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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
GEN. TAYLOR,

For the following sketch Of the military
services Of Gen. Tay Tor, we are Indebted 10
the Nashville Orttopoiitan. Gen. Taylor
Is kontuckinn by birh, and is SAID to have
been born 10 1890, hIch would make him
% years OF age. According to the Oriho.
poItan, he entered The Army 10 sos, i'm.
medtaIeIy alter the attack Oh the Chesa.
peake, and has been IN the service Of he
country from that time to The present. ilay.
lng entered the army as q lieutenant OF
Infantry, he had risen 10 the command Of
company q! the beginning Of the last Wer.
For hie gallant defence of Fort Harrison
on the Ith Of September, 1912, President
Madison conferred upon him the breyet
rank Of Major, and he is now the Oldest
brevet IN the army. 10 1882, he became
the Colonel of the 9th infantry with this
regiment he went 10 florida in l836, where
he WIS always ioremos, in danger.
On the 2jIh December, 1886, Col. Tay-
lor, q, the head Of q force Of about so men,
composed Of parts Of the LIST, 4lh, and 9th
regiments Of L. S. Infantry and some Mis-
souri, volunteers, met about 500 Indians,
under Alligator, Sam Jones, and Coacco.
che, on the banks of the O-ke. cho.bee.
This battle wns sought by the Indians,
for the day before the engagement Colonel
Taylor received challenge from Alliga-
tor, telling him where TO find him, and bon-
terng him to csme on. Col. Taylor, dc.
string nothing better, immediately pushed
90 ut q rapid march 10 tho expected battle
ground, fearful that The willy Ibdian might
change his purpose. The Indians had q
strong position in thick swamp, covered
in front by small stream, whose quick.
sands rendered it almost impossible, but
Cob Taylor pushed through the quicksands
aud swamps in the face of deadly fire
from a concealed foe, driving the indians
before him.
The action was long aud severe. The
indians yielding the ground inch by inch,
and then only at The point of the bayoDeI.
After three hours OF bloody contest, the In
dams ever made, in q large body, snd the
only instance in which they voluntarily
gave battle. Though Col. Taylor won the
day, il was al the expense OF l39 killed and
wouuded-more than one fourth Of his
whole force. Two Colonies, (Col. Thomp-
son of the 9th Infantry, and Col. Gentry,
of the Missouri VoluGteers) fell at Ihe
head of the troops. Capt. Vanswearingen
and L'euts. Brooks and Carter also fell in
The engagement
( Daring the whole of the engagement,
Col. Taylor remained on horseback, pass.
my IRON poiu, 10 point, cheering his men TO
The conflict, and exposed to the Indian rife
al every moment.
For this battle, Mr.. Poinselt, Secretary
of War, rendered merited praise TO all en-
gagged, tn his communication TO Congress.
The breret of Brigadier General was cou'
ferred on Col. Tay Tor, and he was sIVeu
the chief command IN Florida; which he
I resigned IN 1910, after four or five years
arduous and interchangeable service in lhe
swumps and hammocks Of Florida.
After his retirement from Florida he
vas assigned to the command OF the Isl
Department OF the Army, including Ehe
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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1846-02-20

.9notder Erpress.-'The Boston .adverti,er
says, it is currently reported that messenger
with dispatches from the British Ministcr at
Washington, passed through Boston day or
two since for Portland, where he would char
ter one Of the steamers which ply in summer
between Boston city and the ksnnebec.-
The steamer will leave Portland on Monday
evening for Halifax, whence the steamer
Margaret, the relay boat Of the Cunard line,
would be despatched Immediately to England.
