The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-09-15
Gen. TaygOT's Last Letter.
DAroN NouGE, IDLY l, 1913

Gen. TayIOT's Last Letter.
Baton RouGr, July /, 1913.
SlR.-In answer 10 your favor, asking
my opinions, Lcg leave to say:
That | have none on any subject. aud
dou't mean to have. It's enough to say
that if am elected | shall be another
WashngtUu--a rtguIarou and-outer- and
viii follow the i.iu>'rious lights Of John Ad-
ans aud Thomas Jefferson. 60 for the
presidency. and will take a nomination
lru,a any body. | am now the standard
bearer a the Natives, the Wings, some of
the old f,dcral,tS, few semi-abUliuonistsj
and here and there loco.
4, for the Nilmut PrUviso-bah! Have
M two hundred prime nigGerS Don't
raise 1900 bales Of Cotton, annually Are
not all my Interests with the South Tell
them fellowship, You needn't tell 'em any
thing but just !ctme and my sold Whitley"
aot INFO the Presidency, and III give 'en'
Jesse, | tel yor.
About hctariG. don't know what !; is.
/ moan to ask BLISS, when he comes. 1t
isn't new kind OF Artillery, is it!
hope you wont publish this letter, as 1t
might conflict with some have written be-
fore. II YOU write again, don't forget TO
pay your postage.
Your .'strictly olthodox" friend.
ZACHTAYLOR.
P.S. have shown the above to my old
horse Whitley. He don't in,erpose his neigh
to any oft. He says all he wants is to &c.
his nose into the public crib. The old feb
low has been on short allowance lately Oh
account Of the postage BILL.
"Prdir;s FQymcr.'-This periodical for
September has made it appearance, filed as
usual with matter interesting and profta-
Ole to the tller Of the soil.
The grave character Of the editorials is
little diversified in this number, the intensity
warm weather having relaxed its features
INTO something ike smile.
Curious matters does its vocation lead it
TO discusS--weaSel and woodchuck, vine
yards and vipcrS. turnirS aud lin the Sep
tcmhcr issue toadS.) Frogs we knew were
rendered classical in the Nome.:c strain,
"EreSthek hoaX, koay."
Shakespeare did venture some extravaganza
about Jewels in toad's heads, but that music
ever s"cil,d their icathern lungs, or poetry
slept beneath tlCir half.tanued Wginkled
hides We did not know; bat hear tie Tar
mer:
We yield il toadology 10 cur correspond
ent. \ Thousand tunes over, perhaps, we
have heard a toad called a frog, aud frog
a toad; aud we wished to know whether
onr Wisconsin friend intrulh understood the
matter in hand. Ills letter settles III and
though we never did hear a toad--eXccpt-
ing MERCHANDISING, we give in they do
sing, and shall hereafter allow them TO go
on singing as much as they pcasc--in fact
we shall be glad to have them do it. The
sun shines mildly on their warty skins! We
always did admire their clear, earnest eyes,
and their honest demeaner, but never did
Snppose icy would attempt any psalmody
ia the face of the clear heavens. Sing on,
! then. rough hiicd but inv agdly melodious
toads, and though your tunes be but broken
or even cachophouaS in the cars mankind,
they viii chime in and help omake up Ma.
lures great anthem.
Narvicd.-[Ihe following hymeneal no
tee was handed TO US for publication by
gentleman who has the interest Of the par
ties Mt heart
MARRIED, IN Buffalo on the 10Th inst, 10y
! h, T. Butler, late of the Sandy Hill circuit,
| Mr.. BARNGURNER TO Miss ABOLITION, after
a hrirI but anxious courtship OF twenty
! hours Witnesses, McSsrS. Giddngs, B,in-
kerhocF, Kelley, aud Briggs of y, and CAM
/ lrcliug. Preston King. Culver, and Freder-
lex Douglass, Of n. York, and numerous 9TH
cts too tedious to mention. The payties are
well matched in every respect except age
the groom being only one or two years
old, while the bride has seen nearly score
of winters. This is the first practical al
temnt at amalgamation made moth of Mason
and Dxuu'S lHc, and unless Our summers
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