The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-07-16
Death of President Taylo1


Sorrow and gloom pcrvadc the nation, by
reason of sudden and culamitous event,
well fitted to awaken the proioundcst emo
ton. President TAYLoR-thc noble, the
quietly, after all the trials and triumphs OF
the battlcfcld-afcr all Tie tolls of the
council chamber and the chair of State. The
great and the honorcd has taken his place,
on the common level, in the last abode of
man.
He sleeps hi. las sleep, he has fought his last battle:
No sound awake him To glory again !"
On the 18th inst, Gen. TAYLOR was pres
cnt at the exercises which took place on the
site of Washingion's Monument. and, in his
usual health, took part in the ceremonies Of
the day. An unusual exposure to the heat
of the sun-added, it is said, to anxietic,
corrected with the affairs of the nation, al
this junc,urc-brought on an attack Of chol-
era morbus, which subsequently assumed the
form of bilious Intermittent fever, f.
naly ending in congestion of the brain and
stomach-and in death, on the evening Of
Tuesday, the 9th inst, at 80 minutes past o
o'clock. For two days previous to his DEATH
his symptoms were thought to be alafming
and on Tuesday, his state was so critical that
both Houses of Congress adjourned on that
account In his last hours, his family
were about him, also the Vice President, thcl
Cabinet, the Marshal of the District, the
Mayor of the City, and attending Physicians.
His death was calm and peaceful, and hisi
last words as reported by Mir FlrLMoREl
were Il am prepared | have done myI
duty my only regret is in leaving those,
who arc dear to me-
ZACHARY TAYLOR was born Nov. 81 i
1884, in Orange County, Virginia In hisl
infancy his fatler-who had been Colonel
in the Revolution-rcmovcd to Kentucky
where he spent the remainder Of lis days,I
arriving at an honored old age. ZAcHARll
TAYLOR entered the army, as a Lieutenant!
in 1908. In 1910, he married Miss Margaret
Smith, who survives him. In 1912, lie was
promotcdto the rank of Captain; and for
his gallant conduct at Fort Harrison, not
long after, received Majors brevct from
President Madison. In the Indian wars of
the frontiers and of the everglades Of Flori-
ia, he rendered much impol tant and labori-
Gus service. His brilliant achievements in
the Mexican war. at Pelo Alto Resaca de IL
Palma, Monterey, and Buena Vista, in 1916
and ls47, are too fresh in the memories of
every one, to need any recapitulation.
His elevation TO the Presidency, by the c
lection Of 1913, was an event which he new
or sought, and which was forced upon him
by the admiration and confidence of his
countrymcn. They deemed him man pc
culiarly fitted, by his integrity, sound judg-
ment, honesty, frmncss, and nationality of
views, TO fill the office of Chief Magistrate
and that preference has been well justified
by tho events of his civic career. We be-
licye there was never President who, in SC
short lime, had gained so firm hold on
the affections of the people. His loss at ,hi.
crisis Of our affairs, must be regarded every
where MS a great national calamity. 1t i:
the less not merely of wise and good citi
zen-of one so near to the hearts of all a.
to seem almost a family .triend-but Of ;
skiful and firm pilot, whose presence at III,
helm of State was never so much needed a
at present. But while the future looks dail
and ad,wthout his guidance who seemed Il
have been SO specially "raised up for tn
occasion, we must still trus, that that Being
with whom are the issues OF life and death,
has wiser purposes to accomplish by this al
iictivc event than we can now loresee