New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-05-19


Sa4g6R -~sst~isAstaAdiss he pssss 10 sas'
'lad In France. some Of the papers havs the
boldness 20 speak ont in language which must
be offensive to the Emperor 1t is true that
they do not in direct terms assail him, bus they
effect their object in an indirect way They
peak in severe terms Of condemnation Of the
conduct Of his uncle Napoleon for acts which
have also been committed by the present En-
peror
The Paris Presse thus speaks Of the procla-
nation Of the Empire by Napoleon, and the
course pursued in relation to the press and pub
lie opinion. What done by Napoleon has
been closely initiated by his nephew, and the
censure is, therefore alike applicable to both of
them.
' In spite Of all that was said to the contrary
by the official reports and Government journals
Of the time, the proclamation of the Empire was
coldly received in France, especially in Paris;
and what eonclusively proves that public opin-
ion was unfavorable, is the extreme care taken
by the Government to repress all expression of
IT, The Tribunate was abolished, the Corps
Legislatif voted every thing without discussion,
the Senate watched but for signal from their
master, the journals which had survived the
Consulate we're delivered over to the surveillance
OF the police, every work whatsoever was sub
rntted to board Of censure before being print
ed, (Which however, was no guarantee against
seizure Of a book and prosecution of its author
and printer after publication, and 5000 or 5000
police agents were employed day and night to
ury into the actions and opinions Of citizens
When he found himself absolute, and felt cure
Of the future, Napoleon tried to unite all parties
under his authority. He easily succeeded in
rallyinr the Indifferent, the renegades, the cour-
tiers, the traitors Of every party, all, in short
who, ten years later, aggravated their con-
temptible flattery by their cowardly ingrati-
tnde But as to the sincere royalists and re-
publicans, he gained none Of them. The first
increasingly reproached him with having usurped
the position Of their King. and the others never
! flrgave him for having destroyed their Repub-
| lie. And thus, it was the remark of intelligent
men that the young Empire comprised all the
vices which had led to the fall Of the monarchy,
without any Of those principles or prejudces
which combine to support old institutions"
Louis Napoleon is indebted for his present po-
sition to the popularity of his uncle; but we
doubt his ability to sustain himself in it. An
| other en'rte may send him once more to Eng
| land or the United States an exile; and we
10 not consider it imI robable that such an out
.urst Of public opinion may take place before a
| twelve month shall have passed. The French
people must feel that they are slaves-that they
| are trodden upon by despot, who has deprived
| them Of all the rights which should be held dear
| ~ a civilized and thinking people.
HARD FATE.-A few days since while three
men were engaged in painting the front of a
lofty house in Vesey street, the scafolding gave
| way and one Of the men was instantly killed.
On Monday his remains were followed to the
grave by his widow and her three orphans, two
neighbors joining in the solemn ceremony. And
now for the history OF this desolate family as
given by the New York Correspondent of the
Philadelphia Dispatch He tells US that this
family had scarcely been two months in this
country This was the first chance the unfor-
tunato deceased had been favored with since he
landed, of earning penny; and, though law
yer and literary man at home, hunger and
want, sickness, penury, and friendlessness, had
compelled him TO take that day brush in hand
and turn painter, to obtain bread tor his starv-
ing self and family How brief was that labor
Instead of returning home at night wi, his dol
lar to his famishing little ones, he was carried
home before dark on a shutter, mass Of
mangled and mutilated humanity. In comfort
able circumstances in Dublin, he and his family
abandoned their home to better their fortune,
and arrived here last February. They had
with them about $3.50 in gold.
| They weI robbed # this petty store within a
five minutes after their trunks reached the shore
some SO baggage -smasher " having carried off
the very trunk that contained it This left them
penniless in foreign land. Sorrow made hi
, wife i'll. Their infant child sickened and died
the first week after. The broken hearted i'm
migrant next prostratei himself, by down
fright trouble and dspair When he recovered
4 which was slowly, his wife, unused to such
" hariships sank away again, victim of her suf
4 ferings All this exhausted the means of every
- friend to whom they could apply, and swallu wed
j mp. in pledge after pledge, every rag of clothing
- except that which covered their nakedness
Even the wedding dress had been pawned, the
. morning Of the accident, to obtain food Yes.
terday the widow died. and to- day the poor lit
tie children will be sent to the aims house
Three months ago the whole family were living
| .l,;,,, -, l.. 4
hold at Wards Island, in these helpless orphans
all that is left of it more crowded chapter
of wretchedness and misfortune it has nevel
/ been our lot to encounter.