The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-10-28

might ransack the schooner far whole
Jay, aud fail 10 discover anything wrong
Got the cannons buried under ballast, tht
+ powder slowed in oysters, bullets in rec
+, lead barrels, and the small arms packed ii
furniture boxes; SO you see we're all safe
/. General"
"Yes, il would seem so; but look OH thai
Old Lundy's Lane as }ou call bim, don'l
get at your secret. Hes in town, be.
lieve, and there's the steamer Constitution
lI4ing mp there, from which he has this vers
afternoon taken large quantity Of arms
and ammunition; so look out for him"
~ will, General; and il the old seven
faot hero of Chippewa gets TO wind'ard Of
me. I'll ship second mute 70 lime-kin.
Use my commission. as captain ia the Ca
nadisn navy, to light lhe fire with
"Bravo, Captain! Thal's the right sort
Of spirit. But come up and see me as 5000
as you get fast. Come and take supper
sth me. I'm incog., you know, this even
iop-slopping At JENKINS Ohio Hotel
.bfnc up viii youm and tho moment | an
swered Yes the General leaned ashore.
2iiH HNut cIi Ill ttir iiltitti Sii ''tO a''!lr
up the wharf towards the big hotel.
As entered The hotel haifan hour later,
| was shown into the dining room, where
tue company were already at supper, and
there, at the head Of the table sat the head
f the patriot army. in a suit OF plain
clothes, while ranged along down on either
hand. were several officers of the United
Staies Army; aud Que Of them, stout.
hard featured man in brilliant uniform, |
sci him down at once as Major General
Sc1TT.
General McLEoD smiled and nodded
amilariv to 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
eeremony, aud commenced piaA lug knif
I'D fork with the others.
iotserved during supper, that the off
cers toward the heal of the table eyed th.
patriot general and myself vert suspicious.
| l. ;hnt no word was spoken r. oelther al us,
nd had yert nearlt finished my supper
| in silence, when doctor. who was seatea
next to mc, and with whom was intimate
Il acquainted, asked me in a low tone
what thought Of the General.
"Wha, General?rl asked.
sWhy, Genera! ScoTT, olcourse."
| "Well, then, don't know, doctor, tor |
have never seen him; but one thing do
know, and that is, if he is half as noble
| looking an officer as our COMMANDMENTS
chiet up there at the head of the table IS,
the Americans may well be proud OF him
as the head of their army"
"Wny, what in the name Of nonsense
do you mean, Captain?'
'Just this, doclor--tha, General Donald
MCLEoD, there, at the head Of the table,
!o16s more like hero than forty Genera
SclTr's."
..Caplain, are YOU drunk or crazi p
Way, msn, that is GeaeraI WtyfeM Scott
himself"
Down went my up raised tea cup wlha
crash that shire.e3 il TO atoms IN he tab e,
| IL this startling aanouuce;nen aud Ieap
Itnu 10 my feet, | darted from the room,
through the hall, out into the street, and
away down toward the wharf like ocomo
i've, determined to get the schooner IN
derweigh, aud be oif-somewhere. didn't
care where much, 90 that 1 escaped from
"Od Lnndy's Lane"
| "Bn, | was too late, for found the YES
sci in possession OF some fifty United
States soldiers, who were all working
ava, like beavers, dscharging my contra
baud cargo of patriot arms and ammunI
ton.
wandered about the streets for about
m hour, feeling myselt'as completely sold
as ever a man was, and so thoroughly as.
named of NV self, that didn't want 10 &c
where any one could see my face; TIL !!
was finally picked up By lieutenant, whe
informed me that Gen. ScoTT wished to
see me at the hotel.
wen, like a dog going TO be hung; and
being ushcred into the presence ot The
hero Of Chippewa, General Wool, and
about dozen other United States officers.
| received, in the first place, good deal ot
good advice from General ScorT, and then
most pressing invitation to join the party
in nm oyster supper prepared from the bl-
valves which only an hour previously had
served as overcoats to our patriot powder
/ remained, and before the party broke op
had made public aud most positive dec
sra,ian. that i'll ever engaged IN another
piratcal exhibition. it should be IN somf
country where Nj jar General Wntiet
Scarr would not be likely 10 interfere witt
my sailing orders