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The public‘ have been undcrithc impression. that Slr=Oolin Campbell, who, "in the Crimea has earnepilian imperishable fame,‘as leader of the High and brigade, is the some Sir-,('1olin

who, at Waterloo, comufhnd_ed the Royal Scots, , n

and who, in 1840. was appomtyl Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Ceylon. It was an error, however, arising from similiurity of names, and almost identity of the early services of both olllccrs. "here is now but one Sir- Colin Campbell in the British aruiy, the subject of this biographical sketch, and he was not related to thcdeceused general, who was highly connected with the aristocracy.

The hero of the 'present war is the noble architect of his roud position,_ an eminence. based upon a wel -fought field. He has sprung from the people, who, knowing the fiict, will be doubly proud of him as doing credit to his or er.

Sir Colin Campbell is a native of Glasgow. and is now in his 04th year. Unlike the book hero, there is It reality in a. circumstance ut- tending the innrriage of his parents which interests far more deeply than the magic of romance. The mother was a (‘ampbell of .\rdiia.h--r. in the i.~l.uiil of lslny. l-uiiiig in her veins hlu ui iuici. ill of lineage. hie iiitc.~'tinv- itrlfc. il(l\\'t.'\i‘l'. wliicli liud i':ig«-il in Seolliiuil i’.lllCl'lUl' to her llll'!lI. left liothing to lI(‘l‘ fniiiil but reiiiiiii::i:em-«-.- of the mat. .»\t her l':itlicr‘a death, the worldly gtur was lll\l(ll‘(l lit-tweeii herself and two sisu-r.z. 'l‘v.'o lIX'Uhll\.'ri‘§ went into the army. and died in tl\<.' service of their

CUllllll'_V’, :it an age. ‘flit-. llll‘t‘(‘ Miss Campbolls left the lligbhinds and sought (llus-' gow, as it place where their uniied iudu.-try, aided by ll. slender cztplizil, might be turned to. account. Shortly after sojourning in (llnsgo\v,l the mother ofsir Colin wedded at Campbell of- tliat place, who being the son of a tiadcsman. was Cd‘.lSlil(‘l'0(l by her sisters, too lowly in blood for u llighlund Campbell. Soon after the birth uft‘oliu, and a sister. the father he- came euiliarrasscd, the mother died. and was shortly afterwards followed by her husband. The two maiden sisters now took charge of the son and daughter, and lavished upon them every tenderness. Young Colin was in due time sent to the grammar-school and college, and his sister Miss Elisa Campbell, was care- fully educated by the aunts.

t seventeen, it had become tiiuc for Colin Canipbeil to loal. out into the world. His aunts in their own quiet way, secured him his Ma.- jiifiy-,. ‘i't)lltllIl?.'l.l(in, lpit the utmost they could a I. to it was us uni.urm. and at light pocket, he found liiiuselfgnzettcd, on the Qtith Hay, 1805'. an ensign in the 6th

‘out. 'l‘heic was in full developement a war in all its pha.~ics—thc liattle-field was Europe, and Napoleon the great invoking spirit. He served in the l‘cninsula, fought at Vimiera. and was with -Sir John Moore throughout his ad- vance and retreat, and distinguished himself at the battle of Coriinna, which secured for the remnant of our two so retreat to our shi s. After this he returnii)d to England, went diet with the Walclieren expedition, and bore his full share of its misery Few olficers have been in more actions than Sir Colin Campbell. ‘ His services in the Peninsula, from‘ , to January, 1814, include the battle of Barossa, defence of 'l‘urifu., relief of '.l‘arra,n;onit, actions at Mal:igu,and Usma. On the 11th July, 1813, the Duke of Wcllingtonl isguold it gcnofial order, invitin volunteers to ca tic uttaic on San Sobustiiln, wtielh wuls tlllflll beir(ilg‘bcsicged, ltlll)tl Colin Pam 9] hot. tie goo 'oriuno to 0 accepted, aliuong ineny brave men. 701‘ that haszardous undertaking. "0 “W3 “"9 0f “I030 whql. on the 17th of am mon.‘.‘I- led par "gop- to t e assault on the cnem ’s outv."°' "I “ll °“ the 25th he headed a column of .l"";,f°"l°’,“ hope against the fortress itself. In ti..‘° 333"

With 9. bold heart W-‘“'

‘ two deep in front of the approach to Bulaklavu.

