New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-04-03

whisperipqs and mockeries had been sea,, IN
contemplate in pensive curiosity that man =
pale-visaged and strangely smiling, whose phYs-
lognomy breathed forth, as it were, a drsainy
gentleness, in whom all things spoke passion
for order, and who appeared full Of respect for
himseH--so careful was he Of his ATTIRE 50 grave
| in his attitude, SO studied in his speech
who might this new conner be, on whom lin
gered thus the presentiments Of genius, and
what part was he to play in the revolution
he was 70 demand justice for all men--for all
without exception he was to be the preacher
of right. With him there was to be no COM
promise for is not truth one Let no party
Claim him; he is Of the party Of his own couyic-
tons: that snffices At his FIRST step in the ca
reer where he was to leave the trace Of his
blood and name accursed, he earned the sur
name Of The G1corrupti5ie AS simple adj
| yocates honest people quoted his interrity: as =
tegsia,oF the wicked feared him. Always
ready Y defend the people, he knew not how to
natter tnefa he had at once too much pride and
TOO much virtue. In the midst of a society in
disorder, ne worshipped regulation Anarchy he
aonorred. popularity, to be earned by cynical
habits and language, he despised. ffe never
concealed his disdain for extrayaesneies II, tba-
ory or action. Yet Freron admired him, Hebert
respected him, and he forced Marat To pra;se
MIN.
His life was laborious, austere; his manners
did honor to his principles. Others, among
AuoWh AFlpuHeS, mtSHb ulSpi8y SUSPICIOUS
opuience, sup by the light Of golden chande-
hers, and intoxicate themselves with wine and
Injury He occupied, in the Rue Saintonge, 4
Wretched apartment, shared and half paid for by
companion youth. He spent scarcely thirty
sous lot his meals, went ON foot where duty
cauea nm, and ont Of his salary as deputy,
piously diminished by an annuity paid to BID
sister, could not always set aside SUFFICIENT %
buy him a coat.
Butlf there are imperfeetions which an i'm
perfect nature willingly cavsrs with its symps-
| thy, there are weaknesses which We adore. and
these kobespierre had not Something impen-
| etrable envoloped his mind His yirtne. like
sickly star, shone without beaming. Even on
the lips which commonly opened only to exaIt
him, u seemed as if his presence checked hight
| praises and familiar smiles When he spoke Of
mercy, he awakened fear. Yet, at Arras, where
he was born, his childhood, we are assured, had
| given evidence of frankness and of Charming
tastes Although already inclined to serious
| meditations, laughter, even to tears, came
easily to him, for an aviary in those times form
ed his republic. Early an orphan, he tenderly
loved his brothers, and idolzed his sisters. next
70 them came his dear birds. Later, when he
left the College of Louis lie Grand, the doors Of
which had been opened for him by the affection
OF the Abbe de WAIST, and where he had Cam
lille Desmoulins for fellow pupil his thoughts
began to turn towards love, and took form in
gallant verses He entered the society Of the
hosatis, celebrated the light songster Of Vert
Vert. in tone worthy of his hero, md earned
the academcal crowns Of his province What
shall we add /! The oath which MmIIe Deshortis
swore to him, that she would never be another's.
but only hls-that oath of love broken in abb
sence-plunged him into prodieious and inef-
fectual grief lLcuis Blanc
l 4g$ -
NATIONAL HAND WRITING At a recent sit
ting of the Paris Academy of Science, some
nAners wnr aad dat
Among the facts stated, the most remarkable
was, that no man can ever get rid Of the style
OF hand writing peculiar to his nation If he be
English, he always writes in the English stYie;
if French. in the French style; if German, Ita-
Ian or Spanish, in the style peculiar to his
nation. am acquainted mith Frenchnan
VINO has passed all his life in England and who
is English in dress, habits, tastes, everything,
who speaks English like one of our countrymen,
and writes English with ten times more correct
ness than ninety nine in one hundred Of us, but
who cannot, for the life of him, initiate cur
mode Of writing. have also heard speak of an
English youth, who was carefully educated in
this country, and for eighteen years of his life
mixed exclusively with French writing masters,
and perhaps never saw anything bnt French
writing in his life, but who always wrote in the
same style as we do; it was really national in
stinct. In Paris all the writing masters profess
to teach the English manner Of writing, but
nnni,s n adont ans bn+ ~ .an ges seis
the French. Some person pretended that he
hand writngs naH nar ,assas. N - 80
truth or not hut assnredIy II a;aht ~ he.s sposo ~
serted, with the most ner}ac, canfJenoa n ths.
be could DISTINGUISH a mans canntru bv slss b;s
hand -writinr The differences y hetveen ~ onr n,r
writing and fhat of tho Ereneb i i,,nsnsoa
school lny wopla distinanisb !, a. r1anea
Mix topetfar a hundred sbsat. If nannssr;st
written by a hundred of onr own conntrv,nan
and no one would fail m say ub;oh ,s.s ~
British and which ~ ! tha FraDoh a-ar tha,,.S
thew should be written II the same lanauasa
and with the same mems = ;nI ne aad same Ts
,iifference between ita1isn and S,,anish o.a r..
man STYLES of writing ] il sonpI,v '- aa a. rras.
Edinbnre Review s'
Azure FOR DRUNKENNESS London snec.
tator mentions a curious remedy. now in use in
Swedish hospitals. for that form of madness
which exhibit itseIfs in an uncontrollable ante-
tite for alcoholic stimulants. which we commend
to those of our readers who profess an interest