936 Notes on certain parts of the State of Ohw- 
We have at present three lawyers, four physicians, and twe 
preachers of the gospel—one a presbyterian, and the other # 
methodist. There are several religious societies which draw 
a proportion of the rent of section 29, on which the town of 
Marietta is principally situated ; but there are only two which 
support regular teachers of the gospel. The rent of this 
ion amounts to near $600 per annum; and is divided 
amongst the religious societies in proportion to their num- 
bers. Under a statute of the state, several of the societies 
 rality, we have several useful societies. Amongst these we 
ave a ‘‘ Bible Society,” a ‘Society for the promotion of 
ae : — up among them. heir 
Puneipal articles of faith were, that any wane ae obtain life 
Se eotality who would strive therefor ; and that the 
‘ous of those who did not thus strive and desire, were at death 
: annihilated ; or that death to them was eternal sleep. They 
