The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-05-22
AUGUSTA, KY, April ., Isl

Kentucky, q former slayeholder, which
will be found extremely Interesting:
AUGUSTA, KY, April %, 1865.
REE. JAMES A. THoME: ..f......
DEAR BRO Your very welcome letter OF /
the 2Ist came TO me in due time, aud l can
only echo the sentiments it contains, TFOly, /
has the 5amnables deed ebnseersted and |
embalmed the name of Abraham Lincoln |
in the affections of every patriot in the |
land. Nay. more, it has fixed his fame be- |
yond the power of contingencies He leaves |
earth without Blot or blemish on either his |
private or political character. 1t fixes and
renders certain ths -e0nsummation OF MS
great war measure, aud liberstes four mil
lions of souls and at the same time this
dark deed of the assassin, which wss stab
at the heart of Liberty herself, makes him
q sainted martyr to liberty, and here
after, when the children of bondage aud
oppression shall feel the CALLING sbsckles
upon their limbs, and shalt rise in the
msiesty of their wrong, the name Of Abra-
ham Lincoln shalli be a ta'isman whose
charm shall make the despot and the
tYrant shake and quake with fear.
But there was another effect produced by
shis accursed act. We were becoming so
familiar with treason within tho last few
years, that it had almost ceased to be
looked upon as crimeJ and secession. the
origin of all our calamities, mere polIticsl
quostion. Sad orrvr Perjury, theft, arson,
murder, pillage, rspine and all the sad con-
sequences of a savage war with Southern
traitors for over four years had failed or was
about to fail, in producing in the minds
of the people that horror which people
ought to feel at such acts and We
were about to receive back as friends these
purjured villains, with their hands wet and
smoking with the blood of our patriot sOns
aud fathers. But no God would not have
il so. This dark deed of assassination,
striking down the first man in the nation,
was necessary as Growing act of its inia-
my, to fix upon the minds of the people,
secession's heinous character. This deed
| did it. II is the last stoke of slavery, let 1t
die 1t is the death struggle Of an institu-
tion accursed both BY God and man. Let
| it perish from the face of the earth But
Abraham Lincoln's name shall live in his
| tory, and IN memory, and grow brighter
and brighter as long as freedom shall have
| 8 Votary on earth. He viii stand second TO
| no man in history. America should yet be
| proud Of the Rail-splittt r, of the back woods
Statesman and patriot, and his resting place
second Mecca. A great and good man
| has fallen indeed but his death shall add
| strength to the nation, and his name be-
| come watch word to liberty itself. The
matrons of the land will tell the tragic
story of his death to the prattlipg children
of the land who are TO be the heirs to his
| lsbors, who died for freedom.
| You ask me will not Kentucky yet pass
| the Amendment to the Constitution Oh,
| yes, as soon as she can yomit the negro up.
| She is getting awful sick, aud the negro will
| come next time. Poor old State, how l
mourn over her fallen glory But tthesgOny
/ is nearly over. Think Of it on the day of
| the Presidents funeral, the bells of her
| churches were tOlled, and large assem-
| blage at the Methodist church was address,
ed BY three or four Of us in honor of the
| dead.
The Amendment may be said to have
passed in this town. SeSiug last winter that
the Legislature would not pass it, deter
mined 30 see what the. force of exsmple
would do, so set all my negroes free and
told them to say to their coiOred friends
what had happened. It'acted like magic,
| and to-day there is scarcely slave in the
town. Bill, Marshall. Joe DOnophaD, T.
| Marshall, Josh Bradford and others were
compelled to follow, aud the slaves of those
who did not went off, and go stands the
mater to-day So you see We are likely TO
| become AbolitiOnists at last. 1rs.r .----1--. o.
4i Since the Presidents death no one pre-
tends tosbope for . continuation of slavery.
That sealed its fate beyond the possibility
Believe me, most .sinoersly your friend
aud brother, 'is.u itaHl Ii3lJ j. BRADFORD. .
g. FRoM IIKE suPkRfoR 1--Thel hne steamer
Pswabiey Captain George Mckay, arrived
at this port from Lsks Superior, yesterday
afternoon at three o clock. Mr.. C A. Mack,
the gentlsmanly Clerk, kindly furnishes US
the following log of her trip:
Left 0ntonagon at 3 P. N. the 18th inst.
| Reached Eagle River at 10 A. n, and Easle
River at I:30 pm. Passed the Iron City be-
| tseen Eagle Harbor and Copper Harbor, and
a-rived ct the latter port at 8 P n, leaving st
3.45P.H. Reached Portage Entry at 9:45 the
same evening, and remHined there Knight.
| Arrived at Portage at 500 A. N. on the 10th
| inst, and met there the Lac La Belle. LEFT
! Portage at 4:45-P NJ, and the Entryat IL N.
Net Union and Lady Franklin near Huron
! Islands Arrived at Marquette at $3.50 A.
n on the 18th. Took on so tons pig iron at
Westport. Found there the Exchange, J.
L. Gross, Baker, &. Bates, B. 4, Barney,
aud the schooner George Foote, waiting 10
| load also the schooners Miami, d. Wike-
staff and Card, dischargipg coal and cord
! age. Passed one vessel off Grand Sable,
| bound up. Left Marquette at P NJ on the
| 18th. Steamer May Queen srrivedfthere
| Just as they left. Made the Ssult at $3.50 P.
NJ. same day, meeting there the Meteor.
! Left next day at 4 P II. Passed the Jane
| Bell and De Soto at-Little Mud Lake, and
reached Dstoar at 2:30 A.. n. next, day.
While waiting there for the fog to clear up,
the Northern Light came in, Passed the
Ifonades in the fog in Saginaw Bay, also
large number of vessels whose names could
! not be learned. Made St. Clair River at 3
P. NJ n,the goth, and arrived at Detroit at
9 p. n same day. l.. a.
The PeWabic brought down 800 tons of
copper, 90 tons pig iron, large quantity
Of hides. and household goods, and about
100 passengers for Detroit and this city
She met in Whisky Bay, on her way up,
but it was too soft to make any obstruction.
Saw none on her downward trip. The
weather was disagrseable. The fog on
Lake Huron all Friday night was terrible.
The Pswsbic leaves for Lake Superior at
half past light o'clock this evening.