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Several steam boats have been built at this place ; and its situation from its contiguity to the great coal and iron region, taken in connexion with its canal advanta- ges, is calculated to make it a place of much business. The quantity of pork, flour and whiskey, which passes from the interior of the state, through this place to other markets down the river, or sometimes " stops in transi- tu" to try the market here, is very considerable ; and the mercantile part of the community entertain the opinion, that if they possessed more banking capital, to enable them to compete with their contemporaries, up and down the river, by extending to the agriculturists and traders those facilities which they receive in other commercial towns, it would tend to increase the busi- ness of the place and add much to its wealth as well as to that of individuals.
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EDWARD HAMILTON, Attorney at Law,
PORTSMOUTH.
Williama V. Pecki,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
PORTSMOUTH.
CHARLES O. TRACY, Attorney at Law, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Portsmouth, Attends the courts of Jackson, Adams and Scioto coun- ties, in Ohio; and makes collections in Greenup and Lewis counties, Kentucky.
S. M. TRACY,
Attorney at Law, PORTSMOUTHI. 1
Attends the courts of Pike, Jackson, Lawrence and Scioto counties, Ohio.
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CONWAY & AVERY.
Commission and Forwarding Merchants,
Front and Main streets, PORTSMOUTH.
G. J. LEET.
Forwarding and Commission Merchant, AND DEALER IN PRODUCE, Water street, Portsmouth.
M'CAGUE, MVEY & Co.
Commission and Forwarding Merchants, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES, Portsmouth.
MIºDowell & Davis,
COMMISSION AND PRODUCE MERCHANTS,. Water street, Portsmouth.
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C. A. N. DAMARIN, Wholesale Grocer, Deals in all kinds of Country Produce, FRONT STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
R. H. TOMLIN & Co.
Wholesale Produce Dealers, FRONT STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
WILSON GATES, Retail Fancy and Dry Goods Store, Corner of Main and Market streets, PORTSMOUTH.
E. GLOVER, DEALER IN Books, Stationery,-and FANCY GOODS, Water street, Portsmouth.
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SAMUEL GUNN.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in DRY GOODS & HARDWARE, WATER STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
HALL & CURRIE,
Wholesale and Retail DRY GOODS STORE, FRONT STREET, PORTSMOUTHI.
5. RIGGS.
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in DRY GOODS, HARDWARE, &c. WATER STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
J. V. ROBINSON,
WATER STREET, PORTSMOUTHI, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Dry Goods, Hardware, Groceries,
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC LIQUORS, &c.
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M. B. ROSS & CO. DRY GOODS DEALERS,
Wholesale Grocers, , AND Commission Merchants,
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WATER STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
WALLER & M'CABE,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Fancy & Staple Dry Goods. FRONT STREET, PORTSMOUTHI.
C. M'COW, MANSION HOUSE HOTEL,
PORTSMOUTH.
WATSON'S HOTEL, FRONT STREET,
PORTSMOUTH.
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SHEWELL & HOPEWELL, Manufacturers of SILK AND FUR HATS, AND DEALERS IN FURS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Portsmouth, ( Ohio, ) and No 6, South Sixth street, Philadelphia.
PORTSMOUTH ROLLING MILL
AND Nail Factory ;
Manufacturers of Iron and Nails of all sizes and de- . scriptions, by T. G. GAYLORD, - PORTSMOUTH.
WASHINGTON KENNEY, TANNER AND CURRIER, MAIN STREET, PORTSMOUTH.
" SCIOTO TRIBUNE,"
A political and miscellaneous newspaper, in general cir- culation in Southern Ohio, published weekly, by HAMILTON & CAMDEN,
PORTSMOUTH.
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LETTER XI.
Road from Zanesville to Columbus-A discovery-Tricks on stage travellers-Good lands properly cultivated-Singular circum- stance of succession of trees-Lands in the vicinity of the National road and Erie canal-Hebron-Columbus-its situation, statistics, &c .- National Hotel-Wood-sawing-Distances to other places from Columbus.
COLUMBUS, (Ohio, ) Jan. 9th, 1857.
The road from Zanesville to this place is in excellent order for travelling ; and with a good coach, made as comfortable for cold weather and carrying the mail, as it was possible to adapt it-a fleet team, and careful dri- ver, whose manners and language were courteous and gentlemanly-it is not, therefore, to be wondered, that, with five or six agreeable companions, one of whom was an agent of the general post office, looking after the mails-should travel over 52 miles of road in 7 3 hours.
