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power, iii the state, within so short a distance. These are 

 THE Cuyahoga palls, on which, mills of all sorts are erected, 

 and erecting; creating an active, thriving and prosperous vil- 

 lage. The people seem to be emulating the activity of the 

 mills, and v/ater, near them. The saw, the plane, the hammer, 

 the trowel and the axe, are rivalling in speed, the roaring, 

 tumbling, descending waters. Turning abruptly, here, away 

 from the dull homely ponds, on the south, the Cuyahoga runs 

 eagerly and rapidly to join lake Erie, falling on an average, 

 eleven feet in a mile. The Cuyahoga, is about eighty miles 

 in length, forty miles of that distance, or more, are on the same 

 summit, with the Mahoning and Tuscarawas. The former runs 

 into Pennsylvania, and enters the Ohio at Beaver. The lat- 

 ter is the main branch of the Muskingum river. 



From these falls to Cleveland, the water power is great; and 

 on the canal, at Akron, not very far distant from these falls, the 

 same descent, is already under the control of man, creating 

 twenty-eight locks, within the distance of about six miles. 

 From Akron to Cleveland, there may be, and soon will be, one 

 continued village, for the distance of thirty-eight miles. At 

 the very falls, themselves, are iron ore, sandstone of difTereni 

 colors, of a fine grain, and of good texture, suitable for build- 

 ing stone, grindstones, whetstones and many other articles, 

 useful toman. Fossil coal exists also, on the spot; — so that, 

 here are all the materials of industry, health, happiness and 

 prosperity. The forest presents its tre«s, the earth holds out 

 her minerals, and the water offers its never failing power, in 

 aid of industry in all its forms, to produce wealth in all its 

 shapes; and happiness in all its modes of existence, either cor- 

 poreal, mental, or mixed. From Akron and Cuyahoga Falls, 

 to Cleveland, including the last named town; and all the space 

 between them, there will be eventually, one great city of five 

 hundred thousand people. The river, the canal, the coal, the 

 iron ore, the sandstone, and, finally, the most beautiful inland 

 sea, in the world, all conspire, to produce the same great result. 

 The harbour of Cleveland now presents, in summer, a port as 

 bustling, active and heart-stirring, as the port of Baltimore. 



