Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-02

had never seen the general, but he had bee
described TO me so very minutely that coul
not be mistaken in him; besides, the mo
ment he stopped, he passed word whicl
served as The grand haiIng sign among tn
hunters secret organization, Of whicl
nearly every vagabond was member, 81
that there could be no mistake in The mat
ler-lhe man was no other than the verila
bic Gen. Leod. himself. 'a 1e- Era
"Good evening, captain" said he, as sooi
as had replied 10 the hail, "WhaI luck
capiain2' 81 sfr ft aef#etals e'' q
"Good! All right, general. But come
aboard, sir; ''ano lgaye the schooner shee
in alongside The pier, SO thai be could steT
on deck III H 553i .a.1i Y.iEF
A moment later, and he stood there be
side me al The helm, real Hercules in stat
ure. enveloped in stout gray overcoat, with
fur cap turned down over his ears, while
| gaZed few seconds in mule admiration
upon the s,alwau form of one oflhe .Iror
Dukes iavorile veterans Of the peninsulu
and Waterloo. The general gave me the
regular hunters grip and he asked again;
"Well captain, what success?" rf}oe
Beautiful, SIR" answered. ."Got 'em
all right down there, fooled Uncle Sans
officers at Buffalo, gave TWO more of 'em @
free passage for ninemiIes oul of Cleveland
and set them ashore in the woods; and here
| am, general. all square by the lifts end
braces. ready 10 fool odd Lundy's Lane,
Gen. John E. Wool, and all the other epau.
leled 'preventalves' that | expect will be
here in Huron before | get away" jt-
"Good!" exclaimed The general, laughing
heartily, Every good, captain. There's moth.
ing like confidence in helping one out Of O
sigh' place. But you say that you have go,
everything sa(e!" .1'a.r.l t0-
"Ay, general; SO nicely away, ,ha,
even the Arguseyed Scot, himself might
ransack The schooner for whole day and
lai TO discover any thing wrong. Got The
cannons buried under The balInsl, the powder
slowed in oysters, bullets in red lead barrels
and, the small arms packed in furniture
boxes; so you see we're all safe, general"
| I''Yes, il would seem so; but look out ,ha,
:Old Lllndy's Lane as you call him, don't
got al your secret. He's in town, believe,
and there's the steamer Constitution lying
up there, from which he has This very after.
noon, laken large quantity Of arms and
Ammunition; So look out for him."
IL will, general; and if The old seven foot
hero of Chippewa gels 10 windwurd Of me,
lll ship second male TO lime-kin, and use
my commission. us captain in The Canadian
navy,lo ighl The fire with" ,lgl14s
"Brayo, captain! That's The right sorroi
spirit But come up and see me as soon as
you get fast. Come and luke supper with
me. Pm incog. you know, this evening
stopping al Jenkins Ohio Hotel-come up,
will you!" and The moment answered Yes,
the general Ieaped ashore, and went off, in
true military stride along up the wharf to-
ward The big hotel. t-.
As entered the holel, half an hour later,
was shown into the dining.room, where
the company were already seated al supper;
and there al the head OF the table, SAT the
head oi the patriot army, in suit OF plain
clothes, while ranged along down on either
hand were several officers Of the United
States army, and one Of Them, stout, hard
featured man, in a brilliant unfurm-I SET
him down at once as Mujor General Scott
Gen. Mcleod smiled, and nodded (amil.
iarly 10 me as entered, and the seats near
him being all filled, he pointed with his
knife 10 one near The long table, into which
| introduced myself without ceremony, and
commenced playing knife and fork with The
others. ...".
| observed during supper, lha. The officers
toward the-head of The table eyed the pat
riot general and myself very suspiciously;
but no word was spoken 10 eilherol US, and
| had very nearly finished my supper in ST.
lence, when doctor who was seated nexl
10 me. and with whom was intimately ac.
quainled, asked me. in a low tone, wha, |
thought! of the general.
"What general?" asked. ..,t,
"Why, Gen. Scou, of COURSE" r'.
"WeIl, then, don't know, doctor, for
have never seen him; bu, one thing do
know, and that is, if he is half as noble.
looking an officer as our commander -in-chiel
up there al The head of The liable is. the
Americans may well be proud Of him as the
head OF their army" a.H a.t..
"Why, what in the name Of nonsense do
you mean, cuplain2"
"JusI This, docIor--that General Donald
Mcleod there, al The head Of the ,able,
looks more like a hero than forty General
Scous."
"Capiain, are you drunk or crazy2 Why,
man, tha. is General Winfield Scott him
SELF" a.i
Down went my appraised iea.cup with a
crash that shiyered 10 atoms on the table, al
this startling announcement; and leaping TO
my feet, dafled from the room, through
the hall, oul into the street, and away down
toward the wharf like locomotive. deter.
mined TO get The schooner under weigh, and
be of-somewhere, | didn't care much
where, so that | escaped from "oId Lundy Is
Lane" .... ID. ,.. ...
But was TOO late; for found The vessel
in possession Of some fifty United States
soldiers, who were all working away like
beavers, discharging my conwaband cargo
oil patriot arms and ammunition. ~ Il,
Il wandered about The streets for abou, ar
hour, feeling myself as completely sold as
ever man was. and so thoroughly ashumet
Of myself, that | didn', want 10 go where
any one could see my face; ill Twas finally
picked up by a lieutenant who informed mt
ihal Gen, Seou wished 10 see me at the ho
!, lel, .se, H .s-ii AF 1sst. {1slaHt
!, lwenl like dog going to bo hung; and