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j. u. clntisTv & T..M. Lampkin,? : EDJTOnS AND PROPRIETORS. > Dcootcit to Nctus, Politics,'Xitcrdturc, ©metal JntclUacncc, CTaticidtute, Sat. .". 1 itekms.sr-rwo'dollars, a -Visar, IEW SERIES—VOL! !!.,; NO. 17. . t.^A3T3HNf%;THI^BX)AY OCTOBER^26,-1848.. : ■ ; - VOLUME -XVI.,EEMBER 29. t%, si>6t, ■r bamh* mimiimiij Obstinate Cutatu ,,r fuslalrt cu tint Foes S..re Ayr*. Kina Worm ei ir.m*4t ami Pain of Ik. >i 67.v r», gyphJ/Uie Symjh' n'U)i* hurt in l. j'\ Af*o, fikroute gat MM! 15 VALUE »( Um i>«u nnrfttiwi i« now widet I know,,. :ui'l -very .lav tin- tL-M.of \U i c-xr.inline. Ji i, aj»t,r..r-Ja!i.| l.i-JilV rc<-'>mm«l)'led tj J’liy.ii iniM.;;ii(J i« aiUnittu.! to be tlu-niiwt powerful am political. reputation for what. he. has ter it ten* us’ those'who screed wider h (forwhal hehas done.'- ' - »• -. ~ ----- other living rsal opinion of' great energy of character.—\t w *u saying that; of lime to dwell upon these try ■juht have obtained lacier, for bis military .ca IMPORTANT TESTHT0X7Y, j .“I never heard .any one, however' tfuct victory. - So great was that confidence! ded such abundant examples of his ex- To Do cnrefmny MadDyjLe^rooii men i»uci, corrupt or base himself, that htteri five.}reposed. in him by his troops, and no other; crcises of lheso qualities us to rentier »«. erate ■»■«»_ pnr , c *' minutes conversation with Gen, Taylor j could have \-Minuiiinilcd it, that his presence i them familiar to every citizen who has ™ H * T H0 ! 4EST . M /^ M SAY ?:J A V- 0 ^ ' ; ^ as ^- ar< H* l .° propose, or even to hint, at: o«any part pf the field, ictus sufficient not. j ever heard or read oft ho man.-. In the The enemies o! General Taylor find- ■ anything dishonest or mean, and no'.in- i only to change despair into hope but to give i army they are daily exhibited and stand ing jl impossible to suy any thing against ( fereourse in the ordinary events of cotn-r idsuttranceof victory, and dispel all doubt I conspiciously displayed in every order lits personal or military character, now -non life, can give the true idea of the ‘jof ultimate triunjrft.” j which emanates from his pen. alfect to beheve that he has neither the ;ipj',j nC!; s ofhis character. • j / . j 4. Be is a benevolent man.—'thi .waste j with inhumanity and* crucify, am] I were left on tlie fichfof battle. When of char* j want to say. bluntly, that such 7 charges w* entered the chappafol, Bits.enemy ” 'dlor-t are false—kd%-,from beginniiig to end, ; wore killing every person that got in no matter who jitters them.. I have; range.of rheir gun^. Gen. Taylor ad* en cruelty and fulmmanityoti the part, vaneed, and was requested to go to one father ’ was close behind vph ‘«is % r »i• in bund 'r, and ' in the. midst of 1 Odjta.O .nusketSahdcaii- i army Htoti of the; encmx. ..\t tlmi lime Coi. Bi<liii£ i hrtiifcii lire wh<J-*y»toa i^en'W'hoBshll.imm.ruiocoian.andigy.a,, j .earned them m Florida, but I , hus spoke ofl.irn ... tl.a lwhesiy of his i he orden »nit ii .i riijii.l ii-jiiin-1 f ili- miu* . ; :mi pu-tulcs; iurhetr ; the army. We give belowthe; testimony j did not then properly .estimate the other - j )em .» We cony from the SemiAVceklv : ^* es ‘ can j.iiiii-iu, nn.idiii. r j,..;i.rut :h-»WciJar ; ot some oflhc best men in the nution. | an d higher points of his character. In {/«<u«, May 30th, 1S1G as follows : .^ j and bear tVi.kVi i ift jW*i »; io "wiVii *t! !l-t ot rT-.-uiJic ! Mon.. Jolm C- Spencer's Opinion. j the campaign on tlic Rio Grande I saw i ,* ipj te . JCll u ' or thij of the Sword” [.his own «li—.is- from ill- y .1-iu. It is put up in a highly cuiv r-i.Unt-d f. - in fiir'.