Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-31

that now passing wagon train raises
clouds of dust that remind enc of the North
Anna and the Po. This sudden change
from the depths of mire to suffocating dust,
il, I think, something unusual for this lsti-
tude, and altogether unexpected by the
rulers of the Potomac army; but they
seem to have been only waiting for such a
change TO enable them to swing clear of
their cid City Point base and put off into
the wilderness of Southern Virgins, to cut
the jugular vein, through which the life of
the Confederscy pulsstes from its body in
the Carolinss to Ifs head at Richmond.
PREPARING TO MOVE.
Yesterday orders were issued directing
all non-cOmbstants to betake themselves
to some secluded spot beyond the limits of
the army, and the panic it created among
'ye suttlers" was really amusing. 1 stood
near the railroad station where ali the
suffers were collected trying to obtain
transportation, and overheard an anti
pork-eater cry out, 'Mr. Provost, can't
you make mine truck on dish car" mo
room, sir" answered the Provost Marshal
whereupon the German pathesically solilo-
quized: "Oh, mine Cots, vat the devil will
l do NIT mine goots mine goots" A gen.
tleman from Ireland who was evidently in
the same box, got OF the following soliloquy:
"Och, howly mither, may the devil quinch
the unlucky moon that | was born in. If
ever the BaDshee whistled bloody ruin on
the sowl of any son OF Erin, she has given
me double damned disaster in this; but
what's the difference, man-let's 90 to Fin
negsn's Wake" So away went Pat, sing
ing
'Wert tbs lat drop in the we'll,
And gaspiog on the brink,
Ere my falntiug spirit II,
lis to thte that I would drink E
~ mean to an everlasting curse on that
squint-eyed Provost Marshall After an
extraordinary amount of wrangling and
uproar, the suffers finally concentrated at
City Point. A right jolly batch of these
incorrigible shsrpers there must be, now
that they are hesped together. trust the
commsndant at City Point will have q
pleasant time of it and watch his pocket
book closely, but I don't envy him.
LINE TO BE ABANDONED.
All the line from Fort He'll to the left
is to be abandoned, with its elaborate forts,
redoubts, batteries and redsns. The work
Of months, now in finished condition, is
to be torn down, and blown up. Nothing
to be left except shspeless heaps of
dirt to distinguish the spot where once
stood perhaps the finest and most COM
plete field esrth-wOrks that were ever built.
The ammunition from the various forts is
already removed, and the work of demol-
ishing commenced.
THE LINE To BE HELD.
From that very appropriately named
fa-aJ "1I0li, Of which I have rUu1u vivid
recollections, though not pleasant ones, our
line is to be held intact. This will re-
duce us to the position originally occupied
by our forces before the advance on the
Weldon railroad. From Fort He'll to the
Appomsttox river our lines are as near
as skill and months of con-
stanti labor can make them. It will, there |
fore, only require small force to hold |
them against any army that could be |
brought to attack them.
THE NINTH CORPS To BE LEFT BEHIND.
The 9th army corps, Major General
Psrke commanding, will garrison the
works around Petersburg; also a portion
Of the defenses of City Point. As this
corps is already ing the duty indicated,
no changes will be necessary. Besides the
9th corps, there is quite large force call
I'd the provisional division, which will re-
main likewise in the intrenchments about
City Point. The Notifications at that
place were built with view to a small
garrison, and the forces left will be amply
sufficient to protect the vast amount of
stores collected there, against any perad-
venture. l understand that General Ord
5 TO have commando of all remaining forces,
With his headquarters at City Point.
TROOPS To PARTICIPATE IN THE MOVEMENT.
The p, 9Th and 9Th corps, with q por-
ion OF the 24th, are the troops selected,
nd now in readiness, to start upon this
Expedition, the ultimste design of which
not known outside Of headquarters. The
orps mentioned carry more muskets than
Lees entire army, and are well disciplined,
-rilled, and in magnificent condition. / I
sw the corps when they crossed the Rap
dan last spring, and they look much bet
er now than then, and with their ranks {
quslly as full. The artillery has been re-
uced to four guns to each battery instead
t six, the proper number. This, l am
old, Is done In order 10 have q reserve am
lunition train organized from the extra
aissons, thus saving long train of supply
Isgons, which always incumber an army
hat moves quickly. From this fact, and =,
ther reasons, am led to believe that this
rmy has work before it thst will admit of 9
o cumbrous trains or tedious delays. i
WHAT'S To BE DoNE2
or course the exact objective point of y =
eneral Grant is not known, so all 1 can Q
" is what l infer from the various move v
tents on foot. It appears to to be the i'm n
ressiOn here that our first march will be
irectly south, toward Weldon, until the {
Iottoway river Is crossed, then right n
heel west, the left column moving on
oydstowH and Danville, the centre on I
ewiston, and the right through Nottowsy 81
} Burksville, all to concentrate either at
snville or Burksville as circumstances o
i'll warrant. 1his, however, is only con- ?
cture, and before you read it the facts
i'll be before you. D n
A Nevada paper describesa curious scene
theatre in Virginia City, in February, II
here the performances of two actresses o.
ere SO well liked, that the audience rat
cd down upon the stsge a shower Of gold ,
I'd silver pieces. The actresses picked up N
le hundred and forty-seVen dollars from c
e boards. Even the male performers 9
ere lot slighted. They picked up halves v
I'd quarters to the amount of from three al
five dollars each; TO say nothing of the % q
ck knives, pocket combs and tooth-picks. o.
be young ladies were so often forced to Il
urn to gather the silver showers that 81