The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-07-27

chaPtet III beni SOUL history aid mas
much as his wing ~biographers will not be
apt TO furnish it to the public. we will sup
ply the neglect. luJune, 1909. Capt Win.
field Scott, the present immortal hero. had
charge Of a company stationed at Ieyye al
Bauf, and obtained OF General James VIII
kinsofi, the officer in command, a furlough
for sixty or ninety days with the avowed in-
tention Of leaving the service. AS soon as
this was known, Col. A. Parker, of the 9Th,
regiment, called upon Gen. Wilkinson and
expressed the hope "Mat Scott wouLa he
Obliged TO settle sCih his men before his
departure. IS they complained that he re.
tanned their pay IN his hauds." General
Wilkinson, who felt a kindly feeling for
Capt. Scott, was surprised at this and
would do nothing in relation thereto un-
til a formal written complaint should be
filed. Afew days after the sailing of Capt.
Scott, Lieut.. J. W. T. Estes, upon whom
the command of SCOTS company devolved,
presented to Gen. Wilkinson the following
which explains itself:
CAMP, TERRE AU BgUF,
July 8, 1910.
SIR Captain Winfield Scott having left
the service Of the Urited States, and / be.
ing the eldest officer, in his absence have
had frequent applications from the greater
part OF the men, nov under my command.
for two months pay due them, to.wlt: Sep.
TENDER aud October, 1908, which money
know that Capt. Scott received at Rich.
mond, and mas not accounted to the men
for; and herewith enclose a pay roll, made
out by Capt. w. Scott, for September and
October, with the affidavit of the men
present, that have not received their money
from him, for the above mentioned time
and | do certify, that the remarks made ty
me OH the pay roll, opposite their names,
are accurate and just, to the best Of my
knowledge
| am. Sir, respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
Signed JOHN II. T. ESTES.
General Wilkinson. o
The "~enclosed pay rolf exhibited a de-
felt against Scott of three hundred and for.
ty seven dollars forty six cents. Several
certificates were appended thereto substan-
tlat'ng the charge among them, the fol-
lowing signed by twenty,seven members of
his company:
We the Undersigned, non-commission.
ed Objects, musicians and plivaies, Of Capt.
Winfield SCOTS company, regiment light
infantry, do solemnly swear, that we have
not received any pay from the United States
for our services during the months OF Sep
TENDER and October, 1908, and that we
have not signed, at any time, any re.
ceipt roll for our pay, for the months OF Sep
tember aud October, 1908"
A court Of inquiry was called aud Scot,
was found guilty and sentenced to Zone
years suspension from rank. pay, and emol.
uments." The court acquitted him Of any
" fraudulent INTENT Nothing, however,
but the partiality of his judges, il we may
credit the luminous account given of the
affair by Gen. Wilkinson, saved Scott from
being sentenced to suffer a far more serious
punishment Youth and indiscretion were
successfully plead III bis favor. DIR. Up
shaw was engaged in the prosecution. and
there existed at the time an old unsettled
difficulty between him and Scott. Scott
therefore challenged him, and Upshaw
though crippled wiia rheumatism so that
he could scarcely stand, and his trigger fin
ger swollen to double its size in a sound
state, accepted the challenge, provided
Scott would agree that there should be "no
ducking, bobbing, or lodging !" Scott a.
greed and the fight came off opposite Nat
chez; i'll the spring, we think of 1910. Up.
shaw thought he might as well shoot at a
" swinging limb Vicks Sentinel.
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u Seward has so far recognized the
truth of the charge that he will have
complete control over the administra.
ton of Gen. Scott, as to write a letter
declaring that with his present i'm
p%ressions," he would accept neither the
Secreiaryship of State or any other Of
flee from the General. This is indeed
most kind and self sacrificing in the
great an,i-slavery Warwick. But we
a~pprehend that if Scott is elected. the
king-maker will not be content TO re-
main in the anti-chambcr. as he did at
the Wing causus, but will change his
present impressions" and insist upon
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