, 1864-01-12
! E U:R E.
NAP0LE0N'S REPLY TO THE
FRENCH SENATE.
PRINCE NAPOLEON ON THE WAR
PROSPECT.
An Extraordinary DiVorce Case
Kecnan and King in Court
L Terrible SAjpWreck.

FRINGE NAPoL Eoy ON TIE PROSPECT OF WAR.
Tho following letter is attributed to Prince
NaToleon, by German paper:
You ask nc II believe In war. Yes, I beliere
IN it. How viii it break outi win tell you.
War will brenk out in tho spring, and 1t is y ny
oI King Victor Emmanuel is not tonable; The
mrsf he an end rnt 10 that. The King has written
so.ution, and that he would rather be plata Chesa-
Who linda himself pushed forward to . prccipice.
repeat, my father n-law has appraised my conssn
tbnt he will attack the Austrian lines in the spring.
Frlcse me, 1t is thus the struggle will commence
The K1og does not Labor under any de!uaion 9n the
tain the advantage, but ho knows iikowise that his
magnificent army will oppose formidable Essist-
59y INV
But then the position will change. However crest
the desire Of the Emperor may be to preae,ssee ,sse
anso Sass ns eesompised II lily
contrary to all calculation. the Emperor should
abandon my fatheFin-law, the latter would prefer
reed from the Responsibility w6ich presses on him
with regard TO italy. It Is more probable. how
ever, that the French GoSernment VII interfere, IT,
entire OF Northern Italy, while the Emperor will
dispose OF the South,
THE EslPKnoR NAPoLEoN'B REPLY TO TIE AD-
DRESS OF THE FRENCH SENATE!
The following is the text Of the reply of
the Emperor Napoleon to the address Of the
French Senate:
MONSIEUR LIE PnEs1DEx7: Organ, Of The chief
body Of the state, You br7g nc words which deep
sss sec with pleasure that the, most opposite
me: It etail not be deceived. Good, as you
i .5s as ss SlEs sssilo & hs
passions, and concord and un1on. Il most
a1GentIy lopg for tho moment In which the great
6e
This desire ,waa that Of the hssd of ny family
when wrote at st. HeeHa Fighting Europe 4
1ae1ly, a Utopia. become auon rea]ltyt Whatever
may happen, 1t ts niwaJs an honor to PROCLAIM .
principle which has tendency 70 dtspel the
cr this noble object; Let us not think q obstacles
except to overcome them. or Of lncrednlty except
silence t. g eco s he ssase
Unanimous shouts Of "Vire rEmpereurr'
fs:ys the official ;ournaD burst forth after his
majesty had uttered his speech. ).
TIE WRECK OF An EMIGRAST SHIP AND LOSS
OF THREE HUNDRED LIVES.
Il has been briefly announced that an emf
grant vessel which LEFT Hamburger for Austria
lia short time since with between 300 and
4c0 persons on board, was lost on the const
| Of Holland during the recent storms, and
| that nearly every soul on board perished.
| One Of the few survivors has furnished the
t following narrative of the wreck:
: The vessel was driven about In terrible
| manner by the wlads and tho waves, and OF
last she could no longer be 6teered. Ahodl
one o'clock the captain gaEe orders to sound
with the lead. We did SO, and, to our hof
!. ror, found only seventeen fact OF water. W.
| saw that We were lost, and tn few minutes
| The ship struck forward, and, With q terrible
shock, ehc afterwards struck aft. The zud
| der tlcn eaye way. We Immediately pro
cceded to cut nway tho masts, but they broke
| off like sticks, and their wreck beat grca
| holes In the deck, through which the waite
poured and filed the tTeen decks. Anothel
broke in Two arnfdships. AL who werl
in The lore po1t OF the vessel md between
docks were drowned; and the one sank witt
ali who were there and the other Was full Q
'watcr. Thus go lives were saeRidced to. tn
waves in The space Of few minutes. It wa
fearful sight. Yet NC could do nothing
| TIE alter portion Of tha vessel WA sunk In
few minutes, but was not entirely covere
with water. The lower portion held togeth
or. but was irnbedded IN the sandy bottom
Eow: however, one sea after another srushe
over lie deck, tore away the bulwarks, an
cnr1ied of all who could not hold on firmly
We all jumped into the largest boat; whic
| the masts and water vessels. Behind and bs
fore me lay dead and wounded, and anon
them was tho captain. Thus covering tt
rether in the boat, exposed to every sea th1
svept the weasel, sometimes lying On tl
dead. and at other times packed betwee
Fl corpscs, I awaited the dawn Of day. =
, Of the 500 passengers only a men and OF
worasn are saved, and with the. remnant 4
the crew are reduced to atate OF: utter dest
. | kution !" - :: !: -at' :. :: i''r.