The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-12-01
CARDINAL ANToNEILr.
A Pen-Portrait Of the Modern Richelieu.
From the New York Herald.

his high, athletic shoulders. In his sixty
eighth year he retained all the vigor O
youth, and looked much younger than an,
one could expect from a man of sucl
lengthened and eventful years. His Jet
black hair was always cropped short; hi'
Asiatic forehead was of unusual height
and breadth; his thick, heavy, eyebrows
formed continuous line overshadowine
large, bright brown eyes, over which :
hazy film seemed to hang at first sight, but
which was speedily dispelled the first mo
ment he conversed. An aquiline nose
with thin, flexible nostriR, mouth devel
oped almost to excess, a straight, well-cast
chin, which betokened iron will, indomita
BILE energy, and unalterable purpose; sphinx.
like ears and swarthy face, wearing q
slight tinge of sadness and religious mel
choly, formed a contour enigmatical and
disquieting until he smiled or warmed into
discourse. Then his eyes became aglow,
rolling, darting and shooting incessantly,
piercing the breasts of those to whom he
spoke. 1t would be next to impossible for
person to feel unembarrassed after a
| bombardment from the Cardinals eyes.
He looked ordinary at the first appearance,
but at second glance his dignified counte-
nance and insinuating, gentle, captivating
discourse bore the impress Of early culture,
natural intellectual endowments, and forty
years of intercourse with the leading di-
plomatists of Europe. No one ever con-
versed with him without being profoundly
impressed at the mastery ability with
which he propounded his views on the most
varied topics. In the society of ladies he
was witty, polished and extremely enter
tanning. He experienced no difficulty in
hurrying his hearers du ptaisamt du seuere,
or sunshine at pleasure. Although his
state chamber glittered in rich tapestry,
costly pictures, furniture and Oriental
splendors, he was unaffectedly simple in
his manner and conversation, easy of ac-
cess and totally devoid of empty pomp.
In every sense of the word he was self
made man. Taking the allegations OF his
enemies for granted, he had spent his
childhood in Sonnino, a place which they
allege to be very den of thieves. It
seemed as though the inhabitants of that
locality were destined forever to be stran-
gers, not only to fortune, but to civilization
itself. And yet the embryo Cardinal states
man Glove his way out from the obscurity
of his home, built for himself a road to the
highest Office in the church, and to name
and fame hard and determinedly won and
acknowledged by his greatest enemies. He
seems to have possessed what is highly es-
sential to well-balanced head perfect
control of himself. He was naturally of q
violent temper, which frequently found
vent after unsatisfactory audiences. He
would then order an attendant to fetch a
piece of orange peel, kept for the purpose
at hand, and the Prime Minister chewed
the peel, which operation seemed to cool
his anger. He then returned to his busi-
ness as usual. His frugal habits gave him
the health and heartiness of a mountaineer,
and he was seldom or never indisposed.
Yet he never left the City of Rome either
in summer or winter, but spent the entire
year without intermission in attending to
affairs of state. He was continually be-
sieged with visitors-visitors diplomatic,
visitors ecclesiastical, counts, bishops,
monks, merchants, politicians. and police
men were alike received and entertained by
him. He was cultivatedby the statesmen
and noblemen of every country. Not long
ago the Prince of Wales called to see him,
but finding that the Cardinal was indis-
posed he. waited till next day, when long
tete- a-tete consultation took place between
them. His varied and extensive knowledge
/ of international and constitutional law, his
accomplishments as a linguist economist
aud financier; his uncompromising DISPOSE
tion, his keen judgment of the man with
whom he came in contact, his appreciation
of the real wants of the people, his ac-
quaintance with the leading merchants and
statesmen, his comprehensive grasp Of the the
subject under .discussion,, his depth of
thought and fertility in resources, gave him hum
a prominence and prestige among states
men equaled by few and surpassed BY none. e
Every one could see that he was q man an
born to command-anoth Richelieu, who
knew when to don the lions skin and when
the fox's. The Romans used to call him
aLong Head !" and Old Fox. and it. i
said he never was beaten in game where
cunning and diplomacy could possibly gain
the mastery. Having, from the excesses @
the reyolutionists conceived an antipath yte
socialistic and Red Republican principles
he was a thorough conservative at heart
| although be spent the greater portion @
his life in honest endeavors to make ths
people happy. ,,a.issss s9d suai