An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . her acknowledgedby the promotion of Taylor to the rank of brigadier-general by brevet,for distinguished services in the battle of Okee-Chobee in glorious victories of General Taylor in the late war with Mex-ico, have already occupied the attention of our readers. In Taylor was about the middle height, and was a little in-clined to corpulency. His counten
An illustrated history of the New world : containing a general history of all the various nations, states, and republics of the western continent ..and a complete history of the United States to the present time .. . her acknowledgedby the promotion of Taylor to the rank of brigadier-general by brevet,for distinguished services in the battle of Okee-Chobee in glorious victories of General Taylor in the late war with Mex-ico, have already occupied the attention of our readers. In Taylor was about the middle height, and was a little in-clined to corpulency. His countenance stronglv indicated the realbenevolence of his heart. iVs a military chief, he must be allowedto stand in the very first rank. He was no*t indifferent to the goodopinion of his countrymen, but he was not desirous of political pre-ferment. At his inauguration, his appearance was so unassumingthat many persons could not, without difficulty, believe that he wasthe general whose fame had filled the civilized world. What wouldhave been his policy had he lived, cannot of course be known withcertainty ; there is every reason, however, to believe that it wouldha^e promoted the peace and prosperity of his 8v8 61S ADMmiSTEATION OF FILLMOBE.
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