The Ohio union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1849-1854, 1853-09-21

out. painting the General, and The General,
and never any thing but the General; il
the last of these repelitions was las any
one could have predicted it must necessari-
ly be, from the very mature Of The mind
alone capable Of such mil-horse occupa.
iion) yet more destitute, if possible, than
the first of single flash of the light with.
in, by which those rugged features were
lllumed. One thing no one can doubt; his
devotion was more unIiring even than his
own brush. and its steadiness would have
proved itself, at any moment The. opporlu.
nifty might have offered, by his cheerfully
laying down his life in his service. II he
had had thousand lives, they would,
feel sure, have been so laid down, one af.
ter the other, with the same perseverance
that one canvas after another was lifted TO
his easel, there to keep its place until it
had received "ihe General"
Of the numberless cases which mig hi be
collected, corresponding to those above ro-
lated ofIhe impression made by his man
ner, | will mention one now because of
the idea il affords Of him under another as.
pect, which was quite common one with
him, namely, dry archness in admins.
tering gentle rebuke when he thought i,
called for. One would expect something
of The kind in his composition, on being
informed that, with him, the book Of
books-ater The Bible, of cou:se--was
the Ticar cf Wahefeid.
The incident which am about 10 give
occurred to Mr.. Buchanan, BY whom
have heard it related.
An American lady-a daughter. | think,
of Charles Carroll Of CarroIlon-on her
return from residence in England, du.
ring which she had associated on the most
familiar footing with the highest aristocra-
cy Of the island, among the rest tie duke"
being desirous Of seeing General Jackson,
an hour was appointed for him 10 receive
her. A lew minutes helsre The time ar.
rived, Mr.. Buchanan, VINO knew of the
arrangement, or perhaps WAS party to il,
upon going into the Presidents Office
found him there, immersed in work. and
very contrary to his wont, not at all neat
in his dress and personal appearance; he
had not even shaved. and had snvenly
look otherwise, which he had never he.
fore seen in him Alarm for the effect il
might have upon the expected visitor, Mr..
b. yenured upon hint TO the effect that
the hour being come, it would be advisable
to engage in making preparations for the
visit.
"Mr. Buchanan" Observed the General.
"l once heard tell OF a man in Tennessee,
who got along very well in the world, ani
finally made a fortune, by minding his
own business" Saying which he arose
and left the room. In a very few minutes
allerward he walked into the psrlor, to
which Mr.. B. had repaired, presenting as
neat an appearance in every respect as if
he had passed hours al his toilet.
The lady departed, expressing the same
admiration Of his manners that hundreds
had experienced before her.
Mr.. Buchanan being upon the carpet, |
will conclude with anOiher incident which
| have heard him relate more than once.
The time this occurred was when the
American settlers in Texas--lhal is, those
among our cOuntrymen who had seen Gt
TO sell their birIhright fur mess Of pot
tage, and To exchange the lille of .Ainri.
can citizen, with all the securities there.
unto appertaining, for lhat Of the subject Of
the Emperor llurbide and his successors,
legitimate or illegilimate--when those Of
our countrymen, together with such others
as had generously (hu' not jafiy, seeing it
was in violation Of our acknowledged in
rernaronal obIigations) a1vn to their all,
we're known to be IN full retreat, with
Sam Houston at their head, before Santa
Anna and his advancing army. At that
precise uncture, a brcathess suspense pre-.
vailed throughout our country as To how
lhe thing was To end; whether the Amer.
cans would make a stand, and try ihcil
hands to fight while still in Texas, or
run clear across the border, and thus ger
under the cover Of that nationality which
they had allowed themselves 10 be tempt
ed to divest themselves Of, by the ad,an
hges, whose price was, to become Aneri
can subjects.
In this state of things, at this cri,ica
moment, which soon afer terminated il
the news Of the battle Of San Jacmlo. Mr.
Buchanan called to see the Preside 4,
whom he found in his office, with the maj
Of rcXas before him. lie had been tracing
the rpogrrss of Santa Annu (furwarl) AM
that Of his pupil (backward,) and did M
seem at oil claled al the spectacle present
cd BY these movements. As Mr., Bucha
nan looked over the mar, the Genera, put
ling his finger upon San Jacinto, sand
"here is the place. IL Sam Houston i
worth one bdcJee, he will make slant
here. and give them fight"
A few davs after, the first news was re
crivcd at Washington of wha, had lakel
place at that very spot,
might go on this way for many hours
for although never took single note
Except on one occasion only, where wa
led to do so by the peculiarity of the cas-
as strkingly Illustrative Of The character O
our "statesmen," as they pretend to ca
themselves, in the most striking Of all it
striking feaiures.) find that one mci'ler
recalls another; and so great numbe
might be brought up in succession, coul
spare time lor the purpose.
N, p. TRlST.
July 81, 1859.
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