New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-10-15

the e &citement of the moment, took off bis hat
and gave lusty cheer but Instantly afterward |
recollectiDg himself, and considering the udicrous
role he had been enacting il this somewhat farc |
cal performance, he assumed an indignantair and |
approaching Martin, who was holding the horse |
in great ttrepidation, said, Martin Scott, you |
and, unless you Instantly lead him back to the |
stable and give him good rubbing down, I'll re-
port you to your father, sir! :"
When young Scott arrived at the age of 16 he |
fell in love with young lady in neighboring |
village, and received her permission to pay his |
addresses; but his fathers opinions upon the sub
ject being somewhat austere and dictatorial, did
not accord with his own, and compelled him to |
conduct his courtship in a clandestne manner. |
Hewas in the habit of waiting until his father
went to bed, when he wouldstake horse from the
stable, pay visit to his }lady-loye, and return
home before daylight. AfterOne, Of these weekly |
visits, he had Just put up his horse in the stable,
and had made some little noise in doing So which
awakened his father, who ran out toward the |
stable, thinking that some person was attempting
to steal bis horse. Martin saw him approaching,d
and unable to elude his observation, ran into a |
courthouse near by and ascended a ladder, into q
loft, with the old man close upon his heels
1t was dark at this time and he hid himself in
one corner of the loft; bat his father groped
around until he was satisfied that the next instant
he would be in his grasp, and he saw but one
method OF escaping detection, which he instantly
resorted to. He leapedupon the poor old man
and gave him bloW which knocked him down,
ana thus secured an opportunity to make his es-
cape to the house.
The old man soon recovered himself however
and called out, ttMartin! Martini come here quick
there are robbers about, and one Of them has
knocked me down" Martin turned, and running
back to the courthouse, aided his father for CON
siderable time in searching for the supposed rob-
bers.
During the winter of 1856, while Gen. Taylor's
army occupied Corpus Christi, Col. Garland Capts.
Scott, Mccall and myself, went about hundred
miles the NUeeeS a. hUOtiuU Ryna6itinu
Our hunt, after we reached the ground lasted four
days, and the result was we bagged tHenty.seven
deer, seventy three wild turkeys, four tiger-cats.
besides quite a number of geese and ducks and
of these Capt. Mccall and yself killed the greater
part. Capt, Scott only killed one deer and a few
turkeys.
j soon perceived that he considered his reputa-
ton as somewhat damaged by these dsparaging
results, and, as we were returning to Corpus
Christi, he remarked to me that it might be Just
as well not to mention to the officers at camp
which one of US hagged the greatestamon Of
game, as this would not probably please the other
two gentlemen. replied that it tewould be ex-
ceedngly unbecoming inme TO boast of my own
exploits, therefore Ishould of course, say nothing
upon the subject. ts W ~ --[.
On our arrival at the encampment with the ex.
traordinary quantity of game, the officers collected
around us and manifested great desire to ascer-
tain which of the four had excelled in the hunt.
made an evasIve answer, stating that we had not
been particular about keeping accurate account,
btlt llAClC pfOuHUly H1Hef6QCG.
The question was then put to Captain Scott, who,
after my generous reply, thought he must say
something magnanimous in return, and he an
swered that he was net altogether certain as to
which had bagged the most game, but of one
thing he was sure and that was that he had seen
a great many deer hunters in his day, but that he
had never met with one who could crawl, and
sneak, and squirm up to deer like Marcy. I APP
| pfeciated the motive which dictated the remark
fully, but at the same time | regarded the in
tended compliment as somewhat equiyocal in its
import. -.e'FE q.
i The captain was not upon all other occasions as
magnanimous as he might have been toward
| those who attempted to come in competition with
him as marksmeh or hunters. While at Green
Bay, in 1888, | had procured a. rifle pistol which
description of arm had only been in use a sh6rt
time then, and Captain Scott having never before
/ seen one, was lncreduous inregard TO my asser-
tion as to its performances The barrel of this
| pistol was about, twelve inches in length, and
would throw ball fifty yards with as much accu-
Iracy as rife, Scott did not believe it, however
and often Dantered nae to give specimen of its
powers; but, not feeling disposed to subject my
self to the Tidicue of this celebrated sportsman by
incurrng the risk of making possible failure in
\ the presence OF spectators, declined, until one
| day he proposed that we should 20 out alone and
| try it, to which proposition I{assented. In order
to fully appreciate the sequel of target exeur-
4 sion, it must be remembered that the captain was
exec edingly economical, and estimated dollar at
\ its full value. He had that morning treated him
self to new high-priced pocketknife, with
which he cut out piece of paper about
4 four inches square and fastened it to a
Isboard by sticking his knife directly through the
/ center of it. made shot standing about fifty
yards distant. and struck the lower part of the
4 paper! He expressed astonishment at the preeis
ion OF the shot, but gave it as his opinion that il
Il was accidental, and doubted if it could be done
again l assured him it was by no means the re-
suit of chance, and that, in all probability,
should make better shot the next time; indeed
! added that he must not be surprised if | struck
his new knife, (onIy the end of the handle
! was exposed.) He replied "Never mind the
knife; don't let that give you the slightest unea-
siness, sir; go ahead and make your shot I'll be
responsible for the knife" Whereupon / raised
the pistol and fired again, and at the same instant
the paper fell to the ground. Upon examination
of the handle, and split it into at least dozen
Ipieces. Scott made no comments, but, looking
daggers at me, abruptly turned and walked off to
his quarters, and it was some days before he re-
tcelved me into favor again. 80
| With the exception of the money he expended
j in horses, dogs and guns, which were always of
the very best description, Captain Scott, as | re-
marked before, was very economical in his own
personal expenses; he, however, did a great deal
toward supporting several members of his family
who were not very well to do in the world and
| contributed literally toward this worthy object
during his whole life. Upon one occasion, after
he had been absent in the far West for quite a
number of years, and had accumulated Consid-
cradle sum of money, he obtained a furlough for
the purpose of revisting his friends in .Benning-
1 ton. He had'eft there poor farmers boy, and
he resolved to make respectable appearance on
/ his return. He owned two of the finest horses
1 that have ever seen, and negro boy, for whom
he paid five dollars pound, and whom he subse-
| quently set free. t-,-r ~, =..-
Captain Scott was seated in a beautiful new
I gig, drawn by his magnificent white horse, fol.
\ lowed by Jack dressed in livery as an outrider
and mounted upon his thoroughbred horse Dandy
4 and the rear of the eortege was brought up, by
some twenty Sfull-blooded dogs of various breeds
and descriptions. In this order he drove through
the quiet streets of Bennington and halted at the
village inn, where a great crowd of inquisitiye
citizens were soon assembled, all manifesting the
keenest anxiety to learn the name of this distin
I-guished stranger. No one, however, recognized
him as he entered the house and took his seat BY
| the window. He did not remain long before he
saw his brother passing with q yoke of oxen
whereupon he went out and accosted him. saying
+" You have very fine pair of oxen there, sir
do they belong to you?'' His brother, not reeog
7 nizing him, answered that they were. very GOOD
4 cattle, but belonged to one OF mis- neighbors and
that he was not able to purchase them. ~
The captain then inquired what they could be
had for, and when his brother mentioned the sum
he took out his purse and handed him the amount
saying that he liked his. appearance so much thai
he would make him present of the oxen. This
most extraordinary fberality astonshed his bro
ther, who could hardly believe it possible that
man should show such munificence to stranger
He however, took the money. and exnrnsse6 his