Butte record., 1854-12-09

VINO promoted MN 10 the rank of gener.
al, and kept him constantly near his per
son. The public wondered at the
strong alliance between the two. A few
attribu ed it to personal sympathy b.
naparte wanted the aid of bold. un.
scrupulous soldies, and the other, who
had suflici mt prescienc to fniesee the
probable success of the Presidents am.
bilious schemes. resolved to raise him.
self by aiding them.
Accordingly, the coup d'etat of Decem-
Der 2, 1851, whereby Louis Napoleon
became dictator, Mas accomplished who'll
y under his personal Instructions to
General de St. Arnaud, for such was the
rank and name of the man whose career
we have been skelching 1t was ac.
complished The empire followed St.
Arnaud, literally rewarded in many
other ways, was continued as Imperial
Minister of War, received the baton of
Marshal of France, was sent to the east
with the French auxiliary forces, and
there, By virtue of his superior rank,
Lord Raglan being only general, }
held supreme command over the Anglo
French army.
Fortune, which had so remarkably be-
iiended st. Arnaud through his check
eIed career, did not forsake him at the
end. When he quilted France, he la
bored under heart complaint, which
required calm and quiet, rather than
excitement and and agitation But (for
/ the man was !" brave as his own sword ~
st. Arnaud could not, or would not,
abandon the opening field of coming and
increased renown. In spite of the re.
commendation of his physicians, and the
entreaties Of his friends, he went On bis
campaign. His wife, Young, beautiful
and devoted, abandoned the gayities of
Pa'isian life to accompany him. 1 was
whispered at the time, while the world
was laughing at the the account of her
seventeen hundred band-boxes, that she
well knew the critical state Of his failing
health, and was unwilling, should her
worst fears be realized, that any other
than herself shoul sit bv his sick bed
and administer to his wants in illness
Brave heart, throbbirg in tha: woman's
bosom, how compl"cent must now be its
conviction that its mistress has done her
duty
Ii Is needless here to recapitulate the
lnactlon and the delays which retarded
the EXPEDITION to Crimea. At last, in
the battle of the Alma, where Marshal
St Arnaud manded personally, $50
weak thrt h. had to be supported on his
horse by two soldiers, ne had the satis>
faction of seeing his troops Victorious
With many of them he had fought on
the arid sands of Africa, and he well
knew what they could do. His official
dispatch, announcing the victory IS sin.
gularly modest and impressive. Writ
ten on September 2lst, I'he day after
the battle, it commences by stating that
the French cannon bad spoken, and that
there was "one more to add to the vic
tories which adorn the flags Of the French
army"
His narrative is brief and clear, doing
justice to all except himself When he
lad to mention that all the English were
little late in extending their left, he
adds, they bravely made up for their
delay" How noble is the praise given
by one brave man to another, in this ac-
count of the English and their leader:
"On our left the English met with
large masses of the enemy and with
great difficulties but every thing was
surmounted. The English attacked the
Russian positions in admirable order, un.
der the fire of their cannon, carried them,
and drove off the Russians The brave
ry of Lord Raglan rivals that of antiqui-
tv. In the midst of cannon and mus
ket shot. be displayed calmness which
never left him."
Of himself he makes no mention.
But that omission was supplied by Lord
Raglan, who concluded his dispatch to
England by special euology Of the French
and their commander
| The battle Of the Alma was fought on
September 90. Six days after, St. Ar
maud was compelled to resign the COM
mand, which devolved upon General
Canrobert, who was wounded in the bat
tie, and prepared to return to Constan-
tinopls. There was . stern interrup-