Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-03-12
latlons 70 lhe ladies and citizens Of Newark

and Granville.
Mr.. BRADBURY, of the Senate, was the
next speaker. He spoke favorably of Lick
Ing county; its soils; its lands; its pro-
ductIons; and its people-and then, went
on to iostruct the citizens OF Newark as to
the money they must raise, in addition to
land donations, to entitle them to have
their proposition considered.
Col SAWYER, the Representative from
Huron, was next called out. He spoke
briefly, but satisfactorily, and concluded
by pledging his vote in favor of the loca-
tion of the College in Licking county.
After being loudly and vociferously call
ed for, Colonel LEFEvER, the Representative
from Shelby, said that he had not expected
this call to make speech, and he would
not have responded had 1t not been that he,
above all men present, had cause to feel
grateful to the good people of Newark
This was not the first time he had occasion
to partake of their hospitality. When the
war broke out, the regiment in which he
had the high honor of being private, was
on IFS march to the theater of war, travel
stained, tired, hungry, they arrived in New
ark, where, from lack of transportation,
they were forced to remain several hours.
The Commissariat Department, not antici-
pating their protracted stay, had provided
no food. Then for the first time he saw the
fair faces which give Newark much of its
well deserved fame, for, in the guise of
Ministering Angels, they came to the rescue.
The dinner the soldiers that day received,
and the beautiful faces of those underc
whose care it was gotten up, stillli in the
memory of the gallant survivors, and as
their humble representative, he, Colonel
LEFEvER, appeared on the stand tonight,
in their name and in his own, to thank them
for their kindly care on the occasion, and
to thank them again and again for the hos
pitalities this day rendered. He felt glad,
as one of the Representatives of the peo-
pie, that he could vote with his whole
heart, to crafty the wishes of the people of
Licking county, in relation to the Agricul-
tural College; and when the yeas and nays
were published. if they did not find his
name among the yeas, then he gave them
leave to brand him as deserter, who for
feited his pledged faith-a recreant to his
convictions, and the basest OF men, who
forgot those who proved themselves his
friends, when, as private soldier, the beau
tiful daughters OF Newark proved them
selves friends indeed.
Another such visit as this, he thought, |
would destroy the bond of brotherhood
which existed among the bachelor mem
bers of the Legislature. He judged this
because they united, one and all, to con-
tinue locating Agricultural Colleges in this
county, and from the signs around him, he
judged that they contemplated giving up
this life Of single blessedness, and to turn
colleges whose future agriculturists were
to be nurtured and trained, with Licking
county lady as Professor of Housewfery.
These bachelor friends seem ready, in the
language of Shakespeare or the Methodist
Hymn Book, to exclaim
Here Lord, give myself away"
and to surrender at discretion to the first
pair of blue or black eyes, that is willing to
accept for better or for worse.
Again Col LEFEvER thanked the citi-
zens of Newark for their extended hospital
ity, and he assured them that it was not
thrown away upon thoughtless or migrate
full guests.
General BANNING, the Representative
from Knox, was called out. He responded
handsomely and gracefully; and, in fitting
language, thanked and complimented the
ladies of Newark for the generous and no.
BILE qualities they are ever Displaying
During the war, his Knox county compa-
ny, in passing through that place, had been
provided for and made comfortable, kind
ness he should never forget. He spoke of
WorthingtOn as a little village near Column
ous, where the ague prevails most of the
rear, and expressed himself as being in
avor of locating the College in Licking
county.
After General BANNING had concluded,
supper was announced. This was the most
superb and sumptdous Banquet that this
present General Assembly has seen and
disposed of during the session. There was
! superabundance Of everything that was
delicious. The ladies of Newark are GER
ainly entitled to all the compliments and
that are bestowed upon
hem. They are eloquent in kind words
nd efficient in good works, as well
s beautiful; and if it were not for our un-
willingness to make distinctions that might
'e regarded as invidious, we would devote
pecial eulogies to several of them. They
lid their duty and more than their duty;
nd they did it in the best possible manner.
Tie local committee and the citizens of
Newark are also entitled to the thanks of
he excursionists for the handsome and
Iospitable manner in which they were re-
eived and treated.
To Hon. j. II. PUTNAM and to Hon. ]. f.
ToLLETT the able and efficient Representa-
ives of Licking, are the people of that
ounty largely indebted for this legislative
'isit, and for aiding to make it such sue
ess.
The Hotels also deserve commendation
md, especially, The AMERICAN, about
which we know the most.
Nearly the entire party left the City Hall
It half-past ten o'clock to come to Column