Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-08-24
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Sott X wdtel 70 QueDec. Ahefe fley Were taken
out of the vessel, to be shipped for Boston on an
other, under cartel with view to their being tsx
chankedy W hen this shipment begah,l scbtt soon
perceived that they selecting and meant tode-
taln the lrishmen. He instantly interfered and
denied their night to make any difference between
one American citizen and another. The officers
h6ughtly told him he was prisoner himself and
thatthey were not going to governed by him.
he was not man, however, to give up his tel-
W-cltlzens nor to be Silenced nthis manners and
when they had again began TO select he perelnpto-
my ordered his men not to answer any further cues
tlons. AT this the Englishmen grew .exasperated,
and ordered him to go below deck; But tlonpi
their prisoner, they could not intmidate or manage
hm: A high quanel ensued but he would not
yield an inch; declaring to them resoutely that the
HE OF an English prisoner should answer for every
lIlSman they detained And he kepthis wo1l: for
ithongh they kept and shipped OFF to England for
ilal the twenty three sons of the Green Isle that
they had already picked out, they could from his
making them keep silent, pitch upon no more;
wmle ne as soon as he gotto Washifleton after he
ing exchanged, reported the matter to the President
ana Drought aboutthe passage of law forGetalia-
nng upon English prisoners any punishment infict-
ed on those taken from us under pfeence If their
being natiye-born, and therefore perpeual subjects
o! Great Britain. Nor was it l6ng before Scott
Mmselt took plenty Of captives; nor did he fail
to set aside at once as he had pledged himself todo,
number of hostages for the safety of his Oueens-
poWn comrades. The consequence was that none
OF them were hurt; that they were ALL except two
who had died, sent back to their adopted country to-
gether after the peace of 1875 and that by the
particular care OF Scott, then risen to the highest
ranEl their back pay and bounty lands were seen
red to them. By singular accident, too lust when
y tney were landmg IN New York, he chanced to be
passing the wharf, and recognizedthem as they did
hm Great may be supposed was the 10Y Of that
meetng on both sides and strongl It expressed
by the warm hearted HibeTniaHSS Ilslnen sell
dom forget their friends. But return to
our story. ve- = -a'de4igli
SCOTT SENT BACK AS ADTbTA AlSF GENER-
80 - AL TO DEARBORtNsS ARMY. At
The campaign of 1873 had j6st Sen oBened by
the taking Of York, when Scott al fla Mag
ara frontier, in May, as the chief s ffe5 taft to
Zen. dearborn, This important post requires the
skill to organize and direct all the defailt IA all
supplies and materials of fof " haterer opera
tons the commander-in- chief may have decided
upon. His adjutant general should So lns right
hand tor upon that officer mainly aIE the
greatly to the satisfaction Of all The labor and
the honor would have been quite enough fdF most
men; but he claimed besides, the fi II Of AsIjng
the command of his own regiment, Wh6neyetf,it
came INTO action. The claim was concedsd to nm,
and he soon made use of it. -
H HE HEADS THE CAPTURE OF BC
s, ~ e..e GEORGE.
Between Lakes Erie and Ontario, oil Cana
dian side, lies peninsula commanded HY s6ft Erie
above and Fort George below. WeSsere li6t9 in
possession of the lower lake, and had tdken York,
now called Toronto. Gen, Dearborn lay upon
| this bank of the Niagara, with between four and
five thousand good troops, while Commodore
EhaunceywaS superior to the enemy on the lake
below. In this situation of things, Gen, Dearborn
determined TO strike, with the assistance of Chaun-
ceys fleet, at Fort George as the key TO thepenin-
sula, which is on that side most important as the
necessary avenue of communication between these
two great lakes, The troops crossed tnon iajpart
Of the lake, from little east of our own 6rt Nj
agara, on the 9th of May, in six divisions Of boats
prOtectedbYthe armed veSSelsOf Chauncey. Scott
ihad yolp9teeEed tq Command tie stf1rlorl hope,'P
and therefore led the FIRST division of boats 5iha
landing was dangerous not only by the severe fire
OF the enemyS musketry, but by heavysud To
check the toner, Chauncey'S SchooneIs anchored
of shore; while to carry the loaded boats safely
through the latter, SailGr friend of Scott a Suirit
much hike him, the gallant Capt. Perry, then little
known Tor what he was, lent his skill Oh the water
and brought them through. successfully, amidst a
shower of balls. The DIVISION were all got nm,
shore about in the morning. The narrow beach
was bordered by sharp bank of eight or ten feet
high, hnedby the enemy. This, of course, 'vvas .to
be instantly carried Scott rapidly formed his men
and led them on to the charge. At the first onset
they were unable to scale the bank and Scott him
self to all appearance was killed; 50 that Dearborn
who with spy-glass watching them from Chaun-
cey'S vessel seeing his fayonte officer fan back
wards from the bank, burst into tearS and cried out
ftHe is lost! he is killedr' At the next mn1nent
however, he was on his legs again; he had only
been pushed downthe bank, like manytothers, heels
over head; rallied his men, charged more ifufOuSlv
for his fail, beat up and burst through the ennVls
bayonets, drove him back and gained the level front
to front with him. A lH4B - i5tifg Il
Then folloWed:a desperate, and close CONTEXT Sff
about twenty minutes. In that sort of thing, how
ever, Scott has never been beaten. At such a mo-
ment everything depends on animation and he
has that power over menin battle which givesthem
an irresistibl impetnosity. The British fought as
they always do: but they were broke, routed, and 2
pursue dmost iercely. Thatpursuit was however,
for awhile diverted to another object It led him
close to the gates of Fort George. He pefceiyefh
that the enemy were abandoning it andaboutblow-
ing up its magazines. ToSave these, (thouRh dam
geTouS) he took two companies from the head of
his colume in order to seizeit. ASrhe approached.
one of the magazines exploded, scattering tmbers
on all sides. One of these struck, him from his
horse, much hurt. Still he had the gates forced
was the first to enter, and with his own hand pull
ed down the British flag still flying. His rapid
work saved forms the other magazines the artilleta
~, and the stores deposited there. All thisluick-
" done, he remounted, rejoined his column, and
pushed with fresh vigor the pursuit Of the fiyine
enemy. For fyemiles he pressed them hard had
at last got amidst their stagger with their main
BODY IN tull view, and would pndopbtedlY in, q !,
snort nne have cai6alEet them lAcn1 peg
emptory order of re- sl oteed INN io .il I.o I'd
chase. He had ALI e 1I14l o4o r.. Us .Iidt4
saying, in anSY' ileln HIto Cfe1aiai
does not know just Nefi3. ninnIagi
shall make the any whole iof1 q 1rlsonaI1 'i-
Even as it wa IL would IS, ta thei1 lI iE
he had only Ind NO tl6or5 n hose, Infl.s
brilliant affair rem ftal Scott iUal I4
said, by his vllof tils lapi 1iti lott l1neWiIh
his single 'diS tlla1 hnss been planpea for