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were assemble?! at Soho’!-iiii, whcrd Iortffiéhgh, the Commander-in-Cliief-joined jt. Bsiimmo-~ diotely conferred the command of fdiyidion on Sir Colin Cam hell. At the.buttlc 9.t'.Chillian- wallali, whic ‘was lbught "oIt° 13th of Jsnuar , 1849, Sir Colin's division‘ rm'ed the e o_ our position. The disaster attending‘ that action has never been imputed _to an other than to Lord Gough’s temerity in attack- ing without properly rcconnoitring-the osition of the enemy. Lord Gough ordered Sir Colin to make a flank movement of his infantry divi- sion, and he did so under a terrible cross-lire from the Sikh batteries on -his left, which had not been observed, owing to the hasty dis usi- tions of the -commander-in-cliief.' Sir Co in’s advance was disastrous : the men were literally‘ blown to pieces, so close had they got to the masked uns before the latter opened fire. Night closed the dreadful iililiir, leaving us a victory at the cost of 26 oflicers killed and 65 wount ed, and a loss of700 men killed and 1600 wounded. In this l1L'l.ll'n Sir Colin was slightly wounded, and in Lord Guugh’s despotcli his ilauntless hearing was done full 'ustiee to. At 'oogci‘tit. on the 21st of the following month, Sir Colin commanded the same division. This was ii decisive action, which ended most bril- liantly for us, by not only a defeat, but a tom rout of the enemy. Sir Colin not only fbnght bravely with this .division, but pursued the retreating enemy for some fifteen miles. The iniportancc of this services will be seen from the fact 0 its ending to the surrender of 158 pieces ofnrtillcry and the sulunission of the enemy. Lord (iougli, against whom an outcry prevailed as a rash general, redccincd himself by the ulhiir, and he did forget to men- tion the part taken by Sir Colin in bringing about the result; and in 1844 he received the distinction of K. C. B. for his services. in lr.‘»,'il-2 he acted under Sir L‘h:u-les Napier as Brigadier-general commanding in the Peshuwur. llc operated most successfully ugiinst the Hill tribes surrounding the valley, and took a lead-. ing part in forcing the Kohut Puss. He had repeated engagements with Momunds, but be conquered them at Punj Poo, at the head ofa de- tachment of cavalry and horse artillery, his force being but some 1500, against over $000 of the combined tribes. lie was further, in 185:’. be head ofun expedition against the Doubt- mankbail and Runiizair tribes, whom he attack- ed and routed ; after which be destroyed their furtilicd villages of Noivadund and Prangliur, and at lskukotc, where, after rallying with some 800 men, he, with 2000, utterly defeated

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Returning from India he remained u to 1854 unattached. In the February of the act year he was appointed to the command of the High- land brigade in the eastern expedition. In} June of the same year he was, with other, olliecrs, promoted to the rank of ma'or-general. I ' When the allied armies attackedt e Russians! on the heights of the Alma, Sir Colin Camphellf at a most critical moment, flew with his bruvei Highlanders to the assistance of the light’ division, who were then being fearfully cut up, in their ascent to the enemy's batteries. ‘ When the army commenced the siege of: Sebastopol. the defence of Balaklavo. was en-l trusted to Sir Colin Campbell. This being the; basis of operations, the responsibilit was} cat, and fortunately it was in good ands- On the 25th of October, 1854, the 'l‘urks, after having been driven in, left the whole brunt of_ the enemy's heavy cavalry on the 93d High- landers, who had been drawn up by Sir Colin

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Some 1500 Russian cavalry observed this regi- ment by its“ thin red streak, top d with a line of steel,” and dashed down on it in the hope of cutting the brave Scots to pieces. Sir Colin Cain bell, undismayed, coolly gave orders for the root line to “ prepare to receive cavalry,” and when the latter came within 150 yards, a

he was severely wounded through the left t‘l"l~5l' and right hip. He fought also at the bottle .°f Victoria, at the passage of the Bidasscs, and in

the attack on the enemy's entrenched poci on that river, he was shot tbro thigh. Notwithstanding the tones of his services

nigh the right _ _ long and impor- . _ _ Sir Colin’: promotion was if keepin with that snail-like progress which marked t e appreciation at head uorters of our oflicers who had nothin bcyon bravo to recommend them. 53“. ofjum, 1 09 he became a lieutenant ; on t ’ her, 18l3,cs in;snd twelve 1]: 0!! the Gtsl: of Novel: ma 0 ins r. vcn can at

