Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-07-28

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tits said lbatthe parents ofihis singular
character emigraied some years ago 10
Sydney, from Scotland and having per-
milted him in hisjuvenile days to range
the woods q, pleasure, he acquired saillabit
ofleaving his s'residence fora tlum-
Der Of days at time, until compelled, from
want of food. 10 return home and oIlEthe,
death OF his parents he took up his abode
in the forest altogether, until the time Of
bis capture. So K
Anecdote of General Tdylor.-Ths fol-
lowing auecdole is communicated by a
correspondent Of the Montgomery {lIla.)
Journal, and is one of the most touching
incidents we have ever met: - isslt'
1.-The General had occasion to visit
Point Isabel, after the battle of Buena
Vista; and the Captain Of the steamboat
had reserved suite of state rooms for the
Generals Accommodation. Their were
several sick and wounded volunteers on,
the boat, enroute for New Orleans, who
had TO take the wayfare incipent to a
crowded boat, and particularly so noSthis
occasion. Gen. Taylor soon saw all'this,
and at once ordered these raen to be placed
in his slate rooms and proper attention
paid them. 1t was rather cold rainy day
when this occurred The deck hands and
many others on the boat did not know
Gen. Taylor. The wind blew high, and
the 6remen had raised sail in front1of the
boilers to protect themselves from tie
rain and under this sailthere we're some
old mattresses here Gen. Taylor laid
down and went to sleep. At supper time
great inquiries were made for the General,
and servants sent of 10 look him up. But
he could not be found! AtNast some one
going below inquired ola fireman if he had
seen such and such man-the fireman
said no, but added, "there is evef4old
fellow asleep there. under the sail in front
of the fire !" II was Gen. Taylor. Yes,
sweet indeed must be the sleep Of su-h a
man, who has the heart to change places
with the poor sick soldier, as Taylor did
on this occasion such humanity stands
out in bold relief and greatly mitigates the
evils incident to war;" ~; y
Naval Ne,cs from Cali onia.-The Union
says that letters have been received 10
Washington from MazatIan, California. TO
the first of May. Commodore Shubrick
wss then al that port in the Independence,
enforcing the blocade as established by
Commodore Biddle. From MazalIanstbe
Commodore would probably proceed 10
the Sandwich Islands to refresh his crews,
had scarcely any vegetables, since he left
Valparaiso in December Inst. From The
islands Com. Subrick would return ! 10
Monterey. Our squadron had been able
to enforce rigid blockade, uithoutgiyins
recently any offence TO any neutral power.
Com. BiddIe was at Monterey 10th
April. The Preble had notarrived: he
Congress was at San Diego but was ex-
pected soon at Monterey. The Ports.
mouth was off San Jose on the 27-alI
we'll. The Warren was employed trans
porting volunteers from San Pedro; tor San
Francisco. The storeships 9Xylunsfand
Mount Vernon had both reached Monterey,
and the squadron is well supplied with
provisions. The Portsmouth had been
employed in ntaking, ,possessi olEo efowas
lin Lower GaIifornia, on lhlp pi Eiiifs shtissls
|,no pI,ce was there The me ails sol making
resistance TO our flag. sc ~ ~
Correspondence Of the Charleston Courier:
s43i WAsHINeToS, July Is:
The Chicago Convention! attracts much
attention. There appearsto be a general
assent to its main object, which is to se-
cure the aid of the Government in such
improvements of western rivers and bar
bors as are of general Importance. II is
objected to the Convention, however, that
it viii! have the effects to log-rolliall the
several proposed works into one mass, and
present them to Congress, witEou, discrm-
ination. II was found when the system
was formerly in vogue, that it could NOT be
carried on, except upon the log-rollins
principle; and The extravagances, which
resulted from the mode, in which the i'm.
provemeut bills were framed, destroyed
the system ITSELF
Many works, embraced in the bill which
Mr.. Polk retained, were of local character,
and within local means.
For instance, it contained an item for the
improvement of Hudson Rivet. The city
OF Troy has, see, taken measures 10 COM
pIete one portion Of the work, and it is as
certained that FIVE thousand dollars will
accomplish the same work. which would
have cost the government twenty thou
sand.
WAsH1NeToN, July II.
There appears, in the Baltimore Patriot
letter concerning General Taylor's poll.
lical views from one Of his friends, which
here exciles some interest. The letter
represents Gen. Taylor as whig, but not
federalist-as Jeffersonian democrat
and friend of State rights. The names
of the writer and the person to whom the
letter is addressed, are not given, but |
learn that it was from Colonel Bailie :Pey.
ton, of New Orleans, 10 Dixon H. Lewis.
Mr.. Lewis addressed to Colone! Peyton,
las, spring, certain inquiries as 10 General
Taylor's views on questions interesting to
the State rights party, remarking that if