. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. 156 PATRIOTISM REMAINS. River, on board a steamboat, General Scotts purse wasabstracted from his pocket. The fact being made knownto the chief of the police, the money was soon discoveredand restored It was during the progress of this investi-gation that the burglar who had robbed the City Bankreproached his confederates with their want of honorablebearing. He said, that when he took the money fromthe City Bank he saw
. The life and military services of Lieut-General Winfield Scott, including his brilliant achievements in the war of 1812, in the Mexican war, and the pending war for the Union. 156 PATRIOTISM REMAINS. River, on board a steamboat, General Scotts purse wasabstracted from his pocket. The fact being made knownto the chief of the police, the money was soon discoveredand restored It was during the progress of this investi-gation that the burglar who had robbed the City Bankreproached his confederates with their want of honorablebearing. He said, that when he took the money fromthe City Bank he saw and well knew the value of themedal, but scorned to take from the soldier what had beengiven by the gratitude of his country. This incident is a curious phenomenon in the operationsof the human mind. A man who made theft and robberyhis profession, and felt no compunctions in seizing on theproperty of others, gropes his way with a dark lantern,through damp vaults and narrow passes, until at lengthhe reaches the object of his hopes. He breaks the locks,and his dim hght discovers bags of gold. He seizes themwith avidity. In his search he discovers the medal of apatriot sold
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