Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-26

The PainesviIle Telegraph Of this week
has the following racy account of the last
"raid, ," which, it appears, was directed
against Psinesville:
The citizens of Cleveland, Detroit, Chica-
20, Erie, and Buffalo have had their scares
about raids from Canada pirates, and SO
also has the tranquil village of Peinesville.
Last Saturday evening, Deputy Provost
Marshal Jennings brought the intelligence
from Cleveland that Provost Marshal Nash
had received a dispatch from General
Hooker stating that no was in possession OF
information OF contemplated raid upon
Painesville by aOout one hundred and
fifty rebels, who were preparing TO EN-
bark upon the vessel Ontonagon, from Port
Sarnie. Mr.. Jennings Immediately in
formed q number Of our business men, but
there was not much sensation manifested
that night. Monday forenoon vessel
made it's appearance off Fairport, and
cruised around for four or five hours, when
it put back in the same direction from which
itceme. The circumstance created conaid-
erabIe stir among our dry bones, and
"seout" Instantly rushed from the village
to Fsirport to examine the "situatlon" and
report 70 headQuarters-the COwles House.
He came back and confirmed the news,
/ ana LQeQ 'ElGT6 WIS AuIEy4uk W AAA ~
20 examine guns and pistols. A guard-of
| five men were appointed to do guard duty
! a. night in the vicinity of the village, and
three more were on the watch at Fairport
| Thereupon people went home and the
married portion OF the community atfec-
| tonately kissed each of their children
| (those that had thsm) before sending them
| 10 bed, perhaps for the last time on earth )
and husbands tenderly embraced their
wives, and tearfully asked each other why
tney were ever born-and neither could
tell Aud we heard that some gushing To-
Vers sat up all night, with the determine
! ton of going into the jaws OF death locked
in each others embrace. Bully for them
Il was stormy night, but still some Of the
ladies spent part Of the night way back in
lanes and by-ways, and others took up
| lodgings in their ice-houses to keep cool
and be out of the way. However, Tuesday
mornings sun rose as Usual-but we
couldn't see it, for it was cloudy-and we
we're still alive. In the forenoon we got
the news that the vessel was one Of our
own, and WAS trying to make our harbori
but could not, and finally put in at Ashta-
bula. "All is now quiet" at Painesville.
| Neweomb's minstrels arrived Saturday
evening about the time we received the
first news, and our citizens "spot5ed" them
Immediately as part OF the reDel gang OJ
their suspicious appearance. Their trunks
some thought, were filed with implements
| of death, aud the large bundles under then
arms (their insruments) were the bloody
articles to tear and cut US into mince- meat
But that horrible phantasy was soon dis
| pelled. A number of people packed W
their valuables, and bone that belonged
to the "League" and had packed away
their silk dresses, put them all on, ssyinG
"the rebels surely would not sGka them OF
their persons" and We heard-of cours
me don't know-they slept in them
Take our "raid" all-in-all, it was one o
the most "interesting incidents of the war
To look pack now it is smusing to think
when we got the news, how eur business
men skedaddled to their various store
and banks to examine the fuse-holes o
their respective masked batteries-as eacl
store is well supplied with guns.