Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-09-03
THE GREAT WEST.

growth, than the State OF Ohio. In fact its
Tapid increase In population, improvement aud
wealth, has scarcely parallel In the annals Of
anv other State or people. The following
abTidrement Of a recent article In the Ohio
state Journal. we think will be read with In
terest. and It may serve to give sometaint idea
not only Uf the rapid growth, but also OF the
present resources and future prospects OF this
important member Of the Union. The nret
attempt at permanent settlement. OF when
there Is any account, appears to nave Deen
made at Marietta, on the 7th OF April lI1S'
by a company Of AZ individuals, LED ~ Oen'
Rufus Putnam, who went from Danvets !"
this State. Gen. PutnanS colony was soon
followed BY few other hardy adventureFss
who located themselves in the Miami county,
or at different points on the river. Their num-:
bers were, however, very limitedi ana until
! 1894, when Gen. Wayne obtained his ce!e'
brated victory over the Indians, but few InOi'
viduals were willing to encounter the danger
Of exploring and settling In this unknown
wilderness. After this event, however, the
tide of emigration Aowed on 80 rapidly ana
uninterruptedly, that in pursuance Of an acs
| of Congress passed during the preceding win"
ter, convention ofdelegates met at ChtIco.
the in November, 1909, for the purpose OF
forming n constitution and enabling tho tcrt''
tory to take it's rank In the Union 90 STATE:
The constitution was adopted on the SVtn o!
that month, was approved by Congress, and
went into immediate operation. The nrss
election for State officers took place on the
18th of January, 1908, and the venerable Ed
ward Tiffin Of Chilicothe, who presided IN
the convention, was chosen first Governor OF
the State, and was inaugurated on the 81 OF
March following. At this time, there were
counties in the State-W ashngton, Adams,
Hamilton. Ross, Jefferson, Clermont, Trun,-
bull, Fairfield and Belmont--and population
Of about 80, OOO.-In l82O, the State contain
ed SO organized counties, and 58l asa inhab.
itants. At the present time, there are 70
counties. and the popnlption % estimated, W
round numbers, at $4,000. The population
Of Cincinnati is estimated at not lcss ehan
$4,000 souls, and Is rapidly increasing.
! AT tho last census Ohio was the third state
in the Union In white population, md the
fourth IN representation. Al the next census
she will maintain her place and probably
, press pretty closely on the heels Of her neigh.
Dor, PENNSYLVANIA. Such growth In 40 years
seems hardly credible, but such are the facts.
Boston Patriot.
S,ceorineen.-A slip from the Cumberland
Advocate, dated the esd August, says:
The trial Of George Swearngen. for the
: murder of his own wife, In this county, on
the 9th day Of September last, was closed this
y day at 4 O'Clock, p. M. after patient and u.
= borious session Of three weeks. The Jury
retired to their room ten minutes, when 1t 70.
turned into Court and rendered verdict or
equity Of murder In the first degree"
y A letter, on the subject. now before 10,
states that, "during the whole trial, the prIS.
oner manifested the grcatest GOODNESS and un-
! 90 ka. HInAS Ne
: most entire confidence on acquittal. When
the awful sentence Of guilty was pronounced,
he quailed, for the liTst time, but soon Tecos-
cred his usual composure. SO confident was
no Of an acquittal. that he actually wrote q
letter 10 his paramour, at Wheeling. telling
her that he had been acquitted, and inviting
her to hasten on and join him at Cumberland.
, In the letter no appears 10 be 40 much inlatu.
ated with her rs ever. The letter was written,
Of course, before tho verdict Of the jury was
pronounced"
Party at Court-An amusing incident oc.
Cured In one Of the Courts Of Natchcz last
week. which proved that incarceration In pris.
on IL not quite 10 severe. rs 1t has been found
to be Mt Washington City. A pretty young
widow Of 10 years Of age, and comely
young man ofe2, strangers to each other, had
been committed to prison for separate often
ces. They were brought to the bar for trial,
when. for the first time, they saw each other.
Whilst the trial Octhe female was progressing,
the young man thought, that as he had been
brought to Court. no would proceed secundam
arten, and preferring the civii to the criminal
business, he made bis declaration to the lady,
to which she might with prOpriety, in her
then situation, have put in her plea IN bar, but
unlike my Uncle Toby, she refused even to
den'uT. and agreed to Join issue. In the mean
time, both were convicted and sentenced 10
imprisonment for ono week. As soon as the
sentence was pronounced, our swain stated,
that during their trials they had agreed Solif0-
| ~ confinement might be ameliOrated if the
Court would grant their request, which was,
that before they were conducted to prison,
they might be permitted to 60 tn a Justice Of
the Peace to be- married. This was readily
granted by the Court; the parties after hav-
ing committed matrim0ny, were committed 60
prison, and by order of the Court, enjoy the
same apartment This 10 a vast improvement
I upon the Lynch code.
AS the offences Of which both parties were
convicted were trivial, the sentence Of coafme.
nent did not extend to hard labor.
Statesman and Gazette.
Great Freshet.-The Charleston, S. G. "a.
pers give an account ola serious freshet in the
Pee Dee river, which had caused much dam.
age. The river rose 80 feet in single night.
The current was so strong that logs were
snapped in two. trees uprooted, mills carried
Rrn Nknn =