201“: Olvotober. 1832,’ be cbhithzhrlightgailiaiihts. 00 0|! i 9 and was made colonel

1848. with the nominsolnrdlriek glfltiiiiefl of her '

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ti‘. sides-do-camp.

d t 0 60th Rifles in America in 1814,

and served-there during that and the following or, and in _l823 assisted in putting down the

insurrection in Demsroea. In China 1842, he commanded the 98

meat It the assault and capture of Chi

he can of Nomi.’ years subsequent- bcr. 1825, he was

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gained, for judgment, self possession; PW“? rude and prowess in a mom at _of the Kfeflml dillicult , such as that of do ending our p ° at Bala lava when threatened so ostinote. the 25th of October by almost pvcrwhelin “'8 masses of the enemy. Sir Col 1’

rattle of Minis Musketry from the 93d sent death and terror into the Czar’s troopers, heeled about and fled in the greatest disorder.

- the battle when com limented in flatter- ,‘e,, as by Lord Raglan or having achieved 23mm}, with infantry in_line against cavalry, ' cplicd, " I did not think it worth

am four deeg,” talfsir, ir Colin Campbell '~ clo propinquity with ‘ on against his

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Since the imports.‘ .. "“.".“ . tion on the 5:}: of _tl1° f¢’“:|~qwlil,.5,,':I,:),.':1:,l:.::;. g but a more lV0 bu" age“, should

e war become protracted, Willi "° t°“ ,v ish himself, and I-"E-"‘°“ '°(‘,-I

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opular commander. Scotland mil

in the East writes :—" A very young and pleasius Russian oflieer was lately ‘made prisoner by the English, and by his eoaagivvc imlunen very Imm -became agrent favourite. lie is very accomplish- ad, appears to have a good supply of cash, so with great dexterity svsils himself of every up~ ponliiiiiy to flutter the English ; at the same time he cleverly takes every chance of insinuating something or other derogatory to the French: and evidently does all in his pl)WO|'.l0 create ii bad feeling between the allies; and with some skill shows what wonders thcv would do as allies. assuring his arnlitors that the Russians, to a man. are fond of the Euglislu. -'~|'his gentleman has been sent to Eueliiuil. I other prisoners who have acted nearly the same. It has ufien struck me. when in company with this sort of Russian prisoners. Ill“ "WY 7!“? been sent prisoners intentionally by. Ilie lhiizsiziiis for the purpose ofcreatiug a party in their favour in England.”

statistics of the war, presented by lfiarl Grey to the House of Lords, are inileed appzilliiin the course of less than two years, at least 500,000 huinsn beings have perished on the field of battle. in liuspitals, or in nooks and corners where a hunielcss pcasanlry crawl to die, when war is raging around them. _ ufllie pangs summed up in this hrielaitalemenl of liuimn suffering are such as defy the most vivid imagiiialiiiii to body furlh.

all‘--its so horrible should soon he brought to ii c

orator atu-mpted to connect with these facts.- Daily Nctcs.

—Travellers who have arrived from Russia state that the frequent levies of recruits for the army

whose feelings are more than ever hostile to the

the Government of Wilnii, who were lately proceeding to \Vnrsaw, under a strong escort of (1ossacks,disarineil their guard, and then dispersed about the country in every direction.

ihat the fleet was at anchor

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Butlhlo (‘ummc-rcial Arlrcrliser of the I2tli inst. gives the following extract from a private let- ! ter from an officer in the Crimea to a citizen of Buffalo :

was brought from the trenches with his Jaw l

sunoriiau saws. A Diri.osn-ric' PRlltIllI:R’.—-A’ correspondeiii

l have heard of sever I

Dll.‘.\TH STATISTICS or ‘rm: WAn.—'l‘he ilqth

The variety and inlensiiv

All must concur with :.rl Grey in an ardent desire that a state" of

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lose; but few viill concur wiili the perverted rcasonings which that wayward and un-lfnglisli

Fxisi-iiiunn Sun: or Fsi'.i.isi-. IN POLAND.

have much exasperated the people of Polaiul,

Russian Go\'ei'nment. A convoy of recruits from

Nuuperaiious of importance have yet taken place in the Baltic. The latest accounts ririle I6 miles below (.‘ron-uadt. and that the general state ofhenlili in c fleet continued to be satisfactory.

