The Nevada Democrat., 1857-07-29
rro,or Ben. NIccuIIoch.

A Washington correspondent Of the New
York Times, gives the following account of Ma
jor McCulloch, who was recently offered the ap-
pointment of Governor Of Utah, which he de-
clined.
Major McCulloch was born in Rutherford
county, Tennessee, in 1914. His father, Alex
ander McCullOch, was Aid-de-camp to Gen. Cof
fee, and fought under Gen. jackson at the bat
ties of Tallageda, Tallahassee and Horseshoe,
during the Creek war. His father emigrated
to Georgia while Ben. was very young, and
Ben was kept at school in Tennessee until he
was fourteen years old. After this Ben was
kept hunting until he was near twenty-one At
that time the bears were so bad in Tennessee
that the settlers could not raise their hogs
Hunting bears in the cane required much eau
tien, and if q mans gun snapped he lost his
breakfast. Young McCulloch frequently killed
as many as eighty bears during the season,
and never less than twenty during the winter.
This life gave him q taste for wild adventure,
aud when he became of age he determined to
90 on an expedition to the Rocky Mountains,
and left his home for st. Louis, to join cem-
pany of trappers. He arrived too late, howev-
er, and likewise failed in joining company of
Santa Fe traders. .
He returned home, and soon after called on
Col. David Crockett who was making up an ex-
pedtion to 60 to Texas, &C take part II the rev.
olution. The whole southwest was at that time
alive with feelings of sympathy for the Texans,
and men were daily fiocking to their standard.
Nacogdoches was appointed the place for rem
devious from which the expedition was to start,
and Christmas of the year 1886 was named for
the day of meeting, when as sold Davy" ex-
pressed it, they were to make their dinners off
the hump of a buffalo McCulloch again ar
rived too late, and finding the party gone he
proceeded on by himself to the river Brazos,
where he was taken sick and did not recover un-
til after the fall of Alamo. McCulloch's disap-
| pointment WAS very great at not being able to
Join the gallant band of patriots, but it after
wards proved very fortunate for him. for Col.
Travis, after having sustained siege of Is days
with only $50 Texans against Santa Annals ar
N.Y. fell with his brave little band after having
killed 900 of the enemy!
Major MoCulloch on joining the Texan army
under Gen. Sam Houston, was assigned to the
artillery, and made Captain of gun. lie serv-
! cd gallantly at the battle of San Jacinto, where
Santa Anna was taken prisoner, and his army
of 500 men killed or taken prisoners. McCul-
loch afterwards settled in Gonzales Co., Texas,
and was employed on the frontier, surveying
and locating lands. He frequently led the wild
border scouts against the Mexicans and Indians
which service he entered before the celebrated
Jack Hays. He also distinguished himself at
the battle OF Plum Creek in fight with the In
dians, who at the time burned and sacked the
! town of Linnvile. He joined the expedition
against Mier, but not agreeing with the plans
of the leaders, he returned home before the
fight, and escaped the cruel hardships and i'm
prisonment Of that command which had surren-
dered to the perfdOus Ampudia.
When the war broke out with Mexico, he raj
lied band Of Texan warriors on the banks Of
the Guadaloupe, and set out for the seat of war
on the Rio Grande. The company arrived four
days after the battles Of Palo Alto and the Re-
SAGA. His company was accepted by Gen. Tay-
lor and he was afterwards employed in the dar-
ing scouting expedition toward Monterey, in
which battle as well as that of Buena Vista, he
won imperishable renown. He afterward Join
ed Gen. Scott's army, and continued with it to
the conquest of the City of Mexico. For his
gallant services, Gen. Pierce created him Mar
shal Of Texas, which Office he now holds.
Major McCulloch is thin, spare man, Of
great muscle and activity, and is now about 43
years of age. He has pleasant face, and is
mild and courteous ia his manners, with an air
of diffidence. lie is very cool, and of deter
mined bravery. is yet a bachelor, and is the
very man for Governor Of U Utah, which it is hop
ed he will become.