Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-25
MORNING LEADER.

Ros 4wAY.-Early on Thursday norm.
nine shs 2sik inst, before day-light, from
he eifeus grounds. span Of .heasy built
. hotsss--hay and black-Vith harness on.
Any iaformation As TO their whereabouts,
epthsir return to eeers' Livery Stable, on
,- nant SIS. win b iiberslly rewarded.
July 2t-si
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Acorrespondent Of the New York Frib-
g ne writes these Incidents Of conversa-
osia tioa with tho rebels at Camp Dennison:
- lev things arc m0re interesting than
ths results OF his visils through the vari-
Gus words bat ! shall confue myself to
6oass notes I have Of conversations ef his
with tht wounded rebels Of whom We have
Sk there. They are all from Somewhere in
ia the So1lh4t5l end have al applied to the
ocyernmeft f9r permission to take theoath.
o and he released thereon. No answer 70
~ their united paiition has been received. r
among those with whom Mr. Clayton
held long conversation was 9 Baptist
AZ preacher A'om Tennessee, q Mr. Neil He
ssiSed HIN how be chsnoed to- be lhere.-
"oh, they came the scare or me, was his
reioindeT, aulhe told story Of the horri-
HE treatment Of Union men in his neigh
i.ss lbo1hQcdi Hhich brought upon hin spirit
81 clr 0ne Of the number who Was ev-
...e idebily rear bis end gathered ~ al the
1t7ongth he had, and told bis story IS fol-
lows: he had been Postmaster ID d small
loWndn. Van Burea county. Tennessee
ra tlA day was appointed 70 take vote on tie
ion ordnance, and IA that precinct
srssa thCg. cot seven votes for Il; dissatis6ed
Fith thai they appointed another day and
- cot six; they tried q third time and
81 ono They then began the system Of
- persecution sud lynchinC. That you
mas iudge how This was carried on, said
nah, = VIII give you one case. Il
81 nay aeem incredible to yen, butos you see,
Lam not far from the grave, and would
Z 1pt appear before my maker with 4 lie In
mouth
sThere Wasi il Van Buren county an cid
Methodist preacher Of . great deal of abil-
rs named Cavender. He was from tie first
most determined Union man, and as his
influence &c tho county was great they de-
termined 20 make an example Of him and
Get him cut Of the way. So they took him
out Of his house. put arope around his neck
aa. and setsinz him upon horse, led him out
into forest They then told him that un-
less ID would publicly ren0unee al Union
-. - iln thsg would hang him.
Lavender replied, God gave me my
hrsath to bear witness q his truth; and
when must turn il to the work Of lies and
crime Il Is wen enough to yield Il up to
I'm Who gave IT, -e
5. sfhey linen asked him If he had any part
ing request BE said ne hadno hope that
80 tfey would attend 70 anything he might
ask They said they would. BE then re-
quested that they would take his body to
his daughter with request that she would
lsg 4 beside the remains Of his departed
wife. They then said: Its time to 60 to
gour prayers. BE replied, srm not one
HH6 AZ thesoTt Eho has to wait until rope Is
:. tar0und his neck to pray. They then said,
Gene old man, no nonsense; III you don't
swear to stand BY the Southern Confedera-
cy you'n have to swing, st the same time
tying the rope 70 branch. TIE old man
8 said Hang away. One then gave blow
with Thip to the horse upon which Cav
ai ender sst--the horse sprang forward and
the faithful servant Of God and his country
passed into eternity. You wiz remember !
ttss they said they would fulill his last re- /
81 8tQasst Vel, they cut the hesh Of Of his
bones and threw il 70 the hogs his heart !
sas cut out and lay in public place till I
30 q rotisd. Can Il be wondered at II few are /
strong enough 10 resist these the only Ie-
gitimase arguments Of rebellion p
Nel Sir. says the genial Mr. Clayton, |
.isar What's the matter With your q Wound /
- Cd airi slight wound in the groin-Eorse
u cnei1 the heel HRhere were you wound
Cd Pittsburg Landing, SIR q What
part ol che battlefH HSecond FIRE Of the I
-I5ast round. sir" SWhat Monday? WHY. 1,
Z Fes Tatter lard, wasn't il, to fight tive +
days and then GET hurt ct the very last p :
fl fl 6 Devil two days did fight at an .. ~
hos afrr4J ff
sir didn't know what Wap you see'
sena didn't want 70 blo- ngl4Ag lOii /
@=iuFes brains oal Witts = fellow efea-
vas blowing am out knowing what
did aa1t 5ut for, dye see no more !
= r--Tl /. ~ - .elloW creature to blow my /
sir without knowing what they was 1
IN cut for; 50, sir just snaked away,
SRI But on Monday they found me, SIR
ana drummed me in He was rom
- one of the most interesting cases was
.,.ll. vouth whose heart vas evidently busy
oine poetic justice to the Yankees he had
ss.s-i issn tsnoht 10 hate, though he still was
e6-io:s about Southern rights. Mf. Clay
.fsb naked 10 him for some time concerning
religious matters, and the young man at
3 LAST broke II b. saying, 8 we've talked
about religion long enough, now lets tslk
sb5qt poiitiesn There was q peculiar
sreited a smile in all around /" Well,
replied Mt Clayton, Pm not much on
politics, I'd rather not talk about them
fsii ae how you felt when you were wound
sdD
Thought It would be 8 sharp pain, sir,
.sir fut lt Wasn't; was wounded in the legs,
s. and it was Just ike being knocked of Of
- ny pins By q strong blow from log Of
Hoed. Fell fat on ny belly, and ny knees
- freW themselves up under my chin Made
aurs was dead, but thought il didn't make
rluch difference, for saw our men retreat
Ing, and knew the Yankees would get me
ana Kill ne sure; always told, sir, the
rs YANKEES lad horns. Well there lay
aad up came Colonel leading his men
- ta-zfe was IN front, sir; he jumped down
from his horse, and ran 70 ne, drawing
Something from his belt so gave up, butt
~ Wasute pistol sir '--and here the boy 3 eyes
s1a ueissened-fiit was o oanteenl BE put II
tom my lips I drank. He jumped on his
horse again, and said, Charge, boys they
s ere AecirFf Then some soldiers on foot
cane toward nc, aud thought they're
not Ell like that oficer, and I gave up
aFaln. But sir, they said, comrade, get
- up They lifted me mp ard said, Put
gour arms around our necks andWell lead
you uswsy from these bullets And these
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