Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-08

Major " that he had done him the greatest injury
one man could do another, he was prepared TO
give him the rcparaton usually accorded Of q hos
tile meeting The Major replied with laconic
philosophy, which had the effect at once Of cxtin-
gushing all romance, and which has been since
much recommended TO husbands similarly bereay-
ed: !" That as no had done hin, the greatest bene-
tt one man could do another, IN iiddng him Of so
infamous pest, he had only to wish his lordship
JOY or the beautiful burden he had carried cff.'
A divorce cnsued, and Mrs. johnson became and
now Is Countess Of Cardigan. The Major has, how
! ever, had an ample revenge for without wishing
to draw that doomed sacred from the
gentle chickering's OF welded liie 1t Is no breach OF
dclicacy to mention what Is publicly known In Eng
landthat almost Immediately after their marriage,
and somewhat earlier than usual, warfare com
ncnccd which has since terminated in separation.
This interesting coup d etat neccssitated his ca
| change into another regiment and his Lordship
| purchased his Lieutenant Colonelcy in the Fiji
teenth Hussars then serving in India whittier he
proceeded with his bride. He had not been year
in India, however, before frcsl, troubles gathered
around him. Lady Augusta Nathen, the wife Of
the Major Of the 10Th, and ladyso high connec-
ton, could not be induced tosl6rglye her crring
sisters shame and 0bstinatuy refused TO visit Lady
Cardigan. The consequences was TINT her husband
was subjected toa isercs of Prosecutions on tho
part of Lord CardigssN which resulted in court
martial disclosing On his Lordships side, course
Of petty tyranny and mean espionage which would
have doomed an officer Of inferior rank to imaed'-
ate dismissal His fortune and title, however which
seldom or ever plead in vain at the British Horse
Guards, procured his escape with gentle admoni-
j ton, and he obtained an exchange into the 11th
Light Dragons, with which regiment he returned
to England.
/ Lord Cardigan expends annually u considerable
portion Of his private fortune ON his regiment. He
neither CANDLES nor bets. He sacrifices alone to
Mars and Venus. The object to which de deyotes
this expenditure is most judicious. OF course much
| If not all of the perfection OF cavalry regiment,
depends on 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, us other officers
are obliged to do, Lord Cardigan expends the reg
ulation money In purchasing them when one or two
year old colts, when Of be can obtain for the
price animals of far superior breed and then trains
and rcnrs them at his own expense at his beautiful
scat of Dean Park in Northamptonshirc drafting
them to the regiment when they are of sufficient
strength and age. Lord Cardigan spares no ex-
pense 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 IT,
ness visits them or their family, he is kind and at
tentive and has done acts in their regard ofa gem
erosity SO rich and unostentatous as to redeem
even half his sins. Indeed, his love of his pro-
fession and zeal and devotion to its duties have
somewhat in them of romance. Often when tic
shrill call to stable has broken on the ear of dull
dark winter morning, and startled us from, pleas
ant night passed at mess over whist or eig,lt-tts,
and closed with brilliant supper, have we seen
on our way homeward through the barrack yard
Lord Cardigan, wrapped in bis scarlet hussar cloak,
standing beneath some gateway to see that every
soldier answered to the call.
|
In piping times of peace, piquant Grim con.
notice in the Times is considered not alone by the
hero engaged, but by the regiment to which bo
belongs as brilliant distinction as in times of
war a ribbon for the Alma. Lord Cardigan's well
known character for such an adventure has ex-
posed him TO frequent cases of extortion always
undertaken under the generally successful cxpccta-
tion that he would rather prefer in such cases to
pay than to plead One Of these found recently,
however, a rather startling denouement II was
devised by no less person than a son of the Mar
quis of Angesca Lord William Pagct, gentleman
completely daguerreotyped in that happy Amcri-
can phrnse-"a loaferr--who, being in temporary
difficulties, and having nothing to dispose Of but
his wife, invented this honorable method OF re-
pairing his shattered finances and sued for heavy
damages for the destruction Of the honor of this
lady--a virtuous German--whosc honor had been,
unfortunately, similarly destroyed about MS often
as Drury Lane or San Francisco. Lord Cardigan
pcctaton. Foreign witnesses Of the "non mi re-
cordon school were produced, and fictitious scenes
Of most thrilling character reluctantly detailed.
II was even said the injured wife was prepared to
own her shame, when suddenly, on cross-e1amina-
tion, by some arrangement in the machinery, the
whole fabric fell to the ground
Thus Lady William Pagefs honor, and Lord Car.
digan's purse were saved In all his galantries,
Lord Cardigan has never even affected scintilla
Of that sentiment which, by relieving vice Of al ts
grossncss, Is said TO relieve 1t OF half its evil Some
three years since, we remember, he carried away
from Dublin, where his regiment was then quar-
tered, lady Of singular beauty the wife Of the
chamberlain of Dublin Castle, Sir William Leesop,
whose outraged feelings we're subsequently soothed
by compensation of very large amount Taking
her TO Scotland, few months afterwards, in his
| yacht, whether from remorse, parting from hcr
children, or some other cause, Lady Lceson was
seized suddenly with illness and died under very
narrowing circumstances Within week after VIC
saw the spoiler in his accustomed spot In the onl-
nibus boI, with his jewcIcd lorgnettc planted on
some new beauty, with steady sensual stare.
Thoroughly heartless and selfish, he steps from
ruin TO ruin without pang, and, when his passion
pals, casts aside bis victim with the graceful
lcyity he does his his lance.
In appearance Lord Cardigan is the beau ideal
Of a light dragoon Arrogant, gay and daun,les8
in bearing, he stands about five feet eleven, and his
| frame, though slight Is well proportioncd and
firmly knit His light brown hair be wears IN short
curls, and carries weghty moustsche Of the same
hue-his expression Is sensual and selfish. His
wealth insurcs him companions, but he has no
friend. OF dress and dash and glitter be Is pas
sionatcly fond and when mounted in the gorgeous
uniform Of his regiment, and leading charge on
his beautiful dark chestnut Arab, he well looks the
character TO which he Is said 10 aspire-thc Mufat
Of British Cavalry. Hgll-bred and impcrious, he
little differs from the noble animal he rides. Like
Il he obcys every mute instinct and passion-like
IL he rcjoccs in the battle and rishcs forward with
glorious animal courage against the foe---but he
Is nothing more.
THg CxAR AND HCSAs notwithstanding TO the
Edmburg Advertiser, the Czar has carried ON war
with the Crcassians for twcuty-eight years and at
an annual cost of twenty thousand Of his subjects.
This would make Am aggregate of $780, 900. In the
two campaigns against Persia, rs in the Hungarian
rnInnninn and the two Pnlish .cannr,nirns Of 1871