The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-11-26
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Th'lv u" NOR" 'hrr"ssir" 'hct reported than TINT
IT lh' sudden ,l,'rn,. "f Gcn t'nvniuMnr He
wns IL .,crl hrt',h h. was not an old man. nnd
he wis prominently before the world ~ ,ne of
the w,sc' r"rrr' uin,ivrs Of liberalism in Euronr
His death is II calamity tn rcpnbliranis,m IN
Franco, and il will be regretted by all the friends
of liberty in every part Of the world.
Eugene tava gnnc. the sou of um old member
OF The French National Convention, was ho,n at
Paris an the 10Th "f December lSs2 lie was
educated Mt the Ec"l" olytechnquc aud entered
the army ut an early age. re held II command
III the expedition 20 the Morca i'm lSpS nItrr
wards returned aud was stationed in the rn,ri.
son Of Metz whrn the Revolution of lH3O com.
inenccd. Here his rrpuLlicauis,n hrCkc out, and
Tor Ill c'nring to his colur that he would moi fine
OIL the p"pnac", in case Il insurrcct,un l,e WINS
sent To .iii'ca, where, in the OF The Alyc-
rnn war; he rapidly, distinguishing himself re-
pcatcdly, both by his MILITARY and his admins
tratIve talents lie was i'll in Algeria when the
lt"Eo.u;ion Of 1913 broke out, ,nd one of the
hrst acts "f The provisional government was to
make him Governor General Of tie province
raising INN III the same time To the rank Of gcn-
erai OF division, and appointing him also Minis.
ter oil War; lie declined the latter office. hut
being re called I" Pa,is ut his own request, and
hating been elected delegate 10 the Ma.
tionnl Assembly he reached the capital OH the
18th Of May. Tn the 18th Il" accepted the
Ministry OF War, and on the 23h received the
command OF the troops 10 guard the Chumbcr of
the Assembly,
In June, the disorders arising out Of tn. ia
tIonnl workshops having beconc alarming. and
6arricadrs having again h.rn erected. Cavni.nac
was called upon to puciIv the capital and with
great skill he Succeeded after I: conflict of four
days. in comp et"ly restoring order lie br:arnc
at once the supreme Dictator of the capital but
utter peace was established hc resigned his office
lie was, however, chosen President of the Coun-
ell, with i'::wcr to select his own ministry. He
made II up OF moderate men, and for some time
he governed France with great Judgment. Ills
rule was military, ana, in certain sense, dc<po-
Tie. But II was required by the extraordinary
circumstances of The iinrs and it was eircc;ive
At the election for President dccrerl by the Ma
tional Assembly, he the candidate by the
moderate republicans, hut was defeated hy Louis
Napoleon. Al the comp d,fd nr December 3D.
1901, lie was sent to prison ut Ham, but was aC-
te:wartls liberated. He was elected Il member of
the Assembly. b:t declined To take his seat
Since then he has lived in comparative retire.
ncnt, part of the time in Paris. but ccicfly AT n
country residences, where, in thee society of II
young and bl,"rnng wf- he has enjoy such
case and happiness us were denied INN in his
military as we'll rs in his political career. In
Nlny last he Was rI, cI"l To the Legislative Corps
by the Republicans Of raiis Whether he aud
his Republican c"llra,.urs would take the oath
required upon taking rir s"n,s. has been a r,nt
ter of doubt. In his ease the doubt is resolved
by his uncXpcctr cd ,rreasc, the news of which
will b. received with profound regret by all per-
sous. in every par, Of the world who respect
bravery, tirnn"ss, INTEGRITY aud true regard lu,
popular rgh's.-Ih''"felphia E~Hct"
Tie L"cmp'oyed IN Philad.lphio-On Well
nes'lny Il committee OF the unemployed in Phil
adclph:i. wait e,l on Mayor Va,lx, in relation to
their n"cessi,"us condition Mr.. rhorp, cIar-
nln 0i the COMMITTEE, in addressing. his honor
SAID there were thousands lacking bread. simply
because they had no employment. They did
not want bread but only give them work. and
al.
arms and dispositions wiIiin. to work in order to
support their children, iith"y only had chance
They had been idle for for the past four weeks
II was against their natures TO hey. Mr.. Thorp
Thought the city coml nnl ought To borrow mil
lions Of dollars, i'll order to give Them work.
lhey, the workinIm"n, would lend the city in
the shape of labor, and accept her scrip in pay,
II it would buy bread
The Mayor, i'll reply, said that lie had but n
few words to say i'll answer TO the application;
his own impression was that this difficulty, no
matter how CAUSED, would be of short duration
lie thought that, The business of the community
was beginning 10 improve. lie had eyi,le..crs of
1t all aroun; him. This Was II crisis that he
did not pretend 10 undrrSt and il had En,hcr.,l
wiser heads than his hut he thought, that time
would remedy the evil, and in little while the
citizens who had h'ea out Of employment
would have work, and there would be- no ncccs-
lly TO call meetings smcl us they proposed. The
first great thing 10 l'- ncn Gated wa. confidence;
without that no!hin:, cnul.l hr tomc Cunii,i,nce
was like the genial warmth Of the su:, which
SHE'D 1t rays upon the plants. causing them To
flourish. The mayor thought that there were
more ELECTS mad" in the city Of Phiiad.lphia TO
alleviate the surIingS Of the poor than in any
other; that when confidence was restored, there
wonld be 10 Necessity Tor public meetings but
ut the same time the best course for them 10
pnrs"c was 10 guard the l,ws and constitution
under which they lived; and any nan who
m In fkntr g..
using 1t to further any sclsI, ends Of his own
was not good citizen, and he hoped he would
receive the condemnation Of all good men, In
conclusion, the mayor stated they should have
The protection they had asked for. The commit.
tee then retired, much pleased with the mayors
views.
Departure Of G"n. Wniker.--Wc find the fol-
lowing dispatches in the New York papers:
Ne~ Orleans, Wel"rsloy ll.-Gen Walker is
States District Court this morning, aud gave hail
10 appear for examination OH the 18th. This If.
tcrnoon himself staff and over 300 men, en-
barkcd on ls,urd the Mobile mail bnat. The
steamer Fashion, Captain Caughlin. with Il por
ton Of his men, and IL large quantity Of urms.
ammunition and provisions. got Of at . u'ciock
this morning, having first submitted to search
by the United States Marshal. She cleared for
Mobile, and will intercept the mail boat our side
when the whole party will embark in the Fash.
lon Tor Nicaragua. Capt. Favss remains here.
Gen. llcnningsen is expected this week
The United States steamer Fulton, in the Mis-.
sissippi, is outwittcd.
New Orleans, IHrrxAiy Nov. l2.-General
Walker and his men were transferred from, the
Mobile mail bont TO steamer in waiting in Mo.
bile Bay. will, anoili surp'y OF arms and am
muniton. The fllbuster steamer Immediately
steamed down the Bay, and Walker is considered
fairly off.
Nothing had yet been heard Of the FasIion.-
S"me think she goes for the Texan regiment
The steamer Dick Keys, which, took General
Walker from the mail boat in Mobile Bay, has
returned to Mobile. having placed the fiIibus-
has sailed for Nicaragua His whole force con.
s;sts OF about 400 men. lie has a large quaint.
~ OF amuniiious and provisions, enough to last
from three to four months, and thousand stand
Of n MS
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