r
, : THE COMMERCIAL -
It pabllshed every Tuuday, ThundaytnX Saturday,
at 5,00 per annum, payable In all eases in advance by
THOMAS LOKING,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
aBa-ana-aw '
BENJAMIN I. HOWZE, ,
ASSOCIATE EDITOa.
Corner of Front and Market Strettt,
WILMINGTON, N 0. .
RATES Or ADVERTISING.
1 sqr. 1 insertion. $050
1 . " V " 75
1 . ". 3 . " 1,00
1 " 1 month, 2,50
1 sqr. 2 month,
1 3
1 6
1 lyear,
$4
9
8
12
Twelve lines or leas make a square.' If
an Advertisement exceeds twelve lines, the
price will be in proportion.
All advertisements are payable at the time
of their insertion. ' 1 '
Contracts with yearly advertisers, will be
nude on the most liberal terms.
t All Advertisement! inserted in the
triweekly Covtmircial, are entitled to one
fosertion ( n the Weekly, free of charge
JOB, CARD and FANCY PRINTING
executed ia superior style.
WILLIAM J. CLARK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
RALEIGH, N. C.
8ept 12th, 1848. 7-w. trl. e.
CARROLL & FENNELL.
Grocers V Cvauhwlon Mereluito,
. WILMINGTON, N. C.
MATS AtWATt OH NAKB A eSBSBAL AesOBTMEXT Of
FAULT CMCEIIES, UQOORS, WIM, it
, AH WIU FAT PABTICtTLAB
Attention to the sale ef all kinds of Produce
r-
a. i. cabboll.
July 13, 1843.
c. x. pbstbbu..
F . CLARK,
MAxtrrACTOssi and dbalbb m all ium op
CABINET FURNITURE
CMUIS, BEDSTEADS, WUT1JIC BESIt, I1T
TR1SSIS, rilUlSTIKS, fcc.
FRONT STREET, NEAR MARKET,
WILMINGTON, N. C
April Ilth. 1M8. Il-ly.
DEROSSET, BROWN & Co.,
d K SURAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINGTON, N. C,
March 17, 1848. l-y.
BROWN, DEROS3ET & Co.,
EXERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
15U FRONT BT. NEW YORK.
March 171313. . l-y.
A. MARTIN,
GENERAL AGENT
AND
Commission Merchant
North Witcr, t Doon aboTe Friaeeu Street,
Marpky't Building,)
WILMINGTON, N, C.
Oct. 3.
84
J. & W. L. McGARY
porwirdisg m covmim
MERCHANTS,
WLM LNQTON, N C.
March 17.1319. I-I.
ROWLEY, ASHOCRNER CO.
Geieril CinaiuUi Itrchiiti,
Not. 14 6, South Wbabtss,
PHILADELPHIA.
W u are p repared to make liberal sdvaaeea oa eUls-
soati of XarelStorei, Ac.conelgaedto usforeeie.
Refer to
4esre. .1 ml t Virajsa,i
Baerr FL4ea, WUntlag toa.N.C
rjeiaae VV. Datib. )
January 18. 123-ly.
ELIUH DICKINSON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
S jnWr ptrinerufthe late Ann of Dickinson & Morris
WILMINQTON, N. C
Ripts to
Messrs . B . DeForestA Co.,
NeiAltk & Walsh,
E.D.PttertACo.,
; Ne York.
Boston .
Mesne Clark,
Walters Souder, PklU(U,fcl.
A. Beoaon Co., I e '
Oct. 3. 1847.
84-ly-p
GEORGE S. GILLESPIE.
AQENT POO. THI SALE Of
TIMBER, LUMBER, NAVAL STORES, f
Wll .Xe liberal cash advance on ellcoaelgnmeale
, of prepuce.
March 17. 1
J. HA.THAWAY & SON,
COM Vf 133 IONMERC HANTS,
3rd Deer Nwrik WilrrStrtl,
WILMINQ TON, N. C.
J.Hatnawat. J.L.. Hatbaw
Vr
Oct. 37,1847.
