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if I 1: r 1 ft i I J I H . IFwtm th . KennT " f l - .1 ' rromtomptinying eorre neral fiERCE, Tho livtiB of ma'ffii?11 fen to high sta- . ilnn bv the mere arts P?!? '3rity, and who have really never done anything worthy of re membrance, ate jeasily told. A single page of History iaj moe than they can claim. t At most, itsould oily sayiof them that they lived, and that they enjoyed great offices. But when a man' tiasl really j performed many r markable, and even splendid actions, it become! i very diffi cult to relate hisUifc within so small1 a space as il nVinnt tn tnfco. It can. of course, only bo j done by passing! very slightly over the smaller k I or less necessary tacts ot tne story, anu uweiits n rrronter and more intereStr fn o-ntiPR. ; This lis the manner in which I will, J endeavor to writp a short lie of the great Ameri can Commanded (tor those wno nave ma tot read one as long as it ought to be. To write itlotherwise than simply and faithfully, there is nh temptation ; ifor fhe magnitude of a great pirtof the events isisuch as to require no em bellishment, and their notoriety forbids all mis representation. i j HIS PARESTACE AND EDiCATION. IWinfield Scotjt wag bom on the small planta tion of his father William Scott, near Peters burg, Virginia, Jon the 13jth of June, 1786, the vear before the formation of our Constitution. ; He was the younger of two sons, and had three sisters. His grandfather was a Scotch gentle man, who had jtaken part in the. rebellion of 174o, and fought against the King. Forced to fly his country, he took refuge in Virginia; f where he became a lawyer. Dying early, he 'transmitted to! his crandson probably a larger ;, amount of hatred to British Kings than of pro-. ' pcrty. llis soji'became a farmer, and married ' Ann Mason, ajyoung lady of better family than ! -fortune, but of. great virtues and sense quali ties for 12iflt;he-s66n came to have great oc- pas i on fur he husband died voun. leaving ner ' - the sole guardian, of five children, and an estate which only a high degree of prudence could ren i W sufficient for their suonort and education. The lexeeilehtj lady, however, discharged tho : difficult task admirably. To do so required great industry,! frugality, and orderliness ; and to the constant, j lessojn of these (yet not without the still higher onfes of Religion, and' of a love of honor and knowledge) young Scott was bred up ; no nursling off ease and indulgence, but the hardy child of jdifficulty and fortitude, llisown exertions seconding! his mother's management, a good education was obtained for him ; and, finally, selecting his grandfather's as his profes sion; he attended a course of law lectures at William and ilary College ; after which he en tered a lawyer's office, and in 1806 was admit ted to the barl For a year afterwards he rode the circuit, ; In the taoan time he had lost his mother. ' . I ' " I j DOW UK BECOMES A SOLDIER. ; 1 In the suminer of 1807 occurred the wanton attack of the British frigate Leopard upon our unprepared ship, th6 Chesapeake, and the sei xure ndi impressment of several of 'the latter's crow as English subject. This outrage excited a violent "public resentment throughout ' our country. Yoang Scott shared in it most ardent ly, and, a wai seeming to be on the point of breaking out at once,' joined a volunteer troop of horse raised! in Petersburg to defend our coast, and inarched iwith them down to the shore of Lynnhaven Bay, where for awhile thev took up their station in expectation of a British invasion. p either our Uovernment nor the lsritish had yet made up its ihind ; this little cloud of war soon fclew over ; and our volunteers were called home Again ; but even this short and bloodless expe dition had probably been enough to rouse in our young hero the native passion lor arms, and to decide his future career. Every thing, however, looking peaceful once more, he returned for a time to llis practice, liut our dimcultics with tho pretended "Queen ; of, the Seas" speedily again thickened. Mr. Jetterson tried in vain the weak fenlediea of an Embargo and a Non- ' intercourse act ; It' became clear that a sure enoupch war could not be much longer avoided : J an army, therefore, wa3 to be raised, and, a bill for this purpose being brought forward in Con gress at the close ofJjjjL-enr 1807, Soott applied for a eonuaission. Ef bill was passed. m th April following, and oil May tho great soldier that was to be was appointed by President Jef ferson a captain of light artillery. During the rest of 1808ihe was employed on the recruiting service and; in the study of his new profession. QUARREL WITH GEN. WILKINSON ITS COXSEQCEN- r - A ; CES. In 1809 ie was ordered to Louisiana, and 1 placed for 4 time tinker the command of Gen Vvilkinson an officer on whom, in common with many others of his countrymen, he looked as an accomplice of Burr's conspiracy, and afterwards as turning informer against his associates. Thinking bo ill of his commander, he declined all offers df his favor, and even made ,no secret of his bald opinion of him. This coming to Wilkinson's ears, he became bitterly the young soldier's ejnemy, and watched the ppportunity for rcvenire. About this time he was removed fronj the command there, and Gen. Wade Hamp ton appointed in his place. Upon this Scott, spoke of him openly as "a traitor," as indeed he legally mjight ; for tho " Rules and Articles of ar" onlv forbid disrespectful laneruace or be havior towards one's commanding officer, not alb one's superiors at a distance. Seizing upon this pretext, and that of his having, while acting, without Experience, as paymaster 0 the com pany he recruited, withheld for some two months about fifty dollars in all of pay money to cover tome of their debts to a sutler, for which he had Tendered himself liable, Wilkinson brought Scott to prial before a court-martial, in tho hope of procuring his dismissal from the army. The court acquitted Scott of all tha charges of "un i gentlemanly conduct" and of all fraudulent in , i tention, jbut convieted him of "unofficerlike con- y-V; r .,; . i 11 'ill 11 ,i auct iniwopoiuis: uri, in wimnoiaing tuo fifty dollars, as above explained ; and, secondly, in naving saiu at a. imiuuu: uiuih mai iurr ana Wilkinsion were the only traitors he had ever troops, or the ability of cither to withstand the experience of British generals and the discipline of British armies. Under such a feeling victory 'grows scarcely possible, and the war must have been little but a succession of disgraces, if a daring; voune, soldier had hot speedily come for ward to break on land, as .Hull did at sea, the spell of England's supposed superiority. SCOTT IS PROMOTED U1S FIRST SHOT AT THE EX EOT. The rapid professional attainments of Scott and his high qualities for the soldier had now been perceived. He was in July, 1812, promo ted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the second re giment of artillery,, and sent to Black Rock, there to protecf, with the two companies of TOwson and Barker, its little navy yard. While he lay there, oh the . 