Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1861-08-22
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nrrrn.L nEN meCULLOUGH.

his name a copspicuous and honorable place ID
The history OF the present war. As the eye
Of the whole nation is now upon him, and a
halo Of increased interest every day gathers
aSout bis rsnown, a brief narrative Of bis past
adventures may not be amiss. We take ad-
vantage Of a sketch of his life in compiling
It. which we fad more elaborated in a north
srn journal.
General McCULLoUGH was born in Ruther-
ford county. Tennessee, in 1914. His father,
ALEXANDER McCULLoUGH was aid de camp
to General CuTFEE, and fought under General
Jackson at TIE battles Of Tslladega, ITALIA
hassee and Horse Shoe, during the Creek war.
His father emigrated to the State Of Georgia
while Ben was quite young, the latter being
kept at school in Tennessee until be reached
the sge of fourteen. Re always evinced the
most passionate fondness for hunting
especially the chase of bears, which were
very numerous in this State at that time, and
is said to have killed as many as eighty OF
these animals in a single season.
This kind Of life inspired young {
LoUeH with g taste for wild adventure, anc'
when he became Of age, be determined to 60
On an expedition to the Rocky Mountains, and
left his home for St. Louis, to join a company
of trappers. H arrived too late, however,
aud likewise failed in joining a company OF
Santa Fe traders.
He soon returned home, and, nothing daunt-
e6 By his recent disappointment, called on
DAVID CRocKETT, VITO was making up an
expedition to 90 to Texas With the view OF
taking part in the revolution then transporting
in that State.
TIE whole Southwest, it viii be remembered,
a. that time was alive with feel.Rgs OF sym
patbv FOR the Texans, and men were daily
docking to their standard. NacOgdOches was
appointed the place Of rendezvous from which
The expedition was to start, and Christmas or
the year 1885 vas named Ter the day Of meet
ing, when McCULuoUeH again arrived too
late, and upon aseertsinirg that the party
had left, be proceeded by himself on to TIE
river Brszos, where be was taken sick, and
remained so until the famous fall OF tue
Alamo. His disappointment al this reverse
was very great, but, as the sequence proved,
ELAAu AOlkAALNC EDA AtAt AAoSAA1~L
mented Travis after having sustained a siege
OF thirteen days, with only one hundred and
eighty Texans against Santa Annals army,
fell with his brave Ilttle band, sftcr having
killed nine hundred of the enemy.
M-cCULLoUGR soon Joined the Texas army
under Gen. HoUsTox, and was assigned 10 TIE
artillery service, where be was constituted
captain Of q gun. He served CALAMITY at the
bate Of San Jseinto, where SANTA ANNA
was captured, and his whole army OF 1900 zen
killed OF taken prisoners.
Afterward be settled in Gonzales county,
Texas, and was employed on the frontier sur
Feying and locating lands. He frequently led
the wild border scouts against the Indians and
Mezicans, which service be entered before the
celebrated JACK Hays. he also distinguished
himself at the battle Of Plumb Greek, in q fight
with the Indians, who at the time burned and
sacked the tow Of Linville. he joined the
expedition against Mier, but not agreeing with
the plans Of the leaders, he returned homs be-
fore the fight, and escaped the cruel hardships
and Imprisonment of that command, which had
surrendered TO the perfdious AMPUDIA.
When the war broke out with Mexico be
rallied q band Of Texan warriors on the hanks
Of the Guadaloups, and set oct for he seat Of
var on the Rio Grsn6e. The company arrived
four days after the battles CT Palo Alto and the
Resscs. His company was accepted by Gen.
TAYLoR, andhe was sfterward employed 10 the
daring scouting expedition toward Monterey,
in which battle, as well as that Of Buena Vista,
be won imperisbable renoRD. He afterwsrd
Joined General scoTT's army, and continued
with it to the conquest Of the City Of Msxics.
Fer bis gallant services be was bonored with
a national reputation, and the efics Of United
States Marshal OF Texas was given him BY
President PIERcE.
When the Utah expedition was planned US
der the auspices Of Mr.. B~UcHATAN's admins
t~Tation, for the purpose Of quelling the disaf-
fecioa manifested among the Mornons, BEN
McCULLoUeH was appointed one CT The
Z" peace commissioners to Salt Lake, though
the country seemed at The time to agree in the
conviction that be would have gone upon q
hostile mission in the same region with better
grace. In The capacity assigned him, how.
ever, be made a passage across the plains anc
bacs. well meaning folks" as is said in
sketch of him, "got the idea that the Major
was 70 be made Governor of Utah, and it wst
thought that bis anteeedents fitted him for th,
presumed rough WORK be would have ia bring.
ing the MoFmons to a seDse of propristy, ard
therefore. bis appointment az commissioner
bis patriotism at the time being undOubted
was everywhere hailed with delight
Gen. McCULL0UcB has, we believe, beer
married three or four times during bis life, anC
The sketch bef5re Us mentions a characteristic
story as having been told Of him, alleging thsi
when bis eldest child, q boy, was born, be in
sisted, to The great horror Of bis young wife
on having the youngster cbristened "Bufalc
Hump in honor Of q particular friend, an old
Indian CHEZ Of that unique name.
The General is a thin, spare man, Of great
muscle and activity, ard is at this tine forty
seven years Of age. He has a pleasant face
and is mild and courteous in his manners, with
an air Of diadence. He Is Of cool and un-
dsunted bravery, and commands The implicit
confidence Ct bis men who look to him as q
EuaIdCbtI dlLluet hNhc4 mutual AZ q Eu6ITlus
warrior, he probably has not a superior upor
TIE continent Of AmeTics, aud with the pres.
en- field open for The display Of his peculiar
military genius, he bids fair to win lsureIt
that viii well entitle him to be called tht
MARIoN Of lbe present war.
U That amisble pictorial, Hsrper's Week.
Iy, Of the 18th, has an elaborate sketch show.
fnT bow The rebels bayonetted our wounded
on the field Of Manassas. Hsrper's publica.
tons and Harper Brothers, remarks the Mo.
bile NsBs in ~allusion to tie fact, will be svel
held in remembrance 10 tie South. Tie Hsr.
pers are "dogs that have had their day1 il
this country.
e The Albany (Eew York; argus say.
that Fremont is denounced at Washington fol
bis melancholy statement announcing a re.
YeFse and defeat, instead Of a victory in Mis-
souri,. II be is SO thcugbtess as to tell tn,
tru'h seain we may look for bis speedy dis
missal from service. The Lincoln administra
tion don't allow such conduct.
eT The New York Times Of Friday thu
alluaes to The State prisoner, the hon. Mr.
Faulkner "A number Of distinguished gen