The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1849-07-05
Death of General Worth.

The following very spirited biographical
sketch Of the deceased General, we copy
from the Philadelphia Bulletin:
Worth has been compared, and not UNI
justly, to Murat. His handsome person and
his dashng courage, forcibiy called TO mind
during the war with Mexico, the Roland Of
Napoleon's army. Few American officers
participated in as many battles as Worth;
none, perhaps, in such brilliant and numer-
Gus victories.
Prominently distinguished in the war of
l8l2-theD in that of FIorida--then under
Taylor at MOnterey--and finally III the cam
paign against the city Of Mexico, he ran q
career alike fortunate and brilliant, and one
in which glory aud promotion followed hand
in hand. But, alas just when the war is
over, and the time has come for him to re-
pose on his laurels, he is cut off by an igno-
bic disease, in a paltry frontier town. Such
is human fate. Such is the end Of earthly
glory.
Worth claims descent from one Of the
earliest Puritan settlers. He was born in
1894, received a plain but substantial educa.
ton, and began life as a traders clerk in
Hudson New York. When the war of
1919 broke out he entered the army as
private, but did not remain long III the ranks.
A fellow clerk, who had enlisted with him,
having been placed under arrest for some
indscretion. applied to Worth for advice,
who undertook to write a petition for the
delinquent, to the colonel of the regiment.
This officer happened to he Scott. Struck
by the style and penmanship of the petit
ton, he enquired the name of the writer,
and in the interview that followed, was so
pleased with Worth's manners, and sol,ierly
ft,.e h,, f,I
him his private secretary. Scott did not
stop here He procured for Worth a com
mission as lieutenant of the twenty third
regiment; and the merits of the young sub
aitern, joined TO some good fortune did the
rest for his advance ment Worth rose rap
idly indeed during the war of 1917. AT
Chippewa he distinguished himself SO high
ly that he was breyeted captain; at Lun-
dy's Lane he won the rank of major, and If
peace had not been declared immediately
afterward, he would doubtless have advan-
ced still farther.
After the peace, Worth was for some
time, superintendent of the West Point Mil
itary Academy. In 1921, after the retire
meut of General Armistead, w Orth succeed
ed TO the chief command in Florida, where
he had been serving as second in rank, for
about a year. Ambitious of distinction, he
sought every opportunity TO bring the In
dams to action, and though often disappoint-
ed finally succeeded. la recompense for
his gallantry on this OCCASION, Worth was
breveted brigadier general. esA
When a war with Mexico became proba-
Bile, he was detached to Corpus Christi to
Join TAYLOR; and remained with the Gener-
al until just before the battles of Resaca de
al Palma. The cause of his leaving camp,
as is well known, was a difference between
| him and Twiggs, growing out of his brevet
rank. He FASTENED to Washington, intend
ing to resign. but the war altered his decis-
ion, and canceling his resignation, he hurried
back to the army. tf't
Taylor, sympathising with the feelings OF
Worth, who could not forgive himself for
having missed the battles Of the 9th and 9th