The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-07

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q q; tso, md ass9ninsd, tbfsefh .. ct Of
:s.adies. 81 t6e .ezaia9 q New Year. day,
stables of twelve captains Of the Twepty-third
Tnfantry Reginent, then in garrison IS Diiop,
each providsd With ssadle and hasnssa. .nd II
the .sdd,s 'hsoen.ts siasn1 esfS nnn saSnsa
very inferior horse. ms almest prinOely
gift must have cost him e s.s -. i senar
were quite misunderstanding conduct was
attributed to vanity and bravado. the news -
got hold Of The the rs ;nts OF
fere, and demanded o report from the Captain
of the affair. This, it was said, made such an
unfayorable4 Impression, that one morning. IN
pectsdiy received an order to embark for
Africa. Only fear of his motives being misun-
derstood withheld him now from leaving the
service and he assured friend in letter s sGas
from the army. c..
The resolution, however, was soon forgotten.
He brilliantly distng aished himself at the
verely wounded, he was one of the first to plant
the French standard on the breach, under
hail of brass balls. This won him his NOMINAL
tion to tho grade of officer of the Legion OF
Honor, which had never previously been grant
ed to so young. Captain: ,,:o,e
In 1870 he so greatly distinguished himself
by his bravery, as adjutant OF Genera. Gna If
Bnt the staff did not suit -MacMahon; he
again came into collision with some OF ms 81
periors who could not forgive him his wealth,
SO he exchanged into the Infantry, anu became
chief of q battalion in the 18th Chassenrs dor
leans. These new troops were n nlea 1se spe-
On the day after MacMahon assumed the
command Of the battalion, he summoned al
the officers before him, and told them that ne
would not allow any officer in his corps VINO
had debts. He requested them to give him
list Of their debts, required their WORD OF
honor that they had put down all, ana nS1 J
debts Of the officers of his battalion. Tho raess
had now to be thoroughly revised, and, tnap PIX ks
to the generals contribution towards IT, IL DC,
came tie best in the diyisian ne pIhn s id
| and with extreme justice. III.
In this.way he greatly raised the tone OF h a
battalion and even those who wsrS o oueb se
COMMANDER, and out Of love 70 him and 70 DC
| him honor, wonld perform marvellous oeeos OF
valor. MacMahon endured the f:;tiga e;d ano
Ono day, his general, after having dispersed
the Arabs In . murderous engagement, en1olneo
him to take an order to . colonel OF reg.maen'
separated frons the main oody Wy 'o"S'oo'
allie troop Of Bsdoains. a. :,
TAKE With you," he said' "a squadron Of
chasseurs-n
M.hon too many to pass without being seer, ,
/ too few to beat the enemy. shall 60 alone,
without waiting for an answer, he mounted
nj Almost immediately the Arabs perceived him
They darted of in pursuit with loud yells
The intrepid officer escaped at o furious galioP
Suddenly, however, a torrent presented ''sei
on his road.
MacMahon put spurs to his horse, leapet
} over the abyss, and found himself safe ant
sound on the opposite bank. sd Nat ono q
The Of this
leap. They confined themselves to sending qua
! let's after him, which soon could not reach h'm
: and he succeeded in accomplishing his mission
MacMahon's promotion was maryelonsl
J rapid: in 1912 he became observation-disclosures u
1S45 colonel, aud in 1S4s general OF oIigaoe
He was supposed to sympathies with me tne ne
public; nevertheless the ooap detdt found
taken part in the expedition Of 1851 ,'52. an
had distinguished himself By his orlliian
commander OF. the province of Constantine
|, Hero he repressed frequent rebeliions OF ARABS
, drove the Kabyle tribes back into their mo9r
= number Of local institutions, destined to guar
antee the security of property and OF mo
viduals.
adored by the colonists as he already was u
He returned to France just before the on
break Of the Crimean war. Many now sPos
ia | with enth usiasm of the excellent general an
. prophesied for him brilliant future IN u
# coming campaign of the Empire there WEI
z Others, however, who, with an ominous shaE
), capable of effecting anything great only
!. Africa The latter party was in the ascendar
n ! when the expedition sailed to the Crimea, an
L MacMahon received no command. On IL
4 death of ST. Arnaud, Canrobert coded his Iigt
IS to be cammander-in-ehieft to Pelissier, ma
: | who seemed utterly Incapable of generosit
| and a stranger to every feeling of compassion
=. he could not do honor to Canrobert's fUmuei
o of character, aud the patriotism which induce
II him to take a subordinate command, but eI
IT, lipr
+ He is said to have bOasted cynically that til
n sentiment of respect was quite foreign to hin
a that since his childhood he had never esteeme
# any man, and that he did not care wheth'
{, any one estee med him 50 long only as the
feared him.
y The presence of Canrobert in the army of IT
d East was most dsagreelbie to PelisSter, and
10 u letter, which was afterwards iudiscreetl