Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-08-13

~ Inc Gosesaors arrival, we c,nno, ,a tine
ceha"'t ihe first attempt al a me-. "
settlement, OF which We have any tnAhent
appears TO have been made at Mar;e,,. wedge,
I,h OF April, 1888. by COMPANY, OF a. w the
sidusls, led BY Gen. Rufus Putna. 'ndi-
lew other hardy adveniuer, soon ras ann
and located themselves in the Miami lowed,
or Al Inherent tioints nthe liver. I.;NV'
beers were. however. very limited ara "um.
1874. when Gen. Wayne. obtained his -, until
TED victory over The hostile Indians, bu, 1s,s =.
uHiduais were f1und willing 10 .nuoun,,r ~
dangers which the settles were then -. me
10 inesr. But after this event, The It'd. =.
igIation flowed in so rapidly ard so len ~ I'm
| ruptediy, thai, in pursuance OF an a., ~ 'r'e''
gress, passed during the preceding w,n,. s'"'
Convention OF Delegates met at Chillico,h
November, 1902, for the purpose Of o,d,,a; u
aud establishing Constitution or iorn al,
eminent, which was duly adopted on ;he so' '-
OF The same month, and alter having ,ece,.o.
the sanction OF Congress, went into inm,t,a,N
"pel The first election for state CHI
under the Constitution, took place on tbs ,o.,,
OF January, 1903. when the venerable Fdn.aa
IIfien, OF Chiilicothe. who had presided wv. 'u
the deliberations of the Convention, wa.
sen FIRST Governor oil the State of OH, a..
was inaugui ated as such on the Sd of NJ,
| following.
Al the time of the adoption of the Cons,n
iion, the state was divided into the niue conn
ties OF Washington. Adams, Hamilton. Ro,s
Jctirrson, Clermont, Tfumbul Fairfield and
Be mont. which then contained a popnlat,on NJ
about 1000 souls. When the census ~
1910 was taken, the number Of cou,.t ne, bsi
increased TO 25, aud the population to $50. 160
In 1920, the state contained 90 orpan,zed
counti-s. and 5Sl ,432 inhabitants and a,
this time, the number Of counties amounts 70
| 13, aud the population may be estimated, n
round numbers, al 100000
This increase Of population, in the space of
twenty six years; TO which il would be diff
cult 10 find a parallel in the annals of apv
state, ancient or modern, affords however hut
a very faint and imperfect view OF The mo.
grsss of improvement in Ohio since her sdn,,..
siou into the Union. The noble river. which
marks ont our Southern boundary, whose am.
pie bosom is now covered with hundreds of
steamboats, OF almost unrivaIled size a,,
beauty, was then never navgacd by any KIND
OF water craft, save the clumsy ark, the frah
canoe, or the creeping harL whose visits, Ike
| those of angels, We're so :" few aud far Lr.
tween, rs to constitute a remarkable epoch in
the history OF the settlement to which II VAS
hound. la place of the rode wigwsm Of tie
| =
"nich IN poin, ofipopulaion, wealth, N Conn.,
nefcIai importance, nearly equal man, OF The
| pfoudest cities on the ea-board,s have snl.
DENY sPring Into existence, as Ifby the pow.
eT oil magic The traveller, whose progress
! az the period a6uSe mentioned, VAS I'M eded
u every step by the difficulties Of roads
scHceiS traced through Impeneuahle foress,
| 1r aAiafh0hdble s"anPs, ami " ho was not uu.
frequently compelled to camp out, from lhs
u ter inpIaLicaDIlty of reaching hovel Ia
which 10 Obtain shelter for the night, is nov
| easily transported, by dill. mes of eesant
and comfortable stages which traverse The
! ate IN almost every direction, at the rate Of
ABOUT eighty miles IN every wenty four hours
'ioa" and spacious highways, which, il not
ne best in the world, are at least So
PLAIN and well dtfned, thar :" the wa, farlng
men, tn, ugh fools shall not err therein" and
along which excellent accommodations may
he Obtained every fe" inmates. The face Of
the country, which then presented 10 the view
lit'ie besides a deep al d unit oddrn waste, the
iorbldng aspect of which was scarcely relieved
IRON ''n:e 10 time by The appearance OF solf
'aIy ahd comtortess hut, " it'll a !eW acres of
dehdened timber around it, is now agreeably
di'trs'h d by vas multitude Of well cuitisa-
ted iai ms, aud enliyened by the hum OF nu-
merous aud in ellisent pot .ulation. In tine, the
so'emn temple, the Spacious court house, AID
the stately mansion, now raise their majestic
iroht' on the very spot, where, but a few years
since, the lowering oak, or gigantic pine,
relgnsd in the full pride Of undlsputed sov.r
eighty.
Al intelligent gentleman, recently from
Cincinnati. informs US that the present ropnla-
OF ihat n0urshing town is estimated Al not
less than 300 souls, and is rapidly incfeas-
lug.