Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-05-02

tire other day, g Before these tFOubiea bssan
We were the hsppiest people on the earth, "and
90 they might have been. But their oVn
folly has brought upon them the tsfrofs asa
devastations Of war, and believe they now
curse the folly and madness Of the leaders
who plunged them Into the vortex.
An old man from LeOid river valley, who
came 10 look after some property which our
cavalry had carried oR, said TO me today
that the people were sick Of the war and
would gladly see Il end whichever way, 30
thew might have peace. bslieve this iS the
general feeling throughout this section. Tee
triumph Of the Union Wonld bring TO the
people a prosperous peace, but the leaderl
see In Il nothing bat ruin to themselves, and
so will fight till the last hope Of success is
destroyed.
Quite a serious skifmish took place some
tan ortwelvemIles or from Homney, on Wednes-
day last. Il seems that Information hsd
been received that an effort was being made
70 raise q company to attack and capture our
wagon trains. A party of some twenty cav
airy set out from ROmney to interfere with
| this recraiting business expecting to hnd, II
any. only q few rebel recruits, whom they
might capture. They came upon the enemy
/ towards day In q house. Not knowing the
enemy's strength, they rode directly up TO
the house, and as they approached received
q volley Of balls, none taking effect Pass
ing to the rear Of the house, the party dis
mounted, and sheltering themselves behind
out buildings, kept up rapid firing upon
the concealed enemy. Whenever q head
appesred at q window or door, Il became g
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The ammunition OF our men giving out they
were compelled to retirs, with the loss Of
three men, and having captured three prison.
ers. Col. DoWney, Of the % Maryland, AZ
rived with infantry alter the hight was over,
and the rebels hed at bis approach. They
numbered rs men. The hoor Of the house
in which they were, was found covered with
blood, and the woman of the house, the only
person remaining on the premises, said that
two of the rebels were killed by our shot
The house, which had been used as rendez'
voue and recruiting station, was burned to
the ground. The bodies Of the three dead
of our party were found, and taken to Rom-
psv for hurial. One cf the three had been
severely wounded In the arm and side, and
was left for dead. But It seems the iends
found him while living, and despatched him
by q blow on the head with the butt Of a
gun, as his skull was found to be broken in,
and the print of the gun stock showed how
it had been done. This single instance may
be added to the many which fasten on South
ern traitors the character of barbsrians worse
than Indian savsges. Among the number
of the enemies killed was the notorious Col
Parsons, whose fine form lies q mile north Of
ROmney.
But for this interruption Of their plans
our supply train would have been attacked
and perhaps captured, and the too small forcC
left to guard Romney might also have been
attacked. The rebel women Of the town
taunted our soldiers On the streets the day
before with the threat that they would b'
captured or killed very soon When the
dead bodies Of our men were brought into
town, lady shall say2 exclaimed with
an air Of triumph, to one Of our boys stand
ing BY, "There," said she, 'tyou can see what
we can do 10 you Yankeesl" The spiri
and conduct Of the rebel women Of thC
South would make even Lady Macbeth
blushl
As we advance strong guards must be lef
behind to protect the telegraph and road, ol
we shall ind ourselves cut of from our sup
plies and communication intercepted.
Yours W.