The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-05-27

air after which the following song composed by Miss
Crosby one Of The pupils Of tho institute
pupils:-
Hark! bark what merry shouts 0fjoy
pa p rosdai ,s ssSinqp ssrs near;
Oh, bid him welcome here.
:, Brave General, thou hast nobly fought
Thy native land her arms extends
And greets thee with SMILE
ny Yes sheathe thy sword. for gentle peace
Where thou te meet thy countrys foe,
Hurrah, hurrah for General Scott
The north, the SOUTH the east, the west
Shall with his triumph ring
Two little girls then conducted to the platform
who recited Il dialogue which had such relation to
their MISFORTUNE that, on looking around, big tear
drops were seen stealing down the tmefurrowed fac
OF General Scott and upon taking genera survey of
the visiters, every eye bathed in tears 1t was
most affecting sight, and calculated to break up the
secret tender feelings Of the heart and excite feeling
of thankfulness in every breast whose pathway was
lighted by the blessing Of sight
A little boy by the name Of Edwin Corey presented
himself and running his hand his book, which
was printed in raised letters read several paragraphs
Miss Crosby said to General Scott, that she was
among the number who I" saw him in Washington,
and was very glad to see' him again. She then ad-
dressed him in the following beautiful poetical style
composed by herself
HAIL son Of Go q u.iS the patriot ss fame
w. have have heard Of Of tho deed: thou nob hast
Thou hast carried our flag to far distant shore
Now il streams from its towers---san Juan dUlos;
To rest in lis course through tho blue ether sky
When tho waroud hung dark twas thy voice that inspired
foremost In sats the fearless in al Ssfi A'a
While thy lance in the sunbeam was gitterng bright
In the halls of Montluma now reyel the brave,
s ,Ins arm I'm s tho Mexican
They quaed thy giAnoe-thou hast laid them It rest
prey !, the 3, vulsu1s' q that thirstsd for GORE
Aud the raven wild tcrcech viii. their requiem BE-
While around them IL floating the song of the free
The busc i. hushed. and the cannons loud roar
Snail wake thee from slumbcr to battle
Thy hand I'd We now gasp and ". h. thee with pride
Yes Welcome thrice welcome, again and again
With transport unboundsd we echo the strain
Thy tr,umphs glorious, shall be forgot
Hurah for our patriot the brave General Scott
General Scorr, deeply affected at tho manner In
did not reve in the halls of Montezums, but on a
single meal each, and with prayer they sought the
blessing Of God and He had protected them through
A lad, named Edward Kawsli then took his seat at
the piano and played beautiful quick step, composed
by himself and dedicated to General Scott
The time having arrived for his departure, General
Scott bade them farewell saying, if cannot give you
you all, my dear young friends" fhe band then
played Yankee Doodle while the company moved
out of the room, Gen Scott in front, under heavy
shower of rain, and seated again in the
riage, to extend his
VISIT TO THE DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTE.
At three O'clock General Scott, with the committee
and several invited guests arrived at the Institute Of
to the ladies' conducted to the chapel where
seated two hundred mutes. SO he entered the
girls waved their handkerchief and the boys capped
their hands After silence was restored which was
very quickly done by sign, the principal addressed
General Scott as follows =
Cen SooTrI am happy TO avail myself Of the opportunity
afforded BY the invitation Of the Common Council VISIT city
the honor be connected cordial Welcome We Of
S' pa sns ss p necessity s and %
ledge and the cultivation Of the domestic and virtues We
low he eois. achieved by the q
nsne mnas, s DIRECTION a and control The victories you
your umrhal entrance into the city Mexico and plcn
ring aroused BY mention Of Bunker Hill and 1iea
n nnS do "S % ans only
oyed in arranging and conducting the campaign which resulted
End r &, The s ss .n ,e
wisdom displayed hans your enthusiastic columns before the
city Of Mexico the object Of their desires with
glory You confidence Of the army the respect
5 witt @ pSe IL s
lives of these children and youth II will form topic
interest he history Of your achevemen
General Scorr replied:
for,ed me more satisfaction than that which ! receive
forth in all the beauties Christianity am deeply affected
NTH the proceedings Of the day and return hearty thanks for
forgetting The ladies' who welcomed with the waving of their
The day growing late, and General Scott having
been ordered to Frederick in such haste that his i'm
mediate departure from New York was necessary very
few exercises gone through with Several young
ladies and gentlemen exercised the black board and
with good taste in their compositions
The following conundrum resented to &c neral
Scott by Mr.. Carnage, one Of the mutes So Why did
General Scott never lose battle ~ A. Because tho
fates chrstcned him Winfield. He also expressed the
various passions by signs to such perfection that
words were supcrnous
Gen Scott expressed himself being perfectly do
lighted, and taking position the door all the
mutcs passed out. shaking him by the hand and the
little girls kissing him. He then conducted down
stairs, into large room, where splendid and sump-
tuOus repast prepared and which heartily
partakcn of.
At five O'Clock the carriages were drawn up in front
OF the door and the General sought his lodgings TO
prepare for
his DEPARTURE FROM THE CITY.
After having partakcn Of n collation. with his family
at Jusn's Hotel he started for the
ferry In private carriage which arrived at the ferry
at quarter before six o'clock The fact not being
generally known that he would leave at that time,
there were no more persons at the boat than ordi
nary occasions and he passed quietly to Jersey
city where three cheers given him. for which he
bowed in acknowledgment The train started Mt ten
minutes after six o'clock for Eliyabcthtown his place
Of residence Tomorrow he will go on to Maryland
EDITOR WEBB AND GENERAL SCOTT.
The most active and Jealous co-operator in the pro-
ceedings board the st Nicholas to do honor the re-
coption ofGenera Scott Thursday Editor Webb
long since Of the regular army His metiveshe being
the first to hail the General at the wharf the por
mt acknowledgements the subject Of some sly re-
marks from several on board who stated that the
Colonel was inclined to turn tail Gen TAYLOR II
will be observed that predicted something of this
kind in late number of this Journal in relation TO
the Wall street Taylor clique. Qucro Have our pre-
dictious been verified
OFFICIAL COURTESY.
We feel II duo TO Alderman Crolius Ia mr.
knowledge the courtesy extended nv hin, tov,nrds
this Office, in permitting of our earns OF re.
porters whom We had specially despatched the even
ing previous to Ezabethtown pass into the steamer
which conveyed General Scott to this citv ON THUR
day without card or pass. Our acknowledgements
are due In this regard particularly when we contrast
this act Of gentlemany courtesy with the acts Of
OF your green grocers and tobacco njsts who cot
smuggled into the Board Of Common Council and
n,pudently insult the Press through re tlcmen
OF ntelngence and education in whose GONNA nv thew
could not hold rational converse for FIVE minutes
INC steamer Free Trader lately arrived at Toledo
IRON Nontrcav via the Wclland canal She has capactv
for the storage Of $500 bills flour Is propelled bv nm
engine Of 10 horse power and hcr speed is IL miles per
4, mi anls cad To-