Daily American telegraph., 1852-10-11
Battle of Fort George.

It was not long before Scott retaliated upon
Fort George his capture by its garrison, and
upon shore just below, the glorious surrender at
Queenstown.
Meantime, sent q prisoner down to Quebec,
he had there resisted the threatened British se-
verities against his Irish soldiers; had been sent
around by cartel to Boston !; had been there ex-
changed and had thence, In January, 1913, this
abilities and valor being now felt) called to
Washington, that he might, In the interval of
military operations, be consulted. Here, by his
urgent representations the act Of Congress was
passed for retaliating upon our prisoners any
measures against our Irish or other adopted citi-
zens that fell into the enemy's hands. 1t is to
his efforts we owe il that all such captives were
not put to death, as traitors to England, under
the pretence that they owed her q perpetual al
legiance After this, he was sent to Gen. Dear
born, (who now commanded on the Niagara from
tier) TO serve him in the important duty of Adjn-
tant General He claimed, however, and obtained
the privilege Of still leading his own regiment
whenever ID went into battle. Few men would
have been equal 10 what he was chosen to per-
form and did perform--the bringing TO order and
efficiency, in o service yet without system and
experience, the Staff Of an army; which Is its
porking part that enables Its fighting part to put
forth its strength, and, indeed, 10 come into the
field supplies, arranges, distributes, and prepares
everything, in order that actions, when needed,
may be fought; and manages, In word, the
great mechanism Of combat. All this was now to
be, for the first time we'll done Scott did II but,
with boundless activity, for which he is espe-
cally remarkable, when he had made all ready In
the staff, and battle came he forthwith threw
himself into the line and fought the engagements
which he had prepared
II was In this manner that he came to lead the
of General Dearborn upon the British
town Of Newark (now called Niagara) and Fort
George He had so completely won the Generals
confidence, that the lead In the landing was as
signed him. That was enough for him; for when
he conducted an attack, they who were to sup-
port IL left little TO do and usually arrived
too late except to wonder at his rapidity Of vic
tory. This was the case at Newark and Fort
George; where, in spite Of the advantages Of po-
stion, he was no sooner landed than by impetu-
Gus assault he swept the enemy before him seized
upon Fort George and it's important supplies of
and, scarcely allowing that capture
or his own severe hurt by the firing Of q maga-
zine to check him at all, continued to press the
routed adversary 60 hard that he was on the
point Of capturing their whole force, when, un.
fortunately, he was obliged to yield to repeated
orders of recall sent him, and to give up the pur-
suit. Well might Col. Moses Porter who strove
hard to come up with him and share his exploits,
curse his "long legs y that boundless energy with
which he moves, the swiftness and sureness with
which he strikes, battle all resistance Of the foe,
and outstrip all rivalry Of the competitor.
Scott made many prisoners. Some of them
were set apart (al Englishmen) as hostages for
the safety of the Irishmen taken from him at
Queenstown. One, a British colonel, he treated
with an unusual courtesy. II was the officer who,
while Scott was captive at Queenstown, had
tno doubt thoughtlessly) tsunted him with the
little probability of his ever seeing the Falls OF
Niagara to the greatest advantage because they
were finest from the British side, where (he in
timated) Americans would never be able to view
them with pleasure, because they would never be
able to view them as vctors. Scott had taken
fire at this and told him that he ought first to
return his sword, If he meant TO insult him. Upon
this, the officer had apologized. Their stuations
were now reversed but Scott instead of wound.
inp him by any allusion to the former occurrence
offered him only the most delicate kindnesses and
civilities touched with which, the Briton at last
said to him "Sir, you can now see the Falls Of
Niagara, with every advantage The scknowl-
edrment was very proper enc. bat he who
made it, little imagined how repeatedly he to
whom he made 1t would yet view those Falls un-
der circumstances still more brilliant
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