THE HERO OF BUENA VISTA.
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Great emergencies, it is said, pro luce great men. If they do not produce theri'5 they a, ieastbsing them 10 Tight So it has been in thc uaharpy war between us and sister republic. A man of simple i'd unostentatious hahiis--who, though po:- sessing great wealth, chose to follow tho profession of arms, and was ,t>(icl with ibe common routine of military life, never ibruSting himself into holicc, but simply doing his duty in quiet way, is by tho force Of circumStI,' 'ccs brought prominently hefnFc tho public. an! is found 10 possess the highs. .nlitary !d> cnts, ami every other quaity which men arc accustomed 10 admire.

 In early l.tc, an@ n a humhin rank. he successfully dc!cpHe' q Western fort against Il su 2r rior force of 'Ec c:31,.,,.--- His modest dispatch rccn, -.ag thc d,- fence had almost faded from rcmcnl- brancr.

 A: la:cr periol brilliant victory was won by him in thH Florida war. and cvrn with that we had almost rrasch io he con, erSant. TEcrr was no crisis of pub lie affairs, or essential risk of tho n,llnn- nl honor, tD make th'$c cvcn:s of historic cal or political importance. In compar> n,ive retirement or nt most in ;he coms mand of distnn, pns:s. the unaffected though successful command"r passed away years of obscurity. We cannot tell whether this was cnngcnial to his feel l'ngs or not--hut be this as it may, ho knew how "to bide his time," and tho wan, of such knowledge destroys tho prospects and usefulness ofmany Il really great man.

 How many of our most gifted public servonts. impartial of delay. havo cn- deavorcd to control destiny itself and create events upon which their advance" mcnt depend. How many bright spirits have thus hecn shroudcd in darkncss be~ fore they have reached even q mid>day career.

 Gen. Taylor, fortunate in his phios- ophy or his temperament, permitted events To take their cour>c-iranquil in retirement, and calm cyen when forgot zen,

 But all at once he dcvclopcs the qualis ties of Il great general. In tho mnst crit ical situations his judgement forsces what his valor wins. No matter what may be tho difficulties around him, he meets and overcomes them all. In strat- cgy, as well as hand to hand, he evinces superio! skill, and when the nation tl'' most gives him up for lost again and hgnin he sends back 10 it the intelligence that he has conquered.

 In no pagc of our history do we find recorded four such hard. fought battles, fought at such fearful odds, as these. which have placed such laurcls on the brow of Gen. Taylor, and the bravo troops under his commando Tie coun- try is ns;onishcd to find it possesses such a man.- Journal Of Commerce.