All the western states and territories . lergyman, llev. Dr. Cutler, then in-voked the divine blessing. The sheriff, Col. Ebenezer Sproat (one of natures no-bles), proclaimed with his solemn Oh yes that a court is opened for the adminis-tration of even handed justice to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the inno-cent, without respect of persons; none to be punished without a trial by theirpeers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case. Although thishccne was exhibited thus early in the settlement of the state, few ever equaled itin the dignity and exalted character of
All the western states and territories . lergyman, llev. Dr. Cutler, then in-voked the divine blessing. The sheriff, Col. Ebenezer Sproat (one of natures no-bles), proclaimed with his solemn Oh yes that a court is opened for the adminis-tration of even handed justice to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the inno-cent, without respect of persons; none to be punished without a trial by theirpeers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case. Although thishccne was exhibited thus early in the settlement of the state, few ever equaled itin the dignity and exalted character of its principal participators, ?^lany of thembelong to the history of our country, in the darkest as well as most splendid pe-riods of the revolutionary war. To witness this spectacle, a large body of Indianswas collected from the most powerful tribes then occupying the almost entire had assembled for the purpose of making a treaty. Whether any of thementered the hall of justice, or what were their impressions, we are not Campus MlrtiiDi, at Marietta, in 1791. Soon after landing. Campus Martius, a stockaded fort, was begun on thevcige of that beautiful phiin, overlooking the Muskingum, on which areseated those celebrated remains of antiquity, but it was not completed withpalisades and bastions until the winter of 1790-1. It was a square of 180feet on a side. At each corner was a strong block-house, surmounted by atower and sentry-bos : These houses were 20 feet square below, and 24 feet above, and projected 6 feetbeyond the curtains, or main walls of the fort. The intermediate curtains werebuilt up with dwelling houses, made of wood, whipsawed into timbers four inchesthick, and of the requisite witlth and length. These were laid up similar to the 92 OHIO. structure of log houses, -with the ends nicely dove-tailed or fitted together so as tomake a neat finish. The whole were two stories high, and covered with good shin-gle roofs. Convenient chimneys were erected
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