Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-08-27
FRTDAY MORNING AUGUsE e l859 - -
=DAILY 7 lNIiitlsLlG e EN GER. !
FRI0AY,, AUG UsIt. "a, 1852.
SCOTT,

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ha WINFIELD SCOTT,
f..ts HIS LIFE as. a, G COMMANDER. .l-.,,
ID [GO'ain'pqi for. PfstSrdqy's Paprrl iait!ae.
LEADS EXPEDITIONS TO BURLINGTON ID
isl=In HEIGHTS AND YORK. r. ls@ o sli>
For some time after the capture Of Fort George
our army lay there, entrenched andinactiye, under
a variety of generals: first Dearborn, then Lewis,
then Boyd, and then Wilkinson. During this time
the only enterprises attempted were the necessary
duty of foragngls and this was entrusted to Col
Scott. He1led out parties for this purpose twlcea
week, For every loadof proyender that he got he
had to fight. Many sharp immature battles dla ne
have in this way, with an enemy always on the
watch for him; but his measures were always SO
well taken that he never failed to be successful
In truth, how could it have been otherwise lie.
was not born to be beat either in great battles or
SMALL In July he had the'honor to be appointed
to a double regiment, Of We, may say, to be maae
Col. of two regiments at once; upon winch ne
laid down his Adiutant Generalship. In Septem-
| befan expeditions aganst Burlington Heights where
the enemy was reportedto to have large depository
of military Stores was planned ana It's eNecuuon
was given to Scott. He accordingly embarked on
the little fleet OF Cliauncey, and paid a military
visit to the heights; but found nobody at home
Ito receive hin.q The stores, too, had disappeared,
as MUCH as the men. To take their revenge tor
the disappointment, Scott and Chauncey determn-
sailed thither and made a good landing, marines
and soldiers under Scotts command. Here they
lnade themselves amends for what was not at Bur.
lington; large depots of clothing, provisions, and
other military stores, with several pieces or
and eleven armed boatsswere taken ); and the bar
racks and public ehonseS were destroyed after
(which, better satisfied, our squadron returned 70
Niagara.
WILKINSON MOVES TOWARD MONTREAL.
Meantime descent, under Gen. Wilkinson,
had been devised, which, if boldly carried forward
To- the last, would have almost entirely cut the
communication between Upper and Lower Cana
ada, and given us permanent possession OF the
former We commanded Lake Ontario, and held
both sides of;the Niagara. tOurforce there was M
strong one we had, then, only to transporti UNI
der convoy Of Chaunceys fleet, TO the outlet ot L.
Ontario, and descend the st. Lawrence in boats IN
order to reach Montreal. 'Phe passage down the
river wasmot sufficiently guarded by forts or troops
and Montreal had q GARRISON, when wltklnSoni
abandoned the undertaking, of but GUO men,
Success, therefore, was certain, with Wilkinson's
army only but, besides, Gem Hampton was 10
have Joined him, from Chnteaugue, New York.,
with strong division. This JUNCTION, Hampton,
from fear of falling short OF supPheS, lallea 10
make: whercupon, Wilkinson, though already far
advanced on his enterprise and clearly within
reach of its accomplishment gave it up and made
his way back to French Mills. Up TO the moment
Of this !unSoldierly decision, the expedition had
zone forward almost without q check. Scott, tho
at first left behind TO guard his late prize, Fort
George and erect for it better detences, had been
allowed, upon the enelny's Withdrawing from that
quarter, tj leave Fort George to Gen. Mcclure,
and TO hasten after the expedition, which lie over
took Mt 0gdcnSburs He Immediately sought ana
obtained the post tofihonor-thez command OF the
advancc-g guard OF the army, leading the way TO
every danger, every point of resistance tlat was.
to be overcome and doing it always alike with dar-
ing with prudence and with success. In tins
,aS1tucr pnsSet II, ttolchdii,s and lnrseet boati
the severe ire of the strong tort w elllng
ton; engaged aud routed, at Hooppole Creek the
equal force 600 men) Of Col. Dennis, pursuing
lin until night and taking many prlSonGrs anu
cantl,red after n sharp fight, Fort Matilda, WHICH
comma ndcd the narTowest place on the whole ST.
