The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-09-03
From the Batter County CO., Telegraph.
Father Rev,

We saw it announced. several weeks
since. that this holy man had been barbara
ouSly murdered by those raScaliy brigandS.
the "rancheros" OF the neighburhood Of
Monterey. Wereadth the account with emo
lions Of the most marked character, for We
had heard more than one Of the Butler Bows
relate incidents connected with his history
in Mexico, and especially at Monterey, that.
in our opinion at least, established his claim
TO a need Of honor equal to that won by any
other man on that bloody scene. Its rcla-
ted Of him, that during the fcrccSt Of the
fight. when a part Of the first Ohio had been
led through most destructive fire from the
encmy'S forts aud barbados into the streets
Of the tOwn--whcre men fell before the
dcath-Storm like leaves before the winter
blast. and vaiuly Strove to find foe on
whom to wrcak their vengCance-that At
this critical moment. when the shot from the
Mexican cannon was raking the streets as
the aroused hurricane sweeps the deep rcr-
yes ol the mountain pass. covering the rough
pavement with the dead and dying. this
good servant of God was seen moving like
the spirit of mercy amidst the scene Cf strife.
administering TO the want Of the mauglcd
warrior. who, in the excitement Of battle.
was forgotten by his advancing comrades
directing the eye about to close in death to-
wards that world where the din of arms is
never heard, and sealing with the emblem
Of Gods great sacrifice for mans salvation
the cold lips and dimmed vision of the
dead. -
Our liveiiest Sympathics are easily arous-
ed by brilliant descriptions Of deeds of dar-
ing; the imagination is fired, and the soul
aroused, by the stirring recital of scenes
which, since the day when Hector and
Achilles fought beneath the walls of Troy.
have possessed for most men thrilling IN
teroSt. The pages of hero history are star
red all over with the record of waIrior-decds
and examples Of prowcSs. that will be read
with avidity forever. Tie history of Leon
idaS at the pass Of IhemopylR, or Of Tell
amidst the mountain glaciers Of Switzerland.
will survive the destruction of the last block
of marble in the AcropoliS. and co-cXtond
with those everlasting hills.
Murat. mounted ON his black barb. (the
finest horSeman in Europc,) clad in a gor-
gcouS uniform, and welding a blade whose
descending stroke Glove the thickcst skull.
rushing down like tempest upon the pam
|ic-Stric<cn CoSSacl< or the dark phaanXcs
of the Arabian-Nlacdonald charge Mt
| Wargram, leading thirty thousand men di-
reCtly into the heart Of the cncmy's lines.
from which fire issued as from the fuTowcd
sides OF lcvelled valcano. leaving behind
him rs he advanced a ''Swath of dead men.
I that, rs far as the eye could reach, lay like
a huge serpent upon the plain" and at last
piercing the Austrian centre, and standing
on the other side with but fifteen hundred
retcranS-Ncy, conducting the disastrous
retreat from Moscow, the last man TO leave
the Russian territory, himself ''thc rear
guard of the grand ,"-Ianncs at Ar
colc-Napoleon at Lodi--or. to speak of re-
cent events, Mays leap over the battery of
Gen. In Vega at Resaca de Ia Palma
lclrS charge ut Bucna Nista-Shied'S at
Ccrro Gordo-thesc and hundreds of others
of like nature, are actions of the most glor-
Gus character; we read their history with
beating hearts and tingling veins. But in
all these eases. selected at random, there
are the usual aids which attend upon such
exciting events. Here the ''prdc, pomr,
and circumstances of glorious war;" arc all
displayed TO incite TO heroic achievements.
Steel rings on StcCl-Stocd neighs 10 stced--
the bursting shell is quickly answered by
corresponding explosions: the earth shak-
ing cavalry that rush onward like an ava
lonchc, is met by the rock fast squares of
infantry; the whiz1ing ball of the cscopcttc
is returned by the deadly aim of the Amen-
can rifle. and the booming cannon from the
"3lack Fort" is answered by rapid dischar-
geS from the batteries of Duncan. Bragg.
and Ridgely. In all these cases, then. there
is something to nerve the heart aud string
the arm for battle; the animal, guided by
the intellectual man. is fully aroused, and
he does such deeds MS men speak of with
wonder; but with father Rey, all these were
wanting, aud his courage arose from high
er principle than that which animated the
soldiers around him.
II undoubtedly requires great bravery for
n man. though panoplied in steel, TO march
right mp TO the "rudc threats" CT those crude
engines that bclch ont wounds and
death. or to charge upon bristlmg bayoncts
but how much more courage docs II REQUIRE