Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-01-27

on drill and b dress ParGas, and No hop,
sOon 10 beHbls 70 report ourselves as good a
new. stI
By an order read yesterday, We learn tha
tlSo commissioned and four NON. commits.
stoned officers from this Regiment sie TO b
sent home as recruiting agents for the AIst
,OhO they viii bo has not yet transpired, buI
| have no doubt candidates will be plenty,
and hereby notify patriotic young men that
they are needed, and advise them TO fx up
their affairs and be ready 10 join the regi-
mont sOOnj and, being ready, look out for the
recruiting officers.
The news Of zollicoher's defeat and death
was read ct dress parade last evening, and
was received with much enthuBiasm, but the
joy Of our men over the glorious achieve
ments of Garfsld and Thomas Is mingled
with regret that while others win il is their
lot only 10 wait. Tho move is long delayed,
but whom made will, believe, prove check
mate to Buckner aud his rebel gang.
just as was turning to mount my horse
to-day, after having purchased a crib of corn
Of sn old gray headed man, he pointed to a
brace of pear trees standing upon knell
about forty rods from where We were, and
said, "The house where Abe Lincoln was
born stood by the side Of those trees" An
sged Hoosier who was with me, cleared the
fence that lntervened at q bound, and though
no great man-worshipei, followed suit, and
two pilgrims soon stood at the shrine of the
birthplace Of "HOnest Abe" Ha7dly q
vestige Of the old house remains, and the
stubble Of last seasons crop Of wheat COW
cred the ground where it once stood. It
fronted to the South, and gave IL bold
front too, as Old Abe himself does now
Six black locust trees, the stumps Of
which ere still plainly visible, stood on
this side Of the house, while it was
asnked on the east by the two pear trees
aforesaid, which are now rather aged in ap-
pearance, and from one Of which / carried
Off 9 spTout for q memsntO. a few rods 10
the rear of the place where the house stood,
is a small pond some six or eight rods in
diameter, and like many such in Kentucky,
without either inlet or outlet; and here, /
have no doubt, the distinguished boatman
took his first lee ons in navigation. An aged
and rapidly decaying orchard, containing
some IS or 80 apple trees, hanked the spot
on the West, but seemed to be regarded as
Of emo account"
But the most interesting, as we'll as the
most difficult to-be-described feature of the
place, remains to be noted. Directly in front
of the house, at distance OF about fifty
yards, down q tolerably steep declivity,
there Is kind of circular nk-hole, some
20 feet across; three sides of which are
nearly perpendicular rocks, but on the east
side the ground slopes gradually down TO
the depth Of about 20 or 80 feet As you ap-
prosch from the east, you will find yourself
entering q small cavern about ten feet across
and six feet high at tho front, but which di-
minishes rapidly in size, and turns to the
southwest and disappears entirely about
thirty fee, from the entrance. Along the
bottom of this little cavern flows a stream
which carries about barrel OF water per
minute, and just at its edge it dashes over
the rock in q fine little cascade into hole
about six feet across and four deep, and dis
appears. The water, like all in these parts,
is very clear the temperature about So
and strongly impregnated with lime. The
spot is three miles south Of HOdginsVille, the
county seat Of Larue county, formerly part
Of Hardin. 1t is now owned by Mr.. R. A.
CreaI, (a brother Of one of the sama name
have previously mentioned, } who remembers
Mr.. l. Is father well, and whose word may,
I think, be relied upon.
As an example OF farming, implements,
&c, in this region, I will just say that
found the proprietor of the farm adjoining,
and who owns over 800 acres of land, draw
ing corn fodder, assisted by a negro weneh.
He was driving his team Of four horses with
one rein, and that one was tOi0 stringl
Yours, T.