The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-06-22

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be- pnpcrs BE- nicd, but objection Was made ~
6r. Edmunds. and also by tie Managers. Pend.
ne the discsssica u was discovered 10 quorum
he Houss won't into Committees Of the whole on
be Army Appropriation blu. Mr.. Blackburn In
,SsT Mdn And . fs,scsssi No quorum being prs'cs''
Anecdote Of Gen. Taylor.
The following anecdote Of "Old
and Ready" was related by
Gen. Shields In q recent lecture at St. |
II was In the year 1916, that, upon
the banks of the Rio Grande, I first met
Gen. Taylor. Before leaving my home
in Illinois I had heard Of him. He was
the hero Of the day, the whole country
resounded with his name and his ex-
PLOTS. Well, when I was presented to
him I confess I was considerably sur
prised. He was somewhat below me-
dunn height, was short and stout, in
fact was what you would call dumpy.
He ore q straw hat, an old linen dus-
ter that looked as II IL might not have
been washed since he fought the battle
Of Palo Alto. CLaughter.1 His pants
were large and loose and onshis honest
feet he wore coarse soldier shoes, not
very handsome, but very comfortable,
let me assure you. His face was not
handsome-no, 1t would have been at
first sight called homely; but there was
about it that which impressed one with
the grand honesty and decision Of the
man. He stood upon his feet as solid
and determined rs q prairie buffalo. As
I have remarked, l was considerably
taken aback when I was presented to
Gen. Taylor, but when he held out his
honest palm TO me and babe me well
come in his hearty, off.hand way, I
knew that I had "Old Rough and
Ready" right before meas brave a
soldier as ever battled for his country
and as honest u soldier as ever won the
SURFACES of the American people"
GGreat ~applause.l
That day I dined with Gen. Taylor,
and upon that occasion there were also
present Col. Bliss and Col. Clay Of Ken
lucky, q son of Henry Clay. OF the
four assembled together at that time l
am to-day the sole survivor. They sleep
the last sleep. They have fought their
last battle. No more shall the trumpet
call them forth upon the field of action.
They sleep till the last trump Of the
great resurrection morn shall awaken
them. loud applause.1
While we were at dinner, 4 guard
filed in with two prisoners that had just
been arrested. The men had been for
two days peddling oranges through the
camp, and by accident one of the SOL
diers had discovered that under their
coarse garments they wor the finest
linen. So the two were arrested, and
carefully concealed about their persons
had been found papers containing very
American camp, the number of men in
arms and the best points for attack.
These papers were handed over to Gen.
Taylor, and after reading them he
passed them to the rest of us. They
were unmistakable evidences that the
two men were spies.
"Call my interpreter" demanded
Gen. Taylor.
The General could not speak Span
ish. The only Spanish word he knew
was " Uamos" and he used it on all oc-
casions. Whenever he invited the Mex
leans into camp, he said "camos," and
whenever he ordered them out of camp,
he said "vamos" [laughterl. The in
t%erpreter having arrived, Gen. Taylor
said to him:
"Ask them who they are"
The prisoners replied that they were
Mexican soldiers.
"Humph! Thought SO. Now ask
them what their rank is"
They looked at each other q moment,
as much as to say, "We might as well
tell the TRUTH" and answered that they
were Colonies, and one of them chief Of
the engineer corps at Monterey.
"Aha," said Gen. Taylor. ''so much
the worse. And now ask them who
sent them here"
They replied that they had come in
obedience to the orders of Gen. Apudia
"Gen. Apudia sent you, did hep
roared old Rough and Ready. swell
I say Gen. Apudia is no gentleman, OF
he would not have sent you here upor
this sneaking errand, to spy about oul
camp. l say he is no gentleman"
The prisoners had just begun to un,
derstand that the man whom they wer,
before was the American General, ant
when he uttered this hasty opinion o
their chief, they bowed very low.
Gen. Taylor asked them II they knew
the penalty Of their crime; If they knew
that as spies they ought to be shotP
At once the prisoners drew themselve
up proudly and said they knew the pen
atty, but il they were to die they truste,
they would meet their fate like brav
men. Their bravery pleased the blui
old soldier, and after a moment
thought, he said: "Well, I'll let 20,
go this time, but il / aver catch 20,
spying here again, I'll have you shot
shot like Mexican dogs! Now, vanos.
uanaos! and tell Gen. Aqudia tina
when he wants to find out about GU
army, he may send a delegation of hi
officers here and l will escort them abou'
myself and order a review of the troop,
for their especial benefit"
The liberated men scampered of
briskiy, and didn't allow grass to grow
under them between the American
camp and Monterey. Shortly afterthat,
Gen. Taylor, at the head Of his victori.
| ous ~lepiona. marched in and fonk nos.