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

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AIIARSIIAL VAILLA NT.

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 be 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
as 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 am stout, lie 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. Canquoin. 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 1)i c,.
God has not made any being. more devotol than
one, who received us as infants, and tended us witll
a love which I cannot express ; she has I.eiiiied
twenty offers of marriage to live:;;-ii
"n
us, who,
however, gave. her trouble en -ugh. I entered the
Polytechnic School at the ago of 16, and I left it to
enter the enginem. The grade which has given
me moat 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 Waterlool NIMs-Vounded at the defence of
PaTis in 114141 had AlO torn by a shell at the
deg? at Algiers in 1830. My chiefs said that they
Were plea4e4 with nio at the siege of Anvers in
1832, Such, sir, is :my history, nearly complete.
I shall be most happy if you find in it some proofs
of a similarity of origin between your family and
mine, 1, pray, TCal to reeeive the assurance of my
esteem, . "MARSHAL VALLIANT."

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