9th of October, his assis tance was asked by Lieut. Elliott, of the navy," towards capturing two British armed brigs, (the Adams and the Caledonia) which were moored under the guns of Fort Erie, almost opposite. He at once sent Capt. Towson and a part of his company ; getting ready meantime to give his help, if necessary, from the shore. The attempt was gallant and successful ; the brigs were cap tured ; but in carrying them off, one of them (the Adamsl drifted ashore upon .Squaw Island, where, the batteries of the fort commanding her, Elliott took to his boats again and abandoned her.. The enemy now sent armed boats to re cover her ; but she lay within the reach of Scott's guns as well as the fort's, and he drove back their boats as the fort had driven off Elliott. The contest, who should finally bear her off, was quite sharp, and tried very well the artillery practice on either side. At last, however, Scott's ardor and skill prevailed ; he recovered the brig, and held her until by the orders of Gen. Smythe (afterwards noted for his procla mations and his discoveries in the Apocalypse) she was burnt. BRAVE LITTLE BATTLE OF QUEENSTOWX HEIGHTS. This exploit roused to such a degree the force of militia, about 2,500 strong, which lay below at Lewistown, under Gen. Stephen ,Van Rens selear, with about 450 regulars, that they de manded to be led at once across into Canada, where, indeed, there was not then within reach a British force more than half as large to make head against them. On the, other hand, there was no motive but that of hon r for such an in vasion ; for the Government bad made po pre parations for any such movement ; and it would, necessarily, have soon been cut off, if itj advan ced, or driven back, if it did not. . Besides, not even the easy preparation of boats enoiigh for carrying over a thousand men at a tiine had been made. But Van Rensselaer's nieii threat ened to leavo him if he did not send a force across ; and he jyielded. The plan adopted was to cross to Queenstown, with two columns of about -three hundred men each, to carry by storm the batteries on the Heights ; and a lodg ment for invasion" being thus made, to hold on there untitone 'could be got ready. When, on the 12th, the news of what was intended reach ed Scott at Black Rock, he forthwith hastened to the scene of action, foreseeing well that there would be need of him ; and offered himself and his artillery. But tho arrangements were al ready made, and all that he could obtain was leave- to bring dow his corps and to act after wards according to circumstances, lie accord ingly came to Lewistown the next morning, and took up a position from which his guns could nous as i- 1 v. n kerned the horn ! then Lewis, then Boyd, aid'on Wflkinaon. most triumphs It redflen ied t , te attemp ed , V 01 ;isco m s -w- j.a.n v; i. Hi i iri tin lmio uut uusc iniuv n .t lacKriii'ii. istfi ill 2:' or of our arms ; showed, as dcok 57 ' fho hht .f foranins ; t that Americans need turn their paeKs " - , " " '"S Scott. fteV J - .1 . J 1. . I i . . itaolT TIlH.li I 111U'U ; -v v. i nnnr that bravest ot al " Sir. vou have ; and this out par- week. For every nanu. .i""". 'n . nTO : mui of nrovender that he 20t he had to ngnt. seamen, soon after said to cou, on, - - . r m- u bale9 dld he have in led the way to victory. . ; this way, .with an enemy always on the watch IRISH PRISOXERS ABOUT TO BE EXECL1" measarCS were always 80 Weil prevents it. j . !l taken that he never faileu to be snccessfoL In The capture among ouriroops of a number ot !' truthj hovf. coul(1 it havei been otherwise r lie naturalized citizens, about sixty, whom their fea-; w&a not bom to e at, either in great battles tures or tongue betrayed to be of Irish birth, j or smau jn juiy e h&& the honor to be ap led. uDOn this occasion, to a British claim to . j.f.jn.pj t aouble resriment, or, we may say, deal with such prisoners as not entitled to the tQ be made the coione 0f two regiments at once ; j laws of war, but punishable as traitors to their . u ne ifa his Adjutant-General- j King, ine wnoie uouy 01 uuu ku -- snip. in Septeailter, an expeaiuou agamsi sent aown wun ocoic uy water mj i ijnffton llei"hts. where t&e enemy was rejiuucu to nave a large ueposuc 01 miuim, awico, planned : and its execution was given to Scott, lie accordingly embarked on the little fleet of Chauucey, and paid a military visit to the heights but found nobody at home there to re ceive him. The stores, too, had disappeared, as RALEIGH REGISTER "Ours' are the plaits of fair, delightful peace ; Uhwarpcd by party rage, to live like brothers." RALEIGH, N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 1, 1852. There they were taken out of the vessel, to be shipped tor lioston on anotner, unuer uariei, with a view to their being exchanged. WhGn this shipment began, Scott soon perceived that they were selecting and meant to detain the I rishmen. lie ' instantly interfered, and denied their right to make any difference between one American citizen and another. The officers haughtily told him he was a prisoner himself, and that they were hot going to be governed by him. He was not a man, however, to give up his fellow-citizens, nor to be silenced in this manner; and when they again began to Select, he peremp torily ordered his men not to answer any fur ther questions. . At this the Englishmen grew exasperated, and ordered him to go below deck. But, though their prisoner, they could not in timidate nor manage him. A high quarrel en sued ; but he would not yield an inch, declaring to them resolutely that the life of an English prisoner should answer for that of every Irish man they detained. And he kept his word; for. although thev kept and shipped off to England I for trial the twenty-three sons of the