O. W. DAVIS,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C,
March IT
1
JOHN C. LATTA,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AND GENERAL AGENT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oci.10.IB4T. 8T
BLANKS
PRINTED TOi&DER, AT THE
CO M MERCTA L OFFICE.
BACON AND PORK.
QP, IThd. Clear SWeai Ihkda. Bkoaldersi 4
OV bamls mees Pork, ftw sale by
HARRISS a aC8KL.
OH. If. ft-
VOL. 3NQ. 96
JOHN HALL,
SHIP AOENT
ANd f
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
, No.30GRAVIER STREET.
New OrieiBi
April 13, 1848. UO-ly.
it. J. LORD & CO.
Rice Factors 4 CoaaLssion igeat.
Not. 26, 1847. 109-l-p.
LIFE INSURANCE
IN THE NATIONAL LOAN FUND SO
CIETY, OF LORpONr
SUV
FIRE INSURANCE
IN THE iETNA INSURANCE COM
PANY, OF HARTFORD, Com.,
OB, IB! Tfta
HOWARD INSURANCE COMPANY,
QF NEW YORK,
May be effected by application to
Not. 25,1847. 108
W. A. LANGDON,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WILMINQTON, N. C.
Not. 23, 1847. lOT
M1CELLAR ic, WRAE,
LDIIEI lHBTIIBEil6ErrS,611EtlL
COIIISSIOS HIRCBIHTS, Md GROCERS,
Store formerly eecttpfcrf by Hall AeitaTaoifS,
NORTH WATER STREET,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Micros M'KBllAB.
Not." II, 1847.
albs.m'bab,
102
THOMAS ALLIBONE & Co.,
6E1EEAL C011I8K10H ME1CIAHTR,
No. 8, SouthWhabves,
PHILADELPHIA.
Admen mide Cinigiffleiti.
Refer to Meeers.
DiRoaiBT, Beown A Co. Wll-
mlngtoa, N. C.
(DOT. 11.
102-y
HARRISS &. RUSSELL,
(SDCCESSORS TO CriABLtH D. ELLIS,)
6KHIKAL C0MMISSIOR lElCIlStl
WlLMtMOTOei, N.C
aoaea babiiii. hbkbT r. aoeasLL.
REFER TO
K. P. Hail, Eq. )
O. O. PAan.iT, Ka. Wilmington.
Jwo. A. Tatiob,E. )
Abmbb Pattob Ee , Ntw Var.
Albs. Hsbbow, in., Rb PhUuddpk,
ar . A d
HlMM WilllABIB, tblai. o. v. r Ckarietton.
H. r. BABB,r.iQ.
Sept. 4th, 1847.
I3-tf.
L. MALLETT,
AQCIfT ros mt SALE or
Tiaber, Ltabcr, NaTal SUrts, kt
NutCt Building, NoHK Hater Street,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Not. 9, 1847. w
BARRY, 3RYANT & Co.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
WILMINOTON, N Cft
March 17, 1848.
WILLIAM NEFF,
(Late of the firm of Nsrp 4. Wamer
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL DEALER III
SHIP CELLNDLERT, ship stores
AND GROCERIES,
CORNER OF DOCK e WATER STREiS,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Dec. 7th. 1847.
CASSIDEY, SCHRADER & Co.,
ENGINEERS AND MACHINISTS
TBS ASOTB PIB BATS BaBCTBB AJr MTBBIrTB
Iron and Brass Foundry
together with
NaekUe aid BUekxalti Stops,
Wbara orders for eTery daacrlptioaj of work lo their
Qae of bualneae. wlaae expeatireaaiy aaa
faUhfolly eucnied.
July W, 1848. l-tL
MARTIN to CRONLY,
AUCTIONEERS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GENERAL1 AOENTS.
WUMlngaM, N. C Oet. 1 1848. 60-tf.
PLOUGHS.
A LOT of A. B. AHams4Ca's. sapertor Na. 1
Ptoagha. JaetreceiTdaad for aale. by
McKELLKR A McRAK.
Jaa.l. . 12.
FAYETTEYILLE flour
rAO&lJL laatstd saperflae FloaT. For 'aale at
OU i. t W. U MeOARV.