-oT>v-ni-nrfamljyjtat.nit)'4ii»tnvli-n -fjuatto ^i'watik, N. J., March U»h. 18If.. , «t 1). Suml—Mr.'Otiifcr’rt child, of tl«i-» ii-kcl with smifutj yh.ni two ycirv old, -a-- piTva.l-.! th-,trim of subordinate officers to their men 1 —in- ; side or the oilier, dr a little farther back, human punishment inllicted lor slight • but hecontirtued t<> advance, when Capt. otlences; but nicer in the yresrncc rij Crcn. \ N;i\ matle his char; . *1 Taylor Taylor—who was always a kind father ! was close behind and protector to the ] .. t- .i- . - . . . ( ^ —r *...» . whom every honesusol me^fnl riaalifications nor the experience j of rcmember.you aslted-'meat the*j Fattier Richie’s Opinion. j ity has been unitorinlj'. displayed 4u his j Ihved. No man of honor who ever, scry- ; Paine was- wounded, anil \ W., requisite to fill the Presidential Chair, time ho was put in.command of Corpus f when tlie Editor of the Washington 1 treatment of the . prisoners who have ed under him will charge him with cru- wounded. On the morning of the 10th, local in its or*. c,l ! ,( ; rw ‘ lh crcdlt 1° himself, or profit, Chrisli, whether he was equal to the eir- heard of the.! r-amnhs of Gen. s ,,een placed in his power by the vicis- felt y,. either to .his own troops or to the .we who were wounded were sent to ...M-ii.ii-.vit—i, , l ° l | lc country. In this they arc as "cuinstanccs? I told you in reply ot 1)1s ‘ 'i’nvloi* and before he txvaii to fear him I si!udcs oi vvar ‘ No man who had seen J-enemy. I was with him afl?Y»rt Brown Point Isabel. DuringtlieeveningGcn- *n. , much mislakch as they * formerly were j souiid judgment atidlnexhaustible oner- a s a candidate for the Presidency, he! h* m after the bailie of Buena Vista, as j—marched with him to Point Isabel—• feral Taylor came to the hospital and s I learned them in Florida, but 1 ih,i s snoko of him in the Imhesiv of his' °f^ eretl Uie wagons to'Tiring in the } was in the battles of Palo Alto, liesaca;; inquired of each of us where wc were ican wounded from the battle field, | and Monterey. After tlie capture of wounded, and when lie was going out beard him as he at once cautioned i Matatnoras, instead of using one of the J he halted <>n the steps and said hc°wa9 men that the wounded were to i bouses in the city as his quarters, he sorry to leave so many brave men with him tried under all circumstances, aud ! •‘-N’otldrisf can bomb re li •'Tppy "n p tiro-. \ * )e treated with mercy, could doubt that gave them all up to the sick, wounded! such brave hearts. I for one had tofor- he always came.out: pure gold. ! priate, modest, yet dignified, Um'n the 1 ^ ,c xvas a l» v e.to till the Uin<lc* r impulses and suffering soldiers, and slept in his ! get my wound and shed tears. This -“His. profession C that he will be thol d e Vj )a { c hT; 3 from. vien.° Taylor. They { ot " our ua, ure. The indiscretions of tent on a bed that was not more, than was the case, with many of the wounded, candidnte'ofno party will, if he be elect- 'ore worthy 'of the man and of the occa- ' y oin b he chides with paternal kindness, four inches above tlu mud and water j So highly do I esteem the brave old sol ed, be carried'out in practice, not that” s ion which lias cailfd them forth. \Vej^AVith the decision whjch''forbids tlieir that surrounded it. * ^dicf,and truehearted man,that I would bis opinion on matters of policy .may thoroughly n»ree with tl- e cotnolimentl re P el ‘ lion ’ ant l l J ie y ou ”S men bf .his . The speaker related many interes- ‘ at this moment leave iny wife and child not be those of one or tlie other party,' that thW Ne\° Otic,ins Courier pays to > arm y feel that, it is a pleasure to gather ting incidents connected with the moye-: that are dear to my heart, and follow as on most of these lie is a Whig, aifd he jj je f,' on cral order of Gen. Taylor, «<riv-! arouni ^ v because they know they merits of the army, illustrating the be- [ him' wherever lie might lead, if it worn is not the man to act adverse to hispivitT--^Thanks to his troops for illeir brave- ! a ^® as welcome, as though they visited J nevolence of General Taylor, and the i necessary. Farther, to show the respect opinions, but no party management or‘ : aijd' : "bod conduct.’ i the hearth-stone of their own home,’ and j perject colidenee of the troops in the'! that he has for a common’soldier, 1 will power, can ever lead him to do sv'mean, j The'- Amricin reader vviil remark! ^ ie y are a ^ wa y s as freely invited to par- j goodness of his heart, and his skill as a j add that, after I got to Matatnoras, he or what he thtuk's, a wrong thing. ^ with wride and pleasure the strikin'* con-^ la kh °f.wlmt he bits to oiler as if they [commander. - “He made us aH feed as oaaie near wlicre £ was, and slopped “ As^^^sbpii^as: General Taylor* Exhibits to the ted ' o. r _ r .. -r • *r: :r u.._- Mr. Spencer is well known i rthy of wkbc»wfewiiHkc u l ) ,e obtest statesmen and jurists in the piirgiaut istWn -\v | nation. While Secretary of War, he vaiuu t<» tn,; v«riini**prup*rations j W as frequently brought into close com- 1 rau oicatit>h with General Taylor, und . ..I mo Hiosi rt.jHtwtMi. l .... i r.*_ i prf^uted, anti tin , in Newark, I 11k> .li ■VhUin and i.uinir-^tcditM-lf id, 1j-sly nn'd limlK Dig-rent ra-e as |KTf-ctly laipck-ssv At last Mr. oVi lo try y< ii ir rtar'a iwrill.1, ai k1 arc irdinfjty procured f*H:r buttles, wllieli was sjiuriii-ty adiniuistereil, with mu- in int-rru|iii<ms, yet with ll— most decided benefit.— 1 ‘ wo inoutfis it go I 1ms am- o-quuintvd with thi four year -mplotc n child," who is now nprd « of (lis-iise. and inen- llerlwdy" of her If nil) natural biro-, th-head.lunb tv covered withlirtge wires. She : d"would fake no notice of nnv t\i wardty, attended with l)lo,«iy cvmdwtinm every few hours.’ Tltey proenr-duome naire uf the Sarsaparilla, und ls foie ,fu; lmd tak-n enotsiUle jw could «Up dirttui nearly all liealt-il, tin- bmlw are renter use, .-lie is quite chi-erfiil, and U fast in Very respectfijly y of Y, She has li lMrttle,and the wires are et-tored t<» their natural rviinriuheatOi. C. J. WAlsNEU, i's State .Tem,Soe. ililic the f illowinoe-r- 6f course well calculated to form a cor rect opinion of bis clmracter^ind qualir ficalions. Mr.' Spencer when applied, to for his opinion, gave it in the follow ing clear, strong and mi'mistakeable Ian- “Vou ask iqe to communicate the opinion, which you understand has been expressed by me, in reference to the at tainments of Taylor,- derived from his correspondence with.the War Depart ment during the time it was fn my charge. It is very true, I have often stated my high opinion, not only of- the sound judgment and unsurpassed discre tion of Gen. Taylor, but also of his Tim proprietors *ubi nit frith?* public tlicfo tificut-, from n highly nvjiwtublo source, uf; l'V UMiiy th-ir iuvnaialionofSarDuiuirUla. Moiulk, A hi.. Nov. 28,-1815. .. Mkmmrm. Sasi*:—I do-ni it an net of judice* to niyWlf wlii-hoocum-d}n oururighVirlmod in the latter part, of July last, Jane C —, n young girl aged fourteen .vmvus J:\vere under the roof of a father. His i ifevery farmshed by events, with ilia opporla- h ““„,Wi ous "n r ^au'ctiims ilf^ihe conduct in spaMS the deserters Who nily to display Ids character, you sen , Mexican General. The mitncu of the 1 " er ,° <-'nplbrcd at Buca*Vista exhibited that it was at once properly estimated, '-flnlc G a j m i, a Ue »oj « word loo niich.or 1 at l ‘ le - :une lime m a remarkable man- and I come back to-the proposition I in : the v:rpng place all inline h-cnin'r with' ner » h' s benevolcnee artd his judgment. started.with, (hat people wili Shkaj-s cowrjrfaud decision vikh tdtlcii hLm U-\ slloot tll .