The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-05-25

From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
ua1or General Worth
,sIsuraphic despatch from Louisville, KY. announces
the asst6 of Major General Worth He fell victim 10
cholera, At San Antonio, on the 7th instant
Worth has been compared, and not unJusuy, 10 Aust
His handsome person and his dashing courage i0rcoi
recalled to mind during the war with Mexico Ine holahd
of Napoleons army Few American officers participated
in Is many battles Worhone. perhaps In such bril-
liant and numerous victories Prominently distinguished
H The Wax Of nsy ia the Campaign against
the civ of Mexico, he career alike fortunate and
brilliant and in which glory and promotion followed
The time has for him to repose his aures he is
cut of by an gnoble disease, in patry frontier town.
Such is human life! Such is the end Of earthly glory
Worth claims descent from of the earliest Puritan
settlers He born in 1874, received plain but sub
stantal education, and began life traders clerk in
Hudson, N. Y. When the war Of 1912 broke out, be
entered The army as private but did not long in
the ranks. fellow clerk, who had enlisted with him,
having been placed under arrest for some indscreon
applied to Worth for advice, who undertook to write
petition for the delinquent, to the colonel OF the regi
ment This officer happened to be Scott Struck by the
style and penmanshp of the Petition he inquired the
was so pleased with Worths manners, and sodiery and
handsome person, that he appointed him his private sec
retary Scott did not stop here He procured for Worth
commission lieutenant in the twenty third regiment
and the merits Of the young subaltern, joined to some
good fortune, did the for his advancement Worth
1ess so that
bevetted captain at Lundy's Lane he the rank of
major; and peace had not been declared Immediately
afterwards. he would doubtless have advanced still
further.
After the peace, Worth was for some time superinten-
dent Of the West Point Military Academy In 1924 he
ordnance and in 1888, colonel Of the eighth regiment Of
infantry the rank he held in the line at the period OF his
DEATH In ISL after the si!Ismen. Of Gfn Am,sssd
he had been serving second in rank, for about year
Ambitious Of distinction he sought every opportunity 10
bring the Indians to action; and though often disappont
ed, finally succeeded On the 18th Of April, ls42 he
overlook large force of savages at Poaklaklaba.
the ST. Johns river A terrible action ensaed. but vic
lany on this occasion. Worth brevetted brgadier
general He remained in Florida after this for some time
but The R S could be induced e Y their
became probable, he was detached TO Corpus Christi,
join Taylor and remained with the General until just be-
fore the battles Of Pao Alto and Resaca de Ia Palma
The cause OF his leaving camp as is well known, was
difference between him and Twiggs growing out of his
brevet rank He FASTENED to Washington. intending to
resign, but the altered his decision and canceng
his resignation he hurried back to the army.
Taylor, sympathzing with the feelings Of Worth, who
could not forgive himself for having missed the battles of
the Sh and 9th of May assigned to him, at Monterey,
the task Of carrying the heights the Sao road, with
division Of the army, while, with the other, the
mander chief advanced against the town from the Sc
ravo road This was, in fact, giving Worth an ndcpen-
dent command Tor after once Separating, it was found
impossible to keep up the COMMUNICATIONS between the
his task, and approaching the friendship of his general
resolved carry the heights formidable they were
perish in The attempt "A grade or grave" he ex-
space to-day, describe the brilliant operations that en-
sued Besides they familiar to most if not all, our
readers 1t is enough to say that Worth carried
cession the various forts commanding the SalGlio road
stormed the Bishops Palace which overlooked the town,
and pushing forward through the suburbs, entered the
dismay before him. He was within short distance Of
the great square when the town captuated to Taylor
penetrating 10 the Plaza from the other side For his
poits Monterey Worth brevetted major general
Worth among the generals Withdrawn from Tay-
lor prior to the battle Of Buena VISTA His great
exploit was at Moline del Rey where he carried the al
struggle, in which lives lost, in proportion to
the numbers engaged, than in any action OF the war
This terrible battle illustrated the faults we'll merit.
of Worth. Its generally conceded that the action
was blunder: in other words that was won at too
great cost The defences OF the Nexicans had been
mpeecy reconnored and proved far stronger than they
were at first supposed Ii also believed ,ha. the ersny
he'd important cannon foundry there, which
take The attack ought never to have been ordered but
With the story OF that bloody day, aso our readers
presume. are familiar not generally known, per-
haps, that defeat was only arrested by the arrival of
Cadwalade with the reserve Just at the crisis of the
fight when the American column reeled, bleeding, back
before the awful fire OF the enemy the division OF our
brave commander came up, led by Col Graham, and
RED the Mexican works trumphantly.
Worth also fought with distinction at Cerro Gordo at
Churubusco. and at the stotmng of the gates of Mexico
e now generally conceded tha IN THIS latter action,
his troops entered the city the day Qumans
though the contrary opinion was at first extensively
lated in the United States. Worth who suggested
the march the country below lake Chaco in or
der to avoid the mpegnabe defences OF the Vera Cruz
spprSsea to the capital! He was. perhaps, after Taylor
Of the generals Of the with Mexico
The character Of Worth may be sketched in few
words. He was brave to fault sufficiently good as a
taccsn, chivarous, of popular manners, Of imposing
presence, haughty-at times overbearng- impetuous,
warm hearted. fast friend In many respects he
sembed Decatur. In battle, especially where daring
still tell, with enthusiasm, that, at Monterey, he dis
mounted from his horse, placed his pumed hat the
TO storm the Bishops Castle Such tales recall the Paa
dins of old romance
From tho Liberty Tribune.
We under obligations to Col Doniphan for the fol-
lowing extract from letter addressed to him by Peter