The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1850-11-11

/. HeiY ~ tne nead OF tke household ~ and
.ne source OF allits comforts g. PHI. lnG :
~. % = ,s a. n
=, People and Growth. -
II Z Ihe present year is one Of unpreceden.
ted.prospefiiy,in this State, taken. as A.,
entire community. The epidcmicfch6Iera
has, indeed; prevailed, ai'three or four
POINTS, but the great part Of the peoplo
have remained in, health, and il IS doubt:
tul whether The ordinary mortality Of tbe
whole people has been at all increased =
IN the meanwhile, the hurvest of the ven. 4.
mas been most extraordinary. Not one Or
Inc various crops have failed, while the
principal ones have been greatly above the
average. The Whoat Harvest or Ohio has
Innquestionnbly exceeded Mirsy, millions N
bushels I! Fifteen millions, or one half ia
crop ;ls ainost ample supply for the inhab.
i.anls Of the State. Ohio, therefore. bas
hfteen, millions Of bushels Of Whent or Of
THREE MILLIONS OF BARRELs or FLoryR FOB p
EXPORT. When the render recoIIects tI,ot
IN iile Inst commercial year the entire eI;..s
port Of Foars and Wheat reduced 70 fjonr
irosu The United States was $500 600 bar.
lrels, he will realize the, c,maenitude ana
Importance of the Wheat Horyest Of Ohio.
Inc export of grain and -four. from Ohio
alone will exceed hplfa million Of barrels
E!ne entire export Of those articles from the
United States!a In other words. Obio bns
furnished the entirs export Of flour for the
nation. the entire consumption for itsele
ana hall q million Of barrels for other S,atesf
tNo other State can render such an account,
l1r any article of produce. But, this is moi rt
al. The cdrn OF Maize Crop is not iesiss
'nan tfty millions Of bushels, which for.
nls1es asurplus to falten thousands of beef
cattle for The Atlantic cities, and tens. of
thousands Of swine to furnish picked pork
'or thc Commercial Marine, for the South.
efn Negroes, and for the epicurean oppe.,
t'te of those, who love good hams. 'gs,.
such IS the Agriculture of. Ohio, speci.
mems OF whose splendid products, We s re.
Gently saw exhibited in this city; an Ag:
r'culture which has grown up within half
a century, amidst forests and praairies, and.
winch IN that brief period has compara.
i've growth, uhequalled by that of any
state, In this or any other colEtry. But
The growth0f Ohio, in the last year, great
as It is, does not perhaps exceed The aver.
age growth Of this State since ls0U, iuuss
prior to the State Organization.
We have received details enough Of the
census, now being tnlseon; BY the Genera,
1ovcrnnientpto feelassufed that tho popu.
'ationof' Ohio willreach 100000 people
perhaps exceed that. We had estimas,
ted i. when the Census was, commenced
at S'S50O00, SO per cent on the last Gen.
sstls. Assuming, however, the former mum.
State, -, 80,
10 q 1890 Ohio had III. 1886
1890 ~ y enpgd it fsG'1So ssI '.S9,
1880 o"ar,2 sssv .asa S$7a0as a
,lls40 tm..& .55,a l.51e e067,
1850 ), *, \ sif,. 2200 '0o0
lows: f'VsEf s'SF'fs1' ~ "fS' ose' as ais 'olr
From 1900 n ,s,o $50 .,t1So r,,.r get
- isio syo - - ,o5o ,oao 4Oo per cent.
-, 1890 10 .lsSo, ~ ioo o,,
q ,lSso ~ 1870 IS F6it .is,E
aan iSdC|,o i iS5S to'il a,l u "agisaass
Bv n comnar;son sw ~. aa, Y San s,s
viii bc sssn x IS s,s,Sa WIN WIN 9lner States, i.
1920 10 1850 m sseceas o g'yw's ~, Z ol oalo from
If increase, ,ha, Of ons ar, ~ ~, as ratio
can Union, where poSaotiao a'o %,g !ne amer, a
IS 1t The starting '01 peint anS @as as q gsoat
i'd, that from t6s Ccnsns ,o,,s,,. @ W may,
10 q, probab;l;s,, ,1|s, Susus ~ returns thero is
he new SIn,es i' ,u;,l ~ gf',stn .! any, ota
ID bv Ohio y d,s;n. %m. i. equos.lne ralio aitain.
!, ybos y ,l Gn.O' uurlng lhe last twenty years,
;on @ - us @I;,' shaI hI a.'aln as large popula-
WI, W. II + lo aS nou ,,,s twenty Years ago. New
shine S s,a,s sa ~. ."e ';rgest and most flour,
ha.HS ~ rys se's Y lne last len Years,