The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-07-31
A NATION IN GRIEF.

olllmenls Of mourning on The melaucholy
nrrasion Of The deaIh OF The lale great AMI
lgood President. The hearts Of lhe peo.
lpie everywhere are filed with sincere
grief al this sudden and unlocked Cor be.
reasemrni. and the demonsirslions sf ile
public feeling indicate bur two well then
sense Of The loss which lle nation has
sustained.
A correspondent Of The New York Ex.
press. wiring from Washington. says--s
The last time we saw General Taylor
was bus q week ago. last Saturday. in lI,e
gounds adjacent 20 the Presidential man.
sion. in company of Miss Bremen and a
gronp Of other ladies. telling Them of The
great delight he always found in the So
cieiy Of children. Nothing. he said. in
aur hearing.--so murh pleased him as
their arllessness. their lillle sports. their
praiiling talk; !; Tor il sas q picture of hu-
man nature lovely and innocent. and not
yei darkenrd BY ihe follies and crimes
which more or less cloud The succeeding
years Of mans exi-lence. The old hero
pointed 10 those around him with smil.
ing eounlcnance and light heart. which
echoed the sentiment within. In few
days-in one short week !-how chang.
ed! =.
Fromihe numerous biographical skelch-
IS of Gen. Taylor. given in the public
Journals, we select The following as com
pretending in a brief space the leading
events in his life ,-st. t..,.v..
ZACHARY TAYLOR. The son Of father
honofsbly distinguished in The Revolu-
linnary War. was born in Orange Co.,
Virginia, Nov'r %. 1884. Till The age
of "a he worked ON ihe farm Of his father.
hui early developed taste for military
life. lie was sppoinicd lsi Lieutenant
in The 1,h Infantry on May 3. 1908. In
1910 he married Miss Margaret Smilh.
&c Maryland. lnlsl2 he served as Cap
tain under Gen. Harrison. in The Indian
war of The Northwest. where in Seplem.
ber he gained great credit for bravery aud
GOODNESS in defending Fort Harrison :.
gainst The savages. and received The rank
Of Brevel Major in consequence. In the
course of The war he further distinguish
ed himself. When il ended. being reduced
10 The rank OF Captain on account of the
general reduction Of the army. he resign
ed and went back TO his farm. He was
reinsia,ed as Major in 1916. and rom.
mandetl for tive years at Green Bay on
Lake Michigan. Afterwards he served
mostly in The South. being scarcely ever
absent from active duty.
On April 10. 1919. he received The
commission Of Lieut.. Col. Afier 1926,
he was again sent TO The Northwest. where
he remained five years. In 1892 he was
made Col, and served in The Black Hawk
War. Afterward he was stationed at
Prairie do Chen ill 1896, when he was
ordered TO Florida, where on Deer IS,
1897, he fought the battle OF Okechobee,
one of The most memorable in the annals
nf our Indian hosliliiies, which virtually
pul an end to the war; for this he re-
ceived The brevel rank Of Brigader Gene
raj. He remained IN Florida I'LL lS40,
when he took command Of the first de.
partment of The Army in the Southwest,
his headquarters ,heing al Fort Gibson, in
Arkansas. In ls45 he was ordered 10
the Texan frontier. in anticipation Of The
Mexican War, and at the beginning Of
August had taken up his position at Cor
pus Christi. On March 8, 1916, in COM
pliance with the orders of President Polk,
he began TO march on the Rio Grande.
The events which followed this step
are too well known TO require recapitnla.
ton here. The battle Of Palo Alto was
fought Max 8. 1916. that Of Resaca de Ia
Palma the next day. Matamoras was
taken May ls; on The S0ih he was made
Major General BY brevct. and on June
90 was promoted 10 full rank. The at.
tack on Monterey began September 81,
and was closed BY capitulalion on ,hs
24ih. His great and final battle Of Buena
Vista was fought on February 90, lS47.
IN all these affairs he manifested great
soundness Of judgment, readiness Of mind,
fertility Of resources, mastery of the art
Of war. power Of inspiring his suhordi.
mates not only with affection for his per-
son, but with confidence in his skill aud
fortunes, as well as constan, humanity to-
ward the vanquished, and frank dignity
which won the regard Of the hostile pen.
pie among whom hc had 10 command an
invading army. somcwha. incongnlous IN
its elements and difficult to be CONTROL.
ed.
In Nay'r. ls47, Gen. Taylor returned
TO the United States. He was received
with the congratulations and rejoicings
Of the people wherever he appeared.
The wear hefore he was nominated for
the Presidency. In June. 1913. he re-.
ceived the nomination of the Wing Con-
veniion al Philadelphia. and in Nov. was
elected, receiving 1853 electoral votes TO
ut for Gen. Cass. lie was inaugurated
on March 5, ls49, and at his death had
discharged the duties Of fPresidentone year,
four months, and four DAYS. Had he lived