Oaa.14, m.
mmimimT
PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY,
WILMINGTON, SATURDAY
SCOTT, KEEN & CO.
MBRCHiNT TAILORS ,
AND D8ALEHS IN
SUPERIOR
Reads M(iie CvViftg,
MARKET STREET, .
- WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 21, 1818. . .-S3-y.
CORNELfUS MYERS,
MANUFACTURER
AMD DEALE& 114
HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS AND
WALKING UAJNfcS, c.
WltMINOTON, N. C, MarVet-at.
Oct. 17.
W. L. SMITH.
(Latr or the rum or Sandpoiio & Smith.)
AUCTIONEER AND
COMMlSSmS MERCHANT,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
8tore oa North Water Street, Pereiey'a block.
Oct. 14. 90-yc
3. S. WILLIAMS'
Fane k Staple Dry Goods Store.
ORE DOOR WIST OF W EB1W8 BRU6 WEB,
MARKET STREET,
WILMINGTON, 1i. C.
Oct. 14,184a 90.
Jas. T. Morris
Umhtr ani Tisiber Inspector,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
OcL 12.
89-6in
JAMES T. MOIIRJS,
Jgeut w the Sale n rorthiie i RE6B0E8,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Oct. 1 89-6m
wm. at. lARBia. Bi'eini a. dbabb
HARRISS & DRAKE,
Geieral CoBolssioa Hfrchants,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
RcrxiKNCM r
O. G. Paraley, Esq, )
Col. John McRee, Wilmington, N- C.
Measra. Ballard Hnnllngton, )
Will Peck. Eaq.. Raleish.M.C.
Meeara. HaU, Hacked 1 Co
FayetteTHIe, N. C.
ioae&h. Utler. Eaa..
Jleam. Jaaiea Cottier Sone, HaliMnore.
" K. A. Souder it Co., PhUadelphia.
' Tbompeon Hunler, ) N Y .
" Plllabary Sandfurd, INW T 01
" Hunting A Tufts, Ronton.
" J. Q. P. Titeotnb, Kennebunk, Me.
September 14th, 1848. 77-tL
W. BRANSON:
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
lllBEt, IUIIEI, N1T1L 8T0RBS, At
Nut & Building North Water Street.
WILMINGTON, N.C.
Sept. 28 1848.
83-e.
N
B . HUGHES,
AUCTIONEER
ARB
COMMISSION MERC HAN T,
RALEIGH, N. C.
SolicKa eeneigmnentt, and will attend to all buai
neaa eatruaied to bin. and pledgee himsea' that all
eoMtfnmeata and auaineaa abaU pe atrtctiy dona ia
conformity to tae wiabea ol nla employers.
REFERENCE.
T. Loa iko, Esq., Wilmington.
E. W. WiLBtNca, Rkj., FayctteTine.
Aag. 26, 1848. 69-ry.
John d. love,
DEALER IN
CABINET FURNITURE.
IEBSTE1BS, CUIIS, liTHSm, U,
ROCK SPRING,
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Marine ani Flre Insurance
JJHESabecrtbe bariBg reoelred the Ageacy
Ctndei IisiraBto Conpaay,?!. J.
CHARTERED 1832.
IIT1 I CAPITAL IF till, 1.0,
or WDmlastoa and TklaltT. will Imoe Pottdea oa
esgoaa, frelgbu and Teaaeai out of this port and alao
take Ftra rtaka oa as reaeoaebie term a as say other
laacitotlo.
Loaeea aBitalnad wlH be Dromstrr and
tsoiMrabryadiaatad and para, andlaeaM Mdlftem
M oarta of North Carolina win be aetnSwtrgod
MARTIN, Agl.
Dec. 14, 1847.
Ilo-ly-c.
Twenty Dollars Reward,
If I WILL sivo Twenty
m wara tor tns lodgement w my ma a re. i a.
JSla WUailagto Jail. Peter Is aboat I feet
laches htgh, baa dark akm. Is somewhat bcoken, a
and
aboat B0 rears of ag. He Is sappoeed to be about
Wilmington, or oa T
fawa Creek.
8. DEWITT,
AH Saints, 8
Oct 7.
C.
COAL.
