The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-06-30

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Sleeper.
The Prince de Talieyrand was not onl
by nature, but by habit, most extraor
binary being. 1t is said that he tastes
of food but once day, and then at din
ner time, when he ate enormously. IL
prepare this meal to his liking, ten men
we're regularly employed in his kitchen
Among them were four chefs-the rotisseatT
the sGaeier, the pGttissier, the oTacaer
The business of the lastwas to superintenc
the preparation of the desert, the ices,
and the con6tures. The dinner produced
by this staff of skillful artists was not
only exquisite in its material and ap-
pointments, but every dish chosen with
regard to its special adaptation TO the
Princes health. The essence of every
thing that was nutritious was presented IN
the form most digestible by an infrm
stomach. The Prince was accustomed
to taste of every dish placed before him,
| following each mouthful with sip of the
| finest wine. Il was said by those who
knew him, that the prol0ngation of his
life was owing TO the talent of his cook
rather than to that of his physician. The
Prince was possessed of an immense for
tune, and the expense of his living was
unrestricted. His cook was allowed to
spend an unlimited amount on the table,
and was frequently asked why no larger
sums were used. Tae Prince was the
only one of the old French nobility able to
maintain the luxury common among them
before the Revolution, and his table was
unequalled in France in cost and ele-
gance.
The capacity of Talleyrand to live upon
one meal day was matched by his
ability to do without sleep. His pulse
regularly intermitted, pausing at every
sixth beat, and to this strange circum-
stance he ascribed his habitually slight
need of rest. Two or three hours at most
were all that he gave to sleep. His bed
was made with deep slope in the middle,
rising equally at the head and the feet.
eat he will go to bed, sitting nearly
bolt upright in his bed, with innumera-
BILE night-caps on his head to keep it
warm, IS he said, and feed his intellect
with blood, but in fact to prevent his
injuring the seat of knowledge if he tum-
bles on the ground; and he sits upright
from his tendency to apoplexy, which
would no doubt seize him if perfectly
recumbent. We may remember the
newspapers stating he was found a few
years ago, his head having dropped from
his pillow so drowned in blood that no
feature was to be seen. Although he
goes to bed so late, at or at latest he
wakes and sends for his attendants.
Another Declaration of Hndepend-
emce.
An interesting declaration of indie
pendence, which bears date two weeks
earlier than the one drawn up by Jeffer-
son, is in the hands of Col. John Mason
Brown, of Louisville, KY, and, while
it is not so old as the alleged Mecklen burg
declaration, it is much better authenti-
Gated, being Enthusiastically the original
lust as it come from the hands of its sign
ers. 1t is the work of committee of the
people of West Fincastle, then in the
colony of Virginia, and, being addressed
to the Convention of Virginia" sets
forth that His Majesty has proclaimed
that he will settle no more counties on
the western rivers, unless the people win
submit to be without representation in
the Assembly, and that the people don't
propose to stand any such nonsense. The
document expresses the utmost sympathy
with the struggling patriots, and declares:
eff we submit to that Proclamation as
well to have other Counties laid off with
out sending any Representatives to We
it's in our Opinion manifest
ing an Acquiescence to the VIII of an
Abandoned Ministry, and leaving an
Opening to their Wicked and Diabolical
designs, as then this Immense and Fertile
Country would afford an Asylum to
those whose Principles are ininical to
American Freedom. The instrument
the sense of which is considerably
by the the effect of time upon 1t
further to say that a certain set
of men from North Carolina design to
get possession of the land occupied by the
professionals, appointing officers civil and
military, and taking upon themselves
full authority over all that part of the
country The liberties of the people are
further menaced by coalition between
the English and the Kickapoo Indians,
and the expediency of treating with the
latter is dwelt upon. The declaration
incloses list of men whom the inhabi-
tants desire to have appointed as magis-
trates to take charge of the affairs of the
country contemplated in the document,
and the tone of the petitioners would in
dictate that they telt their ability to run
things pretty much as they pleased, with
out the interference of such fellows as
George III.
Oliver Wendell Holmes ON Long