The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-13

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) The Paris correspondent of the New York
Courier 4 Enquire gives the following graph
ic sketch Of PEL1ss1ER, the new French Conn.,
mander-in- Chief, and of the daredevil corps
in the French army, the ZouAyEs:
Brave as Hottie, Moreau, or Kleber, Pelis-
sier has not their humanity. Daring remorse-
less-bloody-h is, fear, "the Man" for the
occasion. If be possesses talent, and he live,
he will occupy q distinguished place in histo-
ry.s.--...s. .-...--..... .............
There is remarkable similarity in his char
acter and that o. Sir Thomas Picton, whose
dash and courage atoned for his less amiable
qualities. Pelissier is the favorite OF those
dare-devils, the Zouaves, as Picton was of those
wild Irishmen, the Connaught Rangers 1.-THE
88th Regiment of British Infantry aud whom
Il wonder why?) be dgniied with the title OF
"Connaught Robbers" "Yea-every thing
but towards" he used to say to them, and vet
when he joined the British army in June, 1915,
Immediately before the battle of Ligny, those
Identical Connaughtme6 rushed upon him, kis-
sed him-yea, kissed his horse and his trapping
such was the respect they held him in be-
cause of his intrepidity.
Like Pelisser, there was blot in Pictons
escutcheOn-inhumanity. The name of the tor
tured victim Of his cruelty-Louisa Calderon
--sullies reputation which would otherwise
be envable, as the smoke of the Darah Oh
scures the glory of Pelissier. .-.. u.s..
Like the delight of the Connaught Rangers
when Sir Thomas Picton COINED" the British
Army four days before the battle of Waterloo,
the ecstacy of the Zouaves at the arrival oil
their idol, General Pelissier, is unbounded.-
Impatient at the idle life they had been leading
lately, what do you think they did last month!
Sent polite request to Lord Raglan, that he
would have the kindness to lend them "the
Guards to assist them in project they had
formed of taking Sebastopol! The British
General necessarily declined compliance. No,
disheartened by this refusal, they abated the
demand, reducing it to a simple request that
his Lordship would accommodate them with
the loan OF the Guards Grenadicr caps! This,
too, could not be complied WITH" but all i'll
humor was put an end to by the timely arriv-
al of Pelissier.
One word about those active citizens, the
Zouaves, ere close this portion of my let
| ter.
The Zouaves are, like Nipperkin, "every
kind of rascal"-composed of men "if they b.
men," as Byron said of Potemkin, from every
country in the world.
On the death of Sir George Wombell some
weeks since, his son, an officer of the Guards
in the Crimea, fiji ding himselfa baronet with
large estates, resigned his commission, or OBJ
tanned leave of absence, and returned to Eng
land last month, where, in speaking of the
Zeuaves, he narrates the following occurrence:
| "On joining the army before Sebastopol,"
says Sir George, ~ rambled through the vari-
GUS camps of the Allies. One day came up
on the Zouaves, and was looking with admira
ton at group of those insouciant, reckless
demons Suddenly, one of them quitting biz
companions, advanced to me-he was the NEST
Zero, iuus looking of the entire lot-his featul es
scarcely discernabe in the enormous mass o.
hair with which his head, cheeks chin and
throat were covered. When within distance,
he stretched out his hand and paralyzed me
with his address 49,"
| .a "How ARE YOU, WoMBELL?"
"WhO in Heavens name are your" when
recovered from my establishment. 'Ah, that,
said he, is another question-one l shall not
answer. If were to tell you my name you
would knew me we'll we were at Eaton
together" and he proved it by recalling to me
some incidents ofOur college life. No intreaty
could make him disclose who he was-nor in-
duce him to divide my purse with me. After
some conversation bugle was heard. He
started again, grasped my hand, shook it
warmly, and bidding me good bye darted of
N the direction whence the sound came !
never saw him afterwards"