Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-09-08
Charles Louis NAPOLEON.

Virginia that he is slowly recovering health.
Charles Louis Napoleon.
The career Of Louis Napoleon is one scarce
ly paralleled in history for its varied fortunes
and tho wonderful extremes which it has
touched. Bora in 1905 10 the midst Of the
changing scenes of the first Empire his very
childhood was life Of excitement. His
mother. Hortense, after the ab1ication Of
King Louis, resided in Paris as Queen Re.
gent of Holland, and here Louis Napoleon
proved to be the favorite nephew of his great
uncle, and was among the last to take leave of
him at Malmaison. Hortensc, banishcd from
France, made Augsburg her residence for il
time, and afterwards removed to Switzerland.
Her winters, however, were spent in Italy,
aud the education OF her sons became thus
desultory and interrupted. Louis, while in
Italy, was deeply concerned with the secret re.
evolutionary societies of that country, and with
difficulty escaped the consequences of the
abortive attempt of 1881.
In that year his elder brother died as also
the Duke OF Rechstadt and henceforward
Louis was the heir to the Emperor Napo
leon. 10 1882 lie published various works
on politics, and Swiss history, and on the
science of artillery. The studies which con.
sumed his time had however never stined
his ambition 10 1885 took place his well
remembered attempt against the Govern
ment OF France, in which his first step was
to be recognized and joined by the garrison
OF Strasburg.
1t was an ignominious failure and was fol-
lowed by his Punishment to the United States,
but he was soon obliged to seek refuge in
nj In hn ~, Co. oIfun nd
and in 1899 published.his ''IdeesNapoconnes "
work which has been highly praised and
which is devoted to the Napoconic policy.
To 1910 he mad ~ nolc'- tinn bv {
.. fEKTTvI:,55 nls vc.curateu descent on
Boulogne, which brought upon him weight
of contemptuous ridiculc, that only his long
Imprisonment at Ham could have caused the
world to forget
In his prison life lie devoted himself again to
Literature and published his Historic Frag
mepts, an Analysis of the Sugar Question, and
the Extinction of Pauperism, in all OF them
avowing liberal and even commupistic views:
In 1916 he made his escape from liam and
retired to England.
Alter the revolution of lS4S he was elected
in four different Departments member OF the
National Assembly, resigned his seat, and was
Immediately reelected, and in December
of that year was elected by great majority
President of the Republic Of the French.
By the French constitution his term was to
expire 10 the spring of 1852, but on 2od De.
cember, 1851, by his authority, seventy odd CT
the most prominent citizens OF Paris were ar
rested before daybreak, the Assembly was Tor
chilly dissolved and 220 of it members arrested.
On the afternoon of the same day, the
troops with which Paris had been filled began
to fire on the people, and a carnage took place
which stands alone in its horror among the
events of modern times. Apoogsts Of the
Empire reckon the number of unarmed men,
women and children thus murdered at SS4,
and unbiased historians place it high as 81
OOO while within the next month 2G, 500 per
sons we're transported for political causes to
Cayenne and Africa where more than half of
them persisted.
In our estimates of Louis Napoleon this
enormous, this almost unheard OF crime,
should never be forgotten.
With the history OF the Empire men are
familiar, at least in its outline.
The Government of Napoleon preserved Or
der and enforced material prosperity and
progress hitherto unknown in France. Roads,
railways, teegraphs, canals, factories, began
to abound in France. while Paris turned from
brick to stone.
Napoleon himself became tho great power
OF Europe and we all remember how that pow
er grew through tho campaigns of the Crimea
and of Solferino how it waned as MaxlmlI-
Ian fell in Mexico. Beucdek lost tho field of
Sudowa, and Luxembourg proved beyond Ma
polcon's grasp ; and the cable has flashed the
news to US as in August the Empire tottcred
at GraveIottc, and in September fell in the
dust of Sedan. -Rtersburg lader.
VIOLENT ASSAULT. About three O'Clock