The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-08
Attempted PoIiti,aI A,

since 1850.
The Un,ta CattoLica gives the following
curious list of all the attempts at political
ssssss nation that have been made since
1850:
"Queen Victoris can count four at
tempts on her life On June %, 1850, she
received violent blow with stick from
one Robert Pate, retired Lieutenant IN
the Tenth Husss1s.
"In May, 1850 the late King Of Prussia
received, as he wss mounting a railway
carrisge, shot from holster pistol Of
large bore in the forearm; the ASSASSIN,
Sefelsge, of Weizlow, cried as he fired,
Liberty forever
"The lite of the present King Of Prussia
was in danger at Baden, on the morning
of July IA, 1861. The two pistol shots
we're fired at him by Oscar Becker, law
student of Leipsic. The regicide declared
that he wished to kill the King because he
was not capable of e1fecLing the unity of
Germany.
"On February ls, 1853, at Vienna,
Francis Joseph was struck with knife
in the nspe of the neck. The murderer's
name was Libeny, of Alba, in Hungary,
tailor by trade.
"On March 20, 1854, Ferdinand Charles
Ill, Duke of Psrms, returning from an
excursion, was hustled by an individual
who st the same time stabbed him in the
abdomen, left the pOignard in the wound,
and subsequently escaped. The Duke ex-
pired in cruel torture st the end of twenty
three hours.
"On May %, 1856, as Queen Elizabeth
was passing in her carrisgs along the Rue
de PArsenal at Ma1rid, young man,
nsmed Raymond Fuetes, drew a pistol
from his Pooke', and would have disehsrg-
ed it at her head had not his arm been
caught and his weapon taken from him by
an agent of the police.
H0n December 8, 1856, whilst Ferdi-
nand II. was reviewing his troops at
Naples, soldier, named Agesirss Milsno,
struck him with his bayonet, and, at
later period, GAribaldi hoaored tho name
of the regicide.
ain October, 1852, when Napoleon Ill,
who wss on the eve of becoming Emperor,
was st Marseilles, there had been prepared
an Internal machine, formed by two hun
dred and fly gun-bsrrels charged witheE
teen hundred balls, intended 70 go of ali at
once sgainlt the Prince and his cortegS.
But the attempt was not carried out
July s, 1853, q fresh attempt was made to
assinste him as he was going to the Opera
OOmique. Twelve Frenchmen were ar
rested rs ooD Dcerned in the conspiracy. On
April %. 1856, Jean Liverani fred two
shots st the Emperor In the Grand avenue
of the Champs Elysees. In 1857, Tribal
di, Bartolotti and Grill came from Eng
land to Paris to sssinAte Emperor, but
we're discovered, arrested, tried and pun
red. On January a. 1858, 0rsini,
Gomez, Pieri and Rudio, threw muir
dsrous shells at the Emperor of the
French and shed the blood of grsst
number of honest citizens in Paris. On
December "a, 1868, Greco, Trsbucco, In
peFstore and Seagliohi, Whohad come over
from London with tho intention Of killing
the French Emperor We're arrested IN
Paris.
uOn September Is, 1862, the Qleen Of
Grsece, directing pubic stfairs during the
kings absence, was returning from ride
on horseback, when she Wss fred Rt with
out effect near the palace, by Aristide
DonsiOs, q student sged only nineteen
years.
sIn 1858 an attempt was made on the
life of Victor Emmanuel II, and Count
Csvour gave an account Of 1t in the sit
ting of april l6.
April IA, 1865, at Ford's Theatre in
Washington, Abraham Lincoln, President
of the Tinted States Of America, was as
tsainsted by Booth.