Green Isle that they had already picked out, they could, from his making them keep silent, pitch upon no more ; while he, as oon as he got to Wash ington, after being exchanged, reported the mat tor to the President, and brought about the pas sage of a law for retaliating pon English pris oners any punishmeut inflicted on thoso taken from us under pretence of their being native born, and therefore perpetual subjects of Great Britain. Nor was it long before Scot himself took a plenty of captives : nor did he fail to set aside at once, as he had pledged himself to do, a number as hostages for the safety of his Queenstown comrades. The consequence was that none of them were hurt; that they were all, except two who had died, sent back to their a dopted country together after the peace of 1815 : and that; by tne particular care of Scott, (then risen to the highest rank,) their back-pay and hountv lands were secured to them, liv a sin gular accident, too, just when they were landing ;in New York, he chanced to be passing the wharf.jand recognised them, as they did him. Great maybe supposed was the joy of that "meet ing on iboth sides, and strongly was it expressed by the) warm-hearted Hibernians ; for Irishmen seldom forget their friends. But we must re turn tb our story. SCOTT 4ENT BACK AS ADJfTANT GENERAL TO DEAR BORN'S ABUT. much as the men. To ! take their -revenge tor the disappointment, Scott and Chauucey deter mined to look in upon the enemy at York. So they sailed thither and made a good landing, marines and soldiers, under Scott's command. Here they made themselves amends for what was not at Burlington ; . large deposits of cloth ing, provisions, and other military stores, with several pieces of cannon and eleven armed boats, were taken ; and the barracks and public store houses were destroyed after which, better sat isfied, our squadron returned to Niagara. Wilkinson's descent towards Montreal. Meantime, a movement under Gen. Wilkinson had been devised, which, if boldly carried for ward to the last, would have almost entirely cut -the communication between Upper and Lower Canada, and iriven os permanent possession ot the former. We commanded Lake Ontario and held both sides he Niagara. Our force there was strong; w&iad, then, only to transport it under convoy of"tki6uncev's fleet, to the outlet of Lake Ontario, and descend the St. Lawrence in boats, in order to reach Montreal. The pas sage down the river was not sufficiently guarded by forts or troops, and Montreal had a garrison, when Wilkinson abandoned the undertaking, of but COO men. Success, therefore, was certain . - . ...... - eral Jlampton was to have joined mm, trom Chateaugue, in New York, with a strong divis ion. This junction Hampton, from a fear of falling short of supplies, failed to make, where upon Wilkinson, though already tar advanced on his enterprise and clearly within reach of its accomplishment, gave it up, and made his way back jto French Mills. Up to the moment of this unsoldierly decision, the expedition had gone forward almost without a check. Scott, though at first left behind to' guard his late prize,; Fort George, and erect for it bettor j delencc:5, had been allowed, upon the enemy s (withdrawing from that quarter, to leave Fort j George to General MeClure, and to hasten after I the expedition, which he overtook atOgdensburg. ! He immediately sought and obtained the pest of honor hthe command of the advance guard of REPUBLICAN, WHIG TICKET. FOR PRESENT, GEN. WINFIELD SCOTT, OF NEW JERSEY. FOR VICE PRESIDENT, WILLIAM A. GRAHAM, OF NORTH CAROLINA. ELECTION 0U TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd. Jtepublican Whig Electoral Ticket, For the State at Large, HENRY W. MILLER, OF WAKE. 1st. District, GEO. W. BAXTER, 2d. do. 3d. - do. RALPH GORRELL, 4th. do. 5th. do. HENRY K. NASH, Gth. do. M. W. RANSOM, 7th. do. JNO. WINSLOW, 8th. do. . 9th. do. DAVID A. BARNES. " I HAVE SERVED THE UNION FOR F0RTV ODD YEARS, AND FEEL MYSELF A CITIZEN OF EVERY PART j OF IT ; AND WHATEVER OF LIFE AND STRENGTH I i MAY HAVE SHALL BE DEVOTED TO; ITS PRESERVA- rios. "Winfield Scott. "I shall neither countenance iur tolerate any sedition, disorder, faction, or resistance to the Imws of the Union, on any pretext in any part of the land." Gen. Scott's letter of acceptance. 11 1 have been asked if I liked this Fugitive Slave Law: I answered Xo, I LOATHED IT. I HAVE A MOST REVOLTING FEELING AT THE GIV ING UP OF A SLAVE THE LAW IS OPPOSED TO HUMANITY." (ten. 1852. Pierce, 2nd Janua- best play upon the enemy's batteries and cover our landing. And now the two divisions of at tack moved off, in only eight boats. Col. Solo mon Van Rensselaer led the way ; Col. Chrystie followed, with the second division. The former succeeded in landing a part of his men ; the latter's boats were swept down by the current ; a portion of tho men falling into the enemy's power, while the rest were driven back. Among the latter was their brave commander wourided ; who, however, crossed yet again with some re inforcements, and bore his part in tho fight. Meantime, those who landed with Van Rensse laer formed and advanced under a murderous cannonade from the heights. Beneath it the Colonel and all his officers fell, wounded or killed. Happily, others were landed in time to take their places and to lead on a very gallant assault upon the mid-way battery and that of the summit. Both these were carried in quick succession, and their routed defenders forced to t&ko refuge in a strong stone house near; the water's edge. Here .they were reinforced by Gov. Brock, in person, who had now arrived. That gallant and beloved officer soon after wards fell, with his secretary, Col. McDonald, in leading back his men to rctako The campaign oi iclo nadjust been opene by the! taking of lork, when Scott arrived on the Niagara frontier, in May, as the chief of the staff tc Gen. Dearborn. Ihis important post re quires' the skill to organize and direct all the detail and all supplies and materials of war for whatever operations the commander-in-chief may have decided upon. His adjutant general should be his right hand ; tor upon that otheer the armyj leading the way to every danger, ev t erv point of resistant' that was to be overcome, i I and doing it alwaj aSko with daring, with pru- j Session, 25th Congress, page 54 says U ! . " , I T . , 11.1 i. Again. Gen. rierce, in speech made by him while in the United States Senate See Globe, 2nd i dence. and