The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-05-25
p.lt.e,er aud ally RowIegs

soAAt Attraction 10 10 disenousen' '"s
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MAYS IL peItssisr and billy howieks'
Marshal pslis.ier. Dake Of Aslasoh has been
ls,@lv t.ssssa sod aat,sred by the military CLUBS
of lrudan, in Q style to make him forget the nc.
as,ttal Of Bernard the battle Of Waterloo ana the
g.et that he ID freedman. Ifvaaity be 6ihle
Of A FrsnchMan, IL has not lacked stimusants 10
the late isssise scenes Of London, where the "er-
rand boy of Rouen" found himself surrounded by
giissering circle Of the proudsst aristocraey,
a we'll a. the ehoiesss soldiers Of Britain. and the
former Liou Of the Desert, whoss faiatest roar
made the uatAmsabls Arabs quake. lay down In
the lair Of the British Lion, and was fondisd aud
eareesed by bis fierce little cubs ~ II be we're the
sAsher Who had begottsu them. IL seems to have
been time Of great love aud swessness between
the warriors Of England and France, a most anec-
tionate claspiag and buggng Of each other with
the bloody paws OF Sebastopol, an smiabe inter-
twtaiug and interiacing Of once hostile souls
which, eopsidering that their instincts aud pro-
fssscu are oil destructive, remind us OF the loves
of tissrs and the embraces Of amatory boa con-
ssriotors II 10 not given 10 man to read the heart
Of man, and above all Of diplomafist, supposing
dipiom stsss to have hearts least OF ALL 10 1t to be
presumed that Napoleon, the Inscrutsble, would
select minister who, II he has heart, wears It
upou his slssvev Certain 1t 10, that on this ocea
sion, when fsassing, hsttery and wine had laid
sesgs to this Malako, Il seemed to surrender with
much more facility than did the fortress from
which IL derived Its name, to the French arms, 70
say nothing Of the indispensable obstinacy with
which Il rejected ell the overturss Of the Eoglish.
We may remark, Ia passing, that it would have
added greatly to the eclat of this occasion If the
49, hna otad ar fhA
festive board by Duks of Redan. But fate
had dscresd othsrwise; the very name of the her,
who took, or tried TO take the Redan 10 forgotten
and the Crimsau braves who clustered about NAL
akoi. are completely sclipssd by the gigantic
shadow OF bis military fame. Possibly, the unini-
tiatsd may wonder that these gallant soldiers are
not 10 India, nghsng the battles of their try
and rivalling the exploits OF Haveiock, 0utram,
Campbell and Others mt the enigma 10 easily and
satisfactorily explained when We behold them per-
forming such prodigiss of prowsss In the club
rooms Of Loudon, and capturing with few well
directed salliss of Wit and wine the conqueror OF
the Malakof. At least, such seems to be the re-
suit, for his lips overflow with milk and honey, and
he prays for tho eternal alliance of the arms of
England and France. This may be a reality, yet,
at this moment the popular feeling Of France is
hot against England that q war. or revolution is
inevitable, and Napoleon, whilst Pelissier is en-
bracing the English, adds ffty thousand men to
an army which already numbers 500 900, and
makes every navy yard of the empire an uuwonted
scene Of activity aud preparation.
Whilst England 10 fsasting Marshal Pelissier, one
Of our principal cities has been honored by festivi
ties 10 q military character Of our own continent,
one Of Natures children and warriors, the famous
Billy Boeiegs. This renowned savage has been az
successful In bis way a. Marshal neutrality-suspicious.
even moro 20, considering the limited means aud
resources ct his command. The Florida war,
which commenced under the leadership of Osceola'
nearly twenty ave years ago. and as cost the gov
srnmsnt nifty millions of dollars, has just termna-
ted. II indeed it can be said to be at end even
now for thirty forty Of the Indians still remain,
aud Sam Jones still bids defiance to Uncle Sam.
The renowned Bowlsgs has long set the United
States at defiance, and 10 reported to have fallen
at last by silver bullets, and not Leaders ones
We don't know that Pslisser has much the advaL-
tass Of Bowiees in the effects of what 10 called
civiisstiou upon his character. We have never
heard Of feat of Billy in savagery which sur
passed the smoking out Of nine husdred Arab men,
women aud children in n cave by Pelissier. More.
over, there 10 the redeemiug virtue la an Indian,
that he gives US glimpse Of nature in age when
civilization, so called has almost entirely polished
away the reality of thiags ADD may rely upon
his telling the truth sometimes, and not often sa
cTifcing everything to politene". Thus, when
Bowiegs, on = former visit to Washington was
shown the portraits of Scott and Taylor, he frank
IL remarked that he had whipped them both
Lake Pelisslsr. in Londen, he was lately honored Ia
Pensacola, and New Orleans, with "big drunk,
but, uniike the civilized Marshal, as he became
- happy and gloriaus.