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sketches Of the Public Wen OF the L. 5.
BT ERASTUs BgOOEs.-No. VII.
YACuApN rANI I'D
ZACHARY TAYLOR.

lic she wss deserving of The eulogium. In later
times under the miSgoverHmenl Of body Of ab-
siact pn..licianS-men who measure tho capa-
civ of Guyrrnmyn, Nv their limited statues rs
tpsn-the srrp'rA has departed from the Old
Dominion. and Virginia, as was saId oi Scotland
hy Dr. Dr.. Johnson, upon the occasion Of his
visit 10 the II brides, has become a good State
-is 90 from. With vast and magnificent re-
suurcrS, washed BY the Ocean and the Ohio, d.
yiird by noble rivers. with mountain treasures
with a productive climc, rich soil aud wide
spread boundaries, she is, what she is-one OF
thr olIou and larges, States Of the Union, and
VT h-hind some Of the youngest and smallest IN
wealth, in enterprise, and in public proapori-
81. Nevertheless, Virginia has a history Of
which we feel prnul--a history identified with
many or the best. and we are sorry 10 add, the
worst Admjnairaunns-irom George Washington
tn John Tvler-"IIyperion to a Sdtyr"-the
extreme nf humaa greatness and the smallest OF
p'gmv pnli'iclans. Virginia indeed We read
her, like some oilhe Republics ofrhe old world.
lives more N the past than the present Sill We
r,merbar the names of Washington and Marsh
ON. IN, graal Statesman and the profound JurSt,
vi JEFF rson aud Madison the aulhor Of the De-
claraton oflndcpcndcnce, and the great man IN
the Convention which framed lhr Constitution,
Of rMonr1s the good President, Of Benjamin liar-
rson, of Richard Henry Lee, foremost in the
rausr Of Liberty. Of Henry Clay, Of William
Henry Harrison, western men, though Virginia
Lau-and can never be Indifferent 10 u soil
wh,r, so many distinguished Patriots were born,
and where the obscques OF so many have beep
performed.
The present war with Mexico recalls the name
or another Virginia born, though early trans
planted to the west and SOUTH We speak of
course, OF XAcuAWY TAYLoR--a nan who AT an
carly age developed rare qualities Of character,
but who only recently has presented his name
ronsplcuously aud admirngly before the whole
country. A. occasions are made to bring forth
rvrraoriinarv qualities of character, 50 the war
with Mexico has shown General Taylor To BE-
man equal to the greatest emergency. Poorly
supported at home upon distant scene Of scr
VICE, and with host Of enemies all around him,
he has shown both a courage and skill quite un.
surpassed in the military history of the country
and may we not add, without boasting for our
people, not cxcclled in the military history Of
the world.
Zachary TAYLOR was born in Orange county,
Vlrgruia, IN the year 1890. His father was Il
man for the times in which he Iivod-a Colonel
with a rank won IN the State service, man Of
great natural courage and great good sense, like
The son, trough" in his exterior, but wlhaI "rea-
DIV" for every Office Of service and of kindness.
Col. Richard Taylor was one of the Pioneers to
the "dark and bloody ground" and resided near
Lexington until the year Of his death IN 1896.
Tn. old man had participated IN many rem
couu,rc with the SuvagoG o(lhc West, aud 1t was
~ the rude school Of almost Aboriginal life that
TAYLOR received his early education.
Our present hero, with his brothers. received
their rurly training from private tutor, New
England man, still living, and who bears cheer
fnl testimony both to the aputddc and integrity
or hi, pupil. Patient to study, quick to learn,
SLOWLY hat surely, the youth pushed his way 10
manhuod. Bodncss, lortiludc and perseverance
were carly shown and were doubtless the ground
work Of that marked emmonce Of character
since reached by the soldier and tho General.
The army was his chosen profession. for in
imagination he had been u soldier in his youth,
and Iongrd
"To follow to the field some warIike Iord'
In 1893, melted partly by the war spirit prevail
ing in consequence Of the audaciouS attack of the
Leopard upon The chesapeake, he sought con.
nrcrion with the army, in which he has nowscen
nearly lurlv years Of service. The stars and
stripes wrrn lowered 10 the cross orSt. George,
in consequence of n cowardly attack of we'll
armed force in time olpcacc, upon vessel who'll
lyunprcpr,d for an engagement The people
were Indignant and mortified, and Taylor, then
capable of scIfudgmcnt, participated largely in
the prevailing spirit to r"drcss the outrage re-.
ccjycd. Entering the Army as II Lieutenant OF
,hc 7h Regiment Of Infantry, TayIor grew ra-
pdy ia public favor and n knowledge ofthc pro.
fls,on Of arms. The wide and wild West be.
come The scene OF his exploits, and in 1919, his
correct department aud capabty for service
brought hin orders TO command Fort Harrison,
IN Indiana lie was brcvcted here as Major iur
hi, success in fierce battle with the Indians
and II was one Of the most brilliant delCncGs OF
rho Indian war. 1t was Madison who conferred
This brrvct. and General Hopkins, who wrote to
Governor Shelby that "Cap,aln Zachary Taylor
had raised for hlmsclrN character not to be cl.
frclcd BIZ his eulogv." In 1882 our hero was
raised 10 the rank Of Colonel and his next scene
nc pubic labor after the war Of 1912, was IN Flo
r,la, where several battles were to be fought
great privations endured and wltha, few anrels
rohe won. But though. like all high honors, they
wgre few, TAYLOR dd win them, and from the
twanrp4 of Florida, where the very air was pes
rIcncr, and from lhr midst of armed men, who
Ike In, followers Of Rhodcrie Due, sprang forth
from every copcs and glen around him. Fol
the fame and health Of the soldier Florida wa,
worse than Mexico, but rayIor moved among the
hammocks and everglades Of the peninsula with
uncnncrru, save for the mission upon which he
wa, engaged. Incredible hardship was Tho ne.
rrssur, consequence Of every forward move.
/ 1. las,
No, bat lighting "Tccun'1eh,' aud "Olliwachica
over qain. The baule Of Lake Okcc.C Chohc
vas one of the most fierce and bloody our troop,
have ever encountered. Twenty-siX were kllrC
and ll2 wounded. For SIX weeks small bod,
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