The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-30


is now positively certain 70 III those who have any
Of knowing What pees behind ths scono that the
ceremony Vi oPsAnx tho boulevard d. sshastopo was
put OFF account Of the ,scovey Of fresh plot 10 as
sassinate the Emperor The details the xr are kept
in the utmost possible mystery and probably only
known 10 the Prsiet Of Police Gcn Epauasse aud
the Emperor bimsc but the fact Of the existence
Of tle plot u known ~ hundreds of individuals
and It has caused modification In the ceremonial Of
Yesterday whereof trace y 70 be found ip this morn
The Official paper, abiding to the name of he new
Boulevard says: " It quite right t,st muster OF
troops Duh mark the Inauguration Of such an artery Of
the capil and after the Emperor. soien were the
first who ought to have rosn the soil bearing The name
Of % giorioss vistory This, you will 80, IL
manner q exPaaAascn for the presence Of the troops
that wsrs called together yesterday In the origin
the ccrsHrny wms W be purely civil and municipal
one bot whcn II discovered that 80 great a dan
ger threatened II resolved to change lis character
a'togeiher and, Instead Of = municipal It became a
military Jsfe Connected with this, can relate 70 you
curious circumstance that has just occurred and for
which vOuch. last week, of the very highest
placed functionarics here and of the nearest II not
the nearest in habtunl confidence 10 the Emperor Napo
leon ILL., called upon Lady friend Of nnc, with whom,
and with whose husband be- hae been intimate terms
o friendship for the last fUurtcs6 years. Both this lady
and her husband foreigners settled In Paris. The
parsonage speak Of made the visit In question ON pur
pose to ask these friends Of his what property they had
preserved in their country and how far they had
identified their fortunes with those Of France and the
language Ire held was tcxtuaIIy this with all that my
position oblges to know cannot reconcile It to my
long standing friendship for you and yours not to en-
tighten you upon the reality of the situation weare in all
Of US, living in France. The Emperors exist
cncc il an all but impossible he Is no surround
ed by plots that every day brings to lght--so com
PEELED now to suspect the very indiyiduals Who
him in the Interior Of the palsce--that 1t is
next to positive miracle that he should escape
His own faith in his preservation Is shaken and
from day To day from hour TO hour, anything may hap
In Paris, and Paris become place where no one who
not forced to live should be DESTROYS of prolongiuR his
stay All this may not occurt possible that nothing
Of 1t at all may happen but IL just possible that it
may all any day and that being the real state of
affairs here cannot reconcile it to myself not TO warn
you and not to advise you TO be always ready to leave
this country ut moments notice
II could name to you the who uttered these
words you would at that unless they were pro-
nounccd by Louie Napoleon himself they could not be
by any more important confess my own impress
sion s not that the plots for assassination will succeed
in their direct and present FORM but firmly believe they
have another danger which is every bit as great and
which IL evident to few of those who live in Louis
Napoleons intimacy The notion of an incessant and
horrible danger hanging his head has SO possessed
the Emperor that in spite of all his resolves to the
trary his system IL shaken To the roots and he
is in that peculiar state Of mind that prevents from
seeing straight moving straight He longer enjoys
his liberty of action OF thought and his mistaken
acts 1t will be that will probably day bring fatal
crisis ss9af l5