Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-11
Nsisoa's Brigade ut Naahvige.
OANP AEBEEW JACKSON, TENE.,
March lst 1862.

March lst 1862.
EDs LEADER ,-uThe march Of events
has furnished material for another eommu.
nisatiOn. A long break in eur mail faeii.
itiss has prevented rs from hearing from
fsiehdsat hOmG but at last light has reach
sd % from che Northern sky, a nail route
has been established, and better day
daWns upon Middle Tennessee.
There are events that grow in interest
with tho lapse Of time. The startling 90
euFronoes Of the last two weeks, in which
Il has bean my fortune to be an aoior, win
Increase In historic interest as longas men
retain an appreciation Of the grand and
1hs sublime Events have crowded upon
each other with the Fapidity Of a changing
dream-eyents as full Of interest and as
strikingly illustrative Of the fokleness Of
public opinion as the taking Of the Bastile,
the diss alutioD Of the 'lOng parliament
or The inexplioabie mutations in the senti.
meht cf The French popuisce ss Napoleon
cane upon The stsge and disappeared.
The morniDg Of February I4th vas the
colde8t Of the season. The Fourth Division
broke camp and marched in the direction
Of the Ohio river. Owing TO the terrible
condition Of the roads, on portion Of the
route, the baggage wagons sometimes failed
% reach Us, and, though the weather was
eold,we slept upon the snowy ground, fam
oying, perhaps, that warmth was shed upon
rs By she gray and quivering mOOI-besms
piercing the icy atmosphere. Tbs tired
soldiers slumbered psacefally in Gods
great tent the canopy Of Heaven,
=
sky"
At West P0int We embarked upon q feet
81 steamers, and proceeded down the
river AS We passed smithland, at the
mouth Of Tie Cumberland, We concluded
that We we're to Be sent to Cairo for service
upon the g Father Of Waters % bnt We
stopped ct Paduoah. The landing vas
crowded with steamers flled With soldiers
cheering enthusiastically as regiments az
rived or departed, or mutual aoduaintsnces
rssogniEed each other. We had heard Of
the Union victory ct Fort Donelcon, and all
felt eheerfuL At the sight Of the msgnif
cent army marshaled along the banks Of
the broad Ohio, own my pulse beat quick
sr, snd the warn blood hurried through
ny veins
'TWeFe worth ten years Of peaceful life
= Oae glance at their arrayn =
One fne morning the landing was
cleared, 3 portion Of the feet leaving for
Cairo, while Nelson's division proceeded
mp the CUmberland. Our entire voyage
seemed more like holiday excursion then
the aelern realities Of war" The river
seemed 70 have expended into lake, |
rebsl property Of ell description, contra /
band or otherwise, took to river naviga-
ton and started for the North, while sub |
merged dwellings On either side locked |
Ike an entire extinction sf the fire eat-,l
ors." Such food has not been expert |
encsd upon the Cumberland for hfteei /
years. We passed Fort DonelsOn with its !
froEning fortifostions and noted battle |
ground. At Olarksville the rebels had 4
planted number Of guns in position to
sweep the river. The food had entirely in |
sulstsd the battery, and nothing but herd /
af swine appeared 70 man IT. The town |
had q dssOlate appearance, having been !
sVscuated BY the rebels after the partial /
destruction Of the railroad bridge across !
the CunbeFland.
D lets oOald hardly realize tb5t Ne we're
nes7ng EsshFile The pE6Bosed rcap pital Of |
~ g. 81 ooAfe aersoy. Just hsi0Fs reach
ing he citFlwe passed an atandonbd bat
iery mounting guns ef immense size, on 8 |
IL bi6f Overlooking the river. The |
bslk vas streFed vita Fhgels and broken |
!. e,l-aarEiages, where the rebels had tum- !
70 bied eannon into the river. Everything
showed evidences Of q hasty and disastrous |
retreat Il vas Q besutiful morning, early |
spring in this gsuisl cline, when the much |
talked-of city eams in sight. As We eneared |
The landing, the peopse came docking down,
cheering, waving handkerehiefs, and man |
nesting their Joy in all ooncSivable ways. |
Friends shOok each ether by the hand, de- |
eiaring they could now talk ss they pleas |
ed. Some actually shed teara for joy. As
Leland's splendid band played The Star
Spangled Banner, the people oheered lust
ily ct the unRonted sound. But one class !
regarded us With sullen looks
The people represented that for some
days preceding our arrival 3 perfect panic
had prevailed. The army refreshing from
Rowling Green came upon the fueitiVes
frsm Fort Donelson and Clsrksvilie. Des-
oiatiSa marked the path Of the retresting
sFmy, like that which folloWed Attila and
bis Vsndel hordes. One gentenan re-
marked that the soldierly bearing and per-
feet discipline Of our troops in such strik-
ing contrast with the disorderly rabble
sihat had Just left, osnTertsd i've hundred
sesessionists into Union men, AS the
Qaion flag Wss unfarlsd from the State
Heuse, net s soldier bat could point exult-
iaglY 70 ihe held Of undimned stars and
ezoiaim with truth, "a
eI'm glad Pm in the army"
CIV. HILLS.