Kg TONS Red A she Coal.brokea aad amwd
unr rofaaie.ar w. i.. Bmin,
AS LOR1NG.
gr Jfer
MORNING,' OCTOBER 28,
P. J. LORD fc CO.,
Agenia Tor the
NAUTILUS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO.
Accumulated Capital, $130,000.
ALSO rORTIIE i
EACLE LIFE k HEALTH IN8URAMCE CO "
Capital, $ 100,000.
WintakerieksonttTesof 8la
Office 23 North Wstai Street.
" Oct. 24, 1848.
THE CITY HOTEL.
Af j t Mi m x theCairt Bine Sfitre
RALEIGH, N. C.
HHAS been rsceniiy rhoroaghly repaired, and
greatly improTed bj the addition of a large
number of pkraaantand commodious rooms which
arrttOt eiceiled br any In the City. The UbW aJ.
ways furnUhe with ihe beet thai can be procured,
and the charges are at moderate as can be afforded.
Tha stables ara in good order, weH Airaaiahed with
SrOTendcr, and attended by careful and experienced
atlers.
Mrs. Lawrence would therefore reepectfully taT&S
the attention of the membera of the approaching
Legialaiure and iheiravelllayp ubllc to the adTantafS
praaeilted by this eetabliehment.
Raleigh, Sept. 12 1848. 76-Iy-w-t.
BLOWN SALT.
Tpr SACKS LWerpool filowg Salt, now lan-
aw aiaa iooi oenr. unariea sihm. For le
nlotatoauitby R. W. BROWN.
Oct. 10. 10,
NEW GOODS.
Just Received per Brig Belli.
2 BAGS Rio Coffee, '
10 " Lagolra do.
4 bbls. Cniahed Sugar,
I box Loaf do.
3 bbls. New Orleans Rum,
26 bags Shot, aajortod,
1 bbL Peach Brandy,
lObbla Mew Pork,
1 Wine Vinegar,
20 " super Canal Flour,
1 kegsGoeben But(r, (aplendld article,)
2 casks Cheeae, (amaU aizee,)
14 caeca Sheet at toned,
Epaora Sain, Madder. Alum. Caator Oil.
Indigo, Opium, Aesefcatida, Araraato, Eaeenes
Peppermint, Ee. Cinamon,
Moffafa Life Pilla, Beckwitha PMla. SaDDiatrtonB
PUls, Peters' Pllla, McAlllater-e Salve, Orey'l Oint
ment, Swayne'a Syrup Wild. Cherry, Towneead'S
asrsapanua. sat nratua, ink, c. te.
..1. l . una d r IK.
r ui hit vj b. run axvA'?
Sept. 26. 82- 1m
GRAIN STORE.
Received per W. I. Jones.
I Aft BUSHELS aeed Rye(
A vv ZO
bush, sred Wheat i
ALSO IN STORE.
175 batei inperior new crop Hay i
Nonh Carolina Corn i
Cow Peas at 45 and AOe per bnah.;
Freeh ground MutnonT and Meal
Fayettevllle and Canal Flour s
Oau at 40 centi per buahel,
Cow feed 60 eta. do. do. For aale by
ELUS 4 MITCHELL.
Oct. 14. 0.
LIVERPOOL 8 ALT.
SACKS ground) LOO Sacka fine or blown.
For aale br R. W. BROWN.
360
Oct. 21.
W-if.
SHIP CHANDLERY.
mi ASTERS of Teeaek will find Chandlery, Spare,
11MA".. For Sale by
HOWARD A PEDEN.
92.
Oct. 18
100
Oet. 14.
SACKS Salt.
For aale by
HOWARD & PEDEN.
90
NOTICE.
fgT, FIE subscribers baTettus day entered Into Co
rn
partnership.
under the ftraa of MARTIN A
CRONI.V. forth
e transact!) of a Geaeral Auctio
Commission and Ageaey business, at the late ala
of Cronly, vvstter Hatl. A. jsariii
at. uaurL.T .
Oct. i. '85-tf.
10,000 Cords Pine Wood.
