Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-01
CuhhEAGAAp hIVER,
Or BoARD THs MELN0rFE
MAreh 2bth. 1862.


Or BoARD THs MELNOFTE.
March ash, 1862.
EDrEoSs LEADEE; On the 2lsi instant
uTours &c, rsesivsd from Major Flint
psrnizsioa to take e trip Dixis-Wsrd, for
ths PlEpoas Of rsj0ining the FoFly-frst
Osio Volunteers, Aad for that purpose Was
opasros 10 report On board the Mslnoits to
Lisuisaaat Oolonsl Cochran, Of the sssond
Ksatuahy Cavalry. Z obeysd the order.
Esns three hundred snd sixty soldiers from
tbs hospitals and barracks we're II - - ben
na hossd, and this psEt Of tie lading was
sea hoconplishsi, aad We we're told hat
~ Eoald start st thres P. II but 500
pr day sHd Uaols Sam for PsymasteE
deaf hurry work On Ilttle old craft like
His aHd four, six, eight o'clock came, and
aiu We HhgsFed--Went to he'd, End st
bElakfast naLi moEning We still we're thare-
We got Of e. last bat stopped as New Al
hay, fear miles below, and took on ave
hundrod sacks of fesrn, and again twenty
miles beloW he mouth Of Salt River, and
aook On one hundred and af,y bales Of hay.
Ths grsst study ssomsd to bs how not to
~ Il dons, but sfisr some Tires hours it
was escompliGhsd without any further mis-
ian than the immersion Of three bales in
fhS Ohio, and We Here once m-rs in NO
1ion.
eunriss On Sunday morn found rs ct
FsNnsFille, Indiana, and in 3 sorious
80. stern The post Quarter Master vas
go sd We were ordered 70 60 to
Tsist tiirtv MILES bsl0N and take on nine
kun5rs5 ue,Irs Z corn We vent and did
itNitb sbout he Yame eeleEity that char
asfsrIsed o.rr rrovi, ,gI operations Of that
ki1a. "a sasin ao,i u doWn the OHIO,
TkIch Tor scores al nile = In this region is
E9U faaked By kalfsubml Fse0 oofnAsloa'
A uhort discourse vas prom. 'anSeI ~ :, ,I tle
cabin b the ksF. Mr.. Badd, oI AhaiAHli
Wko has been lsboriRg for some 0Ge Past
IN lAs hospitals 81 Louisville, with no re-
ward save tae thanks Of The soldiers, ana
Whs d nov going TO Nashville 70 procure
dischsrges for number Of disabled sol !
Aiass-
Daylight, On the morning Of the 74Gh, |
lo1nd ug tsking coal Is the mouth Of the |
Cu1berland, thres hundred snd forty |
Dilss below LcuisViIls We here took on
boafd pilot Hr. Elishs Carroll, Of Smith |
lsna Who vas pilot Of Con- PoOts gun
boaf during The shelling Of Port Donelson.
He 3 60 Pesulisriy obnoXious TO the rebels
faat Ten theUsand dollars have been offered /
i1l he heed. He has often been shot ct
eE9 u1e rife bali passed 90 close in front Of
Iim.as q ka0ok g button CT his vest ard
laas thEongh one side Of his coat Your
.oorltspondent passed nearly the whole day
Wiff IN 81 ths pil0t hSass, listening 70 his
euisl naErations Of incidents Of the fght,
Wosi ef which have been made public,
- that repetition hsre would be
ratlaE tedious than interesting. The
oeelery up this river = like that down the
OH, ssEe that hHts IS well ss eornfeld de
N1s kaA submerged, bat the river is nov
1slHnE fspidIy. Ii vas dark when We
pasesl Rort DoaslsoR, but cur pilot pointed
cat . - the dark outlines Of the Fort, and
4hspoints where bat few weeks since 90
1Hsy brave men did ths deeds, snd, alas
80 H8ay too died the death Of the hero
WslEadsd Ct Dover alengsids The Jacob
etrsdeT, Who Is on her way down from
NafhTille. As the bosts to1ched cash
oibtr 9 soldier On board The strader said,
sPbFson Br0EnloH is on board this boat"
TOaF correspondent Immediately expressed
an srdsni desire 70 SEQ him, when slim,
psls, Hght-haired but very Rentlemanly
Appsaring youth ssid, I'll try 70 get my
1hther 70 come here," snd LEFT. He s55n
FeturRed leading q tai, e4acistsd but noble
loskieg nan, who lsking q his hat and
boWfHg &c the croFd by this tine assembled
upca ear huEricsns deck, said, aIy friends
I an glad to see you, bat sickness and
hsEiship whilst I have been q prisoner b.
ee1ss loved ny country, have 90 rsdused
ny strgnEth that cannot gpeak, but I ~
paat an glad % see y0u, aad msy Heaven
blE1 you aud the caGss In which you ere |
slTaFsd" took the old her0's offered |
h1ld as did several oihsrs and Sc retired. /
Ths ssn fingered snd told me that the rsb.
els "a many places belaT were poisoning /
ouF tEoops. aesaid tbs rebels were deTfiS /
rathsF than men, and that hemp alone /
Woald teach iben % erase 10 Dc evil. he /
is going With his father to louisville. /
themes % join Frsmont's division nt Pound /
Gsp. Re is bitter ~ speaking q The |
pa8t b1t hopeful of fhs future Ths |
rest of f1e family are stil rBtsined, as be /
tod ne with hzahiRg eyes, ss hostages fsr /
81 fafbsr. he said the robsls we're 'eon- l
osRsrsting their forces at Desatur but the |
bells Isng, ne Wheels moved a15 Uifh mu- /
tUsl wishes for safety and suocsss We took |
1hs parting hand and moved on, each 70 /
friel Bis destiny.
This Eorni1g faF ihe arsf tine since |
lssEing Louisville ths san shines, birds are |
Staging and trees bsginning to pat forth |
$tsir leaves. We sxpsof % be IN Nashville |
a5out o'clock tkis p n.