, 1858-04-30
From the New York Herald.
The Late Attempt on Louis NaDolsoD

Inc LaIe Attempt on Louis Napoleon.
DY WHOM AND WHY IT WAS DEsIGNEp--,
REPETITION CERTAIN.
Since the late attempt upon the Hts =.
the Emperor Napoleon, it is often o,L.J
why the greater number, it. in fact no, % ~
engaged in the conspiracy are Italians
Pianori, the Italian who was execptod
some years ago for attempting to assassin
ate the Emperor, was offered free norJo.
if he would make full confession and a;
vulge his accomplices, bnt he brayelv "a
fused and now every inducement is bsld
out TO the present prisoners to reveal IN
details of the plot for participating in
which they will undoubtedly forfeit tbsr
lives. And though the rumor that End.
has confessed and will appear as a witnss,
against his fellow conspirators is industri.
ously circulated, it is not at all believed
The reason have hitherto seen assirnsd
for the fact that the numerous attemnt,
upon the Emperor's life have been almost
invariably made by Italians, do not exnl.iD
the matter correctly. 1t is known that
Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat of the I'd De.
cember was received with acclamation by
the Liberal. party in Tuscany and even IN
Rome, though by his troops he kept the
Pontif on his throne, the news was not re.
ceved with i'll favor. On the contrarv
the Constitutional Liberals, who wish for
national liberty, but who are opposed to
the Red Republicans, even to this day
regurd him with favor, knowing that be-
has pressed upon the Pope many measures
OF reform in opposition to the suggestions
Of Austria. The Italians, as q nation, ara
friendly to the Empire. The memory Of
The Napoleon is still revered by them. But
there has existed among them for many
years body of admirable organization and
great power.
l allude to the dreadful Carbonari I'm.
mediately after the French Revolution of
1880, there were a series of outbreaks
through the Roman territory, extending
into the Duches of Parma and Modena,
They were the work Of the Carbonari, and
were soon put down in most sanguinary
manner by the troops of the late Pope
Gregory. In the Roman Legations the
present Emperor and his brother, who died
during the insurrection, were actively en-.
gagged. They aoeye both members Of the Car.
bonari. 1t is generally understood that it
was Pietri, the present Corsican Prefect Of
Police, who initiated the present Emperor
into the Carbonari, Of which Mazzini the
The present Pope, and the late King Charles
Albert were active members. This society
never forgives a rengade member and
this fict is mentioned in explanation Of
Mazzini's opposition to Pious TX. and
Charles Albert and this is the real Sc
cret " Of the recent and other attempts by
Italians upon the Emperor's life.
Louis Napoleon has been tried by the
chiefs Of the society, formally condemned
to death, and received notice of the doom
which surely awaits him. Those now in
prison may perish on the scaffold, but they
know that thousands are ready to avenge
them and even though torture be tried,
(that it was under Louis Philippe is proved
in Louis Blanc's History of Ten Years"j
they will die without making q sign.
Orsini is not expected to survive his
wounds. He is member of the noblest
house in Italy. His work nsrrating bis
most singular escape from the Austrian
prisons, you remember, made great SEN
sation some time since. He is singularly
handsome in person. Pietri, in alluding to
him after his arrest, said to Prince Napo-
leon, I" He is the handsomest man in the
world. l never saw anything to equal the
beauty and grace Of the monster"
AT ball at Paris, not long since, a
Senator, q great friend of tie Empress,
was congratulating her on her gayety and
good spirits. "Yes," said she, 81 seek to
forget myself, l kaow that one of these
days we shall all perish together |" Poor
woman ! she is to be pitied. Her grace
and goodness merit happier fate. The
crown is indeed to her composed Of tbornS
As for the Emperor, he is as thorough q
fatalist as any Turk. What will be,
will be-" is his motto, but yet it is thought
that much of his ,CDnfdence is assumed.
1t is known that the French exiles in
London and Kossuth were not concerned
in the late conspiracy. Louis Blanc and
Ledru RoIlin are both opposed to assassin
alton. The affair was solely the work Of
the Carbonari, and it really seems a just
retribution that one who conspired himself,
should now be the object of detestatiOn to
his brother conspirators. He that taketh
the sword shall perish by the sword"