The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1850-03-18
Old yvEFEE,g2Y AND GEN. ,rAYE.OR.

OLD WHITLEY AND GEN. TAYLOR.
We were standing at the corner of Presi-
dent Square, in Washington, the other day
literally brought to a stand-still by the heav-
enly beauty of the weather-when a loose
horse trotted lesurely by US in the open street.
and we found ourself expanding towards him,
in sympathetic recognition OF the similarity of
our respective happiness. " There are two
ofus out of harness. to-day" we mentally
said-'' God bless you, old brother workv, and
may you enjoy, as | do, this delicious sun
shine and It's heavenly noth;ngs 10 dop' On
he trotted towards the Presidents gate, and
hating a little before the entrance, he seemed
hesitating between perfect liberty to go i'll or
stay out-when it suddenly occurred to us
that our fellow ider might not be, after all,
the private individual /" for whom we had
ancied our sympathy to be rather a conde-
scension than otherWisei What if it should
be Old Whitley" -reposing on his laurels
A moments look, up and down the pave in
front of the Presidents mansion, corroborated
the conjecture. There were, perhaps, TWEEN
ty persons in sight, and, among them we re-
coCniZed one of the Cabinet Secretaries, a
venerable Auditor, the Austrian Charge and
two Of those un-auXious and yet responsible
looking persons whom you know to be ''Nlem-
bers'' and NOT ofIice-seekers-a (curIous to
see all eyes wee fixed, not upon the dis
tingui~hed fore gner. not on the Honorable Of
firi:,ls not on the Honorable members, not on
an Embarrassed and loose Editor of the Home
Jourual-but on the embarrassed and loose
white horse
I We felt the smoke Of Buena Vista and Re-
SAGA de la Palma of Palo Alto and Monterey,
pushing US toward the old cannon proof char
ger. He went smelling about the edges Of
The notwithstanding probably, at such
warm weather and no grassland we crossed
over TO have a nearer look at him, with
feeling that the glory was not all taken from
his back with the saddle and holsters 'QI@
Whitley" is compact, hardy. well proper
toned animal, less Of d bdttle-steed. in ap
pearmce, than OF the style usually defined by
tie phrase iamily-hOrse," slightly knock
keed, and with tail q afterwards learned)
very much thinned by the numerous applica-
tons lora hair Of him for memory" He
had evidently been long untouched with
curry }, and dixie other celebrities for
want Of an occasional rubbing DOWN there
was little too much Of himsefin his exte-
rior-the name of .'oId Whitley" indeed hard
ly describing with fidelity a coat SO mattel
and yellow But remembering the beatings
OF the great heart he had borne upon his back
the anXieties the energies, the defiances of
of chivaIric riumphs and the sad turnngs OF
the rein to see brothers in arms laid in the
graves Of the battlefield -remembering all
that has been thought and felt in the saddle
which that horse was wont 10 wear-il was
impossible TO look upon him without Il thrOb
in the throat-oue Of those unbddcn and un-
reasoning tcarIhrObs. that seem to delight in
paying tribute. cut Of time and uneXaCted, to
tribes that have been belongings of glory -
We saw General TayIor himself for the first
ture, the next day-with more thought and
reverence Of course, than had been awakened
by looking upon his hOrse-but with not hall
the emotion.
The hero President" has been more truth
fully described than any man we eter read
much of before seeing. One who had moi
. learned how extremes touch. IN manners-the
u most courtly polish and The most absolute
simplicity might ne surprised, only, with
that complete putting of every one in his pre-
sence at ease. which is looked upon in Eng
land as the result of high breeding; and which
General Taylor's manners effect without the
I slightest thought given to the matter, appar-
emily, and with the fullest preservation oil dig-
) nifty. Rough and Ready ''--in this way
, an English Duke would be- as well; and, by
the way his readiness is of a simplicity and
;, genuineness which it is wonderful indeed to
r find-so high on the ladder Of preferment =
There were but six or eight persons in the
, room, when the party we accompanied were
, presented to the President; and the conversa-
| ton, for the ten minutes We were there. was
entirely unstudied, and between himself and
the ladies only. But we should have been
any where struck with the instant directness,
obviousness, and prompt and cIOSe-hitted i'm
nIediateneSS, with which he invariably replied
to what was said Let it be ever SO mere q
trihe, the return thought was from the next
link ofassocIation. Most great men, diploma
lists and politicians particularly, 90 about
the bush" little, fora reply to a remark, ON
lifting the more obvious and simpler answer it
might suggest. for the sake, perhaps, of an
appearance of seeing more scope in the bear
ing of the matter. But Taylor-(we thought
we could make certain even from these few
brief moments of observation HAS no dread
of your seeing his mind exactly as it works;
and has no care. whatever. except to think
and speak truth1ully what comes first, regard
less OF any policy, or management of its i'm
preston on the listener. The key OF his
voice. at the same time. is that of thorough
trankness, good humor and Inconsistencies
of observation, while his smile is easy and ha-
bituaI The grace with which these out-of-
door characteristics accompany a mouth Of
such indOmitable resolution and an eve of such
searching and inevitable keenness. explains
perhaps. the secret of the affection that is so
well known 10 have been mingled with the
contidng devotion felt for him throughout the
army. 1t is impossible to look upon the old
hero, we should say. without loving and be-
lieving in him. Home Journal.
SUICIDE.-A young man named M. B.
Cochran. clerk of E. w. Cstter. committed
suicide on Wednesday night about 10 o'clock