Litchfield enquirer., 1871-03-30
For the Enquirer.
For the EnquMer. A SKETCH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

Louis Adolphe Thiers was born at Mar. seilles, on the 18th of April, 1797. On his mothers side he belonged to an old fam fly of merchants who had been reduced to extreme indulgence; and ou his fathers to the class of laborers. for he was black. smith. At the time of the reorganization of the University. young Thiers, by the in r. tervention of his maternal relatives, ob. tained 8 scholarship in the imperial Lyceum of Marseilles, where he went through his studies with brilliant success. In 1915, when eighteen years old, he repaired to Ak to attend the lectures of the Faculty of law in that town. Having been admitted to the Bar, MT. Thiers, after some insignif- icant attempts in Aix, discovered that in 50 aristocrtatic city, and at a period when name and birth were all important req. uisites for the appreciation of an individual. it would be difficult for him to emerge from the obscurity in which he had been placed by fate. He, therefore, determined to go and seek his fortune in Paris.
 The first months of his sojourn were by no means brilliant. The apartment which he occupied is thus described by friend who occasionally visited him: Many years have passed since I climbed for the first time the endless stairway of furnish ed hotel situated at the end of the dark and dirty passage Montesquieu, in one oi the most populous and bustling quarters ol Paris. It was with lively feeling of in. terest that I opened on the fourth story the besmoksd door of little chamber 8 modest chest and bed of walnut wood. with curtains of white calico, two chairs and little black table which could scarce ly keep on its legs, composed the whole furniture of the room" ......
 The poor provincial advocate, however, does not lose his time in waiting for for tune with folded arms; he knows that the Goddess is capricious and light, that one must catch her as she flies by, and if need be handle her somewhat roughly. In the beginning of 1928 the Villelle Ministry be. ing in full sway, Manuel. the great orator was violently expelled from the Chamber, and became in consequence the popular idol. Thiers saw st glance what part he. an ambitious plebeian.ha to play under an aristocratic government, and sought the acquaintance of Manuel, who held out both hands to him, presented him to Lafitte, and caused him to be enrolled among the editors of the COnstitationel, the Colossus oi the day. The position was fine one, and Thiers knew how to turn it to account Eminently gifted with polemical talent, he distinguished himself by the vigor and boldness of his articles, and the journalis, was introduced into the most brilliant sa. looms of the opposition. This is not all. Joining to marvellous facility of style, an astonishing memory prodigious luency of speech, and no less quickness of comprehension, Thiers found time to satisfy the demands of the daily press. to frequent society, to talk and heal a vast deal. and afterwards by means o1 meditation and study. to appropriate te himself the fruit of his conversations witf the principal actors of the grand reyolu
 tionary drama-the result of which was [ voluminous history. of that wonderful
 event. He now became leader of the Con
 stitutional party, and his career in th,
 main has sbeen as honorable as It has bril- liant. He was one of the foremost in driv