Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1848-02-05

porarmtt or Gen. Taylor.

Advocate i~-DHYbfeak 9verto0k ns JUST
below Baton Rouge, on iie lei bank ofthe
liver. We have passed during The night
that most picturesque portion Of the river.
called the coast. The %alluyial margin on
both sides Of the river spreads II breadth
from four hundred yards TO a mile and a
half II IL The garden spot ofthe United
States. Sugar plantations touch each
other, and elegant residences stretch out
% far as the eye can ftllow The bold curves
of the river. After the run Of 100 niles
The Mississippi looks not d whit narrower
than at New Orleans Its average width
Is about three quarters of mile. AT Ba.
ton Rouge, where we touch d few minutes
to take In passengers, there stands, In com.
pahy with two or thre "a Uther gentlemen,
an lderly, plain. booking man, who, after a
brief leave taking, comes on board. We
shove off, the breakfast bell rings, and we
lind our way To the table. | observed that
the entrance of our new fellow.yoyager
oecasioned a sfbdued remark and brought
upon hin tic curious TIA iftt=5 H setts r.
spectators and whispering 10 the clerk,
who was about 10 take the head of the
table, | asked who he was. 'General
T'aylqr." was the reply. ''lndeedf' Lucky
chance, thought, |, That threw the on beard
this craft"
There was the veritable Trough and
Ready" sitting opposite me, slipping his
coffee the most remarkable man, in many
respects, III the Western hemisphere. |
had missed The gorgeous spectacle OF bis
New Orleans reception-the most magni.
Iltient affair which had ever shaken that
city with excitement but vastly better, |
had him NOW where | could see and study
the man-a man whose maine belongs TO
history, and whose achievements place him
side by side with the great captains Of he
world. The first thing that struck me was
his simplicity, an unfailing attribute oftrue
greatness. He ate, and talked, and car.
ried himself with the unstudied ease Of d
litte child. You would have supposed him
some plain country gentleman, who dream.
cd not Of attracting a look. or calling out a
remark. All right In that line--thuught I,
but how different locking and better look.
ing than the million IF lithograph like
nesses y hleh stare yol in the face at the
shop windows aud everywhere else There
Is In the living original aone Of that eS-
tFeme breadth between the chin and the
back Of the head, very little Of the protfu.
sion Of the lower lip, TO be found In the
Autographs. In q word, they ere d bundle
Of caricatures, one mud all. He Il precise.
ly the height Of your represent correspondent;
has a CONSIDERABLE sprinkle of gray hairs,
Is 90 years of age, erect and firm when on
his feet, with one of the kindliest express
slons of face you ever saw.
He had on a common blue ffock coat,
with fiat buttons, the covering Of which was
worn of, showing that Il belonged TO nh
order Of things which passed away some
two or three years ago. Still his Dress as
a whole, was sufficiently becoming, though
exhibiting no trace whatever ofthe militia.
~. AS we rose from the breakfast talSe
| was introduced 20 the old hero | told
him | was from South Carolina, snd re-
ioiced in the good fortune which had allow.
cd me to see him and tel him how much
the people Of my native State honorod and
loved him. His eyes filled with tears as
he shook my hand w~armly--and | saw that
the simple assurance OF love could affect
profoundly a man who faced the storm of
battle W th a nerve that never moved. His
conversation exhibited fine, clear, common
sense, without the slightest tinge of any
sort of atfectation or personal vanity. In
the course Of the day he gave me the de-
tails 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
war would have been entirely different,
even though indomitablo courage might in
its long run have cut its way to the Mexi-
can Capital. That victory, won against
odds so vast, gave a prestige to American
valor that made the subsequent battles
comparatively easy affairs. But | mus
put a curb upon my galloping pen, or you
will never see the end Of this epistle. The
General remained with us until after
breakfast the next morning, and was land.
ed at his w residence ON the river, some
distance above Natehez. | smiled u see
the republican simplicity with which a
couple Of his negroes, field hands, who
happened to be at the landing, walked up
as he got on shore, and shook hands with
him without dofing hat or cap, and the ex-
pre- ssion ofdelight with which they looked
into his face as be spoke kindly and fmi-
liarly to them. Our engine bell rang as
soon az he touched The shore, and we were
off.
RuMoRRp Co AlITIoN.-I ms been quite
con dentIy rumorcd here, the last week o.
SO thai Mr. Webster would consent 10 run
for the Vice Presidency on the same tickle
with General Taylor. We should not be
~ IN sssFNr;sad ifihis rnmor were Otarn on,