Smyrna times., 1866-06-06


walt Tor rentorcements until Aug. 7. when. the
troops having been well drilled and order res.
tored IN the conquered Provinces by the ricor-
Gus enforcement of code of laws deducpd from
the articles OF war and the general criminal iur-
lsprudence Of the United States. he resnmod
his march, and on the 10th reached Novico
Santa Anna had not been idle. The citv was
strongly placed and had been carefully fnrti6ed
COncealing his movements by demonstration
from the eastern side of the city, Scott trans
terred his army suddenly to the south of il. and
carried the convent, church, and tete de DDnt
OF ChurubuscO and the intrenched camp of
Contreras, held by Gen Valencia with 1000
picked men, beside a reserve of l2,OOO under
santa Anna. The city might now have been
taken, but 1t was deemed best to negOtiatc.
and an armIstlce was granted, but without any
goou result At the beginning of September,
operations were resumed on the S w. side of
the cry. l he wooded nights of Chapultepcc.
with the Melmo del Rey and the Casa Nata.
were St0rmGd by WORTH 0uitman and Pillow
September l3, and the same NIGHT the Sam
CoSme and Belen gates We're carried after he
roic fighting. The cxtmorning the American
army entered the city in triumph. and the wan.
was virtually at an end. The treaty of (iaud-
alupc HldalgO was signed March I'd, IS4S. and
the troops soon after evacuated the capital
having won the esteem of the citizens bv their
strict discipline and orderly conduct
ten. Scott, OF course, received succession
OF popular 0VatlonS on his return to the Uni
ted States, and the two Houses of Congress
presented him with joint resolution oftbanks
motion was repeatedly introduced to confer
upon him the brevet rank of Leutenant-G,en-
era, but the opposition of Mr. Jefferson Davis
defeated 1t, and the General did not receive
this merlted recognition of his services until
lS55. His conduct in Mexico had also been
criticized, and he was forced at the very hour
OF his great victory to undergo the notification
OF court Of inquiry, which fully exonerated
MN; alter long investigation. He was
candidate for nomination in the Wing Presi-
dental Convention in lS4S, but Gen. Taylor
was preferred to him. He was nominated by
the Wing party in 1852, and received 1885,
oSO votes against ,GOl pa for the successful
candidate, Gen. Pierce, though he carried only
four States-M Massachusetts Vermont. Ken.
lucky and Tennessee. In 1889 he was ordered
to our extreme Northwestern frontier. to SET
tie disputed question of boundary with the
British authorities of Vancouver Island.
The outbreak of the Rebellion found Gen
Scott still at the head OF the Army, but infrm
III health and no longer capable of directing an
active campaign. But he was frequently in
consultation with the Cabinet and military au
thorltles at Washington As early as October.
1860, he had urged President Buchanan to
garrison the Southern forts, and he repeatedly
begged leave to send such toops as he could
reach to Charleston, Pensacola, and Mobile
harborS. Our readers will remember the CON
troversy on these matters which took place
between him and ex-President Buchanan
some time atterward. On the Sd of March
1861, he addressed to Mr. Seward note Of
advice, IN which he urged him, as the proba-
bic chlet member Of the new Cabinet, to throw
oil the old designation of Republicans and as
sume that OF Union party to adopt the Crit
tenden Compromise, and to collect the import
duties outside the ports Of which the Govern
ment had lost the command, or else to block
ade them. lie wanted no war in any case.
and concluded with these words: 8 Say to the
seeded States Wayward sisters, depart in
peace.
On the 3lst of October, 1861, having been
cripple and unable to walk without assistance
for three years, he retired from the army,
President Lincoln and all the Members of the
Cabinet waiting upon him to bid him farewell
by special act of Congress he retained his full
pay and allowances. He sailed for Europe in
November, IN search of health, but the threat
enlng nature Of our relations with Great Bri-
tam, arising ont of the seizure of Mason and
Slldell, induced him to hasten home for the
purpose of using his influence with the Admin
lstratlon IN the cause Of peace, The next two
or three years, he devoted to the preparation
OF an autobiography, which was published in
New York in 1864.
Though defeated candidate for the Presi-
dency, Gen. Scott had no claim to be consider
ed a statesman, or even politician. He ow-
ed such political prominence as he attained
entirely TO his military successes. He was an
old Whig, according to his own showing,
though he had holy hatred of AbolitiOnists,
and with all his sterling patriotism he had no
sympathy with the Republican party. In the
election of 1860 he sided with the Bell and
Everett faction.
The General was magnificent man physi-
cally, OF almost gigantic stature, powerful and
well prOpOrtlOned frame, and dignifed aspect.
His stately manners inclined now and then to-
ward pOmpOslty, and his acknowledged great
ness In his own profession made him often in
tolerant; but he was universally respected for
his sterling virtues no less than for his public
services. lie spoke his mind SO freely about
people he disliked that he had enemies every
where, but private feuds will never be able to
displace him from the exalted position he holds
in the respect and gratitute of the American
people.
Gen. Scott was married in 1916 to Miss Ma
rim Mayo of Richmond, Va, who died in Rome
IN 1862. There were seven children by this
marriage, Ofwhom three daughters, we believe,
are still living.-N y Tribune.
According to the Berlin papers, Hungarian