Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-10-07
TEE GAZETTE.
CEDAR FALLS, OCTOBER. 7, 1870.
The Ex-Emperor Deserted by his
Friends--AccusatiO OF Treschery.

Inc Ex.Emper0r deserted by his
Friends--Accusations OF Treachery.
1t is sad commentary on the in-
stability of royal greatness that Ma
poleon, In his captivity. is deserted
even by the London Daily Teie-
graph. A correspondent Of that cel-
ebrated organ of the Imperial back
stairs, sends from Paris the following
rumors and suspicious:
There is too much reason to appre-
prehend that the almost universal
belief entertained by Frenchmen
that treschery and treason have
been rampant, not only among
French civilians, but also in the
ranks Of the French army, Is found
ed upon fact. have talked with
several French soldiers who escaped
from the wreck of De Failly's divis-
ion, and who have made their way
back to Paris. They are unanimous
In their assertion that this traitor, as
they all regard him, so handled his
troops as to deliver them over to be
helplessly massacred by their enemy.
But / regret to add that, although
De Failly is even more execrated to-
day in France than Leb9uf, there IL
still mightier name on every lip,
against which the strangest inuen-
does are whispered. The letter from
the pen of NJ. Podevin, late Pre,ect
of the Department of La Muerthe,
which appeared in last nights Soir,
has produced a prodigious effect. II
will he remembered that nj. de Pod
evin was violently animadverted up
on by public opinion for having sur
rendered Nancy, the chief town of
his department, without q struggle,
and for having advised his fellow
townsmen not to resist the enemy
The peccant Prefect was destitute
and disgraced by NJ. Chevreau, late
Minister of the Interior. He now
defends himself energetically against
the callummes of Nj. Chevreau, says
his repeated appeals for arms were
disregarded, and that not grain Of
powder was supplied to him where
with to blow up the bridges over
the Muerthe. He was again or
derrd to blow up the bridges but
that, after having in vain applied
for powder from the Engineer
Department he shortly after received
IA cipher dispatch from the Empe-
ror, forbidding me to blow them up"
These words are printed i'm italics i'm
Nj. Podovin's letter, and have here
aroused intense surprise and indig-
nation. A story is tonight banded
about that Marshal Bazine has an
nounced that the Emperor himself
made overtures to him, his most dis
tinguished General, of traitorous
character. "Traitor," "bandit,u
"robber"--these are the mildest
words which fly tonight from lip to
lip-and / grieve to add that they
are applied to no less a man than the
unhappy Emperor himself. OF course
II is natural that Freuchmen should
be only too eager, in the present con-
dition OF France, to find any excuse
for the dismal rcveTses of the French
army. But, low as is the estimate
everywhere formed of the military
and administrative capacity Of the
late Emperor, it seems inconceivahle
te Frenchmen, except on the suppo-
sition of treachery, that he could
have courted this war unless he saw
that il would eeable him to escape
from a position which he had riot
ously enjoyed for Is years, and which
he felt TO he no longer tenable. A
mot is attributed TO the Emperor's
most trusted favorite, who exclaim-
ed when the crisis came: "At any
rate we have amused ourselves devil
ish well at their expense during
these Is years" You are told that
Emperor having had at his disposal
the sum of &c, ,O00, 900 franks annual.
ly, was in the habit of never spend
ing less than 100, ,000.00 The State
accounts were so cooked" and jum-
bled up with each other in inextric-
able confusion that any authorship
or supervision was impossible. II
was indeed never attempted. / am
not repeating to you any mere idle
and windy rumors. ForsevernI days
the damaging imputations have been
tile staple of conversation at four
out of five dinner tables i'm Paris
The letter from NJ. IOdovin has un-
doubtedly given them increased
weight and circulation. Nor should
/ be doing my duty as q chronicIer
of daily evnts i'm Paris IL / omitted to
mention that the cry of treason il
rife I'm this city, aud that neither the
Emperor nor Ministers have escaped
what / hope 10 slanderous accusa-
tion.