The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-11-26
Worth, Gates, and Duncan OBsequiss.


John Van Buren's Grafton over the remains of
Worth Gates and Duncan at New York on
TI,ursd,, de t6f, inst ocornies ,boi,t two
n,
lu'l"9 %. 'HS -'S" AD'N o"is' anu Inv eel o.
lie gave as reason for IT'S sAcrtness the BRET no.
tce he had received, and the little time given hun
for preparation It opens with tribute to the
state Of New York, whose sons the deceased were,
anu s,o 'l'A' ,iie Oh 'e uay
was calculated TO awaken state PRIDE, which he
thought New \ ork alone of the. various members
of the conlederacy was without. or the chief of
the iIl,,str;r,,s 5s,d Le s,i1.
zen. worm was native oil the same town with
Inysel ana ne was me ooJect oil nay early admlTa-
non. " maintained 10Y tWehiy years unbroRen
reau1as. o. intimacy ana lrlenushlp' ana could
"oI Nie, e1oIe, u.9'lle Ill at l!9 rye
N elolnei pllt % ei'1 VI H'I9p, M, a Du'fll
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nr75}ical ,,o3is and in ~ s si % he No.,
| sassaJ tba z5aI ardor aud corrg,ya of cr,IssGer
! ~ ,,II,,5,rr, ,Ii,,I-,. mi r,7,r Of =. -
dam I,,nriirg iager and lrin,r lc,E ,,,, .
| hundred ,attIe Fields he pscaped he sink IiEe The
| gallant men nj his side and tbe bravesr ,T the
| brave who have cone before rben, ,IpJer the in
glorious shaft of disease Sprinoipg like Duncan
| emphltically from the ranks OF the DeOnlp he
CARVED with his sword nafh IN the first distinction
| Without any early advantages. Worth and Dun
can reached a perfection in the highest depart-
ments Of military sciepae. which excited the ADM
ration of those who had awaited themselves of the
| learning and extended observations beloDrip0 10
| European taeticiaps
| m ,-,t
L he sPeaAet related tAe 4oIo"lnS ahecdote oil
| Worth and Scott;
| When Gen Scott was under charges by order
of Gen. Jackson, and a Court of Inquiry was in
vestiuatug his conduct in Florida a Marty of eyen
tlemen met in this CITY. and after dinner the con
versation turned upon the subject of SCOTS SER
vices. Worth, indignant al he proceeding, was
descrbno tba mart y,bicb Scott tooL in The hattie
of N;agaTa ne aid HAT Scott's bri6a We're adj
| yancipq. toward evening. under tie cover of n
| wood from which thew were to deploy- into the
| omen field; Scott had already had one horse shot
under him. and as the column were deployinp. his
second horse fell, he became ertanrIed under if.
| The column wavered and Worth. then his vounq-
est aid rushing to his assistance dismounted and
rendered him his horse. saving. General! can
| YOU mount? the column ialters for a leader. -
| Scott Immediately mounted and riding to the head
of the column, cried out, " Advance, men the
| nights our own ~ and Worth followed Scott, as
| his aid on foot At this moment a discharge OF
| grape from a single cannon Frustrated Scott the
! horse which he rode and his aid Worth Scott
! and Worth yyereimmediately carried to the rear
v, supposed,
| MORALLY wounded. Attention was of course first
paid to the commanding officer: after some time
! deep groan was heard apparently from the adoin-
ING tent and Scott with that forgeuulness of him.
| self which distinguishes him on such occasions
begged the surgeon to repair to the quarter whence
| the sound proceeded, and attend, as lie said tc
| poor Worth who must be dvingn Instead Of
| this as Worth concluded " the cry of agony pro
ceeded from nv faithful diving charger, who had
managed to drag himself upon three legs to the
edge Of my tent where he had lain down to die -
Pausing for moment while there was hardly .
dry eve in the company he added beg par
don, gentlemen find that in defending Gen
Scott have been incidentally led to describe my
own services"
OF Major Gates. Mr.. Van Buren, said: He had
at an early age earned an enviablc distinction II
an army nearly every officer and private of which
! had so conducted as TO commend himself TO the
respect and regard of his country His private Inf,
was unblemisfed, and he was universally endear
ed to his associates by the manly and peperou,
i qualities Of his heart Faithful in the DISCHARGE o
every duty, public and private, the distinctions t,
which have referred were bnt the seasonabIe an,