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lY S. & CO.
I IN .V S. ItOSK, Editor*.
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■ t i: it us.
~ trim'll H Mem-nqeri* piMlshwl rvr.
iJy >r‘mi4 m til'* city of Moron, nt the
■ |tI!HITKI> RATH:
I , ft ,in nilrmce, per year *8 SO
■ in advance 3 00
I r i,l HU thf rninf the year 100
B i. ,V K-i'ni* will li * riirullv unfortwcl, without rr- |
■ ‘ !1 ’ :i ‘' irSl , n s. as the object of tire Publishers is to do I
m .iVarlv !lS U|*on the cash principle— |
.r th .t tVir subscribers should reap the profits >
■ ‘,ll v r to i *!its and collectors. In no com I
i i l 'ri*rh seal out ofthe fstute unless first paid !
I ‘ reference is given in Macon or iis j
I ’o-pp-jj.’MMN Trt inserted nt the usual rntea— |
■’ \t ,uni: I when han le.l % in, will be inserted till I
S ‘}, !t a liberal discount will he allowed to person* ‘
H j tise by th i yar, and who pay on demand.
,a ‘ /f-ria r • “antic's. and obituary notices of oner
■ Vj” vull be charge l at the usual rates.
an i ) .,.p,vn *nts ot can li la ten for office, to be (mid
■ V ; e „i, U al rat-s. when inerted <
H i arra:U-’“ ‘ :, ts made with County < )fficers,
H, , V icti'iaeers, and others, who may wish to
■it i nUe I contracts.
■ ii a Ivertisine will pleas'* observe the following: ,
B Can I an I Negroes, by Executors, A Iminls-
B . 1j.,1 (bixidiaui, are required by law to he advvr
■ , iMl hbc gazette, sixty days previous to the day
H 1 .. . des must be hdd on the first Tuesday in the
B W•w* n the horns of ten in the forenoon and
B Ydre a lie moon, at the Court House in the county ■
B. which the property is situated. .
B .*1 Property mtit he advertised m
nner forty days.
B ‘ •*to 1> -brers ands reditors ot an Estate must he
I • Mint application will be made to the Court of I
B, ‘ , r, v for leave to sell Land ami Negroes, must be |
B h and weekly for four months.
B it-mi or Letters of A hiuuistratum must be pub- j
B CiirUi days— for Dismission from VI Ministration,
■ :',h, six nnnths for Dismission from Guardian-
B . forty days. ~
B ( ,n s for foreclosure of mortgage, must be published t
B for four months— for establishing lost papers,
B in ,f spare of three months —for compelling ti-
B ’ “ n Executors or Administrators where a bond has
Ii .riven by the deceased, the full space of three
fag t
V Letters 0:1 business to be post-paid.
I WOOD AND BKADL2Y,
I MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
I _ Alil NE T F I K\l Tt K
AND
pT Tn c hairs.
lit Ol T LI) most respectfully inform the citizens of
■'* Vlaeon, and public generally, thnt having avail
|. laemselvea ot the services of some of the very best
Iv ..k:iien, and having a supply of the best materials,)
m i pared to make to wider any article in their line. !
l;n iiib'*nto our present stock,such us Dining, T** J
I .Si f<\ Work, Toilet, Quartette and Sofa Tables; 1
| : i- ;S. leboards : Sofas and Wardrobes; Solas ; I
■ Di omaus; Tettetetes; root-stools: Secrets- j
■-. ,) .>ks an I Book Cases; Ladies’ Work Boxes and
■’ l l*- D sks ; Piano Stool; Looking Glasses and
■’ “ Plates of all siz s ; Gilt, Mahogany and Walnut
■mars of all sizes tor Pictures and Portraits: Cane
m.,i: S:Mteesand Counter Stools ; Mahogany aud Wal-
W- Caairs.Plush and Hair Cloth Seats ; a great varie-
Bv >* curled Maple and Walnut Cane seats and other
m . ■•> . Rocking Chairs of patterns too numerous tot
* - I ; Mahogany, Walnut, curled and plain Maple, |
P"i> ‘T and Pine Bedsteaite, cheaper thati ever ; Win
if>w Strides, new, beautiful and rare patterns ; Feath- ‘
•>. Feather Beds ; Mat trasses of curled Hair, Cotton!
in W
wv have many articles not enumerated or introduc
id in this market
/ ■ Muruf(leturer —For sale, Furnitne Varnish,
Ihhouuiy, Walnut. Plush,and V'eniersand Bed Posts.
\ B Furnitue repaired neatly and with dispatch,
i’ ‘'l is and Chairs reseated or covered with Hair
’ >thorCane.
Macon, Nov. 3,1847. st—ts
Faano Forte*.
r H 11E subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of j
I Georgia, that he has the Agency for the sale of i
! \\b)S from a manufactory in New York—the arti
c. otf red. is of the host woiknnnship and materials,
mi the latest style, very superior at low prices— i
Pm*mms wishing to purchase, can see one of these in- J
waunctits at the subscril)<*r’s residence.
JAMES VAN VALKENBURGH
II I \ IMS. 40 it
.i. ,y t'Aitßiv;i:s a iivrakss. I
.'w ’ Jy* De Loache Sl Wilcoxson have on !
band, at their old stand on Mulberry j
II ** “ street, Macon, one oi the most exten- ;
eve and valuable stocks of ready made
CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, SULKIES,
Ac. Ac. Ac.
obe found in the Southern States. Customers can be
tccoinniodaled either with Northern articles or with
he of Domestic manufacture, as they prefer. Their
took of materials is very superior, and their workmen
i*i surpassed by any in the Northern shops. They
nu.therefore, warrant every article which they offer
sale. Tliev feel assured that,forextent,beauty,va-
rv and workmanship, their present stock is not sur
passed in the South.
t Carriages. *!kc. made to order, and all kinds of
|lh:?Aißrno done with neatness and despatch.
I For Sale, also, on the most accommodating terms,
l Eliptic Springs, Axles, Steps . Bands, Lamps, Coach
I Lace; Patent and Top Leather , Plated and 1a-
I panned Harness Mountings; Paints, Oils, Var-
I nish, be
March 29,1848. 52
DYSON, COOPER & ROBERTS
WILL contin *e the WARE-HOUSE and
HBfl COMM ISSION first NESS the ensuing
season, at their Fire-Proof Ware-House.
Thankful to our friends for their fanner patronage,
we respectfully ask a continuance of the same, with
the assurance that our best efforts will be given to pro
t >te their interests.
liberal advances will be made on cotton in Store,
customary rates.
THOMAS DYSON, JOS M. COOPER, AND WM. M. ROBERTS.
Macon, M.ireb l. IMS 48 If
•V A REHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
. THE undersigned takes pleasure in saying
ishMj'°all those who have so liberally patronized
‘ a as well ns those who have not, but who
niy lee I disposed to do so the ensuing season : that he j
retains the H A Itil-llffl Sll occupied by bun |
“t seuson, near Grave* Wood &l Cos. Store, and
diill feel grateful for their patronage the coming sea-
Son * No pains have been, or will be spared on his part,
tn pl***e those who send their Cotton to him, to sell or
Moo*— H nd having been in the business many years, he
‘lopes to g| V< * entire satisfaction.
hi addition to the Ware-House above mentioned, he
o'i* another in a retired part of the city so that those
**mg. e tn divid** their crop, and pwee part in itch
A l orders lor Ifnggiug, l(ope, Groceries, Ate.
w promptly filled. GEORGE JEWETT. 1
Macon, August 9 19 ly
W *K£HOUBE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
THE subscriber will continue bumess at
Ml'’ FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE” on
Holton Avenue. All business confided to their ■
will re as ivo prompt and talihfhl attentk ■
Liheral advances wilt lie made on Cotton in Store I
**b | |Mof < irders from their “patrons” for Bagging, j
i l* i ii I Fwine and other merchandise, will lx* filled ;
*it wait charge N. OUSLEY A SON
Macon, August 9 19 ly
JONR Jiruv
W AKE.HOUSE i COMMISSION MERCHANT,
“ I Eli continue biiiness afb s old and well
tBRfl k| i';wn stand, on the corner off of/on Avenue
Ot 9m Cherry Streets Ihsbesteffiirtnnre pledg-
the interest of those who may pa l ionize
Macon, July 2f 17 fun
r . WYOHE AND RAINEY.
t COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
1 J*w “I A J White'. Sum*, mor tintlon
ro.
” l> KAIXKY, thos t.wyche.
A " J * H. H
r . v. ii. iii:ii\,
,™ R AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
*■ BawmbJß* I
*ARDEman & HAMILTON,
“•lluttM* mill riiniinUnion Mcrcliiiiil*,
P ‘\Tlv • 1 MACON,
, * *’ f, ‘ *rtwnrl tin ii -nl. m llr
*” *iik u i,,<, V? n ’ toil on u li!M*ril trrtim
* .ii** lloim,* in the r „y. All .i<i-r*. i*r jiur- i
* r *uwpily nueuJrJ , u . ‘ |
Hamilton a hardeman.
u ori * ,,< l * ‘ommiMion Mfri’hiiiitu,
SAVANNAH,
ll'l< *tvr prompt iiiim.inn to th* *alrnl
* ‘"."try pr<l ice, ns well *■ in
•ii,,” “ “* W'l' l ’ I'T Hat-ging, K>>|m>, and
An j l. I*H9 a !| V
C!3covcjiii't Mmxrni iwli itlcssciuicr,
ACII . -. -m..,
24lmiC8Kl lllMlllliK Ilfs,
H h and’ having been appointed Agenl for
i /ngbanin's Harmonic Institute. ('hnrleMon, S.
t. is dial-led fooffer an nssmtincnt of Musical Instru
;n'Tita at unparall ded low prices; lie will also keep
cotunmitly on h ind an nssortmrnt of Musical Merelrnn
b/.-* of nil kinds. ( <> *plete sets of InatiuiueiUii for
Bands ate. can be furnished.
