New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-12

were subitted to Louis XVIII before be quaed Paris
This prince loved him but ittle bat he feared him Inc
nan who has given a 10 his master Is an impor-
tunate servant But although the heart oil LOUIS si
was prejudced at early period Against NJ de Iaey
rand, the mind Of the King and that o. .ne s
derstood and admired each other Involuntary IN tue
midst Of their susceptibility and distrus1 Ihey Were
of tue sams nature and almost oil the same ssmp Vi
mind both one and the other cespp D
3uIsence and the philosophical completely OF tue
eighteenth century both masking with ease and grace
powerful selhsbness both seeking 70 please, out 10 OF
De- 10 domneer Both vere lettered men, proud oil
understanding each other above the vulgar herd, ou'
fearing each other at close quarters the King lest ne
should be obscured by the Wit of the mniser and the
minister est he should be BUNDLED By the authority OF
the King. .
mutual desire of pleasing and surprising each other
made their correspondence assduous familiar, and an
ecdotica The King loved writing because he excelied
In those light aud concise letters where wiz appears 10
elimpses but shuns the eye of scrutiny. NJ de Iaey-
rand lent himself with studied complaisance TO toe
Kings taste As idle with the hand as he was ectve In
his mind having laid down srue never TO wrle ms own
dispatches that ne might be better Judge Oh tne "A
of another hard ne left his secretaries and conhdants
above all NJ de Besnsdere, to draw up all the onciai
documen o. and all the correspondence win tne mn''
tiers at Paris He reserved to himself the conndenuai
letters 10 The King which were full OF portraits, oil
cbarscters and Of anecdotes of the praces and pen
otenaries OF the congress asecret journal oil all the
courts of Europe wherein the private lie OF the SOY
ereigns held more prominent place than the negocia
tons Louis XVIII thus witnessed, through the eyes
and understanding of of the most Intelligent ana
most penetrating men In Europe the act', the ingue
the peakures and even the snouIs OF Is asSeloy Vi
kings.
In different style is the description OF the gay
dashing cavalier
MURAT.
Murat was the of simple farmer, who kept
country innSt La Bastide, struggling village In tue
south of France, fronting the Pyrenees; the inhao-
itsuts of whose valleys stroog, intelligent and adven
turou possess almost the chivalrous genius OF SPAIN
the tns @ There
are the south OF Europe especially as there are u
Spain in Scotland and in the East, tribes OF people
among whom nobility is found In every rank waere
even the mendlcant feels the dignity of blood because
he has within him the pride Of soul The young Joa'
chin Murst belonged to one of these tribes As child
habits and by the rough agricultural abors OF bis lam
y serving by turns like his brothers, in the fields or
In his fathers dub1Se DE was passionateiy fond oil
horses, which, like those OF Andslusa and ARABIA are
reared by the peasants of the district breaking them
| in with sk, and grooming with his childish hands,
when occasion required It, those belonging 20 the rey
elers chance visitors in the stables OF his father occu
pations which imbued him at al early age with the
tastes and habits Of q cavalier His family, though rus
tic being easy circumstances, procured him Ia the
village ard in the small neghboring town OF Cahors,
the instruction that suited TO child who was des
| tined either for the priesthood, one OF the probes
sions ut time accessible to young men Of his con.
diiiop His lively and flexible intellect accommodated
itself readily 10 these mental exercises, az MS body
old 10 the labors of the helds, the dangers OF the
camp His figure tall aud slim, and his neck easy
and slender his flexible though strongly knit at
the shoulders lis legs well shaped the saddle, his
feet well formed for camoerng the steep accents OF
| the mountains His cOuntenance was open and BEAM
ing his ewes blue his aqullne his lips smiling his
color fresh, hs hair chesnut long and silky, curling
naturally and waving over his cheeks, flowing down
his shoulders in the of the Basques all struck
the eye and the heart. There was something he
roc stamped by the hand Of nature the outward APP
pearance of this young which toreo.d something
singular in his destiny. His mother and his brothers
believed in it. while bis sensitive heart oblgtng and
kind to ALL him the love OF his comrades and turned
aside ali envy.
soul vi Muiat from the sacerdOtal vocation 70 which his
family had destined him in spite of nature. The
tuary with the Idle and sedentary life of priest, could
not satisfy bis fire and energy and 10 lio1, when only
fifteen years Of age, he enlisted contrary TO the wishes
of his parents, in the 10Th regiment of light dragons.
