Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-09-20
4 PLEASANT iNCiDENT.--A YOUNG
SOLDIER FROM GENERAL TAf-
IOQ'S ARMY

Ata mcetin-nl the RouLb and Ready CLUB
OF one Of the tiis waHts held on Tuesday
evening last, after Inc business liad bren trans
aciel aill az adjournment was a5lut to hNe
place, pslc.iaCtl youth, apparently ABOUT
nineteen wears OF age. and stranger 10 o"
present, asked permission oi The President 10
say lev words ahoa; GeoeHl Taylor. tbs
request was ol course ggauted. There Yves a
profound silence in the meeting when ne rjse'
and with some trepidatlon, opoiogi1fd tor ark
ina 10 iye heard He said be had reason 10
know Gen. TAYLOR; he knew him as a man
snI a solder. he had been "a Tia array sew
cnireu months, aud a portion OF that ume,
when he was sick and exhausted by long
marches. and ready to die, he iuund warm
hcaGed tieni aud protector in General Lieh-
a,y TaYlUr. Gentlemen, said he, 81 am
bit nineteen years old am stranger here,
aud never attempted 10 SPEAK in public. But
| have read in some OF the papers attacks up
on Gen. Ta,lur as a man-charging hin with
inifumaniy and cruelty, and want to say
blunav that such charges are ialse-ialse from
be inning 10 end. no matter no utters them.
have seen inhumauity and cruelty on the
part Of subordinate officers to their men-in-
human puuishmenis inflicted ior slight ottrn-
ces. bat neUsr in The presence Of Gen. Taylor
who was always d kind isher and pIOiec-
tor to the poor soldier and whom every hon
est soldier in the army loved. No man OF
honor who ever served under him will charge
him Nih cruelty, either to his own troops
OF to the enemy. ! was with him a Fort
Brown-m9rched with him TO Point Isabel
WAS in the battles OF Pdlo Alto, Ressca and
Monterey. After the capture OF Maiamor1s,
instead OF using one OF the houses in the city
as his quarters he gave them all up 10 the
SICK, wounded, aud slept in his tent on bed
/ that was not more than four lHches above the
mud and water that surrounded ii.'
The speaker related many interesting Incl.
dent, connected with the movements OF the
army, Illustrating he benevoence OF General
/ Taylor, and the perfect confidence of the troops
10 the goodness, OF his heart. ana his skill a.
a commanded ''He made us feel as ii every
man was double aud had twice the strength
taat We really possessed, and could do twice
as much as any other army in The world. lie
J was always the first to meet danger, and used
to tell us 10 watch him close. and acDtr run
, TIL he ran. But he never ran from the enemy;
he never turned away from suffering soldier
without doing all he could to relieve and cheer
hun. "On the march TO Seralvo," contiuued
the youth, "my strength gave out, and IL 1t
had not been for Gen. Taylor, might have
! been lett upon the road TO die or be mur Tered.
! But he saw me, aud knew from my looks that
WIS exhausted. He took me up and sat me
, on his own mule, and | rode with him IN thai
way Tor several DAYS. He saved my life then
5 and am ready to give him every drop OF my
, blood, whenever he wants soldier"
: "a one time we were almost out OF provis
ions. We bad nothing to eat but musly bis
j cut, and stushed, maggoty pork. An office
: went to Gen Taylor, and complained that b.
e could not eat such food well sir said th,
e General, come and take dinner with me-
1, The invitation was gladly accepted, AM
a the officer anticipating first rate dinner
} blessed himself up. and went to the quartet
O. oi the General; but instead of finding reg
;. a.a4 dinner table, filled with delicaces. h
-aw tas heneral sitting before The fire, toast
avg pic, OF the same old slushed pork OH
y. s.lea. Znd hat. with some musty biscuit a.lC
iiIfis baan soup. made the dinner for himsel
/. ati ne disappointed officer, who expected {,
p diac ga roast beef aud plum pudding. Tina
: gentleman didn't eat any more dinners witt
o Gen. E5slor."
i The young soldier continued his interesting
If narrative about twenty minutes, his brgb
J eye often flashing with indignation. wheI
II speaking OF the ISLANDERS with which Genera
laylor i, assaied, aud his voice trembed viii
emotions OF gratitude and affection in the re
r ladoo of the benevolent acts oil the noble he
70 and patriot. We need not say that he wa.
ilequently interrupted with the hearty APP
. plause OF the meeting. At the conclusion o.
his remarks. the President, having ascertainet
from the stranger bis name, announced to the
| audience that the young man who had address
sed them was Serst EDWARD SHERMAN, o
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