I best* gonjls :ir* ini;>orted ntoCli.a;lesion direct from
rmrotH* by Mi /,"_ f, .aum. and can therefore be ntford
c. at ortnes tar below’ a;iv tinng that Jins yet been offer
ed in tin.** pan of the country.
March %2 51 6 :n ‘ B. L. BURNETT.
SL F. 11l R ti; i I,
, |I removed from the old stand of CK.
f flh tt.eufirartk b Cos to Frnton Avenue, near the
oruer of Cherry street, where he is prepared to
otter Ir.s customers old and new, home of the cheapest
bargains in .1 MW KLRY ever sold in Macon. Him
collection of goods has been made with great care, and
| will be sold remarkably cheap.
All kinds of Clock mid Watch Work done whli
despatch and warranted.
I April 5 i
A 1 next door to Mr, Bancroft’s, on Cotton Avenue
new supply of Fine Gold Hunting, Double Bottom
ami Ancher Lever Gold Watches. Warranted to keep
time, and at prices to suit the times
! B. L. 81 RNETT.
\\ KEYS.—Anew mid elegant article.
f * Dom forget to call and see them.
jp !| • i b. l Burnett
OLD riJNSiu both Gold and Silver hol lers.~
I Also, a large assortment of Gold and Silver Fen
, cils—the best and cbeupest in the lr.niket
V 1 B L B( RNETT.
< lOLI) SI I l)s for Gentlemen’s use and nowail
\ I the thsliion, for sa'e by
i April 5 1 B. L. BURNETT.
OI \ M.R Rl\(.S. —\ new and eleszJint nsenrt-
A mem, just received. 13. L. BURNETT
April 5 |
I Vl>u:s* III? I VST PINS.— A few of new
■-f patterns, rare and extremely neat, for sale at
A 2 ,nl 5 1 B. L. BURNETT’S.
I \f LES —Gold & Stiver frames with Burt's
kj 1 eritocal Glasses—the best now in use, for sale by
A P r 'U 1 B. L. BURNETT.
QOLAR LAMPS.—.Fine Bdtr Lamps, Brittanhi
kl and Brass Chamber Candlesticks, for snle hv
April 5 1 B. L BURNETT.
fSflK SPOGVS and Butt K M p*-
ceivedand for sale by
April 5 I B L BURNETT.
f)L4TED \y A RE,- Elegant Plated C atari.
J Fruit Baskets, W’aiters, Candlesticks,Snuffers and
Trays, Cups, Slc —just opened ami for sale by
kpri 5 1 B. L. RURNETT.
FINE SPRING GOODS.
r pHE undersigned are now receiving a very superior
|_ lot of Cassiiners nirl Vestings for Spring
wear, which they are prepared to make up in fine style j
and oil very moderate terms, particularly for Cash.
PETER & JAUJSTETTER. 1
March 8 49
BKOftfiß PAYNE,
DRUGGIST AND APOTHECARY.
r vd* HAS now on hand, the so lowing articles and
kwJDa great many others, too numerous to mention,
838 viz:
Dr. Woodruff’s Dysentary Cord . nnd his Worm *
Specific, t
Dr. B* nj?ftnin Smith’s Sugar Coated Pills r>f the day,
Dr. Champion’s Fever & Ague & Anti-bilious Pills,
Dr. Spencer's Anti-bilious Pills,
Messrs. Coster & Coxe’s Southern Tonic lor Fever j
and Ague,
McAllister’s All healing Ointment,
Harrison’s Specific Ointment, Crossman’a Specific
Mixture,
Wistnr’s Balsam of VV'ild Cherry, Lucina Cordial,
Osborn’s Philotoken, Crain’s Patent ’ Abdominal
Supporters,
Jones’ Italian Chemical Soap, all the go for Ladies’
Toilet,
Husband’s Patent Isinglass Adhesive Plaster—a new
article,
Thompson’s Compound Syrup of Tar and Wood \
Naptha for Consumption,
Taylor’s Crystaline Wash-balls, McMunn’s Elixer
Opium.
Inksoi all kinds.
Macon, August 16,1848. 20 ly
Dissolutson.
rpHE firm of J. O. HODGES A CO. is this
I. day dissolved by mutual consent; the business
hereafter will be conducted in the name of
J. O. HODGES.
Hayneviile, August 5, 1818. 20
MEDICAL COLLftGi:
OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
rTMIE regular COURSE OF LECTURES in this
I. Instttuti n will commence on the first Monday of 1
November next, and be continued until the last Satur- j
day in March ensuing.
J. E HOLBROOK. M D Anatomy.
J BELLINGER, M. D Surgery.
E. GEDDINGS, VI D ln*t tntes nnd Practice. i
J MOULTRIE M D Physiology.
T. G. PRIOLEAU, M. D Obstetrics and Diaeas- I
es f Women nnd Children.
H R FROST. M I) Materia Medioa.
C. U SHEPARD M I) Chemistry
ST. JULIEN RAVEN EL, M l) Demonstrator. |
JAS. MOULTRIE, M. I) Dean. ;
August Iff 20 lit
ItBlB"WBBliBf Ksiil Rotitl.
A ii
r pHK following resolution was passed at the Übt
J meeting of tne Board of Directors.
“Thnt the Board adopts generally, the line of Road,
surveyed by Mr Holcomb, Chief Engineer, crossing j
Flint River, in the vicinicy oil the mouth of Beavercreek,
nnd that the localities be continued thereon, with only j
such deviations as may shorten the line, or diminish 1
the expense.”
ELAM ALEXANDER, President.
Office So Western R. R . Cos .)
Macon, 9th June, 1848. \
June 14 11 3m
Hull Itoail InMiillmcius.
\N additional installment of ’Jen Dollnia |*r’ share
in the Stock of this Company, has been called,
payable on the Ist of October, 1848, and n further in
stallment of Thirteen Dollars par share, payable on the
Ist January . 1819. Payments to lie made at the Of
fice of the Company, nt Macon.
ELAM ALEXANDER, President.
< Wire So. Western R R Cos (
Macon, 9th June, 1848. { June 14 11
NEW ARRANGEMENT
United States Mail Line—Daily*
| Between Savannah and Charleston na Hilton Head
and Beaufort, Inland two-ihirde of the way.
I<T ,T. A Tilt WELI. LKOWJi ff .* . A
MCTAMOR \, CuplainF Barden,
*l SCVIIHOOK. Caul T. I,yon,
Gl)\. CLINCH, Capt. Win. Curry,
Will hereafter leave Savannah every evening at hall !
past 8 o el(K*k. and Charleston every morning at 9 o’- |
clock, precisely, touching at Hilton Head and Beau-
I fort each way, and avoiding two-thirds oi th- ra route
For Freight or PiiNsaifs anoly on hoard or to
Tlß<)(>KB At I’FPrER. Ag'ls^uvannali.
E LAFITTE, ACO Ag'tsCliarlestou.
N B —All Goods, intended for Savannah or Charles
ton, will Is* forwarded by the Agents if directed to their
care, free of commission*
All way freight payable by shippers.
Jan 2fi 43
M<*aii*w*kiy u. s. iimi,
f;!*’ .y Steam-Pacut Lin*
DETWEEN ‘sLLaU*’
Mil k>*\ll A Fkl.VTkk, I'Ll.
■ V Til* WAY I>r
Parian, Brawntirk, SI. M,itv*. On.; JiH’kmnrillr,
Black I reck and lam tala, I'll!
In connection with the I'liarleaton I *n l lv Mnil Steam*
tiackri* at Savannah, the aieauirr SAH All Sl'\l,l).
I.NIS, limn Piilnikn lo Lake Monroe, the l 1 S Mnil
I Stag*-* Irom I'lrtil-iln n. Si Angnatme, and troth Black
Creek. vin Sawn iiisvill.'. Alligator, Mineral Spring*
mill l ‘.llllil!>iis. n. Tnllnlinaarc.
’ \ *ll I,Ni l:. I'apf I* MrN.liy
NT. *1 \T I'll EWN, In i.t N King
\\ I. G Ikl'ON, ('apt .1 11.■ I.!mi I
Thr Phf-keta leave Sntniinnh every Tnrnliy uni
| Saturday nrmiiiM, nl lUn'cl.a-k. nn.l arrive nl Picul*.
I In ill linn” lor ill’ Mail Stage* In an through in Si Au
| puaiine lednrr night every Thuraaav nnd Monday
U turning, leave I’nlmkn every Taraday nn.l Friday
morning a 7 o'clock, touching *• alaiv.- each wny.
BROOKS.V TUPPER, Ag-m*.
Snvnnnnli, Jan 38 13
N. R,—Good* cuiaigned to thr agent* iorwarded
ofonmanaioii. I'reichl from SnYiinnnh and C'tiariaa
Inn, and all way Irrighl. payability ahippera’
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AIGUST 23, 1818.
N I IfDFFS ! Ni 4l>l>Fl.N
Ar WESTf’OTT have on hand
t n !lrv ‘ rate assortment t>f S ADDLES, HAR
f NK ’’ nnd 0AI! R |,\(SK *|*RIM MINOS, nl
<nl kinds, which they will h*II at prices to suit the times
1 heir facilities are such that they can sell lower than j
nnv other establishment ofthe kind in tin city.
Give its a call before you buy, is all we ask fora re
commendation. REPAIRING done n t reduced prices,’
m f: workman-like manner.
Cotton Avenue, next door to I-aac VVinshhi.
April 1, 1948. jo
nj;w CASH BAKERY.