with success. In this manner lie i passed, in the largest and leading boat, the se vere fire of the strong British fort Wellington ; engaged and muted, at Hooppole Creek, the equal force (7IM.I men ) of Col. Dennis, pursuing him till night, and taking many prisoners ; and captured, after a sharp fight, Fort Matilda, which commanded tho narrowest ' place on the whole St. Lawrence. Thus, whatever the de- Scott contacted hii dut esreatl v to the satis- ! lays,, tho -mistakes, iind final fmlurc of an expe- " I have no hesitation in saying that I consider Slavery & SOCIAL land POLITICAL EVIL, and MOST SINCERELY WISH it had no existence on j the face of the earth1.''' " As many gentlemen have expressed a pre ference for Mr. Hale, and some manifested a LOC0F0C0 ABUSE OF GEN. SCOTT. The locofoco'Pressare now fairly assuming towards Wijifield Scott precisely that tone which, so far as the effect it will have upon the public mind is concerned, most of all wtf could desire them to assume! The course which they are.pursuing, however, is none theless disgrace ful to themselves. They are daily assailing the old Hero in a spirit of malignity and bitterness, and in terms of reckless vituperation and inde eent abuse, that are! without! a parallel in the history of partizan Warfare. These things can not fail to shock ani disgust fvcry patriot in the land, who has any regard for the reputation of his Country, or whi capable of cherishing a sentiment of gratitude for bwlliant services per formed for that Country in tlje darkest and most trying periods of its existence. Not content with charging Gen.' Scott with Abolitionism not tson tent with impdting cowardwc to the brave nl , 1 man n ot. content, with divestlnsr him of every attribute of humanity ; and of every senti ment of virtue, they are aggravating the in justice and unscrupulousness of their course m these particulars, by indulging in language towards him which would be harsh when applied to the meanest malefactor, and which better befits the bawdy-hoase and the brothel than the columns of American journals ! Will not the People rebuke tuKse things? Shame ! shame ! on the libellers who thus re ward the silver-haired, 6carcovered Hero who, for forty years, has nobly served his Country, fighting her battUs, and jfcrowning her arms with glory in every contesjij These things of a man who has torn; down th British flag at Fort George whose finger wasj the index to. glory at T.,,-rl u'o T.-mo qtwI l"'Vini-iViiierw anil wVin After a succession of military achievements the most brilliant on record, planted the " stars and stripes" in triumph on thHall of the Montezu mas; and that too, notwithstandingthe heavy "fire in his rear" constantly kept ppby his locofoco ene mies at home ! These things of the Hero of Three Wars and the Statesman in three great epochs in our history, of whom it has justly been said, "His is the hiilitary glbry of a Caesar, and the civic virtues of a Cincinnatus. His is the combined wisdom of that old Celtic king which rendered the name of Brian Borrihme an ex pression capable of the double meaning of sur passing military genius and unequalled civic sagaeitv." . The kind of! traduction, however, indulged in by scurrilous locofoco prints and orators, is noth" ing new. It was so in th days of Gen. Wash ington, who, atthougUi beloved ana respectea more universally than any other man - of his time, yet had kis villifiers, and traducers and those too, whoj, like the defamers of Gen. Scott, endeavored, ljy calumniating publications, to deprive him of tho honor of his glorious military I achievements fMay the one reap the odium which now rejsts on the memory of the others ! r.r;-- AJULirj faction of all. Tho labor and the honor would have been quite enough for most men ; but he Claimed, besides, the right of taking the com mand of his own regiment, whenever it came in to action. The claim was conceded to him, and he soon made use of it. HE HEADS THE CAPTURE OF FORT GEORGE. Between Lakes Erie and Ontario, on the Ca nadian side, lies a peninsula commanded by Fort Erie above and Fort George below. We were now in possession of the ' lower lake, and had taken York, now called Toronto. General Dearborn lay upon this bank of the Niagara, with between four and fivi thousand good troops, ditioh which, under a vigorous General, would have covered itself with honor, Scott at least did himself credit throughout, performed all that it was his part to do, and gained reputation while his old friend Wilkinson was losing it. Enough for to-day This sketch will be con tinued in next Saturday's paper, and concluded 1 in V ednesdav s. I x.. . J. I PRESENT ATTITUDE OF GEORGIA. j The following article from a highly respecta ble Whig journal of the State of Georgia throws aomo light upon the actnal relations oi ' jn tbe State tT Oeoia,' parties AC the heights He falling, they were repulsed. Meantime scattered partie.s of Americans had been getting over, from time to time, in the few and halt disabled boats ; but scarcely one out of two in these parties was able to join the tight. The rest were either landed too high up, where the clift could not be scaled, or were swept too far down and made prisoners. Probably 6ix hun dred were the utmost ever at one time engaged in the fight. Just at the time of Brock's fall, Col. Scott reached the heights ; he had at last obtained leave to cross and take the command, j Ho immediately drew up his men in the best position that could be taken for maintaining tnegrouna ana covering the landing ot the mi litia expected from the other side. Vain was the latter expectation, however ; the militia re fused to' cross. Some constitutional scruples about the President's right to march them be yond the border had suddenly seized them, and they left their comrades at Queenstown to their fate. The enemy wa? not so nice about helping their people. At the first sound of the cannon ade Gen. Shacfle had marched from Fort George, eight miles below, with eight hundred and fifty British regulars ; and a nearer body of five 1 hundred Indian warriors had flung themselves forward upon Queenstown. These latter, arriving first, reinforced the worsted enemy, who now, with quite ; superior numbers, poured upon our position a terrible attack. It was on tho point of overwhelming our men ; they were falterinz under it ; when Scott, who had been personally directing in the rear the repair of some captured cannon (now most needful) rushed