CAPTAIN .TAYLOR COPPER MINERS. 



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her parrot and her poodle, which he tended unremittingly 

 when her attention was, as it sometimes had to be, with- 

 drawn from one or both of them. Her devotion to these 

 pets were something of an annoyance to some of her fel- 

 low passengers, especially to a consumptive gentleman 

 from New York, who was bound to Jamaica in quest of 

 health, and who was the involuntary auditor of all the con- 

 versation which passed between them ; but it proved at the 

 same time, that if Providence had permitted her marriage 

 with the General to be attended with the usual blessings 

 of matrimony, she would have made a most affectionate 

 and devoted mother. 



Capt. Marcellus K. Taylor, the son of the General, by a 

 former marriage, attained some distinction in the Mexican 

 war for his bravery and professional resources. He had 

 the credit of having; devised and constructed the corn- 

 stalk bridge across the ravine near Monterey, over which 

 his uncle, the President, marched his whole army in safety 

 to the attack of that place. He was, also, one of the es- 

 cort appointed to attend General Santa Anna when he 

 retired from Mexico, after his defeat and surrender. I 

 judged him to be about thirty years of age. 



Besides these, we were accompanied by two gentlemen 

 from New York, and a company of men in their employ, 

 who were going to Jamaica to engage in mining for cop- 

 per, which they think may be found on that island in 



