Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1837-01-31

Sketch of Politician Talleyrand is
certainly the most extraordinary being OF
his kind the world has produced since the
first creation. Take him in his physical
conformation alone, and think of his having
oullived so long (he is now eighly-fve) all
the grea! and good ofhis time. Taey-
rand was born lame, and his limbs are las-
toned 10 his trunk by an iron apparatus, on
which he strikes ever and anon his gigantic
cane, to tho great dismay Of those who see
him for the first time-an awe not dimin.
ished by the look OF his piercing gray eyes,
peering through his shaggy eyebrows; his
uhearlhy lace, marked with deep stains,
covered partly hy his stock Of extraordina-
ry, hair, parted by his enormous cravat
which supported large protruding lip,
drawn over his upper lip with cynic1 ex-
preston no painting could render. Add
to this apparatus OF terror his dead silence
broken occasionally by the most sepulchrai
cultural monosyllalles. 1alleyrand's pulse
which rolls STRAIN of enormous volume,
ntermlls and pauses at every sixth beat.
ihls he occasionally points out triumphant
~ as rest OF nature, giving him at once a
superiority over other men. Thus, he saws,
all the missing pulsatons are added TO the
sum total OF those of his life, and his lon
gevi'y and strength appear 10 support this
extraordinary theory. He likewile asserts
that II is this which enables him TO do with
out sleep, "Nature," says he, "sleeps and
recruits herselfal every intermission of my
pulse. And indeed, you see him time az
ter time rise at 8 O'Clock the morning, from
the whist table then will he return home,
and often wake up one of his secretaries, 10
keep him company or talk of business. At
lour he will go 10 bed, sitting nearly bolt
upright in his bed, with innumerable
night caps, on his head, 10 keep it warm, as
he says, and Iced his intellect with blood,
but, IN TACT it is TO prevent his iniuring the
seat OF knowledge if lie tumble on the
ground and he sits upright for his tenden-
cy oil appaplexy, which would no doubt
sleZe him ii he were perfectly recumbent.
we may remember the newspapers sta
ting he was found a few wears ago, his
head having dropped from his pillow, so
drowned in blood that no feature was TO be
seen. Although he goes 10 bed so late, at
six or seven at the latest he wakes, and
sends for his attendants. He constantly
refers to the period when he was Minister
OF Foreign Affairs, and when this power 10
live without sleep enabled HIM TO 20 out and
seek Inflammation as well as pleasure, in So
cleiy till twelve or o'clock. At tina hour
he returned to his office, read over all the
letters that had arrived in the day, put
marginal indications OF the answer to be
returned, and then, on waking again at SIX,
read over all the letters written in conse-
quence ol his orders. When Talleyrand
was engaged in the protocols here, he us
ed to tire out all his younger colleagues
ana lull well we know now by experience,
mat at the time of the Qurdruple Treaty,
ana on many other occasions, his eyes
were open whilst Lord Paine, sion sicp,'
10 these physical pecularities we could
add, that he eats but one neal adav. Alter
serving his guest, which he always insists
on doing, he gulps down dish after dish.
volume altogether that would satisfy boa
conSlriclor.-Paris Correspondence of The
London Morning Post. ''