Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-04-14
Tlie E.atc Gc;7. Dick Taylor

Gen. Richatd Taylor Of the Confederate army
and cnIy son olPresilcnt Il schary Taylor died Of
dropsy, oa Saturday morning last Ilahard
Taylor was bern 10 Ncw O;lcGns. January a6,
1923. lie picked up Frerch 10 Louisiana asa
mother tongue, At Fort Smelling, in Mime.
sofa, missionary taught him when six OF seven
years old, the only white boy 10 school Of bali.
breeds. As his father moved from pest to lost
along tho frontier, from Baton Rouge TO Jeifer.
son barracks, and thecoo toFort Smelling, he &C
companicd him until his pioeteenth year, when
his father sent him to Edinburgh where be
spent three years. Leaving Scotland be spcnt
year in Paris. Returning to America he
received private tuition for two years from Mr..
Brooks, OF lancaster, Mass, and entered the
junior class at ale 10 1915. lie was gIadu.
ated in 1915. lilo went directly from college to
bis fathers camp On tho Mexican Frontier, and
was attached to his person rs a sort OF military
secretary or adcie. camp lie was present at
the battles Of Palo Alto, Resaca de Ia Palma and
Monterey. At the conclusion Of the war be
went to Canada ard England, where he was
| received with great distiactioD. lie resided
On cotton plantation belonging to his father
| 10 jefferson county, Miss, until 1919. when he
moved 10 sugar estate in the parish Of St.
Charles, about twenty miles above New Or
leans, where he was living when the var broke
cut. la February, 1851, he married MYrthi
Brin2ier, lady OF French extraction, OF an old
AID powerful Creole family, who died IN lS1j.
leaving him three daughters. who COW reside
ia Winchester, Vs., ard having lest four sons
lie was delegate to the Charleston convention
10 1860. and a!terEard to that ct Baltimore
ard was member OF the secession ccr7
venion CT Louisiana 10 1850 Gl la the
sDrirg Of 1862 he led bis brigade 10 tho
| Valley campaign uoacr Stonewal Jackson aud
won distinction ct Front Royal, Middleton.
WINCHESTER, Strasburg, Cross Keys and Port Re
public. Gen. Jsckaoh gave his brigade bslter7
Of artillery which they had captured as q 'aHsd
for thor ga!!antry and recommended Taylor !uF
promotion. When General Jackson m"re,l
from The Shenandoah Valley 20 join Loo in hi.
stack on Mcclellan in the seven days fight tor
Richmond, General Taylor MAS with BIN AMI
shared in all his combs.s in thsL momen!oUs
struggle. For bis SUCCESS in tue field lie Wa
promoted TO the rank Of ma or genera! and h
signed to the command Of Louisiana. Ger. Tay
lois most signal achievemea; during tho VA
was his defeat of Gea. N. =. Banks near Mans
field, De Soto parish, in May, 1854. With l0tvG
men he attacked Banks Federal army, said H.
bo 4DC00 strong, and routed him. capturing .
guns and largo number OF prisoners, with bag
gage munitions OF WAT &c. In the sulImr7 VI
1854 Gen. Taylo WAS promoted TO The Ia"S ot
acknowledgement, the second sTsde in the Con.
federate army, and ordered TO the comrihna 81
the department of Alabama and Mi:siss. up
After Lees surrender 81 Appom'..toz and srn
j. E. donations capitalization nothing rems ned
for Gen. Tay!cr but 10 low their o1srAp!o
For SOW; raj years after tie war Gen. Taylor n,
sided in New Orleans. and the Legislature "t
Louisiana gsTe han charge oil some important
public works IN t" at State. In 1873 ho WAS in
TAIN On a
and passed =. considerable timo in England
where he n ade himself fsvorite. He hon.
oreo Wild tho election SIS mem ber OF Inc !nrt
Club 10 1873 and again in 1874. Win the fiinfo
OF WEES he was on tho most cordisl terms. in
til within the last fortnight no immediate dan
geI was apprehended by his friends. and Gen.
Taylor was ablo to supervise the passage through
! the press of very striking and characteristic
work On the history OF tho late civil WAT. entitled
! obstruction and Reconstruction."
ABOUT METEoRs.- Dir Charles u. Shepard
Of New Haven, CONF, writes that he las az
cumuiutcd the largest collection Of moteollo
stones 10 the United States il not 10 the world
He forwards q catalogue Of his COLLECTION, show
log the number Of stones and the date aud ID
cslily OF their fall. The collection embraces
moro than five hundred mctcoi, Stones
and rcteoro irons. The total weight OF the
collection is about 200 pounds.
Tho LARGEST iron. procured from Colorado,
weighs 43S pounds, and the smallest, irou OF
sego county, New York. weighs half al oucc'.
TIE largest entire stona procured from Musk
inggum county, Ohio, weighs tifty'slX pounds,
and tho smallest one, from Sweden. Weighs
less than fifty grains. Tho specimens have
been gathered from al! paris Ct the world
The catalnuen begins with one which i:Il
| N6voubcr :, 1892 Ia Alsscc. and cnds with
one which fell February II. 1873 in Iowa
county, Iowa.
There are none Between 1892 add 1853. bul
NEST OF tho gears since The latter date arc rep
resented, and some years with seVarat speci
mcus. Nearly Gverv o0uutrv 10 the known
world is represented ia the Iit. The entire
collection ia 10 one Of tho bulldogs Of Amhers'
cslIcge. hIr. Shepard nakee onc statcno'
which will surprise most pcEs9Cs. llo says -
There have been several Instances Of dc nh
oc,asoned by rncteorc s!ones. Two mo- l.. !;
different places were thus KILLED % w ~ an
two sailors on shipboarl 10 s" der.
AZ ''I'uoH' A'f ,es Of Kansas ar rcpr'
sea'so as D''0' generally Of q worthless char
. .o.,, Wv ..criug aJ,u: the outskirts al III
:. and viI;i,gts. where Il. az gam pi 'e"'
Jus living by saving wood, wh,,. '"ashlpg au
plterlng, whilo the most attract, % ehs1S -, =
work DO not serve 10 draw them out 1910 w
country. At first they were disposed 'oS "',
| tho newcomers from the South With Az. ~ ~
lcarlng that they would crowd them out VI ~. "
towns, but, on learning that they wero w. ~,
Tor tho country, they made no further Object ~ ,.
| a gentleman OF color rcmafking that, thou
they were willing 10 welcome any number @.
colered immigrants fer agricultural purposes,
tho don't want no crowd OF ignorant pIa1ts
tion negroes c,miog 10 hero 10 split up the
withdrawing business"
,, Serious difficulty. perhaps war. is feared By
ENGLAND with Ihn KIM Of L,nrmnh