Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-09-18

hls property, and become bankrupt both In
means and character. No loyal citizen respects
nlm noWj he la looked upon as one who has
cone his full share toward bringing on tbie
iratficldai war. A Mr. Hammond, Who war
d'ubly guilty iu this mob, skulked shout for !
long time like thief, to escape the penaIs, OF
violated law, but was at last compelled to leave
tne STATE, and is still an exile With the evil
muen good has been ccomplished by this r res cue
case inasmuch as shose engaged 10 IL bave
met with just punish eot for their guilt; fol
Wnere the Law has failed public opinion has
done its work.
AZ this place, l took the cars for Crestline
enc from there TO Allegheny. GsllioD, ten miles
IRON ioeria is quite fourlshing town. l was
surprised to Titness its growth for the laet fe "
yssrsi tnen 10 was but small village, of few
ola frame h0uees, but now there are a large
number of substantial brick buildipos. with a
population OF about twenty fge hundred, as [
Was told by citizen of the place. It Ia the ter,
minus OF the Bellefontoine ard Indiana railroad.
Cfeatiine, Tour miles further North, is O rising
to|p; it has en- extensive machine shcu and
foundry, where Issw as high ss ten locomotives
On tne etocks at time for repair. The road
ron Inis town 70 Plttsburg is very good on e,
via maneheld, Wooster, Canton, Alliance and
Ssweckyville, Pc.
Ihere Ia great excitement here now, owing
70 toe upaocouutable success Of the rebels and
their near approach to the borders of this State,
Gov. CuE'iu bas called out fly thousand militia,
TO 60 Immediately to Harrisburg for the de
Tense of the State. Several thousand 90 from
Pltts6urg and vicinity to night. Had not great
confidence been given to the people, by the
restoration of Mcclellan to bis former com.
mand, 1t would be herd 10 calculate where the
present excitement would carry the people.
lac RSdcals had their trial of their bragea.
ooo Gen Pope to their hearts content. There
was hardly ever FecoFdedin military history such
o stupendous hzzle, as almost all are nov free
to admit. II you Wish, Mr. Editor, to get up
hght, Just call your antagonist os "big liar
40 rope" aHd you will be accom- modated with
out delay.
Those who have authority in this sssts are
making rapid preparations for drafting 1t is
.nougn' that this Will coon take place, Ia order
TO make up the quota Of the State.
ALI sble-bodied men here are organizing
themselves into companies and reeiments for
drill, and securing all the old rifles, muskets and
shot'guns they can collect. Business Is ordered
to De closed part Of two days In the week, In
all places bat where the necessary articles of
war are manufactured, for the purpose of giving
the people an opportunity to drill, and to prepsre
TO De called to arms on o moments warning,
IL is needless to say the people are nobly re.
spending 20 the call of their country, aud flock
Ing TO tho place of danger to repel the incident
zoe peIore 10 desecrstes the sacred coil of the
keystone State. Perhaps the enemy could not
have taken step that would more aursly insure
their speedy ruin. The whole North is now
awake 10 tho danger, which will bring into the
Held at once the gFandest army the world ever
saw, TOR the destruction of this sudaciouu and
wicked rebellion.
Here, In politics, party lines are pretty we'll
drawn, though the opponents of the Democracy
are trying to play the double game of last year
IN the State election while, 10 districts where
they think they have safe majority, they do
not court the company OF the Democracy. But
they are doomed TO Waterloo defeat here this
TALL. The Democracy wiz not associate With
such an unscrupulous, radical party again, since
= has so openly shown its cloven foot. The
Patsbuy9 Post took the Abolitiopists at .heir
word last year, supposing them % be sincere In
their HopOTty presensions; but the editor of
that paper soon discovered their hypocrisy, and
quickly left them. He is on the Democratic
ticket this fall. In this State the soldiers are
allowed to vote in camp, wherever they are, 60
that those who have taken up arms 10 defense
af their country are not dsfranchIsed, as iu Ohio
and other placee,