Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1870-08-20


THE French COMMANDERS The Emperor
Napoleon has recently madea number of i'm
portant changes in the commands of the var
ious French army corps, The incapable Mar
shal Canrobert has been sent back to Paris in
order to overawe the revolutionary elements
of the Capital. That beng about all this
prOtege of the Second Empire Is ft for, the
appointment is no doubt good one. His sue
cessor Is General Trochu, whose headquarters
are to be at the fortified camp of Chalons-Sur-
Marne If General Trochu is really as able
an officer as he is represented to be, 1t is some
what surprising that the Emperor should have
given him command 50 far from the fr~nt.
Perhaps the well known Orleanist tendencies
of General Trochu may have had some in
f1uence upon the decisions of the Emperor in
this respect, and he may have believed that 1t
would be too dangerous for him and his dy'
nasty TO keep at the headquarters of the army
two such prominent influential and gifted
Oricanists as Changarnier and Troohu, whom
the soldiers, in the event of another defeat,
might themselves put at their head. Or should
the fact that General Trochu has beon sent to
Chaons indicate that the Emperor Napoleon
has really decided to retreat from Metz and
take up another position on the line of the
Marne ? Such retreat would he the death
blow to the Second Enplre, if the recent de-
feats have not yet rendered hopeless its chances
of prolonged existence.
General Changarnitr according to one re-
port, has been appolnied commandant of Metz,
and, according TO another, has been placed on
| tl,a R,,ct lotto 10
probably correct
There Is said to be immense popular excite
ment in Paris, and great difficulty in control
: ling a population impressed with the belief
that the Government is responsible for the
disastrous condition of affairs. We may ex-
pect to learn at any moment afthe subversion
Of the Empire.
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, the distinguished ma
val hero, died Sunday last, at the Portsmouth,
N. H., navy yard. The father ofdeceased was
a native of the island of Minoroa, came TO this
, country in l77G, joined our army of the Eevo-
luton, rose to a Major in the service, and mar
rying in North Catoina, settled near Knox
ville Tennessee, where in 1901, DAVID GLAs-
CoE FARRAGUT, the dead Admiral, was born
LII LOW iO blC nav thOuSb Dut blhe
years old, under a midshipman's warrant and
went on board the Essex, bearing the flag
"Free Trade and Sailors Rights" Before hG
Lad reached the age of twelve years, he hat
been in number Of engagements, receiving
: his first would at that age. In January, 1859
;. he was sent to capture New Orleans, which ht
f did in that memorable feat of running the reb
, e batteries. On demanding of the Mayor o
. New Orleans that the stars and stripes be hoist
ed on the public buildings the Mayor replied
As to the hosting any flag other than tho
I flag of our adoption and allegiance, let me say
= to you thai the man lives not in our mids
whose band and heart would not be paralzeC
, at the mere thought of such an act nor coulC
y ! iind in my entire constituency so wrccheC
and desperate renegade as would dare to pro
fame with his hand the sacred emblem of ou
{ aspirations"
To that Farragut replied that 'your Homo
will please give directions that no flag but tha
of the United States win be permitted to fly il
), the presence Of this feet" The deceased h
5 January 1864, sailed for Mobile Bay. Angus
1 9th he made his name famous by his attack up
on the rebel fleet and forts near Mobile, lash
ing himself near the mainop of the vessel, an,
Is directing the movements of his squadro
e through the rebel fire, and the engagement
b that resulted in capturing the rebel ram, com
manded by the traitor Admiral BUCHANAN
q formerly OF the Federal navy. That was abou
his last active service, he was made Admira
and since was presented With $50,000 fror
y wealthy gentlemen Of New York. lie wa
i modest and unassuming in his manners, no
4 fond of display, very frank and open and sim
pie in his ways. He lived to serve his ooun
try for fifty years and died in the full bri,ianc
of his fame.