Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-03-13
Concentrated .Essenss Of GIssm.

Concentrated Essence OF GIeom. -A
A eOrresponpondent Of the New. York
World writes this dismal view Of Nash
vile; - sg,
And nov for Nashville sImmsdiately |.
set of through the town, And Whsto q.
townl HOE can imagsEy or mstaPhoT, or.
any ILLUSTRATION bring q p you as 1T sp-
peared to me On this the hFst day OF its oc-
eupstion BY the Federal forces. Sunday /
might call it, Bat no puritan village Sum
day / ever ssH Wss ct all compared with
it., LET'S say imagine seventy -seveH Sum
days rolled mo one, and into one town,
and somebody dead in every house Of 1T
snd every inhsbiiaht Of it gfleving st q,
grave side, and even then you will fail to
feel the silent and appalling gloom that
shreuds the city Of Nashville at this mo-
ment. Every single, solitary store was.
closed. Every window shutter was tight
shut. Not over one hundred white men,
not one white woman, were visible to the
naked eye" and then while men we're col
lected in small groups on the corners, hands
in pockets, gazing straight at the pave
ment, converting in low sad Jones, with
oountenances. the most dismal and detected
that ever saw out Of o penitenuary.
After perambulating the eitY-l brought up
st The St Cloud. Went in. -Four men sat
with teeir shins to thes stove, They resem-
bled four persons Who had swallowed the
suieieidsl syrup, and were Waiting in blue
horror for its fatal effect. Silently, sullen-
| ly and Slowly youth with red eyes arose,
and IN answer to my inquiries about ae-
commedstions said Yes and showed the
register toward us.
II Ess night now, and che. first CLEAN Of
sunlight that fell on me in this horrors
haunted hstel came from the grinning ivor-
\ les Of the African who conducted me to my
! apartments.
-aHee / heel isn't you q Yankee p --
aAnd no mistake, I replied.
-tiDat my 'pinioB, hee hee Tell yoU
what mister, We darkies are mighty glad
to see Old bineoln's soldiers, Nc ia Dii
yere room Was where old Floyd stayed r
aWhatl you don't any that I an occupy
ing Gen. Floyd's room p
tsDaPs 90, sar; de damned old cuss va
here only about q week ego, but nobody'i
sorry he's gone about yere. he carried ol
kind O. high when he was here, cuttin' AM
slashin' and burnin' bridges"
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The London 1Imss Upon the Fort Henr
CuptuFe.
, Read in the light Of subsequent eVenti
the following comments Of the LOndo
Times upon the ospturs-of Fort Henry ar
ludierOus;
A success has been achieved By the FED
|, eral army in the reduction Of q work calle
(. Fort Henry, on the Tennessee. river, an
: the capture Of its garrison, consisting
: sixty men. The narrative Of the action doc
Z not present any features Of interest
4 was the usual American hghting-a Ion
= cannongde on both sides with little los
, and then g surrender hailed with loud T
4 ioicings By the ViotOrs. In this case the
would hardly have been q osususlty hS
not shot struck the boiler Of one Of 4
= gun boats snd scalded to death thirty-tV
a Of her crew. But though, as milital
- exploit, the capture Of Fort Henry calls
= little notice, yet the intelligence is inte
esting ss showing the position Of the 90
tending parties in the West and q
course which the warefare in that regit
= is taking.
= = Gen. Beauregsrd, who is said to hs
= taken command Of the Confederate arr
3 Of the West, has no doubt been directed
defend the country in the neighborhood
Bowling Green, and to prevent any mar
! from thst region TO Nashville, the eapii
- Of Tennessee- This the successor Of zol
Golfer viii be able to accomplish. Prov
ed he refrains from the foolhsrdiness Viii
II led 70 the late defeat, it is probable Il
- The advance Of the federal troops sou
'ts ward can be efeotuslly checked BY an
- ferior force holding the strong positiC
'1s Wich present themselves in 3 rough for
- country.
m An AWKwAHD PosITIoE.-We learn d
he on Monday night last, house ct MexiC
lob Corner, occupied by two families, was
aft completely submerged in SNOW that in
as morning nothing Of it could be seen. ]
or inmates attempted 10 escape by tear
nd boards from the gable ends Of the hot
70 but did not succeed in making their e
red and they were obliged 10 remain in {
,tes position until the neigbbors gathered to
lex Them out. By tunneling forty feet thrOl
not the snow the bloCksded families were
1t . leased. - Eoftldag Ia. zdDeytiser.
ing --s-S7P II
ars. The Londonderry Ireland l-Sentinet
bed February n, says that it Was Eunlonel
J it's Fortress Monroe that iRhode Island
Id been taken ty the Federal forces.