The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-10-29


Gen. Scott woke up e9 8 3
#oftbed, eat his [breaktas shen
walked out to buy some " hen
he returned, he found So iangers-on
Sat his rooms and talkeA%wfth thcm.-
Some ladies' of the AsSor House were
introduced, and hqf received them in
4 the ordinary Nfay. At 8 o'clock he
shook hand round, and actually
Went on. foot to the Jersey Ferry
his tall figure moved on, the
6Wd shouted until thoy came to the
ferry, and then there was another
shaking of hands.
I tS THE PASSAGE TO JERSEY CITY.
In the ferry the General spoke to
u the gentlemen and to the ladies first.
The crowd was large, all pressing for
ward to get a shake hands, Several
grabbed his hand at once. The Cen
erals begged that they would not
squeeze it SO hard, it was sore, from
the continued squeezing it had cndur-
8ed.
a voiice.-Give us the left hand,
General!
Gen. Scott.-No, my friend, that
left arm has been disabled in the wars.
On the passage, the General was on
the lookout for old soldiers. He
knew many ofthem, and asked very
particularly after their wives and chill
dren. At the shore the crowd shouted.
The General landed, went up stairs,
came out on the balcony and bowed.
The crowd shouted again. Then the
Hon. A. O. Zabriskic spoke to the
General thus:
@ This is your adopted State and
they tell me to welcome you back to
it. They say that they wanted this
opportunity to express their feelings.
1t was not a fit place to talk alb ut
your services, but the people have
@heard all about them, many times, of
late He concluded by shaking hands,
and Gen. Scott replied:
ss EelloW-citiSens Of New-J Jersey, am
glad to to,iga shore once moro. o>~aaal l.. ! !
before me many that know. have
U shaken hands with them before, and
hope to do il again. Feilow-citizcns,
lit is not my fault that ! make public
q speeches. am. not on m electionecr-
I ing tour, but am going straight home
from professional mission. The peo-
pie will crowd after me, did not er-
pect it, but am too happy to see it
1t aatters me into the belief that they
think, as do, about myself. II not,
whence this crowd? Why these
cheers? Politically and legally, am
your equal, and if | were so otherwise,
then such partiality as you shew me
Would DC wonderful. But whatever
my services have been, this pays me,
amply pays me.
I My friends, before we part, must
allude again to the speech which has
just been made to me in your name.
You may not have heard it all. 1t al
luded to my services, and gratiticd my
heart. am not old enough to talk
over my battles. am only sixty Six
and few months, but when get to
be eighty-six, then | will claim the
privilege of the chimney corner. Till
then, will not say any thing Of my
4 battles, and as know of nothing else
worth talking about, claim to be ST
lieut., but will shake hands with you.
The General then bowed, walked
down stairs. At the foot, he met
Judge Hornblowcr and Mr.. Manner
ing, from Newark. They spoke to
him, shook hands with him, asked him
how he was, and answered it them
selves, compIimenting him upon his
robust appearance.
t5 Judge Hornblower then eloquenHy
! asked him to come over to Newark
( and see them. 1t was dirictly in his
sssway from Blue Lick to Washington.
33 3. Gen. Scott thought it was, just in
his way, and therefore he would accept
the invitation. He would be happy
TO shnke hands with them all, but his
kairds were sore and they must not
squeeze them. The General then
went to the cars, got in, took of his
hat, made another bow, the iron horse
putfed, and of they went to Elizabeth
town.
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