The charge, per day, at the hotel at which I stopped, in Zanesville, was one dollar. I had ascertained, from appearances, soon after my arrival, that I had " got into the wrong box," but as my " stay would be short, the difference would not be serious." I learned, however, on enquiring particularly of those who knew, that the present mail line is in opposition to an old established one, and that it has contributed essentially to reduce the fare of travelling on its route : that the old line had also come down to the price established by the opposition, but retained its former stands for the accommodation of its passengers, and the stabling of its teams, which were decidedly of the better class-and that in all cases, either
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stage, on its entrance into town, would be first driven to its usual place of stopping, or changing, and afterwards, if a passenger desired to be put down elsewhere, he would be accommodated. I also learned, that the custom uni- "formly prevails of charging stage passengers at these taverns, whether in town or country, fifty cents a meal, and a traveller in, or on his own vehicle, and taking a - seat at the same table, pays only half, or three-fourths, of that price : so highly distinguished and of so much more consequence, are those travellers estimated, who journey in stages !
The stage fare from Zanesville to Columbus was $2.50, exceeding by a little, 5 cents per mile : the charg- es generally, I have observed, range from 5 to 64 cents per mile. At a distance of 9 miles we reached Hope- well, and from thence to Gratiot, S. This latter village was named in compliment, probably, to the distinguished officer at the head of the U. S. Engineer Department, and if so, it would have been more gratifying to me, had . the space it covers been larger and more populous :- to Brownsville, & miles ; to Lynnville 4; to Jacktown (sometimes called Jackson, ) 32 :- (here two other roads diverge northwardly, one of which to Thornville, 43 miles, and the other to New Ark, 63)-and to Hebron 43 miles. This place is located immediately at the in. tersection of the National Road with the Ohio and Eric canal, and a stranger would naturally suppose it to be well adapted to the prosecution of very considerable business : but such is not the case. Here are 6 stores and warehouses, and 12 or 15 other buildings, 2 of which are hotels. The land, although at an elevation of 419 feet above the Ohio river, is level, or flat ; and in appear-
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ance swampy-just such a section of country, from what I could observe, and what was reported, as is calculated to generate and foster bilious and intermittent fevers in their season. There is no doubt of its adaptation to im- provement-to be made healthy by ditching-but to what extent, I am not able to give an opinion. The land, though high, partakes of one of those characters or pro- perties, mentioned in my last letter, one of the anomalies which must be left to geologists to account for. To drain it, some other conduit than the canal would have to be resorted to-those persons who are owners of the soil. however, know more of the advantages which would be most likely to result from the improvement, and how far it is practicable, than I pretend to; in making the re- mark, I have only exercised the privilege common to all way-farers, but whether it be strictly correct, is another question. Farms, within 5 to 8 miles of this place, could be purchased, we were informed, for 10 to $15 per acre.
The farms along the road, to judge from their win- tery condition, through the western part of the counties of Muskingum and as far we had travelled in Licking, were kept in all seasons in good repute. The dwel- lings, although mostly of logs, and large barns, present- ed a neatness and care indicative of the right kind of taste of the occupant. The fences bore the marks of judi- cious farming. The lands, bordering upon the lines of these two counties for a considerable distance, presented a uniformity of surface somewhat of the hilly, but very moderately so. These hills, as stated by one of our pas- sengers, a respectable resident of Muskingum county, are based upon " salt stone" formations, or in their vici- { { nity ; that " their contents were either coal or iron ore,
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and that of their surface, I might see for myself." Their surfaces were either a heavy growth of forest timber in- dicative of a fertile soil, or a young growth of hickory and oak, in that state of tree-hood, (if I may be permit- ted to manufacture a word,) best suited for hoop poles, and for that purpose, I understood from the same gen- tleman, they were nursed, and to it appropriated. They were as close to each other as they could well grow ; and such was the demand for those articles at Zanesville, and other places through that section of the country, where many barrels were made, (for the salt is all exported in barrels,) flour, pork, and other provisions, and liquors, that they always met with a ready sale and commanded a good price .- The same gentleman stated it as a fact, and others, to whom I afterwards mentioned the circum- stance, confirmed it, that on those hills, where a heavy growth of white oak had been cut down, and the wood hauled off' or worked up, that the young growth which succeeded, and which would begin to make its appearance the next or following year, was "certain to be hickory," although no effort was made to introduce it ! We passed sufficiently near to a hill of this description, and could distinctly sce that the stumps remaining were oak, and that the nursery of sapplings, from three to eight or ten . feet high, were hickory-in many instances the leaves still remained on them.
