Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-25
Prentice-Isms

The following sCuibs are from the Louis
vile Journal of the 22d:
The rebels insist that Jed. Davis shall
take the fsld. Well, right before him there's
q 6sld occupied by Gen. Mcclellan let him
70 and take that
It used to be the boast Of Stephen A. Doug
las that he could make anything In the way
of cabinet ware. We do not believe FLOYD
or Wise or Pillow, though apprenticed to q
cabinet maker for seven years, could ever
learn to make a stand.
A rebel correspondent Of the New Or
leans Delta thinks be has invented OF dis
covered q new kind OF cement that will rem
der the sides OF a ship Cannon-prooE We
guess the result of the experiment would be
70 render the ship cementary.
It Is stated in & Missouri paper that Gen.
Price has not only chronic dysentery but
diabetes. We hope We have in our armies
no Generals Of his kidney.
The rebels don't like the manOeuvres OF
the Federal troops. They have an especial
andpsthy to the oold-steel drill.
Itissaid, that, for the alterations Of the
Merrimac, the rebel Government found It
salf drsT10n for q million and half Of dol
lars. Whatever that Government may think
Of the monster In other respects, it must be
convinced that her draft Is prodigious.
The Ohaleston Mercury says that Yankee
pride will have fall before the close OF the
year. No doubt the year itself will have
Fall before that time.
The Charleston Mercury asks what the
Federal troops exI sct to make By capturing
Southern cities. Unquestionsbly In The way
Of spoils they will make nothing. But what
q tremendous speculation the rebel armies
would make If they could seize the cities Of
the United States
At the last dates, Humphrey Marshall was
resting his immense tanks upon two contig'
uo1s hills beyond Pound Gap.
All, what would not the Confederate au-
thorities give, in these days of rebel fugacityi
for one standing army
The Southern Oonfederacy can't be "put
to her tvumps," for she has played them al
out.
One account Gays that Gen. Bragg is al
Pensacola, another that he Is at Norfolk, an.
other that be Is ct Island No. 10. No doubt
Rebel Bragg may be found wherever there
are Rebels.
The New Orleans Delta says that thC
Yankee are down upon wooden vessels -
New Orleans had better believe they vii
soon be "doVn" upon Runbnata and 1aanItA-
---sss
JEFF. Davis has Issued new proclamation
calling upon Virginia to maintain her integ
rity. BE was never able to maintain BIZ
own.
There was q grand shslling business dOn'
at Pes Ridge.
The chronic disease Of the Southern Con
federacy is getting worse and worse. It's lssI
evacuation, the one at New Madrid, Wa5 {
bloody one.
The steamer Merrimao In her fight ct Fort.
res Monroe, like our rebel friend Hewitt In
the fight at Fort Donelson, had her most
knocked OF.
Thcre iS no use Of any epsla trying to ex-
cuse the conduct Of Buckner. We Eouldn't
swear even ct him, but then he Ia q lock and
dam rascal.
In the rebel Oonfederacy, plans of battles
are drafted, and then men are drafted to fghi
the battles, or to run away without fighting
Gen. Sigel can make far more mastery
retreat than the rebel Generals, though be
never Practieed quarter 30 much as they.
You may think what you please, ladies
and gentlemen Of Memphis, but we tell you
Commodore Foote is "the coming man."
A New Hampshire paper calls the secreta-
~ Of War "Gen. Stanton" He is no Gen
eral Stanton; he's particular Stanton.
The New Orleans rebels may rely upon Il
that the Union hotilla on the Mississippi, like
Capt. Scott's coon, win ''come down"
Poor Pillow, shorn of his feathers, has
collapsed even &c bed pillow collapses when
all It's feathers are shaken ont.