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' NUMBER 87.
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HILLSBOROUGH, IIIGHLANI) COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, .IAXUARV 1!. 18-71
The Home Circle.
From the Home Journal.
"DELIVER US FROM EVIL."
BY GEORGE F. MORRIS.
"Deliver ns from evil," fcnvenly Father!
It atill beselt tin whercsoe'er we go!
Kid the bright rays of rcvelnlion gather
To light tha darkness In our way of wot!
Remove tli Kin that stains our Bonis forever!
Our doubts dispel our confidence restore!
Writs tliy forgiveness on our hearts, and never
Let ns In vain petition fur it more.
Release u s from the sorrows thnt attend us!
Our net ves are lorn at evory voin we blend !
Almighty Parent! with thy strength befriend us!
rise we are helpless In our time of need!
Sustain us, Lord, willi thy pure Holy Spirit
New vljrnr give to Nature's fullering frame;
Anri,nt life's close, permit us to Inherit
The hope that's promised lii llio Saviour's
name.
Sorrow. A holy believer of tlic
past says:
",Sliall I tli I n It it much to ho crossed,
who deserve to he crushed? God is
teaching nic by his rod; upon this rod
I have found honey. Tho honey that
Jonathan tasted on the rod did enlight
en his cyeal Oh that it may bo 60
with nic
Mediums axd Ink. The following
analysis of l!i manner in which spirit
ual music la sometimes produced, oc
curred a few days sine ia Lowell. The
Vox Populi pays:
"Tho celebrated 'Davenport me
diums,' who have been performing here
tho last two weeks such wonderful tricks
as drawing music from various instru
ments without touching them, were out
witted, a day or two since, by a printer
of this city. Tho two boy-mediums
were tied hands and feet, and put into
a dark place (of course!) the whole are
rangement first examined by tho specta
tors. Now, on this occasion, the said
printer was a visitor, and ho had been
to apply a little; private test fur his own
satisfaction. He took along with him
a very little printing-ink (which is as
tenacious as wheel-grease,) and marked
therewith the instruments. The per
formance went on; the mediums were
firmly bound and tied to their seats, to
convince tho audience they could not
touch tho instruments; then camo tho
darknesss; then instrumental music by
the spirits; then the manager said, 'Let
there bo light,' and tho mediums wero
unbound and came forth each with
fiiigert tccll Leiliubed with winter's
V .!!
"Fanny, don't you think -that
Mr.
JjoIu is a handsome man.'
"Oh, no, I can't endure his looks,
lie is homely enough."
"Well, he's fortunate, at all events,
for nn old aunt has just died, and left
liim fifty thousand dollars."
"Indoed! is it true? Well, now,
since 1 como to recollect, there is a
certain noble air about him, and he
has a fine eye that can't bo denied."
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
To Makk Cohn Caicep. One pound
of fat salt pork, and ono pound of rai-
nins, chopped together fine, two cups
molasses, two cups boiling water, one
teaspoonful of soda, ten cups of meal
and plenty ot spico.
Recipe fouMendixo Broken China.
Take a very thick solution of cum
arabie ia water, and stir into it plaster
ot 1 arm, until tho mixture becomes a
viscous paste. Apply it with a brush
J 4 Y. - I. l. 1 .1 1 I .1
i xnn.iraciureu eugos, ana buck tnein
together. In three days, tho article
cannot, again oe broken in the same
place. The whiteness of tho cement
readers it doubly valuable. Scientific
American.
To Tell Good Eggs. If you do-
Hire to be certain that your eggs are
pood and fresh, put them in water; if
the butts turn up, they are not fresh.
This is an infallible rule to distinguish
a good egg from a bad ono.
110W TO DO TIP MIIItT liOSOMS AM)
Collars. We have often been reques
ted Dy lady correspondents to state by
what process tho gloss on new linen,
shirt bosoms, &c, is produced, and in or
der to gratify them, wo subjoin tho fol
lowing reoipe: "Take two ounces of
lino white um-rabio powder put in a
pitcher, aud pour a pint or -more of
boiling water, according to tho degree
ot strength you desire and then hav
ing covered it, let it stand all night
in the morning pour it carefully from
ino uregs into a clean bottle, cork it,
an J keep it for use. A table-spoonful
of gum water Btirred Into a nint of
March, ruado in the usual manner, will
give to lawns, cither white or Printed, a
jook oi newness, When nothing clso can
restore them after they have been w ash
ed. Scientific American.
