The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-30
The President his TOur-nis Visit to TIN i
Metropolis.


The Honorable James BOBBY Brooks, member Of
Congress elect from this city, seems TO prick up his
and snuff the rumors coming, by telegraph,
from afar off, concerning the sickness which has
-Ssailed the President two or three times, dqrin~-
his tour y9m Washington 10 HE point which, by
the last accounts, he reached in Pennsylvania.
Il appears that the old General has been attacked
several times with a severe diarrhna, and we learn
that Mrs. Tay lor and her daughter had left Wash
ngton, post haste, in order TO reach him, and mi
mister to his comforts during his occasional reapses,
THIS intelligence, in certain quarters among the
cold blooded and hearess politicians, has been sez
ed with avidity, such that with which they
receive good news and by with more apparent
Ieheh than the member Of Congress elect from
This city, to whom we alude. 1t would, indeed, be
a calamity, if the fatigue encountered by General
Taylor, now on a tour throughout the interior Of
the country, at this unpleasant season, should pro-
duce such fatal result as that which overlook
Gen. Harrison in 1870 IL is very evident that the
climate Of Mexico, during the war in that country,
made sad havoc on the constitutions of very many
Of our military leaders. Gen. Worth, Col Dun
can, and several other distinguished military mea,
have fallen victims TO the hardships which they en-
countered during that war; and even Gen. Scott
has been for few months past in a very feeble
state Of health and is more indebted 10 the quiet
and retirement Of West Point, ar1 TO the purity Of
fhe atmosphere Of that place. well as TO the
attentions Of his sniable family, than to any other
cause, that he is not now numbered with the dead.
With such facts before u., the prospect OF a sue
ces,ful termination TO Gen. Taylor's tour is not
very suspicious, and the probability is, that he may
return at an early day TO Washington, without
finishing the tour which he intended to make be-
fore he left the White House Probably Mrs.
Taylor and her daughter, Mrs Bliss, may have
posted of to oyertake him, for the very purpose OF
rescuIng him from the dangers which surround
HIM, and taking him by coup dc main out OF the
hands Of the politicians who torment him.
Such being the case, it is not improbable that
the General will return through this State TO Wash
ineton, without visiting New England at all. In
such a contingency, his most obvious route viii
be through this city; and # his health is in that
precarious condition which some imagine, II 10
not unlikely that he may reach this metropolis IN
avery few days-probably by the beginning OF
next week He has been attacked two or three
times already in the of his journey; and the
climate Of Western Pennsylvania and that OF the
lake country bordering on it, and that Of Western
New York, with the change Of water, and
ether causes, are by no means favorable TO the
complete re-estabhshnent of his health, as he for
mery enjoyed it.
II may, therefore, be asked what preparations
are beng made, or have been made, for the recep-
,ion of our great and patriotic chef magistrate in
this cItyl Il is Whispered that certain little
clique meeting. in a private room IN the Asior
House, locked up, has been consulting as to the
mode and style in which the President should be
received on his entrance into this city. This
clique, however, lie made up Of narrow-minded
Office. holders, or offce-seekers, possessing no
sympathy with the great heart Of the public, or the
feelings Of the bulk Of this vast community Such
a narrow and exclusive mode Of receiving Gen.
Taylor should be put down at once All parties,
and the whole community, should unite in re-
ceIyirg the distinguished hero of Buena Vista,
without regard to politics or parsanship Of any
description whatever. With this view Of the
matter, we would recommend some great popular
demonstration at an early day, to be held in some
public place. where the public voice could be heard
end public proceedings taken, in order TO prepare
the way for great and popular reception, which
the chief magistrate Of this Union, who unites il
bis own person beth hero and patriot, should re-
ceiye IN this great and mighty metropolis; aud w
are persuaded that the intelligent masses of boil
parties, both wing and democratic, who have M
svidy for the spells official station, would unit'
IN great and enthusiastic movement for th'