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SKETCH or THE
LIFE OF GEN. SCOTT.
SCOTT BADLY WOUNDED.

Scott hlmselfwas dangerously wounded. His
shoulder WINS shattered, and bullet was in his
SIDE; and for n month he lay in most critical
statc, enduring intense suffering. From the
wounds he received in this battle he has never
fully recovered. British lead is in his body,
which he will carry with him TO his grave
Others have won deserved renown In the ser.
vice Of their country, but one ever periled
his life, or shed his blood more freely in It's
cause, than General Scott. In his country's
greatest need he has proved himself ready for
the greatest sacrifices patriot cun be called to
make.
After the action, Scott was borne on a litter
to Buffalo. thence TO Williamstown, and after
wards to Geneva. After recovering sufficient
ly he slowly journeyed towards Philadelphia
whittier he repaired for further surgical aid.
his TRiUMpHAL RECEPTIONS AND PROMOTION.
Everywhere rs he passed. tae victorious
hero was greeted by all the public honors and
private attentions he could bear. Princeton
In PARTICULAR met the suffering soldier with the
honors Of an academic reception. which was
rendered all the more dear to him by the glori-
Gus recollections of the revolution that cluster
aronnd that spot. At Philadelphia, Governor
Snyder and the citizens welcomed him with
military and civic parades After a short stay
at that city, he recovered sufficiently to be able
10 proceed to Baltimore, whittier he went at
the request of the government and the particu-
lar solicitations of the members of Congress
from Maryland and Pennsylvania, to direct
measures for the defence of that city and Pha-
delpha. Finishig this duty. he at length pro-
ceeded TO Washington, where he arrived in
October, and was invested with the command
of that military district, and charged with the
rpGpOnaIhla Iutu Of ,,lnn tba
campaigns. Happily treaty of peace was
concluded at Ghent on the 24th of December
following. and ratified by our government on
the 18th Of February, 1915. After this event,
there being no further need Of SCOTS services
in the field, President Madison offered him, ut
the early age of 2S, the post of Secretary of
War. This he declined. He had been pre-.
vlousy raised to the rank of major-general by
brevet as testimonial of his great services
and brilliant military career.
ANECDoTE OF MIR. MADISON ON SCOTS PROMO
President Madison, though early persuaded
oil SCOTS great qualities, nevertheless, out Of
the abundant caution of his nature, always
hesltated at every atep Of our hero's promotion
(til II came to the last, on the ground Of his
treme youth. Thus he thought Scott was too
young when ii was proposed to make him lieu
tenant-colonel, too young when he was again
advanced to the post of adutant-gen too
young when he was made colonel of d double
regiment, and finally too young when he was
promoted to the place Of brigader general
But at the last, when, after his recent extraor.
dinary services, and brilliant successes, it was
proposed in Cabinet to make him major gen
eral, Mr.. Madison promptly remarked, "Put
him down major-general-l am done with
objectlng to this youth"
SCOTT GOES TO EUROPE ON A PUBLIC MISSION.
The enfeebled state of his health, and the de-
sire of still further professional improvement.
suggesting trip to Europe, the government
now gave General Scott double commission
abroad. First, to examine the improvements
OF military science and second, to conduct Ger.
tain secret negotiations IN regard to the indie.
pendence of South America and the supposed
designs of England upon Cuba. He acquitted
himself of these latter delicate duties much to
the satisfaction of his government. He ex-
amined tho chief military establishments of
Western Europe, held intercourse with its
most distinguished military men. and attended
the scientific lectures of the schools of tactics.
Arriving just after the battle of Waterloo, his
opportunities to master the views and learn the
experience ofthe most distinguished European
professors OF military science, most of whom
had now congregated upon the soil OF France
and England, in their gigantic efforts to over
whelm Napoleon, were unsurpassed. Fresh
from the fields of his own triumphs, and with
the war spirit still at its full height, we may
suppose our young hero acquired stock of
intelligence, bearing upon his profession, that
years of ordinary experience could not have
given him. He brought over with him what
ever could tend to improve our system of tao
tics, or be made useful to the military arm of
our government. To his efforts then and af-
terward, we owe, in great measure, that sys-
tenn of discipline and instruction to which we
are mainly indebted, in conjunction with his
own uurvaed military knowledge and skill,
for our recent Mexican victories. On his re-
turn he was placed in command Oft The eastern
division of the army, with New York for his
head quarters. In 1917 he married Miss Mayo
of Richmond.
NOTE OF THANKS BY CONGRESS-, NEW YORK AND
VIRGINIA.
Meantime CONGRESS had passed a vote of