The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1850-08-02

Congestion OF the brain and stomach hegan al
halfpast o'clock, so that no earthly power could
stay the result which has plunged the nation in
mourning. The unwearied attention of his
medical advisers deserves credit, and their skill
is unquestionabie. 1t is believed, however, that
had the mind of the President not been iaboring
under embarrassment and affiiction, proceeding
from causes named, the disease could have been
checked, and his life saved. But now that he is
gone, it is vain to speculate. One succeeds him
whose sensitiveness is not SO keen, because in
innate with all the trials Of politics, and therefore
possessing forttude sufficient to withstand them.
Those surrounding the dying President at the
moment were his own family, including Col.
Bliss, Col. Taylor and family, Jefferson Davis
and family, Vice President Fillmore, several
Senators and members, several members of the
diplomatic corps, the Cabinet, Benton, Hale,
Wood, Coolidge and Witherspoon, and num-
ber of intimate friends. Without the mansion
the ground was literally covered with an i'm
mense multitude, who continued to linrer in
groups until after midnight scarce crediting the
intelligence, though officially announced
Gen. Taylor died without struggle. It was
kind Of sinking into eternity, without feeling
its pain or experiencing its horrors. When all
was over the chamber was cleared until the I'M
dertakers had accomplished their duties The
body was encased in ice, ard ordered to remain
until this morning, when it was finally robed for
the grave, and laid out in state in the East Room.
Thus ended the melancholy siege of disease
against strong bulwark Of nature.
INCIDENTS.
The chief incidents that transpired during
his illness, are these embodied in the above.
He regretted in plain language, and SO many
words, the crusade waged against him, and
thought that parties failed to do him justice.
tated him, but only because they made him re-
sponsible for conduct with which he had no.
thing to do. He deplored the strife which pre-
walls, but did not hesitate to ascribe the cause
to sectional demagogues. The dictatorial IL
cense assumed by Messrs. Toombs and Steph-
ems dspleased him, and the more so because
coming from banded organization; but when
it was limited that his own friends would move
vote of censure, he sunk under the blow, and
conceived that to be the most fatal stab of all.
He was resolved, however, to pursue the line
of policy to which he had thus long adheared,
though, convinced that gentlemen of the South
meditated his ruin. This, while it proved upon
his mind, only determined him the more to
stand by his doctrines. 1t is notwithstanding
these facts, that had he lived, removals from
the Cabinet would have ensucd before the ex-
piration Of the month. The cloud was we'll
nigh ready to burst, and in the deluge created
Messrs Crawford and Clayton would have been
swept away The conversation between the
President and those who waited upon him off,
cially, including this ultra delegation, am not
prepared fully TO repeat, but his physicians do
not deny that it materially influenced his dis
ease. Let conscience be their only punish
ment.