Old Lady. “POOR BOYS!—­AND TO THINK WHAT THEIR DEAR MOTHERS MUST SUFFER!”]

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NAPOLEON’S CORRESPONDENCE.

The following letters were yesterday discovered among the private papers of the late Emperor—­L.N.  BONAPARTE.  They were instantly forwarded to us by our special correspondent.  They will be used to-morrow in a mutilated form by less enterprising journals, such as the Tribune and its partners of the Associated Press.

“NEW YORK, May 10, 1860.

“DEAR EMPEROR:  I am thinking of writing a biography of you, in the same style as my biography of your Uncle.  I shall want to prove that you were never in New York, that you behaved with perfect propriety while you were here, and that you are humble, unambitious, and deeply religious.  This will not be a difficult matter, after the success I have made in the case of your Uncle.  Still, I shall want a fact or two in the book.  Can you not supply me with them?  Any small favor you may think fit to send me may be directed to my usual address.

“Yours for truth and justice, J.S.C.A.B.B.O.T.T.”

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“CLICHY PRISON.

“VILLAIN AND USURPER!  Your minions have incarcerated me in this vile den on a pretence that I owe a debt which I have not paid.  They lie, wilfully and malignantly.  I always pay my debts.  Ask SEWARD if I do not.  He remembers how I paid him the little debt I owed him, when I defeated his Presidential aspirations.  Release me at once, or the Tribune will show your rotten Empire no mercy.  If I am at liberty this evening I will send you a prize strawberry plant, and a copy of my work on political economy.  If I am not at liberty by the time mentioned, beware.  SMALLEY shall be sent to Paris as the Tribune’s special correspondent, and you’ll see the sort of news about your infamous court that he’ll be instructed to send home.

“Yours Profanely, H.G.”

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“BERLIN, July 1, 1870.

“To THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH:  His Majesty, the King, instructs me to say that he shall do just as he pleases in all affairs public and private.  He advises you to attend to your own affairs, and if you have any more propositions for stealing other people’s territory, to address them to Russia, or the United States.  Prussia is not at present in that line of business.  BISMARCK.”

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“BUREAU OF POLICE, Jan. 1, 1870.

TO HIS MAJESTY, THE EMPEROR—­SIRE:  I beg leave to report that M. ROCHEFORT demands the sum of 1,000,000 francs, to be paid at once.  Otherwise be will continue to be a patriot, and will abuse Her Majesty, the Empress, with more violence than ever.  Both M. ROCHEFORT and M. FLOURENS are much enraged since their annual stipend has been discontinued.

PIETRI, Chief of Police.”