Europe being then at peace. he bore for ve years,
without inpatience disgust the life OF private SOL
oier for which his arms ana his horse cOnsoed him.
The war Of 1892 summoned his regiment 10 the iron
tiers and gave opportunity for displaying the bravery
end aptitude Of the Young soldier. In the course Of
twelve months he passed through the ranks OF corporal
and troop quarteim and at the end Of the year
he was made commits sioned officer. The emigration
having left the ranks fros and officers commissions
cant in abundance, he became captain in 1898 and Ia
few succeeding years he was elevated by exploit
alter another the rank of Brgadier General Napo
leou who distinguished him everywhere in the first
Italian campaign appointed him his aid de-canp at Mi
lam and repaid in friendship all the admiration aud de.
volion evinced for him by young Murat He attached
him TO bis loltunes conducted him to Egypt Witnessed
his cavalry charges against the Mameukes felt how the
electric spark of his vaOr inspired his troops and re-
cogDisng in him tao bus yancy and enthusiasm Of the
army he brought him back 10 France when he returned
TO dazzle and enavo the directory and confdedto him
| The pant of Rudacity and armed Intervention at ST.
Cloud on the 18th Brumaire 1t Is known how Murst
being left by Bonapate with his grenaders at the door
of the Orangery while he went to address and dissolve
the Council of Five Hundred received into his arms
the same Inaparc repulsed dscOncerte6, and almost
ianting; put him horseback aroused bis courage,
inspired his soldiers covered his confusion retrieved
his defeat and crowned his fortunes and his crime by
oispersing with his bayontts the unarmed representa-.
lives OF the nation. From that day forward the grateful
Bonapaite behed in Murat Counterpart Of himself,
! and resolved from feeling as well as from policy, to
attach 10 him this companion in arms, who attracted
good fortune everywhere TO his designs. These two
warriors mingled their lives together, TO double as
were their force by mutual attachment Murat ap
pointed commander the guard OF the Consul bat
ambition not tie sufficiently strong to bind him to
the fortunes of his friend now become chief OF the Re-
public love drew still closer heart 10 heart and blood
10 blood for the young officer In love with of
his Generals sisters, Caroline Bonaparte. She was
scarcely in the prime of youth, of beauty less Grecan
and classic In the eyes Of stauare than that which
distinguished the Princess Pauline Borghese but more
gracefully attractive, OF more lofty soul, more cu
tvated intellect, and a more royal ambition. Murat
tembed 10 ask her in marriage In the apprehension of
a refusal grounded upon his humble birta and want of
fortune but Bonapare, counting his bravery for riches
and bis favor for blood offered her TO him Murat
the most enamored and the most happy OF men, gave
his heart to the sister, and the brother his gratitude
and devotion Thenceforwsrd the two IA Miles were
minsled like their two destuies.
In charging he used a sabre nor a small
sword the only weapon he wore on horseback was a
Roman blade broad and short useless in attack de-
fepse against the long blades of the cnemys cavalry
This blade, with hit OF mother Of pearl arscaly In.
laid with precious stones ornsented with por.
trait OF the beautiful Queen Caroline, his wife and of
their four children he never drew this weapon from
the scabbsrd but once in moment of great danger and
then not TO strike WITH but 10 animate his escort to
charge with him a cloud of cavalry by which he
surrounded BE said to the Count de Mjsbourg his
friend and minister, who had administered his finances
with talent and fidelity worthy OF greater empire and
whom he remembered with the disiuterestedness and
alteration OF friendship "My sweetest consolation,