Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-11-25
GEN. ST. ARNAUD.

Tho following biography from the Daily Globe,
shows the kind of stuff, modern heroes are made
Of. Ancient ones, were Of little better material;
The late Marshal Jean jacques Leroy-for the
name of St. Arnaud was wholly assuned--was born
in the year 1901, and he entered the French army
in 1916, rs a sub lieutenant in tho regiment Of
G ards. He passed several years here in obscure
Is, never rising above the rank 4 Of second lieuten-
ant ,and was finally expelled from the service in dis
grace, for practicinS some frauds On the regimen
tai chest.
The fret PAPER said a late witty memoir ofhim,
20 Which the new famous signature of Leroy dc
st. Armand was attached, is a pawnbroker's ticket,
bearing the date Of January 1th, 1924 After in
conceivable shifts and degredations, he had been
reduced about this period to become a clerk to Il
love.letter writer-a class who gain a considerable
income in Paris by ,nditing sannets and epistlcS to
amorous SWANS and damscls. 1t was while in this
capacity that the remarkable document Of the order
alluded to was issucd-bearing testimony that Ma
dame Dccremie, pawnbroker, II Rue Neuve des
Petite Champs Paris, advanced eighteen francs on
tho 7th of January, 1924, upon a plaid WOODEN
shawl, two linen female chcmlses, and two Of cot
ton, to L.. de st. Arnaul.' In consequence of this
act, and similar delinquincies, he was obliged to fly
from Paris, and q short time afterward found him
stationed in London, with q female adv enturcr who
named herself the Baroness Pillay, whom the
French criminal records of the period describe rs n
woman skilled above most others in dazzling and
deceiving tradesmen, in imposing upon even the
SnrewdeSt persons, ana making them DelleNe sue
was q lady of the highest rank, large fortune, and
eminent position, whereas in reality she only effect
ed countless swindles.' Did not the judicial ducu-
ments eff France still contain these infamous disclO-
sures, it would scarcely be believed that the late
Marshal could ever have been identified with u
character and incidents so base. The still existing
records, however-which for reasons subsequently
to be mentioned, Louis Napoleon has caused to be
carefully preserved, prove the fact beyond al!
doubt or suspicion.
After existing some time in the purlicus of Leices-
ter Square. London, his prude com panion d~ecamped
to Paris, but notuntil she had striped their furnish
ed apartments Of all its movables-bed, sheets, etc,
and, to avoid arrest, st. Arnaud was obliged speed
lily to follow her. The late offence was overlooked,
and he was shortly afterward restored to the army
as a lieutenant in the 4lst regiment of foot. His
enemies represent that the consideration for his re-
installment was that he should act as a spy and
hetray the secrets Of the Bourgeousie Society,
named hide Toi help YOURSELF. It's but fair, how
ever, to add that no adequate proof exist Of this,
though the next event in the future Marshal's life
was more infamous still. We llude to his shocking
betrayal of the Duchess de Berri-one of the dark.
est deeds of the late Louis Phillippe's reign. St.
Arnaud having contrived to get his rank confirmed
under the new regime, by declaring (falsely) that he
had fought under his old master Charles the Tenth,
in the memorable three days of July 1880, now
managed by means o? his former Legitimate princi-
pies to gain the confidence of that unfortunate
Princess, and. by t~reachery unprecedented, render
it conducive u his fortunes. In company with the
caitif Jean Dcntz, he betrayed that erring but
chiyalrous scion of the house of Bourbons, and was
no Jealous thath he excited even the disgust of Thiers,
and the late Marshal Bugeaud, whom LouisPhilippe,
utterly regardless OF the honor of his family en-
ployed first to entrap her, and then hold up her
tfailty in opprobri um to the world. No service
more repulsive than this can be conceived, and 50
completely did it cover ST. Arnaud with infa-
my that the taunts, and icers. and scOrn of his
brother officers compelled him to retire from his
regiment, and GEEK service in the Foreign Legion
in Africa.
But Louis Philippe did not neglect having a CAP
taincy now bestowed upon St. Arnaud, and he was
moreover entrusted with the control of the regi-
mental chest. Here another Of those incidents oc-
Cured which have cast such a blemisl on his repu-
tation. a deficiency to a considerable extent soon
existed in consequence of his devotion to gambling
pursuits, and he was saved from being cashiered in
disgrace solely by the interposition of Bedeau,
colonel commandingo of the district, whom he sub
sequently, on the I'd OF December 1851, arrested
and consigned to exile. General Rulhieres held the
chief control of the African province at this period,
and he generously consented, on Bcdeau's inter
position, to overlook the breach Of trust. 1t is one
Of the black spots on ST. .Arnaud's fame that Rul-
heres was precisely the man whom lie on the same
occasion struck eff the army list, merely because
he refused to concur il that camp detdf.
In the midst of acts OF |turpitude such as these it
Refunds little to St. Arnaud's reputation to add
that he was personally brave. Most men are so,
especially Frenchmen aud his career in the army
of Africa was not marked by any act of cowar3ice
lie never, however, exhibited unusual courage
nor, in point of tactics and strategy, ever approach.
ed Changarnier, Bedeau, Cavaignac, Lamoricier
and others whom he SO unhesitatingly sent into ex
lie afterward, when the infamous couYa'etat placed
them in his power.
Returning to France in the course Of the vcal
1851, with the rank Of General, but poor, extrava
CANT, and unpriEclpled, St. Arnaud was precisely
the man to become the ready tool Of Louis Napoleon
N that neflrious deed. He had ~scruples however
about carrying out his instructions to their full ex
tent, and refused to execute the oIder Of lombard
ing Paris, if necessary, until it was written cut tc
him by the present Emperor's own hand. This be
came the serious ground Of contention between
them afterward-the Marshal declining to give i
up when the coup aefqt was effected without the
necessity Tor having recourse 70 \ measure so ex
. treme, and Louis Napoleon, on the other hand, re
timing on the public records of France, the proof
already mentioned of st. Arnaud's early infamv
The aH-importlnt document was sent to London
where it still remains, ready to be afterwards pro
duced, If wanted, for the Marshal's own security
and his Imperial masters overthrow. a dark story
Z consequently arose. 1t wasrumored that II Genera
Of the French army was employed to assassinatt
~ st. Aruaud in his Cabinet, and that the Marsha
only escaped by anticipating the deed. 1t was even
? insinuated that poison vas next administered t
him by Louis Napoleons command and the ex
traordinary disease under which he has for upward
Of eighteen months lingere was made to give col
or to the statement. Treating these charges with
Z the contempt they deserve, We yet c1n have NJ
doubt that Arnaud's death has now occurred at
moment suspicious TO the present Emperor's for
tunes for, had he succeeded in the design upoI
SebastQpol, hiy fame might have proved perilous t.
; Louis Napnleon's power, and, il the expedition
fail. it's non-suc.ess will be mainly, attributed t.
the late Commanders want Of military capacity
fks pE.fcntrr;im France thus gaining either way