Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-05-30


A 'sOger" correspondent OF thelEewl
York Mercury yirltssps follows; o0 4
am am living ieIuriously; a prosSnt on
the top Of = yeyy, respectable fence, and fare
Enmpluously on lhree granite .bnseull day,
and glass OF water weake1ed with brandy.
A high private In the 22d regiment has prom.
ised 10 let me hive one Of his suare pocket.
handkerchiei lor a shoet flse tirst rasay night
and ! never 20 10 bed on my comfortable
wlndow-brush without thinking bow many
poor creatures there are In this world who.
have to sleep on hair matlfesseS and feather
beds all their lives. Before tho great rush OF
Fire 2ouaves, aud the rest Of The menagerie
eommenced, ! bOaried exclhsively on 4 front
SlOop on Pennsylvauia Avenue, and used to
slumbor, regardless Of expense, n. a well con-
Quoted ash-bOx but the military monopOliEe
all such Recommendations now, and give
way for the sake Of my country. s.sra
tell you, my boy, we are having high old
times here Just now, and ifthey get any high
e., I shan't be able to afford 70 stay. The city
is Ia danger" every other hour, and IS a
veteran in the Fire Zouaves remarked, there
scenes to be enough danger lying around
loose on Arlington Heights 10 make q very
kSNA NA0A1 9AA NAAMANA nltaAn nNAuCaUl1
pages. II the Vigilant and well educated
sentiRels happen 10 see nigger on the up-
per side Of the Potomac, they sing ont ''Here
they oouel" and the whole blessed army is
snapping caps In less than a minute. Then
all tho cheap reporters telegraph TO their
papers In New York and Philadelphia, that
'Jef. Davis is within two minutes walk Of
thA Capital, With feW millions Of men"
and eli the Free States send six more regi-
menta a pieee to crowd us = little more.
shan't stand much more crowding, for my
fence is full now, and there were six appli-
cations yesterday to rant an improved knot
hole. Ny landlord says that If more than three
chapa set up house keeping on one post he'll
be Obliged 70 raise the rent ........ . f.. .
The great confidence in General Scott is felt
By MI, and Il would DO you good 10 see the
gay old hero take the oath. he takes It AZ
tsI every meal, and the FIRST thing when he
gets up in the morning. tna t.7. a- aa-la
Those Fire Zousves are fellows Of awful
suction, tell you. Just for greens, | asked
one Of them, yesterday, what he came here
Eor7 hHah says be shutting one eye, 1--WE
came here for to strike for your alters and
your hres--especially your fires General
Ssett says that If he wanted TO make these
chaps break through the army OF the foe, he'd
have a Gre bell rung for some district on the
other side Of the rebels. He says that half
million Of the traitors couldn't keep the
Fire Zouaves out Of that district Eve minutes.
I believe him, my boy staiE
Ilearn from good authority, that President
Abe has prepsreda great plan for the prose-
cution Of the campaign. BE win keep the
troops where they are uatil the Southern
troops are all grown to beveryold men, and
then be will attack them without more de-
Say. am informed that the ships that sailed
from New York and Boston, recently, are
under sealed orders to proceed Immediately
to, the South by way Of the coast OF Africa.
We shall hear from them come time next
century. Yours, automatically.