The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-10-06

We extract the following from the Philadel.
phla NeWs, as %afording striking contrast with
tho miserable fabrications that have appeared
OF late in The Cincinnati Enquirer and Ohio
Statesman:
Pleasant Incidental Young soldier
from TaylOr's AImy.-At a meeting the
OF Rough and Ready Club Of one Of The civ
wards held on Tuesday evening last, after the
business had been transacted and adjournment
was about to take place, a ale faced youth
apparently about nineteen years Of age and n
strangsrto all present, ask 3D. permission of the
FresiGent to say a few words about General
taylor His request was Of course gtanted.
There was a profound silence in the meeting
when he rose and with some trepidation. on,I-
ogised for asking to be heard, He said he had
reason to know Gen. Taylor; he knew him as
a man and a soldier. He had benin his amy
seventeen months, and a portion of that time
when he was sick and exhausted by LONG
marches, and ready to die, he found a warm
hearted Trend and protector in General Zacha-
~ Iaylor' "Gentlemen,' said he, " am bu,
nineteen years old-a stranger here, and never
attempted TO speak in public. But | have RAD
~ some OF the papers attacks upon Gen Tay-
lots character as a man-charging him with
lnhnmaPlty and cruelty, and | want to sav
Oluntiy' that such charges are false-faI.e
from beginning to end, no matter who p,,ers
'hem' l have seen cruelty and inhumanitv
on the part of subordinate officers to their
men-lnhuman punishments inflicted for sl;ob,
oneness; but never in the presence of Gene.
al lsylor-who was always a kind father
and protector to the poor soldier, and whom
every honest soldier in the army loved. No
man OF honor who ever served under him
viii charge him with cruelty, either to his own
troops or the enemy. | was with him at Fort
with him to Point Isabel
was IN the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca md
Monterey. After the capture of Ma,amoros
instead OF using one of the h%ousesin the civ rnr
MS quarters he gave them all up to the sick.
and suffering soldiers, and silent in
ms tent on a bed that was not more than fo,r
inches above the mud and water that surround
ed il :"
me speaker related many interesting Incl
denis connected with the movemer,s - ~
army illustrating the benevolence of General
and the perfect confidence Of he
troops IN the goodness of his heart, and ,;s
skill as a commander, "He made Us all fsel
1t every man wa double, and had twice ~
'tenglh that we really possessed, and conld
'wlc' as much asany other army Underworld
he was always the first to meet danger and
used to tell us to aOatch him close, and ,,e,,or ,,,, {
=" &c rum But he never ran from the enemv.
never turned away from e suffering soldier .
without doing all that he could to relieve and .
cheer him. On the march to Seralvon cnu
!nusu the youth, & my strength gave out. and
= 1t naa not been Tor Generql TAYLOR | mich,
ave oeen lett upon the road to die or IL ~ =
But be saw me, and knew rro i
my looks that | was exhausted. He tooL i
and sat me on his own mule, and I rols
V'A him in that way for several days. Hs :
aVed my ilie then, and | an ready 10 give him E
very drop OF blood, whenever he wants a sol il
er." = = \ !
At one time we were almost out Of pro- !
lsons. We had nothing to eat but mps,v
'Scu''' and slushed maggotty pork. An oF.
81 went to General Taylor, and complained ]
hat he could not eat such food. & weiI .fr,
the General, : come and eat your dionsr =
,''n me- The invitation was gladly accept. m
d and the officer, anticipating a frat ,1,o p
inner dressed himself up, and went down
the quarters of the General; but iD.,.,d
hndlng a regular dinner table, lied Win !.
e.lcncies' he saw the General sitting before =,
hre' 'Oasting a piece Of the same old slpsbed
DIX on a sick, and that, with some mus,v
Iscul' and a little bean soup made he dinnsr
= himself and the disappointed officer. VIA
IPected to dine on roast beef and plum MI