| Show MAMMAL mano MAHO tue THE report of the death of this great french soldier was confirmed by the telegrams of yesterday which stated that he lay jay at namur kamur which ia s the capital of the belgian province of that name this is a severe loss to france marshal mcmahon being acknowledged to be her ablest soldier of the present la day the following bio tio graphical biographical and other r particulars artio artic ulars of this illustrious general will be interest interesting irig to our react readers ers marie edme pattrice patrice maurice alega mema hon oa a marshal of france and duke of magenta enta was born in the year 1807 at autun antun in the department of caone saone et loire his father was a peer of france although the family was of irish descent after the completion of his military education which took place at the famed school of fat byrhe cyr he immediately commenced his career career in the army by taking part in an expedition to algiers he subsequently figured conspicuously in the siege of antwerp as sa aid de camp to general achard and then returned to africa when a after distinguishing himself at tho the siege of constantine lie he was made governor of the province of oran and aud constantine this took place in 1848 iphis His military rank in 1833 was that of captain in 1845 he was vas promoted to a colone colonelcy lcy toy in S he was made a briga d dier ef general and in 52 a beneral general of division in 55 be he superseded canrobert in the crimea and took a memorable part in the siege of sebastopol sevastopol Seba his services thero there gaining him the cross of the legion of honoreand ho norand a senat i he was commander of the second n pd corps of the army of the alps in the italian war in isag 1859 and for the victory tor ton y at Mia Mi agents genta due to tobis his generalship he was created a duke dake and marshal of france when war was declared with prussia he was vas in Alge irs but was immediately recalled the emergency being such that it mas was thought advisable to place me jhc mahon at the head of one of the main divisions of the army besides this he was the favorite marshal of the emperor the paris correspondent of the cincinnati commercial furnishes the following I 1 wing pen picture of the general im on his arrival home 1 I 1 he was in citizens dress last night and with three gentlemen dressed as civil lians but the groupe the marshal was accompanied by some of his stam staff was after all thoroughly military in appearance they were enjoying themselves with the pretense of being plain people but bat their faces and bearing every feature and movement indicated dilated their profession mcmahon wore a new now silk hat and its special gloss was ail all hat that t made him prominent in the crowd his bis hair ia is white a soft brilliant whito white and cut cutt close and his mustache is also white as white as fernando woods but bat not mot half as large targe he is said not to ba be an imperialist and so small a circumstance as that be he does not inot wear his bis beard in the fashion of the emperor gives confirmation to the ther report ho he wears no imperial his lower lip being bein lean deau shaven in spite of his bis whito hairs 11 lie ha has not the appearance appe aranca of advanced years his eyes complexion and carriage indicate that be he is in the prime of life ilis his face is a healthy scarlet the tho sun of africa being bei ng responsible I 1 suppose chiefly for the th a ia brilliancy rill iancy lancy of the brome bronze on his cheeks his features are not grand but are refined is almost delicate in its fino out lne jine and sharpness and his mouth is rather than severe you can see this expression of sadness there is something touches the tho pathetic in it in the pictures him birn th that awill will now appear everywhere and which aro are becoming as plentiful here those of the emperor whose photograph photographs sano saro are arb one of the troubles of times mcmahons hons eye is a little sunken anan and a light blue I 1 think with a cheery intelligent sparkly in it thai th that at J 1 am sure of and andin in his walk he Is isquick quick and in gesture rather deliberate for a frenchman koi kot many persons seemed to recognize him and be he paid no attention to those who didi did and were staring at him with evident curiosity nor was there anything in his manner to show concio that he was dobsa arved two or three times there was vas tho the cry ulve wave 1 but ho bo gave no slin sign of heaning hearing bearing it theno thero was not the s slightest 1 erb erl symptom of that look of eltho elthe hardened despot in which people who are unduly sensible of importance and fame or of celebrity orsome of some gome sort so often disguise themselves THE tue washington correspondent of the new york sun gives a curious reason for the appearance of dr newman in this city it was considered necessary he ho says by political managers at washington ng on that the mormons cormons Mor mons should bo be made mado ado ade to bleed freely at the next session of con cou congress ress to avert the threatened consequences of inimical legislation and dr Newman hewman was sent upon a polemical alemi crusade which it was truster trusted would id have the effect of firing the r religious 11 lous IOUs mind of the country and con eon convincing vincin our citizens of the necessity 0 submit on it ting tin to liberal blackmailing wo we have no doubt about dr being sent here hero and for a purpose too but scarcely for the one intimated by the ws dunya correspondent he ho states that the controversy did not give satisfaction at washington it is plain he be says that the apostle carries too many guns for the chaplain of the senate and the consternation of those who sent bent him on his big errand orrand ei rand is as great as that of the confident french advocates of the on oa to berlin cry at the expected unexpected results of that little ati au venturo venture 11 he bays say a the reverend chaplain is out of his hia depth and it ift is justly asked 44 why does dr newman kewman travel two thousand r alia alla miles when so much work is ig left undone in his bis own stamping ground in the gomorrah of washington why does he not rather go like tho the prophet of old to men in high places there why does ho he not stay at home to advise tha youna Young cewa iowa mena mona Mens christian association of washington WaShing fo a not to invite or even oven admit women because the dmn monde will creep in and attora afford un believers food for uncharitable and unpleasant surmises it ife appears this correspondent does not entertain such exalted ideas about the moral purity of washington as dr N awman expressed in his recent lecture at abc san francisco IT has been demonstrated that the foothills of california will produce tea of superior quality herr schnell has a tea plantation in el dorado county with a small colony of japanese at work on it five million tea plants raised from nuts grow on the estate besides a large number of older plants imported from japan the aita alia california saya says it would be jar far from averse to an ampro appropriation from the state in ald aid Tel tei Seh nells inells important experiments the mormons cormons are making kid gloves orson pratt however handled dr newman without them so says the boston statesman tm OF che THE bia 11 the territorial Enter enterprise pie of last sunday says duning maring daring tho the stay of the chinese giant in iri this city a number of pirtea visited him they saw that he was an undoubted simon pure chinaman and were greatly impressed their eyes bugged out until you might havo hava snared them with a bowstring tow string as Is the saying is some wag told them that pretty soon thousands of these big are coming here to clear out the whole plute plate tribe the flutes are a good deal exercised in regard to this report and every day wish to know soon you think um 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