Indiana American, Volume 13, Number 42, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 October 1845 — Page 1

Our Country Our Counlry'B Interests and our Country's Friends.

BY C. F. CLARKSOX. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1845. VOL.XIII.NO 42.

Fron the A ntrican Uliig Review. Marshal Murat BV REV. JOHN T. nEADLEY. Joichiin Murat was b?rn March25th

173: n BastiJe. a little village vz miles f-,i n Cahors. His father was tae landlord cf a little tavern in nhe place. lie as honest an 1 industriovts, with a large fami ly differing in no way from the children of ativ other country landlord, with the etcep",ion of Joachim, who was regarded the most reckless, daring boy in the place. He rode a horse like a young Bedouin,and it was around his father's stable he first acru rel that firm and easy seat in the saddle, that afterwards made him the most remarkable horseman of his age. The high and fiery spirit of the boy marked him cut at a.t early age, ns a child of promise, and he became the Benjamin of his parents. The father had once been a steward in the Talleyrand family, and thro' its influence voting Murat was received, at nine years of a J?, into 'ke college of Cahors, and entered on a course of studies preparatory to the church. Young Murat was destined by his pare.'.'s to tha priestly office, for which he wns about as much fined by nature as Tallevrand himself. Hut nothing could make 3 scholar of him. Neglecting his studies a;ii engaged in every frolic, he was disliked bv !iis instructors and beloved by his companions. The "Abbe Murat," as he wjs jocularly termed, did nothing that corresponded to his title, but on the contrary every th ing opposed to it. His teachers prophecied evil of him, an 1 declared him, t I:i2th. fit for nothing but a soldier, and thev, for o:ice, were right. Leaving Cahors he entered tho college at Toulouse i no wiser than when he commenced his siastica! education. Many adventures l ars t id of him while at the latter pi ee. w;;icit. whatever apocurypnai or nor, were aii worthy of the reckless young libertine. At length, falling in !ove with a pretty of the city, he fought for her, and carrying o.Tius prize, lived with her concealel till the last sous was was 2ne.and then appeared among his companions again. Tlii-5 put an end to his clerical hopes, and t'.. ) ving off his professional garb he enlisted in a fit of desperation into a regiment cf ch.;enrs that happened at that time to be pisini through the city. Becoming tired of the restraint of the camp, he wrote to his brother to obtain his dismission, which was promised, on condition tint lie would resume his theological studies. The promise was civen, and he returned to his books, but the ennui of such a life was creater than that of a camp, and he soon left school ar.d went to his father's house and again employed himself in the s'aWes. Disiusted with the business of an ostler, be again entered the army. The third time he became sick of his em-j i d nloyment, and asked for his dismissal It was about this time he cheated an oi miser out of a hundred francs, by passing oil a gilded snuffbox for a gold one. But money was not the motive that prompted bi n to this trick. A young friend had enlisteJ in the army, and had no way to escape except by raising a certain sum of n;o;iey, which was out of his power to do. It was to obtain this for his friend, Mural che-tfJ the old man. But the revolution besinins now to agitate Paris, Mural's spirit took fire, and having obtained a situation in the constitutional guard of Louis Sixteenth, he hastened with young B sieres. bom in the same viKia!e, to the capital. J there laid Ihe foundation of his af-1 a:i ?r career, which made him the mosi distinuuishoJ of Napoleon's marshals. An ! ultra republic an; his sentiments, of which he n i ie no secret, ofu :i brought him inu di h -nitv. so tnat it is said he fousht s;x duels iv a single month. At this time ' he was twenty-two years of age, tall hand- j som- ntiH almost nerfortlv formed, nnd i '. . . . . ' .

vvi.iU a gait an t hearing that maae him the i sireameu ucr ms simuiuns aim .nwa.--admiratiou of everv beholder. J ed singularly with his fiery blue eye. On During the reign of terror he was a vio- his head he wore a three-cornered chaplent republican, and advanced throush the 'rati, from which rose a magnificent white grades of lieutenant and captain to that of plume that bent tinder the profusion of ostrich feathers, while beside it and in the

vice to Napoleon in Paris, the latter when he was appointed to command the army in ' Italy, made him a member of his personTil stall. Here, beside the rising Corsican commenced his brilliant career. With the words, 1 Honor and Ihe Ladies," engraved

