The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-10-04
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bank, or bottom, and the dwclliSg houtes nha
public buildings on The second bank, OF hill.
cannot do justice in the narrow ,.lniia OF 4
letter TO the growth, activity, and estcrerizs
OF this place. II exceeds any thing havS
seen |, far surpassed my cxpsGtatiohs He,o
all is life, aetiyity,busile, business. Yon hear
the anvil, haminer, plane, saw, trowel, card:
ing, spinning and mailing machines, &c. If
led through the town blindfolded, persoh
would be cossinced by the variou, sounds that
every thing was alive, aud in active motion.
There is pearly com pit,cd on The bank oftL5
Ohio, \ steam mill, built or stone six stories
high, S7s feet long, s4A wide and 1914 high;
Has Cost 10000 dollafs,and wilt cost whet
done, 100000! Jast bcgun steam saw
mill ;--also, glass house, which Is circular
trick building, of l. so fees circumference in
side, and IS or 80 feet high. Likewise, a
white lead factory, and @olen factory. Th3
capital of the latter so,ooo'dolars, and wilt
be enlarged to 100000 dollars, There ara
building on the hill, OF brick the Lancastriah
school house, 90 feet square, = stories, each
quite high a PresbyterfAu meeting. house;
go feet by 20, with Two Tstes pies ihNhc cast
end, one for bell, and tho other fora clock
and half oclagon on thc west, for singing.
gallery $4,000 dollars were subscribed be-
fore the building was commenced, supposcu
10 cost $4,000 dollars more. A Baptist tmcct-
ing-housc, IS feet by 40, hearty complctcd--s
and Court house, so feet square, jssl begun
the former one Of stone was burnt by accidcht
last winter. There IL very extensive brew.
cry, where 10000 bushels of barley were
brewed last year. A market house 90 tho
bottom 100 feet, another just begun In ,he
same street OF 800 feet and one on the hilt
just finished Of $50 feet. There arc . Banks
The MiSIai exporting company, capital
unlimited, to continue for forty years diviss
dcnd . per cen, before the war ard IS per
cent since. Farmers and Mechanics, es,sb-
lished three years, 10 ,continuc Two years.
Cincinnati Bank, just in operation, cspitai
100000 dollars, had Ut paper enough ID sup-
ply the demands for IT," Three weekly papera
arc issued here. The number of inhabisnts
are known to be bya corpora,oo ccnsus.be.
tween six and seven thousand, and Increasing
With astonishing rapidly From pretty re-
cent Information there are building, and ~
be built this year, 500 buildings OF one kina
aud aps,her. In 1907, there were very few
good buildings here and property low. Eight
lots about i've years ago were offered at so
dollars piece; they were eo'd three tcate
since Tor 5000 dolls. and six OF said lots kaSH
been sold this year for $4,000 dollars Lots
In Front street sell lor 400 and $50 eol!ats
per foot front, and on the hill from so 70 ~
dollars A house and lot which in kt6hc
street, two years age sold Tor 500 dollhtsg
would now bring in cash 10000 dollars
There IL very brisk trade carried on, bosihsS
various mechanics and monufactuies | haas
no, mentioned. 1t Is situated in icr,ilSi
flourishhg, we'll improved country, sbouhdinG
with the necessaries Of life which can be case
lily procured, and afforded OF very chcsTs
rate. The land between the Miami, called
Symfnes purchase, is the best tract OF eounS
try OF SO great extent 10 tho state OF Ohios
Cincinnati mual become onc OF the gfealesy
towns If not the first in western hncrica.
am pleased with the State generally, whct
abounds with the most fertile grounds, eh5
all that is wanting is persons Of Industry and
economy for the rast qusn,iries OF exceliens
wild land"
Cincinnati, II IS said, a, this time contains
more than TEN thousand inhabitants. -Four
papers are printed a. that place, each as large
as the Boston papers, and containing as nu-
merous and aS various advertise rnents. y.
Price Of land sn che banks Of tie not inc
horfanf ripers.--Lsnd OF FIRST quality sells
from 2 TO 10 dollars per acre further back
from 2 to IS and towards the interior from
ia TO so cts. Pc. aero. Terms OF Psymenu
are usually credit Of ten years, Without n.
tercst, and liberty at that time to quit the
premises, leaving the Improvements, wi,hoot
making any psymen, OF incurrhg any penalty
Price Of iping. Indian corn brings twen-
~ cents pc. bushel, and superhne foot 10
sold for three dollars per barrel and Al 9th.
or articles in proportion. The rivers abound
with fish, many 100 pounds ID weight, aad
the woods ate enriched with every species OF
game. Fuel etsis nothing In this eoun,Iy'
as wood anil coal arc in grea; plenty.
Price Of fka5or.--C0ntnon laberers obtsin
from dollar to one dollar and fifty cents per
day, and mechanics Of every kind are IN
great demand ;-journcymen masons each
IL La mar Iau