Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-06

The FrIght aud Panic az Nashville =
fConespOndenee Of the Cincinnati Commercially
The news Of the fall Of Fort Donelson
ea.ahed here while the citisans we're In
ohuBsh Suck 9 eksdrdliag from service
Was never seen. All the carriages, hacks
wagons, horses, 80, vera Immediately i'm
prossed, and h0 for Dixie was the startling
cy. The Legislature Immediately conVsn-
Cd, passed bat one resolution, viz.
RssolgSd, That We takea special train for
Memphis, unanimous in the of, and in Q.
few momsats these Valorous Oonfeds. we're
sseamine aWBy for the destined point Of
the last rssolStioH Gov. Harris followed
suit with ell the State records, in osFriage.
Az be neared the bridge, to his horror, he
discovered il had been washed away, but
Rothing daunted be plugged in and swan
aoEoGs.
Gfhe wicked fee when no man pursueth." /"
BIZ this time Gen Johnstcn's army from
Bowling Green, arrived. They came not
IN order, but running from all directions
This intensified the panic.
At this time commenced scene Of de-
slr1Stioa seldom Witnessed Around the
State House we're piled immense stores and
munitions Of war; thousands Of m0skets
and guns we're burned, magazines blown
- m and some thirty-fYe cannon stfked
Oh FiIls and y asi sile taiiTBad brdge vas also
- E5burned.A The Wild and frsnzied mob then
staftsd for the splendid suspension bridge
spanned the Cumberland from Edge
feld 9 the public square in the city.-
Around Il they found clustered many Of
Shs most influential citizens Of the place,
:, - begged and prayed for them to spare
fbe -srusnre; but the Val0rous fi) thiev-
IN a.1. Floyd, who was beading the mob,
o-SaTs5 Ns citizens sWsy. The bridge
,-s1IJ rot \, IN, BUT Hith pick aud hammer
- fhs v-irss on a. is side were cut asunder,
ard In 4 moment the work Of 0 year, and
fbousands ~ doIIsrs IN Value, was sunk in
tie turbid waters Of 1, = Cumberland, Oh,
the damasbls joy Of SECT Nsls' ven; H2ll-
ooffor had hia ali invested IN tlns Dil0ee'
and from ii his six orphaned chilslSo et-
peOted their future maintenance. TAes.t
father fell like hero-though in bad
osuse and the same men who VirtuNlly
drove him into his ignOminious pOsitiony
have robbed--aya, basely robbed-his or
pha1ed daughters
Poor Zoliy, when he left home he bade
his family farewell, with the expression
i'that his cause vas q bad one, and he did
not expect success"
Flcyd then ordered the army warehouses
20 be thrown open, and told the citizens 70
help themselves. There, Language fails,
Webster Is nowhere, and words are beg
Qars in attempting to describe the scene.
None Of the working classes had left, hence
they rushed, as goes the hurricsne, upon
the houses, oursing, qusrreling, sorambliBg
and fighting over their ill-gotten gains
oonbine all this with thousands Of drunken
soldiers Sseking the stores and chasing the
fast women, and you may, with the help Of
-
sequent upon the evacuation Of Nashville
TcUoRno IHoDEET.-An example Of al
most supsrhuman endurance and spirit, as
related BY DR.. VOorhies, Of Mississippi, q
eerfleman far too intelligent and skillful
20 be engaged in such cause otherwise
than aleEiating its miseEiea, is ss follows
When ct the bombsrdmsnt Of Fort Henry
4 vuung Wisconsin boy who had BY some
means been made 8 prisoner, had his arm
shattered By ball from our gunboats, h
vraq taten 10 one Of the huts where DR.
Voorhies attended 10 him. He had jus
~ q ,bsred The hone when an enoruOus shel
came cFashing through the hut The ittll
foiioR, without moving 3 muscle, talke,
a. - with fFmness during Incorporation Of ssE
.5 = ing the bone, when smother went plungln
70 elcss by them The Doctor remarked tina
rf i vas getting too hot for him, and picke
tie boy up IN his arms and carried hiI
into 0uU Of the bomb-prOofs where th
e. operation was completed. The only ar
Gaer Of the North rner was flf you thin
this hot q VIII be q good dezI too hot fd
you by-a1d-b by iiAnd," says the Doctor
81 should Ike 10 see that boy again; he
ffhe brayeet little fellow I ever saw
WmTER ASCENT OF MT. WAsHHoFoH-
The Coos Republican gives an interestin
narrative Of an ascent Of Mount Washinl
ton b fhree citizens Of Lancaster, n Z
q lhs nth inHt--an undertaking Whit
vas never known 10 be accomplished befO
sn ruoh q season. The parties were 8