on the blade of his sword words cliarac-! him adorned with the rich J urkish slirrup teristic of the chivalric spirit or the man, and bridle, and almost covered wiih azurehe passed through the Italian campaign. ! colored trappings. Had all this finery second only to Bonaparte in the valorous j been piled on a diminutive man, or an in-

deeds that were wrought. At Montenotte. Milesimo, Dego, Mondovi, Rtvoli, &c. he proved the clear sightedness of Napoleon in selecting him for a companion in the perilous path he had marked out for himself, lie was made th bearer of the colors taken in this campaign, to the Directory, and was promoted to the rank of general of brigaio. He soon after accompanied Bonaparte to Egypt, where he grew weary and discontented in the new warfare he had to encounter. In the first place cavalry was less efficient than infantry against the wild Mamelukes. When twenty thousand of those fierce wartiots mounted on the fleet steeds of the desert, came flying down on their mad gallop, nothing but the close and serried ranks of infant - ry, and the fixed bayonet could arrest their progress. Besides what was a charge of cavalry against those fleet horsemen, whose onset and retreat were too rapid for the heavy armed French cuirasseurs to re turn or pursue. Murat grew desperate in

such a position, and was seen with Lannes j ering white plume, as floating high over cace to tear off his cockade and trample it j the lens of thousands that struggled bein anger under his feet. Besides, the tak-j hind it a constant mark to the cannon ing of pyramids and deserts was not the , balls that whistled like hail-stones around kind of victory that suited his nature. I it never felt like smiling again at Murat.

But at Aboukir,where he was appointed by Napoleon to force the centre of the Turkish lines, he showed what wild work he could make with his cavalry. He rode straight through the Turkish ranks, and drove column after column into the sea; and in one of his fierce charges dashed into

the camp of Mustapha Pacha, afld reining up his magnificent steed beside him, made him prisoner with his own hands. His brilliant achievements in this battle fixed him forever in the arTectious of Napoleon, who soon after, made him one of the few who were to return with him to France. During that long and anxious voyage Murat was by his side, and when the vessel In which they sailed, was forced by adverse winds into the port of Ajaccio, he visited with the bold Corsican the scenes of his childhood. In the revolution of the 13th Brumaire, which placed Bonaparte in Supreme power, Jorehim took a conspicuous part, and did perhaps more than any other single

general for the nstirper. In that crisis of Napoleon's life, when he stalked into the Council of the Five Hundred, already thrown into tumultuous excitement by the news of his usurpation, and the startling cry, ''down with the tyrant" met his eat Murat was by to save him. ' Charge bayonets,'' said lie to the battalion of soldiers under him, and with firm step and leveled pieces they marched into the hall and dissolved the Assembly. Scon after, being at the time thirty-three years of age, he married Caroline Bonaparte, then in all the bloom and freshness of eighteen. The handsome person ana dashing manners of Murat pleased her more than the higher born Moreau. In a fortnight after his mar j riage he wa3 on his wav with his brother-

in law to cross the San Bernard into Italy, j med in by 30.000 Turks . Fifteen thousAt Marengo he commanded the cavalry, i and cavalry first came thundering down on and for his great exploits in this important j this band of 5,009 arranged in the form of battle received from the consular govern-' a square. For six hours they maintained

ment a magnineent sworn, u mapar'.e, as . mat unequal comoat, when Napoleon arEmperor.'never ceased lavishing honors on J rived with succor on a neighboring hill. his favorite brother-in-law. He went up ' As he looked down on Mount Tabor, he from General of Brigade to General of Di- j could see nothing but a countless multitude

vision, th?n to Commander of the National ; Guard, M irshal, Grand Admiral, Prince of : e rmpire, itrana ragie oi me region 01 ' I T.tnnr Hranrl Unto rf Tlorrt ? riaroe and was finally made King of Naples. "The Abbe Murat" had gone thro' some changes since he wasrtudying theology at Toulouse. It m not our desisn to enter in detail into the history of Murat, but having given the steps by which he ascended to greatness, speak only of those acts which illustrate the great points of his character. In the campaign of 1805 at Wertingen, Vienna and Austerlitz, and other fields of fimc in 1903-7 at Jena, Lubrck, Eylau rnd FrierllanJ in 1808 overthrowing the Span'sh Bourbons and placing the crown in Napoleon's har.'?. he is the same victorious loader and intrepid man. His three distinguishing characteristics were; hi?h chivalric courage, great skill as! a general, and tlmoi unparalleled collness ; in the hour ofextremest peril. Aded to j all this, Nature had lavished her gifts on the mere physical man. His form was tall and finely proportioned his tread like: ..... .j i - , - - that of a king his face striking and noble, while his picrci.13 glance few men could bear. This was Murat on foot, but place him on horseback, and he was still more imposing. He never mounted a steed that was not worthy of the boldest knight of undent days, and his incomparable j seat made both horse and rider an object of universal admiration. The English invariably condemn the theatrical costume he alw?ys wore, as an evidence of folly, but we think it is all in keeping with his character. lie was nrt a man of deep thought nnd compact mind, but he was an oriental in his tastes, and loved everything 1 gorgeous and imposing. lie usuany wore a rich Polish dress, w ith Ihe collar ornamented with gold brocade, ample pantalons, scarlet or purple, and embroidered with gold;boolsot yellow leather, while a straight diamond hiltod sword, like that worn by the ancient Romans, hanging from a girdle of gold brocade, completed his dashing exterior. black whiskers, long He wore heavy black locks which 1 1.: ( l.J same gold band towered away a splendid heron plume Over all this brilliant cos-