‘I Mir, Subscriber has tuk(*n rh. Bakery, formerly i
1 * occupied by J. VV Adderhold, iwo doors lu-lo
Mrs Uainours Millenary on Mulberry Si reel nnd m
prepared lo supply ihe cilia, osol M.-u-on will, every va
iiety of bread, cake Ate . of the best quality and at
shon mgice. A ‘,ood supply of Tea Sponge nnd
l * md Cakes g'-nerafly mi hand. Hot bread every l
evening Persons residing nt a distance will be sup
plied daily if desired. K. TYNER.
If<‘ Cre.iiii Saloon,
MR IV NER also informs the public generally j
nnd the ladies in particular that he has neatly i
lit led up the large Saloon in the rear of his Bakery,
where Ice Ckkam of 'the best quality can be had daily
Inun Iff o clock A. M. to JO P. M. ti” I where every at
tention will Ire paid to t lk? comfort and taste of V’isitora.
• 1 a irr iks and Fa mi lies furnished h\ iY-quart or gallon
Ht short notice and at prices exceedingly moderate.
• B*. k r
inn hALIis GUNN LOTH
I “/U Also, Kentucky Bagging,
Bale Rone and Twine. Foi saje by
Aug. 9,-19 SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
No. 3 Hnckeicl—ln Store, aud fiirsa eby
Aug;9 W SCOTI - VRH IRI AGO
Groceries,
kr <ilC >ChK , busini ss, mid kt-i-p constantly on hand
a lull sopply ot every article in their line, which they
are disposed to sell in any quantity, on as good terms
an any other hnue in the .State.
July sii>, 1848. 17
Codec.
I 1 111 B a S s Prime Rio.
1 Ulr 40 do. Old Java.
8 Halt'bales Mocha.
In Store and for sale by
, SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26, 1848. 17
ftr.'UMlies.
I / t Hull piires dark “Otard” old and tine.
1U HI do. light do. do.
5 do. pale do. do.
For sale by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
Ju'y 26,1848. 17
I (1 PH’US HOLI.AN 001 N, a genuiaoarttclc
I U 20 BBLS OLL) MONOMJAHKLA WHIS
KEY.
In Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26, 1848. 17
Fine Mines.
OLD MADEIRA of the very best quality.
Do. SHERRY do do.
Do PORT the pure juice ol the grape.
CHAMPAtINr, ANDCLARET, choicest brands.
Also—Second quality Madeira, Sherry and Port.
A large supply in Store and for sale by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26, 1848 17
*
M liiskey, 4.in tint! Hum.
1 Art BBLS Rectified Whiskey.
1 Uv/75d0 Baltimore do.
150 do PIIELP’S (and other brands)GlN.
50do. U E. RUM.
On hand and for sale by
SCOTT. CARHART A. CO.
July 26, 1848. 17
Tobacco anal Cigiirs.
A large Stock, of every brand and quality, always on*
hand and for sale low by
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26,1849. 17
Paints, stilt., Ac.
WHITE LEAD of different qualities.
LINSEED OIL.
1 LAMP do.
WINDOW GLASS—different sizes,
In Store and fir sale by
, SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26, 1849. 17
Cotton Yarns and Osnaliurgs.
rpHE undersigned are Agents lor the sale of the
‘t \r\i ‘llsdgeville steam factory
Also, for YARNS AN D OSNABURGS from the *
CURTRIGHT MANUFACTURING CO. Greens
boro’, for sale by the bale, ou the usual time, at Manu
facturer's prices.
SCOTT, CARHART St CO.
1 July 26,1849. 17
Porter.
*yfm LONDON FORTER (pintsand quarts,)
iJUU This day receiv, idloi.-aleby
SCOTT, CARHART & CO.
July 26. 1848. 17
LIST OF LETTERS remaining in the PoutOftic
at Macon, Ga. on the Ist August, 1849
Loom s, Prof. J.N.
A M
Andrew, Rev, J. O. Mis,re, U W.
Adams, Mis Cynthia 2, McGrath, Peter
Adrews, Miss Mary J. Mitchell. Miss Mary Atm
Atwell, Miss Emma MoGouah, I’homas C.
j Andrews, Joseph B. McNeeli, S, it
Alfred, Axsolll Mcl ardle, Charles
B Mitchell, John
j Barclay, Oliver H. P 2, McDonald, Archibald
I Barclay, Mrs. Martha McLaughlin. John L.
j Braswell, Arthur McGee, lluola 2,
I towers, David McDonald, Middleton
I Bailey, James M McKay, Mrs Nancy, or
Beat tee, James Jr. Andrew Bcukm,
I Blown, C. Macon, Mrs. Sarah Ann
I Benton, John Mcßrady, S. R
j Burch, John C. Mease, Washington
Birch, Catharine Martin, Archibald
Purr, G. W Mitchell, Mrs A M.
| Barnes, James McMillan, John J 1
Brown, William Mtchetl, Jesse
I Brandy, Dr S. D. Moore, Miss Caroline
Barnes, William Munn, Alexander
Bell, Joslma Mendheim, Mr
Burr Sl Arnold, > jq
| Brown, L T Nance, F A.
I Brown, John E. Newman. William
Blash, John R Neill, D. C
_ c. o
Cherry, T. Orr, Dickson
Collins, L. W. 2, p
Collins, Mrs. Arabella Powell, J R
Crrswell. VV A, Pet'y, Luke 3,
Cuglor, 0 M Plnlhpe, E. J
Chappell, Misa Mary Pence, Miss Susan
D Peacock, Noah B. 8,
Davia, Harman R
IVnnta, J. P. Rogers, Eliaha H
Devrr, Jamee F Robetis, Miss Harriet
Dawaon, Samuel 3, Robtnaon, Eley care of
1 Duntel, E. Wm, Kohmaon.
Daniel, Mra. Rachael Rowland, J B.
E Root, Ezra 2,
; Eldredge, Sarah E Roar, Elcey care of
1 Gnglund, Mra. Catharine Madison Jones.
Evans, K ft. Rider, James J.
j Edmondson, John s
_ f Shelley, Mehcian
j Freeman. William Sirnp.,ii, Jamc*
] Fuater, Nancy, Scrgrant, Luther
J Flowera, J.-IHM- Snnih Mm, Ann
j Full wood, Ur W.K. aan't Stegall, John
I Surgeon U. H A. Sinnit, linn, lleury
G South, N j.
Graham, Rev. Ales. Smith, Gen W.
GuMii.Mi AvarillaM Stubba, Jamc* O
(Inrrin, John Strulh, William H.
tirice, William Slappry, Muw Mary
•I Smith. Rodney A
i Harvey, Mows Smother*, tvu tli pem-lop*
Heyinnn, A. Sewetl, John
1 llmruoli, George Stegall, Henry
| Head, l>r, B J. Slroaier, Samuel G.
Hill, H. J. Seaman, Ha-hard *.
Hancock, Jenne Sheriuan, S A, 3.
I Holcomb, William T
Hayiiea, W. M. t, Taylor. 8 N,
j HoUinguworth, WT. Tbomae, Thoman engineer
I II niminiid, Amn# W, Tonah, T.
i It'll, Mi** Mmy Taylor, Edward T.
Horton, J. Thmiiaa, in care ot widow
Hurt, lleniy W. Niaon
1 A J Tull, Belmelt
Inglaa, Catharine V
Jchnaon, Edwin Ventreae, Mr* Jane
; Jackaon, William H Viaiier, Mia- limy
! Jollen, Mia Margirrt, 3, W
Jolimmn, Joahtui Wyehe, Them** S.
Jnee, Alt- cinder Wardlow. K
Jntiea, I'hilliua A Cos, Warner, B li
Jolmaon, l.llie Warner, Beni
Jolir*, Matthew Webb. Ihnii*
L. William*. Barnet
U-wi*, Edwin Paaon William*, prnneia I,
l*aw A limwn, Willbnn*, William
le-wta, Mr* Martha Wateon, June* I j
Iciwe, VV, H, Woodaun, J r
Long. Jamea Til''MAS I. KIISS, P M
Jj’ Per*on*en<j'iirlng lorany o| the al*ite letter*,,
I will plea*e nay they nr* advclliaed
Auguet * 13
V Review oi the Career, llmracter uuil Sei*
vices of.
ZACHIRIi TViLOItr
I [Republished J com the North American and U. States
Gazette, Philadelphia ]
*lllß EARLY HISTORY.
’IV presentation oi th** name ofGeneral Taylor naft
<nn.li,late fr tin* h'gh office ot Treaklrnt of the Unite I
States, and the unusual ciivumstances attending his
tioininntion, with its cordial acceptance by o large a
l>< rt on of the people, ne o candidate freefn tn any of
I those ultra party pledgee ho usually exacted from com
petitors for lofty public posUii>iu*, repder iteuu illy inte
| resting nnd important to understand the vrhole inner
’ framework nnd nature, tie* mind, the character, the
pnneiples, private nnd public, of h man trlioni over
wlielminjr jmtdic scntiineiii seems aljeady tohave point
••fl out ns the next C hies Magistrate ot the K> a public.
I lie bsit, the fuliest, and the most satiiCtetory ex
i position of uil particulars, will In* <mnd in the
p n, blc narrative of some of the most imporlmt nndbrii
ham achievements of liis life. Hig qunlitvs |ieak in
im net**: A"d his acts have leen alwnya great ones;
ns-pint, bisniiiui, hia sentiments, berthiif'rnl nnd po
liticnl, his wih le character, are expressed, with n grand
lucidness, on what is now tlie recorded page of Ids
country s history ; audio those arts and that history
we would commend all free citizens <8 the U St tes,
who, before casting their votes in the approaching
•Section, won Id know his qualifications and peculiar
fitness to occupy worthily the chair once so h *ut ficiaily ,
tilled by tin* Father of his country.
