The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-02-09
Number 09.
The Taylor FestirItIes.

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The President elect arrived.in our civ al q
o'clock on Thursday morning last, per steam Il
Saladin, and was Immediately conveyed to the
residence of DR., NJ. Emanuel. AT about IL
O'Clock the General was escorted through The
Principal streets to the Courthouse square. ~
a numerous and well-mounred committee oF
our best looking and most patriotic citizens.
Arrived at the square, the illustrious guest
mounted the stand, amid a great s%,raininq OF
eyes, and various other manifestations Of it,
tense curios ~. He was now greeted with
hearty cheers BY a large assemblage OF gentle.
men, and with the sweetest smiles Of a smaller
but more interesting company OF ladies'. The
general was then welcomed to the hospitalitlea
OF V'eksburg, in decidedly the neatsst, mos,
eloquent and appropriate reception speech we
ever heard, BY VIM. A. Lake, ESQ. We pub.
1sh this speech elsewhere, the reply ofthe
General was uttered in SO low a tone that we
could catch but a few sentences. We heard.
however, that he dwelt with much earnes,ness
upon the illusions in the reception speech 10
the battle Of Buena Vista, and bore stionp tea.
tlmony TO the g%allnntry and heroism which
distinguished the Mississippiuns on that trying
occasion. He said that when, at a moat crit.
cal I%uncture some Of his officers despaired OF
victory, the Mississippians received an order
upon which The fate Of the action seemed 10
depend, aud that the manner in which thew
executed 1t, exceeded the highest expectations
ne stated distinctly, however, that for his o n
part he never suffered a single doubt OF a "a.
vOrable result TO cross his mind.-As in severs
al other speeches so in this, the General re-.
%nounced all claim to higher credit in connec-
ton with the great battles fought under his
command, than that deserved by the noble
men who participated with him in the dangers
and triumphso Of every well contested field. In
%allusion to the ey thnsiastic receptions vii.
messed throughoutour country upon the return
OF the citizen soldiers from the "bie warS.n
and to the hearty greetings with which he was
everywhere received, he suid, that however
true the old proverb about the unFratgfAlhess
Of Republics might have been when il was ut
tered, he felt sure that all his fellow soldiers
would agree with him in saying that our own,
at least was more than grateful now. His re-
marks concerning his present position were
very brief and exhibited the same unaffected
modesty which characterizes all his rcfeYepces
TO that subject.
After passing a few hours at the Saloon .
where he was surrounded with d large number
Of persons of all parties and both sexes-some
eager to pay their personal respects 10 the hero,
others to the President, and others still 10 tho
mamie was permitted 10 rest awhile from tho
drudgery of greatness on promise ofbeing early
the Ball Room.
The Ball at the Prentiss House was brilliant
with beauty, and from commencement to close
"went merry as a marriage bell." The lair
daughters of Kinds, Warren and vicksburQ,
were well represented, and loated through the
mazcs of the dance with a matchless crace
peculiar to Southern ladies in general, and, as
It seemed to us, to those present on the occa-
sion, in particular. The distinguished guest
did the agreeable to the best Of his ability until
o'clock in the morning, when he left per
steamer Tennessee, for Memphis expressing
qualification at the cOrdiality of the recent
and regret that his stay was limited by impsri-
alive engagements.
Gen. McMakin added, if possible, to his un.
%eQualled reputation by the inimitable manner
in which he carried out the arrangements for
one of the largest and mosipleusant Balls ever
given in our city.
The various committees deserve muchcred-
it for the quiet and efficient discharge Of their
respective duties, Nothing that VIC could OBJ
serve was left undOns which could have added
to the interest OF Gen. Tuylor's Festiyiticss-Y
Wing.
FAMIEN IN CALIFoRNIA.-The Boston post
receives from Mr.. /. Parker tho fnllowin1aw