PROPOSALS wlO be rocalTed sntll 1st Novem
ber next, for the deiiTery of ten thousand cerda
Pine wood for the H leant Boats of the Wilmington
and Raleigh Rail Read Company. To he delinrred
during rhe year 1849 on board tne Steamboats or on
the wharf as may be ire, ui red.
BUtdera will please stale lb kind of pine, dead or
IMag, aad the price of each,
JNQ. A. TAYLOR, S. Agent.
Set I. 12.
AF1b Set tfTfftk for 25 Celts.
While Teeth, Foul Breath, Healthy Game.
Yellow and anheakhy teeth, after being ones at
twice cleaned with
JONES' AMBER TOOTH PARTE,
BaTatheappearaneeofthemoatbeaailfal I Tory, aad
at the aaaae time it Is so perfectly laaooeat and elqui
sltelyjlnehailts constant dairy uee Uhhjhly adnata
(sous, eTen to those teeth that are In good eoadllkm.
gWing them a beautiful polish, and presenting a pre
mature deay. Those elreasy decayed, It preTewts
from becoming worse It also faateaa auch as are ba
com fag loose, and by aeree Terence It wSJ render the
foaleet teeth deticately while, and make tae breath
detcioaaly sweet.
PRICE 25 OR HI CENTS A BOX.
Sold In W,Knlagton, by Lipofll a WBDrlBfa.
MOLASSES.
ftf HHD8 Superior retalllag
Moteaees. For
Warisby
BARRY BRYANT Ca.
SeptanbeT 12, 1848.
NOTICE.
rpiIE raberrloerhee this day eniefad Into a Cev
X partnership with R. J. Joataa, (or the) pavpoea af
carryln on ihe Boot and Shoe baalaaaa 1st all Ita
braacltea. at hie old stand la Market afreet, ander lha
Arm of QRAY JONES.
AO persona Indebted to ae. Hther by aote or a
coanl. wilt pteese eaR and settle ae the old beelaeea
BY TI
meet b eloeed ap. CHAS. URAY ,
WilsaUgioa, Asg. 16th, (2tk,) Ttf.
mm
k- '-",' r j - ,
- - -
1.848 H Whole No h I
GENERAL TAYLOR:
His Moral, Intellectual ajto IWes-
MOXAL ClIARACTEK.
General Taylor' ckatarttr at drnm bf the
I Im. John M Clayton, Senator of the U.
8. from IklatMcre.
Hie Hon. aentltftnan.fMr. Serifttor PooC
oi iwississippi,; also attacks Ueneral Ti'
lor on me ground mat tit lacks quahfica
lions. In jualice. however, to his own no
ble heart, the Senator admits that General
1 aylor is a pure, honorable, hkh-minded.
nu patriotic maa. Bui he finds fault with
General Tajlor mi account 6f wbal he
supposes to evince a want of great team
ing. He reasons from Geaeral TajWi
coniession that he was nota Tviirtirinn
fv""svV
mm we is not competeoi lor toe I'residency.
That is, I think, bis chief Objection. The
gentleman did also find much fault with
one or two of Gen. Taylor's letters. I shall
not denj that his letters, like those Of other
great military commanders, written ia the
Durry of a camp, and on a barrel, a box, of
a drum-head, have riot the beauty of fininh
and the rotundity of Deriod which thiran-
tleman so well knows how to give his own
ieuers. Dut lor strong sense and appropri
ate language to convey it, no man can ex
eel these letters of Taylor, in which-he
iouna it important to attend to the manner
as well as the matter of his composition.
ttb iaugn at tne story that he cannot write
his letters. That from his enemies is a new
tribute to their excellence ! Gen. Cass, is,
we admit, a knowing and learned man;
but (Scneral Taylor is a trite man. 1 agree
with the poet, that
"Knowledge and wisdom far from being one,
Hire oil times no connection. Knowing dwells
Id heada replete with fhoQgfets of other wen
Wladota ia irdnda attentifo ta their owa."