1 he character of Taylor is one that both kindles the
heat and satisfies the judgment, h opens scene* of glo
ry, ufion which every American can ponder widi proud
saiiNfaction ; and w ith none the less approbation that,
nnid tliemall, the chief nnd ruling actor m every scene
plain, calm, frank, unaffected, clear-headed, kind
liearlcd American citizen, who reconciles die lofty
merits of the hero with the simple virtues of a true re
publiron.
General Zachary Taylor cornel from a sturdy nnd
patriotic stock, worthy to give a President to the Uni
i ,e< * States. His father, a son of fie ancient Dominion,
{l neighbor and friend of Washington, commanded one
of the-Virginia regiments duriig the Revolutionary
war, through which lie fought win honor Before tle
Revolution, however, iu hisenrl) youth, he had prov
ed his courage, and the true American spirit of adven
ture, by exploring the forest mystifies ofthe great Mis
sissippi Valley—■then a howling wilderness, {Mstured
by the Buffalo, and roamed by tie savage red man.
Leaving his brother surveying lands on the site of
th** present city of Lou'svil'e, where he was soon after*
wards slain by the Indians, RiCnard the bravest ad
venturer of the day, proceeded on a solitary ex|>edition
ot discovery, westward, as far ntthe Mississippi river;
v. li nc-*, it is said, entirely aline, be made Irs way
sale.y back to Virginia, through lie unknown wilds of
I ennessce. the close of the levolutionarv struggle,
in the year 1785, he went a second time to Kentucky,
to revisit it, to puss his life among die scenes hallow ed
by his brother’s blood. He was an emigrant, with a
wife ami three children , o| whom the youngest, born
m Grange county, Virginia, on th* 24th of November,
. , h 8n less than a year old, was Zachary
I ay lor, a true chi Id of the border, reared a mid the pe
nis, and pr vations, and severe labors of every kind
which they encountered who, in that day, reclaimed
the desert from the barbarian, and lounded the institu
t ions of freed* in in the depths ot the force!
It was in this hardy school that Tsvlor acquired the
education and amdities, the simple habits and manly
virtues, which liav* , at length, lifted him up to view ns
i one ot the renowned men ofthe world and commended
him to the confidence of twenty millions of American
freemen, as worthy to serve them in the Executive
j chair, ns the representative of their sovereignty
VV hote is the man to be found more worthy of the hon
or ? Did the father, who so anxiously guarded his lit
tle family through the dangers of the ‘ Wilderness
* Road” to Kentucky, or the mother who bore ihe young
i cat born in her arms, dream, in die t-arfnl mghtwaten
esof the woodland camp, that the helpless infant,eium
* be ring on its bed ol leaves, should, aftei the long inter
val of sixty-three years, humble the pride of Mexico nt
Buena Vista, and return from that field of fame, to
rule, three years later, a mighty republic, which, at
the early day ol that journey. hoU ro constitutional ex
, istence i No; it whs that Providence ahme, which
j foresees and directs the affairs of men, that prepared
I the extraordinary destiny of the little wanderer; mid
f even President Madison, a relative of thefamjy, when
in 1808, he sent a lieutenant’s commtesion to Zachary,
: then a young Kentucky fanner, w hose elder brother*
Lieutenant Tayior. nau just died in the krmy, only
| deemed he had secured to the countiy th** devoted s*-r
----( vices of another member of a patriotic family. Thir
ty-seven years more were to roll, before the of
men c<>uld Lu competent to read the hmoscope ot the
voong subaltern ot the 7th regiment ii Untied Ftales
infantry.
Lieutenant Taylor commenced service, under the
J connnand of General Wilkinson, at New Orleans:
whence, having been prostrated by the yellow fever,
he was transferred to the Northwest, where he served,
under Gen. liairison, up to the close of the war of
1312 It was in that year he was made a captain, and
placed in charge of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash ;
wfiere, commanding a petty garrison of fifty men, of
whom two-thirds, and himsdi wnli them, were ren
-1 dered nearly helpless by fever, (for it wns av ry un
healthy post,) surrounded ami attneked by an over
whelming force ol savages, he enjoyed the ’first oppor
tunity ofpruvi g that Ins fife was a charmed one, and
that it was bis particular lot tw fight, and prev. il over,
su|eriur numbers. He never has gone into battle, ex-
I cept against the greatest odds and be lias never come
out of battle except us a victor Old Sylia the famous
Roman general, who was always victorious, believed
that his prosperity a lose from i special luck or i*H*d
J fortune; and be culled htinsrif Felix tiie llapjty or
Fortunate. The same surprising success bus, hereto
fore, always marked the career of Taylor ; who, how
! ever, assumes no surname, bit leaves all to hi* coun
trymen, who have already decided to call bun—not
Taylor, the Happy or Forttnate—but Tayior, the
I next President. We want a man of happy fortunes to
preside over the affairs of lhe Republic, but let us ob
j serve bow these happy fortunes begun at Fort Har
rison.
DEFENCE OF FORT HARRISON.
I Fort Harrison w r as a mere stockade or block-boost
| fort, designed tor defence against Indians, c ntaimng
barracks, store-rooms, a guanl-house, dec , tut with
out artillery, or any other better means of resisting a
siege than muskets, and the determined resolution ofa
; young commander, incapable of lesr ; and whose own
sickness, with extreme bodily debility—the weakness,
and, tor a time, the coiiMiernatton, of hi* force—the
i presence of terrified non-couitmtants—"nine women
and children"—the number ot his foes—the exposed po
. si non of the fort, remote from all succor— nnd, let ns
| add, the recollection of a young wife and child, (tor
1 (Taylor had married in iHfff.) to whom hi* t loughta,
I on tliut dreadful night, must often have wandered—
! failed to drive him from Ins balance. ‘\\f v presence
| of mind,” said the young captain, in hia despatch to
! Gen. Harrison, “did not fora moment forsake me*
It waa II o’clock, on the night ofthe Ith of Hepteui
jber, IHI2. tlo*trle Indians were around, in unknown
numbers ‘Two young men had been allot ami scalp
ed, the evening before, at a little distance from the
| fort, and their bodies found and brought uithnt morn-
Img lit the evening a paity of thirty or forty Indians
ii.nde their ap| tea ranee, attempting the treacherous
stiatagem of a flag of truce— which did not, tiowever,
I deceive the cautious Taytor--and pro|M>smg ii conler-
I emu , next morning. Cupt Taylor prepared for the
I pretended conference, by immediately inspecting the
‘•rni of In# men, serving them with sixteen rounds of
uiuit.iinitMH), and, aettinga guard of “aix privates aud
two non-commiwionad officer*, ’’ all that he could, lor
J tie had only “ten or fittern men able to do any tiling at
all, the niners being aick or convaleacent,'’ (we copy
i the word. 1 of his despatch,) and ordering one ol the
non-con nit imkmed omcera to made up for deficiencies
m the guaid by walking the rounds all night, “to pre
vent the Indiana takiiigauy advantage ol us, provided
they had any intention of attacking us.”
At eleven o*t lock he wns awakened by a mu*ket
•hot, and, ru-hi.ig troio hi* bed, lie discovered tfiat ihe
attack bad bA-n b gun by “aevernl Inmdied Indiana ‘—
iluit the tort wan in thnnee—and ihat hi* men, over
come by the honor ol their aituati.m, and the ahneka
ol the women and children, were rompleiely pnialy.
*ed by terror, *o I at iwool them, and “iwool the
j et'iuieat,” leaped the pM'keia, in all unarailmg *iiempt
to m ex-ape In Ihi* iU-*(ieraie conjecture rmrrythiug
I ile ( mled upon the Cou.ageand renouinaol a poor airk
; touih, who tiad never been in bailie, but lo whom,and
lo whom only, all looked ho protection Here, m tin*
liille beleaguered pool, un tliai night id terror, liaahed
out the lineamrnut ol that rharm ter which, lately.alionr
xi gloimualy, with a maimed grandeur, at Bui mi Via
lu A-talm, aa reaolulc, aa qu -k In expedu nt, a*
ready in their eai-cuiion, the young Captain eitiitiiled
all iim- nan* of the itluairioua linn rai. It waa the
lliinie*thatcauaed the innne, they were rapidly open
mg a |iaihway tothe fierce bewegeia, but it ana am
gle liiiH'k-houar only which w*a on hie, and it waa
equally po*ihle, aa lie pete, iv*d, lo arrew me coutla
giaiioii. and to piuvid anew oamei belaud llie funn
ing Idock houae ’I lie auggeeiion and lb* ordera id
Captain Taylor immediately mapned ihe aoldu-a with
m * ii,-, “I* | never,” aaid In-, “did men Ml will!
more lirmnem or deejieraiion “ Some Clambered to
ill’ tool*, lliocmg I hem oil, amid llieahowera o bal
let* ami airuue, an a* lo mteieep! Ihe Italnr*. which
* ‘-I’ ihuaaiHm *ul*iuerl; oiheia wioughl a leiujaoaiy
Incaxwork, to dial when llie block la iwr tell, in* aat
ge, loud llieinr .<■ lepel ed gout n* ado-* mil anew
, wall id deter*** “a*high a*a mau'eh- ad,” w hence came
Ime it >a|> and hall* ol American ntte* 111 alioit, die
Indialot, tierce and nuiueioue aailiey were, wen- bal
d epi-lled—-I-l uled; and at i o’clock in llie
morning, alundohing their riper “. n prey, lire* th-d
Irani tire lumaol Pori llamaon, aailieirgivuaol Sama
Anna llrd, in alter year*, at Buena V wo,. Irom llie
lew ahailrrej regiment* and brokenhaualion* which
made up ila- prny, but invincible, anny id biui who
auvrd Purl llamaon.
