Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-02
NUMBER 80.
MISCELLANEOUS
.eis u l4.la i From Gieason's Pictorial.
30 General Winfield Scott. .siaaI'
An Ineident in the Dams Of the Canadian ReIellong

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An Incident in The Days Of the Canadian Rebellion
-14 '-'l t 81 ny GEORGE RAYMOND. f5zil JH1h
The long pent-up fires of Canadian discomfort
had at length burst forth throughout the whole ex.5
tent of two provinces, fiom Quebec to Penetengo-
shene, in acts of open rebellion, which threatened
ere long to grow into popular and successful rev.
olntlon.zaGh Thousand american synpathisersy
possessing as general thing as little character,
as true courage, and less capacity than either, Ies4
ponded to the call of Mckenzie, Pagineau, and
other equally patriotic Canadian demagogues, and
were rallying their forces to various points along
the whole American frontier, preparing in defiance
of all law, human or divine, to invade Canada,
crush the calling yoke of Britain from off her en-
slaved colonlstS; ,revolntionize British America,
and establish model republic, under which every
American ibtrator was to hold an office of trust
and profit. ! - - Fh'i'' Nt2-' 1Nst IS 9
Commissions Of Generals, Commodores, Colon
els and army and navy Captains, as plenty
amongsthe yagabond crusaders in Western New
York, Ohio and Michigan, as were the floods of
wild CATS bank notes of the same period in the
latter State.
L had taken very active interest in the brig and
crusade, and the canadian Congress'' assembled
in an obscure cellar in Cleveland, Ohio, had re
warded my zeal by making me a Captain in the
Canadian navy, with the command of little fore
and aft schooner, nd that of first class line-of-
battle-ship in prospective. {tsEGIFfNgf
1twas late in the season when was dispatched
to Buffalo with my vessel, for the purpose of TAX
ing in six old brass six pounders, which were to con-
sttute the schooner's battery when the war
fairly begun, and considerable quantity of am
muniton, together with three hundred muskets,
dragoons, cutlasses and pistols, ad nfnium, which
were to be used by the patriot army in the west
to commence the war with. - t
By the exercise of some little tact on my part,
and q combination of lucky circumstances on the
part of Providence, succeeded in accomplishing
my mission so far as to get the arms and munitions
of war On board, and escaping from the harbor of
Buffalo i'll snow-storln, while the half dozen
United States Marshals were overhauling harm
less Canadian schooner to which had directed
their attention for my own benefit. al-1lrsrsl trzi
Myinstructions were to touch at Cleveland for
the purpose Of taking IN quantity of arms which
had been collected there, and then to stop Huron,
where would be met by General Mcleod of the
patriot army, who would give me definite nstruc-
tons at to my final destination. y'af 7y4'sll
got into Cleveland without any trouble, and
out again, by Carrying of two deputy marshals who
came down 10 search the schooner, and landing
them on the lake shore in the woods, miles TO
| the westward of the harbor.
| My six "siSers' were buried under the ballast
| alongside the keelson-the powder slowed in
flour barrels bored full of holes, and oysters all
around the kegs, while the balls were packed i'll
real red lead casks and the mIsketS, pistols and
swords, i'll long boxes, with plenty Of hay showing
through the oits, all marked "Bcdsteads." So that
had little fear of being caught at Huron, partic
ularly as the people there, 10 man, and 10 woman
too, think, were favorable TO the piratical IeSou
tonary movement. y, nss t- tssti '5'n'-trg "a
l, was nearly dark, on cold, boisterous evening
| in December, when arrived at Huron and asthc
| crew were all ont on the long wooden pier which
forms the western side of the harbor, bent on 10 n
tow-line 'ttracking'' the schooner up towards the
wharveS, saw a tall, mltary-looking man come
along downt the pier point towards the vessel when
| he came near the men, and after making, as jildg-
| ed some hurried inquiries of them abont her, lie
| came towards me, and the moment he stcliped OPP
posite where Twas standing at the helm recog-
| nized him past all doubt, as General Mcleod, the
commander chief of the patriot army in the
west. / had never seen the General, but he had
been described to me very niiilutely that could
not be mistaken him 3 besides, the moment he
stopped, he passed word which served as the
'grand haing sign among the ..hunters,'' a Sc
cret organization, of which nearly every vagabond
was member, so that there c0ud' be no mistake
in the matter-the man was no other than the Yer
table Gen. Mcleod himself. lo45y OF .i!fabr
GOOD evening Captain, !" he 1 said as; as soon on as
| l had replied to the hail: "What luck, Cap
tain p, SHt ~ Guai Hs3IDi tA} le5ioIg n ,yr q
81: Good! All right, Generel. outcome aboard,
sir;'' and gave the schooner sheer in alongside
| the pier so that he could step on deck e.I,.,
| A moment LATER, and he stood there beside mt
at the helm, real Hercules III stature, envcloped
in stout gray overcoat, with fur cap turned
down over his ears, while gazed few seconds IN
mute admiration upon the stalwart form OF one oi
the "lron Dukes" larorite veterans OF the PENN
sula and Waterloo. The general gave me the reg
ular t'hunter's grip" and then asked again:aa
HWell captain, what successful O bEEl4II.
"Beautiful, SIR answered. seGot 'em alright
down here, fooled Uncle Sans officers at Buffalo,
gave two more of Fem free passage for nine miles
out of Cleveland, and set them ashore in thewoods
and here am, General, all square by the lifts and
braces, ready to fool 'Old LundYs Lane General
John E. Wool, and all the other epauletted tpre
ventatives' that expect will be here in Huron be-
fore get away .J1i .toltll aii Gz9l Snl sGcH
l. tsGood ~ exclaimed the General, Laughing heart
lily, "very good captain. There's nothing like
confidence in helping one out of: tight place.-
But you you have got everything safe ?"Hi lsHl
cay, General so nicely slowed away that even
the lArgus-eyed Scott himself might ransack the
lschoonerfor whole day and fail to discover any
thing wrong. Got the cannons buried under the
lbalast, the powder slowed in oysters, bullets in
red lead barrels; and the small arms packed in
furniture boxes SO you see we are all safe, gei-
leral. 4 %
ayes, it would seem so;ibut look out that cold
Lundy's Lane, as you call him, don't get at your
sec1et. He's in town, Ibeieye, and there's the
steamer Constitution lying up there, from which he
has, this very afternoon, taken large quantity OF
arms and ammunition; so look outfo him.
81 WILL Generals; and if the old seven foot hero
of Chippewa gets to wind'ard of me, Pll ship Sc
cond mate to q lime kiln and use my commission,
as captain in the Canadian navy, to light the fire
with 5sitaa .l4. s,!st iiia lJoY .np ~
But come up and see me as soon as you get fast.
Come and take supper with me. Pm incog, you
know; this evening-stopping at Jenkins Ohio
Hotel. Come up, will youi" And the monen.
lanswered Eyes" the General leaped ashore and
Invent off, in q true military stride, along up the
wharf towards the big, hotel. ai.,, 81 ft.s1iag.
A entered the hotel, half an hour later, was
shown into the dining room, where the company
were already seated at supper; and there, .at the
head of the table, sat the head of the patriot army
in suit of plain clothes; while ranged along down
on either hand were several offiercs Of the United
States Army, and one of them, stout hard-featur-
ed man, in a brilliant uniform, l set him down at
once as Major General Scott. '.sa'sS a.essS
+ General Mcleod smiled and nodded falniliarlyto
me as entered, and the seats near him being all
filed he pointed with his knife to one near the long
table, into which | introduced myself without
ceremony and commenced playing knife and forks
with the others. eGf Asst