Gen. Cass has great erudition, and has
written books. But in the gTeat essential
quaBtfes of wisdom, justice, integrity, hu
manity, and moral as . well 'as physical
courage. Taylor approaches nearer to the
character of Washington than any man
who has occupied the Presidential chair
since bis day. And with regard to the
champion of the gentleman from Connecti
cut, (Ml. Nilet.) who has indulged himself
in a sly fling at Uen. I aylor,! WiUffive my
opinion with equal frankness. Mi. Van
Buren is a' cunning man, and it has often
been obicrved, that no cunning man was
ever yet n wise one. Exception is fnken
to raylors quahucattons, because he has
been compelled, in his country's service, to
pay more attention to the cartridge inaa
the ballot box ; and in bis letters has mod
estly expressed his own difidence of his
ability to discharge the duties of President
of the United States. But let me call the
attention of :he Senate to what Gen. Wash
ington said of himself in bis inaugural ad
dress. He says to Congress:
"The magnitude and difficulty of the
trust to which the voice of my country
called me, being sufficient to awaken in the
wisest and irost experienced of her citizens
a distrustful scrutiny into his qualifications
could net but overwhelm with despondency
one, who, inheriting interior endowmeriU
from nature, and unpractised in the duties
of civil administration, ought to be peculi
arly conscious of his own deficiencies."
Taylor is the man of modern limes who
has rivalled this- admirable modesty, and
bis friends so far from lreaxdinir it as a
fault, tie it as one of ihe brightest among
the featuies which adorn his heroic char
acter.
Generai Taylor't tharatier at draw by the
Hon. John Sergeant rf PhUidrlphia.
To be able at such a period as the pres
ent to place m the highest office of our Gov
ernment a man whose every quality attests
his being of the race of the mighty men,
the sages and the patriots, whose memory
we do honor, must be regarded as a new
favor to our country. lrueUtbe Coasti
tution, faithful to Us precepts and injunc
tions, understanding it in tire spirit and
sense of those who framed it, with a heart
too pure to 1 seduced, and too brnre to be
sacrificed, General Taylaf will be the Pres
ident contemplated by the people when
ther created that high effice. With the
Constitution for his guide, and the whole
interests of the nation for the objects oi his
care, usurping no authority which does not
belooe to bim, and declining none it is fit
he should exercise, wild a calm, steady,
and fearless slep, he will follow the course
of duty, according to the platform of the
Cons mutton, wun toe oesi uznis upon n
anorded by past or present limes. these
are the assurances ?ivcn by all his con
duct and character through a long, and ac
tive, and honorable life, spent in the pres
ence of his countrymen, and in sight of the
world, in very arduous service, without re
proach or censure, nay, with uniform and
universal praise.
General Taylor't Ckarader at dram by the
Hon, Ttsbm SariA of Connecticut.
I declare my utmost confidence in Gen
Tavlor. I feel that I have a thorough in
sight into his principles and his character
As be is aa honest man, I confide in mm
he iat a modVraTenjespeci htm j as
he is a lmmahe miirv I ifljriiie hrjb iai he
is a man of unsupassed bravery, I Jvono
him ; .as he is distinguished, for, .good sensa
and totind discretion. I think he will make
a safa President at a hgh.iejii of jtrmice
has ever characterised his conduct, 1 am.
wining to trust him with th -right And in
terests
tico
has
decision of charader-asls JW favors sad
fears do responsibility" I believe he will.
with a steady hand, gwi4 the, count ry safe
ly through all 'he perils which may envi
ron u ; as' hd poesesj ihe.' i?W. jiorhy
and excellence of character, 1 shall fake
pleasure in seeing him At the bead of pub
lic affairs: as he is truly republican in bis)
habits and manners, being one of the peo
pU,hd syispalhising thoroughly with the
AuiMtet, I think there; it a fitness in making
fciV the chief magistrate of those sama
masses of whoin the humblest can exclaim?
with truth, "he w orje of us rand as he
is a good, sound, conservative, arid reliable
Whig, abominaline Urar inf contemning
meanness, fraud, chicanery, And trickery,
who wiU put far front him all eviidoors, po
litical or otherwine, 1 am fpr hins from the
beginning to the end of lha chapter. I
consecrate my hand and my heart to the
good old cause as represented by Zachary
Taylor, arid will do alMh the range of my
feeble abilities to make" bim the next Presi
dent of the United States.