- - - - - - - - -'"
Youth's Department.
I'arlob Pastimes A Buown Pa
ter Electrical Machine. A simple,
cheap, and effective electrical machine,
according to M. Thore, may bo made by
joining tli8 tl,ds of strips of paper about
eight inches. iJe, bo as to make an end
less band, and Htretching it on two
wooden pulleys covered with silk, one
of which is rapidly turned by a handle.
M. Thore eUtes that electricity was de
veloped by pressing a arm flat-iron
upon tho paper us it passed over ono of
tho pulleys tho warm iron taking the
place of "the rubber" in the ordinary
machine, and that tho effect so produc
ed was remark able. It is alno assorted
that a iniiehino eo constructed may be
worked under atmospherio conditions
whi h would arrest tho action of tho:.c
ordinarily iu uo.
Original Story.
Written for the News.
Written for the News. The Girl-Friends.
BY MARY B—.
CHAPTER II.
"And they onlled him cold. God knows
I' nderneRtli the winter snows,
The Invisible hearts of flowers grow ripe for
blossoming!
And I tin lives that look so cold,
ir their slones could be told,
Would seem enst Id gentler mould
Would seem full of Love and Sprlnj."
Beautiful wcro tho rolling hills, and
verdant valleys, that surrounded the
village of Blnnmvale; one of those lit
tle towns, full of interest, and some
times of romance, that here and there
dot our State.
Far, far, into the wild, free country,
extended tho fields of grain, and the
shadowy forests, musical with tho songs
of birds; while here and there, a rivu
let or larger ptream, wound its way
through green meadows, or below mas
sive rocks, ns it passed on to might
ier waters.
Some two miles from Bloomvalc, on an
elevated knoll, rose tho tall tono house,
owned by John Wcnncr; a cold, aris
tocratic widower, said the littlo world in
which he moved.
Five years his domestics had super
intended his household; and for fivo
years lie had lived alone, with no com
panion save his daughter Lily, a girl
of fourteen, llowasn man not much
bcluved, and less bo, since his young
wife had died. His neighbors said he
was cold, proud, and alas ! more selfish
than ever. Ho would even pass his
friends, they said, without speaking;
at other times with n vacant staro, and a
slight bow, as though they wcro Gran
gers. How far from right oft-times, doth
tho cold world judgo. Terhaps he was
thinking of her; mourning over his
wedded joy so early lost. Ifc could
not Binile when his heart was sad. His
child was a grent solace, but she filled
a child's place in his heart; she could
never still tho intenso longing, the pain
ful yearning of his soul for tho pym
pathy and communion of his wife.
He could not at first realize that she
was gone; but as days, and weeks pass
ed on, and she came no more, with her
smiles of love and gladness, the cad
truth came with all its weight, that she
had indeed passed away, and he was
alone. Such a parting, surely, is very
bitter, even to hearts that love lightly.
But when it comes upon those whose
love is like that described by ono who
said, "A man shall leavo father and
mother and cleave unto his wife; and
the (wain shall be one flci-h," the g
of such a parting must bo more than
bitter.
Mr. Wcnncr had been asked by an
intimate friend, if ho ever intended to
marry again. "Never I never I" was tho
decisive answer. A few years later he
was asked the same question, and the
answer was different.
"I must," he said; "or I shall be
come what the world thinks me, a self
ish, melancholy man."
He sat in his room ono morning, his
daughter by his side; and there was a
troubled look on her young face, and
the tears seemed ready to gush from
her eyes, Well did her father know the
cr.usc. She had heard that another was
to fill her dead mother's place. It was
so; and ho had sent for her to plead
with her, aud reconcile her heart to tho
chuugo. And yet this uian, called so
proud and stern by tho world, faltered
when tho moment camo to speak. At
last, he said,
"Do you think I could ever love 'you
less, Lily?"
