Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-25

AANApAoiSI me SVIAe1 ponGeAt u the
Cincinnati Times, thus fselingly sketches
3 few scenes on the steamer Tycoon, on her
way from Pitisburg to Cincinnati with
sick and wounded soldiers
Many 3 tear vas shed when it was an
noanced that " iiliam W. Estes, Of Com
psny A, Eighth Illinois, was dead. BE
was one OF the hFst brought on board Of
our boat, snd the intelligent expression Of
his face, and tue patience with which he
bore his intense suferings, had excited un.
usual sympathy for him. His wound was
q fracture Of the knee Learning that am
putation might possibly ssvs his life be
requested the operation. But the pstieni
failed rapidly, and to day he died The
young nan was from Utica, New York.
he had beautifully written letter from
his sister, which he had read to him Just
before be died. he then took from his
bosom . dsgueFFeotype Of Miss N -
p, Of Utica, which be kissed, and soon
after calmly breathed bis last.
! John SHeaFingin, resident Of Indian
apolis, and member Of the Thirty ninth
Indiana, died to-day. BE Wss an elderly
man, very sick with the typhoid fever, and
wounded, too, when brought aboard. Il l
am ready to die, he said, and bresthed his
last. In his pocket Was found q small copy
Of the New Testament and in it an affeo
tionate letter from his wife. A lock Of her
hair, and one Of each Of their children, was
ssEsd upon the letter. A lock Of his hair
vas added By the Sanitary Commission,
who viii return the letter and other relics
10 his beresved wife.
A youth Of sixteen years slieits much
sympathy. His name is Robert Demeste,
and he Is from St Louis. bis thigh is
broken BY ball.
The case Of George W. Early, Of the
Seventy. seventh Ohio, is Of interest he
vas in the hospital ct Paducah, and re
Joined his regiment two days before the
battle. BE vas put in the hospital again,
snd left it before the fght eommenoed. he
fought Sunday and Mo1day, and in the
pursuit fell exhausted. While returning
70 camp, be met a struggling Seoessionist.
Both fred, and his opponent fell dead.
His wound, which he received during Mon
day, is not severe.
Paris 7. sGrif6lh, Of the Forty-eighfh Il
hnois, Is only eighteen years old. he vas
fighting near his father on Sunday, when
shell took of his rightarm. He ran to
bis parent and said.
Father, have lost en- arm"
God bless you my SON." was the re.
spouse. $50 to the hospital, and If l am
spared viii see you after the fight"
The most terrible csse We have on board
is that Of John LsuntE, who is from Iron.
ton, Ohio. BE was shot 10 the head, the
ball entering back Of the ear, crushing the
jaW, and coming out at the chin. Hir
wound had been bound up, probably JUS
after he Was wounded, and not agsir
touched. When he was brought aboard
the boat, the wound was fy-bloEn, and il
Was filed With Wormsl Tie csse is nov
hopeless one. BE suffered great sgony
but ct times would become cheerful The
closest attention has been given him, emo
the poor fellow still fingers. he says be il
ready to die, but would like to live till Chi
last battle for the Union is fought. Will
proper attention, in time, the poor fellow
might have been saved, but now he mus
die.
Home aghinl Our proud boat is plcW
/ ing up the liver, with Cincinnati in tht
distance. From the residences on eithel
side there Is Q perfect tumult Of cambria
hailing the wounded patriots as they pass
Look st them, and see the tears glisten il
their eyes, aa they acknowledge the crate
ful welcome. One old fellow, whom v,
call Uncle John" as stout as an osk. an,
who dom 'tcsrs for bullet wound that rup
from his side to his breast, as he wine
away 9 tear from his sunburnt cheeks
ssys:
"Dang il, boys, can't help It. VII
Eouldn' fight for such people snd such
oountryp p
and sn Irishmsn, who recovered from
wound received at Donelson Just In time {
get another ct Shiloh, responds;
An sure ye are right. Its the daosni
est country in the world, an has the d
eentsst hsg, sure"