Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-09-08
The siruntiOn M Cincinnati.

While the authorities report that q Gin.
cinnati is safe,' it is still evident that only
by the utmost vigilance, and by being
thoroughly prepared for any emergency
viii the city be saved from a visit by the
audacious rebels, who delight in executing
improbable expeditions. A dispatch from
Falmouth, Kentucky, reports the rebels
near that place. Falmouth is only forty
miles from Cincinnati, on the Covingtor
and Lexington Railroad. 1t is situated a
tne fork Of the Licking river, and is ths
county seat Of Pendleton county, which
borders on KentOn and Campbell counties
4 later dispatch reports them within
thirty miles of the city.
The streets of Cincinnati are full oi
armed men, and still they come. The up,
rising of the people of Ohio to defend the
soil Of their State has a grandeur about il
which win live through all time. We had
thought that the country and the State
were nearly drained of their soldiers, but
at the first note of real alarm, the farmer
leaves his crops, the artisan bis bench, the
blacksmith his anvil, the professional man
his desk, the clerk his counter, and with
rifle and earbine and shotgun, hasten to
the conflict Of anticipated danger. They
come by rail, by stage, by their own wag-
ons, and on foot, all flushed with eager
haste to drive back the invader. It recalls
the days of the Revolution, when the
rife and the pOwder-hOrn were slung and
the yeOmen marched at an hours notice to
meet the foe. And it is but an indication
of the latent force yet left at home that
viii spring to the rescue whenever danger
appears. These men go into the work be-
cause there is danger, not for the fun of
soldering, nor for the pay, but in the
hearty hope Of using with willing hearts
and hands the implements of destruction.
As a sample of the enthusiasm of the
masses, in twelve hours after the Govern
or's proclamation for help Greene county
had four hundred and sixty men in Gin
cinnau, and on the way to it, and on Fri
day last, she had eight hundred men in the
city, every man armed with a good rife of
his own. They will go back to their homes
and hold their organization as a regiment,
to be called out at any further emergency.
The Commercial gives the following as
the situation at this time:
"As to theextent of the danger, the proc
lamation of which has called artizsns, mer-
chants and farmers from town and country,
to present themselves here in arms, there
is unquestionably real danger. The force
of the enemy that has invaded Kentucky
is formidable. 1t consists of pretty well
and very well armed troops.
They have efficient cavalry and artillery.
They are animated by sUcr ress, and thirst
ing intensely to carry the war into the
North. They are ably led and are rapidly
in Kentucky. They announce
the purpose Of remaining in Kentucky at
all hazards, and their great ambition is to
take and destroy Cincinnati. The alarm
which has pervaded the country is not
false. It is true and significant. The
of the enemy are definitely as
certained to be in this direction. 1t would
seem rash enterprise in them to attack
but they are enterprising to
audacity. We must be prepared for them.
We would say to those who have turned
back to their homes, or who have remained
in them, believing the danger past, or that
it never existed, make ready. Put your ri
aes and double barreled shot guns in or
Ter. Run your bullets. Procure powder.
Have on hand at least one hundred rounds
Of ammunition. Get ready and then i0ait.
Those who live on turnpikes and other
roads, who come, should come in wagons,
bringing blankets, and provisions fer
themselves and horses. Covered wagons
will answer admirably for shelter as well
as transportation. There is no occasion
for unarmed men. There are enough of
that sort here now. To sum up, be pre-
pared for an emergency, and then wait for
orders. Discredit the senseless rumors
that are flying. Facts that are authentic
will be given authentic publicity"