New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-03

ing apparatus has heavy cathedral tone. and does
t To i. seem to bother even lawyers who are used
Alderman John wirth. Republican leader of the
ANlIh Assembly District, is telling a story that
he says is favorite with a lawyer friend of his
who is Southern by birth. 1t is about Lieutenant
General Winfield Scott. who established such a
brilliant record in the Mexican War, was criti-
csed for his handling Of the federal troops in the
early days of the Civil War which resulted in the
disastrous defeat OF Bull Run.
General Scott was a Southerner. and his army
IN the Mexican War was composed of Southern
troops, says the lawyer. He made brilliant
move against the City OF Mexico, and captured IL
after the Battle OF Chapultepec with eleven thou
sand men. When. at the opening of the Civil War
he, as commander in chief Of the United States
Army, made the move against Richmond which
ended by the repulse of the Northern troops at
Bun Run, he called sharply to account by
tresiaent Lincoln He was asked why If he could
could not capture Richmond with many more than
that His reply was: Well. President Lincoln. you
the advance on the City Of Mexico b mi5h aga e
me in the operations against Richmond II"
However true this may be- measured by the his
torical facts is still credtable to the chvalrous
ioyaity o. the Southerner to the men from his
Petersburg, Va. in l7s6, and married a Miss Mayo
captain of artillery and in I841 became COMMANDER
IN chief of the military forces Of the United States
HIS fame viii always rest largely his success in
The Mexican War When the Civil War broke out
sm %s aTa sI We Years old and old age and in
any mistakes he may have made then The battle
of Bull Run July 2. 1861, and in October of
tho same year. he retired and went abroad.
Several wags among gang of about twenty line
Of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company had
barrels" Of fun with their companions in the
early morning hours about week ago. They had
been sent to repair and rearrange bundle OF feed
wires that in the way Of the subway con-
tractors at Flatbush and Third ayes They got
there by mistake at 2 a. m. before the engineers
told IL in+il
o'clock. So. after the manner of railroad men,
they promptly distributed themselves around the
vicinity and went TO sleep. More than a dozen Of
them were stretched out at full length in all sorts
OF impossible places One curled up on a huge
timber on top Of the bulkhead of the subway his
feet mixed up in a bunch of wires. Another Just
balanced himself on the top Of a toolbox in one
Of the repair wagons. while still another climbed
into bundle Of ladders another wagon. The
narrow window ledge OF a shop revealed the RUSTY
uniform OF lineman fast asleep. The others were
stretched out In other places. About o'clock sew
eral OF the men, who were unable to sleep and
envled their fellows, looking around for amuse-
lnent, decided TO have a laugh them. So they
got ropes and wires and tape. and. going around
couch. Early morning passengers the passing
cars witnessed the strange sight of dozen minia-
1ure Gullivers stretched out and helpless. A few
minutes later there was more interesting sight
when the Jokers went from man, waking
him ur and then retreating to a safe distance TO
witness his frantic struggles to free himself The
who had been tied on top of the bulkhead
managed to break the heavy rope around his arms
and legs, IL IL had been Irvine, and narrowly
escaped falling forty feet to the bottom the
way. Not one of those who had been the victims
spectator told that such pranks in their leisure
hours were not uncommon among the lnemen.