‘ M11 >” said he: “the projjerly v measure great men. I donot^ operations are conducted?” | worst punishment I will inllict is to re say that they will always’reward them ' 1 ■ ’ 'j turn, tliem to tlie Mexican army.”— properly, for they cannot always givc.a etc21. Humphrey :*rjai>lia!l’* Opinion. \ Napoleon said to one of his bat- paciiy as a, writer; and when doubts j direct' expression to llieir fee lings,, and Marshall was a leadin'*’ Demo- 1 laliona > “ Inscribe it on their Uag,.‘.N T o were cast Upon the authorship of the ad-1 }Kp less worthy .may have tlieir VoleT-- crai from Kentucky apnointeil . bv Mr. | ;l6n 8 er of l ^ e arm >' of _ Ittily, 1 ” he used mirabic despatches which came from | without their..\visbes.” } Polk.-■ He went to Mexico w i l j,'J n:ill yi an ex P ress * on vv ^i c hNva3deemedsote- MeXico mider his name, Ldeclarcd un- 1 —— ' ! prejudices a^aiust (ien. Tavlor even a^ 1 mar ^ al> l e l H at l" s . lor y presented it .for equivocally my thorough conviction that [ Co1 ' Jefferson Davis’ Opinion. j ^ m jjj lur y m ® M>: . fj c aS:i00 i; U (. ( | Av jj|, ,1*,^, the- admiration of future ages, yet it was he was-the author ofthetn. And I stated j V Colonel Jeflerson Davis, who, from j f or one year; saw him diirir~ ’ not ,nore forcible as an illustration Of my ‘reasons for this conviction; that hisj tlfo connection existiiig, is .npL. yery.t thetrviu<* period precedin'* and* sub’s« quent to. the mehiorable battle of Buena Vista and yot when called upon.tliUs speaks of him: My service in Mexico frequently brought me near tn Gen. Taylor, and I was industrious in tnv examination of > ri - the act uni clmrnclcr of the man when- j “P.» .«^7 10 ?•*“""* ” CV01 ' tl . Ivisitcdhis quarters without seeing evi- iio m,nL- to dec.vc^u, mulVittHR' <l™W'?fcho indusiry will, which ho I up ns children to a parent. .Col Da- ti ,kc ihc^npfofei;. s 1 fccbrvid'thr wliat ,0,U 4 talente.l adjutant official letters and other communications j likely to be influenced by other than which had fallen under my observation l and proper motives, is represented by contained the same condensed vigor ofithe;Nevv -Oilcans papers as having lliought and expression, the same pccu- used the following, language concern- General Taylor:—After: ©impli- tnenting his fellow com panions fromoth- er States, he for a moment-dwelt upon the virtues of the old hero who had led them to victory*, and to.whom they look- liariiies of style, and beauty, and force of language that characterized his Mexi can despatches; and that, from circum stances personally known to me, I was certain that he could not have had the aid in writing the letters and cominunica- I cimtW.l nil! lions referred to,which some oftlie news- jjjlj 1,1 vTiKw? C 'r~-n'*! r ' i . i .!* * S P a fl ers nllegcd had becurendered 10 iiim. “ Gen. Taylor 1: .s”i>"jc!ii'ii,un.i riiiii'i'k'ililTt-Tx-'''pn'cfj'.'tiVw'd*r,«iw*o{! This opinion i nowdelibt**tilcIv reiterate, j distinguished sojd Sr; i?;■at t; i v,m on ^ 1 kao a r K rrec . llj : .' vc “‘ ,au p cr ‘ i w:,s 'nwny.'w®"^* for : |i , i3 k »dtu»»j „<i i poe # ra ?«>tt h in- tJi- iukj inktii twocl.t'ea wij f?it r«Miy I sollS ' Va ° are ,n l ' ,c habit of liter ary | of heart and simplicity oi habits, ms . om _ofthc conunon „ U idc oft If iniii'tir-ii-v-,1. 