Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-24
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The sraiiroad bridge" spoken Of here
Is fifteen miles tb6ye Fort Hsnry.-EDs.
The Erpealti5H ESb frSt concentrated in
any considerable force ct the railroad
bridge, on Sunday evening, the 9th inst.
The boat upon which am aoting the part
Of horse marine arrived at the bridge about
Eve P. NJ and found twenty steamboats,
loaded with troops already there, and ell
night they kept on arriving until one 81
most faneied there was huge machine
somewhere below grinding out steamboats,
night and day, at the rate Of about one 10
the hour, 90 inexhaustable seemed the sup
ply. Nobody knew anything Of our desti-
nation or the objects Of cur going; the or
deFs 10 eaok Colonel were simply 10 follow
the {" Lsonora," which having on board
Gen, snith, fFst az Paduoah netoriety, but
new Of glorious Fort Donelson memory,
who has command Of the expedition, is the
Gag ship OF our heet. AT noon on Monday,
The ION inst, the Leonora let 60 her lines,
and, preceded By the gunboat Tyler, start
ed up the river. Obe7ing orders, the
whole heet sRung out into the stream,
turned their proEs southEard, and started
on their mission Of liberty and truth. It
Wss glorious scene scene Of marvellous
aotiVity, portrsying in the most vivid coll
ors the might Of . great nation and the
energy Of rs selected rulers Il vas worth
years Of ordinary life to witness such
sight, and years Of after life for remem-
brRnoe. dEa E
The Glendale started out with her cal.
iope PLAYING The airl I left behind me;n
mos, Of the regimental bands struck up the
nov syenging strains of " Dixie" 80 dear
70 The Union seldiers Every boat Of the
forty was loaded, crowded with troops, and
every man, as be started South, gave forth
q cheer, lusty and CHEEKY, that startled the
wilderness Of woods and waters for miles
ar und. never did despair Of my coun-
try, and having witnessed such soene Of
energy and power, any lingering, painful
doubts may have ever had, have been
swept away. Our feet once out in the
stream, was soon separated, some boats
running faster, others slower, until they
we're scattered for miles along the river
the Leonora and the gunbOst Tyl0r, how
ever, keeping always the lead.
Last night-Tnesday, the 1lth-We ell
came together sEain at this place one hun
dred and forty miles above the bridge, snd
found our force snd feet 50 materially aug
menled that beth are almost double what
started from the bridge. On the way up
We found that the leaVen Of treason is still
working in this part Of the State. At
point about thirty miles below here, the
Empress and the Argyle were fred into by
proWling 1scoundrels concealed in the
woods, the aim being for the pilots--but 80
far IS can ascertain, no one was injured;
one bsll gazed tLeoost Of Lieutenant on
the Empress, but left bis person untouched.
There WereFumnrs aaoat that one man had
been killed and tWo wounded on the Ar.
gylesand elthough they were unfounded,
the fsot remains tat the seoesh have given,
orlrsther attempted tc give, the barbarops
idsa-of Pllosphootfng prsotical spplica.
tien.E THeSWGf is being Irosecated with
solimsndable spirit, but It seems to me
that galloRs in every county IN every
sebssh State, With bat one single specimen
Of murder0us ohiValry suspended from
each, would work . wonderful revolution
in public opinion. =
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