The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1870-01-20
rrrE TRAGEDY IN PARIS.

account uI AHG hitllif5 Vi ulc VI tliC SAi-
itors Of Roehefort's newspaper, the
HarseiUdise, by Prince Pierre Napole-
on, the cousin of the Emperor. on
Monday Of last week. The paper had
| contained a gross libel on the Prince,
and he sent Rochefort Il message that
! if be would not send a second to his
house, there would be an answer return
ed of mot at home" The Prince has re-
lated to Ca5sagnac, the journalist, how
! the tragedy occurred. m. FouyiIle
and NJ. Noir came to my residence
with menacing air, and their hands
in their pockets, and presented let
| ter from NJ Pascal Gronsett. | said.
! 1t is RochefGrt and not his creatures
that seek Read the letter. replied
Noir. had my hand on my pistol in
my pocket. Are you responsible for
! it?' / asked. At this | received a slap
in the face from Noir, when | drew
my revolver and fred at him Fou-
vile crouched behind a chair, and,
from the protection it afforded, aimed
his revolver at me, but he could not
! get it of. | fired at him while in that
/ position, when he ran out of the room.
He stopped in the next room, and a
gain turned his pistol towards me. l
| fired at him again and he fed"
The fire of the Prince was fatal. He
is now in the hands of the police, to
whom he delivered himself up imme-
diateIy 1t may well be imagined that
the enemies of the empire will make
the NEST out of this tragic event, in
order to provoke the people to its ov-
erthrow. The pistol shot of Prince
Pierre mag be the first blow that will
end in the downfall of the Bonaparte
dynasty. This, however, would be
quite as illogical as the causes of many
other popular connections. Prince
Pierre Napoleon is genuine demo
Crat, and, perhaps, much more sim
! cere friend of liberty than Rochefort
and his faction. He comes by his
love Of democratic ideas in a legiti-
mate way. He is a son Of that Lucien
who would not abandon his republican
opinions to accept a crown from the
first Emperor. The Prince has re-
mained, throughout an adventurous
aud romantic life, true to the principles
in which he was reared. As a men,
Der of the Constituent Assembly dur
ing the Republic, he favored the most
extreme democratic views, and voted
almost constantly with the Mountain.
Under the Empire, he has more than
once shown his extremely intractable
republican temper, much to the dis
pleasure ofhis imperial cousin. Though
bearing the title of Prince, he is not re-
garded as a member of the Imperial
family, and is rarely seen in the Tulle-
rie5.
Nevertheless, this event cannot fail
to most deeply affect the Emperor
Although he cannot be in any way
made responsible for the acts of this
member of the family, yet the name
of Napoleon will not escape the loud
est denunciatiOn5 from those who will
rejoice at this new opportunity for ag-
itation. Whether the Prince be ac-
quilted, or dismissed with fine, the
enemies of the Emperor will not fail
to employ every art to arouse the Pa
risian pOpulace against the imperial
government The immense throng.
estimated at fifty thousand persons,
that attended the funeral of Noir, at
test the agitation which has been E.
voked by the tragic deed on that inn
pressionable population.
The event could not have fallen out
more inopportunely for the Emperor.
/ 1t is but few days since a general am
nesty was proclaimed, allowing Ledru
! Roilin and his banished compatriots to
return. \ liberal ministry had been
placed in power, and new chapter has
I been opened in the history of the En-
| pire of Napoleon III. The Empress
Eugenie had returned from the East
/ laden with the relies of former centu-
ries and with the riches Of Egypt and A
rabia, after presiding over new tri-
umph Of French genius in the opening
| Of the Suez Canal. Now comes this fatal
| pistol shot, publicopiniOn is violently a
reused, and many a wise scheme of di
/ pI0macy has been wrecked. An editor is
slain by Prince Imperial, and France
! is convulsed from centre to circumfer-
ence. In former centuries such an e.
/ vent would have been dismissed with
! indifference. But now it shakes the
most strongly entrenched throne in
/ Europe. Patriot.
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