1 iJaiifihcilhniiHKicratf-lvnt tlii4l«itsfcc composition can detect the style, man- ; strong judgment, arid excellent sense. k-j e , n j„j |t triuislerred'from Ins tent at : 1! ,lb;«•, uDti,g-ut'.ciu-D,ina word, in two j ncr of thought, and turn of expressions | He alluded to.the fact that Gen. Taylor j Monterey to this assembly and ho would said i ’ *' ,r *[*® power in touching the spring -of human * ' action, than is that of Gen. Taylor il lustrative of the manner in which G Taylor would make an example, fpr the benefit of the army. 5. Hc.is.a mati of business habits. never have known Gen. Taylor to give vo liimsclf the , r or ,ho age, yet be j ^ G&i^Tnylo ncitlu-r ni-Ti »,r uiin-jirsinc-i,fwhcii> tlw»are ; ol :l wViter,after having been acquainted j had shared the.humblest soldier's fbr- 1 j.aViOUSKMANiDJDRi.j.hijiMt.^ I Nvith someofhis productions, with acer-[tune in the campaign ; that he- bad ir. Knrfurtli-r |,arii,'iilurs«inl .ondusiyu uvuienco of it41 ccrtaintv^al least equal'to that wliich an every thing identified himself, vviih.lfis v'-tjaiTHMl^^roiitart^i^° *'* v -“ l ‘ ina * v | expert in penmanship can decide upon troops. He alluded ,t '~‘ '*— rVu> - ’ I’rt-piiml im<l Mild.liy A. h. «t D. SAND??, iVnpjfiMti Hint Cfwnii.su, tOil Fnitonyornur of WilUiun utrcct, N, tolll also liy ItKBSK d.WARK, Atluns papers so ivns l),e (ienerul , . ■ .. v .. A'nd'thongli he would salute a visito T ^1,1,1 V-‘^ t kindly, mid bid him with a familial . ^cc to amuse himself until he was * ,s • leisure, he would net \ 0 ‘[ n .!' J :. ... ; duties which his statio to perform. -When tir s double, and hml twice und asked how I was, expressing his the strength we really possessed, ami;pleasure in the most tender manner, could do twice as much* as any oilier j to' hear that I was getting better. He army in the world. lie was always • also listened to me at Corpus Chrisli, the first to meet danger, and . used, to ‘ where I wanted a transfer to Co. D., 5th tell us towiitch him close and never run till, Dragoons, Capt. J. O. Graham, Com. he run. But he never, ran In mi thecne-.IIe listeifed to me as he would liavelis* my ; lie neter turned away from a suf- lened to one of his officers, and I was foring soldier without doing all that he; transferred by’his order. I have always could to relieve aiul cheer-hiin. On * lie ! supported the Democratic party. Ivo- march to Seralvo,“ continued ihc youth, ‘ led for Van Bure.it, and in ’44 for J. K. “my strength gave out, and had it not; Polk ; but as long as such a man as Z. been Tor General Tavlor, l might have , Taylor runs for Presnlent, I shall sup- vasexh; been left ujk murdered. But lie s from my looks that I lie tool: me up and set me on his men tn and I rode with him in that way for set- days. He saved my life then, ami l ready to give him every drop of blood, whenever he wants a soldi* or bo fport him. l ain a Taylor man, and if 1 knew j you publish this, I hope that many of sted.— ; my old acquaintances and fellow sol- vn mule, diyrs will do as I have done,’and deelaro ul. for tlie Hero of Palo Alio, Jtesa'ca de la at ! Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista, and iv , vote for him next November. Yours pork. not be remarked ; spcclablcold farin' tingulshed fromtlxi nd bir tali a Per-1" ** expert tn penmanship can decide upon ■ troops. He alluded to that hour of the fecily temperate in his habits • perfectly ; S °. ciet ^‘ As a conversationist, I do not ; the signature of one whom he has seen ; battle of Buena Vista,, when the d a .Y i pTuiiiinJiis dress • entirely tin assumin'* 1 Taylor possesses great power. ^ | write his name.’ j seemed’, if noi lost, to lie going -against t| n |,is manners he appears to be an old 1 as f a f ew vv . ort ‘ s » an ?I expresses . ....... • j -“.I do not mean to deny that