Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-05-08

1t was In 1852 that this soyere1gn's life was
was made upon it by Radical shoemaker in
-1s53. This year-1S53-was prolific in regictdal
out RACES, for traitor called Libenyi tried In
February to murder the Emperor Francis Joseph
at Vienna, while in March a soldier sought to
dispose OF the relgn1ng Duke Of Parma. Charles
Ill. Three years passed now without any more
crimes of this sort; but In 1856 Napoleon Ill.
was twice put in peril of his life, both his ag-
gresSors (Pianor and Bellamare) being Italians.
IL is said that after the attempt Of Bellamare the
Emperor took to wearing shirt of mail under
his linen. 1t was not however, until after the
fearful enterprise Of Orsini on January IA, 1885,
that he got to be so seriously unnerved as to
live in constant dread of assassination. Count
Feltce Orsini was not amere vulgar fanatic, but
gentleman by BIRTH education and fortune
An ardent patriot and partisan of the uni
m Il that 6e
in Italy, had joined Free Masonic lodge, and
sworn certain oaths which. by and by, as EN-
peror, ne had neglected to fulfil. Principally as
the temporal power OF the Pope maintained
by French garrison Of 1S,U,A len; and two
years before attempting Napoleon's Life he
Carbonaro lodges had decreed his death,
and that the sentence would 1nfal-
6ly be carried out II the imperial policy TO-
accOmplices-P1errf, RudiO, and GomeZ-been
men OF his mettle and determination, the at
tempt against Napoleon on the night OF Jan.
IA, 1855, must have been crowned with success;
but they were poor, ignorant cravens, who did
their work for pay, not from conviction, and
their hearts failed them at the critical moment.
plOsive shells, which were to be thrown under
the Emperor'S carriage as it drove up to the
opera. Orsini threw his two Shells and
Pferri one, but the other two men ran off in a
fright when they heard the first explo-
sion. The damage done by the shells was
glastly. Five people were killed outright, and
nine wounded; all the soldiers Of the mounted
escort were bruised or scratched: the Emperor's
coachman fell off his box stunned ON to the car
caSs OF one OF his horses, who lay dead; and one
of the footmen was blown 20 yards off, with his
paneS OF glass In the street had been smashed,
all the gas-lampS were extinguished, and In the
darkness there resounded an appalling tumult Of
plunging horses and shrieking women. Lam
terms and torches had to be brought out of the
opera, and then it was seen that the
imperial 9d H. coach ;n,o. was complete wreck.
aged to escape, with not so much as singed
| hair or cut finger, is nothing short
Of d marvellous apparently not dauntea In the
| to the Emperor, We must go into the house
| to show them we are not afraid" and few
minutes later the entry of the imperial couple
cent ovation, all the spectators rising en- masse
and cheering to the echo. Nevertheless, from
this time Napoleon III. was an altered man.
In the year he the
and ever afterward he went in fear Of his
life. Not towards fear, for he was thor
Ougnly pIave man, out q rear which the French
!, Call Granite rdiSOn,aee. He expected to be
| murdered. and took the mtnqtest precau-
lions to insure that the Government should pe
| carried on by strong regency In case OF his
| demise. He never went out without leaving
| directions as to where the latest copy Of his
will was to be found; and at times, when he
| was in low spirits, he used to say that he
had dreamed he should be assasslnated within
| such and such time. Duriro@ the remainder
OF bis reign all Italians visiting rance were
required to exhibit passports; and il NO. Der
sons OF undoubted responsibility. were closer,
watched till an excuse was found for expellin9
| precautions. Napoleon's life was again at
temple by an Italian, In 1858. while in 1866
/ three other tntrtguers Of Orsini's interesting
| country-Grec0, TrabucO, and ImperatOreo
entered into murderous plot against his life.
which was happily n1pped In the bud by fhe,
police. There Is said to have been another and
more mysterious attempt against the Emperor.
OF which the public heard nothing. eXcept nv
rumor. A gamekeeper, of the forest of Com.
| piegne shot at his Majesty while the Latter was
| engaged In pleasant bdttue; but one OF the
| equerrieS In al attendance on Napoleon discharged
both the barrels Of his breech- loader into the
head OF the murderer and killed him on the
spot. SO the story runs: but whether it be a
true one or not will probably never be known
| TILL some OF the secret memoirs OF the imneriai
| era come to nght-Tne COy7ahM Nan0zf,ae