Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-09-18
Hardse-HIs Tactics.

crst writes from IrontOn, on the 18th, as fol-
lows, Of Hardee:
That notorious and ubiquitous son Of Mars,
(or some other man, Brigadier General VIM.
]. Hardee, has turned up again at GreenEille,
No. Hardee is bound 70 win a reputation by
magnificent marches and scientific move
ments. He has become disgusted with the
old drill, and has resolved TO substitute a
new one. For the past six months he has
drilled only in the countermarches. Hardee
is funny fellow The truth is, he wants to
scare somebody; bnt be can't do it
The simple fact that the bloody Twenty
first Illinois Regiment waited ia patience
and long suffering ior the space OF two weeks
on the banks Of Marble Creek, on the Green
vile road, in anxious expectation of an at
tack from the aforesaid Brigsdier General
VIM Hsrdee, and the additional fact that
their expectations were not realized--al-
though Hardee had superior force-is proof
pJsitive that he is snti-belligerent. BE did
not come into Missouri to raise fuss he
wants to te leh his troops how TO march over
monntsins just as long as be can without be-
ing m0lested.
Bat the illustrious military disciplinarian
Is capricious. He will give US battle this
time, certain. Ir0ntOn, Pilot Knob and
Arcadia are TO be demolished in toto A
good and reliable man, direct from Green
vile, reports the rebel force there 5000
strong, and says they will advance upon us
Immediately. Our camp is in a perfect
ftroTe; soldiers are building forii6eations
bands are practieing funeral marches, and of
licers are alarmed at the bigh price of sta
tionery; peaches cannot be purchased for less
than fifty cents per bushel m
The continuous cry is, '1et him comel
The boys have been drilled from four to five
hours daily drring the past two weeks in
Hardee's tactics, and, owing to the inelemen-
cy of the weather, think they have pecul
lar desire to slick" the translator Of that
interesting but useful work. We are sure of
an easy victory, for | shall not be absent on
furlough at any time soon. e.-
The Platte Victims,
Barclay Coppic, one of the victims of the
Platte tragedy, was with John Brown in his
Hsrper's Ferry raid, and afterwards in this
city. The Daily Conservative of Leaven-
worth, Kansas, thus speaks Of his funeral;
The burial Of B. Coppic and C. F0rding,
two of the victims Of the unparalleled atroc-
ity Of last Tuesday night, took place yesteF-
day from the Mansion House.
Coppie, recently Of Iowa, was a young
man Of noble soul and undaunted courage,
and held the position Of Lisnt in the com
pany of Capt. Allen, in Col. Montgomery's
Regiment. Barclay Coppie wss with John
Brown in the raid on Virginia; his brother
Edwin was captured and hung but Barclay
escaped. BE Aed in company with Captain
Cook and succeeded in eluding pursuit when
bis companion was taken. There Was Moth
ing Of the braEado about him. RehRiously
anti-slavery, he endeavored solely 10 do what
be considersd bis duty. G. Fordin9 was a
young man who was coming with him from
Ohio 70 Join the same company.
The Home Guards, Fencibles, and the Old
Guard led the procession, while large con-
course of our most infiuent al citizens follow
ed the hearses containing the remains to the
cemetery on Pilot Knsb.
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Rejoicing ever the Platte River Murdef.
The Daily Nebraskian sdds this fact to
the report of the burning of the bridge on
tne fiatse River Missouri, and the consequent
wholesale murder.
In st. Joseph, when the bridpe-burnine
lends returned from their work of murder,
and told Of the destruction they had caused,
and the hearth-stones they had made desc
late-the lives destroyed and hearts broken.
when the sad tidings should be made known
to anxious friendS--the pIcprietors Of the
Pacific Hotel threw open their doors and
spreading their tables with rich food and
costly wines, invited them to feast such as
no other body Of men ever partOok of in that
city. This, too, is the very house before
which the dead and wounded were placed.
ana while the gToans and cries Of the latter,
commingled with the lamentations of friends
who WeFsBearching amid the pile Of blacken-
ed and diSfgured dead for the faces Of loved
ones, were born upon svery breath Of air
which entered its open doors, and while the
spirits Of the murdered dead we're hoYering
around the very windows of the festive han
Let Us live in hope thatthe perpetrators Of
this outrageous deed may yet be hanged, shot,
or drawn and quartsred BY The hands of the