Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-07

as the term is, Corporal-that is, appointed for
the occasion, and six Dragons were placed under
his command
Agreeably to expectation, the boat was stranded
by the receding tide, and with It's freight became
q bloodless capture to the tall Corporal and his
little command. The prisoners were two mid
shipmen, the oneMr. Fox and the other Mr. Ev-
ans, and half dozen sailors ,,g
The prisoners were conducted to the headquar-
ters of the corps Of observation fine grove about
four miles from the bay The company composed
temporary table constructed Of rough planks sup
ported upon wooden forks. With few exceptions,
each member had his body servant to attend him,
and at dinner for every two pint Of porter and o
pint OF wine was placed upon the table.
At this table the tall Corporal was charged
with doing the honors of Virginia hospitality to
the two midshipmen, his prisoners, one being
placed on each side. Of him; and the Same allow
ance of porter, wine, &c, was made to them AZ to
their captors; and they had the pleasure Of ex-
changing ship fare for o free frolic under the
greenwood tree. E .Ht
\, This was in 1907. In 1sl5J16, Gsn. SCOTT,
being in London, was invited to dinner by Lord
Holland, the nephew of the great Charles James
Fox. At the close Of the dinner, gentleman de-
sired Lord Holland to introduce him to General
Scott. On, being presented, he reverted to the
circumstance Of his capture BY Corporal Scott
at Lynnhaven bay, and remarked, she was as tall
as you are, and Of the same complexion and eyes !;
but you cannot be he, for you are now Major
General in the Army of the United States"
Gen. Scott assured him he was the Corporal
Scott of Lynnhaven bay, and learned, on inquiry,
that Mr.. Fox, the gentleman with whom he was
conversing, had risen to be . master commander
in the British Navy; but that his comrade, Evans,
was dead. Mr.. Fox also curiously inquired il
~ Ill LII Al - l.I1- -
Of wine and porter allowed to them2 And per-
haps he asked himself II all Corporals in the Uni
ted States service rose TO the rank Of Major
General in nine years.
It was, no doubt this little expedition which
fixed his fate. He did not at once, however,
yield to the taste. The probabilities Of q
war with Britain soon vanished, or else fell
into the rather harmless shapes which the
Jefiersonian discoveries in strategy proposed to
give to the art Of war, by sea in the gum boat
system,n by land in what was known as the " ter
rapin system % while we were to destroy the COM
mercial greatness Of England by shutting up all
our own ports with determined embargo. need
hardly say that the promise Of this sort Of wars
was not very stirring to brave men nor u II,
perhaps, altogether surprising If 1t did not rouse
in young Scott, beyond all control the martial
instincts that were sleeping In him. At any
event, resuming his original purposes he went 70
charleston, .. W Win tne view OF mAuue tna6
the future theatre of his practice. Thsrs, BY an
unexpected decision of the State Legislaturs not
to repeal statute which prohibited the practice
of the Law to all who had not resided year
within the State, he found himself foiled In his
plans; but remained long enough to attract much
esteem and form connexions Of friendship with
leading men, which have lasted and served him
through life. With this check in his professional
purposes, came strongly-renewed prospects Of
war: the nonintercourse act. Of the close Of 1907
was passed; the administration brought forward
in Congress q measure for raising an army; and
Scott applied for commission. In May, 1908,
through the aid Of many friends, and especially
that of Senator afterwards Governor) Giles, the
post Of Captain of Light Artillery was conferred
upon him-a rank which implies that an advan-
tageous opinion Of his military qualities had al
ready been formed Here, then, ended his civil
life.
fro m Continued