"I hope not, father," was tho quick
reply.
"I havo been a very lonely man, my
child, since your mother died, but it has
not been becauso I did not lovo you;
but you know you cannot fill her place.
I have sent for you, to ask a share
in your heart for another."
Lily bowed her head, and tho tears
fell fast. Tho strong man drew her to
liia heart.
"If you could understand mo aright,"
ho said, "If you could know, daugh
cr, how I have Buffered. 1 have not for
gotten your mother, Lily. Her memo
ry is as dear to me as tho new love
which haH lately tinged my lifo with a
brighter hue.
"Tho ono I shall bring to you re
minds mo of your mother. Sho is good
aud pure, Lily; and sho will go with us
often, ns wo havo ulways done, to visit
her tomb, and to plant flowers there,
that arc blooming uow for the fifth timo
over her grave. Tell mo, Lily, if you
can bid her welcome to our home. If
so, I shall go with a glad heart, to claim
my orphan bride."
"Is sho an orphan, father?" asked
tho girl in a voice of tenderness.
"Yes, Lily. Her father and Mother
arc gone; and she has no near kindred,
ex,eept her brother, Philip Deano. Her
namo is Alice."
"Tell her my father's happiness is
very dear to mc. Tell her," and the
girl's voice faltered, and tho tears rush
ed to her eyes, "tell her a shadow has
rested on our home a long timo, and
sho must come, and bring back the
light, that went out when mother
died."
"My noblo girl I" whispered her fath
er. "You are worthy of tho love I
have lavished upon you. Good bye,
darling, 1 wih go now, and tell Alice
of your words. How happy sho will
be!"
Tho happy man was soon riding
swiftly to the homo of Alioo Deano,
some ten miles away. In a short timo
he walked up the shaded pathway, lead
ing to her home; a large, brick farm
house. Ho paused awhile to gaze upon the
blooming, fragrant shrubbery; and ho
thought that Alice need scarcely wish
to exchange homes, were it not for his
humble self. 11c stood upon the stono
steps, knocking upon tho sido of the
door, which was open. A broad, red
face mado its appearance.
"And I'm shurc, and is it you, Mis-
Wancr?"
Mr. Wcnncr bowed, smiled, and
asked for Miss Alice. The Irish girl
up the stair-way, leading from
hnlL She met Alice; and in a
voice which sho intonded should be low,
but which could be heard downstairs,;
she whispered, "Misihress Allic, the
gintlemaii 's down there, you like so
well."
Down the rtair-way tripped Alice
Dcanc, a lustrous sparkle in her blue
eye, and a flush on her face, shaded
her silky, brown hair. If it had
not been for the big form that lum-
bored behind, John Wcnncr would
surely have committed the depreda-
tion w men it is said an women like.
As it was, they merely shook hands
and passed into the parlor.
Soon Mr. Wcnncr was walking the
room, back and forth his usual habit
when any strong emotion thrilled his
heart. They spoke of Lily.
"Do you think she w:" ' . '
asked Alice, almost teau. iiy.
He paused beforo her, looking down
into her faco with a tender smilo.
"Do you think she can help it?" and
then Etopping beforo her, he told her
Lily's words.
Alice was very happy. Littlo did
sho care that he was a iciJoicer that
another had claimed the first placo in
his heart. Greatly did she prefer the
calm, strong love of that mature man
of forty, to the passionate adoration
of youth. She only reverenced him
more, that a few gray hairs were steal
ing among his black locks. Strange
as it may seem, the purest devotion
of her heart had been aroused for
this bereaved and melancholy man.
She asked no brighter lot than to bo
his wife. Sho told him this, and tho
longing of his heart was satisfied.
After dinner they strolled out into
tho garden and orchard. When they
returned, it was getting late in tho
evening.
"Timo to depart," said Mr. Wenncr,
in his quick, determined voice. He
bid his betrothed a tender good-bye,
aud ns ho passed out and stood upon the
stone steps, he met Philip Dcane.