back to the front, reani mated our men, and, turning the defence into a fierce attack, drove the routed assailants in head long flight by sheer valor, and then resumed his position. This ' was several times repeated. Distinguishable to all not more by his remark- while Commodore Chauncey was superior to the i 8iM may 1)0 thr hould be what they enemy on the lake below. In this situation of i are things, Gen. Dearborn determined to strike, with the assistance of Chauncey's fleet, at Fort George, as the key to the peninsula, which is on that side most important as the necessary ave 'r.uc of communication between these twy gw;at lakes. The troops crosspd through a part of the lake, trom a little east oi our own rort Niagara, on the 27th of May, in six divisions of boats, protected by the armed vessels of Chaunccv. Soott had volunteered to command the "forlorn hope," and therefore led the first division of boats. The landing was made dangerous not only by the severe fire of the enemy's musketry, but by a heavy surf. To check tho former, Chauncey's Bchooners anchored offshore; while to carry the loaded boats safely through the lat ter, a nailor friend of Scott, a spirit much like him, the gallant Uapt. Ferry, then little known for what he was, lent his skill on the water and hroucht them through successfully, amidst a r " FROM THE MILLZDGEVIU.E RECORDER OF ACGCST ! : 4. j A Few Reffectioxj. During the lato Con- j ventions an attempt was made to unite the two I bodies. The effort vas unsuccessful. There j was some talk, of equally dividing the electoral j ticket, but we are notapprized that the propo-; sition was either fornially made or rejected. j Propositions were mads by the gentlemen from . the Scott Convention for the Webster Conven-; tion to support Gen. Scott, and another, if they ! declined this, that they should run no ticket, j but leave their constituents to vote or not to vote i as they might choose. The effort, however, we i need hardly say, was, and was seeu from the first to be, hopeless the members of both Con ventions being very decided in regard to the propriety and policy of their separate views. As there cannot bo concert of action in the party at present, let this difference of opinion . . .... .. i can to bear on the if he is elected, shower of balls. The divisions were all got on I be tolerated, and proscription by either side be seen ;"i land that "the latter was a liar and aj scoundijel. r or these two tacts they condemn ed him ito suspension from rank, pay and emol- ...... i il..- V...i Z. J i- the President the remission of nine months of bl sUature and the full dress uniform m which that punishment. Severe as, even in the eyes of the ciourt, was this sentence, it was executed ih full. It did not, howeverMessen Captain Scott's imilitary character, except for personal prudence. IHS oromer oiuoers uretiy generally tboughi as he did, and only held their peace. 3ot so,j however, tne pumic increaoouis ;. iney ympafchised entirely with the out-spoken young officer, ,'and gave him a complimentary dinner. !j5cott tiow seemed, of course, to be about to re ceive a check in his professional advancement, put I have observed through life that seeming SisfortAines are seldom really such, except to ie common run of men. Them they overthrow ; the truly great they generally help. The blow Which loversets the weak and terrifies the coward, rouses! the strong man and fires the brave. Scott iwas not disheartened, but at once threw himself upon a more thorough and, systematic study of taotlCa and tne wnoie science vi war. : tur ims a yeaif's removal from the duties of the camp gave him a most profitable leisure. When ho re-appeared in service ho was a far better sol dier tpan he would have become, during the same time, but for Wilkinson's attempt to be .revenged upon him." j AR DECLARED HClL'S SURRENDER PUBLIC KIS I COURAGES! ENT At! last, on the 18th June, 112, the war so long expected wrb declared, but reluctantly by our Government. There had been abundant time for preparation, yet it was all ill-prepared; nd its first effort,, that under General II ull, for I seizing Upper Canada, though highly practica f v blol wa so Ill-supported and so feebly conduct ed as to cost US at once uiw uu wuiji tseni on w iihtemrise. It entered Canada from. Ohio. at Detroit, on the 12th July 1812, and capitula v ted at the same place, only one month and two days afterwards. Tbis most unexpected event, whild it enraged and mortified the nation, shook - .rimislv the country's and even the sol- - r . v . T if 4 .vNUer confidence in our commanders , and our he fought than by his presence at every point and tho fiery intrepidity with which he met or led every assault, Scott became the frequent mark of Indian rifles. A gallant militia officer, Gen. Wadsworth, again and again shielded him, with hie own person, from the savage marks men. It was now an occasion wher( not ma- nceuvering was to be used, but an example of un conquerable courage to be given ; and therefore, when urged to quit his regimentals, as making him too conspicuous, who was quite enough so without it, he more than once said, " No, 1 will die in my robes." Fired by his example, all, militia and regulars alike, fought like tigers ; and the enemy was obliged to draw off. And now again reinforcements would not have been too lato. But none came, and every thing grew desperate. For now marched up to join the adversary General Sheafle, with such a force as left no choice but either to surrender or to die gloriously. Scott mounted on the trunk of a fallen tree and exhorted his men to the latter choice. It was necessary,, he told them, to wipe out e shame of Hull's surrender, alnd teach foe and friend that Americans knew how to fight to the last. Their lives would be well laid down ibr such a purpose, and would, in the war now pnly just begun, be worth many victories. Weary, few, and sore as they were, his men all cheerfully assented, and prepared for a last struggle. , Sheafle, however, more wary than tho earlier British leaders, did not indulge us with any more charges, but coolly took his measures for surrounding them ; and men who are surrounded (not being able to fight on all sides at once) must be made prisoners, wWhnr they will or no. For a time our heroes held their ground most bravely against three or four to one ; nut ax last many oi tnem were forced over the precipice of the river bank, and the rest, two hundred