Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1848-01-06
EXTRACT OF A LETTER,
Dated, Washington, Jan. |, lS4S.

DEAR SIR: On Friday last, after
had closed my letter, JOHN FAIRFIELD,
Senator of the U. S. from the State of
Maine, departed this life, very sudden
ly, in the SD year ofhis age. He was
a good man, and Christian, and his
loss will be severely felt by his fellow
citizens Of Maine. His funeral took
place on Tuesday evening, when his
remains were attended by both houses
of Congress, from his residence to the
cars, to be conveyed to his bereaved re-
lations for interment, in the bosom of
that people who delighted to honor
him when living. Mr.. FAIRFIELD has
been in public life long, and in every
station which he has occupied, wheth-
er as Representative, Governor, or Sc
nator, he has acquitted himself with
honor, and with the appreciation Of his
| friends.
The report of the arrest of Genls.
PILLOW and WORTH, and Lieut.. Col.
DUNCAN, by Gen. ScoTT, turns out,
by the last advices from the army, to
be too true. We must wait for further
advices, before we hazard an opinion.
There is so much punchllio Of etiquette
in the army, such forms and ceremonies
--enough to disgust plain man-tha, it
will be difficult to come at result, un-
I'll you have something definite before
you, which has caused the arrest Of
such able officers. One report says that
they were arrested for disrespect; an
other, for writing letters; and another,
for forming coterie against General
ScorT. All the rumors may be untrue;
Col. DUNCAN, however, admits that he
wrote letter. Well, suppose he did;
Gen. Scorr has nothing to do with his
opinions; it is his business to fight
But we await the denouement
fhe Wings at Richmond have, in
their caucus, expressed preference
for Gen. TAYLOR, as their candidate
for the presidency. AS the old saying
goes, Catching is before hanging. The
Wings, as aparty, are very consistent
IN their preferences! 'Fhey deprecate
the war with Mexico, but yet, they
seem determined to make one of the
Heroes Of that war their candidate
There was also Taylor meeting at
Coleman's Hotel, in this city, on We'd
nesday evening. They came TO no de-
finite conclusion. Mr.. GENTRY, of
Tenn, made two speeches, but the
meeting took no action, and adjourned.
The truth is, the Wings here, in and
out of Congress, are trying to get Gen.
TAYLOR 10 act as second fiddler to
HzNay Clay, SCI as TO form Wing
and anti Wing ticket hoping, BY the
influence of Gen. TAYLOR, TO secure
the election of HENRY CLAY as Presi-
dent. tits no 60 as yet. The TAY~
LoR branch, proper, have forbidden the
bans; they go for Gen. TAYLOR, and
no compromise. ] believe 'oIl Rough
goes for himself first; and as he profess
ses to be neither Wing nor Democrat,
or in other words, neither "ish. flesh,
nor red herring" it will be very hard
to rule him off the track in favor of
Whiggery. Those with whom | have
.conversed, from the army, speak of
Gen. L. in affeciionate and exalted
lserms-of his goodness and kindness
to his soldiers, consequently, if he loves
his soldiers, he cannot be Wing, for
many Of the Wings depreca'e the war
and dislike he army, and SANDER, a
buse, and Willy the efforts of their
countrymen. You have the opinion of
such men as Col. MORGAN, whose
speech 7 endyou. The speech is re-
plete with manly, patriotic sentiment,
and does honor to the gallant soldier
who delivered it.
Congress has done but little this