In appcaranco the two men were much
alike, and they loved as friends, who
kuevHhow to appreciate each other. A
smilo Was on John Wenncr's face, a
flush on his cheek, making him look
almost as young ns his companion, at
thirty. Ho grasped Philip's hand,
calling him brother, and looking with
a significant smile, back into the
house.
"Ah ! I understand," said tho young
farmer; "but won't you como back and
stay awhile? I don't expect to remain
hero long. And as you aro going to
steal my sister, I shall soon bo off."
"Indeed I and what has become of the
dark -eyed Elsie?"
"I can't talk about that matter to
you, John. I will toll Alice, and sho
can tell you. I may not see you aain,
no I will bid you good-bye."
"Surely, yoo. will grace our wedding
with your presence. It is only two
short weeks till the appointed timo! tho
lust day iu tho mouth of rooos."
You havo only boon gono a few days;
ftnd you come back so unlike yourself,
What have you been doing J"
"Hiding over tho country like a mad
thcr ,an," wa. u,0 Lrief answer.
Tears of grief sprang to tho eyes,
where so lately the tears of joy had ncs
proceeded tied; and his sister, ever ready to sym
thc pathize, begged him not to let any
sorrow weigh upon his heart unshared,
He told of tho bitter disappointment
which had utterly crushed the brightest
hopes of his manhood. "And now,"
, 110 said. "I mn fnin f:ir ntnv " A li
' n r J - - ")
these wcro words to bring sorrow to
the loving heart of Alice Dcane.
J Yon are not going to leave mc, Phil
by ;)? Surcy you arc not fitr;ous. You
do not mean what you say ?"
i "Yes, I must go, Alice. I will not
Blny Jicrc anj scc i,or ;vcn to nnthcr!"
"I aiippoo I mmt. stay, on her ac
count. Where- is sho now?"
"She went tip stairs; but I must bid
you good evening. It will bo dark be
fore I get home."
Wearily Philip ascended the stair
way. When ho reached tho top he
paused, and looked into tho room of
Alice. So busy was sho, that sho did
not notice tho intrusion. Slvo was
preparing tho snowy robes for her
bridal.
"Alice!"
"Why, Philip, you startled mc ! And
you look so pale ! Arc you sick, broth
er?" and sho camo towards Vun with
open arms. He kissed her tenderly,
and leading her to a chair, knelt down
before her and laid his head upon her
lap. Ho had often done so before, but
now there was something so weary and
pad in his manner, that Alice noticed it
at once.
"What is tho matter, Philip? What
has become of tho gay heart you took
away with you?"
Ho seemed not to hear tho question;
but gazing around tho room, strewed
with tho apparel of a Irido, ho said,
mournfully,
"You are going to leave me, Alice."
"You arc not unwilling, brother?"
Eh0 asked
"No, no; but sister, I feel wretched.'
"What is tho matter, my brother ?-
1 anj lc Fprang to his feet. "O, Alice!
' vuun flUch a sorrow ful,s ,III0n a ie.irt
like mine, it is terrible! I believe lam
what her mother thinks mc a proud
and wicked man."
"Oh, Philip, Philip ! my heart aches
for you. If you would only try to rule
your spirit, to quench tho passion of
your proud nature, you would be a hap
pier man. How cau I give you up? -
We have been together always, except
when you were at College. But broth
cr, if you trill leave mc, listen to my
plea. Oh, Jo, do abandon that wicked
habit of swearing, , My very soul grows
nick within mo whenever I hear you.
Oh, brother 1 think! Think how very
wicked it is, with tho breath God gives
you, to profane His namo !"
She paused for a moment, and then
continued. "I know, Philip, I could
not expect you always to stay' here.
And when you go out into the world,
my prayer shall be, that you may fight
bravely and manfully the great battle
of Life; doing something fur yourself
much for humanity. You aro gifted,
my brother; and this is why it pains me
moro deeply, to sue you bow down to
tho sway of passion and the habit of
profanity. It so bolittles tho great
and good man. Oh, Philip, all I would
wish, whether you fall early or late, in
life's contest all that I would wish to
hear, would be, that you slept the sleep
of tho just. To kuow thia would be
sweeter to my heart, than the laurels of
fame, or a wholo nation chanting a re
quiem over you, as a great and fallen
hero. I would know, that you had
fought a mightier battle won a bright
er crown, than that of fame; that even
you, my brother, had overcome tho world
and its wickedness."