Gcn_. our-arms; when, GencmlTaylor, admits (^rrcmleinan in fine health .whose thou'dns ; lmnse ** "-‘J 11 energy ami force, but tv.u. Lm'r.K,Mnu^vilio. j Taytor, like Gen,.Washington, and like tlie thickest of the.Tron hail, rode upon rr. ..._^„.i — „ i.: ~:-.i ... I not fluently. His language is sc- • I,A '; C vcry'oiher modest man, may have’had the plateau, and surveyed the scene. [ nn.l liy'Drujwist* W )i, rally die V. Stan*! I did .of a' literary friend in looking over Vast as were the consequences of tbaVi turned np„n his person ,1 n,,pe„r-{"“"buld S ny, ispect, *■■*.-•* j WILLIAM DAVIDSON. inc we were almost out of j —— W.c had nothing local but ■ Ta^toi-Mimiuinily nmt u«od nntim<. sty biscuit, and slushed, maggouy j A correspondent of the RlontgomcrV :er went to Gen. iaylor ; (Alabama) Journal, says that General mi compi:„„c.l that he cm,Id no, mu j Taylor lately had occasion to viaii Pmnt Hell tood. ‘Wei , sir,-*:,,.I I ho Gc-aor- , Tsa l»el, after llio Lralllo orBucna Visit,, 1, come anti take vour dinners j an<I iho craplniti of the steamboat had iie. i.lie invitation was gladly accept- |. r ,; 3 e r . V ed a suite of state rooms for the interrupt the i ed, and the officer gladly anticipating a i GenernVs accommodation. There were called on him I hist rate dinner, dressed up, and went, scvera i ^ alJ{ | wounded volunteers •ere closed , tO'lhc quarters of the General, but m- 01 , ,j 10 ! ){ia t,.en route for New Orleans. inner table, vvbo had to take the way fa re incident . -.... o - o. ... . . //ic Gc/temr i to a crowded boat, and particularly so ! i officers and to be glad to mingle in their, sitting before afire, roasting* picat of thc\ on t j lis occasion. General Taylor saw society; As a conversationist, I do not same old xlushci pork on. a stick* and that I a q aa( j at oncc ort Jcrcd these with some -musty biscuit and a little' * ' ’ * bean soup, made the dinner fo ami the disappointed office ted to . I . i for the day, he seemed to enjoy to ai Stead oi find,.. u ° 1 \ remarkable degree the vivacity ot young j filled with del: j? jitid who has no point about him to ! atiract’purticuiar attention In his tut' : of the t: the '.’ i to be* placed in Jiis state-rooms and f | proper attention paid them. It was pointed otticer wim expec- j ral |, er a co Jd, rainy day when this i roast yecl ami plum pud-; Cl|re j. f pjf e deck hands and in; StydUSt.*. » always been subjected to stn-iN -f iiulividutilM ^raeturflty .‘Inking v.ntkr lkit' in- tfl.C Critical CXarPinatioi) of hlS Cabinet. 1 l l '" !ccd - 1 " I>1 .to say that lri.-iutsl.y it- km'. a|.«l nro now th-iil* of V\ e - ! ncn . 'Y 1,0 Submit - important rnn»ti'ppjK»r*T»*fthisrrmp<hr. . . | public.-papers' fo the'public scrutiny another invalid PESTORzo to health., ^virhout the revision of a friend, when u >» '» obtaine,!, will evince more pre- I,*wo loMtiir.-nu^UumanltvroockiKiwL’Jji-w*pratrfa!| sumption ttjan good sense. . . . the cve/sd sicm iu battle/was ^ l dVtv ,years-Xjeh. Taylor has as thy lender-heurted matron’s. 1 ZU Willi tbe«i^>!AKdL^f^n£e^w^|- >cpn tl,c ,nIl5l ,ary servjccs of hi^ CQiln-f: . “ Having traced . General.' ***</ niorcrjlifni thirty.yya'rs ofthe ifq ■ * ‘ ’’ ha pc of ail order or letter which has ppeured over his signature, and _ uch, I understand mys'elf i.indigua erting that he is masteroi'his moth- 0 _.,.aiid can write about as hand soinely and effectively as he can .fight. more dinners with General Taylor.. The. young soldier c ontinued-hii teresting narrative about twenty i ufes f ’ his bright eyes often flashing ' f the slan- j eut, said he, (pointing tw the VegitneuG 1.1 . .... , — belore him,) bus felt then willing lo die I , I ,|olmf-mc'm t S “' Cb ,h *“ “ 11,0 P ,c,urc "f' 1 " 1 -• " jheb. Jt*\vas not 1 , - 1 - f«* ho«t.i non,. I dolict me,m i , 1|0 General— who my es- nvS. h, "l- :•!? l,1 2‘ Vteim. I « not>iis habit eulosilnu , and have indulged on this rather thanyield # ^ conumicd Colonel .Davis, on the batilq- |'||g, j he is a mm, Sint field that we learned to love' General ( i; ssem iAmd wlio«!cdrnsall dis-uises i . . Tavlor. , The excitement of the damage-! jj e neith g*^ c|s part arnoiii* his iriends 1 s, ? n J ja ^ usc 1 t,csl, ' ctl l( ? tlasc, r ,bc lo 3 r ° u the same -soul that could remain- f Qr ^g^t nor as«uittes to lie what lie i< l 1 1 [ e - cxaclnca f l . nu ] 1 * diose qual “ Sfe' Whencver S lie sneaks w unmoved when his friertds w like^eav un blanched dyyn^ dier’s lion. 11»o first syimitonw won- uf a vcr» i.cati which on my hm.-s. which snuluaMy wiil> profit'O ni^ht sweat*. ., Iwcivin^.cr^h, ,i IJimmI,withyroat Jclnlitj. 'My CMisluutkiii.^-u.cJlir^ hen iliiwn, an 1 nervous systcr'i vorvur.wk.Bnnaiml. '* * Went i.. Phiia-teljihia ; wa, troate’3 ther? t>y F h - * * -t>f the tu^hest Ptau.Ungjbut txeeivM hn tn-hetS ever froin them, lint ymd.u'Jy "re; weeks,^-n',Oi.tbs, and tn..” t hc.u.ii ty.'ui'k'','i,;'imu!vv.:,! rry, ycai*s of garrison.dulyf The answer and at posts, wheic, in' a o he has;had abundant lei* habits arc - admitted on[ all ^exemplary, and he is ,any- iiidalcnt man. ^ What,iben,' Ly been his’occupations dur- tavlor-'t- ri L l,i r , ,l ; m T- 5 V' nn , ,e S1:lin, : d ; b y ,he |wl.nn 1,0 was I'rco Iron, du,y, bad ibronfibt all his'brillraiiimiiiuryachieve- 1 r % d 'f ^TTffZdjLlwmt i ", u mo,ivo -«° a PP car in W oll,cr ‘‘S 1 " moms, Cok Davis L spokeor,be old hero i ', ..nl, ,, h r ifli-, nC v! ll,an sud, as.was thrown upon him by as a innn, a civifian^Ji member of socte-j 0 r tyciius which attracts l>y its flashes, ; ualure > education aud principles. ty*, a pillar of the Staley and declared . ‘ PvpiV vvlii!.' r - that iti all these stations*he had no sune- ' ct -’, lrk ? tlie.meteor, expires e e« bile ; TcstJmony of the Coinuiou Soldier. inat in an incsesiauonsne naa no 0 upe , 0 u look upon u; by uo-raeans possess-1 w ^ . , - * -. . He was proverbial for his modes- J 0 ^ ,| jat c J>mLi n at«t»i, of lafcut AvhicliT .. e S ,v ^ J thetestunony of ayoungsoi- ral Taylor.. The wind blow high, and “j the firemen had. raised a sail in* front of :"l the boilers to protect . themselves from - • the rain, and under tliis sail there were ~ - . , ■ - j soind old. matrasses ; r here Geii. Taylor der Willi which Gen. 1 ay lor is assailed,, ( j own an< \ wciit lo sleep. At sup- and his voice trembling with emotions , per time great inquiries were made for luce and affection in the relation ( the General, and servants set off to look of the benevolent acts of the noble hero j | li|n * up . !J ul lj c cou i t i nol ',e found !— ijnd patriot. • Wc need not say that he j ] asl some one going,below, inquired •was frequently interrupted by the hear- dfa fireman if ho had scon any thing of ty applause ol the meeting. At the con- SUC J, an( | Sll ch a man—the fireman said clusionml his remarks., the 1 resioent, 1 11(H j )al «»there is a clever old having ascertained from the stranger his ! asleep there under the sail, in name, announced to the audience ihaUf ro|Jl c fthe fire!”' Il wasGeneralTay- llitTyoung liian who bad| addressed them ‘ j or# * - was SekoV Kswabi> Shbksias, of Mas- \ ' ' Fujibcr 3IcEtcoy’5 opiuloii. will he rccoUectcd that tlie late fatqer Anthony.itby, and the venerable r...i ...... pu.,„ ty, .firmness," mtefligehce,'; uprightness, arid , humamtyw He. bad known him that »U may lai,,w wht tu to procuro a rvpxvl’ " i : r tl«‘ many - quart; no>tnai.V’ w'nk wl4.li ll-Hlft’ Mv i !