Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-31

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/ nave Deen IraVellnS SOme-uOI lar, only
to Somerset, Perry county, O., thence to
Bellair, Belmont county, o, and home
again. Much that 1 saw greatly pleased,
the eye, and most of what 1 heard gave
equal pleasure to the ear.
The country through which passed is
certainly one Of the finest in the State
hilly enough for beauty and variety, and
level enough for any or all agricultural
purposes-rich in soil-well improved
covered with fiocks. Wheat was excellent
oats never better-hay, double crop
corn big and abundant, and fruit, o! on
0 w it makes my mouth water to think of
what 1 saw! Peaches, apples. pears,
plums, by the peck, bushel, treeful or
orchardful everywhere. As your Sand
Hill correspondent told you in June, here
surely is the region where Ceres of old
must have emptied her Horn. What splen-
did horses, fat cows, fine sheep, slick mules,
cashmere goats. and white swine, do fill
the fields of these well-fixed farmers
Truly such sights please the eye of the OBJ
servant traveller, and make him wish his
home were among them.
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ing to the heart of every lover of his coun-
try. This was, that in Somerset not one
half of those who two years since voted
with the dominant party, will do so this
fall. A great change for the better has
taken place in their views. They are tired,
they say, of three things, viz: Taxation,
dictation and tyranny. Hence, although
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tenths of the citizens are rejoiced at his re-
moyal by the President, for they know
"Phil." Gas they call him>, to be not only an
insufferable snob, but one of the most i'm
placable of tyrants, little upstart whom
the pomp and circumstance of war (not ca
pacity), placed inpower; and that how the
President permitted such wicked snipe as
he, to hold rule over such great States as
Louisiana and Texas, even for an hour, has
long been a wonder to the wise people of
this pla ce. But this little fellow has had
his day. His star has at last set to the in
finite joy of the millions who felt the curse
of its raging. Oh, that the same could now
be said of the demon Brownlowl But he
abides his time. Perry will give a larger
majority agains tnegro suffrage, and for the
Democracy this fall, than she ever gave for
any measure or man before. Mark this.
Come on, now, to Uniontown, Musking-
um county. We reach it via the Mays
vile and GAINESVILLE stonepike, one of the
finest in the State, or nation-indeed, in
the world. Stopping here for few days,
conversed with number of the most in
telligenty and influential citizens of the
place, who had, a year ago, voted the Re-
publican ticket, and they solemnly assured
me they "would not touch" the amendment
in October. "Well, but you will, vote for
men who will allow Congress to force it on
us, won't you ?' mo, sir" they added with
an emphasis that showed their earnestness,
zoe ,oiu not. Linn, Jewetr and Ball are our
men this TINA. We know them. We can
trust them. We will try them. Such men
surely will do all they can to redress our
wrongs, for their own and our interests are
identical. With US the nigger is played
out" 1t pleased me much to hear this
especially when they added: "1hey can't
aohip us in to voting tor the nfgger." So
off came to Zanesyille, passing through
one of the finest regions of country ever
saw. One farm in particular (owned by
Mr.. Rankin, who is said to be firm
Democrat), is remarkable alike for extent
and culture. Mr.. r. pays an enormous
tax, and is ''down on" bondholders and all
New England domination, and is exerting
a powerful influence in showing
his honest neighbors the inevitable ruin
that awaits us under Radical rule. Zanes-
vile is quite city. Its site is a great
eastern bend of the river Muskingum. On
the western shore opposite comes in the
Licki n9 river. A number of towns, such
as Putnam, West GAINESVILLE, Natchez, &C.,
are built on these shores; and if all were
incorporated under the name, ZANEsvILLE,
the city would contain near 10000 inhabi-
tants. I made the acquaintance here of
Hon. Mr.. Linn, Democratic nominee for
Senator for this and Perry counties; also. L
was introduced to Hons. Messrs. Jewett
and Ball, our candidates for the Legisla-
ture. These are all excellent men-men of
talent and great experience as statesmen,
and who, If elected, would be an honor to
the State, and especially to these counties,
and add much to the local interest of this
from the want of some local legislation on
certain matters that have neither stime
nor room to explain. The masses Of the
people begin to see and confess this, and,
hence, these gentlemen's prospects for
election are bright, and Frightening every
day. Their opponents are men of no in,
tellectual calliber, and dare not in person,
;r,
hence, money has been raised, and such
vile old dirty dogs as Wade, or
turn coat fanatics as Logan, or
mon ey-stealing, lying Gibson, have been
sent for to come to the aid of the sinking
cause of Shoddy in Muskingum. But it
won't work. The people are determined
to stand it no longer. They will not be
smell ssa mice' in the Amendment, and they
feel pain in their pockets on tax matters,
which no Wade, Logan or Gibson nostrum
of blackguardism can remove. There is a
lone Shoddy sheet published in this city
called, 1 believe, the Courier. Its corps of
Radical editors do their very best to keep
up the cry of ''mad-dog" before the people
but all won't do-down go the RAIDS this
fall in this place, just as certain as the ides
of October come. I was shown scurri-
lous editorial by one of the "plugs'' of this
sheet, in regard to the manner in which
Hon. Mr.. Jewett managed the financial
matters of the Central Ohio road, of which.
he was for many years President. This
article was such a tissue of palpable lies,
that it greatly disgusted even the Radicals
who read it, knowing Mr.. Jewett, as they