and ninety-three in num ber, were compelled to lay down their arms. This, was, however, a surrender almost as glo- shore about 9 in the morning, the narrow beach was bordered by a sharp bank of eight or ; ten feet high, lined by the enemy. This, of ! course, was to be instantly carried. Scott rap- idly formed his men and led them on to the charge. At the first onset they were unable to scale the bank, t.nd Scott himself to all appearance was killed ; so that Dearborn, who was with a gpy-glass watching them from Chauncey's ves sel, seeing his favorite officer fall backwards from the bank, burst into tears and cried out, "He is lost '. he is killed .'" At the next mo ment, however, he was on his legs again ; he had only been pushed down the bank, like many others, heels over head ; rallied his men, charg ed more furiously for his fall, beat up and burst through'the enemy's bayonets, drove him back, and trained the level, front to front with him. Then followed a desperate and close contest of about twenty minutes. In that sort of thing, however, Scott has never been beaten. At such moments every thing depends on animation ; and he has that power over men in battle which gives them an irresistiblo impetuosity. The British fought as they always do: but tfiey were broken, routed, and pursued most fiercely. That pursuit was, however, for awhile diverted to another object; it led him close to the gates of GEN. SCOTT'S -PROSPECTS IN VIRGINIA. A delegate to the the 15th district Baltimore Convention from of this State, who voted on every ballot for General Scott, in a letter to the editor of the New York Exjrcss, gives us an inkling of the enthusiasm in Northwestern Vir ginia for the old hero. The letter says : "We have commenced our organization and I believe there cannot bo a Whig found in the Fort George. He perceived that the enemy gallant Northwest who is not ready and willing ......... n Vn ml-vn m v it nnl nVmiit r V . 1 .... ITViv uuauuvmuu iu tuau aituv ivs luu yy uu lto I magazines. 10 save tnese (tnouga dangerous) he took two companies from the head of his col umn in order to seize it. As he approached, one of the magazines exploded, scattering tim bers on all sides. One of these struck him from his horse, much hurt. Still he had the gates forced, was the first to enter, and with his own hand pulled down the British flag still flying. His ranid work saved for us the other maga zines, the artillery, and the stores deposited there. All this quickly done, ho remounted, rejoined his column, and pushed with fresh vig or the pursuit of the flying enemy. For five miles he pressed them hard ; had at last got amidst their stragglers, with their main body in full view, and would "undoubtedly in a short time have captured them all, when a perempto ry order of recall forced him to give up the chase, lie had already disregarded two such orders ; saying in answer to one of them, 'The General does not know that ijn just seventy minutes, I shall make the enemy's whole force prisoners." Even as it was, he would have taken them all if he had only had twojgood troops of horse. In this brilliant affair, it is remarkable that Scott may be said, by histalor and rapidity, to have done with his single (division all that had been planned for six ; for the others, except in small part, never overtook jhim, and those few only in time to join in the chase. LEADS EXPEDITION Tcj BURLINCTON . HEIGHTS AND . , j "YORK. For some time after the capture of Fort George, our army lay thcrej entrenched and inactive, under a variety of, generals i First, Dearborn We here feel nmdent that all I assure you to do his duty; is right ; and, si gressional district will roll up such a vote for old "fuss and feathers" in November next, that there will ilot be a; Locofoco in the whole district but that will want a hasty plate of soup before starting up Salt river. "Virginia is, of course, set down for Pierce at a distance, but recent elections have taught the Whigs of this State that they can do something if they will ; and I think there will be a bold and universal push to ;carry this election for Scott, and it is my candid opinion that with a universal Whig rally we can do it. "As sure as you livt, if nothing takes place to injure Gen. Scott morej than has already come out, the State of Virginia is as sure for the old "proud aristocrat," (so called,) as the day comes. Don't fear, all is right' in the "Old Dominion." Egg" Our little County of Chowan is all right; we have a Scott and Grahaiu Club, and a Sub Elector who is doing yeoman's service in the cause. And when the day of battle comes, we will fire one gun in the enemy's ranks, and raise one shout for SCOTT and GRAHAM, when victory shafi havo. crowned our labors. Bulletin. preference for General Soott as against General Pierce, I take the liberty of saying something in favor of the latter, to present some of the rea sons why Franklin Pierce has ome claims, at least, upon tho anti-slavery vote of the country ; presuming. as I do, that 1 slavery is ever abol ished, it must be lthe Democracy." Watson G. Haynes' Speech at the Pittsburg Free Soil Dem ocratic Couveutioh. " Have not those men (the Freesoilers) stat- even now, as strongly attach ed to the principles of freedon as in 1S-4S, and that they intend to bring all the influence they Administration of Gen. Pierce, as' he is pretty sure to be, by the great Protestant .Democratic party of this Union,) for a recal of the Fugitive Slave Law, the abolition of slavery ichercrer the Federal Gov ernment can reach it, and tlie great furtherance of our cause f Don't we find the strongest man in 1848, our Presidential candidate of that election, amongst them ranged under the banner of Franklin Pierce, the favorite son of a Free Slate a free-soil State a Protestant State in which Popery has no power, and a Roman Cath olie cannot hold office ? Our old friends, I as- and I have no kind of doubt on my mind, but these men will exert such an influence on his mind, after the election, if any such influence be needed, as to bring about a REPEAL OF THIS ABOMIN ABLE LAW." Ibid. JJsgr" Keep it before the people, that Gene ral Franklin Pierce, the locofoco candidate for the Presidency, did not answer Mr. R. G. Scott's letter in reference to the Fugitivo Slavo Law ; and is therefore exempted from the pledge to veto any bill repealing or weakening the law, which was exacted from General Cass and all the other candidates. " If General Scott and his friends had contin ued tb stand where they stood when we wrote, and if he had not accepted a nomination on a finality platform, there is no doubt that any of the prominent candidates before tho Democrat ic Convention would have been defeated by him. undent that 1 ; ., . , ., , the 15th Con- 18 now PrcsenleI aS tne express champi on of" finality ;" of which there is not a word in the Democratic platform." N. Y. Evening Post leading organ of the Aeio York Democracy. " In His (Pierce's) remarks, he distinctly avowed that he was as mcch opposed to the INSTITUTION OF SLAVERY AS ANY if AN IN New Hampshire, and made use of language very much like, if not almost the same as, that i have seen imputed to him in the new boston speech by the independent and manchester DEMOCRATS."