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OHIO. 



ONDEKDONK, BENJAMIN T. 



it does not exceed two-thirds of that amount. 

 The private debts are the only really uncertain 

 debts in the State. Ten millions is a large esti- 

 mate for them. But the ascertained and esti- 

 mated debts of the whole State, and of all cor- 

 porations and persons, &c., will stand thus : 



State debt $14,250,000 



Municipal debts 9,650,000 



Judgment debt (1861)...-. 8,9'2S,166 



Recorded mortgages (1861) 29,734,966 



Railroad debt (1861) 56,00(1,000 



Bank debt 15,500,000 



Commercial debt ' 40,000,000 



Private debt 10,000,000 



Aggregate $184,068,132 



The life of a mortgage is slightly over two 

 years. There will always be outstanding two 

 years of mortgage debts, so that, adding to the 

 above the mortgage debt of 1860 being $28,- 

 738,998 ; also two years' judgment, being $9,- 

 903,854 for 1860, it makes a general aggregate 

 debt of $222, 705, 982. 



The following will show the heights, weight, 

 circumference around the chest, complexion, 

 color of the hair and eyes, of 239 native Ameri- 

 cans of Athens, Butler, Highland, Montgomery, 

 and "Washington counties. The persons- were 

 taken indiscriminately. The average height. 

 per man is a fraction under five feet ten and a 

 half inches ; circumference of chest 38.02. The 

 complexions of 136 were light ; 67 were dark ; 

 109 had light, 89 dark hair ; 139 light, 76 dark 

 eyes. The average weight was 169 pounds. 

 Highland County showed the tallest and heav- 

 iest men. Twenty-one who were weighed 

 averaged 182 pounds. In Athens 119 averaged 

 154 pounds ; 42 in Butler averaged 168 pounds ; 

 33 in Montgomery averaged 165.1 pounds; and 

 24 in Washington averaged 176 pounds. The 

 average height for the State is 5 feet 10.57 

 inches. An inch is deducted for boot-heels, so 

 as to reduce the standard to 5 feet 9^- inches, 

 which is regarded as the natural height of the 

 present men of Ohio. 



The average height of Belgian men, given 

 by Quetelet, (3,500 men measured,) is 5 feet 5 

 inches. Of 979 recruits in the British army, in 

 the London District, 1838-'9, the height was 5 

 feet 6 9-10. Eleven regiments of Scotch High- 

 landers measured 5 feet 7 8-10 inches. 



It thus appears that the average height of 

 Ohio men in the above table is 4 inches above 

 that of the Belgians, 2-J- above that of the Eng- 

 lish recruits, and 1| inches above that of the 

 Highlanders. 



The maximum heights of men in the above 

 counties, show that there were at and above ti 

 feet in height : 



In Athens County, of 119 21 



Butler " of 42 11 



Highland " of 21 9 



Montgomery " of 83 8 



Washington " of 24 10 



Of the whole number, 59, or one-fourth, were 

 G feet and over. More tall men may be found 

 in the Ohio Valley than in any other locality. 

 The comparison of measurement about the 

 chest is as follows : 



Men of Ohio 39.02 inches. 



English (London recruits) 82.06 " 



Scotch Highlanders 39.02 " 



The Scotch appear stouter in the chest than 

 Americans, but no other race is. 



Fair complexions predominate in Ohio. There 

 are few of olive brunette, or dark complexion. 

 The great majority are light or sanguine. The 

 eyes are light in the proportion of 3 to 2 in- 

 cluding blue and gray in the light class, black 

 and hazel in the dark. The hair is the only 

 feature, among Americans, and especially in 

 Ohio, which approaches the characteristics of 

 the dark nations. Even in this, the majority 

 have what may be fairly called light hair in- 

 cluding most of the brown hair. The weight 

 given in the above figures is very heavy an 

 average of 169 pounds. In making a compari- 

 son, ten pounds are allowed for clothing. 



Measurements of 238 men, in different vil- 

 lages in Ohio, taken from the Smithsonian In- 

 stitute, show an average height of 5 feet 9f 

 inches, weight, 157 Ibs. ; average age, 32. Bell 

 Center showed the largest proportions : 24 men, 

 averaging 30 years of age, show an average 

 of 5 feet 11 inches, weighing 168 Ibs. In New 

 Lisbon, 24 men, 5 feet 10 inches, weighed 172 

 Ibs. 



The proportion of males in Ohio over 18 years 

 of age, is 49 per cent. The whole number of 

 males in the State is 1,169,799. The number 

 of females over 18 years of age, 573,202. The 

 whole number of males capable of bearing 

 arms, according to established rules, is 523,566. 



ONDEKDONK, Right Eev. BENJAMIN 

 TREADWELL, D. D., LL. D., late bishop of the 

 diocese of Eastern New York, born in New 

 York City in the year 1791, died in the same 

 city April 30, 1861. Bishop Onderdonk grad- 

 uated at Columbia College and received priest's 

 orders in 1813, and was immediately appointed 

 assistant minister of Trinity Church. He rapidly 

 attained distinction as a preacher and was greatly 

 beloved by his people. On the occurrence of a 

 vacancy in the post of Secretary of the Diocesan 

 Convention, he was elected to that office, and 

 on the death of Bishop Hobart, in 1830, was at 

 once selected as his successor. In this new 

 position he labored indefatigably and with great 

 success for a number of years ; the number of 

 churches as well as the revenues of the diocese 

 were greatly increased, and at his request, 

 it was deemed necessary to divide the diocese, 

 and he retained the Eastern section. In 1844, 

 serious charges were made against him affecting 

 his ministerial character and reputation, and 

 causing great scandal. A trial was had before 

 the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church, 

 and though the worst charges were not proved, 

 yet the Convention deemed him guilty of sucli 

 indiscretions that they suspended him from the 

 exercise of his episcopal functions, on the 3d 

 of January, 1845. Bishop Onderdonk himself 

 never admitted the truth of the accusations 

 against him, and his numerous friends made 

 strenuous but unsuccessful efforts to have him 