As Ixciiisxr or rm: EL'ROl'EA.\' W.ut.-—The

A curious thing occurred yesteday. A supper

iroken, and the doctor told me, there was a iicce ofit sticking out an inch and a half from iis fucc. ’ ‘he man said it was done by a round shot, whic the doctor disbelicved, but the poor fellow insisted, and said : “ Yes, and it took of the head of the man next me.” This was conclusive, and the surgeon proceeded to remove the bone ; it came out quite easy, when the doctor said to the men, whose face appeared to preserve its form pretty well : “ Can you move your jaw?” *‘ Oh yes, sir,': was the reply.

' in that was observed nea'r~Excter, severe weather of last wintU'..iIl .the shape of marvellous ‘flfootprini of creatio

A Mrs-rshr our rdiders sy remember hearing of a nine do ' wonder uring ti).

, _ ”_ traceable in. the snow. The on ightened spiritual sub.

jcets of Bishop Philpctts taxed their wits so

but in vain, to determine the kind of animal it; which the feet must have belonged _: and would seem to have had a startling suspicion that it could ‘be “neither brute nor huiuun,»lmt . gliolo," or haply a being of still less attrae. tivo character. It turns out that the mystg- rious footprints were those of a badger, Scoim,-'¢, abrock. driven by the severity of the weather the weather from its,usual retired [haunts in quest of food !

New R.iii.w.iv Biis.ii<.—A new Railway break has been invented b Mr. Miles.—-Tho arrest- ing power is distur ed over the entire train, instead of being confined to one or two car- ringes, as it is now, It was tested on_ the Here- ford and Sewsburg line: I train gum at the rate of forty miles an hour was stoppe on 300 *ards, usually requiring, with the ordinary lircaks, 1600 yards. UNITED STATES.

l.i'ri: ()ll‘l'.'lAGE on Till: “fl-Ih'l‘l2lt.\' "AILROAD. —A fieudi.~h attempt in murder and robbery was niiide on 'l‘uc.-nlay night by some unknown rufliaus, by placing obstructions upon the truck of the Western llailroiid, Willi the design of throwing the cars off the track, and in the ensuing ccnfu. sion, natural to a great disaster, lurob the express car of twenty-one kc-_-s of specie, Wlilf‘ll was in the cars of Adams & ()c.‘_s express, and intended to be shipped by yi-s'erd:iy’s Euulisli steamer. The kegs cuuisined about $BUO.ll00 in gold, and were guarded by Messrs. John Huey and A. A, lloburi, Express lllessengers of Adams dz Co Mr. Huey gives the fullouiug account of the dis- sster:—-

" The train was about two miles beyond Wor- ci>sier,gcing at the usual rapid rate, when the on;-iiieer. Mr. Fenno, suddenl_v discovered an oh- struciiur. in his path, consisting of some live or six large stories, which after the rails had been pried up, hail been placed underneath in such a way as to render it impossible for a coming train to escape being thrown from the track. Mr.

‘ennu did not see the obstruction in season to blew his alarm whistle, but he immediately re- versed ihe epgine, and in that way prevented some ofihc force ufthc blow. As itwss, the crash was terrible, and was distinctly heard at Worces- ler, l\\‘0 miles disinnt, so that a messenger in- stnntly started for the scene of the disaster.

Where the engine. Olympus, struck the. obstruc- lion, it was with the baggage car and all the passenger cars, thrown from the track. which was torn up several hundred feet. The engine ploughed along for some distance and was finally thrown sideways into ii ditch, the engineer hold- ing on, in the last moment; he escaped with some severe cuts. The fisemsn was also badly hniised. in the baggage car, there were six persons inclu- ' r. chart, of Adsms’s Express, Mr. lloey, Mr. Stebbins, the bagizage-master, two passengers and I brakemiin. The connection of this car, after it had been dragged roughly along, was broken, when the enizine was lhrowninto the ditch, and it was forced violently lo the other side of the traclmolling, cnco completely over and breaking to pieces. the roof being forced off. This car was filled with baggage, together with

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The doctor then put his finger into the man's mouth. and found the teeth were there. and at length assured the soldier that it was no jaw of

is face, inflicting a severe but not dangerous wound. Upon this the man's visage, which had been rather lengthened. rounded up most beau- ti n

F ALL IN -ma Piiica or Loncixos A1‘ PARIS-— Alrcndy the price of lodgings has fallen nearly fifty per cent. The exhibition fever is abor- ting. The pnlse of Paris beats more quietly. Two months ago a gentleman, owning pro rty, on the Avenue d’Anti'n, required l50,00 f. for his house durinv the Exhibition time—be sub- sequently let it for 50,000f. Hotel rcprietcrs who, ton dayrago, asked 15f. per ay for the most modest quarters, are new content with St‘. for the same sccommodation.—- Correspondent of the Daily News.

