Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1866-06-07

The hiehts Of Verro Gnrdo, where Santa
Anna bad thrown bis army scros. the
Americans path. were stormed with mag.
nfcent gsllartry on the 18th; Jalana was
taken on the l9ih, Porote nm the 22d. and
Puebs on Nav Is. Here Gen. Scott was
compelled To halt, and wait for reinforce
ments until August 7, when. the troops
having been we'll drilled and order restored
/ in the conquered Provinces by the rigorous
/ enforcement OF n code oi laws deduced from
/ the articles Of war and ihe general criminal
jurisprtdence OF the United States. he
resumed his msrch. and on the 10Th reached
Mexico. SAINTS Anna had not been idle
/ The city vas strongly placed and had been
! carefully fortified. Conccaling his move.
ments bv administration from the eastern
side Of 'hs city. Scott transferred his army
/ suddenly 10 the south Of it. end carried the
convent. church, and tete de pint Of Churu.
! hnSco ard the entrenched camp Of Contre-
4 raz, held by Gen Valencia with 1000 pikccd
/ men, beside a reserve of 2. 900 under Santa
Z Anna. The ctv might now have been taken.
! hut il was deemed best to Dcgotisfe, and
sn armisriee was granted. bui without any
good result. At the beginning Of Septem.
! her. operations we've resumed on the s. w.
side Of the city The wooded nights Of
The Casa Mats, we're stormed by Worth,
Quitmsn, snd Pillow September IL, sad
the same nRht the San Como and Btln
gates Were carr;e1 afer he oic &. hiug. The
next morning the Americ III army entered
the cityin triumph aud the war wac virtu-
ely at an end The treaty Guadalupe
Hdalgo was signed Morch 2. lS48. and d Q
troops soon afterward evacuated the capital,
having won the esteem of the citizens by
their strict disipline and orderly conduct.
Gen Scott, Of course. received succession
OF pnpusrovatious on his return iothe Uni
ted Stsies. and the two Houses of Congress
presented him. with a joint resolution Of
thanks. A motion was repeatedly introduced
teconfer upon him the brevet rank ofLieut.
General. hut the opposition Of Jefferson
Davis defeated it. and the General did
not receive this neritAd recognition of his
services until 1855 His conduct in Mexico
had also heen criticised and he was forced at
the very hour of his great victory to undergo
the modification Of court of inquiry,
which fully exonerated him, after long
investigation. He was = candidate for
nomination in the Wing Presidential Con.
ventinn in lS4S, Int Gen. TAYLOR was pre-.
ferred to him He was nominated nv the
Whig party in 1852, and received 1856, $50
votes. against !, ,60l 2s4 for the successful
candidate, Gen. Pierce, though he carried
only four Ststes-M ts.achusetts. Fermost,
Kentucky, and Tennessee In 1859 he was
ordered to our exteme North Western from.
tier, to settle disputed question of hnun-
Diary with the British authorities Of Van
conver's Island.
The outbreak Of the Rebellion found Gen.
Scott still at the head Of the Army. but
infirm in health and no longer capable OF
| directing an active campaign. But he was
frequently in consultation with the Cabinet
and military authorities at Washington -
As early &c October, 1860, he had urged
President Buchanan TO garrison the South
ern forts. and he repeatedly begged leave to
send such troops as be could reach to
Charleston, Pensacola and Mobile hsrbors.
Onr readers will remember the controversy
on these matters which took place between
him end ex-President Buchanan some time
afterward. On the 81 OF March. 1861, he
addressed to Mr.. Seward motto of advice,
in which he urged him. as the probable
chief memb'r of the new Cabinet. to throw
off the cd designation of Republicans and
assume that of the Union party; to adopt
the Crittenden Compromise, and to collect
the important duties outside the ports of
which the Government had lost the com-
mand, OF else to blockade them. He want
ed no war 10 any case, and concluded with
these words Say to the seeded States
-'Wayward sisters, depar, in peace.
On the 3lst of October, 1861, having been
cripple and unable to walk without assist,
army, President Lincoln and all the Mem
bers Of the Cabinet waiting upon him to bid
him farewell Bv special act of Congress
he retained his full pay and allowances.
He sailed for Europe in November, in
search OF health, bu the threatening nature
of our relations with Great B itaiD arriving
out Of the seizure Of Mason and Slidell,
induced him to hasten home for the purpose
Of using his influence with TIE Administra-
tion in the cause of peace. The next two
or three years he duvotod to the preparation
of an autobiography. which Was published
in New York in 1864.
Though defeated candidate for the
Presidency, Gen. Scott had no claim to he
considered statesman, or even politician.
He owed such political prominence as he
attained entirely to his military successes
he was an 'old Wbiq." according to his
own showing. though he had holy hatred
of Abolitionists. and with all his sterling
patriotism he bad no sympathy with the
Republican party. In the election Of 1890
he sided with the Beil and Everett faction
The General was a magnificent man
! physically, of almost gigantic stature, pow
erful and well proportioned frame, and dig
nified aspect. His stately manners inclined
now and then toward pnmposity, and his
Acknowledged greatness in his own profes.
sion made him often intolerant but he was
universally respected for his sterling virtu rs
no less than for his public services. He
spoke his mind SO freely about people he
dislik ed that be had enemies everywhere,
but private feuds will never be able to dis
place him from the exalted position he
holds in the respect aud gratitude OF the
American people.
Gen Scott was married in 1916 to Miss
Maria Mayo nf Richmond, Va, who died
in Rome in 1852. There we're seven chill.
dreH by this marriage, of whom three
daughters, we believe, are still living.
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