-ilfapp'a Letter to the Richmond En quirer. THE CONTRAST. BOASTING ! Tltat the public may see how little reliance is to be placed iu i the braggart assertions of the "Raleigh Stahdard," that Yerce and King will carry Nortli Carolina in November, we subjoin a few of its equally confident predictions, based upon the strength of the result of the August Elections in 1848, that Cass and Butler were destined to sweep every thing before them : From the "Standardt" "of Aug. and Sept. 1848. "Fell w-democrats of the Union I what do you think tune of old North Carolina? We knew that your hearts wereJ with us, snd that you hoped wo would hold our own; but you could not anticipate, as we did, that we should send bucU Tttsmay and consremstrvn among the Taylor men in this-stronghold of F.ederaliem. Piit us down at once for Cass and Butler." ' proscribed ; and if we cannot harmouize in ae- i sure uou, KNOW THEIR MAN tion now, perhap we may be able to do so j should the election l.e carried to the Legislature. I It is very certain cfinnotunite in action now; we may and probably will then, unless proscrip- j tion is the order qf the day. That the nomina- j tion of the two tickets will bring out the full j Whig strength of the State, and greatly more i than the strength 01 the V hig.party proper, is believed by gentlemen of each of tho Whig wings, and felt to be the fact by Qur Democratic poli tical opponents. If this be;so, let our friends of both wings do their best for their favorite tick ets in the spirit of gentlemanly toleration, and that which is impracticable at this moment may be fouud both praticable and pleasant, as well as efficient, when we meet to decide the matter in tho Legislature. - - Hon. Rlfcs ChoateI The Boston Atlas de nies the assertion j made by Mr. W inslow, at a meeting of the friends of Mr. Webster in that city on Tuesday evening, to the effect that the Hon. Rufus Choato had said that "he would not go tor &cott, but would for Webster." ; If Mr. Choate will support Gen. Scott. says GEN. SCOTT. Sr, I am dead for the Constitution dead for the Union dead for the Compromise and dead against any mem who is opposed to them, or ei iherrofiheml Speech of General Scott before the Missis sippi Delegation. GEN. PIERCE. I have been asked if tuceatnts fugitive Slave Law. I answered no, I toaJted u. 1 have a mowt revolting feeling at the giving up of a slave; the law w op posed to humanity. It is contrary to moral right. Speech of General Pierce at Manchester (N.H.) on the 2d Jan uary, 1852. "As a Democrat speaking to Democrats, and as a friend to friends, w say to you, fight on, and fight boldly ! Davis breaking on the old North ; THE SL'N OF VICTORY ALREADY ASCENDS the heavens ! We know you can, and we hope you icill." ' I "The N. Y. Express ijs sadly in the dark about the "eight or ten thousand majority" in this State for Taylor and ijillmore. The people of this State are hard toi move ; but when they once start, they "go ahead" until their wishes are accomplished. North Carolina will vote for Cass and Butler. Put that iuto your pipe and smoke it, Mr. Express." , " .- "Henceforth the TVhiysare doomed. Cass and Butler will sweep the State in November, and Federalism will then die out, for good and all, in North Carolina." And yet, in the face of all this braggadocia, Taylor carried the State of North Carolina by very nearly nine thousand majority. And we confidently believe that Scott and Graham will carry the State by a majority nearly, if not quite, as large. The proper Whig spirit is be ing awakened, and soon the watch-fires will be blazing from every hill-top within our borders. Brother Whigs ! do your duties, like men, and put a stop, fdr once and all, to the silly boast ings of your enemies ! : GALPHINISM. The following table shows how those Sena tors, who think that Gen. Scott has received too much pay for the immortal balo which he has shed upon our national reputation, serve the dear people's money when they got a chance to dip their talons into the public crib. These gentlemen received the sums respectively at tached to their names for one night's quiet rest in Washington under tho pretence, false of course, that they had, during the night, travel led homo arid returned : Atchison $1696 Borland 1808 Clemens 1040 Dodge bf Iowa - 1440 Dodge bf Wisconsin 1584 Douglas 1084 Downs' .'1 2240 Felch j ; 896 Gwin 4008 Hamlin 5 590 Jones of Iowa 1600 Norris 472 Rusk i j 2347 Sebastian 1520 Shields I ! 1341 Soule if; 2074 Walker of Wisconsin 1584 , Extract from a lettter to theJEditor, dated j Hillsboro,' Ang. 27, 1852. So far from being dismayed, I believe the Whigs hav taken fresh courage from the result of the late election ; andj shall not be surprised if, in the sequel, it turns out that our partial beat ing has been for our good, by making us more diligent and more determined for the Novem ber election. You see we are to have a Scott and Graham Mass Meetinsr and Barbecue on tha 1 17thr of September, at this place. . I" hope we uu nave itno measure oisnaniDg hands, with many irom ivaieign on tne occasion." LETTER FROM THE HON. W. A. GRAHAM The following admirable letter from this 4. tinguished gentleman appears in the last "Hill boro' Recorder." We are glad that Gov. Gr&. ham has thought it proper to express this pub. lie disapproval of the use of his name in con. nection with a Webster ticket in this State We presume, of course, that the further usef his name, at least, will now be discontinued This letter is entirely characteristic of its thor, and breathes the same dignified, pure elevated tone of sentiment for which hd i8 eminently distinguished and justly esteemed llis