From Hebron to Kirkersville, is 5 miles ; to Reynolds- burg, 103 ; to Whitehall, 52; and to Columbus, 5- where we arrived at :3 o'clock, P. M. By request, I was put down at the National Hotel, kept by Col. John Noble.
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Yesterday was the Sabbath, and a pleasant day-the snow, however, remained on the ground, two or three inches deep.
Columbus is the capital of the state of Ohio, and in distance, not exceeding 20 miles from its centre ; is in lat. 39º 57' N. lon. 85° WV. and located in the centre of Franklin county, on the east " high bank" of the Scioto river, just below its conflux with the Olantange. The streets run north and south, and east and west, and are from 80 to 120 feet in width. The population is about 7000, of which probably 200 are colored. The feeder of the Eric canal, 11 miles in length, connects here with the Scioto. It is in general surrounded with good lands well watered, and well adapted for all purposes, either farming or grazing, but the latter appears to predomi- nate. Cattle, mules, hogs and sheep, consume nearly all the farmer raises ; and at a proper season, dealers in those species of stock make their annual visits and pur- chase them up at liberal prices.
In point of extent of territory, (says the Gazetteer, ) number of townships, amount of taxable property, amount of taxes annually paid, in population, and gene- ral progressive annual increase, Franklin county may be considered a fair sample of the average of all the seve- ral counties, throughout the state of Ohio.
' The land for a great distance around, on which this city is built, is level ; the only feature to the contrary is the bank of the river. The city looks well and clean. The public buildings are, the state house, 75 by 50 feet, of brick, two stories high, the top of the spire 106 feet from the ground. The two principal rooms are the Re- presentatives hall, on the lower floor, and Senate cham-
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ber, above. On the same square, north, and in a line' with the state house, is a two story building containing rooms for the state officers and for the state Library. The federal court house stands yet farther north, on the same line. About half a mile north westerly from the capital, on the east bank of Scioto, is the Penitentiary. It consists of two wings, extending in a right line each way from the guard room, which is in the centre, and from which the whole interior of the prison may be in- spected by a single individual. Each wing contains 350 cells, S3 feet wide, 7 feet long, and 7 high, built back to back, and calculated for one person only. The keep- er's dwelling stands immediately in front of the guard room. The prison yard is in the rear of the main build- ing, and contains an arca of 400 feet square, surround- ed by a wall 30 feet high, on one side of which, but en- tirely detached from it, are the workshops, cookery, chapel and female prison-and over these is a large and spacious hospital. The building is three stories high ; 56 fect in front, and the wings 400 feet in length, all of hammered freestone, quarried in the vicinity, well built, and from the new bridge, over the Scioto river, a short distance below, makes a very handsome appear- ance indeed.
Although not exactly a house, the new bridge, across the Scioto, 120 yards in length, may be appro- priately introduced here. It is covered in and paint- ed ; and is said to be the best piece of masonry and car- penter work combined of the kind, in the state. It rests upon three piers of hammered free-stone. From the bridge to the mouth of the canal, which is 1300 feet, a stone quay has been built, for the purpose of affording
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facilities to persons engaged in river and canal com- merce.
