The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-20

number of private bills was 20, introduced
| by WILLIAM b. STOKES, OF Tennessee.
| Up to Monday, July II, the roll had beer
! called $40 times, 2,25S bills introduced ano
1856 passed.
French and Prussian Leaders. 81
The following accounts of some oil theM
will be read with interest
THE FRENCH GENERALs-hARsHAL CANRo-
BERT.
Marshal Canrobert (Francois), who com
! mands the first army corps, is over slNty
years of age, having been born in leU9:
His military celebrity, Gk that OF most OF
the French generals, was commenced IN
Algeria. and was perfected before Sebasto-
mol He is of an ancient family in Brittany,
his father having been an officer III the Roy
alist army Of the Prince of Condo. He also
graduated ut St. Cyr. he took part Ill the
SSubjugation of Algeria, fighting with great
v;slor and gradually rising to the rank OF
colonel, after having got the legion OF honor
and the charge of the foreign legation OF
France after the fall Of the Carlist party in
Spain.
AT the nomination of Louis Napoleon as
President, Canrobert joined his party.
He became General in the new republic,
and in the 0 detat had command OF one
Of the divisions OF the army of Paris, and
assisted in the repression of the popular
dissatisfaction. Some political functions OF
considerable Importance were next assigned
to him, and in 1853 he became General OF
division. Canrobert was sent to Turkey IN
1854 in command of the first division OF the
Army of the East. He was at the battle OF
Alma, and was slightly wounded. Two
days afterwards, when st. Arnault,, COM
mander-in-chief of the French, was dying,
he turned over the command to Canrobert,
who moved Immediately on Sebastopol, but
finding 4 coup de main lmpractlcaDle, ne
forthwith laid down a plan of gigantic
investment. He was wounded at mixer
MANN. His mode Of procedure not being
satisfactory to Lord Raglan, the British
commander, Canrobcrt was relieved, by
Pelissier from the commander-ln-chlefshp,
and resumed duty at the head OF his own
corps. In 1856 he was made Marshal OF
France. In the French-Austrian war he
was at the head Of the third corps. He was
at Magenta and at Solfcrino. Latterly, ne
has commanded the troops at Paris. Ills
vote against the temporal power OF the
Pope in 1861 must be regarded rather as a
matter of military obedience or policy than
Of personal opinion.
COUNT DE PALIKAo.
Charles Guellaume Marie Cousin de Mon
tanban, Count de Palikao, the French
General and senator, now called TO the COM
.mand of the second army corps, was Dorn
Eon the oath Of June, 1896. He was en-
ployed ut an early age i'll Algicrs, and dis
tinsuished himself there rs i cavalry officer.
After an eyentful military career, he was
invested in 1860 with chief command OF the
S.....,I .~.~olsk;o, into (lhinn a1r1 had tho
honor of accomplishing that almost fabu-
lous invasion, which drought the arms and
banners of the French and English even to
the capital of this vast and distant empire.
The capture of the forts of Takou, ut the
mouth of the Pciho, Oh the Goth of August,
the great victory OF Palikao over General
Sang-ko-hio-in on the 2lst of September,
The destruction of the royal palace, the
entry into Pekin on the 18th Of October,
forced the Chinese to accept the treaty I'M
posed by the allies, and assured, at least
temporarily, the respect of European lnte-
rests in the extreme East. In recompense
for these great successes the emperor nau
already elevated him to the dignity OIL Inc
Grand Cross Of the Legion OF Honor on tle
10Th of December, 1860, and had made HIN
senator on the 4th of March, 1861. He was
~ubseouen made Count de Palikao, was
pensioned, and in 1866 took command OF
tbe fourth army corps at Lyons when Can
robert, was called to Paris. In 1860, when
he was given the grand cross, he could
count forty-two years of effective service,
! twenty-eight campaigns, and one wound.
MARSHAL M'MAHoN.
Marshal de Mcmahon, Duke of Magenta,
| in command of the fourth army corps, il
| sixty-two years of age. He is descended
/ from an ancient Irish Catholic family who
took refuge in France with she Stuarts
His father was Il personal friend of Charles
", and young Mcmahon, having decided
Oh q military career, graduated at Saint Cyr
He filled several military offices in Algiers,
and after the accession of Louis Napoleon
to the presidentship was made general Of
division. .
In 1855 he was recalled from the army OIL
Algiers and placed in command of a divi
sion in BOsquet's corps, in the Crimea. His
command assaulted and carried the Mala
koff, in which, Notwithstanding the DIES
| perate assaults and S~elf-deyotion of the
| Russians, he maintained himself and vir
| tually decided the fall Of Sebastopol. II
| the expedition Of 1857 against the kgbyle;
in Algeria, McMahon greatly distinguished
himself, as usual, by his military talent 81
we'll as personal bravery, and was nomina
ted commander-in-chief Of the forces il
Algeria. He commanded the Second corp
in Italy, and won the battle of Magenta
which gave him his title and the baton O
France. He was ambassador eXtra0rdinar,
at the coronation Of William ILL.,, the Kin;
of Prussia, and was remarkable for his sump
tuouS display. On his return he went t,
Algeria rs Governor-Gener
MARSHAL BAzA1NE.
Marshal Bazaine FRANCOIS Achille), VIII,
is in command of the Imperial Guard m
| reserve, is the descendant of q family of sol
diers. He is now sixty-one years Of age
He has the high reputation of being n Q
the bravest officers in the French army. 81
rose from the ranks, and in five years from
his enlistment gained his sub-lleutenanc,
and his cross on the field of battle. lie dis
tinguished himself in Spain and Algiers
In commanded an infantry briagade ut Sc
bastopol he performed valuable service
After the rctrcat of the Russians, he wa
Governor OF Sebastopol until the fina
ievacuation by the allies. In connection
with the Macmillan expedition to Mexico
he commanded the French contingent, sue
ceeding Forey rs chief. His success owe
| the Mexicans is familiar, but the termina
ton OF the war in this country, and tn
known Discrimination of the United State
to foreign interference In American affairs
animated the Mexicans with new hopes
Bazine incormcil advised Macmillan tina
the Empire was impossible. Bazaine wa
recalled; Macmillan court-martialed an.
teXecuted, and Napoleon III. suffered sue
diminution of military prestige and politics
reputation as can only be restored by tn
possible successes Of war with Prussia.