A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . aserected in Steubenville in 1814, whichled to the establishment of various man-ufactories in the place. It now con-tains five of woollen, one of paper, oneof cotton, one of iron, and two of glass,besides others ; and in the neighbor-hood are seven copperas these employ between eight hun-dred and one thousand hands, and con-sume more than a million bushels ofcoal annually. This important kind offuel is derived from mines at a shortdistance from t
A pictorial description of the United States; embracing the history, geographical position, agricultural and mineral resources .. . aserected in Steubenville in 1814, whichled to the establishment of various man-ufactories in the place. It now con-tains five of woollen, one of paper, oneof cotton, one of iron, and two of glass,besides others ; and in the neighbor-hood are seven copperas these employ between eight hun-dred and one thousand hands, and con-sume more than a million bushels ofcoal annually. This important kind offuel is derived from mines at a shortdistance from the town. The popula-tion, in 1810, was 800 ; in 1820, 2,479;in 1830, 2,964; in 1840, 4,247; and in1850, about 7,000. Steubenville contains five publicschools and four select ones, besidesa male and a female seminary. The for-mer is named Grove academy, and is aflourishing institution, containing abouteighty pupils. The latter, situated onthe bank of the Ohio, was commenced in1829, at an expense of nearly S40,000,has ten or twelve teachers, and aboutone hundred and fifty pupils. The edi-fice presents a fine and imposing front,. 508 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF OHIO. having a central building of four stories,with a piazza, and two long wings ofthree stories. A broad lawn, shadedwith trees, slopes toward the river. Portsmouth, on the right bank of theOhio river, at the mouth of the Scioto,one hundred and five miles from Cin-cinnati, is at the head of the Ohio canal,and contains a population of about 5,000inhabitants. The public buildings arethe courthouse, a bank, and four church-es. Iron ore is found in the upper partsof Scioto county, and in Lawrencecountry, and there are several mills andmanufactories. Water, for the supply of|the town, is raised from theriver by depart daily for Wheel-ing, Pittsburg, &c., and stage-coachesgo daily to Columbus. Portsmouth isthe capital of Scioto county. A com-pany of eastern capitalists are forminga basin in the old cliannel of
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