Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1862-05-14

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move up toward Paducah. We rounded
to at Mound City, seeing DR.. Casteriiae
near the Hospital; l run and hastily tip
ping it up stairs and through the rooms,
till we Burton had Joined us reach 1t.
Nc. He can stand grape and canister
as well as man may, but our sudden pre-
sence and brief mention of our purpose,
opened up a well of feeling whose waters
will o'eriow. Seeing he was well cared
for, and leaving word for Haynes, Fuller,
Bennett and PIERCE, we run back, and have
to jump for u boat, while the passengers
deter us, crying out, you'll drown if you
jump" Heaven willed otherwise, and
the incident introduced US to the crowd
at once.
Paducah is reached at night, and we
can learn nothing there. Next day Fort
Henry invited our eye. bitches, mounds,
pits, sand-bags, log huts away back on the
hill, where have fifteen or twenty thou
sand rebels labored to make a stronghold
which all our power should not break
through. But the wide level expanse was
easily captured by our gunboats, throwing
shot and she'll with sure aim in the en-
closure. Gen. C. S. Smith too was there
with Gen. Grant, to guide and plan, so
that no mishap befell our forces on land.
Brave and competent, the white haired
old veteran lay sick at Savannah, Tenn,
while disaster befell Gen. Grant and his
men, at Pittsburg landing. His death
since, was a national loss, than which the
war has cost us few greater.
As we go up, the Tennessee grows more
beautiful, and the current begins to show
against the high water setting back from
the Ohio. The steep banksnow and then
show out the ragged rocks, and the hills
rise up in the distance. At times q beau
tiful undulating country opens before US.
The green fields of grass. wheat and oats,
and the half grown leaves of the oak and
the maple, and the various flowers of the
fields, and the white and red blossoms of
the woods, reminds US of June in North
ern Ohio.
Here IS a negro woman with a mule and
a name for a pillow, she is breaking up for
corn. A genial man of 10 or Is who moves
about in his slippers, comes beside me
Beautiful country" said Lob, splend-
id, just the place for 20 young men of en-
terprize to come and start a wood yard,
steam mill and a store. Uncle Sam to
protect them. They'd soon conquer the
Union" This was said TO be Gov. II. of
Wis, but l think it was some other clear
headed, and whole souled lover of his
kind. Soon after | threw out a similar
remark, to one reported to be Judge
B7n of Egypt. "Ah, ha, you're for
breaking up the union" "There'sno I'M
ion here, said /, we've got TO make it
if ever it exists again" l saw not anoth-
er than these two fossils lone before men
toned during our trip. Like those of
geology, political remains of extinct spe-
cies are only TO be found in certain layers
of political rocks-that is, old h~ard-heads.
About 3 z. NJ. Monday, we round to
on the east bank to wood up, evidently
boat meier wooded up before, but in time
We got to land. The man and boy in the
fields keep to work, here's wood and
no owner-but some of us have
bit up the Suckers, for such they were,
as they tell us, only two years ago. Just
now they're for the man that's with them
we give them some papers, and send
one to the rebel Planter a few miles back.
Suckers don't know if there really was a
fight at P. L., or not. Getting more as
sured shey finally tell us if the more than
half rebel feeling in that Humphreys
county, while across the river in Benton
county more than half are for the Union
in his county Union people are "whipt
like niggers," and some have been hung,
but rebels now begin TO fear, and Union
men are looking up. The wood is on,
and passengers shoulder 4 few stores as
We return to our boat. Steam is up and
off we move at double quick" to redeem
the time.
Concluded merit wcek.