General Taylor's character a$ dfovn 'fo the
M W a a mmm
liorwraou Mr, Torn of Georgia.
It were well to stop of a moment to in
quire what manner of mala itvthia Zachary
Taylor, and how has bet von; this popular
affection. His military genieis and success
undoubtedly first attracted to tyimsetf pub
lic attention, but it at the same time sub
jected bim to popular scrutiny. " The re-
sult of that scrutiny disclosed In him moral
and intellectual qualities for Vhldt the
people grappled him w their' hearta'ej it
were with hooks of steel. -Thay admired
the soldier, but they loved and trusted the
man. They loved him. not because, he
waa "without fear," but, because. he was
without reproach." They, found,, him a
man of spotless purity and integritymod
est, tmthlul, honest, great, apd wise Mod
est in his estimate of his own greatness ;
truthful and honest m all thing j great m
action, in moulding events; wise in nia
knowledge and jtklgment of men. and in
hit conception of practical truth, in his
adaptation o(tbe best means to the accom
plishment of usefu, sod noble ends. He is
not a man of words, but of thoughts and
deeds ; his enreat and noble deeds have
filled the civilized world with his Own and
bis country's fame.
General Taylor' t ckarader at dram by the
Honorable Caleb B. Smith of Indiana.
The mind of Zachary Taylor is cast in
no common mould. His firmness way the
tower of strength upon which otir Ettte ar
my in Mexico reposed, whtie the clearness
and accuracy of his judgment have been
vindicated in hie every action. His des
patches lo the Waf Department and other
publications, designed for the public eye,
have no superiors of their class. They are
all distinguished by disciplined thought,
masterly common sense, remarkable force
and elegance of diction, and by a dignified
submission to - the civil power under the
greatest personal provocaoerv wLile an
extreme and winning modesty is lha very
soul of them alL . . p
General Taylor't tharader at dravn by tAs
Honorable Robert C. &ke)uk of Qkuk
1 frankly submit that since hie noraina
tion, and since I have set myself coely and
calmly to consider, under the , best lights
afforded to us, his character and position,
my estimation of him has greatly increased.
I believe that he is a Strong minded, single
hearied,true man as honest ahe is brave;
and that under him we should have a safe,
pure, and sound Whig fednunisAraiioa of the
I Government
lie is a soldier, but, regards
war" he says, "atal) times and under all
circumstances, as a national calamity and
ne uimincuy protests nis opposition to me
policy which wtwild suWugate other na
tions, and dismember ot he r-ooua tries by
conquest.
General Tnylor't eiarartrr by General Pern
fir F. South, a leading Dent (f Louisiana.
General Trrylor's military exploits are
not the causes of his popularity ; they- are
only the occasions (or the display af sound
judgmr nt, energy of character, lofly and
pure sense of justice, and lacorwptibie
honesty. Ha has aa much rrptttaif)i lor
whalhebas written as for wlmthe.has
done, because even. ylicrea(cpmpoeition
is not his own, the seutiuienjsrpoljveSjaud
feelings are ; and every thing do aaye, as
everyining nc auea, is waiacu vj iuc
rilv and loftiness of his own character.
I have never heard tf any one, however
corrupt or base- himself, thai after live min
utes conversation with Gen. Taylor, has
darei to propose, or even hint at anythiar
dishonest or mean. And nd mjertourse in
ordinary events of common Rfe 'ten give
tle true idea of thn loiunese oi nis cnarac
ter. 'I temember yon asked me St lha Luna
ht put m command at Corpus Lnnati,
whetfverhe was equal temeciicimislancea.
I told rou of his sound judgment aaa inex-
haustible energy as a nau icbjiwu, w
Florida, but I did not then estunaie propar
ly the other and higher points of his char
acter In the campaign on the Rio Gransje,
I saw hint tried under all circumstancfs,
and he always came out pure gold. . t
A New York paper states that Bristow,
the celebrated writing master Of thai cny,
taught a lawyer in n cwree of rweive
aons to read his own writing
ol ajJ.paruxtr ineeountrr. and oar
WfykWolciof MhH $iatss s)s bo)
ever lcen remarkable for finnness and
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