Iu tho earnestness of her appeal, her
young faco glowed, and her blue eyes
wero lustrous and pleading.
"My darling sister," said Philip
Dcane, "I do not think as great things
of myself as you do. . But there is a
part of your plea I will comply with.
My sister shall hear no more oaths from
my lips! I know it is a great sin and n
detestable practice. Sister, I promise
you that I will reform, before I start to
California." ' '
"To California! Suitdy you arc not
going there, Philip, to that wicked
country?"
"Yes, Alice, tho wild, impetuous lifo
of California will best suit me."
A d;k panorama, of young lives
blackened by guilt, young hearts scar
ed by wickeduerf?, lofty bouls blighted
and lost, ir.nist havo spread before tho
vision of tho young girl. Her face
turned deadly palo, and her voico grew
husky and tremulous with excitement.
"I cosjure you, dear l'uilip ! 0,1
conjure you, by tho holy memory of our
mother by the purity of our dear fulh.
er in Heaven not to throw away your
glorious lifo. Beturn not to me, a
shadow of what you might have been !
Beturn not with unnatural fires burning
up all that is pure andholy in yournature.
It would break my heart."
As she ended her earnest and loving
appeal, she did not, sink into a swoon.
Sho had never fainted in all Hier inno
cent life; but sho stood, with her slight
form trembling, and tears glittering in
her eyes. Philip looked at her a mo
ment, then folded her to his throbbing
breast.
"Sister," he said, and his dorp voico
faltered slightly, "Sister, I shall never
give up to Ire a lost and ruined man.
You aro good. Will you not pray some
times, for tho unhappy, weary wander
er? "
A few moments later, he was was
walking beneath tho shade of the apple
trees, gazing upon the beautiful world,
tinged with tho flush of the sunset.
Alice went to her room, and wrote
these words in her journal :
"June 17. How my brother's part
ing words ring in my cars now! No,
surely not, Burely not! dear Philip, with
all your genius and beauty, will you be
come a lost and ruined man I I was
very happy to-day; but the shadow soon
fell over my soul's brightness. What
a bitter drop of woe, in the cup which
I must drink, is it to part with him !
"This parting with friends is very
sorrowful. Love-tics must he severed!
when death comes. Then there is no
remedy. But why must they bo broken
in life? Why must wo be separated
from those we love, here? Ah! I si ould
not murmur! Light, much light, will
still gleam upon life's darkness. Much
of joy is still left mo.
'The sun has gone down. How quick
the night has come! This shall be a
day remembered; for it has brought a
mingled cup of sweetness and sorrow.
Oh, Philip! oh, brother! the sunshine
will be darkened when you arc gone.
But shall I falter? No, no! only one
boon I ask. Pure Spirit, that guidcth
aright tho' footsteps of earth's children,
though walking in different paths, lead
us to the same home a home in Heav
en!" To be Continued.
GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Senators and ltijrescutittives:
You arc summoned, by the suffrages
of your fellow citizens, to tho impor
tant duties of legislation, at a period
of peculiar interest both iu Stato and
National affairs.
Tho year just closed, has been strong
ly marked by prosperous and adverse
circumstances.
RETROSPECT.
Abundant harvests have fulfilled the
farmer's hopes; almost unbro ken health
has blessed our homes, and animated
our activities; Industry, in every voca
tion, has successfully pursued its le
gitimate objects; Education, with stead
ily enlarging aims, and powers con
stantly augmenting, hag prepared the
youth for the duties and responsibili
ties of cilizeiinhip; and Beligion, un
embarrassed by tho interference of the
Stato with the domain of conscience,
has fulfilled its holy mission of instruc
tion in the duties of the life which
uow is, and of preparation for the
n wards of that which is to come. In
short, no year since tho organization
of the State Government, has been more
conspicuously distinguished by substan
tial increase in all tho elements of real
wealth, permanent power, and true
greatness. .
