Butte record., 1856-01-05


and what variety Of experience she
underwent in climbing from a laborer's :
hovel to that eminence she attained as
the wife Of the English ambassador,
and the more than idol Of him who was
a nations idol. We have the best au-
thoFity for believing there is but one
step from the sublime 10 the ridiculous,
but from the ridiculous to the sublime.
the steps are very numerous, rough,
and hard to climb. Nature, however,
endowed the poor servant girl, Emma
Lyon, with such a uniyersaiity Of ge-
Mus, that she bounded over these steps
with an ease ard lightaess hardly par
alIeled in The realms Of romance. From
being poor nnsery-ma;d, and hired
model fer artists, we fud her a few
years letter the wife Of a distinguished
English ambassador at Nap,es,-a wo-
man uncqUalied in the beauty Of her
person, in the grace, elegance, and
fascinations Of her manners, In the ex-
tent, variety. and irresi table charm Of
her accomplishments. From running
at the sound Of the bell TO receive or
ders for menial service il tie house Of
4 teacher, we find her giving orders to
the British feet in the Mediterranean,
ruling the court Of Naples, and com
pletely subiUgating the heart Of that
simple minded, ardent, impetuous,
liery-souIed hero, Nelson.
A most inscrutable bending Of the
twig was that which indicated the fu-
ture career Of the poor servant girl,
Emma Lyon.
Marie Louise, the daughter Of the
House Of Hapsburgh, might have been
expected to have sucked IN diplomacy
with her mothers milk. The twig in
her case, rs well as in that Of most
daughters Of kings, could not well be
supposed to be bent by circuns stanccs
in any other direction than towards
diplomacy; yet it is we'll known how
she compared with josephine in diplo-
matte powers; ore was fall ct sagacjty,
acuteness, and tact, the other was but
little removed from a blockLead.
Lous XVI, who frofn infancy to
mannood, could have breathed no other
air than a diplomatic one, whose bib
and tucker as q baby, whose jacket
and trousers as a boy, whose coat and
wig as man, must necessarily have
been deeply impregrenated with diplo-
macy, was almost devoid Of capacity
as d diplomatist. What allied the in
cbnation Of the tree in the case Of this
poor, unfortunate king, as wei as in
that Of most Of the rest Of the BoW-
bons! If he had lived in Connecticut
at the present time, be might have
made a Fortunes and acquired some dis
tinction as q locksmith, or he might
have rendered some service 10 the In
dian tribes with whom his son Eieazer
Is said to have spent most Of his days.
As it was, he neglected the affairs Of
state, the society Of gay and handsome
women, Of his cOurhers, books, every
body and everything to get away By
himself and 3cork Oh locks! What q
singular instance Of the taste and in
clination Of a man running wholly
counter to his education and associa-
tions: what an instance of love i'm
planted by nature for what was so far
removed from the thoughts and habits
Of those among whom he was brought
up.
The career Of Franklin shows with
what an inexorable viii nature seems
sometimes to decree that her work shall
break through ali the trammels and
impediments by which circumstances
have hemmed III and surrounded it.
When Franklin was sent minister to
France, he found Oh reaching there
that his reputation had preceded him.
His arrival in Paris created the
most intense sensation. The great
est men in Europe focied to see him,
and We'd with each other as to which
should do him the greatest honor. The
great philosopher was as plain and sim
pie in his attire, as modest and unas-
suming in his manners, when observed
of all observers at the most magnif-
cent court in Europe, as he was when
in his printing Office in Philadelphia
But there was as much diplomatic
cunning probably exercised in the ar
rapgement Of that plain quaker toilet
of his, as was ever eyinced in the most
elaborate and costly one that diplo-
matist ever wore. Sheer force Of in
tellect had enabled him to burst the
bonds which had held him in obscuri-
ty, and he quietly kicked aside or
climb over all the obstacles that en-
numbered his path, until he took his
place by the side Of the mightiest IN
the land. The soapboiler diplomatist
and the Bourbon locksmlth, in the
course Of human events, were brought
face to face, and as they confronted
each other, the spectator might have