Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1848-02-05

the English Courier, who awaits the arri.F
val of the packet. If the packet should
arrive. although we have given up all hope
of her doing SO, she will probably be de-
tanned here until the English Legation cou-
rer makes the trip 10 Mexico and back,
which will take five days. and she will OF
course be behind time on her return.
Herr Alexander is drawing crowded
houses every night at the Palace. The ma.
jority of the audience are Mexicans, and
the elite of the city. The Mexican ladies',
who have heretofore kept themselves in OBJ
security, form a large portion of the au-
dence, and appear to enjoy the perform
ance more than any one else.
learn that Gen. Twiggs is about 10 es-
ablish semi monthly mail between this
city and Jalapa, and that the first will leave
here in ambulances. under an escort of
dragons, to- morrow evening. Col. Hughes
will most likely see that il is sent on in the
same manner to Puebla, without delay, and
so on until it reaches Mexico. The Gene
raj thinks that by taking light loads, they
will be able TO reach Mexico in twelve
days, and it is to be hoped that the enter
prise will succeed, and for my part / do
not think that it can do otherwise.
VERA Cruz, Jan. Id.
A small party of soldiers arrived last
night from Jalapa, but they bring no news
except the arrival of Col. Miles train at
that place, without any further loss or at
tack than what was reported TO you few
days since, and on the 18th proceeded on
to Mexico. Everything remains quiet on
the road to the interior, and will continue
to do so until there is chance for booty.
PonrRA1r OF GEN. TAyLoR.--The fol-
lowing pleasant and graphic "pen and ink
sketch" of General TAYLOR, is from the
able pen of the Rev. DR.. WIGHTMAN, sem
ior editor of the Southern Christian Advo.
cate:
Daybreak overlook US Just below Baton Rouge.
on the left bank Of the river. We have passed
during the night the most picturesque portion Of
the river called the coast. The aluvial margin
on both sides OF the river spreads in breadth from
400 yards to mile and half. ltis the garden
spot OF the United States. Sugar plantations touch
each other. and elegant residences stretch out as
far as the eye can follow the bold curves Of the
river.
After the run of $50 miles, the Mississippi
looks not a whit narrower than at New Orleans;
its average width is about three quarters OF mile.
At Baton Rouge, where we touch few minutes
to take in passengers, there stands, in company
with two or three other gentlemen, an elderly,
= plain looking man, who, after brie! leave taxi
ing, comes on board. We shove off, the breakfast
bell rings, and we find our way to the table.
observed that the entrance ofour new fellow-voy>
ager occasoned subdued remark, and brought
upon him the curious gances Of several specta-
!. tors, and whispering to the clerk, who was about
r to take the head of the table, | asked who he
: was. Gen. Taylor" was the reply. Gins
: deed" Lucky chance, thought |, that threw me
/ on board this craft. There was the vertsble
ping his coffee; the most remarkable man, in
many respects, on the western hemisphere.
had missed the gorgeous spectacle OF tho
New Orleans reception the most magnificent
affair which had ever shaken that city with ex.
citement but vastly better, had him now where
, could see and study the mana man whose
name belongs TO history, and whose achievements
place him side by side with the great captains Of
the world. The first thing that struck me with
\. his simplicity, an unlailng attribute Of true great
D ness. He ate, and talked and carried himself,
= with the unstudied ease OF little child. You
] would have supposed him some plain country
e gentleman, who dreamed not OF attracting look
= or calling out remark. All right in that line,
e thought ], but how different looking and better
I looking than the million Of Autograph likenesses
which stare you in the face at the shop windows
ard everywhere else, there is in the living original
none OF that extreme breadth between the chin
- and the hack OF the head, very little OF the pro-
= truson Of the lower lip, TO be found in the tho-
graphs. In word, they are bundle Of carica.
u lures one and all. He is precisely the height of
: your present correspondents; has considerable
, sprinkle Of grey hairs, is 81 years Of age, erect
d and firm when on his feet, with one Of the kinds
: est expressions OF face you ever saw.
y He had on a common blue frock coat with flat
e buttons, the covering Of which was worn off,
o showing that it belonged to an order Of things
which passed away two or three years ago. Still
1 his dress as whole was sufficiently becoming;
though exhibiting no trace whatever OF the mills
r tary. AS we rose from the breakfast table, was
9 introduced to the old hero. told him was from
q South Carolina, and rejoced in the good fortune
! which had allowed me to see him, and tell him
! how much the people of my native State honored
:, and loved him. His eyes filled with tears as
J he shook my hand warmly; and saw that the
> simple assurance Of love could affect profoundly
=, man who faced the storm OF battle with nerve
u that never moved.
u His conversation exhibited fine clear, common
sense; without the slightest tinge Of any sort oil
c affecaon or personal vanity In the course oil
!. the day he gave me the details Of the great battle
OF Buena VISTA the key to all the success Of the
O American arms in Mexico. Had that field been
lost. the fate OF the war would have beer entirely