11l lioth Iheae liaillea, the brW and ihr laat, the
amallrn and ih<- greairm. l-raghl l.y Taylor, htdw
, played pie i-iy die mm- qdlldi*#—ra.ln aaiuu.le,
, perlecl. ‘piaiiuoriy, crmwani preaence id mind, gie.it
jeauuon, uuemiqui -ruble rrardunwi, and lire arr et je.w
----i er ol tiiilranig hr* hdlowrra with bn own courage—
“bn h made both, tltough fought under desperate cir
euni-taiirv s, vicii.ries. We shall find these great mil.
y qualities exhibited during bis whole military cn
thT,!.;,i H, j’ Wt * °*her qualities, analogous
gli diverge, muted and co-ofreroting with them,
*n **i oilier circiirnstanc’ S, wbicli combine to form the
elements of a great character, eaunllv adapted to the
a Stare“ r “ e 8,1 army aiu[ l ‘ ,c <i-timirtttion ol
rilE BATTLE OF OKEECHOBEE,
h ot t wenty years succeeding the victory of Fort Hur-
S ,r ° m ]H ~ 10 I^32—Zachary Taylor,
uVnru'm ,i n Vi' K ‘ U may la* said to finve
, 1,1,1 11 ,oll i',‘ n ‘l resumed the habits, of n sim
| ti C i : ” r ° r, i ,no Him no further opiiortu
nitics (>f victory, because none of battle, during the
remaining ikrm of tire British war; nnd, after that,
U’ riod profound pence, in
vv.iichthc Renuliln* w xed in prosperity, and tin* du
lesof the sohber were p, garrison post-, lo watch the
I rentier, to open roads of conmiumcation in the newer
* n csaml I erritoncs—employments presenting none
ol ihen.pec'H n\ war, and not aitoge her iiicompniiblv
vMih the enjoy,urn taos rivfl society and domestic hap
piness I nJer such circunistunces, and amid such
avocations, Gen Taylor wns nlway* nlie to preserve
urn-hanged the nianly habits nnd natural traits of bis
<T” r Y h /r ; nn,! l , he of the Mexican war have
: in. d,* nl aware ihu,’ even in th,* camp, the character
, o h* citizen, in him, has never been lost in that ofthe
military man.
>;? r ll ’ pvriod ..f 111- Black Hawk
• i A lll 1 in the battle of
Ii I , Ax ( t, "“ the on, y bnu ‘ f - he has ever fought in
which he did not command. From !H3f to 1840 be
; v 'f M in Tlonda. engaged in the Seminole contest, in
‘ ‘Vi 1 ™ I be decisive victory of Okeeclmbee, on the 25th
I 1 1 ‘cent *er, 1837, obtained for bun, h:s brevet Brig
j amer General mid the conduct of the war, ns coin
| lj ,n [ 1 ” er °* ‘‘l; rlorida troops, during the two last years
■ , • * u ”P r , Hum!” me iwiM.ißi vruis
| tlialbe rrinained in the ler.itmy. Wc <)u not know
hat the battle of Okeec iobee, though interesting
l enough from the fierce and sanguinary character, and
I the brilliant success that crowned it, nnd though pro
j noil need by Gen Jessup, (then Gen. Taylor’s superior
officer,) in his (leap.'itch, ns “one ol the best fought ac
tions known to <>ur lustoiy,” ought to detain us from
j the review of the far more important conflict* of the
i Mexican war, in which the great qualities of Taylor
| were so signally and suddenly made manifest to the
i l nion. in the detcriifned spit it, however, with which
| he set out upon a march of one hundred and fifty miles,
, [Msregßrdmg nil the iinpedinients of u country unpassa
} ble to artillery, and in action to cavalry, resolve t to
[storm the savages out of their swamps and hammocks,
he exhibited the same energetic will, afterwards so
strikingly illustrated at Palo Alto and La Palma, ns
well as a system of tactics, perhaps caught in his boy
: ish days in Kentucky, from some of those rugged hunt
er-heroes nt the Indian wars, from whom, as tradition
; has ,t, he acquired hi* Hist lessons in the military an
I here is, or used to be, n story told in the West of a
certain character, a famous Indian fighter nnd scout
ong remembered under the nickname of Captain Dud
ley Bu'ger, dvrived l r oma circumsianve which we are
zoiiiu to mention, who us.. ] to belong t„ the country
‘‘iwr. the very in which the elder
tayior had cgtabli.-heJ In? fimnly. Tins worthy. 11l
Ilia capncity ol scout, accotnpai iedGen. VVayuc in the
j expedition gainst ihe Northwestern Indiana in 1724
and, on the eve oi ihe haul, 0 | the Falleterimbcr!
| coming in with the latest re[iort oi the position of ihe
j lonian army, Cotrangly p >wtnd nitn in a 1111 nuv t. arid
j down-fallen trees,) was admitted into ihe General's
, rent at the moment of, council of war, when \Vayne,
who had doubilea, funned liis own resolution, was
J about lo demand the opinions ofthe officer*. Snmead-
I vid one, and some another method us attnek, until
all hod spoken ; when Wayne, petlHqis for the humor
ol the tiling, turned suddenly, aud deiunnded the opin
ion ol the scout. “Why, General,” replied the intrep
id scout, “ii yon axes me what to do, l should say, just
inov. ahead and bulge right over them a sentiment
highly appioved by .Mad Anthony, who, accordingly,
chained the Indians out of iheir lair with bayonets;
and so, to the great delight and immortal honor of his
adviser, “bulged light over them.”
1> “as the “bulging” system ol tactic- wliich Colonel
Taylor chose to employ aguinst tiie Seminole Indians
at the Okeechobee ; and tills, too, in tiie face of the
obstacles greater and lar more formidable Ilian those
encountered by Wayne at the Fallen Timber The
long forced march brought Ins command, of about
eight hundred men, in view of the Seminnles, posted
I m great force in otic ol those hammocks, or island
| groves risng our of deep swamps, wnh wh ch Florida
| abounds—ihose Serbonian bogs amid which three
uundirdy. aistwfote. the e!,; v „;, y ((t De Solo'melted
uway. man, in tbe vain sflbrt to reduce the i
treictf auctrsiois ot the Beminolea 10 lire Spantsfi yok* I
the swamp surrounding the hammock of Okeechobee i
was tlnee quarters of a mile wide,"totally impassable,”
as lay lor hitnsell says, horses, and nearly so for
tool -a wilderness ol mud and wu.er, and thick saw
giass, live (eel high, and deep creeks nnd quagmires
extending “as lar as the eye could reach j” andbrhind
tins and. ape rate approach lay the savages, iu the gloom |
ol the hammock, coveting and commanding every
step with iheir ufi. s N. venheless, Col. Taylor had
“"lo*- up Ins mind ; he tines noi seem to have thought it
necessary to call a council of war; he marched one I
Hundred and Idly miles to find tfie Indians, and lie find
ilit m !.rfor hll u flc marie h;n disporitions, iheretore,
j without delay, and proceeded to execute h.s plan ol
biittie. vvbicli was to “bulge light over them ’ Into
the bwauip! March! charge! Tirstiine, sernnid fine
jlmn and steady! Right through the torment f die
uuig.ed saw-grass; right through hnvou and quagmire ;
■ r.gln through die hurricane of Indian bullets and the
J sio in of tnumpliHiit wui-whoops, answered by tiie i
spirtbii of the dead-fail, and ihe dying gionns ol men
I ‘Singling their blood ill the pat dent pools, (teniry
down, niortallv wounded; Tboinptn dead; Van
Swearingen, Bristke and Canter tying: nearly one
hundred and forty office is and men among the killed
and wounded. ‘The charge wns still pursued, tin*
marsh was passed, end in three hours the whole force
j of savages, fighting with uncommon j rocity, was driv
en at the point of the ftayonet from the stronghold—
I marched over—utterly routed and shuttered lo pieces,
and the victory ol Okeechobee won.
It . under the ciicuuistancrs ol the Seminole war,
a highly important aucceas ; ol the corturquencea ol
which, in brcuktug tlie spun ol the Indiana, nml dispos
ing them aooner arbiter to make peace, Taylor must
have lieeii iinmediaiely conscious. Read hia tit-spin ch.
however, lor a picture of the feelings natural to a victor
Oil such an occasion ‘ Well, it w, and lour; lias hern,
lie fore the people of the Unite J Stnlei The I rattle ie
i dcsciitied, llieauccc.se recorded, ut notone word ol pride
and triumph ; no induluenoe of a single leeimg ol elu
tion the thoughts ol the victor run only on his killed
and wounded—die loss 111 Ins de id, the siilieringa ol ins
bleeding followers. “ Ifeie,” snys the victor, Ins liesll
lull only ol this melancholy theme, “1 trust 1 may Ire
•lenailted to aay, that 1 ex|ierienced one of tlie moat
trviug periods ol tiiy life ; and be who could have look
ed on it with lit*'diei>■ lice, hia nerves must have been
ditle re fitly organised from mv own. Bestdea the kill
ed, there lay one hundred and twelve wounded otHcer*
and soldiers, who nod accompanied me one hundred
and forty-live miles, most of ilu-way through an unex
plored wilderness, without guides, who bad so gallantly
l tieaieu tlie enemy under my orders in lu strongest po
! sit ion, and who had to lie conveyed back, through
i awampsait I hlliiinoclM, from whence we set oat. with
out any apparent means of doing so.” No: the leehng
that bleak* out here—the tirat leehng—is not that ol
gratdied ambition, hot ol ihe tendeiest humanity, to
wlncli"the nerves” nt the liraveoldaohherarepeculiar-
ly “organued.” And it was here, among the hain
mockaol Florida, aa in the pitched belt's of Mexico
that his seta deflated the sentinienia winch he has
! Since proclaimed to the world m words, ‘'that the joy
and exultation ol ih- greuiest'’—we use his own lan
guage, spoken in December last at New Orleana—"are
always, alter tlie heat and excitement ol the buttle,auc- !
reeled by feelings of poignant sorrow ami pa n; and that j
wat, alter all, is a great calamity, and Ins the greatest !
glory who cun terminate It “
Humanity , indeed, one of the first, one of the most
striking, and one at the nobleat ofthe attrihutraol Ucu
Zachary Taylor.
