The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-11
Rirtlunnh 9ispattb.
MORNING. :. !. JAN. II, noo

~ CO0vS8oUAVus0 - ~ 0Sy ~, wan ~
! tlsuaa uncommonly familiar with the his
tory not only Of HE own time aud country,
bat othsr periods and other nations. he called
our asseation to the resemblance, 10 several
str1ktue PARTICULARS, between the conspiracy
Of Old JoHN BRowS to insurrecuonize the
Southern States Of this Union and that OF
MAIrr I, overthrow the government and
dvnasty Of the Empero, NAPOLEON. while he
VA absent in Russsa, n 90 year isi2 The
otues Of resemblance alluded to were, first,
hs inadeQuacy Of the means IN both In
stances; secondly, the boldness of the eoneep-
tiop; thirdly, he partial success Of the enter
prise; and lastly, the apparent absence OF
anything like general completely In the OBJ
jects Of the plot, on the part OF those persons
moat interest ted in Its failure or success. We
think It 10 now quite clear that, while Old
BRowN had innumerab!e sympath!zerS in the
North, who would have been rejoiced to hear
Of his success, there were none, peyoho 'he
desperadoes he brought with him, who were
prepared to encounter its dangers, whiie III Tue
South the persons for whose sake he profess
Cd TO act manifested not the least disposi''oh
to unite with him. 1t may not be unin'erest-
ing to recall the principal events OF MALET
conspiracy.
MALEr, like BRowS, was an old man when
he undertook the singular enterprise under
consideration, being in the fifty ninth year OF
his age. He had been a soldier from his youth,
and at the very commencement Of the Re,olu-
lion commanded battalion. Implicated III
certain illegal transac tons at Civifa |ecchia,
in 1867, he was brought before committee OF
INQUIRY at Paris, having been first deprived OF
his commission. He was at tins Time bfiga-
Il
der General. The committee iound MIN
guilty, and sen tenced him to the house OF de-
ten,ion. where he was confined under sur
reiilanee. As early as 1865, while NAPOLEON
was in Spain, he conceived the design OF
overthrowing his government But the sud-
den return of the Emperor disconnected all his
projects although il by no means abateo ms
disposition to form new ones. The absence OF
NAPOLEON, engaged in the difficult, dangerous,
and, rs it had already begun TO appear-thou2h
MALT did not know it-disas trous campaign
Of Russia, appeared 10 present the httest OPP
portuni,y for carrying his designs into expc"-
ton. He had but two accomplices LAFoN,
q fellow prsoBer-an old priest, de'o'euiS
attached to pre-. revolutionary "REMINISCENCES
and Young man named RATEAU, who was
the corporal OF the guard placed over MN ~
the house of detention. His whole plan rested
upOn u IatSc TepoIt VI INT pSioA te"th'
MALEr's first step was To forge decree OF
the Senate abolishing the Imperial govern
ment, establishing II provisional government,
and appointing him (MALET) Governor o!
Paris He also forged a number OF orders on
the treasury, which he designed TO use for the
purpose Of corruping those persons whom II
was first necessary to encounter, or AT least CT
persuading them The more readily 10 believe in
the report. As the guard Kept over him was very
loose he easily eluded it, and dressing hinselt
In his uniform OF Brigadier q eneral, he present =
cd himself on the night of pa of DC a. the bar
rack gate Of the I'd regiment and lath Cohort
Having been toll tbat he could not be admitted
without the orders Of Col. SoULIER the COM
mander of the regiment, he went TO the house
Of that officer, and announced The startling in :
teiIigence that the Emperor had been killet:
before Moscow in a battle fought on the 9TH OF
October and at the same time presented the
decree of the Senate, drawn with so much
skill that it was calculated to deceive even the
most wary. SOULIER was completely taken
in, the more readily, perhaps, that the decree
In question appoin ted him General OF Brigade,
and was accompanied by an order on the Trea-
sury for 100000 francs--about $4,000. He
not only gave the necessary order for admission
into the barracks, but, in person. accompanied
MALET TO the barrack yard. Here the latter,
conceiving very properly that holiness alone
could enable him to succeed in such an enter
prise, assumed the air and tone of authority,
ordered the gates to be opened, mustered the
troops by torch Light, announced the death OF
the Emperor, and commanded the drums to
beat, in order that the corps might hear the de
cree read To the amazement, probably. of the
cvnspirato tor himself, the troops ubeyed without
amurmur and MALET, with a strong guard
marched to the prison Of La Force where lie
liberated Generals GCIDAL and LAHORE he
had been long under confinement, for political
offences. Giving each of them the command
OF a column, they marched in three divisions
three several ways, with the purpose of Sc
curing the principal posts before day light
LAHORE went directly to the hotel of SAyA.
RY. 1.-THE famous Duke of ROvIGO) at that Time
Minister Of Police, caught him in bed, carried
him off to La Force and thrust him into pri-
SON GulDAL took the Project of Police, PAS
oUIER in the same manner, and confined him
in the same place. SOULIEE, who had been de
cpiyed as we have shown, joined with the con-
spirators, and having taking possession of the
Hotel de Vile, placed a strong force in garri-
son there In the meanwhile the detachment
which MALRT commanded in person, took pos
session of the Place Vendome. The Project of
the Department of the Seine, (FRoCHoT,) ar
irving in town, the next morning, about nine
O'Clock found the Hotel de Vile in possession
of a detachment of National Guards, and was
20 far deceived by appearances that he obeyed
the order of MALRT to prepare the principal
apartment of tina: building for sitting of the
provisional government.
While all of this was going on, MALEr dis
patched forged orders to the commanders OF
two regiments in Paris, both of whom
being either deceived or corrupted by an order
accompanying it for 100000 francs, obeyed him
implicitly. Having the command of these two
regiments, he took possession of the barriers
with one of them, and Of the Bank, where
there was a large amount of specie, and OF
the Treasury with the other.
The mex, object of MALEr was 10 get Dos.
session Of he Eta's Major, the headquarters
Of all military authority in Paris In order
~ accomplish this. he stationed twenty-five
men out o, fifry whom he took along with
him, opposite the Etats Major. and sent pack
age 10 the Ad;utant General, DorcEr, similar
10 that be had given to Colonel SoULiER II
made Do GET General, and gave him draft
on the treasury IoF f""S" francs. DO: GET
saw me troops before the hotel obeying MA-
LIFTS orders, and was, therefore. induced to
obev them himself lie sent for general La
BoRDR, whom MALEr had ordered him to arrest.
MALEr leaving the twenty five men before
mentioned in fr' mt of the Etals, went with
the o'her TWEEN y five ~ The hotel of General
BuLiN, Governor OF Paris. obtained private
interview with that officer. and when askei
for his au thority, replied bv shooting HuLIN
In the face vi Ih a niktol The Wound wa. 50