Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1846-10-08
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OLD TROUGH AND READY

pisit Of Volunteers to his Ient-The cores
pendent of the N Orleans Picayune at Camargo,
gives the following amusing account Of visit to
General Taylor's tent by several new Volunteers:
Gen. Taylor is singular in every thing. have
reason to believe that he is Notwithstanding his
austerity of manner when busy, full of humor as
an egg is of meat. Taking this for granted he
must have been greatly amused the other day at the
manGuvering OF some volunteers who went to his
''ranche" to take peep at the old lion.-The Gen
erals tent is just like those around him, only, per-
haps, little more SOand when he sits in it with
his farmers clothes on, and specaces on his nose,
porting over some order official document, he looks
more like an honest yeolnah trying'tO decipher the
details Of his merchants account than like the man
he really is The volunteers half dozen i'm num-
Der. loitered about headquarters awhile and seeing
the old tarpaulin that stretched pole in front
of the Generals tent, they went under it and seat
ed themselves upon the wooden benches. They
saw an honest looking elderly man seated i'm the
tent eight or ten feet off and neither knowing or car
ing who he was they chatted awhile rather loudly.
canvassing the merits and dement's of sold Zac,o
some saying that he was ga id tough old cock !"
others that he ''was pretty Id tight on the Amer
leans can sometimes" &c.-Finally they struck up
Od Dan Tucker in real Kentucky style, beating
time on the benches, not uproarously, but heartily
The General paid no attention to what was going
on, and the free hearted fellows had no idea that
they were within half a mile OF cold Zac,n think
ing probably that he had 'stepped out some whereo
The General rose, went to Major Bliss office and
spoke to him, and then started off towards town.
''See here, 'said one of the volunteers, .sfHi bet
that yonder is old Zach!'' "Oh h-ll, no! ex
claimed another positively, s'ttat old Gen. Taylori"
and he laughed the other into silence. But the first
speaker thought he would make sure, so he stepped
up Maj Bliss and asked sis that the old felier,
yonder % pointing towards the eneral-9sWhat
old fellow do you mean2" replied the Major
"Why, the old Gineral-that amt him, is it ?"
''That is Gen. Taylor; yes, sir, replied the Ma
jor, highly amused at the scene. 's,The h-Il it
isl" exclaimed the fellow, stalking off after old
Rough and Ready-''come on boys! that's him by
Jupiter, told you so!''-and the company started
off in pursuit Of their game.
saw an honest looking Ohio volunteer yesterday
morning enter the shade of the tarpauln where the
General was sltting.--He took off his cap and re-
marked as he advanced, "This is Mister Taylor,
isn't it % EYES," said the General "take seat,
sir" 81 must have your hand, 20 said the
honest fellow, stepping forward and grasping the
Generals extended hand "That does me good -
he added, in low voice, as he turned to seat him
self Although az rough as the outside of a she'll
bark hickory tree when interrupted in the midst of
important business, Gen. Taylor is exceedingly ur-
bane and kind in his manners. generally speaking