than 10000 are
still incarcerated in the easements OF the forts,
with nothing but straw to lie on. The rest have
been shot or butchered.
Demosthenes Olivier, ex-representative, still
in prison at Mazas, has related to lady who
gained access to him, the following monstrosity:
"During three successive nights they awakened
us EN- masse, telling us that we were to be shot
They then ordered us to descend into the square
where, after an hour Of frightful anxiety, they
ordered us to return to our cells, telling us that
the execution was not to take place that night,
but that it would probably do so the next
They made us thrice suffer the terrible throes OF
DEATH"
1t can easily be conceived that, after such re-
fined cruelties, no others were spared. n wo-
man during six days refused to reveal the where
abouts of her husband they therefore took her
three little children, the eldest of which was on
ly six years old, and, shutting them up in her
room, dragged the poor mother to the project
ure de police. "Your children" said they shall
not eat until you reveal where your husband
is" Horribly tortured between the pangs of a
four hours without saying word. After twen-
ty-four hours had elapsed, they reminded her of
her children not having eaten She still preser-
we'd silence; and it was only about noon-viz.,
after the lapse of thrty-six hours-that the tho't
of her children not having partaken of any food
drove her mad she then revealed the abode of
her husband.
The military laws authorize every enemy Ia
ken, with arms in hand, to be shot; but here, in
Paris, thousands of people have been arrested
since the 9th, when the pretended hosIilities
were over. All the men designated republicans
in their quarters, were seized and thrown into
prisons, into which many were massacred. On
the first day they were shot at the prefecture de
police: but as the fuslading was too noisy, they
substituted on the following days the axe and
the sabre to accomplish their bloody work. 1t
was sergent de vile who himself related the
lugubrious drama Net by one of his old friends
he was asked why he was in plain dress. !
can endure it no longer" answered he. awe
have been, during four days employed at the
prefecture de police to raise the axe and the sa-
bre against the people, and could not stand it
any longer, so | left Several sergents de vile
have become insane. We were swetering in
blood up to our knees at length was seized
with terror!" And, indeed the sergents de Vile
once so arrogant, can no longer look any one in
the face, so utterly do they feel themselves de-
based At the prison of Mazas, many prisoners
were shot. The scenes of the I'd of September
1892, were renewed. The prisoners were bro't
to the spot of execution, and were ordered to 60
to the right or to the left. Those who went
out through the door to the right were shot, the
others not.
The plan of all those unheard Of cruelties is
to annihiate all those in the Republican party
capable of taking the initiative, or of melting the
masses This plan is carried out with an infer
nal calculation. The most innocent people are
implicated in the vague accusation of having par.
ticipated in plot.
Med. Lavalette has received instructions from
the French government not to interrupt his di-
plomatc communications with the Porte. The
Austrian PresSe makes the following significant
remark:
"France has now less inclination and reason
than ever to act in opposition to the wishes OF
Russia"
II is said that several Russians of high rank
and among others Count Pahlen, who was
Russian ambassador in Paris in the time of Lou
is Philippe-have been speaking of Louis Ma
poleon and his acts, in some of the principal sa-
looms Of Paris, in manner that has attracted
the notice of the police; and it has been intim-
ated to them that, if they should not be more
IL