tump, he wore in cold weather a pelisse of sight, Murat. looking at his soiled and batnrpn rnlipi lined end fringed with til e i tie worn carmenls. declared them unbe-

rostlicst sables. Neither did he forget his; j horse in this gorgeous appareling, but had (tiftv.rpnt r:der like BonaDarle. it would have appeared ridiculous; but on the splendid charger and still more majestic figure and bearing of Murat, it seemed all in place and keeping. This dazzling exterior always made him a mark for the enemy's bullets in battle, and it is a wander that so conspicuous an object was neter shot down. Perhaps there never was a greater contrast between two men, than between Murat and Napoleon, when they rode together along the lines previous to battle. The square figure, plain three-romered hat, leather breeches, brown surtout, and careless seat of Napoleon, were the direct counterpart of the magnificent display and imposingatlitude of his chivalric jbrother ! in-law. To see Murat decked out in this j extravagant costume at a review, might j create a smile, but whoever once saw thai gaily-capariscned steed with its comman ding rider in the front of battle, plunging like a thnndetboH through the broken ranks, or watched the progress of that tow- ; Especially would he forget those jgilded -trappings when he saw him return from a charge, with his diamond-lulled sword dripping with blood, his gray uniform rid ; died with balls and singed and blackened , with powder, while his strong war-horse was streaked with foam and blood, and

reeking with sweat. That white plume was the banner to the host he led, and while it continued fluttering over the field of the plain, hope was never relinquished. Many a time has Napoleon seen it glancing like a beam of light to the charge,

