The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1873-11-29
The Career Of MacMahon.
Pail Mall Gazette.1

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Without disrespect to the gallant sol.
d'er who now rules France, it may Be said
that to the 'edoubtab!e history Of Athos.
, lor'hos, and Aramis alone might ono turn
for precise parallel to many of his OK.
pEoits and achievements. Here is a pri.
vate who has carried his baton in his
knapsack. Hero is an adventurer who At
the swords point has won bis way up to
pef'Ious ACTIVITY Of promotion-not un-
like the grand plateau above Chamoni, in
traversing which the climbers Of Mont
B'anc are liable at An moment TO be svept
from creation by. tho stormbolt Of An ava.
'a"chs. Here is a Younger son who seat
INTO the world TO seek his fortune, has ad-
vanced step by step to the very SUNNI. Of
his ambition. Entering the military eer
vice Of France in 1895, when barely II .
he became in 1888 Captain, in ls4O Ma-
Jor, in lS45 Colonel, in ls48 General of
brigade, IN 1852 General Of Division. In
1859 he obtaned on one day the coronet
ola Duke and the baton of a Marshal. In
1862 he assumed proconsular power -
Governor General Of Algeria. In 1872 he
grasped the supreme bAuble Of dominion
almost reluctantly, when an ovsrwb elninx
majority Of the assembly thrust upon biz
acceptance tho Presidency Of the French
Republic. His career 10 al the more, OK.
traordlnary, moreover, by: reason Of iss
startling contradictions. AZ Sidney Smith
once laughirg1y said TO his brother, NV
dear fellow, We are runniny counter to the
laws Of nature. You have risen by YOUR
gravity, while l have sunk BY my 'evity r.
So one might say Of MacMshon, bis bright.
est successes have come to him out Of HE
darkest defeats. He has fallen to The low.
est only to rise to the highest. Where
Others have found merely obloquy,. in.
gratitude. and expatriatiou, he has actual.
" found the way back open 10 him,
through a chaos Of disasters, to higher
honors, greater power and ioftier poi.
ton than he had ever before ambitionsd.
His apparent death wound Il Sedan not
only gave him new leass Of Ne; but Won
him sympathy where o,beu socssutsssd
only execration. Notosiously outwiaasd,
both At the opening aud the: :clo.iag Of The
campaign, be was nevertheless welcomed
back by his afflicted country n no other
marshal Of the Empire ~ welcomed.
France in him sgsin fousd one who, 10 bs
had lost everything else, had esrtaisiy not
lost honor. Returning from tho very jaws
Of death, he did so not only after having
successfully sought in the cannon mouth
the bubble reputation, but after hsvtsg
found it harden 10 his grasp into ~ en-.
pire IS solid and real - 10 any golden orb
regalia. -. - -I.L
~wm. Pitt Kellogg evidently lacks
patriotism. The only Governor Of the
United States possessed Of app pindspsu-
dent army aud navy wherewithal to fight
the souls Of fearful adversariss be hapes
back in the hour Of need, sud fails 10 tend.
er their ss'v vices to Geo. Grant. Is this
courageous: Is it genesousi 10 tho Oxsrk
10 rot quietly at some Algisn wharf, while
the Navy Yards Of Brooklyn and Norfolk
are staining every nerve preparing ships
for sea : Are bis rough riders who so fssr.
essly secured the Red River parishes, to
stessly loll around and warm their heels
in 'gnob'e station houses, while the re-.
cruiling sergeant is waking the echoes Of
every Northern hill and valley with his
persuasive drum! Forbid It, ys immor.
tai gods? VIM. Pitt need Be under no
fears of want Of encouragement from The
people in rendering the services of bis
army ard navy to the general t3ovsru.
ment. On the contrary, they viii gladly
see them go; they viii insure a6esrty
Gods speed to the Ozark with all her
freight, when she socks tho waters Of the
Gulf They would actually spare VIM.
Pits himself it he would only take com.
nand Of that famous ship Of war. Then
why stsnds he here idle when his brethren
are already in the fieldf' Echo snswers.
why ~, D. Herold.s - = 'rioI o.at
80" l.
A Miss ,uri Clergyman was
lately called upon to marry four
teen couple in one day. and his
fees amounted to fifty pounds Of
dried apples andua due bill for
eighteen ; bushels Of buck wheat.
The first thing q young man
does when he sees friend with
a bcw hat on is to take it off and
try it on his own head. When
q young lady sees one Of her &C.
quaintance with a. new bonnet
Oh she just lifts. up her nose and
scarcely wonders where the
thing go: that fright"
A negro was put upon the stand asa
witness, and the Judge inquired i he un-