And yet, this year, so distinguished
by these circumstances- of prosperity,
has been marked, hardly less conspic
uously, by the evils of disordered cur
rency, probtrato credit, and impaired
fortunes.
The financial embarrassments which
have affected tho citizens of Ohio, in
common with those of tho whole coun
try, have been augmented ia this State,
by special and peculiar causes. Tho
criminal misconduct ot a lormer State
Treasurer, resulting in a defalcation of
over half a million of dollars, conceal
ed from tho peoplo by the false state
ments and reprehensible contrivances
cf himself and his successor in olliee,
deprived tho Treasury, at a critical mo
ment, of tho proper means of paying
the interest on the public debt, and of
meeting tho ordinary deuiunds of the
public service;! whild tho failure
of a great moneyed corporation,
intimately connected with tha business
iuloresU of tho community, suddenly
disclosed tho alarming fact, that a vast
proportion of all tho immediately availably
resources of very many of the
banks of the Mate, had been abstract
ed by tho fraud of its tithhicr iu New
York, aud Converted into means fur
postponing, if not averting its fall.
fil'ATK CltK.DIT rSIMPAlUKI).
It is a most gratifying fact, and it
well illustrates the enorjrotio good faith
which go honorably tl; ling;nshrs the
peoplo of Ohio, that, notwithstanding
these embarrassing circumstances, ev
ery obligation of tho State has beon
punctually fulfilled, and her banking
institutions, with very few temporary
exceptions, havo performed their en
tire duty of specie payment., without
evasion and without delay.
The disorders and embarrassments of
tho present time they manfully encoun
tered, must soon poss ay. They may
check for a moment, 1 ot cannot arrest
the advancement of the State. Our
fertile swl, oar productive nines, and
our varied industry, will soon redress
present inconveniences, and revive, in
full measure, e-ur financial prosperity.
OUR INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES.
That ytn my clearly see tho found
ations of this anticipation, permit mo
to direct your attention to a brief review
of our industrial condition, which will
be more fully exhibited by the reports of
the Commissioner of Statistics, and of the
State Board of Agriculture.
Of the 23,578,'JGO acres which con
stitute the area of the State, according
to Federal computation, no portion
worth consideration, can bo classed as
absolutely uncultivablo. Ouly 10,
800,000 acres, however, are actually cul
tivated, aud of these, only about 5,000,
000 acres by the plow, whilo more than
15,000,000 yet remain to be brought un
der contribution to our power, and
wealth.
This whole area, with a trifling ex
ception, is reduced to individual own
ership, and is divided among about
270,000 proprietors, excluding the own
ers of town lots. The average quantity
of land held by each proprietor, is es
timated at about ninety acres.
Tho division of tho land into small
properties, promotes improvement in
methods of culture, augments product
ion, insures individual independence,
and contributes largely to the security
of publio freedom. Every tendency in
tho opposite direction should watchfully
be observed, and wisely checked.
The value of these properties ns as
sessed for taxation, isSllJo, 002, (ioo, and
that of town lots and chattels is, 8413,
1)27,120 making nu ogregateof fSI'.l,
"20,0S1. The real value largely exceeds
1,000. 000, 0U0.
POPULATION NEAR TWO AND A HALF
MILLIONS.
The present population of the State,
upon the best attainable data, is esti
mated at 2,400,000 persons, of whom
nearly all, except the very young or ve
ry old, are actively engaged in pursuits
which increase or preserve public or
private wealth.
The efficiency of this vast human en
ergy is enhanced almost beyond com
putation by the machinery so exten
sively introduced into every depart
ment of industry. The agricultural
machines, put in operation during the
last few years, do the work of more
than 100,000'agrieultunil laborers, and
do it quicker, better, and cheaper than
they could. It is difficult to make any
estimate even proximately accurate, in
respect to machinery otherwise employ
ed. It is reasonably computed, howev
er, that the steam engines alone, now in
use in Ohio, perform labor equal in
quantity to that of more than half a
million men, and in better quality, as
cheaper in cost:
The forces of nature thus engaged to
the service of man, through tho instru
mentality of machinery, augment the
means of existence, comfort and enjoy
ment in Ohio, at least fourfold. The
results aro sceu on every hand, in the
increased rewards of labor, and in the
improved and constantly improving con
dition of the people.