and watched its progress like the. star of his destiny, as it struggled for awhile in the hottest of the fight, and then smiled in joy as he beheld it burst through the thick ranks of infantry, scattering them from his path like chaff before the wind. We9ay the three great distinguishing traits of Murat were high chivalric courage, great skill as a general, and wonderfull coolness in the hour of danger. Napoleon once said, that in battle he was proba bly the bravest man in the world. There was something more than mere success to htm in a battle. He invested it with a sort of glory in itself threw an air of romance abooit it all, and fought frequently, we 'believe, almost iuan imaginary world. The device on his sword, so like the knights of old his very costume ccpied from those warriors who lived in more chivalric days, and his heroic manner and bearing, as he led his troops into battle, proved him to be wholly unlike all other generals of that time. In his person at least, he retorted the days of knighthood. He himself un consciously lets out this peculiarity; in speaking of his battle on Mount Tabor with the Turks. On the top of this hill; Kelber with 5000 men. found himself hemcovering the summit of the hill, and swaying and tossing amid the smoke that cur tained them in. It was only by the steady vollies and simultaneous flashes of musketry, that he could distinguish where his own brave soldiers maintained their ground. The shot of a solitary twelve pounder, 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 actii g on the de-, fensive, and extending themselves charged bayonet. It was aaainst such terrible odds Murat loved to fight, and in this engagement he outdid himself. He regarded it the greatest battle he ever fought. Once he was nearly alone in the centre of a large body of TutkUh cavalry. All around, nothing was visible but a mass of turbaned heads and flashing scimetars, except in the icentre, where was seen a single white plume tossisiJ like a rent banner over the throng. I r a u hile the ba'.lte thickened where it stooped and rose, as Mural's strong war-horse reared and plunged amid the saber strokes that fell like lightning on every side, and then the multitude surged back, as a single rider burst through covered with hi3 own blood and those tf his foes and his arm red to the elbow that grasped his dripping sword. His steed staggered under him and seemed ready to fall, while the blood poured in streams from his sides. But Mural's eye seemed to burn with fourfold lustre, nnd with a shout, those who surrounded him never forgot to their latest day, he wheeled his exhausted steed on the foe, and at the head of a body of his own cavalry trampled everything down that opposed his progress. Speaking of ibis terrible fiaht, Murat said that in the hultest of it he thought of Christ, and Ins transiigurauon 011 mai same spoi neariy two thousand years before and it gave him ten-fold courage and 'strength. Covered with wounds, lie was promoted in rank on the spit This single fact threw a flood of liaht on Mural's character,and shows what visions of glory often rose before him in battle, giving to his whole movement and aspect a gentleness and dignity that could not be assumed. None could appreciate this chivalrous bearing of Mural mjre than the wild Cossacks. In the memorable Russian campaign, he was called from his throne at Naples to take command of the cavalry, and performed prodigies of valor in that ! disastrous war. When the steeples and towers of Moscow at length rose on the coming so great an occasion as the triumphalentrance into the Russian capital. retired and dressed himself in the most magnificent costume, and thus appareled, rode atthehead of his squadrons into the deserted city. The Cassacks had never seen a man that would compare wilh Murat in the splendor of his garb, the beauty of his horsemanship, and, more than all, in his incredible daring in battle. Those wild children of the desert would often stop.' amazed, and caze in silent admira tion, as they saw him dash, single-handed, into the thickest of their ranks, and scat ter a score of their renowned warriors from his path, as if he were a bolt from Heaven. His effect upon these children of nature, and the prodigies he wrought among them, seemed to belong to the age of romance rather than to our practical times. They never saw him on his mag nificent steed, sweeping to the charge, his tall white plume streaming behind him, without senJing up a shout cf admiration before they closed 111 conflict In approaching Moscow, Mural, with a few troops, had left Gjatz somewhat in ad vance of the grand army, and funding him self constantly annoyed by the hordes of Cossacks that hovered around him, now wheeling away in the distance, and now dashing up his columns, compelling them to deploy, lost all palience, anj one) ing, one of those chivalric impulses that so often hurled him into the most desperate straits, put spur to his horse, and galloping all alone up to the astonished squadrons, halted right in front of them, and cried out in a tone of command, ,;L'iear the way, reptiles!" Awed by his manner and voice, they immediately dispersed. During the armistic,e while the Kussians

were evacuating Moscow, the son of the

wilderness flocked by thousands around him. As they saw him reining his highspirited steed towards them, they sent up a shout of applause and rushed forward to gaze on one they had seen carrying such terror through their ranks. They called him their "helman" the highest honor they ccuM confer on him and kept up an incessant jargon as they examined him and his richly caparisoned horse. They would now point to his steed now to his custome, and then to his white plume, while they fairly recoiled before his piercing glance. Murat was 60 much pleased by the homage of these simple hearted warriors, that he distributed Jamong them all the money he had, and all he could borrow from the officersabout him, and finally his watch, and then the watches of his friends. He had made many presents to

them before; for often in battle, he would From sunrise till nightfall, the battle ragselect out the most distinguished Cossack (ed and victory wavered, while the rapidly warrior, and plunge directly into the midst falling columns and the ensanguined, cumof the enemy, -engage him'single-hande, bered field, to'd how awful was the carnand take him prisoner, and afterward dis- age. But amid the roar of a thousand

