Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-08-08
s-v4o IFrOm Our Occasional Correspondent
Froz WashInEton.
WAsHINsTOx, Aug. 5

u.e Avs WAsHEGTOE, Aug. 8. 1861.
EDIToR LEADER: You have numerous
correspondents here, Ipresune, regular and
occasional, all anxious to give you their
Impressions geographically, penegraph-
ieally, Or anygrsphioaliy, o they may be
delivered Of their unusual coReeptiOn-aa
few thoughts" The facts you chiefly get
before they do. However, the surroundings
here ere 90 inspiring that one feels bur
dsaed unless he can say his say to some
body.
When I arrived about week ago, on
the same train with Gen. Mcclellan, Wash
ineton was fuH Of drunken soldiers aud
drunken officers. The latter slept presum-
ably ct the hotels, the former positively in
the streets, probably not over half at their.
regular quarters. Nov all is changed, and
except / be arriving and departing Of regi-
ments, and few patrols in search of stray
officers and soldiers, yOu would hardly i'm
agins large army within even hundred
miles Of Washington. DesPoPdence and
los Of the saloon, left on the same train
Nth the drunken soldiers. An infusion Of
Voune. energetic, practical blood has enter
ed into the very yitals Of the army, and
with such men as Mcclellan, Banks, and
Bufler at head quarters, something will be
doae. exactly when, where, and how you
wiIlioRly know after the fact transpires.
/ perceive that considerable objection is
made to g letter OF our Representative de-
scribing the flight ct Bull Run. I haVs
taken some psins 70 investigate the facts,
and mention them IS / heard them
from the very best Of authority, one Of the
party in the carriage, the honorable mem
bar from Medina, Mr.. Blake. He says that
40 priUats soldier was put out Of the carriage,
but q coWsrdly officer Wss driven off by
putting q pistol to his head and threaten
ing his life if be diR't get OF, and this when
they were so overloaded ss to be unable to
proceed. II was probably this man 10
whom Mr. Riddle referred as being "tum-
'bled out" So far from any private soldier
being driven from the carriage, one wound
ed one was taken into it, fed and carried
te near Fairfax Court House another
quite q yeung man-belonging to the IA
nous 59th regiment Of New York, was also
carried 20 CentFeTille. Il is perhaps due
70 the whole party that literally accurate
statement should thus be made, for, 81
though Mr. R.; whom have barely seen
:, zee since my arrival is not particular
-, ID o. nine, ] cannot consent that others
go. .qarty should suffer from bis careless
s]STsasis. ~ rs 20 3 free and easy eonmunica-
tion to his ,Nifs. g reaJ ls
NobodZ seeta as to know what Mcclellan
fs doing or going, 70 Do, bat am told ths
~ t,-S trosn- A some II the camps on the 9th
eFsIde 6f the river have gone quietly no
6odv knows where, snS Washington Is o.
quiet to-day IS Cleveland
could give you, did tine permit, som'
amusing Incidents. One relates to oul
Worthy toVnsman-noE Psymaster-JohI
Coop. uho With that impertnrbsble eeolaes
"a esH possession for which he Is dis
tinrussbod. informed the officer who cam
mo he telegraph Office with squad 2
meh to arrsst him unless be had 9 = pass,
thst he vas axceeding the line Of his duty
and actually made him leave without hiu
slthough n6 exceptions we're made of Fay
assters in his & orders Several Cleve
landers ars hore, but what for haYl
scarcely inquired. Mr.. ]. J. ElWeil be
bssa appointed QuarteTmaster, howevel
and I presume the others s1e expeodn
something. Ihope they msy get Il.
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