WAR WITH MEXICO.
Few persons ever doubled that the annexation of
Texas, urged as it was, by .Mr Folk, in a spirit of con
tempt and debailee to Mexico, and with the linuglmest
disregard of consequences, could Isil to lead to a war
wilh that country IV war waa lorrsrrn, it not actu
ally Orel red— tl lug really sought and intended l be
provoked, aa anew element ol political Intrigue,and a i
means ol popularity h*r the administration. At all
events, the probability of such a wm waa manliest
enough, (the whole country auticipaied it;| and it was |
provided tor, apparently, by thuae who wished 11 , aa a j
happy possibility, from winch great honor ami protii
miglil he rxpecied. The great mistake of the contri
ver- was m vainly supposing dial ihe pnxes ol victory I
would lull to their share They did lint dream that a j
Fate above them, ol which they were the blind instru- j
infills, wav using them, tlirtr plans and tite r projects, I
to build up the reputation ol anew and great spirit, ie. I
hrrewliose superior lolluties I hens sh slid bow like he I
genius ol Anthony heloie that oft h-iavtu* It has Inp
pensii with the lasi as with the brat ol American rule,-
who planned the conquest ol Mexico Whsn old Ve
lasqu i, the governor ol Cubi, in IWti, projected the in
-1 VHSUMI o| thr i> til Mr* ol Moiitetutiia, hi* grand (Jrairr
110 procurr a unirrul toe*rvuir lim wili.aulliciemly |
•• mtwlrnt h>i that ptir|Miar, Uii n<4 bmow,>nli,ihi.
•it olMi-urr mill uiodrul man, un i mo |**rl**rt|y itnMitutr i
ol ambitimi MM to tie willing to Unlit uml eutNfUrr m the
•tariff mill lor ihr bettHlt of VaUaqnrx mrrt l*, w .iliout
,my m-IMi MMpiraiioiiaol in* own ‘lhr triMiii that
Vria*jui ehura* thr ittmilxr CtihM, a* thr agent iohiu
hi* laurrla , Mil l Wt* Itoow |m* ii nil mitrJ,-.|iiinioitul
trttown lor CvtirM, (MititPti.pt uii<l otilivioii tor Win*
| t|tirx.
When Mr l*llt Mfiit linga lirr tirn / irhaty Tty lor,
With •hr troop* of llr I ut’ .1 Hinlr*, |o Tei‘i*,to figo!
; ht*ihtrr month* war ini thr Km < •u.mir, u never rn
j Irfrd into hi* I'ftU'iiia'iotia that thr thru •■omparativrlv
ii mturr hriot t lUiMtu i might It tui o flotll thr cam
|mimii : half! all hia muemu* *ohflnra of r*-*laetk*n.
’ ami rrrt uu*t him from ilte arat of horror Ar mu \m
worthily urcuyieJ ‘i here ia, how rear, n |M>rial Pruv
I # - ~,n . h
not t**nM hi thr uatl|MK-tail upriM of a Kraut him. imj*
rat amt urmii ‘itiiHi*. to power nml ihaiiity among thr
{ hi* la ul mankind. Jr wr>e upon the Kio GramJe, n
more from bis country and from succor amid deserts,
surrounded by Mexican ciiappanals nnd Mexicnu ar
mos. • urnurnhering, three or four to one, his own small
1 *n:l iJi-fippomled f'i.rce ; sent thither, iu the midst of all
those dangers, to perform, nt the Preside*!’* order, the
needles* bravado of planting the American flag on the
>ank* oi the long-coveted Rio del North, ami the still
more superfluous duty of protecting tiie Tex*u fron
tier from Mexican invasion ; it was there, m the fust
clash ot die President's war, tiie country sudtDnly he
came aware thnt if possessed, id Mr. Polk’s general, a
greater man thnt Mr. Polk, n towering spirit, with new
and mighty destinies, worthy to be united with its own.
1 here was the tli infer us battle ; the smoke of cannon
ascended to the firmament, and with it a name—a
thought—n vision of future eminence, which, in mo
meni.strur*k upon the imagination of every man in tiie
United States.
It is not necessary that wc should review the detailed
history of the appearance un i progress us General Toy
l<r in leans, lit the head of the Army rd Occupation,
iroui h's hindmgat Aransas Buy, in Ju.y, 1845. until he
“'ft the Mexicans at Palo AJto.ten mouihs aft*i wards.
All the circumstances of ibis period, descrifs'd in bisof
fiei;| eorrespiHidence, h ve long been before the public.
which m furniJiar with every detail. All that w? necsl
pan-.* to remark is, that Gen. Taylor, however destined
to wiii renown in the approaching wnr, went to Texas
not to m ike war—not oes ring, not even cxiieciing war
to occur ; but, ninnifestly, hoping or thinking—“the
wi.h was hither lo the though; ’-—that there would be
no war. nnd that the presem e of his army on the new
ironner would have the good effect of removing tire on
ly danger, by preventing the otherwise pos-ihk* inroads
of cxijiperntecl Mexicans into Texas. TUi* appears
umieniahle, Iwah from bis official letters and hu> acts,
•nd from nothing more clcnify than bis calm nnd just
accounts of the Mexican forces and military preprint- ,
tionson tfx; Rio Grande ; for he always scouted tiro i
wm l rumors of gMtbering armies, that designing ni*n, ;
snx 10119 for hostilities, sent home; from hut Imtfsposl- j
fion to “call for volunteer* from the United Stau*a,”
whivh b* did not l>elieve would “become necessary,
under any ctremnetnuces and from the fact that al
though inairucted I v Mr. Bancroft, acting Secretary of
M'nr.aaparly as June 15, 1845, to occupy a pos'"ora
or near the Rio (iiaiul,” he avoiding doing ho (Mexico
having made “no declaration o! war, or committed any
oven net o! hostilities, he did not feel at liberty,” he
said, “to make such a movement*’) until constrained by
the President’s orders of January 13, 194 ft, “to move
forward with his force to the Rio Grande and there
he selected the site opposite Matamoros, instead of the
more distant Loredo, lecause that was the nearest
place to his depot at Point Isabel, and he did not think
it “entirely safe” to “separate Ins force further'’ ut the
nm*.
N*: it is obvious, ns from his letter of November?,
1945, that the veteran’s mind whs full of kindlier thoughts
than those of battle ami victory —thoughts about the
health ami lives ol his poor soldi* rs, if compelled u(xm
summer marches, in that unhealthy climate, to found
the posis contemplated by Government on the Rio
Grande. “I cannot urge too strongly upon tin* Depart
ment, ’’he says“ Ute necessity of occupying those posts
betore the warm weather shall set in. A large amount
of sickness is, l fear, to lie apprehended, with every
precaution to be taken ; but the information winch I
obtain lends me to believe that a summer movement
w ould be attended with great expense of health and
life.”
Sent to Texas, ostensibly, and as he felt and believed,
only to guard the new frontier of the rcn-odic, in the
VMoniiu ot a pvopW‘ * pom he considered well dfepoariJ
towards our Government,” no General in the world
could have entertained more pacific views and Wishes;
none could have acted more faithfully and judiciously
upon the resolution, by a purely defensive and concilia
tory course, to preserve peace and avert the horrors of
war. Reluctant to move, and moving only, upon the
Ri>)Grande,when positively ordered by the American
Government to do so, he went desirous of peace, but
piepared for war, and ready to repel and punish any
assault which his forbearance might not prevent, it
was not un'il March 29;h, 1946, while on the bunks of
the Rio Grande, that he was compelled to abandon bis
hopes, and acknowledge that the atiitude of the Mexi
can* was “decidedly hostile.” It is foriegn to our pres
ent purpose to comment on the order of Government
which induced, or exasperated. thf. m lo assume such an
attitude ; but when they threw down the gauntlet and
dr> w the sword, the soldier of Okeechobee sighed ; yet
he was in a moment in his harm ss ; and in six weeks,
Palo Alto, and La Palma, and Zachary Tavior. were
names for history.
PALO ALTO.
