The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-20
EUGENTE's BRAVERY.
She Did Not Finch When Orsini
Threw a bomb.

she DID Not Finch When Orsfni
Threw "A bomb.
From the New York Mail and Express.
On the night of Jan. "A, 1858, Feliz Or
SIM, an italian patriot and fanatic, at
tempted to assassinate the Emperor and
Empress of France. The royal couple
were approaching the opera house in the
Rue Lepelletier, Paris, to hear lie Bal de
Gustave," which eliminates in the assas-
sination of Gustavus III of Sweden, and
| the overture of this particular perform
ance came near introducing the assassina-
ton OF Napolean III of France When
near the opera house, and in the midst of
a dense crowd, Orsini and his accomplices
threw hand grenades at the carriage, with
terrible result. Ten persons were killed
outright and 1856 wounded. The emperor
and empress escaped with slight bruises
| There was a scene Of intense excitement.
The crowd screamed with pain and terror
the royal carriage. The queens dress
was splattered with the blood of the
wounded about her, but through it all she
preserved her courage and entered the
opera houses with her husband, smiling
and composed, to receive the tumultuous
congratulations of the audience.
They remained throughout the perform
ance and returned to the palace. Once
within their private apartments, the king
and queen gave way to the man and Wo-
man. The dignity and reserve of royalty
vanished and their parent hearts awoke
BY common impulse they hurried to the
nursery, where the infant prince was
sleeping, and at sight of the sweet white
face in the cradle they both burst into
tears. The emperor knelt at the little
ones cradle for moment, as if in silent
prayer.
The year 1858 began on a Friday. and tie
emperor regarded this as foreboding evil
In his New Year letter to Queen Victoria
ne commented on this fact. and said that
TINS inaugural Friday was accompanied
with fog in Paris that might be envied
on the Thames" The English historian
Jerrold, from whose works the Mail and
Express gathers the facts in this sketch
says on this point: THE year begun on a
Friday soon brought i'll uck in its train.
The Reds Of France had been warned to
expect something before the middle of the
month. Pietri had received warnings and
even advised the emperor not to 20 to the
theater, but the empress had overruled
France foamed with Indignation the day
after the attempted assassination and ac-
comPllceS OF Crsini were everywhere sus-
pected. The members Of the French cham
bers used violent language against those
countries that harbOred cordDirators and
assassins, and directed their assault par
ticularly against England. Lord Clafen-
don told the English Queen that foreign
ers might be expected 10 consider the Eng
lish laws unfriendly when they saw assas-
sins free to go and come in England and
conspiracies hatched with immunity pub
lie opinion in England was unanimously
with the emperor, and, following it's die
ldllOIl, LORD HalmefSlOn, inc prime minis
ter, introduced bill making conspiracy
to murder a felony, instead of a INSIDE
meanor. 1t passed first reading by a two
thirds vote, but the emperor allowed his
foreign minister and army officers to in
dulge in such violent public criticism Of
England that public opinion sooa turned
against him. The commons rejected the
conspiracy bill BY a two-tllirds vote and
passed a vote Of censure against the gov
| ernment. bringing about the resignation
cabinet
Orsini was tried. convicted aud exc
cuted. Both the emperor and empr<s
desired to pardon him, for they were
filed with admiration Of his courage and
patriotism. but they dared not in the face