Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1835-06-04
From fhe Baifizo~e Pafrssft.
BUCKEYE CIIEyER Nnumrx

FToM fHr 0unizuOrr R'nfrsan.
BUCKEYE CIsITyERHuuoyx
The Nth anniversary cuf rfire fiirtt
settlement OF 0hio, YVES rrnueritly udl,.-
brated at Cincinnati. n appears Inv
the following letter fhui our tfallm-
townsman, John a. Kannniiy. H.su.
was among the invited guests:
BALTIMORE, asxnuII y-sih.
GENrLEMES% huve rucaivuH tflrr
letter OF the committee uf iinsi,ufiun
for your approaching Suite fnsfivil al
the 9TH Ut next month. n wnrr s.ur-
nesfiy regret that 4 ,cnunutlhc xiifhwnu.
My professional scngascmurfts Iicuue
me no time Tor such n Journey H.aIare
midsummer.
II has long been my Tpurpoxc. I'D
which i have looked durwurtls ms n
source OF much future pleasure. ma
make visit 10 the West. md ee.ue-
ciaiiy to your beautiful CITY. IhIrue
deferred the enterprise drom s,,urmu,
TO summer, 4 can sclrrely toll vIIEx
unless II be from some liururipr M
mains of n feeling which wrns .uourmun
TO my boyhood, ahat 1T WINS we'll tin
wait until fhc Wes,grrw ripe unarnaiis
grew better and towns more pup,linus.
r or we had current pro,ilIncy tfhun
that the West, from being the chilli
would become the mufhar of r,ufin,,.-.
and an Tins boyish fancy, Ilrnue whit
cd that j might see hur ms m rrnrttrun.
Suddenly, before q WAS aware. ttl,r
prophecy has become trufh-,fhe West
that 1 dreamed OF, is no longer tfhnre-
the Wilderness rs gune-;tile Indian iiis
gone-and even voin did H,nutn.nn
have vanished. Won have ,saut udl,.-
nrcs still farther towards rfhe xutfinr
sun-and the West is n tfhousunt, ru,ilt.,,
away. Ohio wasf!Icn the a.h,iIilw a,nB
blooming girl Of the family, wsho ..rew
TOO last iur her garments, IN spite a1f 1iIl
the tucks md 'drawinr-etriuus mud
broad plaits, made Ito Llat .rpii" Rm
she As now m Vigorous uznrnnrIiuuH
not following, IN the train uf niulIlzp-
hon and Trfinomcnt-.brf neaiiinr n
and swaying the hdlnnuc af tfI,c I'm
ION. by the weight uf Lhcr murdl mH
intellectual strength.
lou have noble country. :yuItflt-
men, and II is no small sSnnrue off ii,s
happiness, that IT occupies N .s.aiiuu
which draws upon little Ii:.nHcst rruurII,
nom all the other meuiisers aif fin
confederacy. Your relations. rff .Tsiiu,H-
ship and interest are Iiufiuuie with tfI,r
North, and the Ccrffre. Ulhsye iits r,r,,
state an the Circle, TINT has mnt rr..n-
Ohio.
As BaltimoTean. Iedl rnEystiH w,ii,-
sIsting under afiinifies with VIM. mil
am accustomed TO 'hTing into my In
miiIar reckoning, the noftamfty a1f itir
most various agyeeahlr xDnidl rdlniiuuE
with your people. NY dedIiucs nm ttIiii
matter are the general 1rdEinas ali u1sv
townsmen. We have just rssSsIlvnil No
level the Alleghanicz, widen tilue OIlino.
and abolish the mile stones. i'm tfhc ,T,,-
mantle, bun no longer in1IIrurfirsilile
exploit Of snnihilaii0n ffime md ar,uu,.
When tins Is achieved, garftlamun. WE
shall be happy to soc ynu .unH wn,u
trends, on any day when vnE r,usvl
dinner in Baliimnre.
i heartily with we cn.ilH ,pdi fb;s
regulated by the 7fh of April, shrri q !
lear the tune IS too short. n will H,-rl
you therefore, that you will allow mr.
20 lar to participate IN flIe festival, ns IN
oncr the following sentimernx,-
The Sfafes IF OHIO and ..H.zvsz,rD1l-
through fire and WuiGr theg viii lsdlilII
together mountains shall aIui aunfl,rll
hen. beg to subscribe ,TzyszsiII, Usrs \
truly yo,srs.