Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-08-14
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SKETCH or THE
LIFE OF GEN. SCOTT.
SCOTT IN TmE HANDS nr rnr rNrMY.


gagements thai established his fame and char
acteras man ofgreat personal daring highly
anlmating presence. and an accomplished and
sklllnl lender. Throughout these late trying
scenes he had manifested the most intrepid
spirit, and unqncsllonrd gallantry of behaviour
lie was always In battle in full dress uniform.
and his tall stature Qu six feet five inches)
mnde him a conspicuous mark. lie was sin
gled out, espeemlly by The Indians. as n target
for their rife. but remained untouched He
was urged on one OK caslon of great personal
peril In change his dress. mo" said he, 81
will die 10 my roles" AT the moment of his
exclamation, Captain Lawrence fell ut his side
by a shot from Inc enemy.
SCOTT ATTACKED by TWO INDIAN CHIEFS.
After the surrender, Scott with the rest of
the prisoners, was taken to ihe village of Nj.
agara. Scott himself was lodged nj an mn
under guard. Shortly after his arrival, ines
sage came To. him that some one wished 10
speak with tho "tall American" Scott al
vanced INTO the entry 10 receive his visitor
What WINS his surprise to find two armed In
dlans hldcous Y painted, as in battle. He re-.
cognhed them AS two warriors " ho attempted
10 slay hum at the surrender at Queenstown
One WAS distinguished thief know II os Car
TAIN JAcons and the other Il son of the cclcbra.
Ted BRANDT. They had come 10 tomahawk
the heroic leader. who had proved nvncbIc
10 their IuIIcrs. They communicated 10 him
as well as they we're able, how often they had
nnsuccessfully discharged their rifles at him.
Jacobs heated by his dsappointmonts, rudcly
seized Scotthy II earrn,under pretcnce of seeing
if he could find no bill marks on his person.
Scott resented The indignily. and thrust the
savage away from him. 1--WE kill You now!"
was The immediate cexclamaiio OF both Indians.
Scott tore himself from them, aud iostantane-
ousy sprong TO pile nf arms. and seized upon
heavy sword TINT lay "pporlunely with
others IN The entry, and dashed upon his
sallants. They covered before his uplifed
blnde and determined front and feared To strike
He would have clovcn them 10 the earth, but
for the prompt interference of n British officer.
who, attracted by the noise, at that critical mo-
ment, came upon III" parties, and arrested the
allray at the instant our hero was about to in.
hicl summary punishment upon his frghlful
and lcroclous antagonists.
SCOTT AND TIE IRISH PRISONERS.
Among the prisoners taken by The British ut
Queensrow with Scott " ere about sixty ma.
tnralized citizens, large portion of whom
were Irishmen. The British authorizes claim
ed the right. aud expressed the determination,
To hang them as traitors. These men were ut
Quebec on boord n vessel with Sc 1t and The
resi- Of the prisoners all bound to Bosf on to be
exchanged. The British officers came on board
and began to select the Irishmen, " hom they
intended to send home TO grace the gallows.-
The officers had means Of detecting
the Irish but by their brogue, or their coufes-
sion. Scott, WHO was below, henfing what
was going on, Immediately rushed on deck,
and told his aill cted men to hold their peace.
Then, turning TO the British officers. he boldly
denounced their proceedings, and threatened a
like retaliation upon the British prisoners If
they dared to execute a single man among his
comrades.
The officers houghtily reminded him that he
was himself prisoner, aud ordered hlm into
the cabin. He ~as not "A man 10 be intim'dat-
cd, and refused to go and again called upon his
Irish soldiers To answer no more questlons.-
A high quarrel ensued; but the result WIS that
no more Of the prisoners could be identified as
Irshmen, for they would not open their lips.
The officers, however, had already selected
twenty-threc before Scott made his appear
ance. These were separated from their fellow
prisoners and put on board a frigate. and dis
patched to Eng land to he hung. But they did
not go until Scott had solemnIy warned the
British authorities hat he would surely avenge
the. death Of every man they dared to lay vio-
lent hands upon, by terrible retributon upon
the first English prisoners that should fall into
his hands after he should be liberated.
Scott was soon exchanged How faithful
ly he kept his promise we shall see. He pro.
eeeded at once to Washington and obtained
the passage, by Congress, Of law to retal'ate
upon British prisoners any such outrage as
was threatened at Quebec. He again fought
and conquered He had prisoners in plenty.
He forthwith selected twenty-three of genuine
English descent Qor he declared he would not
offset Irish by lrish,) and held them as hostages
for the doomed twenty three Irishmen taken
home to be executed. He then communicated
to the British authorities what he had done,and
informed them that if they dared TO execute
their threat on the twenty three lrishmen, the
twenty three Engshmen should pay the pen
atty by promptly sharing the same fate. The
consequence was that the lives of the Irish.
men were spared, and at the close of the war