Fighting Persons

Speaking of General Taylor, whom uur New York coniemporary l:eüeics s 3 man of '-high moral charaeier," brings! to our mind a circumslanco connectfd with the baitle of Buena Vista, which is ihus narraled inona nf our exchanges : - Trav. lt is said that a Methodist minister was captain of a company in one oftheMississi))i regiments. Just before the Batile uf Buena Vista coinmenced, and wliilit the troop. were forining, he Bel i ve red the followine; praver, at the head of his company : l-. "Be with us tiiis day in lhe iTOt, oh, Lord ! We are few, and lhe eriemy are rnany ! Be with us, as Thoa wast with Joshiiü, when he went down from Gilgal lo Beth-horn and Aj-ilon, to smitc ihe Amorites. We do not ask thee -for tHë sun and moon to slnnd still, but giantus plenty of power, plenty of daylight, and nocownrds. Take old Rough and Ready under Thy special charge. Amen ! - Company, by the right flank, quick slep, forward - m-a-r-c-h !" His company, it is said, performed wonders on the field that day.