If this report be correct, these Dispatches will
probably reach England some days in advance
of the packet ship Patrick Henry, and the
pilot Mr.. J. Romer, from New York.
ind get .another Erpres,.-The Bossoa
Times, of Wensday says -
1--WE learn from avery reliable source, that
a fast sailing clipper built schooner sailed
from Portland on Tuesday evening for Liver
pooI.9' She was chartered from the owners ~
MIR. Pakenham, the British Minister al Wash.
ington, and. carried oft dispatches ffom hin
by special Messenger, who left Washing.
ton with them on Friday evening"
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portion of troops was marching upon the can;
last advice he was at San Louis Pot.
ii. md, was daily receiving accession of
strength. Lieut.. White, of the Somers. w..
sent to the CITY of Mexico with the despatch.
es with which that vessel had carried out "a,
Mr.. Slidell. He found the Minister in III.
city, but anxious to retire to some other plac.
in. order to be;free from all suspicion of exe,'
cising the least influence in any way, on etb.
er Of the political parties which were di..
tracing. the country. With this view he had
been for some days every day,) asking III.
authorities for an escort to accompany him -
Jalapa, but kad, been put off from day {, d,v
untiaftef Liens. sWhise'sssarrivaL In d.
or Two after that arrival. thu goyernmep, fa;.
.nished Mr.. Slidell. at hisurgent application
with an escort of eigh men, who accompanied
him to Jalapa, where Mr.. White left him. and
where IT was his purpose to remain until dulx
received by the government in his capacity Of
Envoy Extraordinary and minister Plenino.
Tertiary, unless otherwise ordered by his own
government. - 81 81
"There seemed to be daily Increasing bro.
liability that Mr.. Slidel would soon be 70.
ceived as Minister, ct the date of the Somer,,
sailing. 80 81 80
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NavaL-'The U. S. schr. FIirt, Lieutenant
Cong Chatard, arrived here yesterday after.
noon, in eight days from Havana. She brings
no news. Santa Anna was still at Havana,
and engaged in the gentemanIy Amusement,
of cock fighting, at which, we are informed, he
lately won $4,000. The FIirt left at Cha
gres the American brig Carribhee, Captain
Abbott, of Pittston, Me. The c, put in for
Hides. .n.." .s
Lieut.. James M. Watson, late bearer of de.
spatches to the Pacific, came passenger in the
Flint from Chagres-and Passed Midshipman
Wilkinson and SaiIinaker Bennett, from the
Pacific Squadron.-Oh Dominion.
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.s' Ocean Erpress.-The New York papers
have been put to their wits ends for several
days, to solve the mystery Of the sailing Of
-lhe Pilot Boat w. ]. -Romer, from that port
for Liverpool. The New York Globe give.
the following explanation as the cause Of her
departure. .,..t.->;, ,,-..~.-.
/: appears that gentleman who has 70,
many years, been extensively engaged in tho
manufacture Of carpets at Astoria, L. l., left
Boston in the last steamer, leaving his bust.
ness in snch a situation as to alarm his credi.
tors, particularly those from whom he had re-
Gently obtained large loans under various pre-
texts. The pilot beat was chartered by them,
and her departure delayed till the papers could
be prepared with view to the arrest of the
fugitive in England. We learn from source
entitled to credit that the name Of the refugee
is Richard Clark, and that he leaves his cred
itors minus about one hundred thousand dol
lars"
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TEXAS.

Important dispatches from the army in Tex
as, it is stated by the correspondent of the
New York Herald, have been received a,
Washington.
''lt is supposed, says the writer,) by those
conversant with our relations with Mexico,
that the government of that country are about
to make hostile demonstration against us. il
they have not already done so. 1t was. in
view of this state of things being likely to oc.
cur, that the Secretary of the Navy, fortnight
since, issued orders to the several navy yards
to get all our vessels in readiness forthwith,
and to concentrate them in the Gulf of Mex
iro >,
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It remained to be seen if they could walk up to
the mark. [Sensation,1 49, -~nssr-- -v-w-v- .
There were no ioneel Territorial disp utesa now
existna. The system adopted since the falIof Ma
poleon settles all these disputes. The Frenchsre-
volutidI1s following utr revolutions upiurned the
whole relations of the human race. Five powers
had since then uni.ed-fofning joint stock COM
oanV-who settledsah these territorial disputes. x
Those powers had since taken possession ofterrito-
Iry in Asia and sAfficasEhey also interfefed inihe
internal affairs of China. Texas, Sotth America,
and were extending their political system by arms.
They endeavored to plant their monarcal institu1
tons everv where they couId-and if America
fruckied, every impeachment would be removed,
and universe! dominion over the world would be
established by five men, rather four, one Of
these powers was awoman.) Suppressed laugh
teri ........., -;,,- ri-r,-r1.
