Butte record., 1856-01-05

There was sound of revelry by night.
And BELGIUM capital had gathered then
lis beauty and its chivalry:'
And to him too we must suppose that
we are indirectly indebted for the verse
Of poetry from which the above lines
are taken. And the principal services
/ he ever rendered mankind are nc doubt
traceable to equally direct and impor-
tant events. Had Foucl.e never lived,
We think the character Of Iaeo would
have continued to be regarded q much
greater exaggeration upon nature than
It now appears. We can discover no
particular evidence Of any early bend
ing Of the tWig in his case, through the
circumstances in which be was placed,
toward diplomacy. He was the son Of
a sea captain, and was intended by his
father for the same profession but be
ing physically weak he was sent away
fram home to receive an edrcation.-
He was an apt scholar,and al quite an
carl Y rye became q teacher Of mathe-
mates and metaphysics. As a meta
physician We think he must have en-
tertained some singular notions. He
must have had a strong leaning toward
the Augustus Tomilinson school of
philosophers.
There was one man turned up by
the French Revolution, who, although
no diplomatist, we cannot refrain from
here giving a sketch Alison has drawn
Of him. The twig must have received
an awful wrench in his case it would
seem to have been twisted out Of all
earthly shape by some CONFUSION of
nature. Of all the monsters Of the
French Revolution or of any other re-
volution that ever we read of, he is the
most extraordinary. Judge Jeffries,
when compared with him, seems Ike
quite good natured and amiable man.
''Fouquier Tinville was the public
accuser in the revolutionary tribunal,
and his name soon became as terrible
as that Of Robespierre to all France
He was born in Picardy, and exhibited
a combination Of qualities SO extraor-
dinary, that if it had not been estab-
lished by undoubted ties timony, It
would have been deemed fabulous
Justice in his eyes, consisted in con-
demning; an acquittal was the source
Of profonnd vexation; he was never
happy unless when he had secured the
! conviction Of all the accused. He re-
/ Quired no recreation; women, the plea
sures Of the table or Of the theatre,
were alike Indifferent to him. Sober
and sparing in diet, he never indulged
in excess, excepting when with the
judges Of tie revolutionary tribunal,
when he would at times give way to
intemperance. His power Of under
going fatigue was unbounded. The
sole recreation he allowed himself, was
to behold his victims perish en- the
scaGold. lie confessed that that OBJ
jcct had great attractions for him. He
might, during the period of his power,
have amassed an immense fortune he
remained to the last poor, and his wife
is said 10 have died Of famine. His
lodgings were dstitute Of every com
fort, their whole furniture, after his
death, did not sci for twenty pounds.
/ Nc seduction could influence him. He
was literally u Lar of iron against all
the ordinary desires Of men. Nothing
reused his mind but the prospect Of in
/ flicting death, and then his animation
/ was such tlat lis countenance became
radiant and expressive"
There is another case, attended with
some remarkable circumstances bear
ing upon this subject, which We can
not omit to give. It goes, however, to
prove the truth Of the sentiment, that
Just as the fwig Is bent tie trees IN
clined )" but to be viewed We suspect
as much with reference to carly edu-
cation, as to any natural bias. Frank
lin Pierce, before lie was elected Pres
ident, never had credit for any re-
markable diplomatic skill; though we
suspect ii must have always existed in
him, as in Louis Napoleon, IL dor
mant state, but requiring The exercise
Of great power to cell it forth. He IS
the subject Of one Of the most remark
able political phenomena that has &C.
cured for many years. 1t has been
supposed for some time that no man
had a constitution tough enough to
carry him through presidential term
with unimpaired health, unless he had
worked up to the Office, i. e., unless he
had been gradually hardening himself
to it by some similar process to that by
which Mithridates made himself proof
against poison. Now Pierce, up to
the time Of his becoming a candidate
for the Presidency, had not been sub
jected to any very severe tests III po-
litical crusibles. Taken from com
paratively quiet and easy life, and
thrown suddenly into the centre of po-
itical turmoil and strife, like man