Chapter 8

“Land of the west! green forest land.”

“Land of the west! green forest land.”

“Land of the west! green forest land.”

THE END.

FOOTNOTES:[1]Sunday schools have been maintained; and in pursuance of my recommendation, the cell of each prisoner is always supplied with a volume of the School District Library. The measure was followed by a gratifying improvement in the conduct of the prisoners. Many wearisome hours of solitary time are beguiled,; resolutions of repentance and reformation are formed, and the minds of the unhappy convicts, accustomed to the contemplation of virtue, and expanded by knowledge, are gradually prepared to resist the temptations which await them on their return to society.—Gov. Seward’s Message, Jan. 1841.[2]Chapin’s Gazateer.[3]Tanner.[4]Antiquities of America.[5]Gazetteer.[6]I am glad to see Troy, who is ever forward in the cause of religion and morality, has abandoned this practice in some instances. There has been more success in the canal this year. Mr. Eaton, in his report, mentions 150 conversions. A small number among 25,000, but enough to cheer on the pious missionary.[7]America to Great Britain.—Allston.[8]Amount of flour and wheat which entered the canal from Lake Erie at Buffalo:—From Ohio,505,262barrels of flour;72,525bushels of wheat.Michigan,112,215““97,249““Indiana,13,726““48,279““Illinois,2,259““10,634““Wisconsin,1,166““[9]Darby.[10]Smith’s Western Tourist.[11]Among the articles arrived at Cleveland from the Ohio Canal this year were—504,900 barrels of flour; 167,045 bushels of coal; 932 hhds. tobacco; 2,252,491 lbs., of iron and nails; besides numerous other articles of merchandise.[12]Darby.[13]Salmonia.[14]Schoolcraft.[15]Bibliotheque Universelle, translated by J. Griscom, in the American Journal of Science.[16]Chalmers.[17]Lev. xxvi, 4, 12.[18]Deut. xxvi, 19.[19]Deut. xxviii, 16.[20]Becks Gaz., of Ill.[21]Hall.[22]Am. Jour. of Scien. vol. 25.[23]Dr. Hildreth.[24]Peck.[25]Judge Hall.[26]Dr. Owen.[27]Hildreth.[28]Hildreth.

FOOTNOTES:

[1]Sunday schools have been maintained; and in pursuance of my recommendation, the cell of each prisoner is always supplied with a volume of the School District Library. The measure was followed by a gratifying improvement in the conduct of the prisoners. Many wearisome hours of solitary time are beguiled,; resolutions of repentance and reformation are formed, and the minds of the unhappy convicts, accustomed to the contemplation of virtue, and expanded by knowledge, are gradually prepared to resist the temptations which await them on their return to society.—Gov. Seward’s Message, Jan. 1841.

[1]Sunday schools have been maintained; and in pursuance of my recommendation, the cell of each prisoner is always supplied with a volume of the School District Library. The measure was followed by a gratifying improvement in the conduct of the prisoners. Many wearisome hours of solitary time are beguiled,; resolutions of repentance and reformation are formed, and the minds of the unhappy convicts, accustomed to the contemplation of virtue, and expanded by knowledge, are gradually prepared to resist the temptations which await them on their return to society.—Gov. Seward’s Message, Jan. 1841.

[2]Chapin’s Gazateer.

[2]Chapin’s Gazateer.

[3]Tanner.

[3]Tanner.

[4]Antiquities of America.

[4]Antiquities of America.

[5]Gazetteer.

[5]Gazetteer.

[6]I am glad to see Troy, who is ever forward in the cause of religion and morality, has abandoned this practice in some instances. There has been more success in the canal this year. Mr. Eaton, in his report, mentions 150 conversions. A small number among 25,000, but enough to cheer on the pious missionary.

[6]I am glad to see Troy, who is ever forward in the cause of religion and morality, has abandoned this practice in some instances. There has been more success in the canal this year. Mr. Eaton, in his report, mentions 150 conversions. A small number among 25,000, but enough to cheer on the pious missionary.

[7]America to Great Britain.—Allston.

[7]America to Great Britain.—Allston.

[8]Amount of flour and wheat which entered the canal from Lake Erie at Buffalo:—From Ohio,505,262barrels of flour;72,525bushels of wheat.Michigan,112,215““97,249““Indiana,13,726““48,279““Illinois,2,259““10,634““Wisconsin,1,166““

[8]Amount of flour and wheat which entered the canal from Lake Erie at Buffalo:—

[9]Darby.

[9]Darby.

[10]Smith’s Western Tourist.

[10]Smith’s Western Tourist.

[11]Among the articles arrived at Cleveland from the Ohio Canal this year were—504,900 barrels of flour; 167,045 bushels of coal; 932 hhds. tobacco; 2,252,491 lbs., of iron and nails; besides numerous other articles of merchandise.

[11]Among the articles arrived at Cleveland from the Ohio Canal this year were—504,900 barrels of flour; 167,045 bushels of coal; 932 hhds. tobacco; 2,252,491 lbs., of iron and nails; besides numerous other articles of merchandise.

[12]Darby.

[12]Darby.

[13]Salmonia.

[13]Salmonia.

[14]Schoolcraft.

[14]Schoolcraft.

[15]Bibliotheque Universelle, translated by J. Griscom, in the American Journal of Science.

[15]Bibliotheque Universelle, translated by J. Griscom, in the American Journal of Science.

[16]Chalmers.

[16]Chalmers.

[17]Lev. xxvi, 4, 12.

[17]Lev. xxvi, 4, 12.

[18]Deut. xxvi, 19.

[18]Deut. xxvi, 19.

[19]Deut. xxviii, 16.

[19]Deut. xxviii, 16.

[20]Becks Gaz., of Ill.

[20]Becks Gaz., of Ill.

[21]Hall.

[21]Hall.

[22]Am. Jour. of Scien. vol. 25.

[22]Am. Jour. of Scien. vol. 25.

[23]Dr. Hildreth.

[23]Dr. Hildreth.

[24]Peck.

[24]Peck.

[25]Judge Hall.

[25]Judge Hall.

[26]Dr. Owen.

[26]Dr. Owen.

[27]Hildreth.

[27]Hildreth.

[28]Hildreth.

[28]Hildreth.


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