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&quot; There are probably not less than forty different manu 

 facturing- establishments driven by steam-power. 



&quot; The imports, of which dry goods are a principal item, 

 exceed $5,000,000. The exports, consisting of various arti 

 cles of produce, of which pork is the chief, and of manufac 

 tures, of which iron articles, and cabinet furniture, are the 

 chief, probably exceed the imports in value. 



&quot;There are two banks, and a savings fund association; 

 two museums, very interesting to strangers ; and two hospitals. 



&quot; There is a company which supplies the city with water, 

 which is elevated by steam power from the Ohio. 



&quot; There are several literary and scientific institutions, of 

 which the Lyceum, Athenaeum established by the Catholics, 

 and which is really a college, and cost about 820,000 Me 

 dical College, having- seven or eight professors, Academy of 

 Medicine and Law, and Theological Seminary are the chief. 



&quot;In 1831, there were eighteen public schools, embracing 

 2,700 scholars, at an expense of S6,6lO for teachers wages. 

 This city is imitating the noble example of Boston, in estab 

 lishing free-schools for the whole population. The number 

 of private schools and academies is great. 



&quot; There are three library companies, which have, in all, 

 nearly 10,000 volumes of books. 



&quot; There are thirty-four charitable associations, and twenty- 

 five religious societies. 



&quot; There are six Presbyterian churches, five Methodist, four 

 Baptist, two Episcopal, one Lutheran, one Associate, one 

 Catholic, one Unitarian, one Friends Meeting, one Sweden- 

 borgian, one Jewish Synagogue, one African, one Christian. 



&quot; There are three daily, two semi-weekly, six weekly, 

 (four of which are religious,) two semi-monthly, two monthly, 

 and one quarterly, (medical,) publications sixteen in all, 

 issued in this city.&quot; 



In four months, during 1831, there were issued from Cin 

 cinnati press, 86,000 volumes, of which 20,300 were of origi 

 nal works. In the same time, the periodical press issued 

 243,200 printed sheets. 



Cincinnati is generally said to be in a declining state, but 

 I could not discover evidence of decay. Houses were build- 



