The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-09-29
From the Philadelphia News.
A PLEASANT INCIDENTAL YOUNG
SOLDIER FROM TAvrog,s ARMY.

!, ~ meeting Cf the Rough and Read,
Club of one Of The Philadelphia city ward
held on Tuesday evening last. after The bus
mess had been transacted and on adjourn
ment was about 10 take place, pale faced
youth, apparently about nineteen years o
age, and stranger to all present, askec
permission Of the President 10 say a few
words abou, General Taylor. lis request
was Of course granted. There was pro
found silence in The meeting when he rose
aud with some irepldation, apologised for
asking TO be heard. He said be had rea.
son to know General Taylor; he knew him
as man and soldier. He had been il
his army seventeen months. ard porlion
Of that time, when he was sick and exhaus
, ted by long marches, and ready 10 die, be
, found warm hearted fiend aud protector
10 General Zachary Taylor. "GcnlIo
men" said he, am but nineteen year,
old am stranger here, and never at.
tempted TO speak in public. But have
read in some of the papers attacks upon
General Iaylor's character as man-char.
aIns him with nhumanity and cruelty, and
] want TO say buu,ly, tina, such charges arr
ialse--false from beginning TO end, no mat.
ter who ui.ers them. have seen cruelty
and inhumanity on the part Of subordinate
officers ioiheir men--nhuman punshmonis
'nti c,ed for slight offences: but meter in
The presence of General Taytor-who was
always kind father and protector to the
poor solder, and whom every homes, soldier
IN bis army loved. No man of honor who
ever served under him will charge him
With cruelty, either to his own troops or to
The enemy. ] was with him al Fort Brown
marched With him to Point Isabel--was
IN the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca and
Monterey. After the capture Of Ma,a.
motas. instead Of using one of the houses
10 The city as his quarters. he gave them
all up to The sick, wounded and suffering
soldiers, and slept 10 his tent on bed tha,
was no, more than four inches above the
mud and water sha, surrounded IT,"
l he speaker related many interesting in.
cldenls connected With the movements of
The army, Illustrating the benevolence Of
Gen' Taylor, and The perfect confidence Of
The troops in the goodness Of his heart, aud
Z 49, -hhi Us q tiC uhut us
all feel as if every man was double. and he'd
twice the strength We really possessed, aud
could do twice as much as any other army
in the work.. He was always the frs, 10
meet danger, md used to tell US TO ra'ch
him close, and nsrcr run TIL he ran. Bul
he never ran from The enemy; he never
turned away from suffering soldier with
out doing all that he could TO relieve and
cheer him. On the march 10 Seralvo,"
continued the youth, Z" my stfengi5 gave
out, and had i, not been for Gen. Tay Tor,
might have been left upon the road 10 Ge
or be murdered. But he saw the, and
knew from my looks that was exhausted.
He took me up and sat me on his own mule,
and / rode trith him in that ray for serer-
al dogs. lie saved my life then, and am
ready 10 give him every drop of my blood,
whenever he wants soldier"
"At one time we were almost
Gu! of provisions. We had nothing to cal,
but musiy biscuit, and slushed maggotty
pork. An officer went TO General Tay lor,
aud complained that lie could no. cat such
food. well, sir SAID the General, come
and take your dinners with me- The IN
vi,aiion was gladly accepted, aud the officer
gladly anticipating FIRST rate dinner, dress
ed himself up, and went TO the quarters Of
the General, but instead Of find NJ reeu.
lar dinner table, e led with dellcacles, he
sac the General sitting before a fire, toast.
ing piece of the same old slushed pork
on slick, and that, with some mus,y bis
cult and little bean soup, made the dinner
for himself and the disappointed officer,
who expected TO dine on roast beef and
plum pudding. Tina, gentleman didn't eat
any more dinners with Gen. Taylor
The young soldier continued his interest.
ing narrative about twenty minutes, his
bright eye often flashing with Indignation,
when speaking Of the SANDER with which
Gen. Ia lor is often assaled, and his voice
trembling with emotions of gratitude and
affection in the relation Of the benevolent
acts of the noble hero and patriot. We
need not say thai he was frequently inter.
rupted by the hearty applause CT tue meet
ing. Al the conclusion of his remarks, the
President having ascertained from the
stranger his name, announced to the audi
ence that the young man who had address
ed them was Sersean. Edward Sherman oil
Massachusetts.
MIR. Sherman was elected by exclamation
an honorary member Of the Club.
"THIS LOOKS LIKE REBELLION"
The N. Orleans Delta publishes a call
for meeting Of Democrats who are favor
able 10 the election of Gen. Taylor. This
call is signed by number Of the leading
Democrats of the city Of New Orleans, who,
in the call, express their qualification at the
nomination Of Geoeral Taylor, by the Phil.
ade!phla Conventicu--lheir regret that the
Baltimore Convention did no, nominate him
asc--and arop their determination to sup.
port him, no matter by whom nominated!
W The Cincinnati Atlas states that, so
J far az It has seen, there is only one Wing
paper in the State which has not declared
it's intention to give Taylor hearty sup