Lawrencc. Thus, whatever the delays, the ms
IA kes, and the final failure OF an expedition winch
under vigorous General, would have coyereu II
self with honor Scott at least did himself credit
tbrbn GLout performed all That it was patriotic,
ant gained reputation while his old frieI w ilkin-
son, was losing it, ;f7 y 80 4
sCoTr SELECTED TO INSTRUCT AND DE-
CiPLLINE GEN. BROWNS ARMY FORFHE
NEXT CAMPAIGN. ,t9{ .gaa' taa& si.3
Thus far, those larger operations Of the war,
which lad been entrusted to the more Vetern ten
erals were, except Harrison's overthrow oil Proc-
tor, failures. II had become clear that either the @
contest must be given up, or another kind ol
commanders must be found 1T was not that
these men were to old, but that they were poor
soldiers They had never known enough TO ne
made generals of; antl~now they were too OLD 10
liearn 1t is neither because q man. IS old or be
cause he is young, that you can make him safe
NV leader of armies. MATURE must have created
! him for it, and Art1have perfected the work
Nature made Jackson and'a 'laylof: but she a.
| lone could never have made.a master oil war ike
Scott. -,.-5 ..fL-., = fi. zl .alE,1 ~.
| AlithG conduct of this yonng officer made the
| Government. perceive, that in him they hdda man
for victories They had advanced HIM rapidly;
| and the more advanced, the more had he shown
q = r 1,n.l1a / TfA-
lnarkable III him, that matter what they have
set him about, warior peace, fighting or negotla-
ting. he has always doneit better thansany body
| else. ...,a' y :, !, =
He was now, III the winter OF ISIS, called tIi
Inv the President to Albany there to prepare all
| tile supplies for the next campaign, and, under
linstrrIeiions from him, to consult on and settle
with Gov. 4Tompkms certain important arrange
meIits political and iiilitary,, which have not YET
I.been divIIlgcd The business done, he was, on
Ithe 9th of March, 1914, promoted to the rank Of
Btigadier General and semi to the Niagara IRON
tier there to form at Buffalo, by discipline and IN
sttuction, as fast as they arrived, new amy, ann
mGat To act there ip the next calnpaigh; uaeL ee
iMniof General. Brown That officer Withdrew for
three months to Sacketts Harbor, in order to
lehye this important operation entirely to Scott
He went about it accordingly with all MS mlght.
We had heretofore used the old Engils' OF rataI
er PruSSon system OF tnctcs; Dut wlIH poor ufiit
ofcyer that: he at once adopted the lar more per-
fect Snoileril French oneAtliat which we now eln-
IiSv,nd -- placing the ,shoIeoamy in Camp of
instruction, huge practical military school, kept
them incessantly, for the next three months q2
men and officers, at learning the whole busi-
ness. of fighting. h1Fifst he taught the officers,
hand then they taughtsthe men, Both were thor
Otghly trained TO all the minor eEolutlonS. lllls
effectsd, he went on to tile higher movements, not
ofImefg squads and companies, battallions and
\ regiments, brigades or divisions, but made them
skillful inthe manGuvre ofwhole armies; and, IN a
t7vord. accustomed them to all the duties OF the
Goinn. the march, and the battlefield. He did his
work Work. Thoroughly i and stopped not until he knew
that we had now 0ne army tit to cope with the
best troops of Britain. He afreceiEed from Gen.
Thrown raw recruits, he gave them back 70 ~ hlnf
4 4 mere crowd, Ia mob with uniforms onG they
iieft him mn inxincbe host filed %ithmartal skill
sI,E1 80 fJance and snon, to sweep before them