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Show NAPOLEON AGAIN. -The latest HcnHUtLon concerning Na-liulcoii Na-liulcoii w the report that a corremtonii-cn-e has been discovered in the Tuilieries, revealing a plan to put hiin on tho throno of Bu'iuni, which is said to have created excitement among tho ItcU'iaiH. The atory is no evidently evi-dently a canard, that the only wonder j i the Hel-iaiH could have hern j d.e:iv:d hy ir. Napoleon has no I desire to ! petty sovereign ol' a small I kini-'doni like Helium, which was : (luaking wit It every movement of the l''ren.:h mid German armies, duriiiK the late war, until Knland declared emphatically em-phatically for its neutrality. Napoleon's ambition is of a different order. He doe-i not' seek to play the role of a paltry monarch after beiii for years J,Ho reconi.ed leader of European polities. Hut beneath this pretended di.overy, and the late report of a plot to restore the empire in Kntnee, a deep purpose peeps out. Not one of the leading parties in l'Vanec impeiialiHl.s, inonarchi.sl.s or republicans have faith in the permanency perman-ency of the present government of the country. Thiers, himself, dreads the future and the present and is nightly night-ly guarded by patrols, lie may fear tho CommuniM.f, or the adherents of tho empire; but that he lives in constant, con-stant, dread ol another upheaval in Franco is beyond question, lie carried his point, with the assembly, for the disarmament, of the national guards. They are a strong element of the people, peo-ple, and the people must not be consulted con-sulted in the matter of government in Krance. Kven tho assembly does not like an appeal to the people for con tinualion of iLs powers; and having been elected to decide on tho question of peace or war, its members have refused to rofer to their constituents tho equally important question of government. gov-ernment. Tho adherents of Napoleon uro uci-! uci-! ther sleeping nor idle. Thoy will make tho most of every false movo of ' thoir opponents, Those false alarms of plots and plans arc tho smoko which hides the lire, With tho head of the i--- lio mi partes quietly at Torquay; with the restless, ambitious and plotting" Eugenie in Spain whence agents can oasily and secretly be sent across tho .border into France; with imperialists scattered throughout the country seizing every opportunity to awaken enthusiasm in favor of Napoleon, Napol-eon, his prospects fur tho restoration of his dynasty are not so gloomy as tlicy wore twelve months ago, albeit tho Orleanists and Bourbons have partially par-tially fined and look with hope lo the l'o-cstablishmont of a monarchy. .Since the Atlantic telegraph companies com-panies raised the price of press dis- pitches over the cables, the European news is much moro meagre than before, be-fore, and a few sententious items only arc afforded to judgo of the political situation on that continent. These may or may not furnish a key to political po-litical move meats, according as the maker up of tho dispatches has discrimination dis-crimination and judgment. But as tho leading news from Europe seems to be concerning tho movements of royal and cs-royal personages, one would suppose tho functionary that makes up the dispatches imagined tho court journals contained nearly all the information of importance. And from tho character of the brief sentences usually received, it is difficult to even guess at what is being done. But of certain things wo may be assured: The Napoleonic dynasty dy-nasty aims at restora lion to supreme power in France; the French monarchists monarch-ists are divided, and so arc the republicans repub-licans of the same nation. Not only cinuot ono party trust another, but the different wings of the different parties distrust and fear each othor; and in a country where resort to arms is had so rapidly there is no knowing how soon a revolution or an insurrection, fomented by imperialistic arts and agents, may burst forth to overthrow tho present government, introduce a temporary chaos, and make a necessity for Napoleon Napo-leon to restore order and franquilize tho country with the powerful hand of a strong government. |