testimony to tho patriotism and natidnalit ofJyaacoTT will increase the tide of p lThe FeS j in fcr tnous old neTo. Tiut to the letter : Hillsborough, August 24th, 1852. Thomas Loving, Esq. Editor oftie Commercial, Sir : I have not seen a recent number of vonr paper, but learn, through the Raleigh Register and Hillsborough Recorder, that von placed at the head of your columns the name of the Hon. Daniel Webster, for President, mine for Vice President. Whilst I am grt. fully sensible of the compliment you design t,. myself by this course, and do not doubt" you, disposition to deal with the entire subject in 1 spirit of candor, I deem it proper to declare publicly, that it does not meet my approbation To this I am impelled by two consideration!. First. Gen. Scott was regularly and unni. mously nominated as the Whig candidate foi the Presidency, by the convention which a, sembled at Baltimore, after a declaration of principles which, I believe, meets tho approb. tion of the country. By the same body I wai in like manner, nominated fbr the Vice Preji. -dency. Both of these candidates have accepted tae-nominations, with tne principles declared bt the convention as the rule of their action on thj subjects embraced in them. Good faith nd honor, therefore, require, that after such accep. tance on my part, I shall not sanction the bj of my name on any other ticket. ? But, secondly, 1 understand that vour ebiss. uuu iu vjieu. tjuutt iiuii 11 1 in an appre hension that he will not do justice to the South, by a faithful adherence to the compromise of 1850. On that point I have this statement to make : I arrived in Washington, upon the in vitation of President Fillmore to the Nstj partment, on the last day of July, 1850. On that day the "omnibus bill, so called; report ed by-Mr. Clay from the committee of thirteen, was rejected, and the whole subject of dispute was thrown open for agitation anew: I found Gen. Scott acting as Secretary at v ar, in which situation he continued for several weeks ; and happening to take lodgings at the same hotel, I was in daily and intimate intercourse with him from that time until the consummation of the compromise by the passage of its various pnm 810ns, in separate bills. No one, in inv apbcn, of acquaintance, felt more deeply the importance of the- crisis, none exhibited more zeal in behalf of these measures, by arguments and persuasion among his friends, and none rejoiced more heartily when it was supposed all danger was averted by their final passage, than did he. Such was his conduct, while the contest raged and it was doubtful on which side victory would in cline, in Congress or in the country. If othen, who, seeing the subject in a different light, at that time opposed this adjustment, or looked upon it with disfavor or indifference, have since brought their minds to sanction or acquiesce in it, it is cause for congratulation ; but history will not perform her office if she fails to enume rate Gen. Scott among the firmest mends of thu national pacification in its hour of trial. I, at leat, cannot consent, b3 my silence, to seem ingly approve the discrimination mad? by jo to his prejudice, on a national question when he was equally zealous with myself, and mow influential ; and I know no safer- criterion fur his future observance of the compromise, thai the decisive and manly part taken in its ena ment. To avoid all cavil or misconstruction, I add, that fullv appreciating the great talents and services of Mr. Webster, uo one would have k eonletl twiiini a mure tttalouSiiUJ'Port than BV self, had he been the nominee of the conven tion. Thanking you for the kindness and confidence manifested towards me, I am, very respectfully, Your obed't serv't, WM. A. GRAHAM. The "Wilmington Commercial'' pub lishes a call for a Webster meeting, signed bj thirty-five citizens of Wilmington. This is about as formidable as this movement is destined to become in North Carolina. "If Gen. Pierce approximated in any way to the abolitionists, why should they oppose hia so bitterh-, why should they swear against hin, why should they be so free with their communi cations and correspondences to Southern mei and papers lor the purpose ot injuring Dim, Wilmington Journal, If Gen. Pierce did not approximate, very close ly, to the Abolitionists, why should he be zealously supported by Wilmot, Giddings.Jf lian.i Haynes, Sumner, and others, and, esp iallyji by the Van Burens, one of whom declare no longer ago than 1848, at Cleveland, "t arn, ltowccer, the unmitigated enemy very; and would have U abolished without d?J I say, therefore, for myself and I wish to I understood as speaking for myself alone M let what will eome, shall, under no nects! whatever, support a man who does not beliered very to be an unmixed curse, and. w10 win virtue of his office, ttse all constitutional poieer abolish it." Why did he not answer Scott's letter, reqna- tins' him to sav whether, in tho event of M election to the Presidency, he would veto a repealing the Fugitive Slave Law ? bill 8-A letter from a friend of Gen. Pierco to N. Y. (Democratic) Post, has the following m description of Gen. Pierce : "Gen. Pierce talks with ease and fluency. ing racy English, but in a soft, low voice gives you that impression of cautiousness whi4 jBfl reerrc habitttat with almost all jiolitki- This does not accord with the character te Gen. Pi by his Southern admirers. But it is no a faithful portraiture of the Northern man r . Southern feelings, who hates and deplores v very ! xsv A SUnihom ttlo-Ma Dpinocratic ColiT; - 1 1 L..n I Ltion is to be held at Montgomery, Aiao". it. !.! f i. i.L A a new ine idin 01 nexi moutu, iu uuuiiuv AAn cm u Pe;sionir Thin moveme"' uiuaiQ 1U1 M. k vo. . made in consequence of Pierce having nrainkr n aia-r nmnaiindin!' Certain 1D K-htoh -arn n'nfororl te bfl addressed t0 ea the PrAaHnntial fiandidates bv a former Gob' tion of the same party. Gen. Scott, it 3 .L . -J.J in him. hot" answerea tne leuer nuuresacu .. i- j x - j :n. tn its sever81 Clineu wj respouu pui-m"; - terrogatones. failed uiiiA We invite the attention of Capita tk. .i t e Ha Ttaleiirh and w in another column- be highly r 1. v..i '1. n tha neeuntV Iw ""T oie ; uui, ui mi otuw, . ;.'n,,bted. and affords portfmity for the safe investment of osp Rail Road Company, stock in this Road bids fair to ' -r . "-JK.t;.fc Hi'-i.'i 4 r i A ' rj-. . ..- "II-- -- . j,llA; p
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