Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-01-29

6istBry os thu STATE Wien inddSry and snl
teIptiselwereImSre adsauatcly and libetFly
The gepgrtplIic5l p6sition Of OhicI beng
eIofclM bH an inlhAd Sea lanh RIVER,
winch bear upon sheit boscniA cemmefee
sufficient to enrich an empire. is not sur
passed by that Of any State in the Union,
She has TiA huldreda miles Of Hsyigable
rivers, and Sdgit hundred miles 'oe canals;
tWenty:six hundred. of completed railroad.l
and more than that number OF miles projec-
ted and ilic6arss Iof fc0nshuctioR. Orhese
natural andsartifcial channels of commerce
form the great arteries Of commpnication
between the AtlaplicS States and Aefapid |
ly growing West. The soil and climate ad-
8isuf great an extent Of variety 81 pro-
ducti3h |as adj iEsihlht af4a ID slhe face Iof
the globe. Her supply of the most useful
minerals is inexhaustible, and she, has all
tthc facilities to Fender fer io56e OF the first
manufacturing States or tRe UnioHH.s She
tohtaihsla a population, That, under broad
and enlightened policy, II as incqeased, since
the cohdmsncg ncgmeItn Of tie, century, from
forty alive thousand To at least Two and q
pquarteri millions. s.shsgo nsad gybd .obsIi n
l19,.c aqsf s1s.il; slulw has ,o!sl9 sdi isd
I ], Her dBeneYp,eptO Institutions are, monp-
%ents Of Jtbe 4, ,egnlightePed humanity pf her
people, and hsS educational system which Is
as free and equal as the blessings Of Heav4
en-, is ample for Che solid Instruction. Of all
Iihsr .yegtbe,ol sai ellis y1sb y4dT B.
EcTbe. wheat crop of Ohio for The. paatIyear
has been estimated by5 the Secretary os
lSates atJthilty smilhsns of bushels, iaRd the
eornscuop atisightynmillions n The, State of
Ohio yielded full 0peteighthefail ,theicolni
| that was produced in the HaitadlStates and
otTt twhAanerepaw awasamote THAN reneffGhIo Of
ltbel agggsgats @fnthe Union. OF The value Of
Itba realIOB adupreducts aof the, State
for 1886 in the grainaries and ,ipoh the
premises where Igrown.5wilb probablyekceed
one 6apdted ymilliohslef rdollarsi nofyyhich
dmaDe than oaerhalf finds "a lmarket beyond
the limits Of the State. BY the report of
the Auditor itIRjDsbees eeseeAq qthatIth laggre:-
gate 1yaluatippd& shorsess cattl4a mules;
| ii 80, o,,J I;,,- 4. -. .:.... :. :,,:.. I
gtssppu.sI.1; u !; ,sssssti H1 '',lons o.
ews p Sts"s - ..,a..h,e btIsssoes 1'.o ~
tbewithjns reasonable. sbeu1dad While. the
wheat and corn crops are the principal sta
Piles of our agriculture they fOFmn but 4
small .prppcEtiepsof the oimmssse sresources
'okapssasisaab9sesss.te y, htihp.n. bainIof =
no Whel returns not the Federal 0 Census lot
1itSoo,, ~mon emoraced the iarm products
OF 1875 90 US gfeatmJqs Ihat year
was,on7o o9 on enusaapdlsaster 10 the, farmers
o. l on,9, luneln WfeaVcrop shavingo been al
most aeslloyea ,oy 'he weeml'| ~ may
ahere9ore'' ore oe' saleiy fssmecI lthasi One oc,
[euples 'he Pos'iloniop1ne nfsVl agricultural
Pstate m ehel onionsan Sa,HHGa S.si 70 'o4t +
f. The mineral resources Of the States are
bnt, partially developed. There e,,ate NO
| means BY Witch, TO- forhf an accurate Spin-
ion Of tlieir extent, but sufficient Is Known
| to authorize the belief that when Capital
and science shah havs 'ascertained the full
amount Of mineral deposits which tnderlie
aqage portion OF The soiI, q tlse Estate will
occupy nos secondary rank inothis respect,
Notwithstanding the drain wllicS emigra-
ptiohfto Western States and Territories was
fsapposed by some TO have made upon!ss this
Ssates it will be seen by the returns Of the
Penumefations7 Of PERSONS over twenty one
years, that the average annual increase of
ftllat class OF our population during the last
fhieeen or1twentyl years, has not been dimin7