The weekly Placer herald., 1853-01-22

tinne the survey of the rivers Gila and
Rio Grande below Ell Paso. At
Senate Dec. l5.-Mr. Atchison. (dem)
of Mo, gain took the chair, at tine writ
ten request Of Mr.. King.
Mr.. Gwin, of California, gave notice
that he would, on Monday, call up the
bill to remit the duties on certain import
ed goods destroyed by fire.
e. .-s ENGLAND.
There is but little of interest from Eng
land. The free trade party seems to be
gathering strength.
A Birmingham house has received an
order to coin 700 tons of copper into
coinage of the new French Empire. -Four
thousand tons are required in all, and the
work will take four years to complete.
t.t FRANCE. .ad airr Ina
The news from France is highly inter-
esting. The empire is Proclaimed, and
Napoleon the Little is to be Emperor un-
der the name of Napoleon Ill. aai
On Wednesday, the lst Dec, the Corps
LegiSlatif met to sum up the votes for the
Empire. The Assembly adjourned at 7
O'Clock, when the following was proclaim
ed as the result of the Plebiscite:
Yes 7,864,1S9
No G. .. 25S,145
Null o. .... -at 63,326
Mai, for Louis Napoleon, 7,547,17s
81 Immediately afterward the whole Corps
Legislatlf went to St. Cloud, en- costume,
tO announce the result .ie f.....si .t
They had an audience with the Prince
President, surrounded hy all his ministers
and other State functionaries, when an
address was read to him by the President
of the Legislative Assembly, and replied
to by the new Emperor. =,
1h9 Monteur contains decree headed
"NAPOLEON, af,.. ..,.g
"By the Grace of God and the national
will, Emperor Of the French. To all
present and to come greeting" F'''
Then follows a recital of the Senatus
consulte, followed by decree for its pro-
mitigation. The second article is as fol-
lows: .,....f I.... ..,.,...a. .......I.- tlG
"Louis Napoleon Ronaparte is Emper-
or of the French under the name Of Ma
poleon ILL.," th3i 9'
By Il. second decree the Minister of War,
St. Arnaud, General Magnan and Cen
eral CasteIlane are created MarshalS of
France, in consideration Of the ability
and courage displayed by them in the de-
fense Of the country under the grave cir
cumstances through which it had passed.
The Courts of Appeal are to be called
Courts Imperial, and law Offices of the
State are to take the title Imperial. ....
The seal of the Emperor is to be a
crowned Imperial Ea g'e reposing on
thunder (repOsant stts la foudre.)a Allof-
fetal seals are to he after the same model.
Al offenses committed by the press and
publications are pardoned, fines remitted
and imprisonments annul ed. The warn
ings given to papers are Withdrawn.
National Guards under disci plinary
penalties are relieved from them. .5v
The reserve of the Etat Major General
of the Army, suppressed 1S4S, is restored.
days pay is allowed to non -t.Om,nis-
stoned officers, soldiers, and sailors, in the
new copper coin, in celebration of the
promu CATION of the Empire.
The Ia courts, with the BourSe and
pub ic Offices, are closed to-day. $50 f.aai
The city was illuminated inthe evening"
but the great fetes are put off till the cor
onatiOn.r fuy yff4. p, ef H..iq ritu ~ l7rl5
The Emperor would be proclaimed in
all the Departments on Sunday, 5th inst.
1t is now pretty certain that Jerome
Bonaparte will be appointed viccroy Of
Algiers.a n -.r .u.-tra1 81 ...rH.
Gen. Rybinski, the distinguished Polish
General, has forwarded an address to the
Emperor, saying that the Poles will
range under his banner should France re-
BELGIUM.
The warlike preparations making in
England and Prussia, taken in connection
with the proclamation of the Empire in
France. have caused much agitation at
Brussels.