The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-21
Favre, be was prevailed upon to accept the port


folio OF
MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
In which capacity MS courtesy and tact IN dealing
with the PTusslans was or measurable service 10
his country. lie was indeed drawing room states
man In the best sense OF the word witty. pol
ished. urbane, possessing and what Is OF more
value, knowing now to use to the best ends, vast
social influence. IL Is worry OF note that on the
eve OF his death
THE VISITORS BOOK
Kept during his Illness had reached Its 1881 page
The great mistake of his lie Is universally
acknowledged TO have been the method in which
he conducted his canddature Tor the National
Assembly against NJ. Barodet. In order 70 secure
the SURFACES OF the lowest class OF Partisan cleo
tors he condescended to sign his name at first
without the tllle OF "Com e. and at length win
oat even the prefix of 'De,n TO which he was en-
sllled IL may be observed that French noble
men. unlike their English peers, almost invariably
sign their names win the addition OF their titles
the President OF the Republic, Tor instance, sign.
lug as -. arsnal de MacManon, Duke Of Magenta
nd. de Remusat's conpla1sance was entrely lost
upon Benevllle and MonImarte, and
HIS DEFEAT
so alarmed the conservative party as to lead to
the vote OF Inc "A b Of May, 1873 which drove Nj.
THEIRS nom power. triend very truly said that
in diminishing his titles Count Remusdt was dlmln-
lshlng himself IN the eyes OF the popuace which
IN Europe, at least, has profound respect for
IL is not, however, as statesman that M. de
Remusat WIN best be remembered. Indeed. his
Dryden's description Of Buckingham mignI fairly
be applied 10 HIM
A man so various thar he seemed 10 be
Not one, but all mankInd's epitome
zimrl,
in the course Of one revolving moon
Was statesman poet, nddler and buiioon
NJ. de Remusat was no oulroon but ne was
musician who IN ms youth composed and sung
Tie most exquisite SONGS lie urSL attracted The
notice OF the world b. volume OF poems pub
llsned before he mad completed mis- twenty-first
year, 1t twenty-three he wrote weghty essay
on trial by Jury In Criminal Cases,n wnlch was
translated into spanish. Next he prodnced q
drama in prose, wnIch was praised by competent
critics alke Tor It's humor and patnos. In the
prime Of manhood ne entered eagerly mo the
study of history, philosophy, theology and Eng
literature. HIS study on
CLAIMING
shows me appreciation OF me work Of Americas
greatest divine.
Perhaps NJ. de Remusal's fame may best be
summed up In the language OF one VINO knew him
well. ''Ie is,o said 10, er.OoLard, 1.-The FIRST oT
amateurs IN every tnIngn lie may be added tnat
a good specimen OF his vii Is the epigrammatlc
sentence in which ne recently condemned the i'm
potent Ministry OF General de Cissey. 1T mad
lound," ne remarked,
"A NEW WAY Our OF FALSE POSITION,
vlZ:-to remain IN It'-ailudlng, OF course, 70 its
retention Of orlce IN spite OF repeated defeats IN
the Assembly.
IL is to be feared. however, that French society
was more occupied yesterday with the Long
champs races ana the Grand pix de Paris than
with the death oil The great academicIan and
statesman. Curlously enough, one OF the prnci-
pal losers by the victory OF salvador Is Tepor to
be NJ. salvador Waldens VINO Is 100000 poorer
by The event. For plckps ckets ana cabmen there
was golden harvest. Thirty-nye of tne former
were arrested, one OF them, late member or the
Commune, In the act OF stealing
HIS FoRTY-IHIRD PURSE.
The other forty-two were lOund his person.
Tue pickpockefs must have envied the cdbmen,
who were licensed TO plunder, one OF them being
permitted 10 charge iare OF SO, which he duly
received.