Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-04-30


west would bo followed By a very genera
uprising sgainst US on The par. Of the ciH
sens Of Nsskville. He mentioned a. q 10
mdrkabls feature that nearly tWO-thirds o
The women Of thseity appear upon The stree
10 wourning, and that following the bstul
OF RiGisburg Landing nearly every Otho
door WorO Grape. Thsapeaker could nos fai
70 bear teltlmOny 70 the indeiahgabls dsvO
ton shown our niok soldiers By some families
in the city, who had opened their dOOrS fol
their reception, and miniSterod 70 theiI
wants with ss mueh care Is II they had been
dear friends.
The announcement Of the battle ai
PitisbuFg Landing IN Nashville the
speaker was there 81 the tlme) created
great excitement Shortly after the INTEL
ligenos, he isit on steamer for the scene Of
the terrible struggle, TO look aftsr the
wounded, and ostablish there, a. he had at
Nashville, supply depot Upon his srri-
val there, he found a scene of activity ex-
ceoding everything he had before witnessed
or imagined. For six miles along the river
aseamboats were moving about disohArging
stores and troops, ammunition and ord
nance, and all that belongs 10 great army,
and the banks were literally black with
the moving masses. The whole face Of
the country had bean trOdden TO a "mortar.
bed" !" the mud sinking 20 the knees, rem
/ do-;vc 1o.ov,,offrr, afu,oot -, ,,..sfhl. Qt,,
ping on shore, and mounting the bluffs, the
horrors Of war were presented in all their
terrible reality. On every side were the
dead and wounded, the former being rapid
ly hurried into the trenches as they were
prepared for them, many Of which already
dotted the surrounding country. BE would
not attempt to describe the battle. field. He
went over the greater portion Of It, and had
the testimony Of friends who were engaged
in the scenes that trsnspired there, andthis
was unanimous in attributing our ctlsmi-
ties to carelossness and bad generalship.
he spoke favorably of the care of the
wounded By the regular Surgeons, prior to
the arrival Of the Surgeons sent out by the
ststes. It was impossible, however, that
some should not go uncared for through
days, as our dead aud wounded were spread
over an area Of three miles. There was
also unavoidably great deal of suffering
Immediately after the battle, there being no
places provided to which 10 remove the
wounded, and the bOsts sent out by the
Commission did not arrive for several days.
It was q cheering and lively sight, however,
when finally twelve steamers, loaded with
supplies, cots, nurses, &c, came rapidly
down the river on their blessed mission
he had received from New York the inqui.
ry, '.Whst is being done for the wounded ?"
and il was with joy that he replied,
Twelve stesmeTs have been sent by the
Sanitary Commission conveying supplies
furnished by Ladies' Aid Societies"
Of the treatment of the wounded after
taken in these boats, he said he had every
assurance that they were cared for II the best
possible manner, and referred to the Mag
nolia, which took supplies from the Aid So
ciety Of this city, accompanied by num-
Der Of our citizens, as a model of the others.
The rebels, he said, had erected hospitals
and made every necessary provision for their
wounded, but in their fight had abandoned
them. In one hospital eighty dead were
found BY our men. rebel Colonel, who
was found still living in this terrible place,
informed one Of our Surgeons that Bsaure-
gard had had the wounded thrown ont Of
the ambulances and their places filed by
arms. The arms captured from Prentiss'
command necessitated the clearing of
number Of ambulanees Of their wounded.
With regard to the distribution Of sup-
plies, he could assure the public, that so far
as his keOwledge went, they were faith
lully disburssd. OF tho great good
being done, he could furnish ample testi-
mony from many Of the best men in the
army, and though many fault finders had
raised their voices, for every one Of such he
could produce 8 hundred who would thank
the ladies of the North to their last breath
fos the great work they have done and are
/ doing for the soldier. He stated that he
had received from New York authority 70
charter 3 steamer, which was to be equipped
BY the Aid Society Of this city, with which
N visit the various hospitals along the rivers
and distribute supplies. BE hoped to leave
with it Thursday night, and it is the inten
tion to make it floating depot during the
summer-distributin in addition to other
articles, oranges, lemons and other fruits,
eggs, butter, cheese, and 50 on,
The Doctor concluded his very interesting
lecture BY exhibiting some trophies of the
battle, consisting Of q huge bowie knife,
short sword, percussion shell, spherical
shot, &c.