Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-02

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Pilgrimage to the Land OF the Re
publican.
Nothing could b. more genial or warm
hearted than the treatment We arr receiving
from the citiz us of Columbus. If We were
a race of kings and had come upon pill
grimage to the shrines Of the gods whom they
worship. Oar reception could not be more
cordial nor Our entertainment more suBp-
tuous than it is. Such of Us as came here
expecting TO find the inhabitants of the cOun-
try engaged princip lily in the underground
railroad business, are very agreelbly disap-
pointed. So far We have seen none wearing
the badge of that calling. neither upon his
brow, the band of bis cap, nor the lapel of
his coat. We may have brushed Our skirts
against those of an AboiIionist or two; bat
We feel no electric shock at the touch, and
are unconscious of the fact. Every man
witA whom We converse expresses the kind
lest feeling for the South, and declares that
the great body OF the people of Ohio have
no desire whatever to interfere with her pc
culiar institution. Aud now the hour ar
ryes for Us to bid
ADEEU TO COLUMBUS
Carriages are at the door IF the hotel to con-
vey Us to abe Depot, and the military, with
their gay plumes and glittering arms, are out
with music and banners TO escort Us. The
members of the Ohio Legislature are to ac-
company Us to Cincinnati, aud the train
which awaits Us numbers seventeen cars.
Columbus turns out en- HaIsse to see Us of,
aud in the mid-t of many che r. and the
waving of hat and handkerchief, and the
thunder Of great guns, We roll out of the
Depot glide through the suburbs of the hos
pitabIe city. sweeping by the heavy walls of
the STATE Prison, with its eight hundred con-
victs. and ere long We are daSbing through
the level fields, whose snowy shroud glitters
brightly In the morning sun. The great
dome of the State House fades in the dis
tanee, aud Columbus lies far behind Us. Our
speed is swift, for there are no heavy grades
to climb, and We sweep down the valley Of
the Little Miami like the embodied spirit OF
the Storm The streams are wide aud shallow,
with very low banks. aud their SUFFICE seems
nearly upon level with The ground They
are spanncd by low bridges, aud over these
We dash, leaving behind Us an echo OF thun-
der, and on towards -'ihe shank Of the morn
ing the spires OF Xenia fash suddenly upon
the view. Here Our train is switch d of
upon a road leading westward, and We strike
across the country, over into the valley of
the Great Miami, enc of the finest countries
on the continent, and about the middle of
the day We reach
DAYTON,
q other beautiful iRland city, about the re
o: Columbus. 1t is thriving place with its
railroads, its canal and its numerous manu-
factories. Like The capital of the State, it
is situat. d on a broad plain. LIS streets are
wide, we'll graveIed, aud are b0rdcred by
many fine buildings An excellent dinner,
sufficient for one thousand people, aud fuI-
nished at the expense of the citizens of Gin
cinnati, awaits Us here at the Depot. We
go into it, Upon the tables are pitchers of
lager beer when We arrive; when We 90 the
pitchers e there, hut the lager beer is not
All aboard again, and in due course of time
aud rail We reach
HAMILTON.
But We do not stop. We shoot past the de-
Pot Ike an arrow, catching a mere glimpse
sot great mass OF people, in the midst Of
W Itch is a stand with brass baud seated upon
il, blowing away at their Instruments with
f,arfuI energy. We catch glimpses Of these,
and of row of lluttering plumes aud bris-
Ting bayonets, and hear tue boom of Il eau
non, The bray of a trombone, min Cling with
tie hurrah OF the crowd, and Hami ton fades
Away in the distance. Far down The valley
We behold vast cloud of smoke swelling up
sullcnly above the hills, and We know that
the great city OF
CINCINNATI
lies spread out in all its grandeur beneath il.
The wild neigh of the Iron Horse. who has
horne ussEallanily huud ed and sixty miles
to day. heralds Our coming 10 the tens of
thousands who await to welcome Us. aud iu
O few moments We are in th,ir midst, and
the sound of their iunumerable woes. as
they give Us cheer after cher, is Ike the
roar of Niagara. OuI reporter will not at
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sionists by the people Of Cincinnati. The
thing has beea attempted by many pens
much more highly gift-d in that line than
his, and none OF them have doae the subject
full justice. The streets through which the
procession passes are crowded all the houses
are adorned with showers of gay flags and
pictures oil the Codes of Liberty, while
all The doors and windows are filled with the
still more loveable goddesses of fesh and
blood and hoops, Who smile diyinely aud
wave their delicate handkerehies most deli
ciou>ly. They seem to be deuced glad TO
see Us, and no doabt are, for although the
Cincinnaiians are a fine looking set of fell
lows. they have not more than iifly per cent.
the advantage of Us iu that respect. aud as
We smile divinely also, and wave our deli
cate bats and handke,chiefs delieiously from
the hacks and omnibusses likewise, the pref
~ girls are evid. atty as much in love with
Us as We are with them. Some OF them
have suspended fros their windows gorgeous
ly framed portraits OF GAN wAsHINGros,
HENRY CLAY, GES. HAgRisox, DANIEL WEB
srER, Tos CoRwIS, aud our Military Editor.
(the latter very striking likrnsss) aad OF
many ether distinguished men Of the country,
as II TO give Us an idea of the splendor OF
their parior furniture and ornaments. The
scene in and around
Pixies OPERA HOUSE,
Is as far beyond description as San Francis
co Is beyond the Mississippi River. Without,
the streets are 80 closely packed wilh people
that they seem 10 be paved with bats aud
heads. while the most perfect order Is maia-
to ned by the large police forcs who confront