Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1852-07-07
NARTISsBJRG, VA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 4 1874.

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lis health aud fl professional improvement
lie WAS a!ss cnirusfed hy The government
With important diidomssir f,aetinns he
cxecnivsi his Instructions h 50 satisfactory
manner thst President Madis6t, cuased IL lie
written u him BY the Secretary IL State u
special letter a thanks
In 49, Scott was nrticrcd to take eosn-
maid inihe Black Hawk War He sailed
fffsm iSaifala to Chicago with nearly one thou
tsnod troops IL fur steamboats,.
! On the 9Th Of July, while on her voyage.
the eho'esa broke oat asncng the troo,w with
fearful violence On the boat on whirh Gen
cral seait sailed with two hundred and twenty
troops, there occurred 10 six days Que hun,
dred and thirty cases Of cholera and ffty .onc
'iepths After General Scott had proceeded
from Cbicag" to the Mississippi river. the
fprstilc,sce ngain hroko nut arnong his troops
During the prevalence Of this terrible scaurge.
his dcynfesl attention to his suffering saldiers
excited The admiration Of al who we're pres
lent. l. the language Of lettcr written NJ
tho Time by an officer If tho nrmy--"Thc
Generals csurse Of cnndact ON that OCCASION
slsanl.l ertallish fir him rcputasion not in
fe'i j to that wLicl, he hsr earned on the bat
tie 6rld; aud should exhibit him not only
a. . warriur, hut ns man : Mt only rs the
hero ct lntiles. bat as the heru If humanity.
Aiier the termination CT the Black Hawk
war, Gen Sc.tt and Goy Reynolds were ap-
psintcd by the United States government.
commissioners 10 treat with :he NostIwessert
indians, are crcnre to sll pending difficulties
10 the various conferences held witt, the dep
utations from the various tribes. it became the
4 duty III Gen Scutt to conduct the discussions
This he did with great abiiity and ingenuity,
aud the result of the commission was tn pro
cure treaty inst to the iudians aud highly
! advantageous t. the United States ---tl,e ln
/ tlians ccdcd the title to more than ten mil
lints u acres, being . great portion Of the
lands Of iowa aud Misligaa a
i Alter the Termination II tho Black Hawk
war aud Of the treat, With the Indians. Gen.
Cass, then .ecrctary Il War, write. il reply
\ to Scntt's sdhciAi report as iolh.ws:
Allow me to congratulate you upon this
fortauute contamination al year ardu4us ,lu-
ties. aud I" express ny entire appreciation Of
the whole can'se Of your proceedings. durio2
u series Of difficulties requiring higher moral
courage than the operations 81 al active CANT
paign under urdinsry circumstance"
= Directly after his return from the Black
ilawk war. Gen. cutt was se,'t rs President
Jackson on confidential mission IL great ra-
spnnsiLility. Sont,, Carolina qualification then
thieateu.d +, c,hbr,il Tie natiop.in civil war
There was imminent danger flat The st,ilc
vault at u'cc I.egin between tic ciiixens Of
Charleston and the U, :. troops stationed
there The Object II the President il send
ing Scott 70 south Carolina ut his time was
to prevent it possible, any direct act Of cl
lisinn aid 1T the same fimu enforce the laws
Of the federal government Scutt's nod ra-
! tim a,,d discretion willie 1T Charleston we'd
tie codatrv from, the hosrurs Of civil war -
he full history # Ills valuable services, d,
that occasien, casnat now be Written. as much
of il still remains under The seal Of secrecy
: On the 2Uth Of January. 1896, ten. Scott
was ordered to take command in the Ilrida
war. there he did all that the greatest nil
itary talent couli accomplish Blu. the NAL
icc or envy OF brother officers, BY misreIre.
se,tari,ns made To the President. procured
hisiccall, tor the purpose Of having his OIL
fetal conduct subjected to the opinion Of d
cuur. of inquiry hat court. after iull in
) vesliguiion, pronounced The charges against
ten. scati uiisns.ained; and iurihcr. thai,
me "ah been zeal'l.s and iadeia''s"ble III the
"sarafge 81 his d'ties' anu thai bis plan OF
csinpaign was all devised and prosecuted With
energy. s'eadness AID ability
In 1888. Gen Seo,t Was sent by the Pres
idcnt to the canada frontier. then IN a state
o. fcar'nl excitement on account ii tho burning
oi the Inr"iine within the Anierieau territory.
Inc whole ppPniati ~ Of northern New Noik
seemed about TO march mt" Ca'ada to avenge
tue wrong which iad bee" done to me nation
III ho"or. no object OF the administration
was I" preserve peace ietween tie two ma.
TONS until lendug difficulties could be settled
ny negotiation, Ter this purpose Scott was
sent To the frontier There he lato.ed nigl't
aud 'iuy, passiag rapidly from point to p"itt,
experimenting ana directing the actions both
Of the military and the civil authorities; and
frequently. along a line "teight hundred niles
addressing immense gatherings IT the excited
citizens. lie succeeded in his mission be
al.