Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-01-14
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.



blessed our homes and animated our aciivi-
ties; Industry, in every vocation,
has accessfully pursued its legitimate OBJ
jects; Education, with steadily enlarging
aims. and powers constantly augmenting,
has prepared the youth for the duties and
responsibilities of citizenship; and Religion,
unembarrassed By the interference OF the
State with the domain Of conscience, has
fulfilled its holy mission of instruction in
the duties of the life which now is, and OF
preparation for the awards of that which is
10 come. In short, no year since the or
gleization of the State Government, has
been more conspicuously distinguished by
substantial increase in all the elements of
real wealth, permanent power. and true
greatness.
And yet. this year, SO distinguished by
these circumstances of pros speriiy.has been
. marked, hardly less conspicuously, by the
fils of disordered currency, PROSTATE
1t, ndimpaired fortunes.
he financial embar-assments which have
1(e citizens of Ohio, in common
(6dse Of the whole country, have been
enied il this State by special and Pc
eoz -. The criminal miseonduel OF
4<l>e Treasurer, resulting in a
ll11I4 - of over half million OF dollars,
tence@1ed from the people by the false
statements and reprehensible contriVanVes
of himself and his successor in office, de-
priyed the Treasury, at critical moment,
siof tie proper means of paving the interest
eoth public debt, and of meeting the or
4 4. Il. 1r, IL III -
7 the failure of a great moBeyed corporation,
intimately connected with the business in
terests OF the rommuniIv, Suddenly disclosed
the alarming fact that vast proportion Of
all the immediate available resources of
very mtny of the banks of the State had
= been distracted by the fraud of its cashier
in New York, and converted into means
for pos.poniEg, if not averting its fall.
1t is most gratifying fact, and i, well
illustrates the energetic good faith which
30 honorably distinguishes the peop'e Of
Ohio. that, notwithstanding these embar-
Passing circumstances. every obligation OF
! the Szste has been punclually fulfilled, and
{ her banking Institutions, with very few
! temporary exceptions, have performed their
entire duty of specie payments, without
evasion and without delay.
The disorders and embarrassmenls of the
present time, thus manGully encountered,
must soon pass away. They NAV check
Tor moment, but cannot arrest the ad-
vancemenf of The State. Our fertile soil,
cor productive mines. and our varied indus
try, will soon redress present incOnveni-
ences, ano revive, in full measure, cur finan-
cial prosperity.
That you may clearly see the foundations
of this anticipation, permit NE TO direct
yoSr-atteEtion to brief review of our in
austrial condition, whick will be more fully
exhibited by the reports of the Comnis-
sioner Of Statistics, and of The State Board
of Agriculture.
OF the e5 ,576 500 acres hich constitute
the area of the State, according te federal
computation, no portion worth considera-
ton, can be classed as absolutely uneulti.
sAble Only l0.seo.e0o acres, however,
= are actualiy cuItivated, and CT these. only
= 5soc5 90 9ssereszby the Piow, ,WhIie
nore than. l5seo0.oo0 yet remain to be
brought under contribution to our power
pd wealth.
This whole area, with a trifing excep-
CO is reducsdzso Individual ownership
and divided dmong about 27o,oeo Uropri-i
2 "a ding the owners of town lots
- ge quantity of land held BY each
- Snl.r,f is estimated at about ninety
division of the land into small pro-
Ser:ies, promotes improvement in methods
sof culture,s augments production, insures
2individual independence, and contributes
largely to the security OF public freedom
Every teEdency in the opposite direction
should be watchfully observed, and wisely
checked
The value of these properties, as assess
ed for taxation, is SI35.602 .655, and that
5ef town lots and chaitles, is S4I3, 3,j26,426I
t+-making an aggre ate o! $s49, ,329 ,0Sl--I
The real value largely exceeds ) eco o0O,-
600.
hepresent population of the State, upon
best atiainable data, is estimated at
1000 persons, of whom nearly all. ex
:. ~ very young and the very old, are
III engaged in pursuits which increase
= n5eserve public and private wealth.
e efficiency of this vast human energy
machinery 50 extensively introduced
Ryery department of industry. The
tural machines. put in operation du-
last few years, do the work of more
900 agricultural lhborers, and do
4 eker, better, and cheaper than they
could. 1t is difficult to make any estimate
eyen proximately accurate. in respect to
machinery otherwise employed 1t is reas-
onablv computed, however. that the steam
engines alone, now in use in Chic, perform
labor equal in quantity to that of more than
half million men. and better in quality,
as skli as cheaper in cost.
The forces of nature thus engaged to the
service of man, through the ins,rumentaliiy
of machinery, eugment the means OF exist
= ence, comfort and enjoyment in Ohio, at
least four-fold. The results are seen on
every hand, n the increased rewards of Ia
Dor. and in the improved and constantly
improring condition of the people.
Some general statements, under a few
beads. will clearly exhibit the more impor-
tant elements of this industrial progress.
/. Agricultural Products.
! In 1857 according to the best informa-
seasfhe value ofvegetable products was So 9Js SCI
'' snimsls& animal products s3,9l5OC'
- Tots value of agricultural products eI5I Is67 s5Ot
- 4n 1919. according to the
of 1850, the value of veg
etable products was IS -554, ,5zes
That of animals and animal
Z products 49 ,095
Making the total value of agri
cultural products SS9,Ol264
And showing an incres Sc Of annual agri-
cultural productions in eight years 69sS4 's5