_ Pcstic Fsstiivo IN 1-rii.v.—'l‘hcro is a suspi- cious move throughout Italy. The Pope, it is reported, declines totrust himself in me, where he was to return this week, an p;p"poscs, to remain .for the present at Castle

udolfo. Beacon fires, as in 1820 and 1848,

have been seen at night on mountains near Radicoftt I31 Monte Fiasconc an ’ side, and again with Voltcrra, and on the Ap- pcnines above Lncca ‘and Moses, northward.

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eating with others near

ip, comma Vitei-bo,_ on the Roman

[he withdrawal of the Austrian troops from

road ofSir Colin Uunrpbcll. He is one whose ',‘us<-any. the junction of tho Sardinion army

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received the WItl'.m.0°;l:ll,e. on that occasion he orig audcrduous serviccsuremlorned Witlitrue ,.,‘,_th the Allies. and the sight of the Italian Th. ye‘, 1343 hm" twnrk ,-n India ~,-or our m1..m-_nm1 in him aye ¢,n_intry has a .-uildieij, M-3..-(,lour on the hlcditcrruucun waiters, in

army. At this pcrio it became too up ):l.l“‘.iit‘ ‘VlI‘(')S‘|‘ :iu_lc: (‘lli‘lll§ [pint l.,~m out :i«~. ivn«'qii:1ll- |,,,,,,,m ed alliance with the two great _n:itions

that Shara smug], nnd M, f‘.,”,(.,.’ Clmmlrlfii-ii l-ll‘ high coiiiin.intl. and Niwoull luiiune. ].',.,,,,(,e (‘,_'|\l iziipluiiil. lune assurc_dly given an

Shiugh, intended to renew their struggle for' ‘ * ‘ ‘ -‘''‘l‘“l‘'‘' “‘ “"1 " ML" ]:‘.'""“l-‘,"l"“"..° l" l"l.l."“

'“l“"""”°.V in tho l’niI.l:iiib. .-\i-cordiiuirlv. in A \'i-Llow l‘. \i‘l H u 1 mi N min": 2 l" 3!! '-l~=m- l"-" ‘ \i'“‘'l'l° "' nlllsiltuiifnul Nmhmli - HM‘ ”'

‘ mg i'\ll’lil Ill llit‘ lhllllitl til .\'.. lllx l“'*‘‘' |‘'‘ l-r"\l"‘lWl"|“ ‘I ‘H ‘In. ’l"N.'

the middle of November in that year. our lorccsl

the kegs of specie, which were thrown violently gahuui, and the inmates of the car more or less 1 bruised, some being lnt violently but no one was

‘his that was broken, but that of his l)El1dlCS5i5Cll°"3l)' iIIjlII’€tl- comrade, which had actually been driven into, ' '

he specie was scattered about in various di- ieciions, and after a lengthy search was all safely recovered. The front part of the first passenger car was broken in by the force of the collision, but foitunaiely the passengers who occupied the seats had rushed back, so that no one received a serious injury; the great strength of the cars prolmbly preventing ii more general hresk-up. The trucks from two of the passenger-csrs were, however, torn off. r. Hobart, the conductor, managed matters with much coolness, proceeding in once to Worcester for aid. A train was obtain- ed, and all the passengers and baggage were safely - landed in much.

A frei hi inin passed the spot not more than an hour he ore. when all was right. The stones, apparently, had been recently taken from the ground. It was also discovered that an on ine at the depot in Worcester. had been, in the s ncc of the engineer, tampered with, to roveru, n is supposed, its being sent to the aid o the disabled irsin,but ihis attempt was I failure from igno- rsneo, probably, on the part of those who st-

mpted it. ' - Among others, on board ihemin, and in the first passenger car, was the Mayor of Springfield. He states, that after the crush he mi ihe cm jumping up and down. When the motion ceased he found that he was sitting upon the floor ofilie car. the seat having bee in torn from under him. -\.-i he loolioci round, he saw a uuiulier of bloody norcs and bleciliufl faces, but found no one who u ':s $Clliill.‘-l_V hurt. here were about l50 pas- .-(‘l gcvs uu board the train.“—BosIon Chronicle