Who can forget the state of public feeling in tie
United States ptoduced by intelligence of lb* events
on the Rio Grnmfe. between ihe Hkh of April and the
evening of the 7th of May. IBfft Between those two
dates had occurred all the events, successive Pteps hi the
nrcss of wur, between the mui.h r ol Colonel Crow
ie chaparral, and the departure of Gen ‘laylor
from Point Isablel, at the head of twenty-three hund ed
men, to cut his way to the relief of Fort Brown,
through the as vet iinmimbered hosts of Arista. The
public mind, in tact, was on a sudden st mnrd and
alarmed by the novel and dangeroue cucuinstances that
had arisen. There was not merely war on lire Rio
Grande, but formidable, urgent war ; and at the same
moment, the garrisons at Fort Brown and Point Gabel,
ami the htite army **4 Taylor, mnrchmg and counter
mai chingto support both seemed about lo be swepi away
by the rolling avalanche Arista hudermord the Rio
Grande in superior numbers; the chaparrals were swarm
ing with his troops; Fort Brown had been sufie ring bom
bardment for tour days (tram May 3d ;) it was entirely
surrounded and cut off from any communication with
the American General,except such as could be effect
ed through the intermedium of signal guns and the des
perate agency of the daring Walker. Then it was that
the whole public nnnd was filled w ith anxiety and bod
ing fear. Then was felt, and bitterly accused, t fie wan
ton improvidence of Government which had sent so
small a force of Americans to encounter mi that remote
•pot, far from reinforcements, the shock of the Mexi
can war it had so rashly provoked. Then, too, it was
that the words *•! lay lot’s la>t despatch, on leaving
Point Isabel—"BhoulJ the enemy nieci me* in what
ever torce, I .troll light hiui"—disclosed a hero equal lo
•ny emergence ; but, ,t lire game moment, thar hero,
marching with hi, petty twenty-three hundred men,
plunged again into the Mexican desert, and wag for
awhile lust to the Bight ol his countrymen. Ail wag,
for gome days, suspense, doubt, ami painful tqieeula
liou. Kvery man had for hia neighbor an anxioas que
ry gliout the American army and to n Taylor ifad
he not marchril ihat army 10 inevitable destruction
(lad tie noi bren surrounded, in iliosr thickets, by over
powring numbers, aud there lieen crushed, cut to
pieces, or compelled lo seek -alety in tlie calamity of
capitulation I it he should have lit*- good tort line to
mnen an i shut himself up in Kort drown, bow long
could hr mailila:n f<msM-lf there, waiting for reinforce
mi Ills 1” In slimt,the country was lull of such specu
lations, and the a ixicty became, il possible, slid more
intense, when it was suddenly pul an end lo by a Iresli
arrival from the seat ot war, will; die nslcmliP” account
oi two iiiarvelUius victories Palo Alto and Resaca de
la 1 alma 1 how those names sounded over the hind as
i with a clang of clarions ! Palo Alto ami Resaca de la
I Pultiia ami ihese two Mexican names were suddenly
I dte joy and liapumesa of the whole American people.
There was no lows, there was no dislmi or ; the nimy
was not only sale, hm covered with glory The host',
ol Arista had tied ; Point Isatiei and port ttrown were
permanently relit ved . and Msluiiiorosand all Ihe ,Me
wan towns ol the Km Grande remained il tlir die. re
turn ami mercy ot the American commander.
Il was.undoubtedly. me previous anxiety and i.larm
winch gave auch unusual depth to the impression mi.de
on Ihe naiiumil teehugahy liese two victoiiea. Hm, in
trinsically, und in evety aspect, tliey were great events,
lull ol a strange and moat auliliine interest. They srt
iled as it were, the whole question ot the result of tbs
I Mexican wai—tliere never was a doubt of it from that
! moment j and they atitiafied the coumry und convinced
| Kunqie that die military energies of the American peo
| pie had not Buffeted lit.in long peace, and from devo
i turn lo coimneirc aud Ihe arts olinduslrv—that, infect,
I nothing was easier or more natural than lor Americana
to follow the lessons of Washington, “in is-ace topis
| pare lor war,” aud so he always in readiness lor every
exigency ol late. The History of the Unties of Palo
! Alio and Ueaacadeln Palma w ill ever he aacaplivat
mg to American minds a, n.iimii tl !i,uina arr.fudst
mice of music and the a asocial., n- ol nsimnal glory
Was a not the ‘ bulging” system of tactics, which
! Gen ‘fa ■ lor resolved to employ even against Arista,
with all hut might ol armed men, occupying and tensive
poeiiinn* selected by iltat General hliucrlfl Nothing
wnr, ever lieurd of. m t'w hiatmy of tlie war,more dar
ing than tliut march ol Taylor, on the Hill und Ihh of
May, to Port Brown, in which, to proceed at all, he waa
j obliged to charge tight upon and over the lines ol Aris
la'sarinyol upwarilsol six thousand men liwaaat
noon mi the tith, that A r isia, in complete oi tier ot ha tile,
Inwled al Palo Aim, and ocoupying the whole road lo
port Biown, was perhaps suipnard—-if not actually
I confounded—by the return ol (lenrial Taylor, whom,
lour ilaya brlotr, in ihe Matumurna new.psper,some
j can tdioi—peilia|ia ihe General ol the North him
aeli-diad charged “with Hying in so cowurdly a luaii
net tc shut himself up at die Point “ 7Aei.be waa
agao,, with hia liitle army—eighteen hundred uduntry
against Anaiu'a lour IhmiMiid—two bundled hoiar
against Iwo ibmiaaiid—encumbered, too, wnh a tram of
no Iras than three hull red wagons, carrying ihe sop
\ pile, lot Port Brown , there he was, indeed, lli.il “cuw
-1 ardly’ American t ieneml, who waa scon, o| course,
j luonghl to a hah by tin- majesty and lertot ol the Alex
iciii ii i itiy I
lni be intend lo ton away a areond time 1 Poor
looueli M* s cans ! At two o'clock ‘lie Americana
were m motion- retreating f No, advancing to ihe
(Aurgei udviiiiciMg in good order, lirmly and icaulute*
It —until n waa ms aaary m bring the Mexican camion
inio tequisit .oil In r.unpel Ihe f. unless desperadoes to
hilluiaei.il bundled paces,and ullliniberlbeir own
ailillrry. lint why should we re|ieai the uft-told tale,
how Inni ilior to every bviy, liny, lo every girl, in the
I oiled Htah-a Ah the laaiala, tlie piiaius, a, ihe . doits
ol the M (lean duel came lo iwughl ; volleys id'grape
stratagems—and eltargesol tense, were alike hi vain,
siMi at night tall, the lioeta ol Arista rt tiled behind the
• eliei .I its-chaps mil, and the Americans slept victo
liouaiy on Ilia Held ol lamie Bui tie lamle was not
y I over Mmulied. but enraged, and reinforced with
mote ti.sipa in number greatly exceeding lua I,sere,
Arista b*II back lo dir strung, Ihe eery atioiig position
ol lieaaca dels Palma, wlirre lie hoped lo enjoy a giral
VOL. XXVI.—No 21.
| *iicce.,hni,m reality, only awnuerl hia own final ami
overwhelming overthrow.
RE3ACA DE LA PALMA.
The Americans slept nn Palo Alio, on a fie! I r/vic
fory—l me killed,and fcr'y-m'ne wounded tut eh,on
| these Were Ringgold and Page, whose mum - w ill re”*
I inrun identified lurever with the recollect • u ft.,. Ar
| nn’ ol Occnpatisnanrl the campaign on the It! G nnde
( I lie next day, the 9th ol May, ilnwiied with ihe
r nice of another battle. Arisln, drawing to diiruh
his forces, with reinforcements from beyond ihe river
was entrenched in the ravine of La Palm i, in the very
i heart ol the chaparrals; whence,although, on ihe pre
cedingday, the two armies hnd measured sirongth in a
kinaofformal duello of artillery, ut which Arista ha I
been beaten, it was manifest he could not he driv, n un
less, m close light, in hand to hand tcncountrr. at the
p unt ol awtnrd ami bayonet And thiswna precisely
| the character of the fierce and snngiiimny I Mile id I,a
I “hna,in which Taylor renewed aitpck with only
\ Ptiin n hundred men. Catmons ronrcffandhor-i*-
nieii ehnrtrrd, at first, as on the preo-din r day ; hui
the fight was soon characterized by regiments or linyt
appro,'iching closcrand closer lo each other—hre ikitm
I into parties to thread the dense thicket- -and so engag
ing, ai leal, squad lo squad, imm even m man, in a kind
ol general melee; in which the supeimr qualities, mo
i and and physical, ol the North American im i the mon
grel Mexican, stain gave live victory ihe formes hi
no oilier Panic in modem lime were there ever so manv
opportunities given for the display ol p i tonal coinage
and ga lantry ; aud in no oilier were there so many in
stances, in which individuals, and especially privates
and non-oomiui tinned offi. rs, disliu mi.-hed ilicin
•elvea by exploits of chivalrous daring In the h aland
most critical period of the hn'lle, it was pm ~ ,y such
a snuggle ; every bush h-.d its combatnnr, ~C Uuie
I opening 111 the iluehet a fray id person |,. t an j
l.u-a lime, to close and larmus was die light, so mex
f” i ra, ”. v CM nti. thr Tl-.-.y,.,
I 1 Janirjr, that both Duncan's nud Ridgley’s luitencs U
i Panic uselrow—ihpy couM not be poimedal anv m upor
j ton e oj Mexicans which Amroirnna were not chars
through aud through* and driving befor them.
At hist, however, minihera.pride,every ihmg on th**
.Mexican side, yielded before the unconquerable rcsolu
lion olTaylor and Ins Irt.le army ’1 he spin tl.r.t d„-
,n, el the remarkable despatch—remarkable n ihe u’
j terance ol a rcsolahon at once so calm and so ni_, r „
—“should the enemy meet me,in whatever fo.ee ‘[ w ;
light him,"—meant the last clause lobe understood as
! !',‘ e prouit*. not of a fight merely. but ul a victorious on.■
1 lay lor had set out to relieve Furl Brown, and in.;.
