Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-18
aor. Ilenurssdfd n iflII.a g :, iAo Battle Of

BEll RunF
The CinoihhAti Commercial publishes the |
Communication, wherein it is set |
iorth that Gen. G. P. T. Beauregard, the
hsad Of the Rebel army, has been in the com
pany Of the hrst seceders since August 3Oth,
having departed this life upon that day In
New Orleans. The Commercial however
expresses disbelief In the truth OF the
report But il Beauregard is yet living we
trust he will hurry up the official report OF
the battle of Bull Run, two months ago
We are all waiting for it. Here is theletter
Gsn. BeaursGard Dssd.
Ems. Con-; Permit me through the columns
OF your paper 10 make the above announce
ment III indeed, true that the rebel gen.
eral Is no more he died some three weeks
since in tho city OF New Orleans, La.
How became acquainted with this fact,
must, ina great measure, b. hidden from the
public, as il would involve many persons still
obliged to remain in the South, in great dan.
ger In fact they would lose their lives were
70 divulge the mOduS opsrandi by which ]
obtained my information.
By some strange fortune or other, the
name of Beauregard carries with it great
moral force, both north and south. cannot
conceive why, fur be certainly was not
man of superior ability; but be did obtain an
influence so great that the North feared him
more than any other man in the piratieal,
rebel ranks; and the South hoped more from
him than from any other person Of their
traitor horde. Therefore, his loss to the re-
bells is hreparable, as tending TO dishearten
their army; while it necessarily would be OF
advantage to the Union cause.
Ifit were generally known that their sblest
leader was dead, the hopes OF the rebels
would die also, and one-hali of the great
battle for the Union would be accomplished
merely by the diffusion Of this knowledge.
Thus am anxious to give publicity to this
fact knowing Il must have q good effect
And the eonfederates arc equally anxious to
have it kept secret, as its PRONUNCIATION
would be terribly detrimental to their in
terests.
According to their own report the bursting
of shell killed Beauregards horse and also
the horses of two Of his aids-and / saw eX-
hibited in shop window, in New Orleans, a
piece of the identical shell which did all this
mischief.
The bursting of a shell which would kill
SO many horses must necessarily do some
harm to tha riders. Now thea for the facts.
A few days after the battle of Manassas, Dr..
Stone, of New Orleans the most distinguish
ed surgeon in the southern eountry-and
named Surgeon-G General Of the confederate
..-,,- 10, oa:Iad 70 Vipo;nia oofanu;hlv fnr
the purpose of experimenting the surgical
operations there, but really to attend person
ally to the case of Beauregsrd himself who
was severely wounded in several places by
fragments of shell, two pieces OF which it
became impossible to extract; and so Beaure-
gard, being doomed to die OF his wounds
was brought to New Orleans as privately
as possible--i. merely being known
that wounded soldier was being carried 10
his home; no one suspecting it was Beaure-
gard.
DR.. Stone accompanied him and managed
to have him taken to his house by night
Nevertheless there were eyes which saw this
operation. For several subsequent nights,
+ ur of the most skillfnl physicians Of New
Orleans were seen to enter Beauregsrd'
house-remain some time-and then stealth
lily depart.
Oa inquiry, it was stated that one Of the
servants was sick, but in day or two the
same servant was seen in the street, and yei
the physicians sill paid their nocturnal Tis-
its to the house, as usual. Further inquiry
ELECTED the fact that Beauregard was lying at
the point OF death; day or two farther on
the delegation of physicians ceased their visits
and one night body was carried out and
Eurrepitiously disposed Of That was the end
of the famous Beauregard. He has fought his
last battle. Bull Run finished him.
He died on the Both of August. | left
New Orleans on the 4th of September.
could not safely remain there any longer
The above facts may be relied on. l have
received them from such reliable sources that
have not shadow of doubt Of their authen-
ITCHY. Before LETT the news was pretty
widely circulated in the city, notWithstsnd-
ing the endeavors ofthe Oonfederates to keep
It q secret. Not a word has been said On
/ the subject in any Of the papers-on the
contrary, they publish every day or two,
something about the movements OF General
BeauragaFd Just as though he were living,
acting General.
Thus it viii be seen, that the Wholesale
/ system of lying has been inaugurated by the
Confederate traitors from JEFF Davis down
The tall of Bsauregard, Of course, had dis
couraging effect on his men, and this accounts
for their making no more out Of the disastrous
retreat ofthe q. S. ARMY. The truths, there
was panic in the rebel army, and they were
making good their escape long before the
Federal army commenced their inglOrious
retreat, after most glorious victory.
/ have delayed the publication of this good
news several days, fearing it might exasperate
| the Oonfederates and make them more inso-
lent 10 Union men coming North than they
are now, which God knows is bad enough al
the present As it would be impossible to
keep the news of the death of Beauregard
secret for any great length of time although
they have a censorship over their press, and
no soldier in camp is permitted to write let
ter home to his friends without presenting il
for examination to his officers; undoubtedly
the programme would have been, (had not
9r someone else, interfered with their calcula-
tons by this disclosure) to have it go forth
| that Besuregard should command at the next
great battle, be killed, his body transported to
Now Orleans masking the necessary exchanges
there so as to have the real body Of the traitor
General, have great parade at his funeral
etc, etc. All this must now be changed.
They are perfectly Welcome to the assistance
have rendered them in relation to one Of
their traitor crew. Would to God could say
with equal truth that every one Of the seces-
sion Bcoundrels throughout the rebel States,
had also bitten the dust or stretched the
hemp. They all deserve the pirates doom,
J. B. Q.
Dox'T BIZ INPAT1EET.-We commend the
following paragraph from "Psrton's life Of
Andrew Jackson to the consideration Of
our soldiers, who imagine they are wasting
their lives away in camp;