American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1846-08-13
From the New York Observer
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From the New York Observer
HE SACRED MOUNTAIN-MOUNTT ABoh'
BY THE REV. ]. T. HEADLEf' >
What stronoe contrasts this earth of ours
sents Il seems to be the middle spot be-
cen heaven and hell, ard to partake OF the I
: aracter of both Beings from both are iouna
wing over its surface, and scenes from pom
constantly occurring upon it. The glory
m one and the midnight shades from inc
her meet along its bosom, and the song OF
uels and the shrek of fiends go up from the
me spot. MONDAY and midnight are not
ore opposite than the scenes tnat are con
antly passing before our eyes. Inc tempe
Cod stands beside a brothel, and the place
PRAYER is separated only by single dwelling
ON the "hei'' of the gambler. Truth ana
lsehood walk side by side through our streets,
I'D vice and virtue meet and pass every hour
the day. The hut Of the starving STANDS IN
he shadow of the palace OF the wealthy anu
,e carriage of Dives every day throws the
ust of its glittering wheels over the ta''efeu
arments of Lazarus. Health and sickness lie
own in the same apartment; Joy ana agony
,ok out of the same window; and nope anu
espair dwell under the same root ne cry
II the newborn infant and the groah Oh lne
vino rise together from the same dwellings
VI
{ the bridal party; and the tones OF the lutte
nd viol have scarcely died away before the re-
MEM for the dead comes swelling after. oh.
he beautiful and delormed, the pure and cor
mt. low and sorrow, ecstacies and agonles, lie
and death, are strangely blent OH this restless
planet of ours.
But the past and future present as strange
contrasts as the present. What different events
have transpired on the same spot. Where the
smoke, of the Indians wigwam arose, and the
s. steady tread of the wolf and panther was heard
over The autumn leaves at twilight, the popu'
lation of New York now surges along. Whele
once Tyre the queen of the sea stood, hshermeI
are SPREADING their nets OH the desoate locks
and the bright waves are rolling over Its mafp'
columns. In the empty apartment OF Edoh
the fox makes his den, and the dust OF me oe
sert is sitting over the torsaken RUNS OF amy
"a. The owl boots in the ancient haiis Oh A''ig'
and the wind of the summer night makes sa
music through the rents OF once gorgeous Po.I
ces The Arab spurs his steed along the stree
of ancient Jerusalem, or scornfully stands o
Mount Zion and curls his lip at the PlIg[I'
messing YEARLY to the sepulchre OF the 81
v;our. The Muezzin's voice rings over III
nronhets. and the desert wind heaps the ou
above the foundations of the seven churches
Asia. Oh, how good and evil, light and oar
ness chase each other over the world
Rut it may be asked what this fit OF musiI
has 10 do with Mount Tabor. 1t came up'
me unawares, and was suggested by two dllie
ent scenes my Imagination drew upon IN
mountain. -
Forty-seven years ago this month, form
seen standing on Mount Tabor with which
world has since become familiar. 1t was
bright spring morning, and as he sat on
steed in the clear sunlight, his eye rested Oh
scene in the vale below, which was suoil
and appalling enough to quicken the PuISa'i'
of the calmest heart. That form was Napo
on Bonaparte, and the scene before MN
ferce and terrible "BATTLE OF Mount
EoR.n From Nazareth, where the saw
once trod, Kleber had marched Win III
thousand Freach soldiers forth into the pia
when 10, at the foot of Mount Tabor ne
the whole Turkish army drawn up In oroe
battle. Fifteen thousand infantry and 1--WE
thousand splendid cavalry moved down IN
;estic strength on this band OF three thouSs
French. Kleber had scarcely time to tnro"
handful of men into squares, with the can
at the angles, before those twelve thous
horse. making the earth smoke and thunde
thew came, burst in headlong galop u
them. But round those steady squares roll
fierce devouring fire, emptying the saddle
those wild horsemen with trightful raplt
and strewlng the earth with the bodies oil
ders and steeds together. Again and again
those splendid squadrons wheel, reform
charge with deafening shouts, while their
lifted and flashing scimetars gleamed IL
forest of steel through the smoke OF battle;
that same wasting fire received them
eouares seemed bound by girdle OF liam
ranid and constant were the discharges 81
their certain and deadly aim, as they
.Srbtins for existence, the charging squa'
GaIl so fast that rampant OF dead BODIES
soon formed around them. Behind TINS
hankment of dead men and horses this bar
warriors stood and fought for six dreadful h
and was still steadily thinning the ranks 0
enemy. when Napoleon debouched win
Gle division Oh Mount Tabor, ana tufhe
eve below. What scene met ms gaze
whole plain was filled with marching COZ
and charging squadrons OF wildly gam
steeds. while the thunder of cannon ana
rattle of musketry, amid which now anu
was heard the blast of thousands OF uun
and strains Of martial music, hlleo all ,n'
The smoke of battle was rolling iurlousiS
the hosts, and all was confusion ana CHI
his sight Amid the twenty-seVen tho
Turks that crowded the plain and enVe
the enemy like cloud, and amid the Inc
discharge of artillery and muskeuy, MAJ
could tell where his own brave troops
struggling only by the steady simultaneo'
lies which showed where discipline was
tending with the wild valor OF ovefpoV
numbers. The constant flashes from
that rampant of dead bodies were IKE So
Napoleon descended from Mount Tabor