The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-29
Old Rough and Ready, and the Presadencv

Old Rough and Ready, and the Presidency.
From the New Orleans Commercial Bulletin
valued friend and who Is also distinguished citizen
Of this State has forwarded to following comDu
nicstion which at the present moment, wil doubt,
be perused with general interest.
The letter from General Taylor is written with thu
same modesty and delicacy Of feeling which have 40
eminently characterized every thing have from
his pen.
1t is sufficient hope, to ret at rest all the doubts as
to his acceptance Of the nomination for the Presidency
which have been expressed by those in whom the wsh
was father to the thought"
Wrsr BARON Roucr La, 10Th Nav lsA7
VIM l.. Honor, Esa.-DEAR SIR IL send you, annex
ed, extract of letter, which have recently recsv.
ed from General Taylor; and a. 1t shadows forth the
next Presidency in a manner which do violence
to the feelings Of any one have determined to have
his 'na ho 2, 70
throughout the country for some time past
aI No. WITH the more readiness because II eminent
acter Of this eminent Please let 1t have place In
your columns Yours, very sincerely and respectfully.
In regard to the Presidency, will not say that
would not If the good people the country were
TO require me to do no. however much 1t In opposed to
perhaps 1 o1, R
mas been to bring aid in bringing this speedy
anxious wish that the most experienced Ia.
tented ana vigorous statesmen Of the country should be
chosen to that high place the next election am ga
tished that flour friends will their duty such citi-
zen may be elected
EXTRACT
Unjust however, be allowed say that have not tho
vanity to consider myself qualified 80 high and
sibe station and whilst we have far more sm;usrs sna
deserving names before the country should prefer TO
stand aside If Of them could raised to The nrst
office In the gift of a free people
8" go for the country the whole counry-and II "a nv
ardent and sincere wish the individual placed Al
the head Of the nation who by strict observance ofhe
constitution (be he whom he may) make most
prosperous at home, as well as most respected abroad
Miscellaneous.
William A. Welles whose absence from his family In
state OF mental alteration noticed several days since
asthavng previously been conveyed there the poor
master of the town Of Manchester Mr. W. was a resi-
for the east He travelled by railroad until somewhere
near Rome or Oneida where his purse gave out, when
make bis back foot An old friend and acquaint-
ance OF Mr. W. met him at the Depot in this village,
and would give no account Of himself f whatever Hc
LETT Syracuse for the west on the but 1t appears in
some intermediates place, and finally found in the
town OF Manchester, ION line Of the railroad) In
state Of great destitution and i'll health From thence
ne was to the County House. where he died at
the age OF 49, He printer by trade during his
NE s connected with several newspaper, and publication:
from the effects of disease he vigorous writer and
great natural energy of character Few men
shine and buhetings to greater extent than MIR w.
Mr. Weles served his apprenticeship to the printing
business at 40 John street, New York His fellow Ap
prentces James Harper and George P. Morris At
the expiration of his apprentceship no sailed lin 1920
as midshpman in the frigate Brandy wine board OF
which was Gen. La Fayette He afterwards dined with
Lady Byron and the Duke of Clarence. He was, says
the Rochester .4drers = once confined in the dun
geon Of Buenos Ayres; danced with the daughter Of
Gov Bacarce Of the Island, and casssda with
the negroes ON the coast of Africa Ho built mill
and dam across Bear Lake in Western Michigan, and
had occupied every situation in q printing Office from
devil to editor. He has slipped matte, and danced amidst
the giddy throng of Buenos Aryean lasses upon the
pampas Of San lsdeo and ridden in his coach four
with the printer the Government He had visited
every part the United States except New Orleans and
Charleston had set type in almost every principal place
from one END OF the Union TO the other In addition to
all this Mr. Welles Vice President
son State Convention held in the Union Nibos
Garden New York. and is said wrote the first editorial
in favor of Gen Harrison for the Presidency For some
time past MIR w had been preparing biography Of his
life and he left Rochester for the for the purpose
Of putting the manuscript I'M the hands his publisher
in New York His book dedicated by special per-
mission, to Hon John Quincy Adams.-Syracuse Stor.
25th inst
day two ago the Mayor received letter from our
Minister in London announcing the receipt of the
city By the next steamer Mr. Bancroft promises to
write as to the in which this money has been
disposed ON. o. Delta, Nay Is.
Crime Ia the increase in Boston Five house rob.
berries are noticed in Tuesdays papers
The bodies Of three infants enclosed in n rough box
were found on Sunday morning; in burying ground
the Catholic church, South Boston. Some months
since the bodies Of six infants found in the
place.
The bark Zenobia cleared on Tuesday at Boston for
Galveston with cargo consisting in part of 2o5 tons
of ice
An order has been issued by the canal department re-
quring all boatmen to reduce the draught Of their
boats to three feet and half provided they exceed that
at present
Tho canal boat William Lawrence Of Favetyille. load
cd with wheat belonging to H. " Prentice Of Albion,
sunk at Macedon locks on Saturday morning last In
sured $4,000
We notice that the Mexican American paper It IL
called by the Mexicans of the capital edited by Don
Andres Avelino de Orhuea, a young lawyer and see-
time at vera Cruz ST. 0rihuela is native Of the Ca
nary Islands, but when child he taken to Cuba,
where his parents and himself have resided upwards
Of twenty years.-N. o. Delta, 18Th inst
Capt Drofatter Of brig Deposit at Boston from Cana
verd islands, states that the volcano the island OF
Fogo, commenced burning on the evening OF 9th ult
and continued eight days,
The people Of Batavia have forwarded 81 barrels Of
supertne flour for the relief Of Ireland.
The high prices Of freight at Buffalo have had the ef
feet TO send large quantities Of wheat through the Wei
land canal, and over the Tonawanda and Attcs rail
road to Rochester The railroad company have agreed
for 10000 bushels.
state prison at Auburn three years since stealing
$4,000 ~. 8 deposte fund.- from the mail in the post
Office in Elcotvle, while clerk in the same, nearly
two years previously received his pardon from Preden
Polk on the 7th inst
| At Newark, N; j., four persons, Mr. Daniel d. Ter
re Of Cottage street. and three Of his children have
been bitten since Saturday, by family dog which
| believed to have become rabd.
A crafty burglar who had long eluded the police of
that town. was caught few days since by Of tho
officers in Allegheny city. His name Is Miller and
though suspected for some time he had hitherto baied
| all efforts to secure his legal arrest
The police at Boston has been rcmodeled. A patrol
watch has been established in addition to the regular
watch.
A gale blowing at Buffalo on Wednesday after
noon, at o'clock.
The fishing business at Gloucester, Mass, will this
season employ 100 schooners and IL boats aggregate
tonnage from 1000 10000 tons; valued at $500 000
| employing 1900 men and boys.
John Bull was killed by overturn Of his wagon, In
Broome Co., N. y, on Friday last.
The amount of toll taken at Buffalo for the third
week Of May was S6s,95l 20.
A young woman aged Is years was convicted at New
Castle Delaware last week Of stealing some wearing
apparel from her employer and sentenced to be whipped
with 81 lashes on her bare back.
The city authorities Of Boston taking active
in relation to the ship fever and pauper emf
grants
The steamship Caledonia arrived at Halifax the
night OF the 18th inst and to leave In few hours
for Liverpool-Boston Transcript, Thursday