The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-07-13

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nounced his purpose to his soldiers, who
greeted his orders with wild hurrahs. In
haitian hour his little column was in motion,
cropping its way along the rough mountain
road. The night was moonless, and the
darkness sometimes so intense that the
regiments were compelled to halt until the
clouds cleared before they could go forward.
All night the weary march was continued,
just as dawn began to streak the SUBMITS
of the mountains the column, reaching
high point overlooking the Kanawha
Valley, near Fayetteville, saw the two
steamboats, rounding bend and coming
up the river. The troops and the boats
reached the wharf almost simultaneously,
and within an hour the whole command
had embarked, and the steamers were
under full Roadway down the Kanawha
their decks strewn with tired and sleeping
soldiers. By daylight next morning the
boats reached Gallipolis, and the troops
disembarked and took positions to defend
the town, but Morgan had been advised
by spies of their approach when six miles
away, and turned his column northward
toward Pomeroy, another point on the
Ohio Col. Hayes instantly re-embarked
and steamed up the rived to overtake him.
He arrived in time to go out and meet the
enemy while advancing upon the town, but
Morgan's officers were not long in discover
ing that something tougher was in front Of
them than militia regiments, and they sud
denly drew off, remounted, and made for
Buffngton's Island, point still further
up the river. Here Morgan seized a steam
boat, and had fcrried over about three
hundred Of his men, when Col. Hayes
arrived, seized the boat, and put stop to
any surther progress in that line. Morgan
himself had crossed the river, but seeing
that his main body was about to be cut off
he rccrossed, and remained with his
soldiers to share their fortunes. After
some fighting he drew off again, and made
for other points up the river. But the
last opportunity for escape had passed, and
the Confederate raiders, hardly bcsct by
Gems. Hobson and Shaklclord were speedily
driven to the wall and forced to surrender
As political leader, Gov. Hayes has few
superiors. 1t has been said Of him by an
opposition journal that "a better tactician
never led a party in a political contest"
and the brilliant successes he has achieved
vindicate the assertion. In each of his
three different canvasses for the Governor
ship of Ohio, none but the highest ability
and prudence in management could have
saved his party from defeat 1t has been
often said, and is still prevailing belief,
| that he is the only man in Ohio who could
have carried the State against William
Allen last year, and the assertion is per-
haps not very eXtravagant.
In his discussions of public questions,
Governor Hayes is noted for his persuasive
ness and candor. Probably he never made
political speech in his life that did not
win votes to the party. He has much of
the homely style Of stating propositions
that characterized Abraham Lincoln, and
much the same terse, clear, and forcible
method Of maintaining them by argument.
His political opponents are never offended
| by what he says and never listen to him
but with unaffected respect. He carries
with him the air of a man not prejudiced
or bigoted, but perfectly sincere and honest
in his convictions, and absolutely unswerv-
inc in what he believes to be right
! His speeches always command attention,
whether spoken or printed, and are always
worthy Of it. He never says anything
that his friends are sorry for or wish him
to take back. His messages and other
! State papers are almost eccentric in their
brevity and pithiness. He has the rare
gift Of saying what he wants to say in a few
words, and the still rarer one of knowing
what not to say. He wastes no time in
skirmishing around his subject, but crap
pies with it in his very first sentence. He
is good scholar, an industrious reader,
and man Of large and varied information
He is especially fond of pioneer matters,
and probably no man in Ohio has such
thorough knowledge of the antiquities and
all that pertains to the early settlement and
later histoy of the State. His knowledge of
public men is very thorough, and his per-
sonal recolections, extending back to the
generation of Webster, Clay, and Corwin,
arc replete with entertaining fact and
anecdote. He was present at the death of
Corwin in Washington, and has heard
Webster in the Scnte. He is a good talker,
tells a story well, and though he never
! encourages anything coarse or boisterous,
keenly enjoys wholesome pleasantly.
Though Of a rather serious cast of mind, a
man of more happy temper never lived.
No one probably ever saw him out Of
humor or ever heard from his lips an i'll
natured word On all occasions and in
every relation he is one of the truest of
gentlemen.
His frankncss is admirable. His life is
open as the day, With all his political
sagacity he is no intriguer, and he never
sought an office in his life Quick in his
decisions without being brusque, he is as
| firm in his convictions as adamant He
does not create opposition by illadvised
or unnecessary aggressiyeness, but he never
evades it when it becomes matter of duty
to encounter it. In all public relations in