The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-06-02
"h''e the battle Of Inkcrmann was going

"cn. Iandmirault.-1Iis whole career
Has nearly been achieved in Africa; to
enter the field he has just left his division
OF the Army Of Paris, Which has not yet
received orders to leave.
General Bazainc is also n young General
whose first campaigns have been in Africa
In the Crimea he was the leader of one of
the regiments Of the foreign legion. Dur
ing the campaign he was succcssivcly ap-
pointed General Of Brigade and General
OF Division, and after the Sth of Srptem-
Der, 1856, was invested with the command
OF Sebastopol. lie is one of the most
brilliant officers Of Our army.
Among the Generals of brigade Of the
same corps, wo notice Messrs. Beurct,
blanchard and Gozc, who have earned
their stars in the Crimea.
General Beurct was Colonel Of the
thirty-ninth regiment. a. the battle of
Alma the whole army admired him,
standing alone on horseback in the midst
OF his regiment, or lying on the ground
awaiting for the 81 gnaI Of the fight.
General Blanchard commanded the first
regiment Of GrenaLicrs of the Guard, at
the attack Of Malakoif, where he received Il
severe wound.
General Gozc was Colonel Of tho forty
sixth regiment, under the walls of SeLasto-
pool.
Generals Of Division E<pinassc and dc
La Motte Rouge are two brave soldiers,
who have taken part in the co,npaigns Of
Africa and the Crimca.
Generals Of Division Bouat, Bourbaki
and Ecnault, and Generals Of brigade
Trocl,u. Ducrot, l;ataillc, Collineau, pi-
card and Jannin are all young, and have
spent the three quarters OF their mil
ilary life under the fire Of the en-
envy.
General Bourbaki is the type Of French
bravery, who seeks obstacles and is stinu-
lated hv difficulties. Our Zouavcs have
seen linn at Iaa;clia, with stick in hand,
white kid gloves and fine boots, storm the
city with Il scgar in his mouth. They lave
always found him the same at Alma, at
the storming Of Scbastopol, and the battle
Of Inkcrmann, Which hc won nearly all
alone.
General TROUGH las been the aid-de-
camp Of Marshal Bugaud, in Africa and
Marshal Saint .Arnald, in the Crimca. His
laburs ut The Ministry Of War have nostcd
him rs an officer Of extraordinary merit
His deeds Of valor in Africa and the East
have proven tha! he is rs brilliant by his
his scfposs cssion anil Ills mill
tary eonp d"X General Ducrot WAS ap-
pointed superior officer, when only twenty
eight years old. lie witnessed the cam.
paigns Of Africa and Bomarsund.
General Janin served fifteen years in
Africa, and has organized the Zouavcs Of
the Guard his deeds in the Crimea have
slowa his hercuiean strength. At night
attack, having but few Zouayes around
him, lie armed himself with pile torn
from a pallisadc aud killed all the Russians
who surrounded him.
In the forth corps We find at the head Of
the divisions Of infantry an aii-de.camp CT
the Emperor, Mr.. dc FailIy, and one Of
onr best swords Of Africa and Crimea, Mr..
Ninoy, who went TO the Crimean Cam
paisn as general Of brigade and came
back us general Of division.
Horse R"ce.-Thc "one-hundrcd.mlc
trot,' of which correct particulars are given
in the annexed paragraph, is called the
most unniitigatel piece Of rascality and Of
cruelty ever pcrpctratcd upon the horse
The conditions Of the race were that the
horses were TO trot one hundred miles with
out food or rest. 1t is stated that the Arabs
ride upwards OF one hundred miles per day
for several days in succession, but it is never
done without the most thorough prepara-
ton, and the Arab takes advantage Of eve
ry circumstance on tho way to case and
rest his horse, and he is never so brutal as
to force his horse through whole day with
out both food and rest. This race took
place in April 1858:
The victorious horse is owned by a
member Of the New York Legislature
from the city Of New York, Mr. Sheel,an.
The animal is Of blood stock, having been
sired by Eclipse from Messenger mare
The blood OF the other horse is unknown.
MIR. Shechan's horse is 7 years old, and the
other is 0 years. The greatest speed Of
Shecllan's horse is 8 minutes, while Dal-
toms horse has turned mile in 2.42. The
start was made from Albany at o'clock,
4. m., and at IL o'clock 73 miles had
been made. Up to this point the horses
had not shown much fatigue. On reach.
ing sS miles, the Dalton horse had tagged
so much that his driver concluded 10
stop, and the animal was put in stable
The other horse then slackened into a