mifes him with a gold chain about his neck or some other rich ornament attatched to his person. We said, also he was: a good general, though we know this is often disputed. Nothing is more common than the belief that an impulsive, headlong man cannot be clear-headed, while history proves that few others ever accomplished anything. From Alexander down to Bonaparte, your impetuous beings have always had the grandest plans, and executed them. Yet, j men will retain their prejudices; and you j cannot convince them that the silent, grave J owl is not wiser than the talkative parott, I tho' ihe reverse is indisputably true. There could hardly be a more impetuous man than Bonaparte, nnd he had a clearer head and a sounder judgment than all his generals pul together. Mural's impulses were often stronger than his reasons, and in that way detracted from his generalship. Besides; he was too brave, snd never counted his enemy. He seemed to think he was noi made to be killed in battle, or to be defeated. Bonaparte had great confidence in his judgment when he wes cool, and consulted him perhaps more than any other of his generals upon the plan of an anticipated battle. On lhe?e occasions Murat never flattered, but expressed his opinions in the plainest, most direct language, and often differed materially from his brother-in-law. Perhaps no one ever had greater Fkill than Napoleon in judging of the position of the enemy; and in the midst of battle, and in the confusion of conflicting columns, his preceptions were like lightning. Yet in these great qualities, Murat was nearly his equal. His plans were ncvc- recklcEe, bnt ihe manner he curried them out was desperation itself. Said Bonaparte of him. ' He was my light arm he was a paladin in the field the best cavalry officer in the world." Murat loved Bonaparte with supreme devotion, and bore with his impatience and irascibility, and even dissipated them by his good humor. Once, however, Bonaparte irritated him beyond endurance. Murat foresaw the result of a march to .Moscow, and expostulated with his brolher-in-law on the perilous undertaking. The dispute ran high, and Murat pointed to the lateness of the season, and the inevitable ruin in which the winter eo close at hand, would involve the arm-. Bonaparte, more passionate than usual, because he felt that Murat had the right of it, as he ha 1, a few days before, when he besought him not to attack Smolensk.! because the Russians would evacuate it of their own accord, made some reply which was beared only by the latter, but which stune him to the quick that he simply replied. "A march to Moscow will be the destruction of the army," and spurred his horse straight inlo the fire of a Russian battery. Bonaparte had touched him in some sore spot, and he determined to whip out the disgrace by his death. He ordered all his cuards to leave him, and set there on his magnificent steed, with his piercing eje turned full on the battery, calmly waitins the ball that should sWitter him. A more striking sub jectfor a picture was scarce ever furnish ed than he exhibited in the atitude. 1 here stood his high-mettled and richly comparisoned charge, with arching neck and d 1latedete, giving even and anon a sligh I shiver at each explosion of artillery that ploughed up Ihe turf at his feet, while Murat, in his splendid attire, sat calmly on his back, with his ample breastturned full on the fire, and his proud lip curled in defiance, and his tall white plume waving to and fro in the air, as the bullets whistled by it the impersonation cf calm courage and heroic daring. At length he cast his eye round, he saw General Bclliard still by his side. He asked him why he did not withdraw. ''Every man," he replied, "is master of his own life, and as youi majesty seems determined to dispose of your own, I must be allowed to fall beside you." This fidelity and love struck the generous heart of Murat, and he turned his horse and galloped out of the fire. The affection of a single man could conquer him, at any time, whom the enemy seemed unable to overcome. His own life was nothing but the life of a friend was surpassingly dear to him. As proof that I13 was an able general as well as a brave man. we need only to recur to the campaign of IS05. He commenced this campaign by the victory of W'ertingen took three thousand prisoners at Languepau, advanced upon Neresheim, charged the enemy and made three thousand prisoners, marched to Norlingen and compelled the whole division of Weernesk to surrender, beat Prince Ferdinand, and hnrrv'm? after tha enemy, overtook the teat guard of the Austrians, charged them and took 500 prisoners took Ems, and again beat the enemy on the heights of Amstettc-n, and made 1800 prisonerspushed on to Saint Polten, entered Vien- . ... . . a r na, and wunoui stopping. pic?eu

ter the Russians, and overtaking their,

rear guard, made 2,000 prisoners, and crowned his rapid, brilliant career with prodigies of valor that filled all Enrope with admiration, on the field of Austerlitz. In that battle, Murat, as usual, was stationed behind the lines with the cavalry. It was to him that Bonaparte always looked to complete his victories. It is hard to describe the conflicts of cavalry, for it is a succession of shocks, each lasting but a short time, while the infantry will struggle for hours, enabl ing one to view and describe every step and stage of the contest. Hence it is, that in descriptions of battles the separate deeds of cavalry officers are slightly passed over the shock and the overthrow prevent the proper appreciation of individual acts. Nothing could exceed the grandeur of the scene on which the "sun of Austerlitz" arose. A hundred and