Mr.. A. here entered fully into the questions Of
the Ashburton Treaty, and our relations with
Great Britain the subject of the disputed boun-
Diary line from toe treaty of 1918 down to 1912,
showing that England, notwithstanding the power
of adjustment of all difficulties given to her Minis
ter in 1912; still through Che presumed) design
LETT the Oregon question OPEN. Her policy was
always to leave part of the controversy unsettled,
in order to effectby isolated questions ofcontrover-
sy her own ends. After going at some length In
20 the question of our general relations with Eng
land, ,....,...
Mr.. flanagan moved an adjournment, which
prevailed, at % o'clock. @.s'' .... gag s''.5'
Mr.. Allen still retains the floor, and the debate
will be resumed tomorrow. '....T ..,,...
During the delivery of the speech, Gen. Scott
and several leading and prominent statesmen were
in attendance & the Senate adjourned amid much
hustle and confusion.l 1t is impossible to coEjec-
tnre when the debate will terminate. No doubt
remains butt three sections in the Senate will
come out in fill blast, and to speculate upon the
result at the present stage would indeed be rather
difficult. ..iI -: .:s 81 .s...- h.-fE -s.tt ~
Mr.. Aliens speech, so far, was delivered in II
tone of indignant denunciation, and has been pro-
nounced an able and mastery exposition Of the
leading principles which have governed Great
Britain in her general policy towards America.
Mr.. Mangum interrupted him in the course OF
his speech by query to the effect that was it not
understood that Lord Aberdeen declared that in
the event of the passage of the resolutions IN rea-
ton to "notce," Great Britain would not consid-
er it equivalent to declaration of war?
| Mr.. Allen replied tartly, declining to answer
a question which the Senator himself was 50 fully
informed upon.
The incident is in itself trifing but it gives
oretest of the spirit with which the leading Sena-
tors of the section represented by those two dsin
que leaders enter at the outset upon the contro
versy. -.. ~ $780,.
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LATEST FROM TEXAS.

BY the arrival of the steamship Galveston,
arrived this morning from Galveston, we have
received our regular files of papers up to 3lst
January. We find nothing of Importance
The Civilian of the 3lst ult., says: -
-"We believe none of the commissions of
officers of the customs of Texas have vet arri-
we'd from the United States. One of our WASH
ington letters of the 14th inst, says that
gentleman, whose name is g iven, was to have
left on the night of that day for Texas, with
these documents. He has not yet arrived
1n the mean time, our commercial friends al
New Orleans would do we'll to remember that
the tariff of Texas is still in operation here,
and may be until the latter part of next month,
unless the United States Court is organized
here in time to test the question as to the pc
Iiod of its abrogation at an earlier day.
Tasit Of Capt. EHot.-Snce the return of
the British Charge d'Affairs to Texas, much
curiosity has been excited respecting the OBJ
ject Of his visit. Some have supposed that
he may have been directed by his government
TO interpose some obstacle to the consumma-
ton of Annexation; others, that he had some
demands to make against our government
We have been assured, however, (says the
Houston Morning Starr by persons high in
authority, that his visit is merely of a ceremo.
NAL character; he has come to take formal
leave of the existing government, and he will
probably remain until the meeting of the State
Legislature. 1t is possible that he intends 10
submit the claims Of British subjects. to Em-
pressario Grants in Texas to the Government,
with view ultimately Of submitting, them TO
the Government Of the United States for adlu.
dicaton.
Santa Fe.-A small party of traders from
Santa Fee arrived at Independence, Mo-, or
the 2lst Dec They reported that the wealth.
er had been very severe on the prairies, and
that they saw larger number of buffaloes on
the route than had ever been noticed before by
the oldest traders of the party. The trade at
Santa Fe was very dull, and the Americans
had lately been subjected to very heavy exac-
tons by the military commandant Of the De-
partment. Some articles declared to be con-
traband by the commandant were found on
me~of the wagons, and the owners of the
goods were severely fined and placed undcl
> arrest. The tralers stated that the Americans
will be driven from the market, if the present
system of exactions and espionage is contin
, ued by the Mexican authorities of Santa Fe.