Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-01

LEAVING the Feninsulas--nintters ana
ThInss at ne Capital.

NannNsmT nHe EDuEEANAla AAAAaANN-
9hIns. at ne Capital
W,sHrparoK, D. O. April ash, 1852
We have iisOardsd campaigning and re- /
turned to this half wAy house to civilization.
The siege aid not begin, the Merrimac did
not ocme out the Fortress did not belOh
ou. its thandsrs against any foe, the re.
ported message from the commander Of the
Morrimso 10 Gen. Wool, 10 remove the
fok and civilians from the Point for he
was going 10 bombard the Fortress from
che Roads, was not ''founded upon fact land
90 We left, trusting the chronicles Of the
Peninsula war to the regulars and specials
who have made th,iF wills, bid good bye
to their friends, and pencil in hand gone
down o The seat Of war for the campaign.
The traders, gaRblers and side.shOWs
are complaining Of hard times since the
departure Of the Army Of the Potomac
from this nsighbOrhoOd. But still uni
forms are tAe rule and civilians the sX-
ceptiOn, and still the bar-rOOms and offices
ere made the rendezvous for the men whose
shoulder-straps give them q liberty and
perambulating license which the private
cannot obtain.
Yesterday We attended, at the cathedral,
the military funeral Of Major Tompkins,
one Of the Fort Sumter heroes. His family
resided In Georgetown, where he has been
upon sick bed, nearly al Of the time since
the fearful lsbOrs snd exposures in those
osssmatss one year ago sOWed the seeds Of
the disease which has now made captive
his vital parts. The service Wss imposing
and the .usic-MOEArt's Requiem grand
beyond description.
You have seen, by telegraph, the slander.
GUS spithets applied by Vallandigham in
the House to Senator Wsds. The author
escaped eensure BY his cunning soheming,
end the advantage which be took Of the
parliamentary rule that immediate mo-
tics must be taken Of any OsnsurRbls
words spoksa in debate, no other business
Intervening. he had arranged the plan
with the speaker Who had the floor, thst the
latter should yield the door to no one else
after he had thus attacked Mr.. Wade. No
msn in the House is better posted upon
parliamentary rules than VsIlsndigham,
aud no one uses his knowledge 50 unscru-
pulOusly to his own advantage and the de-
flaming Of his opponents.
What a transformation is that of Rev. F
7. Browns, from his beautiful little West
minister church in Cleveland, embelished by
art and surrounded with those attractions
and ornaments of which nature is SO lavish
in our Forest City, to the quaint, Old-fash'
ioned edihce in which he now holds forth il
Georgetown. It is an antiquated pile 0
brick, with plain wooden steeple, the interi
OF having its square peWs, its towering pulpit
its curious gallery away up toward the cell
ing, and its congregation in complete keep
ing with the venerable and conservative sp
pearance of the building. This was the con
gfega1on over which Dr. b0cOok was pastor
and to which he administered weekly dose
of semi-sscession until an over dose induced
them 10 throw OF the medicine and discharge
the physician. A large portion of the ehurcl
and congregation were secessionists, ant
these withdrew with the pastor. It must b
a cheering relief to those who are loyal ant
remain, to hear the undauntsd, uncOmpromis
ing loyalty which Mr.. Brown now breaches
from the desk which had been tented viii
the disloyaltY of his predecessor.
! In q former letter from hers, the typo
made me say, in speaking Of the telegraphi'
operators here, that Towers, of Cleveland
was among them. Make that word Somers
snd 1t win be more easily recognized by hi
friends. 8. D. P.