fifty-five thousand men in mortal combat cannons and the incessant discharge of musquetry, the muffled sound" of Mural's j terrible shocks of cavalry was heard, maI king the b&ttle-field tremble beneath their j feet. Nothing.it is said, could be more 'awful than this dull, heavy sound of his charging squadrons, rising at regular inter vals over the roar of combat. ( Conclusion next Week.) The Lexington Case. We noticed, some days ao, that certain of the "moh gc nllemen" of Lexington had been arrested, and were about to be tried. The Observer of the 8th contains a synopsis of the trial. The charge was that certain individuals on the St'.i August 1 isl had committed a no!. I o this clirce loev nle:i.1ea not guiUy, and gave notice that they would prove the True American to have been a nuisance, expressing the hope that, under the instructions of the Jury, they would he acquitted. The evidence is not given in detail. Enough is it to sy,that they made out the True American to have been a most deleterious paper inciting slaves to insurrectionand making thieves, idle, and bad. The defendants evidently had their own way. The Jury in Kentucky are judges of the law and fact. 1 he Court, Judge Tiotter presidinggave the following instruction to the Jury on the law of the case: "That if the Jury believe from the evidence before them that the defendants assembled with the intent and did wilh violence end force take possession of the True Americen Oilice, they are guilty of a ric.v ripf "icy T.nst l-ii'i inem rruiltv, pnd assess their fine in Iheir discretion frcm one cent to one hundred dollars." The defendants then asked the follow ing instructions: 1. That as the proceeding was quasi cri minal, the jury was the judges of the law and fact. 2. That the people have a right to abate a nuisance & in its abatement to use just so much force as might be necessary for that purpose. The Court gave the first instructions asked for wiih this qualification, that the jury although net legally were morally bound to decide according to the law given them by ihe Court. It refused to give Ihe second. The defendants then offered the following instruction: "That if the Jury believe that the True American Press was a public nuisance. and could no', exist in its pretetit location and condition, without being a nuisance, Ihe defendants were justifiable in abating it." This instruction the Court give, when without hesitation, the Jury gave a verdict of not guilty. Cin. Gaz. LATER FROM TEXAS. By an arrival at New Orleans, we have dates from Houston to the 4th uit. There was no news of impottance. The National Register of the 4th ultimo says. President Jones has authorized Col. Clark L.Owen, of Jackson county, to raise one thousand men, by voluntary enrolment to be mustered into the U. States service, under Gen. Taylor. Ma). Hays, wilh his command, is also to co-operate with Gen. Taylor. According to the Register, the Camanches are and have been divided inlo two parties, one being in favor of peace with ihe whites, and the other of war. Until very recently, the war party has been in the ascendant; now, however, the councils of ihe peace party prevail, and as a manifestation of their fidelity and their intention to b2 governed by the treaties into w hich their chiefs have entered; the first act of their power has been to make an example of those who have been guilty of an infraction of those treaties. The citizens of Galveston continued in the enjoyment of uninterrupted good health, and the sanitary condition of every part of the country is said to be equally satisfactory. We do not find, says the N. O. Bulletin, a single word of opposition in any of the papers to the Constitution. It will, no doubt, be unanimously adopted, cr very nearly so. Notwithstanding that the crops have suffered in some sections, from a protracted drought, yet an abundant average yield is anticipated. The cotton crop particularly is expected to be large. C-Xew Haven, Cr. contains a population of 17,074.. Increase in five years, 3, 2S4. There are 1,039 negroes, comprising 192 families, and 213 living in white families. Three negroes have white wives, and three white men board in negro faini lies. The oldest person, Mrs. Hannah Marshfield, is 9G. An old maid of 80, was fnund. The number of females exrerd that ofthc males, 390 - Cin. Gaz.

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Passion and Prayer. OR, A REASON WHY PARENTS LOSE THEIR INFLUENCE One delect spoil the beauty of a piece of mechanism, and one fault cripples the influence of a parent. The most prominent reascn we know of, why religious parents are often without successful moral influence over their children ie, because they don't take care of their temper. They teach well, pray well, advise well, tut a bad temper neutralizes all. Take another fact: A man of very sen sitive feelings, prayed one morning with deep emotion in his family emotion ammounting to tears; for he was a very feeling man. Rising from his knees he went out at the back door, and lo! a sigh which transformed his very pious feelings into passion. His boy Joe had left the swill pail at the door, and during breakfast the cow had kicked it over and broken it. Flying into a whirlwind of passion, he kicksd poor brindle, cuffed his forgetful boy Joe, and fell into a most graceless frame of mind. Alas, for such a parent! Even poor Brindle herself would almost pronounce his religion a form, and as for the boy Joe, he could but fancy his father a hypocrite, while smarting under the strokes of his angry cuffs, while the echo of the morning prayer still lingering in his ears. What wonder If that boy should reject. the gospel, dispise his parents, and become a bad man? Better for the father not to pray than to follow his petitions with such passionate outbreaks. Let parents, we say look well to their tempers. ICy'IIappy is the man who has not the looih-ache who shaketh not with the ague who gripetli not wilh the cholic who can brush his own boots and shave himself w'uh cold water, and who is never disturbed with the"delerium triangles." Happy is the man who hath no horse to lend, and who is never troubled with the nightmare. All these are happy, but happier far is he who has arrived nt a good old age, and ! when he lieth down at night, can exclaim, I have always paid the printer, and cm at piece with my god. Happy the man who hath health, com petence and contentment. Happy is the man who feare'.h not the sheriff who turneth not aside for the constable, and who had complied with Ihe injunction of the apostle, "owe no man anything." Flowers. The following is from the