The other public buildings are, an asylum for the deaf and dumb, built of brick, about half a mile to the east- ward of the state house, and sufficiently large to accom- modate 200 persons .- Here are also two banks, the Franklin and Clinton, the former with a capital of $500,000, the latter with $300,000. - The market house is 150 feet long, and generally well supplied with vari- ous kinds of meat, poultry, and vegetables, the latter from the gardens of German horticulturists, and each article is at a price not more than half as high as in the cities of New-York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, at cor- responding seasons of the year. Here, also, is a thcolo- gical Seminary for German Lutherans-and several other literary institutions. The number of churches or places of public worship, are eight ; the Episcopal and Presbyterian buildings, situated in the vicinity of the public square, are very attractive. Here are 1S hotels, and a large number of boarding houses ; a theatre, recently erected, and probably 100 stores and shops. The " Na- tional Hotel" is well conducted; its table-ware and cutle- ry, as well as the viands, vegetables and desserts, are all of the first quality, and the watchful eye and locomo- tive turn of " mine host," evinces a determination on his part, that all shall partake of them, if they choose. The dormitories, as far as I could observe, were in keeping with every thing else about the establishment- and all the operations were as regular as the apparatus at which the wood is sawed, in the yard .- Board, per day, $1.25. 1
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Speaking of the saw, for sawing wood, it may be something new to some one ; and therefore worth noting. We left the coal region on the other side of Hebrou, and here wood is altogether used for the kitch- en, as well as for the parlor and other fires. Passing through the yard back of the house, my attention was attracted by a circular saw, put in motion by horse power, for sawing fire wood into suitable lengths for burning. The sticks, probably 4 feet in length, are placed transversely on a small carriage, moving on ways constructed after the manner of a carriage on which logs are placed in a saw-mill, and somewhat like those carriages, except it has not cogs ; for the sawyer, as soon as the horse starts, forces it forward until it comes in contact with the saw. The moving around of the ani- mal, puts the simple machinery into operation, and the transverse stick is soon sawed asunder, with as little ceremony, as a man accustomed to making a fire, would put a stick of wood on the andirons.
Columbus is situated 106 miles southerly from San- dusky city ; 140 S. W. from Cleveland ; 184 S. west- erly from Pittsburgh, and 148 same direction from Steu- benville ; 126 W. from Wheeling; 100 N. W. from Marietta ; 105 from Gallapolis ; 90 N. from Portsmouth, at the mouth of the Scioto river and Ohio canal, and 45 from Chillicothe, in the same direction ; 118 northwardly from Maysville (Ken.) ; 110 N. E. from Cincinnati ; and 68 eastwardly from Dayton.
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LETTER XII.
Road to Dayton-Franklinton-Gwynn's farm-Bad road-Two landlords and Yankee guest-Springfield-How to finish the Na- tional road-Stage wagon on a country road-Incidents peculiar to this kind of travelling-Fairfield-change of drivers but not wagons -- Road to, and arrival at, Dayton.
DAYTON, (Ohio,) Jan. 10th, 183 ..
I left Columbus yesterday, while the members of the legislature were celebrating the victory of New Orleans over a supper, prepared for them at the " National." It was storming, but having previously paid my fare, $2.50, to Springfield, entered an excellent coach, where were five or six passengers already seated, and off we went through a falling snow, and over a snow about three inches deep.
Our road lay over the Scioto, on the bridge previous- ly described, and very shortly (one mile) we passed through the village of Franklinton, aforetime the capital of Franklin county. It is in its wane ; but the tower- ing steeple of the brick court house, and the 50 or 60 dwellings which surround it, present even after a lapse of five-and-twenty years, a tolerable wholesome appear- ance. The village was the first settled, north of Chilli- cothe, in 1797. Adjoining it on the east, is a prairie of about 200 acres, and near the main fork of the Scioto, was a mound, composed altogether of clay, of which the court house in the place was built. Near Franklinton resides Mr. M. Sullivan, an extensive farmer, who owns at this time 400 mules. - The village of Jefferson,
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through which we next passed, is 14 miles from Column- bus, and is the first township in the 16th range of the United States military lands in Franklin county. A number of very fine farms are to be met with in this township ; particularly Eli Gwynn's which we passed at a farther distance on the road of 10 miles, containing 8000 acres, 5000 of which are under fence. This is said to be the greatest grazing farm in the state, and its owner yet remains in the state of " single blessedness."
