The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-15
m.r.nal Pelissier.

Tn. .nno,nt ment of Marshal Peiissier a. French
M,,,.,.r TO England, 10 said TO he received with
s.,,.fae,ion In England, and the French press re-
nre,ent 1, a. designed TO cement the alliance and
Nan alive the memory Of those glorious times
"A which the Marshal led the blended flags Of Eng
land and France to glory 10 the Crimea. However.
the Paris correspondent OF the New York Herald
give. different account Of things. Tie says there
has been disposition, Of late, on the part OF the
Imperial Court 10 make great deal OF this suc-
ce.sful soldier who. both in the Crimea and since
his return, has been found to be man remarkably
free from crotchets Of his own. and possessed OF
an upscrupnlousness in carrying out the plans Of
others which renders him invaluable a. an instrn'
nent Pslissier, exclaims the correspondent, who
carved Napoleon 40 we'll In the Crimea, following
hi. directions with blind fidelity which secured
all the glory to the French and all the disgrace to
the English. 10 now tho chosen servant OF his ap
po;ntment in the or iical state of affairs with Eng
land OF diplomacy proper, the writer AYERS that
" Peiissier Is as ignorant as the sword he wears,
and therefore will be a simple instrument In the
hands Of others. OF English, he does not know
word and his manners are precisely what might
be expected from man utterly unused to any So
cisty but that Of tbe camp, with mind unadorned
by any degree OF cultivation, and with temper
susceptible but OF one argument-that OF brute
force do not mean 10 say that he Ia excessively
bruta, and coarse in his 5ehavior-on the contrary
he would be complainant If he only knew how :
but of this knowledge he has none. He smrks,
grimaces, and dances like bear at a cabaret, and
10 grossly offensive, while innocsntly believing
himself polite. lie 10 little, thick set san, with
no pretensions to high intellect In his brow; but
his dark, deep set eye, looking doubiy DARK when
-t~.A IL aIx, ant ught "a n
!. full Of determination. It besides capital eye
for the country. He will, In month after his ar
rival. be perfect master of the power Of England
for defence there will not be weak point on her
frontier or in her midst that the poor errand boy
of Rouep will not have read, marked and learned,
and thoroughly diGested.
"pelisser, without any education, Is naturally an
ari,hmetician; with no acquaintance with the sci
sncs of engineering, no has practical manner Of
discovering loop holes that on many occasions
took our best engineers at sebastopol by surprise.
In the handling Of large he is perfectly un-
riyalled, and he 10 known to have the very hum
blest opinion Of England's military art. They
are perfect children 10 the art OF war; he said re-
Gently to Count de Mornyi when speaking OF the
Indian rebellion. Individually brave-braver
than the French, for aught know-they are la
bies In regard to combination. Give ME one regt-
ment of French, and any day will turn their
flank and ont maReuvrea dozen British, command
cd by their sblest captains
1t is possible that this letter writer may under
stand Napoleon's policy on the alliance, which,
from every one else he keeps secret but we may
be permitted to have our doubts. That the most
inscrutable of modern statesmen should open his
heart to newspaper correspondent Is not pro-
bable. The appointment of Pelisser, If ignorant
of English and diplomacy, Is somewhat strange;
but, though said te be regarded In Paris as de-
monstratiou, VIZ cannot believe Napoleon prepar-
ed for such consequences, as a rupture with Eng
land would produce. If he Is the great man, conf
monty supposed, peculiarly great in being ahead
OF bis country and age In perceiving that sefpre-
servation dictates TO both England and France
eternal friendship, he will not peril the alliance,
except for the salvation of his dynasty. IL Peliu-
ser has uttered the boasts attributed TO him. it is
not the nrst time that French Captains, more IA
nous than the Duke Of Malakof, have revelled in
Gasconade. In order TO chastise perfde Albion,
there is salt water to be crossed, aud France is
inferior to England, In naval efficiency, as Eng
land 10 France-iu Pelissier's opiuion-in military
skill.