Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-19

day week. The writer asserts that
aI8 Ramor, accompanied BY cir
aaIAstaRlial AID pEssissdsiaiL y
gaining ground iR Paris, that the
Emperor NRpobUn has actually
been dead for several months. that
the person who now represents him,
has been substituted in his place
TO prevent disturbance, and that
the real ruler Of France is the En-
press, acting Us regent frr her son,
Napoleon ". This, It is said ac-
counts for the complete reversal
OF policy which has marked the
government Of France for the past
few months. The date Df tue EN-
peror's death, the object " its con
eealmcnt, how it was concealed, and
the time when il will he officially
disclosed. are all related BY the
writer as well as q very Ingenious
hypothesis explaining ippw the
secret has been kept. The object
of the alleged ruse is Ofcoursc oh.
vious. It was all important that
the regency ofthc empIe,s should
be quietly established, and that it
should win good opinions before
the news Of Napoleon death
should be made known. Hence
the plan ~ofkeeping it secret, which,
It is believed, originated in the
late empcrOrs own mind. W.
quote as follows from this letter,
which to say the least Of it is in
gcnious.
Since | heard of the emperor's
death, ] have enleavOred to obtain
Q near view Of tue 500 disGRt en-
peror ne he walked on one Of the
terraces Of the palace in company
with the prince imperial. / was
not allowed TO approach too close,
but, as seen through an opera-glasF,
he bears q striking likeness to the
late emperor. lie was Of the same
~inelegant carriage, almost as tall,
wearing high.heelcd boot, some
what bent, ana short In the legs,
having the same cold, leaden face,
eyes Of a SicGly, lusterlcss appear
ancc, and the mustachc waXcd
a rempereVr. That art WAS I'm.
ployed to mall: the liEeac5; 5tgiS-
ing | have no doubt, but there was
q strong family resemblance be-
tween tic walkcr ON the terrace
and tie emperor Us | remember
him. l. /, sail hut the "lumny'
is Of the emperor, family. though
not OF thr line OF succession. 1t is
well known that the Duke dc Nor
ny and others similarly connected
with him bore = striking resents
b,ance TO Napo'con tic III.
1t was inferred that within half
a-year, at Least, aAlir4 could be 50
arranged As 10 render az the worst
the Acknowledgement safe that the
emperor had died and that the cm-
press had been ruling France ii tho
mean time MS regent. II was meant,
however that If the fraud should
moi b. discovered The cmp,ror wa,
0 die naturally in SIlrc. " Apgil
10 prepare tic pubic Tor his
death then, Il was announced, on
the authority o! an eminent plysi.
elan, that he might die IN three
months, that he would probably lie
III TX, and c~br,ailily within O
twelvcmonti. But, before either
Of these dates, there were two pub,
lie solemuitics 4, which the En-,
peror should appear when the
fraud was likely 10 be Discovered
One was at the opening OF III,
chambers, the other at the New
Yedr's RECEPTION, Of the diplomatic
college, e.. Tie former was de,
laycd one mouth 10 make matter,
secure, and then the opening was
risked. The ease OF the "Enper.
or's" friends was successful. Hi
worn appearance, etc, was re,
marked, but there was little suspi.
cion, II any, Of the truth. Tie III.
plomatic ceremony was The first oc.
CasiOn which led to the discovery
Some Of the ambassadors were Il
the secret, others were no, through
one Of the diplomats order the
whole discovery was matte.
The efforts 10 divert suspicion
were remarkably ingenious. All o
them of course | do not know
some of them do. Two days. al
ter the death Of the real Emperor
the modern French Smerdis rod,
out in a carriage with the Empires.
arriving al Paris from ST. Cloud a
} o'clock Z. NJ. He drove to tn,
boulevard's by the Rue de Ia Paix
and returned to 81. Cloud by III,
Champs Ulysses. This drive W..
duly announced as an evidence o
his restoration to health. An.
nouncements Of cabinet councils
at whichthe deiunct monarch wat
supposed TO have presided, wert
made. Interviews were said e
have been granted to Prince Gorts,
chakOG, andiE / remember rightly
to the earl OF Clarendon, as well al
to Others, who really were friendly
to the plans nowdisclOsed. On thu
other hand, audiences were refused
dav after day to General Prim anG
Others, 10 whom q knowledge Of thu
loaatt wnul1 have haen All imnor