Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-03-24

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miputiys man, 81 an Indifferent rider like
Bonaparte. ii would have appeared ridic.
,,lous: but On the. splendid charger and
still more majestic figure and bearing Of
Murat, it seemed all IN place and keeping.
The dazzlino exterior always made him a
mari for the enemv,. bullets in battle. and
it i : wonder that SO conspicuous an OBJ
;ect was never shot down. Perhaps there
WAS never ! greater contrast betw cen two
men. tban M wen Murst and Napolean.
when thex rol,a torather ALONG the line
nr.y;on. = h.,,Is N. .onar. f;pure.
plain three cornered hat Leather breeches,
brown surtont and carele.. anti Of Napo.
lean.-wera tie direct connterpart Of the
maonificent disnlav- and innosinp attitude
Of his chiyalrio brotber-in.law. To see
Mural decked ont, f. II. extrayaeant cos.
TIME At raye;v mich, creat. : smile. bnt
whoever o,,ce ,aw that oa;lv c,rar;snned
steed. with its co,nmand;r,, r;asr in the
fro,,t rant n hail. r,,,na;na III. hun.
der holt thra, ~ 49, ranLa or
watched II. nroars.s ~ that towering
white plume :. fost;no b;vh over the tens
of ,bo,,.a,a, ~. .,.,,.,l.S h.h;na IS
oar.,.n, ,as.L :, ~ s.n,on hall. that
wh;.tl.d ILL., !. - ston.. .rnrrd ;t--never
s.t l;Ls .n,;l;n. .sa;n :, Mnrat Esne.
c;aIlv ro,,ld he fosa.. ,ha.a .;Iaed iran.
p;ngs wbsn h. .av him reImrn fram 4
charge. With his diamond hilted sword
drinnino with Hood his oav uniform rid
= = /,
with powder. while his noble warehouse
was streaked with foam and blood. and
reekinp with sweat. The white plume
was the banner to the host he lead, and
while il continued fluttering over the field
of the slain, hope was never relinquished.
Many time has Napolean seen il glanc-
ing like beam Of light 10 the charge, and
watched its progress. like the star Of his
destiny, % it struggled for while in the
hottest Of the fight, and then smiled in 10Y
as he beheld it burst through the thick
ranks of infantry, scattering them from his
path like chaff before the wind.
We said the three great distinguishing
trails of Murat were high chivalric cour.
age, great skill as general. and wonder
full cool SIS in the hour of danger. Ma.
poleau once said that in battle he was pro-
bably,he brayest man in the world. There
was something more than mere success to
him in battle. He invested it with sort
of elory in itself-threw an air Of romance
about It all. and fought frequently we be.
lieye, almost. in an imaginary world. The
device on his sword, SO like the Knights
Of old-his very costume copied from
those warriors who lived in more chival.
rio DAYS, and his heroic manner and bear
ing, as he led his troops into battle. prove
him to be wholly unlike all other generals
of that time. In his person, at least. he
ed the DAYS Of kn,ohthood. He him
self unconscionsly let's out this peculiari-
ty, in speaking of his battle on Noun.
Tabor, with the Turks. On The ton Of
this hill. Kleher with & 0oo mon found
himself hemmed in bv 80 600 Turks
Fifteen thousand cavalry first came thun-
derinp down on hi, hand of : oo0 arran-
eed in the form Of a square. For s;x hour.
they maintained that nneoual combat
when Napolean arrived Win snccor on .
neiyhboriag hill. As he looked down on
Mount Tabor. he could see nothing but a
countless multitude covering the SUNNI,
Of the hill. and swaying and tossing amid
the smoke that curtained them in. twas
only BY the steady yolleys and simult.ne-
GUS flashes of the musketry. that he could
distinguish where his own brave soldiers
| maintained their pround The shot ne
| solitary twelve FOUNDER, which he fired
toward the mountain. first announced to
his exhausted countrymen that relief was
at hand. The ranks then for the first time
| ceased actin. on the defensive, and ex.
tending themselves. charged bavoncts I,
was against such terrible odds that Mura,
| loved to fight, and in this engagement he
outdid himself. He regarded il the GREAT.
es, battle he fought.
Once he was nearly alone in the centre
of large body Of Turkish cavalry. All
around, nothing was visible but mass
of turbaned heads and flashing sci,netars
except in the centre, where was seen q
single white plume tossing like a rent ban.
per nynp fho III rDnp To- - .,,l:Io IL.