Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-04-20
From the ola Dominion.

EILrNBORO, Va, April IA, 1860,

ELLsNBoRO Va, April II, 1860,
ED, EMrlRE After remaining in mod
etn Venice, so far at least as navigable
streets are concerned, We betook ourselves
to tbs high lands. We are now high and
dry, being somewhere near the summit,
where tho waters divide and Aow cast and
west or rather north and south. They havo
here in old Virginia, the mother of coRser-
Uatism, as well as Of Presidents, an "undert
ground railroad" there being from Parkers,
burg to Grafton on the N. w. Va, railroad
in distance of lOl miles, t,0eny three
"tunnels' Cheesedom can't beat that,
Bat then there is a vast difference between
the two institutions The one in Ohio
being for the hepurpose of running off negroes.
who are led, by their real enemies, to be-
lieve Canada sort Of Paradise where labor
and moderate obedience are unknown, and
where tobacco, bacon and idleness reign in
plenty and supreme, while the great road
here is to carry passengers and freight. The
country is exceedingly rough all through
this section, hill upon hill rising in perpeu
ual succession, with scarce an excuse for a
valley between. And yet the people are
contented and happy They live to toll and
to sport, and the whole world may 1oag for
them. They neither care for John Brown
nor Henry A. Wise, and will vote for good
conservative men, or not vote at all
This was rather an important day here,
and the people are out 1t was "muster
day" Mr. Editer, did you ever witness a
militia muster2 just scratch up your recOl
lection, and look back in Ohio about twenty
five years. The yeomanry came pouring in
from every hill and hollow, by the hundred
in their regular work day uniform; hats
caps, boots, shoes, coats, jackets, ad infni-
tum, with canes, sticks and corn stalks for
guns The drum and fife ore playing the
exciting notes of war, and every man hurries
to fall in line. They march in single file,
some walking, some capering others rum
ming. One soldier becomes tired of march,
ing in the rear, and takes short cut and
gains position in front, until some one
runs around and gets ahead Of him. When
this army is formed in order for review, the
tired ones sit down or lean upon their arms,
while others caper and dance to the martial
music Col King ought to come over and
take items for his next parade, or send Capt
OKane to make patriotic and soul.stir,
ring speech You know Gov Wise rejoicod
that the John Brown excitement had ena.
bled him to put the militia Of the State in
training. Well sir, here is the result and
is just what might baye been expected and
what would be the result any where For |
this piece of profound statesmanship and
mastery stroke of policy, Gov. Wise is
hereby commended to the favorable con.
sideration of the Charleston Convention.
4ne people here are sincerely opposed to
any thing like extreme men or measures.
The democratic masses prefer Douglas or
Hunter or Breckenridge, while the opposi-
tion would cheerfully support any of their
Did line Wings of the South, or Judge Nc
Lean, Ewing, Everett, or Hunt, Of the
North, Edward Bates they would not
ouch, and Tom Corwin they consider has
sold hlmselfto Seward and Chase for mess
of pottage. There arc scores of the old
Wings and opposition here who would
vote for Hunter or any reliable
and moderate democrat and you will find
he Same class of persons all through South,
,rn Ohio. We are candidly of the opinion
ihrt il the Charleston Convention pursues
prudent, wise course, these men--men of
wisdom and patriotism, men, such as Ewing
md Vinton, who can rise above party, will
1e with us; but an extremist North or South
hey 'oiH not touch.
Yours, VERA.