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commenced establishing woollen factories, and possessed a bank; 
it was formerly^a branch of the United States Bank, but doing 
too little business, was suppressed by the mother bank in Phi¬ 
ladelphia. We visited two churches, one Methodist and one 
Episcopalian, the former was rather large, both of them were 
very plain and contained nothing worthy of remark. We paid 
a visit to Mr. Hufnagel, a native of Wurzburg, an elderly man 
who had experienced misfortune, and who is now established as 
a butcher and trader in cattle, and finds himself in easy circum¬ 
stances; he appeared to be very much delighted at my visit, and 
received us very heartily in his well arranged house, situated in 
an orchard. Between two and three o’clock, the stage took us 
to Colonel King’s house, where we dined, in order to drive us 
eighteen miles to Tarleton; we took leave of him with grateful 
hearts; the road ran through a well cultivated country, which is 
very hilly and presents several picturesque situations; ten miles 
from Chillicothe on a hill, is a small village, Kingston, with farms 
of a good appearance, and several mills. Towards sunset we reach¬ 
ed Tarleton, a handsome little spot of about twenty houses, and 
took our lodgings at a very good tavern, kept by a Pennsylva¬ 
nian German. I had lost my pocket-book, probably by one of 
the hard jolts which our stage had received; it contained several 
papers of importance. It was found one mile from Chillicothe, and 
by its contents I was known to be the owner; a man set out in 
the night to bring it to me; at midnight this man arrived in 
Tarleton, had me called up, and safely returned me my pocket- 
book. I was so much delighted to recover it, that I expressed my 
thankfulness in every way I could. On the 12th of May, we 
left Tarleton at two o’clock in the morning, and rode to New 
Lancaster, which is sixteen miles; we arrived between seven and 
eight o’clock, and took our lodgings at Steinman’s hotel; the mail 
stage which went that day to Zanesville, had only two horses and 
took no passengers, I therefore resolved to stay until the follow¬ 
ing day, as it was said there would be a stage with four horses, and 
I found no cause to repent it. New Lancaster has its name from the 
city of Lancaster in Pennsylvania, and was founded by Pennsylva¬ 
nian Germans, who were joined by many German emigrants, par¬ 
ticularly Wurtembergers, and some Switzers, all of whom were 
pleased with the good climate, the fertile soil, which requires 
but little cultivation and manure, and above all, by the cheap 
living and profitable earnings. New Lancaster is the principal 
town of Fairfield county, and is handsomely situated on the 
side of a hill on the Hockhockjng river, not far distant from its 
source; it contains nearly two thousand inhabitants, living by 
retail commerce, farming, and cattle raising;. Since 1822, the 
culture of tobacco has also been introduced; this tobacco is called 
