Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1848-01-20

world. The first thing that struck me was
his simplicity, an unfailing attribute of true
greatness. He ate, and talked, and carried
himself with the unsudied ease of little
child.-You would have supposed him
some plain country gentleman, who dreamed
no. of attracting a look or calling out re-
mark All right in that line, thought ], but
how different looking and better looking
than million of Autograph likenesses which
stare you in The face at the shop windows
and everywhere else. There is in the living
original none of that extreme breadth be-
tween The chin and the back of the head,
very little of protrusion of the lower lip, to
be found IN the Autographs. In word, they
are bundle of caricatures, one and all. He
is precisel y the he ight of your present cor
respondent; has considerable sprinkle of
gray hairs, is sixtytwo years of age, erect
and firm when on his feet, with one of
the kindliesl expressions of face you ever
saw.
He had on a common blue frock coat
with flat buttons, the covering Of which was
worn off, showing that it belonged to an or
der of things which passed away some two
or three years ago. Still his dress as
whole was sufficiently becoming, though
exhibiting no trace whatever of the military
As we rose from the breakfast table | was
introduced to the old hero told him
was from South Carolina, and rejoced in
the good fortune which had allowed me to
him and tell him how much the people
of my native State honored and loved him.
His eyes filled with tears as he shook my
hand warml v; and saw that the simple
assurance OF love could affect profoundly
man who faced the storm of battle with
nerve that never moved.
His conversation exhibited fine, clear,
common sense, without the slightest linge,
of any sort OF affectalion or personal vanity
In the course of the day he gave the details
of the great battle of Buena Vista, the KEY
to all the successes Of the American arms
in Mexico. Had that field been lost, the fate
of the Wal would have been entirely differ
eni, even though indomi,able courage might
in its long run have cut its way to the Mex
lean capital. That victory won against odds
so vast, gave a prestige to American valor
that made the subsequent battles compara-
lively easy affairs.
But | must put curb to my galloping
pen or you will never see the end of this
epislle, The General remained with Us I'M
til after breakfast the next morning. and was
landed at his own residence On the river,
some distance above Natchez. smiled to
see the republican simplicity with which
couple of his negroes, field hands, who hap
pened to be at the lading, walked up as he
got on shore, and shook hands with him
without dofing hat or cap, and the express
sion of delight with which they looked
into his face as he spoke kindly and Eamll-
iarly to them. Our engine bell rang as soon
as he touched the shore, and we were off,
MEXICAN BALL ExTRACTED-We learn
from the Georgetown Advocate that Thomas
O. Davis, who was in all the battles in MexI-
CO under Gen. Scott, and recently returned
to that place with ball in his hand. has had
it successfully extracted by DR.. May, of
Washington. The Advocate says: This
is the third ball which young Davis receiv-
ed in storming Chapultepec, and it weighs
] ust one ounce"