penofJ. L. Russel published sometimes j lo 1,113 morning, ana the pro Oswego to arsinre. on tho stil.ier't of the Dahlia, its sub-' rive has 10.000 Hus engaged lo St. Catha-

,ji?ci r,n' fdrieiics. the sent:it;cnts is equally beautiful and good: Perhaps the mortal and mental improvement of a people cannot be better stimulated; surely no better prometed; than in the observation and introduction of the spirit of love of the more elegant and refined occupations attendant on agricultural pursuits. For my own part, I want no belter proof of the feelings and exquisitely sensible mind, under even a rough and rude exterior, than may be observed in love of nature, particularly thai which relates to th care cf foiccrs. A rose bush, a honeysuckle, a peeny famed in village lore for pharmacentic worth; a lilac bush, ot even a huge tuifof the singularly striped ribbon gras9 preserved by tome rustic enclosure from the trespass of these sober, useful, though less intclligtnt tenan's of ihe farm yard, whose isstes r.re more alimentary than mental; all denote aj hicher order of mind, in some lidy housewife, or young female, and when I discover Ihe highly patronised dahlia, lifting its rich blooms among the associates of its new and strange locality, lo me it proves Ihe gradual development of a purity of taste which, though not incongruous, is not always to be expected in such scenes. XCST Another flare-up at Purksrsburgh, Ii. The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Church, at its last session at Cincinnati, stationed Rev. John Dillon at Parkcrsburgh, to -succeed Rev. Azra Drown, on the recommendation, as it was supposed, of the latter. The church is about equally divided for and against receiving a minister from ihe Ohio Conference. Those who were in Ihe negative elo.d the Church doors against Mr. Dillon; on Sabbath morning, and refused to let him in. He succeeded in getting in, however, as wc learn from the Marietta Intelligence r, and preached. An indignant meeting was helJ the next day. and a committee of six were appointed lo w ait upon him and notify him that he must remove, or be removed by force! Rev. A. Iirovn, when he returned to the town to remove his fanily, was threatened with a cost of lar end feather'. Cohimlus (O.) State Jo urnal. Affection in a Brute. There arc many rema'kable instances of affiction in a brute I that we do not often find in human beings The Woodvi'.le Republican slates that on ihe Pitlsbarc plantation two little negro boys were riding an old poney in pursuit of cattle, when all of a stnlJen, a wild cat leaped from a fence upon ihe poney nnd seized unon one of the children. The po ny in a frighi, lumped away. The older boy seized the cat to rescue the other irom his claws and teeth, when ihe pony retur ned to their rescue, and actually stamped the wild cut to deth! The pony is a pet, some 23 years old lives in the yard and eats slops; is a great favorite walks among ihe cradle's with the utmost care; ana, in eralitude for kindness, has exhibited a ir.it nf bis character thul would honor man. tttChra Farct. You can go from Von- York to Albanv for 25 cents, and to Boston for 1 75.

Bold a$ a Lion. One of the best jokes of the season is cold by the amiable Jim Goines, of tonsorial notoriety. A Southern Adonis, no way celebrated for his personal attractions, cn completing a somewhat protracted toilet one mornin?, turned to his servant and inquired "How do I look, Cesar!" "'Plendid massa, 'plendii," was ebony's delighted answer. "Do you tbink I'll do, Cesar!" (giving Lim a pieco of silver ) -'Guy, Maesa, nebber see you look so fierce in all my life; yon look jis'as bold as a lion," " WLy, what io you know about a lion! you never saw one, Cesar." "Nebber see a lion. Massa! Guy. 1 see Massa Peyton's Jim ride one to de mill, eberv dav." "No, you fool' that's a donkey." "Can't help Jat, Massa you look like him." Dr. Parr aid the D rtdy. An empty coxcomD, after Laving engrossed the attentionof a company for tome time with himp?lf and his petty ailments observed to

