The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-07-07


A6EcDOTE OF CEN, taylor
Ifthere vas one thing ihai De late Presi-
dent Taylor valued less Than my oiherit
was dress. Tiis Indifference to the fne arc
of the tailors. a. might have been expected
Cd 70 4 great many amusing bldndsrs oh
Ire part orhis shb@dlnales on aie Jay
after The battle ofMon,srsys he General
was "a company with iwo other officers. Ia
address. ..ialking cysrn ailsll' ID the din
ming room cate The General was dressed
ia i,ckst straw hat and nankoon con.
limitations. The party had been in close
converse bat few minutes, when yonng
Lteulenant, fresh from Iowa. made Ills
appearance. Il was bis 6rss day ID the
camp, having arrived that norning By Che
way Of and uptraIa from the Rio Grande
He vas, OF course. dnacquainied with
anybody. After looking about ior few
minutes be took bis seat q marble top
ped label, and commenced BORDERING up"
"lsay, shortly pass The bill Of fare"
ThisWas addressed to de General ''E4u-
NOR the joke. General. wis cred one q the
omcers, he evidently take you Tor the wal.
tel.
"Wsil sec" said the General "What
do you vantg''
"Amunon chop and q cup Of coffee and
~
Iauddenly, too." responded the Iowa Of
icer
James, get the gentleman what be de-
|sires, said the General 70 rome Of the real
waitsr
$40 sir I" theoretically and quite indig-
nantly responded the subaltern, "thatwon't
do. III wanted James to get my dinrer,
I would have given my orders 70 James. !
want You. old fellow" he continued, rather
iscrtiousIy, o attend 70 the matter. 4
wonld dU me good 70 see 9 man q your
build fiy around. Hal hai''
"But ! am engaged, sir. and cannot posi-
EbIy attend to you James must wait on you
81 YOU must wait % yourself" replied the
n
General.
Well, let James go. the sabaltern re.
Piled. "2ueer people, these" be mutter-
led, han audibly. two ''biE iabbers 70 get one
mutton chop! No wonder they canaot ra-
sist invasionl
James attended to the order. The Lieu
ltenant partoOk Of his mutton chop and COT
feepaid lis bill. picked bis teeth, adj
iusted his cap. and saunteSsd forth % look
atthings. The irst person be met. on
reaching tBe Plaza was ''shOrty' the wai-
ter. arm.in-alm with General ouitnaA and
Col Duncan.
.Y7eil, If this isn't rushing things. you
may shoot me r. exclaimed The surprised
subaltern. "a getter up Of fried potatoes
supported b. live General and q Colonel
Of Artillery. I wonder who the devil he
lis. and where Re got bis impudsnce Ny
Ifrier I, . he continued accosting another Of
Ifcer. ..can you tell me who that little old
fellow with the white jacket is. and what he
does for living ?"
'sWhat: the one supported BY Gen. Quti-
Eman??.
"Yes.
sWhy. that's old zachariah, and be
makes his living BY Wallcpiug folks" said
the interrupted.
Whaizachariah do YOU mean2" ask
ed the Iowa sebaltern
Why old Zach. Taylor, the comman.
der cf he Rio Grande army,
lyon don't say sol Not General Tay-
llor9 Je-r6.sa-lsn p exclaimed the gnba-
tern. and left
We heard the above from one who was
..odt there. and participatedin the great
''plug muas
Tie many warm friends Of OIL. John
Speed Smith win deeply regret g hear Of
lbs death. which occurred IL bis residence.
lin nj ,dison county. Oh Tuesday morning last
1t o'clock he had been il ior a ooasid-
8erable time and Its Situation for some
weeks previous s0 his death had been re-
carded is very Critical
Col Smith had repeatedly beef anenber.