Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1848-01-22
Portrait ~ Gensr., Taylor.

the Southern Christian Adpocnte:- Daybreak
overlook us just below Baton Rouge, on the
loft bank OF the river. We have pasepd during
the night ,ha, most pc,uresqna portion oi the
river called the coas'. The nlluvial margin
IN both sides of the river spreads in breadth
from 'our hundred yards ,oa mile and q half
Sugsr plantations touch each othrr. and elc.
CANT residences stretch out AZ ia, as the eye can
fnlhw the bold curves &C the river. After the
run Of l55 mes, tn. Mississippi looks not o
whit narrower than at New Orleans; it's aver
age width is about three quarters Of mile. AZ
Baton Rouge, where we touch few minutes
to take in passengers. ,h"re stands, in company
with two or three other gentlemen. an elderly,
plain looking man, who after brief leave TAX.
ing. comes On board. We shove off, the break.
fast bell rings. and we find our wey to the table
observed that the entrance OF our new fellow
voy agpr accustomed q subdued remark, end
brought upon him the curious glsnces Of sever.
al spe ctltors and whispering TO the clerk who
was about to take the head OF the table, ! ssked
who he WINS. General Taylor" was the reply
'indeed" Lucky chance. thought ]. that threw
me on board this craft. There Was the verita.
Bile "Rough and Ready" sitting opposite me
slipping his coffee: the most remarkable man.
N mnny respects, in thu Western hemisphere.
bad missed the gorgeous spectacle Of his New
Orleans rec'p'ion-,he most magnificent affair
which had ever shaken that citv with excite.
ment; but vastly better, had him now where
could sac and study the mans man whose
name belongs to history, and whose achieve.
men,s place him side by side with the great
captains Of the world The first thing tina:
struck me was his simplicity. an unfailing atri.
butte Of true greatness. tie ate, and carried
himself with the uns'udied ruse OF little child
You would have supposed him some plain coun.
try gentleman. who dreamed not of attracting
a look or calling on, remark All right in
tho, line thought !, bat how different looking
and better looking than the million Of litho.
graph likeness which stare you in the face at
the shop windows and every where else
There ia in the living original Lone OF that
extreme breadth between the chin and the back
of The head. very little Of the pro,rusion OF the
lower lip. TO be found in the liihographs. In
a word. they are bundle of caricntures, one
and slI. lie is precisely the height Of your pre-.
sent correspondent, has considerable sprjn.
kle Of gray hairs. is G. years ofage, ercc, and
firm when on his feet. with one o, the kndiest
expressions Of face you ever saw. He had on
a common blue frock coat with fiat buttons the
covering Of which was worn of, showing that
| it belonged to an order of things which passed
away some two or three years ego. Still his
dress az O whole was sufficiently becoming, tho
| exhibiting M trace whatever Of the military
| As we rose from the breakfast table was in
troduccd to the old hero | iold him was
from South Csroina, and rejoiced in the good
fortune which had allowed me TO see him and
tell him how much the people Of may native
State honored and loved him. His eyes filled
with tears a. he shook my hand w,rmly and
| saw that the simple assurance of love could
affect profoundly man who faced the storm o
battle with nerve that moved. His conversi
tion exhibited fine clear, common sense, with
out the slieh'es, ,inge of any sort of affecalo lor
or personal vanity. In the course Of the day
he gsve me the details Of the great battle o.
Bucna Vista, the key to all the successes of the
American arms in Mexico. Had that field beer
lost. the fate Of the war would Lave been entire
in its long run have cut its way to the Mexican