Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-06-13
IEdisOripl correspOudenoe,l

GEditOripl Correspondence y =
On the Round 90 wheeIIne- PreparinG for
the observation-disclosures Matters In MesI-
ern vIrGilia.
Z iWHrnmG, Va, June 10Th, 1861.
A ride Of nine hours through the binding
and irritating dust is not particularly pro-
duetive Of good humor or capacity TO write
a spicy letter. The scenery along the road
is.Aas It always must be ia June-besutifal
beyond description, but would be tame
enou h if your tour artist attempted to
portray it with both biz eyes fall Of sand
and his hsnds grimy With free soil. When I
aapoaneed my intention ofc,ossing down into
this slave country and crossing the magic line
erected By Mason and Dixon l was favored
with all sorts Of advice as to my safety from
vile seceshers," /" and if had followed ont
all the suggestions made by friends in my
behalf, / should have made my sRires into
startled " hseling with brace Of hOWit-
GERS under each arm, my waist Ornamented
with girdle Of revOlveFs, my boots brist-
ling with bowie knives, a eOlumbiad sling
on my back, my oOat pockets bulgiug out
with cannon balls, as q small boys does
when he has been stealing apples, and my
hat full Of torpedOes and hand grenades.
As yet have had no hair breadth escapes
from sscessionists, or startling adventures,
my only escape-wbere escape seemed for
q time hopeless-being from an old woman
in the cars who bad cross baby, which
persisted in imagining itself locomotive
with whole drove Of cattle upon the
track, which it was bound to whistle
of with its unearlhly shrek, aud this yelling
piece Of inhumanity, the woman had the
hardihood to ask me to ''hold just a minute
while she gtepped into the next car. Ne,
to whom baby is bundle of mysteries
fearfully and wonderfully made, and not to
be touched under any circumstances. l
hav'nt tie slightest doubt but that the VIC
man inrended to jump of ths train and leave
me with "yOung and interesting family"
upon my hands
The Convention which. meets here to-mor-
row vii be by all odds the most important
which ever yet gathered within the limits
ofthe State. 1t is to decide the regeneration
ofthe Old Dominion from worn out country,
despoiled and demoralized by an INSCRIPTIONS
horde ofoficials, to a new and vigorous life
and a prosperity which one year ago no
man ever expected it to see. It is to grapple
with the hydra of secession it its very den
to throttle the monster with its own tolls.
It's effect viii be Of incaIculable benefit, not
only to the State, but to the country. =
It will show the autoerats of the South that
that people whom they affect to despise have
a strength which dares to rise and assert its
rights; which they cannot insult with i'm
punity.
Again will come the days when to be aVir-
ginian will be sufieienttitle of honor, and
the vast domain which stretches from the At
lantrc to the Mississippi valley, viii again be
the mother of noble men. The people un-
Iers,aBd this, and they are coming up in the
strength OF numbers and character to do The
work which shall redeem them. The repre-
sentAtion will not be confined to the north
western portion of the State.
have some important news from the seat
of war. The son of Qaarter Master Smith
told friend Of mine to-day that great guam
titles of tents and other equippage was be-
ing forwarded to PhiliPpi prepara-
tory TO forward move Of the ar
my. The rebels retreated from Phil
lippi through Beverly and or toward
Stanton in Augusta county Along this
route, through Pocahontas, Randolph, and
Highland counties, following up the Valley
river from Phillippi to the Cheat Mountains,
and crossing those mountains the Federal
troops will pass, ami that shortly, iu pursuit
of the flying rebels. Our artillery buys will
Of course 90 with them. From Staunton
there is direct rail communication with Ma
nassas Gap and with Richmond. So when
Gen. Scott gets ready for the cooperation,
you may expect to hear Of the Ohio boys on
the opposite side of the rebel camp. One
hundred and fifty wagons, and three hundred
horses, for transportation purposes, are re-
ported at Parkersburg.
Trains run regularly on the Baltimore
and Ohio Road as far as Cumberland, Md.
A regiment Of Indiana Zouavss went to day
from BenwoOd to Cumberland.
From Mr.. Hall, Of the Iutelligencer, who
was at Grafton and Phillippi, hear that
the peorle have the very highest opinion Of
the Ohio boys. Hall says they srs 9 the
grestest boys for writing letters l ever
saw" That is not bad indication of the
character of the troops. The ArtillerycOm-
panies had lively part in the Phillips
affair, and are very highly commended.
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