New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-18

and the river furnishes extensive water power. The
slsckwater navigation Of the Muskngum givee fraae
thoroughfare to the Ohio, and side cut to the One
Canal has opened the way to the lake and the East
The national road also passes through the town and
a railroad from Columbu. TO Wheeling also is COM
pleted from the former place to GAINESVILLE.
Among the noted men of GAINESVILLE was John NJ In
tire who assisted to cut the road from Wheeling 10
Naysyile and who kept the first tavern in the town
He emasssd valuable estate and left it b. will to pro-
vide schools for the poor Of Zanesye, and this prop
erty now worth three hundred thousand dollars,
is accomplishing ts benetcent purposes On the hi,
in beautiful spot overlooking the river and the CITY,
the MIntire Academy is built, and the school, said to
be one OF the best in the State is. in full operation
The common schools of the city of a high order,
and those hO unable Ia pay receive all the advan-
taees Of instruction free.
The most remarkable business man the city has had.
was Mr.. Buckingham. VINO is said 10 have begun his
fortune at the wood pile of Gen. RUFUS Putnam at
Marietta Tradition says thar evening just before
sundown, a rugged young man with his ak and budget
on his shoulder called at the generals door and In
ouired for work. and was told by Gen. p that he
wished that wood pile chopped up, ana that he might
60 at it in the morning. The young man had been
walking all day but he instantly threw of his coat,
and mounted log with the energetic expression,
"why can't begin now 2" And suiting the action 10
the word he sunk his with hearty good Will into
the wood and worked till night. This was the pro
rhecy of his own fortune He afterward married
Gen Putnam's daughter. His activity and business
foresight were prodgious anticipating by years the
duler perceptions of others aud accumulatng money
with a rapdity truly astonishing. / am told he even
anticipated that shrewd old gentleman Uncle Sam
a. 10 the location OF bridge for the national road
across the Mushingum, and that he secured the only
eligible site, and put up bridge which levied
tribute all who passed over the national road, as
well a. tie vast local travel Of the city. In raising
the bridge which now spans the Muskingum and Lick
ing Rivers part OF the frame fell, preclptatlng MN
and several others into the river. He was drowned,
leaving an estate worth perhaps more than halt
million. His widow, who has been dead but few
YEAR. was a munifcent patron of the Putnam Female
Seminary giving thousands OF dollars 10 it, as well as
to other public charities.
Perhaps the most noted young man GAINESVILLE has
numbered among her business characters is nephew
of Mr. Buckingham the son of Mr.. BIS sister. He
has DISPLAYED "a capacity for business AID breadth
ard bOdness of plan which seem TO OvershadOw the
activity of his uncle and his ather-both of whom are
reckoned among the ablest iinancers Ohio ever pro-
duced To engage in gigantic schemes of business
seems as natural To William Sturges as To breathe; and
be seems to accomplish them with as little trouble or
vexation With capital in cash of S20. GEO. and his
fthers name for another considerable sum- he seems
to have acted on shaksPeres Oft quoted philosophy;
There i a tide ia the Affairs Of men
Which. 'aksn at the food,
Leads Q "a fortune.
Veniuring boldly into immense -four speculations he
closed them up with heavy profits. With the stead
mess of a Wallst. broker, he opened banking bus
ness with brilliant success. For all sorts of ventures
as vet his stars have been lucky" and yet with vast
enterprises to be executed resting on his shonders
he is as biithe bird aud frets not as much as or
binary county shOpmeD under the ventures of their
sixpenny speculatOns. Witlal, he is not mere
money maker, but feels himself yet, and owns
the obligation by giving which seem extravagant
"a aid forward the great charities OF the day. Oi
course tie end has not been reached YET but present
signs 10 indicate large accumulation, which past
events show cannot fall into more worthy hands,
On the opposite side OF the Mushingum is the beau
tiful town OF Putnam so called suppose, in honor of
the commander Of the first colony at Marietta whose
son was Of the original propretors OF the pace.
There is as marked difference between the business
of GAINESVILLE and Putnam as between that of New
York and Brooklyn. The Buckingham and Sturges
families the great fnanciers of GAINESVILLE, reside in
Putnam. There is another difference yet perceptible,
hut not so much formerly owing to the workings OF
the Compromise measures OF lcJO, and the abolition OF
the Missouri Compromise in 1854; L refer to Anti
lavery feelings of the Putnamites, and quite differ
tnt class of feelings in their neighbors. In the days
' hen Brney, Wild, Thom and blanchard were
mobbed in many places IN Ohio, Putnam was the
| lace OF more than State Anti-Slayery COnyen-
ton. 1t was once h0nOrcd by mob from Zanesyle,
and would have had another but for an old man named
Nye resolutc as a bulldog, and deaf as post The
Putnam Mayor headed party to resist the mob from
Zanesve and met those patriots at the bridge read
ing the Mob Act and warning them against proceednga at
their peril Our friend of the Indian wars, Mr.. Nye,
had his trusy musket honestly loaded for emergen-
cy but he could not hear what the Mayor said So
he touched his next eghbor the shOulder-his gun
cocked and all READ y-and asked him the signfi-
cant question: Does he say shoot f' The Mobocrats
heard the question: and it had potency than the
blob Act for knowing the iron resolution Of Mr.. Nye's
character, and fearing he would fancy he heard the
command :" fire. they took to their heels much TO
the meniment Of all present.