New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-10
neafb of the President.

President of the United States, expired,
with perfect ealmness, at Washington last
evening at 35 minutes past 10 o'clock, after
a nainful illness of little more than days.
His disease began with cholera morbus,
which passed into bilious remittant fever;
he was treated with all the skill that science
could form and affection render vigilant, as
we learn, after the old system of practice,
with purging by calomel and otherwise, and
blistering.
Gen. TAYLOR had endeared himself to the
American people to degree which few pub
Lie men ever attain. The cause of this lay
in the great goodness Of his heart, the ex-
ceeding sincerity Of his character, in his
transparent common sense SO broad and
strong as to amount to wisdom, in firm
ness that faced every danger and Stunned
no responsi oility, and in patriotism and
sense Of honor which threw an almost Chi
Various halo over the sturdy elements of his
nature. Not a statesman by genius or by
habit, he brought to the Presidency sound
practical judgment which often proved more
reliable than the opinions Of those long
versed in political affairs. A Southern
man and a stakeholder, his mind was above
the narrow prejudices Of district and class
and steadily aimed at the good of the ma
ton as whole. He felt as the President of
the American people, and instinctively ap-
pretended the destiny of the Republic
Not endowed with uncommon powers of re-
Election he penetrated the questions brought
before him as by a spontaneous faculty OF
insight, and having once made up his mind,
did not abandon his determination. Though
bred in camps and accustomed to the ranks
and distinctions of military life, he never
lost the readiness of his sympathies, nor ex-
perienced dminution of that genuine
sentiment of democratic equality which re-
lated him to every citizen. He was emf
pently man Of the People, and that from
the exhaustless promptings Of his own heart
He took them by the hand, he shared in
their joys and their sorrows, not for any III
terror purpose, not as one descending for the
moment from an eminent position, but be-
cause he felt himself foreign to no human
interest or emotion. A triumphant General,
counting among his battles some of the most
difficult and successful Of military history,
elected to the Presidency without effort on
his part, he never forgot that admirable ma
tive modesty which forbade him to exagger-
ate the value of his OWL services and talents,
or to claim any gift or capacity which he
was not fully conscious Of possessing. With
manners of great plainness, destitute Of
polish, he always conveyed the impression
of q true gentleman. No man ever lived
more free from vanity or ittleness of
every kind. He was constituted liberal,
generous, manly, noble, and his life
was an illustration of these characteristics.
Perhaps his military achievements will be
longest remembered in history, but his pri-
vate character has ever seemed to us more
remarkable for its loneliness, and his short
civic career for its perfect uprightness, en-
larged patriotism, and clear native good
sense. than his exploits in the field for
any of the qualities, however brilliant which
NAV be attributed to them. But in every
respect Gen. Taylor was an American. lie
was a son of this Republic; whatever he
was he was product Of his country and her
institutions. and Of the names Of her great
ond GOOD men, few viii longer be preserved
than his.
ZACHARY TAYLOR, the son ola father hon.
orably distinguished in the Revolutionary
war was born in Orange Co. Virginia, Nov
Q 1884. Till the age Of q he worked on the
farm Of his father, 5ut early developed a
taste for military life. He was appointed
-. T;ertenont in the Seventh Infantry on
M.v2 1908. In 1910 he married Miss Mar
caret Smith of Maryland. In 1872 he served
.. Carta;n under Gen. Harrison In the In
dian war of the Northwest, where IN sep
t,mber be gained great credit for bravery
.nd GOODNESS in defending Fort HARRISON
~aa;ns. the sayages, and received the rank oil
Psevet. Major in consequence. Inthe course
Nm war he further distinguished himself,
when i, ended, being reduced to the rank oil
C.n,a;n on account of the general reduction
n the army, he resigned and went back . 70 al,
e. Uewas reYnstated as MajOrin 1876 and
Dnmmanded for two years at Green Bay on