The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-01-14
ient power, and greatness.

Shent power and greatness.
And yet, this years, SO distinguished
by these circumstances of prosperity, has
been marked, hardly less cons picuously,
by the evils of disordered currency, pros
trate credit, and impaired fortunes.
The financial embarrassments which
have affected the citizens Of Ohio, in com
mon with those of the whole country,
Ihsys. augmented in this State, by special
6culiar causes. The criminal mis-
Conduct Of former State Treasurer, re-
Aplting in defalcation of over half a mil,
IN of dollars, concealed from the people
the false statements and reprehensible
ntrvances of himself and his successor
office, deprived the Treasury, at a crit
moment, of the proper means of pay.
the interest on the public debt and of
ting the ordinary demands of the pub
tswhile the failure of great
p9ralion, intimately connec-
III &siness interests Of the com
~ nly- disclosed the alarming
y proportion of all the i'm.
liable resources of very
tlls Of the State, has been
racted 81 He,fraud of its cashier in
" York al Anyerled into means for
iaaiRg. bt 'averting its fall.
no satifying fact. aad it we'll
he sSsetic good faith which
sNy fkiagrisEes the,people of
Il, Notwithstanding these embar-
IIs4lal alsyancss, syerytdbligation
hM been pungS1lly fulfilled,
aukhE insfIlions, with very
aEary Sc6psons, have perform
II entire Ia!y Of specie payments,
at eyasioaltnd wAbaQldelay.
ls disordeis qnd embqrgassments Of
present timlIl rhaufally encoun-
d, mus! sooi. PASS away. They may
ok for INCIDENT, but cannot arrest the
vancement a the State Our fertile
Z Eil, our productive mines, and our;vared
<&durstry, will soon redress present in
n aveniences, and revive, in full measure.
iancisl PROSPERITY.
q on~ynay tleafly see the founda-
flfs anticipation, permit me to
zEOr attentpn to a brief .review of
industrial cor 1dition, which will be
Are fully exhibited the reports of the
6 Smmissioner Of Statistics, and of :he
: ate Board of A. Sriculture.
I OF the rs. 576,S60 acres which con-
4 sIitute the area Of tbe State, according toI
federal computation, no portion wortlIi
consideration, Gan be classed as asabsolllea
ly uncultYable. Only l0,300,0o0 acres,
= however, are actually cultivated, and Of
y isog only about 100000 acres by the
,b,r 5,SImgre than 15,000,00O yet reJ
N ,,s, yspught under contribution tJ I
~" 80. e mSwsaItb.
. area, with triaing excep
ced ioiphividual ownership,
llobg about 270 0 90 pro-
& ig lthe owners of town
q quantity Of land held
er, is estimated at about |
oof the land into small
tees Improvement in meth
Rhgments production, in
independence, and con-
She security of public
Tendency in the opposite
be 'watchfully observed, I
gWhKed.
# these properties as assess
To- 1 IsdiesSS is S435, 602, ,655, and that
"A AowAlver HHknd is, $4l3, ,626, ,426-ma-
1 4 an astSgate Of $849 29,oel. The
esss value largely exceeds VI 900, ,0Oo,'
600.
The present population Of the State,
. upon the best attainable data, is estimated
ai2, 400, 900 persons, of whom nearly all,
except the very young and the old, are
actively engaged in pursuits which in
crease or preserve public and private
nwealth
e efficiency Of this vast human ener
enhanced almost beyond computa.
v the machinery so extensively in
fo eyeIy. .department Of indus.
echines, PVT in
few yselsldo