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ard Ohio Railroad. from Cnubean4 20 Wheeling. yet
cannot resist the aclina,ion as passing nusion
% that most astounding work, asa io tie -d. rugged
eonssry, fhrossh which il lies.
Its really astonishing that hunan Imagination esea
IN widest fights. conceived The idea Of sraAg
those fnsnense Esaatain heights ulth the hase iron
hosss and hs uswieldy load and yet The evdenes %
iis eoaerp,ion snd ranphaaf exceHta i before yon
Instead Of one great coainuoas range moaatains there
seems 10 RE isnnnerabe cone like 5nads, separated
By deep ehssna Or ravinss sioas h the road is made
with elssan gesefaIy Of more than half way shove
he base Of The Iaoaniaa. uat il some places. Il gains
the summit The asceHt and descent qaitc gradual
and nothing eaa excel the Wild native grandeur Of the
scenery thrcuzh these nountaa passes had heard
ihrsag tales Of the lofty tresel trembling brncsfh
the harden that il daily bears bat aher felt
any qavering Of the kind AMI he whole sr?eFs,u,-
nre seemed firm and usyieiass ~ the foundations q
the mon1iaia through which ipeBrtates Every pre-
caution is observed 10 avoid accidents the running
slowly aong he sides Of the more dangerous slopes aud
when the summit is gained-which Il perfectly ieveh-
they run with great rspidity. b~gah this journey over
the mcuntaias with considerable trePacn bat gather
ing confidence as Invent. my fears we're removed and
led think that with proper ere, the passage Of
the mountains might be effected with Little danger 10
life limb attends ordinary Rarcaa travelling. The
country lying along the road usually unafirae,ire and
sseriie though many places vssrssre rapidly spring
ing up The people hs cf the husbler class and
The buildings Indicate but little taste AID very moderate
means IL Is until you approach he Ohio river an
within few miles Of Wheeling. that you see such land
hare in Jefferson, and which, after the eye has
rested upon nothing bot immense and wild
tain sOIiiades. relieved only BY occasional settlements,
| i as refreshing as oasis IN the desert.
| Wheeling i dnzy. dirty town. eavelOped in coal
smoke whose suPhuriOus oder peradhg the entire
moSpher. and filling ones luAss, Is exceedingly
pleasant astranger. Still il bears evidence Of de-
gree Of prosperity, and iis manOfae by
uniuportant. Its splendid wire suspension bridge, like
that the sehuylkiil Philadelphia, an objectef
general interest and BY far the attractive piees Of
architecture about the place. stosd upon the bridge
whilst Pttsburg steamboat passed beneath il. and OBJ
served that its huge ehmneys came wifhn six eight
nehes Of the floor. The Ptsbur gers would doubtless
have felicitated themselves had il swept that magaif
cent structure away.
From Wheeling passed down tic Ohio 10 Cincinnati
amidst beautiful scenery upoa both banks ofthe river
The lands generally fertile and aaieate high state
Of Improvement. About So miles below Wheeling AID
miles from the mouth Of TIE Iii lanawha river,
upon the celebrated island 81 Blennerhasset
ndissolubly connected with The fine and fortune Of
Aaron Burr. To those who have FcAd Wirt's speech
upon tie trial Of Burr, the descrptn Or this
ehanted island is amilar and thou the author Of the
"Brtsh Spy, and ''iaLuious' lifs Of Patrick Henry,
(as John RondOIph termed i'd may hasc drawn upon
his imagination for facts and have exercised those pow
ers for which he justly renorBea in producing
picture such has rarely been realized; yet it
qaestioaably attractive and lovely spot Though
a6prcscnt high Of cultivaton il retains
tige Of The refined and elegant adornmcnt which
existed in the days Of its first and mos, unfortunate pro-
prietor. The stately pallce has disappeared; the
beautiful flower gardens and magnificent shrubbery have
been laid waste, and nothing but its historic interest
in any way connect il with the cxed BlehneFhassett.
