The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1829-08-05

population, improvement and wealth has
scarcely parallel in the annals of any'oth-
er State or people. The following abridge-
ment of a recent article in the Ohio State
Journal, we think will be read with interest
and 1T may serve to give some faint idea
not only of the rapid growth, but also of the
present resources and future prospects oil
this important member of the Union. The
first attempt at a permanent settlement, oil
which there is any account, appears to have
been made at Marietta, on the 9TH of April
1778, by company of AZ individuals, led
by Gen. Rufus Putnam, who went from
Danvers, in this State. Gen. Putnam's col
ony was soon followed by few other hardy
adventures, who located themselves in the
Miami country, or at different points on the
river. Their numbers were, however, very
limited and until 1894, when Gen. Wayne
obtained his celebrated victory over the In
Gians, but few individuals were willing to
encounter the DANCES of exploring and set
ting in this unknown wilderness. After
this event, however, the tide of emigration
flowed on so rapidly and uninterruptedly,
that in pursuance of an act of Congress
passed during the preceding winter, con-
Vention Of delegates met at Chillicothe ia
Nov. 1902, for the purpose of forming q
constitution and enabling the territory to
take its rank in the Union as State. The
constitution was adopted on the Goth of that
month, was approved by Congress, and went
into immediate operation. The first cleo
ton for State officers took place ON the 18th
of Jan. 1903, and the venerable Edward
Tiffin of Chillicothe, who presided in the
convention, was chosen first Governor of
the State, and was inaugurated on the Sd
of March following. At this time, there
were nine counties in the State-W ashing-
ton, Adams, Hamilton, Ross, Jefferson,
Clermont, Trumbull, Fairfield and Belmont,
and a population of about 10000. At
the time of the census of 1910, there we're
35 counties, and population of 1907
In 1920, the State contained SO organized
counties, and 5S1, 434 inhabitants. At the
present time, there are 70 counties, and the
population is estimated, in round numbers at
$4,000. The population of Cincinnati is
estimated at not less than $4,000 souls, and
is rapidly increasing.
AT the last census Ohio was the third
State in the Union in white population, and
the fourth in representation. At the next
census she will maintain her place and prob
ably press pretty closely on the heels of her
neighbor, Pennsylvania. Such growth in
40 years seems hardly credible, but such
are the facts.-Boston Patriot.
ToAsTs. The following toasts form SO
brilliant an exception to the usual estate,
fiat and improbable" illusions, that we
must give them, after promising they were
drank at Public Dinner in Lynchburg,
Virginia.
BY Major .4bram III. North William II.
Barry, the present Postmaster General, has
greatly astonished his political opponents,
and agreeably surprised his friends, by his
able and judicious management and ar
rangement oftho moils. For, whom he
appointed to the office, which had been so
ably conducted by his predecessor, his
friends did not expect that he would be
able TO make any considerable improve
ments, although they had the greatest con-
fidence in his ability and integrity. But,
how does it happen that he has retarded
the arrival Of the mail in this place several
hours, when, in every other part of the
country we have heard from, he has ex-
pedited it very considerably? Is it because
there is more Adams people in this town
than in any of the same size in the world?
BY the same. Removals from office the
coalition prints, aided by their great cham
pion Henry Clay, with his inuendos, put up a
most pi:eous bowling and growing at every
removal, and say he was turned out without
any fault except his political opinions, al
though if newspaper accounts be correct,
the government has been filched out of
many thousand dollars, though they were
appointed by Washington and Jefferson,
which is proof positive they had been in
Office much too long. New officers make
much the best, attentive business-like and
accommodating public servants. The old
adage is a new broom sweeps clea an"
FIRE. On Sunday afternoon, the Goth
ult. the dwelling house, barn and out build.
ings, of Mr. Oliver Mosely, situated in the
south east part of Westfield, was DESTROYED
by fre-which is supposed to have been
communicated to the hay in the barn by q
coal of fire carried there by little son Of
Mr.. Mosely, about four years of age. The
fire was not discovered by Mrs. NJ. who
was in the house, until she was alarmed by
the roar and cracking of the element, al
which time the large barn with its contents
of hay and grain was mass of fire anc
smoke. The alarm was soon given, but a:
most of the people in that vicinity were a
: church, assistance did not arrive in season
to save the house, or even the movable
furniture it contained. The loss is est
mated at $500.
HAIL STORM. On the afternoon of the 90
ult. Burlington, (vt) and the vicinity, wa
visited by sudden storm which il is feared ha
done much injury to the buildings and crops
In Burlington, but little glass was broken; bu
in Williston, miles distant, the hail stone
were as large as two ounce balls, beating dow
corn and all garden plants. Every house ha,
more or less glass broken, and the Eagle Hote
lost $40 lights. A gentleman who was over
taken or miles north of Yergennes, inform
the editor of the Burlington Free Press that h
saw some hail stones 3 inches in diameter an
the ground was covered to the depth of or
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