Some general statements, under a few
heads, will clearly exhibit tho more nn
portant elements of this industrial pro
gress.
I. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
In arcordiui; (o the liest lii
foruiution, the vnlue of vece-
lublti products, wag $07,052,500
The v.i loo of auiiiiiilg and snlimil
products t3) 15,110(1
TuIhI value of aric'iiil products 1151,Su'7r)UO
Iu 1MU according to the
census of tr5fl, the val
ue of vegetable pro
duels wus 4V-5I.VI9
That of animals and au-
imnl products, 41,159,098
Mak iiip totul vulne of ag
ricultural products c9,012,Gl7
And showing an increase of an
nual agricultural production iu
eiii hi years f 2,S5 1 ,F5:i
The value of livestock in 1H57 was 7.'i,lis7JM)
" " lo.'iO " U,U,Hl
lurrrase Iu seven years t J9,5(i5,7LI
No single fact connected with the ag
ricultural results of the past year, is
probably of greater importance than the
establishment by actual experiment, of
tho practicability of tho profitable cul
ture in Ohio, of tho Sorghum, or Chi
nese and African Sugar canes. Tho
cost of these experiments to the public
spirited agriculturists) by whom they
were made, in land, labor, and machine
ry, is estimated at not less than 100.
(KlO. Their result secures to our agri
culture a new plant, the cultivation of
which promises most liberal returns fur
labor and capital in the form of forage,
syrup, and, probably sugar. Tho cul
ture of the grapo has also been largely
extended; bringing into most profitable
use hillsides too steep for other culture.
II. MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC ARTS,
AND MINES.
The value of the products of Man-
uf ' lures aud ilechauic Arls iu
1Ki7, Is rsliuiulud at I U, 1,000,001)
The value of I lie pruducls ol" Mmm,
at M,Ci!i),(i;iU
Total vnlue of pioilurls in IV,? 110,000,11011
'1'l.e value ul the 1 ike prud nr it in
I fcJ'J, au.oidiu( to I'is i iji'iul
f,f47,,..,,9
Showing nn Inen ase p annuo! pro
duction in eight years $ I7..15 1,7 1 1
omsua, wns
III. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
Vessels built In 1850 ' 97
Tonnnfe of ihem Cl.i 'l toss,
llrgial'd and enr'td lon'pe in '5(! 1 ( .54 1
" " " 1819 57,100
Inereese In seven years ' 49, 1 It "
V esels entered Ohio ports from
I'mmU In I WJ', 19 -
Tonnnge of thmn 70,9j
esls entered same ports from
C.nnndu In 1HI! o p '
Tonnsge of them 24,3 3
Increase in number
tonnage
IV. RAILROADS.
.iii. n .1 ,.
nines oi unrtronu 10 operation in IH57 2 9(4
Miles iu 15 1, according to Compendium
to Censu
a,3r,7
Increase In three yerirs 477
Number of sniN- wMirnci.d in 1857 r0
" " ill lirncrremi aliniil inn
Totnl cost of Unilroads iu Ohio Dn.OM.'iiiiO
bslimivted gross receipts 10,110 1,00(1
,,et " 4,5('0',0(!n
According to the Compendium of tho
Census, Ohio had. in 1851. mnro mil.
of railroad in operation than any other
ciate oi me i nion. J ho same state
ment is rrobablv true at. thin timo Tf
so, the railroads of Ohio foriii alnKt
one-eighth ol all tho railroads in tha
United States, and moro than ono fif
teenth of all in tho world. '
V. EXPORTS AND CONSUMPTION.
The vnlue of vcgela'dtt products expoA In
1-C7, is estiinuli'd lit frJ.'t.bOU.O Hi
The vnlue of on mm! products -J L,5oo',0'l )
mineral 2,0(m0
' products of manufactures 2J,(iO(i,(U()
Total exports $7D,400)Ut)
The total exports as abovo shown
2G!,C7,5,;r
Leave fur liome consumption $191,467,51)0
Those condensed statements exhibit
clearly the immense actual resources of
the State, and inspire a just confidence
in her future progress.
