The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-29 00:00:00

MARSHAL VA1LL4.217.

Marshal Vaillant having been written to by a
shoeing-smith of his own name for particulars con-
cerning his family, the marshal had the kindness
to give the following account of his career and
origin :
" You have addressed to me a good letter, and
the person who wrote it must be a good-hearted
man. I should he very proud of his relationship,
though I do not know if we shall be able to make
it apparent. My father, whom I had the misfor-
tune to .ose in 1823, was secretary of the district
of Dijon, and afterwards secretary-general of the
prefecture of. the Cote.d'Or in 1815; he was elected
representative during the Cent-Jours, then de-
prived of his place at the prefecture, imprisoned
a.s Bonapartist, etc. I was then in the army of
the Loire. My father died poor, but esteemed by
all; Ido not know that he had a single enemy. I
do not resemble him in anything ' he was thin and
I ani stout, he was mild and people find me cross ;
in:fact, he had as many good qualities as they say I
have faults, and I believe they are not mistaken.
My father, who brought up. a large family, was
married to a Mlle. Canquom. A brother of my
mother died at Geniis (Cote-d'Or), an excellent
man whom we constantly regret. I have no
child, and this is the greatest sorrow that God
has given me. I was born at Dijon on the 6th
December, 1790. I scarcely recollect my mother.
We were poor. very poor. We were carefully and
tenderly brought up, but in the midst of priva-
tions of every sort. My nurse still lives at Dijon.
God has not made any being more devoted than
one. who received us as infants, and tended us with
a love which I cannot express ; she has refused
twenty offers of marriage to live with us, who,
however, gave her trouble enough. I entered the
Polytechnic School at the age of 16, and I left it to
enter the engineers. The grade which has given
me most pleasure was that of corporal at the Poly-
technic School. I was in the Russian campaign of
1812, and was made prisoner at its conclusion. I
was at Waterloo ; I was wounded at the defence of
Paris in 1815; I had a leg torn by a shell at the
siege of Algiers in 1830. My chiefs said that they
were pleased with me at the siege of Anvers in
1832. Such, sir, is my history, nearly complete.
I shall be most happy if you find in it sonic proofs
of a similarity of origin between your family and
mine. I pray, you to receive the assurance of my
esteem. " MAngHAL VALUANT."

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