The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-06-25
From the London Chronicle.

| From the London Chronicle.
| The subject of the most curious observation is
Sergeant-Major Boichot's taking precedence Of
marshal of France representative of the people,
The lucky sergeant was formerly grocers assist
ant In the Reu de la Verrerie in Paris; and there
has seldom been more striking instance of the
influence impaired to man, otherwise of little
merit, by njudlcous management, and perhaps
| injustice, than in his case. Up to the untoward
occurrence from which the political celebrity of the
sergeant takes its date, not out of his own
battalion ever heard his name mentioned AS for
political ideas, either of Socialism or Communism,
none had ever entered his head and as for political
distinction of any kind he would as soon have
| hoped to replace Marshal Bugeaud Duke ofIsly in
the command of the army of the Alps, per Sapn, as
| to have become representative in the Legislative
Assembly. In the records of the orderly-room of
! the regiment to which he belonged Sereeant-Major
Bochot is described a man of exemplary con-
duct well informed of his duty as non { ommis-
stoned officer, and jealous in the performance of it,
obedient to his superors and popular amongst those
under his control. This last advantage is, by the
| way, not of easy attainment. The non-commis-
stoned officer is in close contact with the private
soldier, and has naturally much influence over him
but as the rigor OF discipline is more Immediately
exercised by him, and It's violation punished, he is
generally more feared respected than beloved.
non-commlssioned officer may therefore be pro-
nounced excellent when he wins the respect as well
as the favor Of his men. Such was the character
Of Boichot In his regiment few days previous to the
occurrence which procured him his present celebrity
During the time he quartere1 at the lnvalides
| an intimacy Of tender KIND was formed between
| him and young woman who resided somewhere
| near the Barriere St. Denis When visiting his
MISTRESS Boichot, whether by accident or that it
was in his way, frequently passed through the now
celebrated Rue Martel to the of the Porte St.
| andn natl ,rf r,n he De-
list agents, who were on the watch to turn even the
most trifing accident to account reported to their
chiefs the fact Of a young and ntegent-looking
sergeant frequently passing by their door. The So
ciast papers got the hint and forthwith came out ar
hcles in praise fthe military and in particular of the
non-commissioned officer Of the Invades, who was
a regular and edfying attendant at their meetings;
and Bolchot though not mentioned by name, was
so described as not to be mistaken. Yet up to this
moment he had never entered the doors of the So
cIast club which has given its notoriety the Rue
Martel. The circumstance, as noticed in the So
claIst Journals attracted the attention of the supe-
rior military chiefs, and Bochot was forthwith con-
| signe in his barracks at the Invades
After some days, however, of obedience love for
| his mistress proved more powerful than discipline,
and, Notwithstanding the prohibition, he recon-
menced his visits to the Barriere st. Denis When
passing along the rue Martel his curiosity was ex.
cited, and yielding TO the feeling which, since the
udyS Oh UTSt lnpelS us TO eagerly desire
what we are forbidden to touch, Boichot felt de-
sire which had never before occurred to him to en-
ter the Socialist hall and listen the speeches of the
| orators He repeated his visit several times, and
was surrounded by the leaders, who soon turned
him to their purpose, and filed his head with ideas
of ambition he had never before dreamed Of His
intimacy with the clubbsts was this time correctly
reported by the police to their superior officers, and
Boichot was placed under arrest, and imprisoned in
the Sale de Police, where the of disturbance
occurred, and the attempt made to rescue him by
the soldiers Of his battalion, which has been already
noticed. His subsequent transfer TO Vincennes has
given him still more importance, il raised him to
the rank Of prisoner of State while his election to
the new Assembly will have completed the triumph
Of the Socialist party that patronized him, and
probably made an indifferent representative Of the
people Of very good non-commissioned officer
Ii was under the impression that he had been sim
gled out as an object OF persecution by the Govern
ment, that the soldiers and the people have voted
| for him.
| A foreign correspondent of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser says of this same Bochot:
| The Sergeant Boichot, now member of the As
sembly, occupies the public attention more than
any other one man just at present His smallest
actions are noted paper calls attention the
fact that he has taken the very seat formerly occu-
pied by President Bonaparte; another, that he sits
directly opposite Gen. Bugeaud a third, that he is
close by Ledru Rollin fourth, that he joined in
he cries of "Vipe Ia Republique Demoeratqw ct
Sociaie 2" at the Assembly on Tuesday last and a
fifth, that he retains his dress of sergeant The H.
lustration, paper on the plan of the one of the
same name at London, has published his biogra-
| ply, with portrait IL seems that Boichot has
been in the service ten years, without having in
CURED the slightest punishment even reprimand
from his superiors, until he was imprisoned by the
government for being Socialist candidate.
| LEAGUE or UNIVERSAL BRoTHERHooD.--An an
niversary meeting of this association held in
London, on the 30th ult. and among those present
was Elihu Burnt The object of the association
is to secure universal peace, and the adoption of an
ocean penny postage system by the English Gov
eminent Preparations were made to due
representation in the Peace Convention to be held
at Paris in August next, and the postage question
was taken in hand by Mr. Burnt, who made quite
| a lengthy speech on the subject In the course of