Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-04
Grn. scntl nt Church.

q The admiration and veneration felt by
ths American people for the Hero of Chapul-
tspsc will be more tho less when they knew
that he is a regular attendant at church. TIE
Washington correspondent Of The Chicago
Tribune gives readable sketch of at
tending the same church with Gen. Scott last
sabbath, from which we extract the follow
ing: sss .sht
There was shown iniO,the pew with me &
man whose face had the repose Of fool one
minute,and the next the motion Of st. Vitns
dance He kept smuggling up 10 me TOO much
lOr my deyo1ons 10 DO lateral at all, and then
Thought be loved me so he meant to steal
my purse, which would have proved him
fool sure. / had finally 70 say, "Win you
please to sit along little, Sir2N as we two
were all in the pew, ana was in the corner
bat be gruffly said, 81 guess you will not be
crowded, and bndging about half a foot,
turned and asked me, "Would that dor The
scsmpl could have made hsave offering
of him over the top Of the pew-that is, II
he had not have been stouter than / was, as
I suspect he was. ] thought Of vacating
and taking the pew which looked invitingly
at me right opposite. Just then ! saw Wm,
q. Seward aud wife, his son and his vie,
come into a side door, and devoutly drop
their heads. This cooled me down a little;
and while turned to see who so many else
were turning TO see, 10, and behold there
was GESERAL SCOTT ] had never seen him,
No one told me il was he. But knew him,
as once knew Henry Clay In the same Kind
of an appearing to my vision in a church.
"There," said |, Ithat's Henry Clay, |
know" and SO said this time TO myself, for
/ would not SPEAK to nay unconscIousable
ceighbor, Hthat's Winfield Scott" Oh, Oh,
what a mani Did you ever see such
frame, such a port, such q lions head on
man, such an eye OF an old lion in il, fash
ing, uhdfmmed; such greatness, conscious Of
all but to himself. He came TO the very next
pew but one in front Of me, and kneeled
forward in prayer. There he hid his face for I
several moments IN, plain black hat then,
rising up, put his hat and gloves inside a
eolored stand, which he had fixed evidently
for himself The pew is about as large as
two Of those next to il, and yet was none
too commodious for such an Immense man.
His dress was a plain blue-black frock, which
he kept buttoned with one button his
pants were Of the same cloth; his vest,
black cloth; his collar, the old fashioned
stand up, which was held tight to his halt
shorn, full cheeks by military stock. BE
found his place readily, and read audioly,
making all the responses and rising at every
singing and doGology There were two or
three times when be iell back at the 6rst ef
fort 10 rise. He had no glasses, aRi seemed
70 need none, even when he must have read
every word, as for instance in the Psalter
But could see that bis handsome hand trem-
bled q little, showing that Solomon's beauti-
ful imagery is true of all the aged, where be
says, ''Ihe keepers Of the housedo trembleP
I sat and looked at the hand, and as it turn
ed the leaves to every lesson, | said to my
self What history has that hand how it
has grasped the reins of the war horse; how
It has brandished the sword; how &c has
pointed to action and 10 victory on Lundy's
Lane and Mexico; how it has new, for weeks
and months, been mapping out the plan of
the campaign, which is every day and night
becoming a victorious history. Let none
blame my thoughts for do not think wor-
shipped any the less deyoutly, but all the
more for having him before me. He quite
relieved me from nv thoughts Of my boorish
seaimate, and that was q geod deliyerance.
The sermon was by the chaplain OF the Tth
Regiment, and was not very complimentary
to one Judas, whose treachery he depicted;
; and as he rounded to in the peroratiOn be
said there was a treachery of our days which
was almost equally surprising and base; it
Was that of men who had seen the glory Of
/ this Republic, had lived under its protection
and flag, had shared Its honOrs, and as late
as possible, had drawn their salaries, but who
bad now, regardless Of all this, and their
oath, taken up arms against the best govern
ment that ever was known. In this strain
be continued some time, and at every pass
be made at the Judases, aud intimated that
they too should be hung, if they would not
like Judas 60 and hang themselves, the old
General nodded bis gray curls, and mag
ni6cent head, giving assentto to eyery. passage,
and almos rising up to catch up the truthful
and patriotic words.