: to Ho it; not an American in Ins army but h i I set o n
lin the same spirit, meaning to do tlie Wmic ifimg in
whatever way effected, the General had infused lus
I own determination and confidence inio de- henna of all
Ins noldieis ■ anj hence it was that seventi . u hundreil
( men, tins day, rushed at once right inio close quartci i
i wnh seven thousand.drivingdicm.peil mell, from ihs’ir
: redoubts, their guns, their ravine, their thick is nay
dtfir camp list'll; until the Mexican dell- u w,i an ut-’
n-r rout, and Arista and his troops, cha - J by a I, mdlul
ol American horse, lather lor observation than iniuiy
; to the Kio Grande,seized upon the friendly opp, mini y
ol night to place its waters os a bttrrier between then
| and their now terrible conquerors. Taylor n-m lined
, again upon a field ol victory—lamenting, how. ter, di
loss >d thirty-nine killed, nnd eighty-three wounded’
dhcersand inen—ot whom Lieui-nnuis I ,_-e Cocl. ’
rniie.nnd Clmdbuurne, were the highest m rank o! thus ■
slam ; while Lieutenant Colon. I Mclntosh and C. M it..'u
Hue, oitko Mb JoTsUly, weie tsqh to ,„„X . .
severity olthtir llij'iricd, most d,sling.,, 5 ;, c -d among me
wounded. -
‘Hi ■ loss of the Mexicans was never accurately known
j have been eight or ten tunes
i t hat ot the Americans, who gathered near'j two hun
dred ol their dead. Bat the injury to M Nic „ t , mld no ,
‘* <umed by her killed and wounded, p.ckeu up ,m
this fatal held. Here led her pride. d,e The
martial merit, every thought ol her abiinv lo emend
aline will Ihe Republic ol the North. Tlieen'eol lie
. lirtckly-pear and serpent, after two severe buiii-i. Iml
Hown away, screaming, from the bird ul die urnnvs’aiij
die olive branch. The tampan of the Rio Grand was
|aiiiubdaied, and the republic of the s, v.-r mourn,,,,
i “"T “l* n •<* defenceless, incapable ol u, mg any dung
I uglier than the victim ol our vrngeanc , or any dong
lowei than tlie object of (Sir uingrani ,toils my T;,’
; victoiy of Resaca de la Palma was, In eril ci die u.n
questol Matamoroe—ol the Rio Grand.— i ah dp.
country to the loot ol the mountains—lo Monterey ■ and
j all these mighty results, which immediately i.d
that gr. at teat ofnrms, were i.c gmiiccnt t.- o pl, . . won
I lor and presented lo the Kepubi.i; t,y ag< n. r.d ha i
j suught to prevent war—who was always aim, us to iee
aen ns cal unities nnd bring n hianend—nnd wdo.eveu
5 then, in the moment ol Ins great triumph, i V i- ..
i lull justice tu the heroism ot his uffic, IS and ni u wlm
liiul lought so well and bravely, yet induh.e ! i , no ex
I ullation unworthy ot his calm, humane u .. q.i,
! iru'y lofty cnaracter. Did these victories, m, lhK)x '_
| mated so manv Americans, and begot all th , i „y, |
notions about the conquest of “nil Mexico,” “inevitable
destiny,” iStm.p oduce any change whatever nt„
lay lops view aor wishes I l)<i hoover n.y
crease ol war-appetite ! Did he not.in la.t, ,j||
; the last, the same calm, moderate, iiiereiin yyq,,,
, had no burning passion logo on indefinit. |y kqi;'.. M, iv
I,e it,s ami conquering Mexican territory • , w - s anx
ioua that peace should be restored, and tit u ht ti-.at the
| l titled Suites could sliord to beat hi n m *. ,
| always treated het—inagnaninmiisly. with a „qd
pmlul lortiejrance in all things Had life model- ‘ spirit
prevailed in the counsel- ol die Admit,itr.-,t,i n we
j should probably have had ati earlier pci e~ ■ und u.’can
I well believe, it would not have been lc--honorable
MONTLRLV
Great and meritorious miwm tlw victor so
rably— Wf iiiiirht almost sar so
l iiylor, mthe immient of nan>naj niv, p
\lk> ami Rcanea dr la Palma, ihe tn m‘ .i I.t,
the mteliigem ciimen cannot but eorioi fi’e I'hni i
the circumstance, following these expimts, . r mCts
sed hv new difficulties which Ihev broiighi |, im
be exhibited even higher qualities than th, e whieh W
blazed out so glonoiwly „n the H-1.l of battle
ihe war was no lon"er a calamito p, ore.
vented ;it had begun, and was to be fo'u dn r he
eoty waste be followed into !„ own Isml^.„,,d or ■rv,”.
led to pence ; everything w, be do. , . f
solved on wtlhont delay, ty „ victor wl,
tnem hadlelt him without suit,.netit s, i|H , ,li ‘
Wtlhont the mean.oi irni,sivi:.t;„n ‘ TANARUS,
were at him wanting, but too,, diey csins is m L
eiidiuawstic volunteers, in er *arrsw„g r„„,|.e,._,
“umtwrs beyond Taylors wa,„.and r.., . but
as nothing else came, they only made had w u ,se and
mcteaardtfie difficulties of hia iiosiiiofi J nn ”
| Bui, ill Ihe mulet of three ,liffieuh.es, f ,■, ~ ,
tnd resolutions were equally senve W ,ri Ml Hire Hsm
alter the iiHhirofL-i Palma his (lag l)„„ir,| nvA M ,T’
! amoros and the whole lower light Iwnk of the If
| Grande , and as early as die jtUtfi of May oniv iwel.s
day, after tla- firs, bsiw a. P„|„
know from bis official coremondrm e, he bail , Irend v
‘■"•dilated the enterprise, the niareh, the vn v route to
, b.-pursued,against thec.ty of Mom. ,y Thismateh
,n hilt agaitw. Monlerey-made wnh m.iiffieient
j irans,a,nation, and therefoie, widi nisnfficp m aubsia
irnee and ammunition ;this marrh, which con-idericz
j the o .nsequenees that must have flowed 1,,.iu , trP idw
timid critics’would have regarded as an overtiming haz
ardousndventure, isoneo, ihernosi decided pr< s,t „i
Tiiyior'siu.lgm. mas well ss heroism lliaveiy Jeeiiu
turn rendered it necessary. ‘There were font and a*!
1 munition enough in Moigerry ; and wuli yo.mg and
zcuioiis vo uuteers, anxious to see ihe foe, there waa
j lets, kws to iM-aiirchendrd Irom a hard match end a
I harder light, than trout die pining inactivity ( | sickly
j camps on die KioUrande. ‘The autumn wnacming
nay, aselrea.ly at hand ; there were pure waieis ami
breezes, and niouiilain heauh. at Monterey -what dit
I lerenue did it make it tliere were tremendiiou. loinhca-
I ‘“'“.“”l ,h *’ “‘•'T'hl rul ) Meztcansm si M s*ri.e Hum
bei.l she march was mailvedon, nuslied in rv.iv
I way; about the Mtue period, almost the name dnv
wlieii Sntiitt Anna waa “pwni 1 into Vera Cruz
to raiat and head that army which was to me,.’
laylor at Buena Vieia, the latter adv.mrd the
, tirsi iJivimioii o| hi. nrmv irom (xnnas, e. cx ,
, iMilhrrapedition ag.imit Mi nlerey fi wai on ih,’
i 15th September that Sam. Anna arrived at the Cap.
| ital.anu,in oroud array,amid roaring festivities andih.
clamor ul Mexican oath, ol patriotuun.ewoir m drive
! the “perfidiou. Ysnkeea,” the “ barbanini. ol ih.
North,” from tlie sacred will of the magnanimous’ re
public. Four days later, on the Win. the Mexican
1 cannon at Monterey was playing upon Gen I'atior
I tia with a little rrcon nattering pa it y, he rude up to m-
I atieet lor htmaell the lonm.lulde defenceeof citadel, re
| doubts,fortified heights, andatoiw houses with psr.prta,
each a Moonsh lorttficatiuii, or a port o| one great
Mooiish fornlication, enihracing tin- whole city, which
it watnow neceasaiy he shuul.l carry „y stoiiu, ami
dint, 100, within a lew day., to prevent tue i ft. .is „u n
entire want otall the llece-aatirs of war and ul qie in
i hia own army.
And .•> lie carried it. What need of rrpeat ng the
detain ol this gformua seige, of which rvriy i stiHuisr
lute become a part ol the recoiled ions of every Ameri
can mind—die chivalrous exploits of Worth'a division,
on the west, oarrymg die aimed heiglussnd hemiumg
m the M'xieanain tlte rear, and the bloody a-..ults
upon the town intrU.on the east, made no iis , ~|r ia
il Taylur lumaell. On tlie second day m. weak man
I imd die strong man at bis nieicy—ns Ihouaund Amer
ican icguinis and tolunteris luid wniptwdm sgo ;, v i
jos yum-la lad gr|ie-ahol a Mexican city <d It
j sand itiltabiuints tlcleiided.by a garrison o leu iliou
sand soldiers ; and on llial areond day Hi. cny threw
| up ilahanda fur quarters,and tbe on thousand Mext
can soldiers timst-.il a ftng ol Uuoe, ami < .ipilo.ltonl
1 ilia waa ih* liurii glo iy rtl ’junior m Uii war —•
j How lloa lint, 111 caultrrf f ft war only die new-buin
| malice of political jealou-y—for on a sudden die wi n
-1 druus popularity acquired by ‘l uykir, us h l.y mngm
and tlie prraeiilalion of h siiainc as a candidate foi ilia
j Ingli oils r ul President by vast iiond iis us tiiiieM
| “t"! i” particular by the enure Whig party, had r i der
ed him UII oVet o, terror tulliracheninig Admnnstia
! don which had made tin- war; it was onii die ‘Utsuvelv
unouiiiriil and uiigralrlui hatred ,and 1„.
strove, foi a m.imeni lo erasure dial oapnul.i ion am,
to reprehend, nsy, and poaaaif.ie, to oiusli, i,. ; inner old
Tp'tor loi the am ot nut having tin ally captured rex-,
teiiiiiiiaied the whole gamaon, and pwt, p nbn, ~ die
wljole wretched population ol Muuteiey to tls’ sword.
” htvforgets die aitenipl Um.la *luu,, ies,, I y to-