We found, occasionally, during the night, by the jost- ling and uneasy motion of our coach, and by the driver now and then diverging on one side of the road, and some- times among the trees, on the other, apparently to avoid a slough, that we were cither travelling the wrong road, or that the right one had lost its " national" character, neither of us being aware, or reflecting for a moment, . that we had left the M'Adamized portion of it, a con- siderable distance back. And as we could not now see an object, and the movements of the coach having be- come somewhat slow, one of our company, who had oc- casionally contributed to dissipate our vigils since our departure from Columbus, by the relation of an amus- ing adventure, or " a biographical sketch," as he would term it, began again, by observing, that
" The village we have just passed, or was about to pass, or shall pass, once contained only two taverns ; for some cause, the occupants of landlords were not very friendly towards each other. It so happened, (said he.) that during the time in question, a Yankee, who was travelling to see the country, stepped in to one of the inns, (as they were then more commonly called than ho- tels,) and enquired, if he could be accommodated for a
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few days ? Jonathan, (that was the Yankee's name,) was answered in the affirmative"-[I suppose none of you are Yankees, or landlords, observed our fellow-pas- senger, appearing just at that moment to recollect that possibly he might be touching some one amongst us in a tender place ;- but no answer being received, admitting such to be the fact, he proceeded ]-" Well ! (said he,) Jonathan was received into the house. " I conclude he's a land speculator, (said Bonniface to himself,) in dis- guise." But it was not customary for a person to travel in those days with such trunks and other luggage as he does now. A handkerchief, probably contained all his wardrobe, and it is probable he did not have even that ; but I do not know what Jonathan had-presume not much, however. Suffice to say, he remained his land- lord's guest a week, at which time Bonniface thought it was time to see if any money could be forthcoming .- He did not ask Jonathan his business in " those parts," when he applied for accommodation ; his sole object at that time being to secure the guest, to the presumed mor- tification of his rival in business, when the fact came to the knowledge of the latter, that his ( Bonniface's) house, was preferred by the travelling community, to Rubicund's. Well ! as I was saying (said our fellow passenger) Bouniface began to think it was time to have some money from his guest, but did not well understand the tact how to come at it, viz : to get the cash and not lose the customer. At length he made bold to ask him when he came in to dinner, if he could pay him his week's board ? (for in those days they could get no pa- per to make out bills upon, or if they could, it was too troublesome-and perhaps the guest could not read,
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either)-Jonathan paused-At length he said, he had not a copper !
"Bonniface affected to be astounded-perhaps he was-but at length observed to him, that he had done a very improper act to quarter upon a poor man like him for such a length of time, when he knew he had not the means to pay his way-and why, said Bonniface, did you do so ? Jonathan was as ready then as those of any other country are now, to frame an excuse for the trick,- that he " was to have met a friend there who was to have furnished him with funds ; " or, that he "expected to have got employment from Mr. Such-an-one," or some other reason equally as plausible. After saying much more, and reiterating the former questions, during which he attempted to show-and did show-the immorality of such conduct, and the effect it would make upon the minds of landlords generally, and how the innocent who might be absolutely caught as he (Jonathan) said he had been, might suffer also-after all this (continued our passenger)-Boniface proposed to cancel the claim he had against him, provided he would " go over to that other tavern" (pointing to Rubicund's) " and serve him just such a trick, by quartering on him a week." Jona- than heard his host out very attentively ; and when he had finished the conditions, was about proceeding to the door, (Bonniface laughing in his sleeve at the trick-no immorality in this, perhaps !- he should be instrumental in playing his rival, Mr. Rubicund,) when Jonathan made a stop-
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" I can't pay you that way, said Jonathan," pointing towards Rubicund's.
" Why not?" said Bonniface.
Jonathan rather hung his head and rubbed his eye, as if to wipe off' the tear which he thought it was time bad, and did not know but might be, started, so distressed did he appear-" because (said he) I staid with Mr. Ru- bicund a week before I come here, and as I could not pay him, he told me the same as you tell me, to come and stay with you a week, and I should be clear- and so I have done it!"
By the time this " biographical sketch" of Jonathan's was finished, and its risible consequences allayed, we found we were about entering Springfield, 43 miles from Columbus, and that it was only 4 o'clock in the morn- ing. After getting into the house, (the "wrong box" again, ) I soon ascertained that the Dayton coach was to start from the "Eagle;" so, to secure my seat there, I had to move there myself.
Springfield is the seat of justice of Clark county ;- and its white stores and dwellings look well, even in winter. It is on the south side of Brush creek, about 2 miles above its junction with Mad river; and although incorporated in 1827, contains at this time 2,600 inha- bitants; a court house and jail; 4 churches; a male and female academy; several mills; 22 stores; a newspaper printing office; and S taverns. Here terminates the grading of the National Road-and from the length of time that has elapsed since any work whatever has been performed upon it, an opinion is entertained by some persons, that it will not be resumed very shortly.
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