Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
GEN. TAYLOR'S DEPARTURE HIS
FAREWEL TO HIS FRIENDS.

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/ We have already mentioned by Telegraph
from New Orleans, Gen. Taylor's departure
from Baton Rouge, on the 30th jan, on his
way to Washington. 1t appears that there
was spontaneous gathering of the citizens
Of Baton Rouge, and adjacent country on the
Esd, 70 pay hun their respects, and bid him
adieu. a correspondent Of the Picayune
says:
l was gratihed to perceive among the many
assembled a goodly number of prominent
Democrats, who seemed anxious 10 show their
high personal consideration for the General,
although differing with him in politics. At
I o'clock, the procession formed and procee-
ded TO the residence Of Gen. Taylor.
/ The General received his visitors with his
usual kindness Of manner, and an animated
conversation ensued, mainly confined 10 mat
ters of personal interest, such as usually takes
7 place between neigbboTs and intimate friends.
! The General was, at the instance Of many
present, addressed by ]. 3. Thorpe, Esq. in
the following language:
. General: l have been deputed by your
fellow citizens to bid you their adieus On this
/ interesting occasion. 1t is with painful emo
lions that they have assembled to say farewell.
In parting with you, nothing reconciles them
! TO their loss. except the fail knowledge that
/ you are needed by your country elsewhere.-
/ Believe me, General, when / saw, that YOU
will leave behind you in Baton Rogue united
/ community Of personal friends, every member
! Of which, young aud cid, joins in a heartfelt
PRAYER that YOU and your family may, in your
future home, be blessed with long life, con-
tinued health, and unbounded prosperity
To which Gen. Taylor, with much emotion
replied in the following words:
| - Gentlemen: I do assure you it is with
/ feelings Of no ordinary character that / meet
! with my fellow-ctize on this occasion, ma
| nv CT whom ! have been associated with for
! more than quarter CT century. Had | con-
/ suited my own wishes, l should have much
! preferred to retain the Office | am now about
/ to vacate and remained among you; but the
people have. without my solicitation, seen fit
! to elevate me to another, and although l fear
/ [ am not qualified to discharge the great and
| important duties imposed upon me, yet be as
sured, fellow-citizens, / shall endeavor to full
/ fill them without regard to fear, favor or affec-
| ton for any one.
! Permit me, my friends, at parting, to in
woke Gods blessing. upon you all, and may
/ He grant that you and your families may enjoy
| long life and prosperity; Farewell"
| The General delivered the above address
/ with unusual feeling, and it was responded to
! in truly heartfelt manner by many grey
/ haired citizens, who have for many years been
/ his friends and neighbors. The General seems
AFARc1cAI DueI.-A duel lately came off
/ In Fountain county, Indiana. The comba tants
| were Lorenzo ID. Oryis and James Durby.-
! 1t apnearS that the seconds aimed to make the
affair as farcical as possible, by loading their
/ rifles with something fresher and softer than
! lead.'' The ground being measured off, and
word given, bang went the instruments of
death. The reader may guess that no bones
were broken. To render the affair still more
ridiculous. the surgeon in attendance prompt
i " proceeded to the discharge of his duty by
/ stepping up to the murdered two with his i'm
plimeuts. comprising an old meat axe. tobacco
cutter. tap boret, and jack knife, but finding
neither Of the ''brothers Of honor" hurt, he
| gave orders that they should be cleaned and
1 sent home.
The woman that went under tie name of Mary
! Magdelane whether that name be Tighttaly or
wrongfullY bestowed, who stands before Us sane
tiied in the imagination and IN the faith Of the
people in her combined character OF Sinner and OF
saint. as the first fruits of penetence Is reality
and rot a fiction Even if we would we cannot
do axav wi h the associations inseparably connec
ted with her name and image OF all those &c
whom much has been forgiven. she was the first
of all the tears since FueiIliy shed al the foot o
the cross OF suffering. hers the first of al
the hopes which the Resurrection has since DIFF
fused di3N u i--N 49,
, were the first. To her sorroVfful imInage how
, many have looked up through tears and blessed
the hardening grace of which she was the symbo
or rather the imperscaa,ion,-oac1ea le5e.-G--g.
! qyf-AIrS. jameson.
~ a miner named Patflc.I i1ughes was klise
? in a mineral hole about two miles east OF Galen
on the lst INST, by the earth cavlng IN upon Mn
2 There have been e3,97S hogs slaughtered q
] Chillicoihe, o. this season, against o<''JV IN'