The Nevada Democrat., 1857-12-23
General Cavaignac.

On the 29th October, while engaged in snipe-
shooting in the vicinity of Paris, Eugene Ca
vaignac suddenly died of aneurism of the heart
in his fifty-fifth year, having been born in Paris
on the 18th December, 1902. He was TO be bu-
ried in the cemetery of Montmartre. This
mans character and career demand at least q
passing notice from the journals of the day
The second son of an old dConventionist, Eugene
Cavaignac won commission in the French ar
my by his success and good conduct at the Pol
ytechnic school Of Paris. He saw some SER
vice, and in 1880, when the Revolution broke
out, avowed his sympathy with the movement
refused to obey command to fire on the peo-
pie in the event of an outbreak; was marked
down as dangerous, aud sent to Africa by the
Government of Louis Philippe. If the post of
danger was there, so was the post of honor also
He rapidly advanced, despite of his ultra poll
tics and all through the Algerine war dstin'
guished himself greatly, exhibiting many quail
ifications for command, besides impetuous valor
When General Lamorciere, in 1847, quilted
the chief command Of the province of Oran
Cavaignac succeeded him, and one Of the first
DEGREES of the Provisional Government of lS4S
raised him to the station of General Governor
of Algeria.
Elected delegate to the National Assembly,
by two Departments, Cavaignac returned to
France, where he arrived just after the distur-
Dances of May Is, was appointed Minister OF
War on the 18th, and, five days later, entrusted
with chief command of the whole military force
in Paris. The outbreak of June, 1S4S, gave
him opportunity for action, Cavaignac COM
manding the troops against the insurgent peo-
pie, who, entrenched, as it has been said, be-
hind q network OF barrlcades, fought with wen
derfnl pertinacity,
At last, to rescue Paris from civil war, the
National Assembly declared that city to be in o
state Of siege. and vested the dictatorship in
Cavagnac, with absolute civil as we'll as mill
tary authority. After several days hard fight
ing, in which over 5000 lives were lost, Cavag
mac put down the insurrecten-the most dan
gerous, perhaps, that Paris had ever witnessed
and then resigned his high power.
He was eonfessedly too able to be left unem
ployed, and the National Assembly appointed
him President of the Council, with power O
naming his own Ministry. This position he re
tanned until the election for President Of the
Republic. Put forward as candidate on the
Republican interest, he received ,44S, 1902 votes
| The other candidates ranges thus Louis Ma
polcon Bonaparte 5,534 500 votes Ledru Rol
lin. 371, ,43l Raspail, 36,964 sundry votes
l2,434.
After this, General Cavaignac retired into
private life, but was SO formidable, from his
personal popularity and ability, that he was one
of the persons arrested, by Louis Napoleon, at
the coup d. etH of December, 1851. His deten-
ton was brief, but he neither acceded to the
continuation of the Presidential power, or the
establishment of the Empire He took no part
in politics. Recently, however, at the last cleo
tion in France, he was nominated to q seat in
the Legislature, and was elected. 1t was un-
known what course he would pursue-whether
to take the oaths to the Empire or decline them.
Had he survived few weeks longer, this issue
would have been determined Latterly, it was
said, but we know not on what grounds, that
Cavagnao had acquired a bias towards "Legit-
imacy''-belisving that limited monarchy
with the Count de Paris at its head, was a ne
cessity to France. Cavagnac WAS frank, ear
nest, and digniaed in manner. As a military
man, bis ability was undoubted, and his brief
civil experience at Algiers and Paris showed
that he possessed good administrative powers.
philadelphia Press.