Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-10
Letter from Groveport.
GRovEpoRr, Apri! s, /

GROVEPoRT, April ., lSoS.
Mr.. EDITOR 1T may not be uninter-
esting to some of your readers to hear
word from this part of the vineyard. The
last item of interest has been a concert
vocal and instrumental-given by Prot.
Payne, Principal of the Union Schools of
this place, assisted by others. 1 have long
known that GrOveport is seldom behind,
but had no idea that it was possessed of
as much musical ability as this concert has
demonstrated. To name ali the pieces
that were good without ercroaching too
much on your patience will be impossible,
consequently L will on'y speak of Tho
which struck me as being "beLter as goot."
Among this number was "Pretty Little
Zephyrs We" sung by Miss Allie Upton
and Miss Lola Nelly, little girls of about
ten summers. There is nothing particu-
lsrly characteristic in this song, but the
manner in which it was sung was such as
could not fail to excite the admiration of
all, bringing forcibly to the mind the words
s.Let the little ones come unto me and forbid
them not, for of such is the kingdom of
Heaven" Some Folks Do' is song which,
besides being set to good music, is, in itself,
a lesson, which, if its teachings were better
needed, could not fail to make us happier
men and women. THE Cuckoo" is anoth
er piece that excited general admiration,
in which Miss Laura Dildine. a little girl
OF about twelve years, displayed first class
abilities as an alto singer. Come Away
to the Fields."a duett, was sung by Miss
Sue Campbell and Miss Kate Rarey, and to
any person knowing either of them, it is
unnecessary to say that it was well sung,
as both are known to possess musical pow
ers, which, if properly cultivated, cannot
tail to place them alongside with the best
singers of the day. There is still quite a
number of pieces with which 1 was partic-
ularly delighted that would be happy to
speak of more at length, but as space will
not permit. can but give them a passin Q
notice. Of this number is sThe Frothy
Waves are Rolling" ''The Storm Spirit
Hail to the Queen of the Silent Might
and, as the sale bills have it, Others not
herein enumerated.
And, Mr.. Spivins, besides having some
of the best musical talent in the country
we have more genuine old-fashioned Jack
sonian Democracy than any other village
in the State of an equal population. I'm
peachment, the grandest humbug that ever
disuraced a nation, finds few friends here
Even RAIDS. of darkest dye seem ashamed
to advocate it in open day, and while de,
string the success of their party at any sac
rifice cannot look an honest, Constitution.
loving citizen in the face and say that the
impeachment movement is anything elst
than grand scheme on the part of the
leaders of the party to insure their success
in the next Presidential contest at all haZ
ards. 1t is indeed humiliating though
that eight short years ago the United
States was prosperous, happy and uniteC
Government-its people happy at hom,
and respected abroad-owing nothing, thu
expense of the Government sitting so ligh
on them as scarcely to be felt; and now Sc,
the contrast-what few years of radical
ism and misrule has done. Our peopl,
divided, and in number of States
which if properly governed or no
Governed too much should be the mos
prosperous, literally starving, with a ma
tional debt that no man with wise heaC
has the remotest idea that we can ever pay
and still increasing. For all this ,an SCI
but one remedy. Surely the party tina
controlled this nation through three-quar
tiers of century of growth and unexam
pled prosperity, and placed it among TIN
first powers OF the earth, is now the one t,
trust in the day of adversely.
Elect George FL. Pendleton President
and then, on the same principle, fill al