Dr. Parr that be could never go out with out catching cold in his liea-l. "No won der," said the Doctor, pettishly "you si ways go out without any thing in it." The Peruvian. Goierr.r.icnt gentle man who left Lima as late as tLe 5lh of August, states thut the Peruvian Congress had ratified the convention with the II. H. Governmcnt.jnuking indemnity for injuries sustained by "ur citizens; during the "l atrint" war. Boson AdterlUer of Tuci day. P.cir Plttrc fur linchilort The Springfield (III.) Rfgit-ter records thru there are but twelve marriageable females now in that city' eleven of w horn are engaged, and advertises for "more female help" DouHe Entendre X cleanly .haved gentleman inquiring of 'a fair demoiselle the other day whether or not she admired mustaches? '()h," replied the charmer, with an arch look, " invariuhhj gel my face against t'lemf Very shortly afterwards, his upper hp betrayed symptoms of careful cultivation. Muremcnl of Wheal at Chicago. Chicago is now a leading point of attention in regard to grain. The receipts of wheaj weekly are 100,000 bushels larger than ev er before known. The following from ihe Journal exhibits the quotations and shipment at our last dates. Chicago, Se,it. 22 8 237 buhels of wheat were stored from wagons on Sa'uiday, thus swelling ihe receipt fir the past week to nenily 93,000 bush. To-day wheal continues to arrive freely and good winter is taken al from C8 to 70c indeed so high as 71c have been paid. Spring is taken at from 45 to 55. 15c have been oifered for vessels to charter to Buffarine. Canada, al 21c. We heard of a sale of 70u0 bus on Saturday nt 71c delivered on board. Michigan City.are doing a brisk -The forwarders here but-iness. About 300 tons of merchandize were received the past week, from 40,000 to 50.000 bushels of wheat have been shipped. Competent judges assure u, thai by the close of nav igation, in the neighborhood of 400.000 bushels will have been shipped. Mich. Tocxin. About liight. Somebody who wri'es more truthfully than poetically, says: "An angel without money, is not thotihgt so much of now a days, as a devil ith a bag full ol guineas." Lamentably too Hue. "Pn, is Mister Clay got hurt?" ' No child, why do you ask?" 'Because the papers r-ay thai Mr. Polk ?an tigai ml hm, and I tho'i it might have knocked bini down. tSWheneve r you see a small waist, ihink how much health islliere wanted. tr"A livery man in Margate England, who hiresoul donkeys which are alternately employed by ladies and smuggler, advertises as follows; Asses lo loll for nil purposes risht, To bear angels by day, and spirit by night. Death oaf venerable Clrrgynan The Maysville Eagle announces the death of the Rev. John Collins, of the Methodist E. Church, need 77 years. He was a preacher for more llir.li half a century, having commenced his labors in 1776. in New Jersey, from whence he removed lo Ohio, iu IS02. rj-.Iir!;rre1. Th"? prioo of this fish, the New York Journal of Commerce siys, 13 lower now than for a long eerics ol years past. The caus? is pinguinr, and shows that trade, as well as law, is sometimes very uncertain. The opening prices for the cruch of t'iis year cro much the same with thfce of last year, and every thing teemed to be oing on smonthly, when all bt onco there rushed into lloston Ray n immense school of very fat mackerel, of rather small size, and evidently ofa different family from those usuallv taken. The citch cfho fishermen was instantly qiad - ru;i!eu. I rom this school an extra quantity was taken, amounting, as same persona eetimntc, to twenty thousand barrels. Al though very fit and delicious, thy wre. from their size, almost all r&nked a No- 2 and 3, and the prices ol these numbers were thrown down to tiif ir present position. The fall on No. 2 was four dcllara a barrel, causing a very severe loss to holders, who had purchased with tho ordinary prospect of profit. This new family of Ihe fish have be-'n chiefly instrumental in causing tue ir regularity in the inspection wnicu we have alreaiH mentioned. r3ome of the in spectors idled as No. I, on occount ol f&lnes. lit? ssme linh which other calleJ No. 2, on account of size. For nse it is really of very little consequence, for their excellent quality is inducing our best hvera lo take tiiem lor fun. y o in preference lo the common li-b o! larger t;ze, w hich areofverj quotion ible s'i,vrionty. tbo' selling at tVjble thtf price. tl5As heal thawg ni t ihi.ics in balded in ice. so does love uu! ck ihe scrreis ( the heart.