Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-12
A story of Louis NapoIeons

Gus piece VI iiioiihatioii, SoPiSo Aio'" -.
Belfast Chronicle, which, as he says, "tell
its own story"-whlch reads like re
mapce-a French one, perhaps
There lives in Paris gentleman, who
in December, lS47, wrote-"I can see wit
perfect clearness that Louis Philippe Wi
not be three months on the throne
France" Louis Philippe was exlled II
February, 1S4S. That gentleman wrot
shortly after the presidential election
"This Boraparte scion is traitor. Not
man looks. at him but feels the instinct .
avoiding him as treacherous man. IL
will STRIKE for the Consolidation the DC
tat6tshiB and God knows what will fol
low.p He .sTRUcK. The coup de'etat o
December, 1851, tells How. he. STRUCK. .Th'
same gentleman wrote in the March of th'
present year-"The tyrant aims at the EN-
pre. lis gaze is fixed upon the CROWN
Before year there will be a revival OF the
Bonapartean dynasty, and the French wIl
kneel before Napoleon the Third" The
empire has come. ..
The man who predicted these events is
no comr1ion man. He thinks and looks a
round him. He participates in many move
ments quietly ,ahd gathers knowledge which,
in our view, no other man, at this moment,
in or out of Paris, could find means to ac-
quire. His previous predictions give US
confidence in what he states. In fact we
know him, and know that he wohlc not de-
tail as truth what he did not know to be
true, for he is generally one of the least
speculative individuals we have ever met.
Well, that gentleman-we would give his
name if we were permitted-wrltes the sub
Joined on Thursday last, and all before
whom 1t comes can measure its worth, and
the amount of credence to be attached to it
from what they have already learned
The revelation will seem curious to many j;
to us it is by no means so as we are aware
of the sources from which much of his IN
formation is derived, and how he derives
it. That it IS true we are convinced, and
that the British government are sup" to the
Vaccinations of the French Emperor is ev-
ident from the revived state of our defenc-
es, from The embodiment of our militia, from
the addition to our maritime hands, and
from the establishment of Channel Fleet.
The following is the communication re-
ferred to:
In a secluded part of the wood of Bo-
lougne, at place called Madfia, whllome
the residence Of Lamartine, is a house sur
rounded by trees, and the windows of which
are never opened, except sometimes at
dawn, as if to let in fresh air., This house,
all day, and on many nights, has the air of
being uninhablted; but often!lmes at night
there comes about suspicious looking char
acters who take up their posts IN the thick
cts, and then about twelve or one up come
several carriages, with the blinds close
down, the PORTE cocHERE is, opened mys-
teriously they drive in and the door closes
behind them.
What is this placet
I is she reside of Vifginie, la Sabotiere.
This, for many persons-lndeed, nearly
all-is no explanation. But let us enter. one
evening last week, and perhaps what may
be going on may enlighten US.
In an apartment suinptuously furnished,
is a grand supper laid out, resplendent with
plate and brilliant with lights, and around
sit half dozen men and as many wo-
men, who, while slipping their champaign,
are talking animatedly of conquest and en-
pire, of aggression and rapine: &
eyes" says one, striking his fist on the
table-a man with heavy moustache, hook
ed nose and saturnine, bilious countenance
Eyes, when once an crowned will
proclaim Jerome king of Holland, and not
only proclaim him king, but make him king,
while Belgium shall reign but as my vas
sal.'
"Yes. sire" said all but one, whom we
shall not mention.
"And then King of Rome and Italy, and
Protector of the Heivetic Confederation
shall be no empty titles-they shall be
mine"
But, sire, England :" observed one gen
tly.
"England, my eternal nightmare Eng
land, the assassin Of my uncle! Every
step take find her in rny way. Let her
take care, perfdious and meddling Albion.
Let her beware that she interfere hot, for,
as surely as she interf feres, will / land on
her shores, and show them that their island
is as easily made French colony as was
Algiers. They fancy themselves impfeg-
naBIe; they will find their mistake"
Thus spoke Louis Napoleon in the house
of Virginie, la Sabotiere.
must now explain who she is, and how
he found himself there, promising that the
information am giving you may cost me
dear, though hope no one will aid the ras-
cally police oil Bonaparte in tracing the au-
thor of the news here given. How l OBJ
tanned it is secret of life and death. But
every word | write is TRUE. Louis Napo-
leon may not carry out his after-supper
Boast, but the words were spoken by him.
When Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was a
State prisoner in Ham he was treated with
very great kindness and consideration. A
mongst others who saw him for different
purposes was Virgihie, a very pretty, girl,
daughter of an old sABoT maker in Ham.
After a while Louis made proposals, they
were accepted, and two children were the
result. These children he was very much
attached to. They were provided for, and
sent to first rate schools. On his advent
to power, in 1S4S, the Prince gave Virgin
ic pension, and then, in December, 1851,
he gave her the beautiful residence above
alluded to.
With a natural taste for debalchery, re.
sembling in character the debaucheryy OF
The Regent and Louis XIV, one of the de-
lights Of Louis Napoleon Is an orgy, with
plenty of wine and women. In fact his
happiness is PETIT soUpER, such as when
the Regent and Dubois lived. To indulge
in these at St. Cloud and the Elysee would
be dangerous, as there is certain amount
of public opinion still alive ; but then there