Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-02-23
Napoleon the Third-seeret and Com
ffdentiaI.

Napoleon the TIlird-seeret and Com
i GdentiaI.
The following piece of information tells its own
story. The Belfast Chronicle, from which it is
taken, is one ofthe most trustworthy and reliable
journals in the United States:
There lives in Paris gentleman who, in 1s47,
wrote-"I can see with perfect clearness that
Louis Philippe will not three months on the throne
of France" Louis Philippe was exiled in Feb
ruary, lS4S. That gentleman wrote shortly af-
ter the Presidential election-s'This Bonaparte
scion is traitor. Not man looks at him but
feels the instinct of avoiding him as treacherous
man. He will strike for the Consulship-for the
Dictatorship; and God knows what will follow!''
He struck. The coup etat of December, 1851,
tells in history hoao he struck. The same gen.
tleman wrote in March of the present year-sThe
tyrant aims at the Empire. His gaze is fixed up
on the crown. Before year there will be re-
vival of the Bonepartean dynasty, and the, French
will kneel before Napoleon the Third The
Empire has come.
The man who predicted these events is no COM
mon He thinks and looks around him.
III lAoFCluSuIS uul6Ily, anu
gathers knowledge which, in our view, no other
man 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 would not detail 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 permtted-writes the subjoined on
Thursday last, and all before whom it 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; to us it is by no means so, as we are aware
of the sources from which much of his information
is derived, and ho,o he derives it. That it is true
we are convinced, and that the British Govern
ment are 'up to the Vaccinations of the French
Emperor is evident from the revived state of our
defences, from the embodiment of our militia,
from the addition to our maratime hands, and
from the establishment of Channel Fleet.
The following is the communication referred to :
! In secluded part of the wood of Bolougne, at
place called Madria, whilome the residence of
Lamartine, is house surrounded by trees, and the
windows of which are never opened, except some
times at dawn as if to let in fresh air. This house
all day, and on many nights, has the air of being
uninhabited; but oftentimes at night there come
about suspicious looking characters, who take up
heir posts in the thickets, and then about twelve
or one up come several carriages with the blinds
close down, the porte cochere is opened mysteri-
ously, they drive in and the door closes behind
him.
What is this place!
tbs the residence of Virginie Sabotiere.
This, for many persons-lndeed, nearly all-s
no explanation. But let us enter, one evening
last week, and perhaps what may be going on may
enlghten us.
In an apartment sumptuously furnished, is
grand supper laid out, resplendent with plate bril-
liant with lights, and around sit half dozen men
and many women, who, while slipping their
champagne, are talking animatedly of conquest
and empire, of aggression and rapine.
eyes, says one, striking his fist on the table
"a with heavy moustache, hooked nose, and
saturine, bilious countenance-'syes, when once
1 am crowned, will proclaim Jerome king of
Holland, and not only proclaim him king but
make him king, while Belgium shall reign but as
my vassal''
ssYes, sire,'' said all but one whom l shall not
mention.
Sand then king of Rome and Italy, and Pro-
tector of the Helvetic Confederation shall be no
empty titles-they shall be mine.''
'But, sire, England" observed one gently.
ssEngland, my eternal nightmare! England,
the assassin of my uncle! Every step l take I
find her in my way. Let her take care, perfdious
and meddling Albion. Let her beware that she
nterferes not for surely she interferes, will
land on her shores and show them that their island
is as easily made French colony as was Algier s.
They fancy themselves impregnable; they will
find their mistake"
Thus spoke Louis Napoleon in the house of
Virginia la Sabotiere.
must now explain who she is, and how he
found himself there, promising that the informa-
ton I am giving you may cost me dear, though
hope one will aid the rascally police of Bona
parte in tracing the author of the here given
How obtained it, is secret of life and death. But
every word write IS true. Louis Napoleon may
not carry out his after-supper boast but the words
were spoken by him.
When Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was State
prisoner in Ham, he was treated with very great
kindness and consideration. Among others who
saw him for different purposes, was Virginia,
very pretty girl, daughter of old sabot maker in
Ham After while Louis made proposals, they
were accepted and two children were the result.
They were provided for and sent to first rate