■ » ‘ i. SAClUiSKTTS. ■ • I Testimony a Dcmocnitic SoIiUeri William Davidson, a young and in-j father McIClroy, were appointed Chap- tcdVigeiit soldier gives the following fes- lains in the army «»f the United States, limoiiy' in .-regard to the'character of under Geij. Taylor, in 1S4G. Father Gen. Taylor in a letter addressed to the l Rev was basely murdered by the Mpxi- Editors of the Louisville Journal, and : cans. F at her McElroy after a mosl-ar- dated Coles county, Illinois,. July I8th, \ duous service with Gen. Taylor returr.- 1S4S | ed to this country and is now pastor of “Gentlemen:—I feel it my duty to the Endicoti street Catholic Church state what l liave observed of the res- j Boston. Thoeditornftlio Albany Kvcn- ifi sts towards ing Journal in a recent visit to Boston, J-is command ’ called bn Father McElrov, and obtained lo Alto and Itesaca from that distinguished clergyman the b to face subjoined character of Major Gcuc- |or. Father McElroy from his relation 1o the Church lniistUerc- ?-■ nenn,rates ,„s,nu,ly ll.e- nbslrusosl sub- j **“** ' v m servei uudcr , Ge “- / a . v,, ’ r - peelH Gen. TnVlor , *“ net and' feres Its length and bredll, > «?**, 'V hn w “? ■ 110 W"‘ f. Ids soldiers. I was , ., '» d », if by intuition. Go,,. AjW 'jx. l,u, ) k "“' '“7™ M b,s hands, i-v.dcncp ' t lb c bnjtlttf of tl known-n man 'with a purer or bet- „ la[ Q1 J Jcr ()f inlel i e ht wliinh more slow- 1 llorn ?« cl ! ® soarcc " nJ u I ,n " ®P«.»'?' ol ! de la Pain haracter.; ,Xn whatever station he , b ' w ilc snrolv inas icrs all that 1 “ceeding interest to-any good ciliaen.; , |l0 inc .„„ , , --a i he placed at honor and ..trust, bn itcn „^ es!1[ ' „, cs t!,o combi- j “ ust ,8? (apio cslabbsU the pur,ly nnd . y be tound „, tlie j would adorn „. He was a roan ol great , )iU io n3 fe of whirl, the subject is suseen- I “"PMlW of elrarnctor oi Ge„. f „y- l_by the veteran wisdom and lirroners of character onJVtiMc.' : When bo announces his r|l len ^ e n, aniLbyjAc f ee j confident that he ■ .___ ^ . . . . sburg, that he hatl; cd to a: rry U act. - • derstands the ground upon which he{- “At a. meefing of ; rlie' Rough and ‘ teens. ' One and all cried our that, they . ennyersatjon, with the editor ot the aoociaied with . plants himself, and yeLrest assured that; Ready Club of one of the Philadelphia ’ had none. All this time ihe Mexicans Lvcning Journal* who.says : y service, and Ire- rayt. ura^ | hc conclusion is the deduction of skill i.city wards, held a few week's since after 1 were advancing on u$„‘ntid yet he gave ; “ Wc called-a .few. evenings, since, shed oJ:ii-cr, though and soubd sense faithfully applied to the 1 the business had been .transacted and the men pennissiou. to go and gel water; wlicu m Boston, Upon the vcnernl Fatli- ardent Dern- niaiter in hand. It is this ordero; mind ! un adjournment was about io t:ikc|ilnCc, \vulumt.which I am certain*tb«U I could fee McElroy, mie. of General Taylor’s '**' < « » criUbled - him, ; mildte many ’ a pale faceil 'A'outh, appnfeiitly about not h:ive st«ni(i ihc cXertious of life flay, irhaplaiu?, who r is now Bailor of ;i ot the tirtnyi to attend to 1 nineteen years of age, and a strasigcr loj"U1n*nr«I ; i«:my of tnv conitades express j Church in E.ndicou. street and, who . is:.. is suscep- t ® l,n ph ,: n3’ of the clraraeter of Gen. ray- j OJi ; or Jl t . re( j a and J inquired*of the garih'd as an impartial witness. In a • is eonclu- i - r: ' ' ' „ J jliffererii cdinmaiidcrs win iher their, recent letter he confirms in every - par-- ic vvell un-j y?*”* Soldier from Jaylors Aripy. , ni; d/liad pleiiiy of .Watei' in their can- ticular the following statements of his