New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-12
NORTHWESTERN OHIO.
Face Of the q oHnfry-ipd &c settcrs
Land and observation-disclosures &c'
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Ccrrsspoad--ce d Tie Tribune
DEfiAxcE. Otio &c. !. 1872
have betu rur.li,ing 'or some two weeks past,
ia III. North western part Of the Buckeye s'i's
aad sit dosn y ImpFoyes lsiiare hoar By dropping
you few Dotss BY the wsy.
My first impressions Of this place were pleasing
10 The extreme. AID have not been mats'isl
altered BIZ more minute observation Ai'eruavsi
ioy some hundred or more miles scrc:, the Fat
ls-s, and usirr,fea forests which skirt TIE Miami
Csusl, - So1 ep2rosch this place the landscape
suddenly exp.nds in broad rolling plains and gentle
elevations aud ascllvtel tue Ms-rree AID Ausiaiss
Rivers are soon ia view, and you are landed - tne
aour.sLirs ;osn Of Defiance he county .esi Oh 80
nsw county Of that name. This place Is handfoue.y
located "a .hs south baLk II the Nsumee River sNJ
miles sbovc Toledo the Augsize RIVER bounding j. Ga
the enss Ia neutral position is quite pciprrs1-e ac
- xhoav coumsndec ~ liz nigh grounds ca Tue 0p
,,.i-a 80. af he n.uu-e Rivrr. /. nov c1nil rs
about % I-la5.taotf, d zen stores fioullL- +
capable Of turning out 80 barrels Of Hour pef Gay
Csrcing and Wool Factory ss~ MIL ana seHa'y
oths- manufactures Of minor Importance IN A-aeig
for tire manufacture Of Pearls On al extensive Sc &c ~
The Lestern market, il almost completed Ire Puo.e
buildings arc C0grt-houss and Methodist CaIIcn'
both neat and cOmmodOus structurcf Intfe are se'-
crsl houses for pubic e1ieTts 'nrnett
Here az tao Puohc Lsnd Offices, which sappot.
federal snd State four Ohcsis-t"o Receiver am
two Regi.ers--nd business IL ssid 10 be quite brsk III
the and line Il certainly csanot be long before al %.
Public Lands in this section Of toe country tnat are
worth zny thing are entered. The Canal here cmpues
ili0 the Mslmee River through four locks. when
furnishes ample n0aer 10 carry on extensive manniac
fore. and deserves the attention of capitalists engaged
ia that limo II business. The business Tor tnrty nt
around cesters mere snd the place bias 70 De one %
no uncomfortable mercantile importance. ALREADY ~
estimated that there are 70 900 bushels oil Nneh'
shipped from here annually. Crops Ia this sectloh
have been moderately good this ye~r ne IeHcn crop
10 now IN season snd Is very abund ant the fruit bcn
Of large szo and excellent flavor and eau be boneh-
tor nominal price, cay l25 cents on the treef,
Or % cents per busncl delivered Two Newspapers
are published here, one belonging - eacn OF tnf CON-
lnant political parties.
Not fourth Of the arabic lands In this section OF the
state have vet been brought under cultivation Hnion
owing 10 their having bat recently been brous IL TITO
market Much Of the best upland in this State get
be had At Government price, Agricultural enig ANTS
from the Eastern states could not do better IN sn settle
this region TIE climate y similar TO tnA Of me
Wsstern part Of the State OF New York. and Asucul'
tursl products much the same. Here they can sct
farms from IS ~ go per which In ten years w
be worth go al acre. Wa have daily communication
By cenal WITH New York. Farming Is ten per cent
more profitable here than In the southern psr u the
state owing 70 our easier T. the Eastern sret
TneTe Il 5ut thing aat know OF that mat iialy
retards the growth Of ibis part OF our state mat IS tae
curse Of al new cOuntrcs-Land Specaiaorf-h class
Of persons too lazy work pursue any productive
en- ment and svsrcious 20 permit any opDoru
ptv 70 ain 10 levy Ia. on their e favored l0w,,
out proht by monOpohzing the best lsnds, ano thus
keep them out OF the hands Of honest Settlers
The Gorerhrpeaf should neUeY eel iaHdfo Specn-
lafors. but only to actual Settlers, or those who
would engage 10 improve them Immediately. mus
fer we are Ia favor Of Land Reform and the sooner 10 IL
carried out ths bettsr. Land Spectators, however'
defeA AZ their own ends by buying up 80 much OF TIA
public domain ~ land thus left unimproved does not
materially enhance 10 value whereas, II they would
get 80 each nall or quarter section OF tner and
rh y.f1t hr 81 a 81
il would not only double the sue Of the whole rset but
toe rent OF the improvement would 10 low years pay
the Original coat
es, the Antiquarian and the lover Of historical 70
nance On the eastern side Of this place, AZ the
1ncti on Of the Msumee an 1 Auglaizo Rivers, are
The remains Of old Fort Defiance, built by Gen
Wayne during his Indian campaigns 10 1884, and his Ia
vorite retreat when not occupied with sctiSe opera
tons | thought while standing on the remains u this
ola fortress snd- considering fts imprsgnsois nature
that could almost the stern visaso oil Old m.o
Anthony" Christening it-Defsnes The Indians re
spected the nsme for they had the courage 70
attack this stronghold The elite OIL this old iOt aso
one of extraordinary nstural beauty 10 the east ana
west roll the broad waters oi the Maumee-tos M'afsi
of the akes--its banks covered with noe fsTIns,
neat cottages and green forests while away 10 the
South bear tho ripping waters OF tue Ausiaze passing
through much fne bottom land, end then ia
~ distsnt forest 4 mora beautiful natural position
could haT dy have been selected, sHd ! sm saa 70 sda
ha, the public authorities Of this hsve SHOWN tner
good taste by devOungit Tue sltc OF the ro'' W PN
poss Of public squsro Far above aud below this place
on the Msumoe and Auglsze Rivers was theiaVote re-
sdence of the Indians Here they bad their "is"au
and village their cornnelds and abundance oil sppes snu
peaches some of tnsse iruittrees are yet stsndhs'
Here they had their squsws aud little ones-here were
the graves of their fathefs and the lana hey uesi
loved and well they might and they fought hsrd' aho
dee oerasly 10 maintain but the white man proved
too strong tor them, and now there 10 but solitary
Representative OF this numerous people eit IN ths
whole region Of country. Many OF the old settlers
now living here when the Indians held undsputeo
possession OF the whole country around. aud relate
many interesting incidents connected With the sOOrg
ines some OF which msy hereafter transmit iof tne
entertainment OF your numerous readers.
Strcliing through the graveyard here, a ie" e'oH,
iurs ,Hce' which is rom antc1y located on q Aho4.
which skirts the Aussize my attention wa. siscleo
IN the tomb OF one the early pioneers o. THIS region
and that of his consort, both Of whom lived over ~
wears On the stone the head OF the grave oil the
Venerable patriarch was the following original sdmonl
tsry inscription
Laid Ia the duet he must abide
THUS sleeping b. bis consorts side
Ye children living, come and see
Where your Lel0ved parents be-
Then follow Ia The path hey Ioi,
TN you snail meet with Chrir In God
Yours truly. A. 4 a