Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-10-01
Letter from Columbus.

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Core espondenee Of the Belmont Chronicle.
COLUMBUS, o., Sept 2S.b, 1853.
We We beeh In Belmont County seeing
sights. We saw scvernl We saw Que al
81. Clairsville on the 10Th, which surpassed
anything We ever did rec.
| There was q side show at Barnesville on
the 25th, which we glanced ut once aud
left II almost cquslled Push's skeleton.
fat-woman-snske - w ~
From motives OF curiosity alone we visit
ed this piginy Copperhead meeting. We
were amply sati-iied. We saw several string,
Of Butternuts. forty or City wagons, half q
dozen horscmen, and as many hOrseuomsn 4
flag used in $50, which bore the fuactftou
name Of John Bell" upon it's face thu,
doubly disgraced by its vindictive enemies
two oxen, two mules, aud q few hundred o.
! the neaDcst-bred jnckasses the State o
Oiio possibly affords. The latter, With ear,
erect and tails exten1e., rendered the towr
hidoous with their Internal braying, causin.
many an bonest-InindeJ man to feel bad,
upon r,'flcVting tlla, he had formerly beer
| in u great measure compelled to hiDgle AM
mix with the odiIerotiS herd
The day upon which the above show wa.
held was cold, but not uncUafottabIy so. -
Enemies to the country had anticipated thai
Inrge crowd would be id attendance. The,
wore irightfully disappointed. Barly in the
Iuorning tho bypocrili icai 'Cupperheads were
jubihnt, ut l0 O'Clock looked extremely
blank--we might say more so than usual
but at noon the whole Of the disreputab,e
gang were engaged in profaning the name
oil theft Maker No one should do this,
especially Copperheads, They ought to be
! particularly thankful that God gave life to
such miserable creatures, aud that he per.
mits them 10 retain it for so long a period.
But shakes do die occasionally. They are
already in the agony of death, aud by sun.
get on tbe 18th their last wrigsle will have
been given.
/ .The. streets Of the town we're partially
decorated with poorly Constructed arches, q
couple of banners, few hickory poles, and
several strings Of Butternuts But the
combined appearance was rendered intense.
ly interesting to Union men by seeing the
name Of old Jack Brough, in large letters
tackled on to nearly every house ia town.
However, Union men were proporticnntely
very scarce. Union men are coanly. But.
ternuts are not. Union boys do MT mingle
with the impure. They wish to remain In
tact, hence they stay at home when there ;.
Butternuts abroad.
Old Henry 4. Barnes was chief com
msnder Of the heroically small band Of But
ternuts. This ssvory old gentleman wa,
formerly an uncompromising Federalist--
hated Jackson and hated Hickory On thi.
occasion he had parcel of small hickory
trees set in the earth fronting his residence.
H. L. Topped clear over short time ago
Cause unknown, but thought TO be dn un
precedcnted lack of brains. .rfV
| Truthtully speaking the entire procession
numbered three hundred and seventy wap
ons, buggies, carriages, carts and cars, three
hundred and twenty-five males and female.
on horseback. We counted it, as did thre,
other persons, and all of us counted yer,
nearly the Identical number The remark
able features OF the procession was one
Buttcrnut tree Of smaller size, in the branch
es Of which could be observed three animal.
bearing close resemblance 10 African Goril
las, at any rate presenting an excellent Car.
recature Of the latter, a small skiff contain
ing thirty-four young females dressed in
white, and bearing the decidedly o,igtno
motto, "Fathers and brothers protect u:
from negro equsli,y," which device caused
numerous well bred darkics I'd she'd stream.
OF tears at the idea OF there being possi
| BILE chance of equalization with such people
and lastly wagon containing an anvil. ant
forge and small, tieshless, shabby horse,
the animal probably being meant to repre-
sent the war-horse or charger (Canadiat
Pony OF Clement the oneth (l,hj.
Making the liberal allowance of thirt,
feet for each vehicle, the procession would
be only small fraction over two miles, Sc
that the total length inclusive of those or
horse back could not possible exceed tive
and half miles. There was not more than
four thousand persons in the procession, and
one thousand outside, ndd to This about six
hundred that arrived by the Railroad, and
we have the sum total Of the great Con,
perhead mass meeting; which was destined
to eclipse the BrouSh meeting at St. Clairs
vile in the estimation of its projectors. tn,
Ohio Statesman Of Yesterday (Sunday
morning, estimates the crowd Il, atteudanc,
80. .UUOt and the length Of the i,rocessio,
twenty l2O) miles i "Goddlemitr !"
The peot,leT were aadfessed by Vorbee,
and Olds from Que stand, and by StambaueI
aud h, Cadis ldgyer Of small -practicc from
another, Notwithstanding, the extent of th,
whole crowd was such that man coiilc
spenk fiGn one stand in a moderately lonG
whisper and be heard by ali.
At the speaking but little enthusiasm
was manifested, except on occasions wher
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