It will be seen that manufactures and
mines contribute in increasing propor
tions to the aggregate of annual pro
duction. Tho, coal fields of Ohio aro
nearly equal to the entire coal fields of
Great Britain, and fully ciual to thoso
of all Southern Europe. This fact, in
connection with the immense beds of
iron ore so widely diffused in the Stat
demonstrates the vast capacity of Ohio
for mineral production and for manufac
tures. -Still Ohio is emphatically an a"',
ricultural State. The products of her
farms, diirinsr the last venr. verv lnr-m.
W exceeded in value the entire fnti.n
crop of the United States. An Inter
est so important cannot he too earnestly
commended to legislative regard.
AN AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE PROPOSED.
The State B oard of Agriculture lm
performed a service of irrnnt vnln
stimulating and promoting agricultural
improvement, ami its annual reports add
largely to our stores of agriculturr-l
knowledge. But this Board eunnot do
nil that should be done or must be done,
if we wish to retain our nrnuent nerii.nl.
tural position. I respectfully suggest
to your consideration the expediency of
establishing an agricultural Institution
for the instruction of tho risintr genera
tion in those branches of knowledo
which pertain especially to the theory
and practice of farming. It is thought
by persons qualified to judgo, that such
an institution could be so organized and
administered that it would almost, if not
altogether, sustain itself. No one can
doubt that any cost of which it could be
the occasion, would be repaid to tha
State a thousand fold in benefits.
While on the side of industrial devel
opment, there is so much to excite grat
ification and inspire hope, there is an
other class of facts essential to a correct
estimate of pur condition, which must
not be overlooked.
AN AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE PROPOSED. OUR DEBTS-STATE AND INDIVIDUAL.
The Commissioner of Statistics hai
instituted extensive inquiries, with a
view to nscertain. as accurately as pos
sible, the debts duo from tho State, from
corporations aud individuals. .It is ob
vious that, except as to debts of record,
it w;ih impossible to obtain precise re
sults; luit it is believed that tho follow
ing statement is lit least an approxima
tion to the truth:
Debts of the Stule, Foreign and '
Domesihs tifi.m-i.rai
Corporate d -bts of Towns, Coin
ties, Hint Municipalities, uro ' ' '
about lSOOO.IMlli
Debts of ftnilrouJ Companies 5 1,111) 1,(101)
" in Judgment 10, (I ill, ,m I
' ncillrd by rrcnidrd Mull'nS 5'l,l! .,l().fj')'l
" to TlaiiUn and Hankers . , 2 "i.D! t),0!l )
" of Mercl.unts due ouisidu the '
Sute l.S,fi !o,n ;9
Otir indiviJuul oubls 4U,U )U,U )(l
Aggregate dabls of all descriptions 821, 10 !,(';' i
Dobt is not always an evil. Loana
wisely invested by the borrower in agerw
cies of production, such us laud, mine
and implements, or of movement, such
as cauuls, railroads or steamboats, often
ullord essential aid in the develo; mei.t
of resources, and eveu create the isa jti
of thuir own liquidation. A icw of
these debts arc of that character. Ai.d
in many cases tho same debt appmr.i
moro thuil once in different forms. . l'nr
tho greater part, for iuct ince, of tho in
dividual debts, uro due tn.tclail incr
chants, v ho, in turn, (we the same nu u
ey to batiks and v' nb-ra'c dcunr.i.
Hut with every ullotvui! ' -x I In mi.
sidcratioiis, this inas-s . . io.h.bt-.'d!.,-.
remain a fciibject of by no lue .!, .
able contemplation. Fur ill i..!jii!ii
or extinction wo must rely on air t
ed production and iiicrea.-e-l er,. . y.
That theso may bo sai'i !y i " l i
no ono can doubt 'iL' tin.! i ' . , i
character of our pi-.-i !;, and I, :. , , -Oil
t!oi fact that lli.-i I o I. I te l . I, , ,
as it i hardly aMouiiti t j n-.,-. I. . . U , :'
the aicftc piv' eity iu the p .