What theme for contemplation and what illustra-
tioa Is furnished Of the sometimes
whelm men II this retired spot-far more then,
than nova gentleman Of ample fortune lived prince
" spendor enjoying all that culiis aea taste, liberal
education and lovely woman could btstOw; but his
evil genius found him even here, ana amid the bowers
Of this Eden the serpent gdd 10 bistaed wither all he
touched. And this secluded plae With what schemes
Of conquest and future glory did te epnang eloquence
Of Burr FIRE the soul Of Bennerhass4f We are LEFT 70
vague conjecture ony. aad CAP Rspw, for death
has set hi5 seal upon the lrs Of all atcctd have told
aud they have ong since stood befoc Judge who win
trace actions sprags Yet in tlis coa-
nection. il is singular tsrss sl1 Kind OF "a saksy
attended all who had any intimacy with Burr. lie Is
I the Upas from beneath whose deadly shade nothing
could pass unscathed. All who were suspected Of any
degree Of partially sympathy fofhim counted
without the pale Of fraiernal regard John Smith
forced to retire from the Senate Of The United States
Blennerbasseti was brssared ia his fortunes and
rsigned as a criminal and Doctor Bslnan, whose he
role effort in eoajanctoa with American eitizen 10
release Lafayette from Austrian dpngeon, has made
his familiar household words was, through
an intrigue Of Thomas Jefferson. welinigh ruined. And
even the high character Of Chief Justice Marshall did
screen him from the ready accusations Of lie then
President Of the United States Here must pause but
in lItinc shall history and tradition. reaching
to the latest posery reveal the blended forqnes and
recount the a, errOf Of Herman B!enaerhassstt and
Asroa Burr.
Arrived al Cneanaii. The 'oueen CITY Of the West"
srOlIed through the market on ifh street. and was
RECALLED with the sight Of flowers and fui, the most
attractive TO the eye, and delicious he taste Nor
the subsiantias Of fife waaiing for they
there in great abundance In these the market
Al cinciana would compare with ana probably excel
that Of any Estern city. From CineinAzt 10 Daytca
DISTANCE Of sixty miles, yoa pass over excellent
Railroad in little than two lhosr and through
the most beautiful cogairy have ever seen Elegant
gardens and flower beds rvalin- descriptions Of eastern
msgni6eenee lie along the route RhiIstssue riae-elad
hills reminds Of sunny France. ThA Lands through
which you pass Of rich black mould and Of great
iertility inesed all his country incudi in the Miami
valley IS exceedingly productive and repay the abors
Of the husbsndman with the bsuagful return. II
woud be well for Virginia il she stiil he ihsierriiory
which in her mnaifcence she gave away; AID IS now
filled with people who hostile ioIhfr institutions
regard Ohio the most thorough Asoion State in
& the Union. and have been sorey presici more than
Wills, endcasOfng 10 defend The syes Of my own
Stale. asd Of the specaar iaslituiiuhsf i parteuar
The whole country Is excited upon the subieci Of The
Nebraska Kansas BILL AID ministers Of lhk Gospel lar
ing aside their prayer books aDl chriS on the
Mouata (as Ten Corwin said in a m emarable sReech)
betake themselves 70 politics. haze heard OF nun.
Der Of anti Nebraska meetings which he good people
have been haraasped from the hpstiagi and perhaps
dashed into tempest Of Jury, By these bsers in the
saeamental host and disciples Of the frbce Of pace
whea We remember and assert spoA lht authority o,
Senator Hunter and other southef1er dat slavery
exist IN those territories die o1sdify d their
pseado qaixotie PhlanihrsPhy Is ipasdn bat lhe great
er blame should attach thsse v 10 ha needlessy az
tatcd the country r mere absiraeiiea II canaot be
disguised thar ohio great and prnpSroos State far
oassirpinr her Iosicr mother, ana t continue
ercise decided nneacc the family Icf States with
wh;ch she i associated. A an Aneriein. prond
Il that sialuar, vgor AID enterprise has leveed
he wilderness and e,used the 'desst 70 rsoiee and
Al son - he rosp~ To Is whose iesFfary iswashsd
bv Two o.esns l, Is Esen 70 rsaiizs greater desres
th.n un7 other nation Whit was oi-e;a mere poetic
fmey-
-Fsr :. he bsse.. e. ss.r ne eiiou's fs.n.
server OF enpiro ard behold afr homp,s'
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