Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-01

and Leopold II. a reign quietly on the
throne left him by his father. NJ. Van
Praeht, Minister of the household of the
King Of the Belgians, notified to the EN-.
peror the accession of Leopold,II. to the
throne.
The Ambassador and the Emperor ex-
changed words of sympathy, Verba VOtant,
~seTiptG n%aGnent, it will be said, and the
writings of the Prince Napoleon when
prisoner at BAN must be considered as
more sincere than the words of Napoleon
Ill, However,as the Emperor has assured
the Belgium ambassador of his desire to
see the integrity of Belgium maintained,
and he has done nothing to prove the con-
trary, we must believe, if any activity
still remains in him, he has enough to do
with home matters, for three years alone
separate him from
1889,
a date which seems no less important, in
the eyes of every one, than 1852, when a
a new President of the Republic was
elected; in 1869 the election of the Corps
LegisLat1 are to take place, and 1 can
prophecy that no more than fifty deputies
favorable to the Government will be elect
ed. 1t is, therefore, in 1899, that there
will be a struggle between the power
which will grant no liberties, and the
country which is determined to wrench
then by force if refused. An election
which has just taken place in the Depart
ment of the Orne, will prove that the in
habitants of the province are following the
MARCH OF PRosREss.
For the department of the Orne, is an
agricultural one, and the farmers for the
most part very opulent. 1 notice their
attention to the raising of cavalry horses,
an important point, for it would naturally
lead us to infer that they would be ever
DESTROYS of keeping on good terms with
the government the contrary is, however,
the case, as the candidate of the Ministry,
Monsieur de Mackan, will not, it is sup
posed, be reelected, and much the same
thing is taking place in many other de-
partments.
In a constitutional country, such cir
cumstances might fail to attract attention.
Should the election of 1859 prove unfa-
vorable to the present Government, the
ministry would change the Wings would
succeed the Tories, but then would be its
~deathblow without fail. The year 1889
has something fatalistic about it. Some
hope in it, somc fear if, it is indifferent to
some. Were it not for the exhibition of
1867 I think that the electoral agitation
would m next year. The eonvic-
don is that the Government will not
await 1859, but will give US another
eOap dStat of 1852.
1 cannot say that l share the general
opinion, for this reason, which is that q
similar attempt with impunity would be
impossible in the space Of Is years. Time
must also be taken into consideration for
the Prince Imperial viii at that time only
be IA years of age, and it is not by vio-
lence that his father can expect to win
the hearts Of the people for his son.
Napoleon III. is now trying to sneak
out of the alliance with Herr Won Bis
mark and Victor Emmanuel and is try
ing to be sweet with the House of Haps-
burg, and other conservative powers in
Europe.
THE SOLE THOUGHT OF NAPOLEON III
at present is to get out of the Mexican
scrape, with as good grace as possible, in
order to steer clearly of the United States
the Emperor wished to retard the opening
of the Chambers in hopes that Marshal
Bazaine might be able to send US the news
Of some great victory over Juarez which
would have enabled the French to retire
from Mexico with the honors of war; this
idea has been abandoned, and we hear
nothing of the important victory. Napo-
leon Ill is now trying to calm the public
spirit. Here is another preof of it. AG-
cerding to the terms Of our Convention of
the 18th of September, the French troops
will shortly quit Rome, leaving the Holy
father to the care and protection of his
loving subjects.
Everybody is discOntented@the civilians
because the army is not reduced enough,
dlu INT 6OAQACLI DGCaAoC ~ ms ONSA =
1As~l-aHt-so we may sing with the
Scotch song, "There's nae luck about the
house, notwithstanding this general
naalaisS nothing can dampen the love of
AMusEMENTs OF THE FRENCH
For they rage for casinos, and the Diva Of
them, the Incompatible Theresa, now
shares the favors of the public with the
popular writer Timothee Trimm, whose
daily articles in the Petit Journal delight
the concierge and the ea66y of Paris.
Theresa is the representation of the low
comic song, and Timothee Trimm that of
the nauseous literature of the day which is
entirely taken up with the sayings and
doings Of the fallen sex. But / would fam
be silent on the subject. With a free peo-
pie such literature would be Q disgrace,
and l have too much self-respect to wish
to vie with the organs of our government.
l will not, however, close my epistle
without giving you q piece of news which
may not be without interest. 1t has just
been discovered that herds of French
swine are being attacked by that terrible
malady known in our country under the
name Of
T%RYCHINEs.
1t Is a small worm winch Is SAID 10
multiply with wondrous rapidity. A
morsel of meat thus affected causes instan-
taneous death, and whole villages have
fallen victims from eating of the same.
The government has ordered that medical
men shall be attached to all the slaughter
houses in Paris. This may be of interest
to your readers in Cincinnati, and 1 have
thought it right to mention it.
FURY OF Il CLERGY.
In order to console the priests, the gov
eminent has decided upon prosecuting the
celebrated editor Lacroix, for publishing
the Holy Scriptures with notes by Proud
hon. The publisher, in his defense, says
that atheistic books, such as the Life of
Christ by Strauss, Feuerbach and others,
have bean allowed to be published, and
that Proudhon's Bible is much less Of
fensive than these works The judge,
hewsver, informed him that ne had the
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