The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-01-19

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Leon ,sambetts died I'VE minutes before
I've CT, % of the year 1882, when life ended
As full Of promise Of future greatness As ex-
ceptioilal in the splendoi Of its past accom-
pliskments. He WAS born NJ Cshors In the
south Of France, on the I'd o: April, 1888,
the son OF parents who kept y miscellaneous
store In his native town, and were in humble
and obscure circuIIsta ices. They were
Italiana ia blood, devol ed 10 the church and
ANXIOUS that their son should become q
priest. With this view he was sent To the
parish school TO prepare for the seminary Of
Mont salbsn, into which he was received after
proper preparation. Previous to this, when
be WAS eight years of age, he lost his right
handle when the machine broke, and = part
Of 1t pierced his eye-ball, totally destroying
1t. To this accident d attributed the failure
Of his parents expectation with regard to
his future, his ,unmanageable disposition
while At the seminary being considered due
to the fond parental indulgence which, fol-
lowed his great misfortune; but the proba-
bility Is that his bias toward the excitements
Of the forum would have overcome, sooner
or later, the restraints Of theological train
Ing, If the accident had never occurred. Be
this as it may, his position at Montauban
proved so uncongeDisl and irksome to the
boy that, at the request of It's authorities, he
was removed from thence, and became pu-
pill of the Lyeee At Cahors, where he was
graduated. At eighteen years of age he
went to Paris to study law, in opposition to
the wishes Of his parents, and SOON made his
mark As an extraordinary debater and .
young man with the daring aud aggressive
| disposition Of leader. He WAS poor, aud
lived In the Bohemian manner common 10
students Of his class, until Mile. Massabie, .
| maiden sister Of his mother, left her home
iu village near his native town and took up
her residence In Paris In orderthat she might
share her little property with her student
kinsmsn. This arrangement, 50 favorable TO
Gsmbettas comfort aud parity Of life, was
continued until 1869, when his popularity In
Belleville, Paris, led to his election Is .
member Of the Corps Leg,slstif, for that
demoustrstively democratic district. His
popularity Was unbounded, due in . great
measure to his wonderful oratorical gif.s,
which combined the physical advantages Of
. magnificent voice, full, fine presence, and
impassioned delivery, with fearless hatred
Of the Empire aud the ability to originate
phrases into which he concentrated the
points Of his attack and which were soon In
sverybody's mouth. At the bar he was
scarcely less eminent than in the political
arena, and at one time acted - private sec
Rotary to the eminent advocate, II. Lachaud.
His entrance into political life was encour-
aged by one Of the professors whose law
i lectures he attended, n. VGiette, who FORE
saw that he would attain eminence - q
politician and . statesman. In the Corps
Legislatif, the untnsssured invective with
which he assaulted the lettering Empire gave
him his greatest distinction. He stIsnuously
opposed the war with Prussia. Amer the
collapse Of the Empire ut Sedan he was
made minister of ths interior, iu the govern.