The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-07
HOW TEE NEdRoEs TOOK 1T.


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HOW b EGRoEs TOOK II.
Coming down the upper part of Frank
lin sire ct, above Fourth street-al around
being utter disorder and condemnation
rushing hither and thither OF excited men
equipped as refugees and followed BY, or
following, sueh worldly goods as it was
possible for them to transport or get trans
ported-coming down amid all this wild
hustle of white men, whittier than usual l
crossed a stream ofplscid negroes and neg
crosses, Just emerged from the Second All
fricsn church. They either did not COM
prebend the excitement or were inditfer-
emit TO it. They were dressed to that gor.
geous excess which 1 have only noticed
among negroes in the South, and looked
on. in quiet wonderment, at what was
taking place around them. Their sang
froid was enViable. Said an esger gentle
man in that moving throng to 8 sable &C.
quaintance:
trunk to the DanVIlle cars"
ave to see Jane home sir, or 1 would; I"
and Jack cody walked on in his slow gait,
in no way disturbed, while Jane whisked
her satin dress, as though 70 say "what i'm
~pudeneeP' not in Jack, but in his white
acquaintance.
The writer was with the presidential
party" on the train that bore it to Dan.
vile. Here is a description of
THE WAY THE FUGTTIvEs LOOKED.
II was amusing and yet it was melan-
cholly-a passing practical psrsdox-to
note the efforts of taefamous men who held
the central portion Of the presidential
car" 10 avert or ward off sleep. All were
long since drOWsy, yet Jew cared to be
caught mapping. Ben jsnlin whitfield his
cigsr till midnight, and was o after
midnight whitfield off by Morpheus. Nal
lory dosed with 3 gOod-humored smile
playing on his features smile made the
pleasHntsr-hLha Pickering light which
fell indirectly on him. W0S n
himself, an invalid, attended by his wife
the only Cabinet officer who had or need
cd the gentle care of "sweet woman" At
torney General Davis took an occasional
pull ct 8 brandy bottle which was kept by
Harrison and others to arrest the progress
1or discomfortif not of droWsiness. Reagan
chewed his tobacco and ruminsted in a
lonely way. The only one Of all the
throng who seemed, Is compared TO the
rest, q very king in dignity, even TO the re-
sistanee of sleep was Jefferson Davis yet
was he a sad and sobered lookingOne.
PREPARING FOR AN EXPECTED RAID.
Toward day we reached the next station
north OF the Burkesville Junction, Acsv-
airy raid wss expected to interfere with
our further progress, and all the drones
were unceremoniously swaked. 1t was a
scene for the pen of Thsckeray or the pen
eli of Doyle-no, Of 8 Hogsrth mona 9TH
or could do it complete ~jnstice. Some of
the Cabinet officers were very ponderous
gentlemen. Benjamin, one of these,
though of low stature, had Aldermsnic
bulk. he did not propose to ride-per-
hsps he could not-In case of an stack;
all the others we're ready to mount at a
moments notice. aye won't surely leave
me-" he cried, SIS he shivered from the first
effect Of rousing. The appeal uttered by
him, in 3 French tone. and somewhat pite-
ously, had 8 ludicrous effect, yet so full of
concern and modification were all upon
whom the effect told, that no one ventursd
TO laugh, though more than one felt so dis
posed. On rolled the train into the clear
gray Of morning, Mr.. Davis and all around
MIN shaking themselves with q tremor or
q yswn, or q nervous stretch. No hostile
ca7slry was ia sight; no trace Of it could
be found on inquiry. Then again repose
resumed such sway as was possible under
the jolting circumstances of the case.
LIE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BURNING OF
a BRIDGES AT RICHMOND.
At the next station we had q message,
but only in allusion to the burning of the
bridges over the James, at Richmond.
This gave rise TO q tart despatch IS TO the
necessity or policy of such an act IS thus
to cut Richmond off completely from the
south. Mr. Eacfarlsnd would have been
strong in his d~enuncistions of it bad not
the responsibility Teen shown to belong to
Lee. That was sufficient for any Virgin
ian, if not for any Southron.
The train reaches Danville, and the par
ty are Hospitality received. They enquire
snxiously tor
NEWS FROM ii CONFLICT.
And they had news-more in most cases
than could be well digested. Lee was Civ
ing Grant a fearful c~astigStion so en-
feebled we're the Yankees, that slthough
Richmond was open to them, they did not
enter i-Richmond was in eshes-Rich-
mond was filed with niger soldiers
Richmond was not dikturbed-Richmoud
had ceased 70 be-Grsnt was gathering
up his army TO fly aWsY-It was not posi-
be for him to hold out against Lees
braves another day. To each item of this
character which your 'relisble gentlemen
delivered to gaping listeners, they invsria-
bly, added an 6Vernent which elinched its
truth. And all that was so far known of
the actual condition of things-known
even to Nj. DaYis-eonsisted Of wild and
contradictory stories like those I have
summed up. It was On that sort of stuff
we slept our first night at Dspyille