The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-27
yOHN KIFOHEFB IKPRIsOEHENf.
Hts Voyage 10 Fortress MonrOe-Hts
GsI-f az being sent SOuth-DemOerat-
lie DpinfOnH about Mitchell.
FoRTEEss MONROE, june II.

E.MA NAaAEe Id EOENMGA& AOlLDG-4AN8
GsI-f as being sent aouth-DemOcrat-
lie OPinfOns about mitchell.
FoKFREss MONROE, June II.
The hammer, trowel and saw kept up g
busy clatter all last night in JEFF. Davis
row Of casemates within the fort. The
mechanics were kept employed through
the short Summers night preparing quar-
ters for that defiant rObel, John Mitchell.
At seven o'clock this morning the
steamer Henry Burton was slightly be-
yond Lighthouse Point. The Captain of
the Port Immediately despatched 8 tug to
hail the Burton, and bid her stop and
anchor of the Point. Those IN board the
tug did not make themselves understood,
snd the Burton came stesming on to with
in half q cables length Of the Baltimore
Wharf
Here she was finally stopped by the
captain of the post, who brsndished his
long spy-glsss like q psntomime club,
ge~sticulating keep of, keep off The Bur-
ten commander understood, and stopped
his steamer. $50 out in the Roads and
anchor do not communicate with the
shore till you hear from General Milesl'
shouted the captain of the post in his
stentorian voica, which nervous sea cap
tains who trade in these parts say can be
plsinly distinguished over on the Rip Raps.
The nautical chief officer Of the Burton
nodded q great many times defsntly, turn
ed his natty little ship and ran out into
the stream, where he dropped anchor IS
per order.
If Mitchell had q coiga Of vantage from
which to view the wharf, he must have
behelda lively sight. The Baltimore boats
had Just got in, and their crowds of pas
sengers were ust disembsrking. The
Richmond boats were preparing to start,
their bells jsngliDg and steam whistles
shrieking. Belsted passengers rushing on
board, mail wagons and express wagons
rafting down the wharf, and, to crown all,
one thousand rebel prisoners, just released
from Northern prisons, surging through
the crowd, clRmOrous for breakfast and
transportation. If John Mitchell looked
out from his floating prison n saw this
busy scene, it must have been suggestiVeto
him of his past career. The dirty men in
dirty gray whose cause he advocated 30
long, all unsrmed now, and dependent on
the charity Of the Government whose hos
pitslitY he so ungratefully repaid, and
which the dirty gray people endesvored
vainly TO destroy. There they were, the
sword and pen Of the rebellion, both hum
bled in the dust.
The lively curiosity with which the lit
tie black steamer was watched by those on
the wharf, who knew who was on board
and what was his destination, attracted
the attention of the unfinished, and were
soon many anxious inquirers. The
Johnnies too became curious. When told
| that n uyQu hTfnho1 fha- akooIr Iii.
heads IN mute Ignorance, said Gthey never
heard on him" and twas he one of the
f~ellers.n One man in butternut informed
his less Intellectual companions fthat
Mitchell was en- Irish Teller wot made a
JEFF. Davis paper in Richmond; reekoned
he was played out now" A sergeant in
4 dingy grey paused in his ring selling,
and informed the by-stsnders that it was
his opinion that, "thst ar Mitchell chap
had come down yer to write the last dying
speech and confession of Jefferson
Davis" the uttersnce of which idea
brought q stream of customers to the
chevroned ringSPeddler.
THE VOYAGE.
The Burden did not leave Sandy Hook
till yesterday morning, having laid over
for fair weather, the wind having blown
from an unfaVorsble quarter for the twen-
ty-four hours previous. The voyage here
was smooth and pleasant. Mitchell was
comfortably qusrtered. He was brought
down in the charge of Lieutenant Nor
his of the Twentieth New York Indepen-
dent Battery. The Lieutenant has with
him one man as a guard.
ON THE VOYAGE,
Mitchell was allowed the liberty of the YES
sci, and took his meals with Lieutenant
Morris and Captain Spencer, of the Bur
den. Everything was done to make his
stay on board the Burden as comfortable as
possible. When steaming down New
York hsrbor, the Burden got opposite
Fort Lafayette and still continued on her
wsy with unslackened speed. Mitchell said
TO Captain Spencer, " You are going by
Fort Lafayette"
al know it !" replied Captain Spencer.
But am 1 not to be landed there 2" per-
sisted witchel.
"No, sir"
"Where do I go2"
"Further South, sir"
At this reply, Mitchels color left his
face, and he trembled- He rallied again
in q few hours, and said to Captain Spen-
Ger, "Ah, 1 see it now; you are going to
take me to Richmond, and turn me loose,
and I will not be allowed TO come North
again, where l have been earning q few
dollars" To this Captain Spencer made
no reply
At breakfast yesterday morning, Nit
chel asked Lieutenant Morris where he
was to be taken.
al do not mind telling you now" said
the Lieutenant; "you are to be taken to
Fortress Monroe"
Mitchell was d~umbfounded by this an
nouncement; he evidently had not ex-
pected it. He seems, however, of an elastic
temperament and a few hours before his
arrival here he told Captain Spencer, quite
coniidentislly, that he would not be kept
in confinement long, that the Government
would set him st liberty again in q few
days" We shall see.
THE LANDING.
At hslfpsst eleven this morning, sitter
the rebel prisoners had all been shipped
off all passengers departed, and nothing
stirred in the blazing sum bath, save the
myrisds of flies, the signal was made to the
Burden to weigh anchor, and get under
way. an officer of Gen. Miles staff was
Oh DUhAu W 0hOCb hui CJuEbos Que WAS
taken TO the Engineers dock, and there
moored alongside of a brig.
The movements of the Burden attracted
but little attention. On the wharf we're a
corporal and six men of the Sd Pennsyl-
vanis Artillery. AS the steamer nesred
the wharf the corporal gsvethe command:
uLoad at will-load, prime; order, arms
fix, bsyonets shoulder arms" The men
obeyed promptly, and with pieces at a
shoulder they awaiting the landing of the
prisoner. The civilians on the whsrfwere
q correspondent of the ubiquitous Inquirer,
q reporter of the Associated Press, and a
negro boy fishing for crabs.
A gsng-plsnk was carried on the Bur-
denis upper deck, and laid across to the
bulwarks of the brig. Mitchell then came
in view, accompanied by Lieutenant Nor
ris. He shook Captain Spencer heartily
by the hand, and lifted his hat TO Mrs.
Spencer. He stepped lightly across the
big, and sprsng on the wharf. He glanced
around IN evident surprise at the slim st.
tendance of spectators then walked to-
ward the corporal and his guard. Lieut..
Morris touched him lightly on the arm,