The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-14

possible for either of the "reseued party" to
get in word edgewise. or otherwise, and so
the crowd gradually dispersed.
Colonel Taylor, however, " smelt a mice
| and WAS not long in ascertaining the true state
OF affairs-that is, that JEFF and his daughter
Knox had engaged in q runaway match" "
with Lieutenant Wilson and the beautiful
NJ iss Street rs groomsman and bridesmaid
Truth would ont, and in less than an hour
every man, woman, and child in the village
knew all about the wedding: and as they dis
cussed the singular affairs and adventures oi
the morning, the most uproarious shouts OF
| laughter arose from every group and house.
hold.
There was, however one face amid that
| wide-s spread scene of mirth and eayety that
was lvid with rage: two lips tightly com.
pressed +: two eyes flashing with Indignation
| and one strong hand sraspng, now and again
the hilt OF an oft-tried sword. The reader
| may we'll imagine that refer 20 Colonel Zach
ary Taylor, before whose angry glance brave
| indeed must have been the heart that did no.
become faint.
Colonel Taylor having declared, with an
oath strong rs he ever used, that under no cir
| cumstances would he ever forgive Davis or be-
| come reconciled with his daughter, IN aliena-
| tion thereafter existed as wide as the poles OF
| the earth.
Sixteen years had passed away on "the
| wheels Of time" when General Zachary Tay-
| lor and Colonel Jefferson Davis met in 4
foreign country, amid the sickenins scenes OF
blood, carnage, and battle, In defence of their
country's honor and over both of whose com.
| mands defantly floated "the star -spangled
| banner "a flag which at that date January
Sth, lSiS,) was in truth and reality the emblem
| OF liberty and equality. Wherever on tina
| sanguinary field the fierce contest ragged ant
duty called, there was seen the noble and sol
| derly form of Colonel Jefferson Davis at tbs
| head of the " First Mississippi Rifles" thar
which no more courageous, gallant, and glo
rious regiment ever unSheathed sword for na
tional honor. This was the battle of Buens
Vista, in Mexico, where Colonel Davis wa:
severely, and 1t was at the time supposed NOR
| tally, wounded by a cannon ball and by the
fall of his horse, the latter being instantly
| killed.
1t was evening ut Buena VISTA the grea
| battle had been fought. American arms anc
valor had triumphed, the dead were bein!
buried, and the wounded humanely cared fo
| by comrades hands, when General Taylor
| mounted his splendid war horse, "Olt
Whitey,'> and hurriedly made his way Il
| the markee of Colonel Jeff Davis. Arriving
| 1T the wounded Coloners quarters, the Gene
| raj quickly dismounted, stepped TO the Colo
| nel's cot, grasped him by the hand, pressed i
| feryently, and, almost overcome by emotion
| said " Jeff, you have saved US the day will
your glorious rifles Jet me confess tha
| Knox knew your worth and your mettle bet
| ter than l did,
From that moment throughout the war
| and, indeed until the death OF President Tay
| lor the warmest friendship existed betwceI
| those old companions in arms. Even wheI
| General Taylor was the Whig President 0
| the United States and Jefferson Davis a Demo
| cratic United States senat tor from Mississippi
amid all the political strifes of the time, III
| feelings other than those of the purest, unset
/ fish regard ever existed between them.
| Let rs trust, through hopeful augnry, i
| naught else, that another reconciliation ma,
| occur-that the people OF our beloved cOuntr,
! may become again united under and acknow
| ledge obedience to the Constitution. EmUla
| ting the example of the illustrious hero o
| Buena Vista, let us truly realize that Will
| "to err is human it BELTS the brave tc b
| forgiving and magnanimous.