The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-01-24
ASHLAND, ASHLAND COUNTY, OHIO WEDNESDAY MoRl

| It is but due, however, to Lord Car
digan to say that the soldiers did mo-
share by any means the feelings of tht
officers, and that he brought his regi
ment to state of high discipline ane
efficiency which rendered it the bear
ideal of perfect light cavalry corps
Upon special occasions of reviews il
honor Of distinguished visitors. the reg
iment has been frequently brought al
considerable expense from distance fol
exhibition, and the perfection of its ap'
pearance and rapidity of its evolutions
have always elected expressions cf the
highest admiration.
When last we saw the 11th in review
it was at Windsor, before the Gar
Little did we then dream, as the llth
and 18th, both in the fatal charge at
Balaklava. dashed like flash across the
plain, the colors on their lances waving
as field of flowers, up to the very pres
ence Of the Emperor, whose plume tow
cred far above every helmet in the field,
that that mimic charge was but a reher-
sal of one SO deadly against the troops
of that very monarch to whom all Eng
lands chivalry was doing honor on that
day. The chief object Of attraction to
the Emperor. however, it may be inter-
esting to mention, was the 43d, the only
regiment of the line in the field Pass
ing by the show and glitter of the
Guards, he devoted considerable atten-
tion and time to examing the movements
equipments of this regiment, remarking
that he loved best to see the men who
fought the battles.'
Lord Cardigan expends annually a
considerable portion of his private for
tune on his regiment. He neither gam
bles nor bets. He sacrifices alone to
Mars and Venus The object to which
he devotes this expenditure is most ju-
dicious. Of course much, if not all of
the perfection of the horses. The reg
ulation price allowed by the English
Government is twenty-five pounds for
each horse, which must be fit for duty
at once. Instead of purchasing them
at the age of five and six, as other Off
GERS are obliged to do, Lord Cardigan
expends the regulation money in pur-
chasing them when one or two year old
colts, when of course he can obtain for
the price animals of far superior breed,
and then trains and rears them at his
own expense at his beautiful seat of
Dean Park. in Northamptonshire, draft
ing them to the regiment when they are
of sufficient strength and age.
Lord Cardigan spares no expense to
improve the material condition and sup
ply the physical comforts of his men,
But all mental refinement he holds In
thorough contempt, as unbecoming the
profession of a soldier. If illness visits
them or their family, he is kind and at
tentive, and has done acts in their re-
gard of generosity so rich and osten-
tatious as to redeem even half his sins.
Indeed his love of his profession and
zeal and devotion to its duties have
in them of romance. Often
when the shrill call to stable has broken
on the ear, ofa dull, dark winter morn
ing, aud startled US from pleasant
night spent at mess over whist or vig7tt-
atas and closed with brilliant supper,
have we seen on our way homeward
through the barrack yard, Lord Cardi-
gan wrapped In his scarlet hussar cloak,
standing beneath some gateway to see
that every soldier answered to the call.
But what avails now all this care and
time and expense and labor bestowed to
bring man and steed to perfection. Man
and steed and steed sleep side by side
beneath the shadow of the hills of Bala-
klaya. The llth is no more
The FIRE of disaffection which had been
with SO strong a hand by the
Reynolds Court Martial, never broke
put openly after, but the embers never
ceased to shoulder. In one instance,
indeed, about two years since, for some
imaginary offence, the Honorable Cap
tain Noel was marched out of quarters
with the regiment, with badge of dis
grace, and without his sword. But
Capt, Noel, being Lord Cardigan of the
lucky patrician order, and of family of
oven higher rank and influence, his
Lordship was compelled to do the peni-
tent and make public reparation.
Peace, however, never found a home In
The messroom of the llth to the very
hour of its sailing for the East.
But while graphing with these trou-
oles in the field of Mars, Lord Cardigan
vas az the same time dazzling the world
oy his exploits in the softer field of Ve-
ius. Rumor, which we presume here
Is elsewhere occasionally magni6es, rep
'esented his frailties as innumerable a.
he sands of the sea- Each week some
lew wife and daughter was represented
Is sacrificed at the altar of his vanity or
passion It would i'll become us to
'atch or recount the filthy whisper of
candal. We speak solely of things that
ire proved and known. But We have
title doubt that Lord Cardigan never
n his life allowed solitary fealing of
lonor, generosity or mercy,-to speak
# higher feeling were deseration,-
o interfere with the qualification of his
mallest wish.
No doubt the morale of the British
rmy, which recent exposures have
hown to be at so degradedly low
n ebb, encourages this heartless prof
igacy by throwing around it false gilt
er of chivalry. And from my Lord
,ardigan, who crrries away baronet's
rife, down to Ensign Smith who seduces ,
is tailor's daughter,-he who oftenest
iolates the sanctity of home, or betrays s
he generous confidence of friendship, i
, deemed the greatest hero in the Brit
III army. In piping times of peace, a
iquant Grim. con. notice in the Times 6
considered not alone by the hero en- {
aged, but by the regiment to which he ]
elongs, as brilliant distinction as in a
ines of war ribbon for the Alma. I
Lord Cardigan's well known charater
II such adventure has exposed him to
,equent cases of extortion, always un-
ertaken under the general successful ]