The weekly Butte record., 1863-03-28

fatigues Of the day to wake ne more. Death
F is but endless slamber."
Ne" rejoiDei Fouchet. annibilaiion is
not our destiny. These bodies perish. These
thoughts never die. To morrow. IA other worlds.
we shall think. feel. act We shall have solved
the problem Of the destiny of the human mind
All turned to Vergaiaud as by common I'M
pulse. His discourse was long. ard has been
I described as the most eloquent which was ever
uttered by human bps Death sid he in
conclusion, is the greatest act Of bic. l. los
/ trodaces Us to a noble existence. Wcr- II for
So there would be Souethiu, srealer ihta 6 q
/ 1t would be the just 4au imm,is'iug hIu>ci
uselessly and hopelessly for his country. NJ,
Verguiaud is not greater than God. G,d viii
not suffer Vergunud 10 morrow TO ascend the
scafiold, bat 10 Justify and aveuge hlm in fu-
ture ages"
As the light Of day peneirated the dungeon.
some sought a moments sleep; others wrote a
last lIne to friends while others gathered in
groups for conversation. At ten o'clock the
gems darmes entered, with executiouers. The
long hair was cut from their necks, that it
might not impede the ax. Gensonne picked
up lock and sent it to his wife, saying:
Tell her that it Is the only memorial of my
love which l can transmit 10 her and that
my last thoughts in death were hers"
Vergniaud scratched upon his watch a .cw
/ lines Of tender remembrance, aud sent it to the
young lady to whom, in few days, he was 20
be married. Five rude carts conducted them
to the scadold. Each cart contained five per-
sons. The streets through which the sad pro-
cession passed were ihronged with countless
thousands. 1t was one Of the most splendid
of October mornings. As the carts moved,
! the Girondists sang the Marsellaise HYMN. At
the end of each verse there was moments 81
/ lence; and then the strain was renewed loud
/ and sonorous. Arrived at the scalfold, they
all embraced. They then resumed their func-
raj chant. One after another asccnded the
scafold, continuing the song. till his head fell
in the basket. There was no weakness. No
voice fal;ered. But each succeeding moment
as head after head fell, the song grew more
faint. Nergniaud at last stood alone. Long
confinement had spread a deadly pallor over
his intellectual features. He asceuded the
steps, the chorus having now died away into a
solo of surprising richness. For moment he
gazed upon the headless bodies of his friends
He then as he surrendered himself to bis exc
cutioner, commenced anew the strain:
Come children of your country, come,
The day Of glory dawns on high
The ak FELL aud his lips were silent in death.
Thus perished the Girondists. The history of
the French Revolution, in all its sublime an
mails, has not a tragedy more thrilling Ajjon
! THE EYE OF THE CRAB.-A creature that
depends upon its own exeriions to capture the.
active prey upon which it feeds must necessa-
rily be furnished with powerful eyes which are
capable of extending the faculty of vision over
a very large field. These eyes are s.ro o1 'n.
front margin of the crab, placed 'H f'. -.t'
and having a peculiar nacrcous la~'er oa ,-s
gray-browu surfaces Ga eAAmiuiuAton win
good pocket lens the eyes are seen TO he
compound /. G., formed of great number of
facets, each possessing the power Of vison-all
communicating with their common optic nerve.
The delicate raised lines caused by the serrid
ranks of these compound eyes are the origin of
the peculiar luster just mentioned. 1t will be
seen, too, that the visual portion of these
organs passes partially round the footstalks 50
that when the creature prorudes its eyes it
can see objects on all sides with equal ease
| Now, replace the crab in the water, and watch
it as it exhibits the instinct which has been
implanted in its being by lis Maker. Ad
vaucing with the flowing tiGe. aud ever re.
naming within a foot or TWO Of the edge. the
crab keeps its eager watch for f7o.l, tnd -nH --
few living things to pas wi'a77 .tp
them. The whole nature OF the aoia, a,a.
to be changed while :. Is seeking H. ,. "
The timid, fearful dcmeanor which II a--um-s
when taken al disadvantage wholly viiHi~at~
and the apparently ungainly crab becomes lall
of life and spirit, active and fierce the huo-
CRY leopard aud no less destructive among he
smaller beings that frequent the same locality.
QrAyTrN SrFFl4-A jackson county
! (Indiana) correspondent of the Cincinnati En-
quirer gives the following plea of exemption
by drafted HoOsier in that county;
a very robust, heaithylooking man, weigh
ing about 100 pounds, entered doctors Office
to get certificate of exemption. % being
questioned if he was able TO do a days work.
he said he could do more than any other man
in the place. Can you carry muskr' and
knapsack all day? Yes, he could. AID hi
weight, too. Can you walk all day Yes
further than a race horse eau run. Well. what
Is the matter? I'm a id fool and can
prove it voted for Abe Linron.'
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