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of great depth, is watered by waterworJis, similar to the Fair- 

 mjunt waterworks, at Philadelphi i. The works are moved by 

 steam power. The water is thrown into a reservoir, on a high 

 hill, in the eastern part of the city, from whence, in pipes, it is 

 conducted to all parts of the town, on to the very roofs of the 

 hjuses, if necessary. 



Fortv-nine years since, not a human being dwelt on the site 

 of Cincinnati. " The old Indian war path," from the British 

 garrisan at Detroit, crossed the Ohio here, but no one lived 

 here; not even Indians. The deer, bison, bear and elk were 

 occasionally hunted on this site, until major Doughty erected 

 Fort Washington, on the ground now occupied by the bazaar of 

 the truth loving and most amiable Lady Trollope, in the mofith 

 of November 1789, since which time, it has been occupied by 

 our people. 



Lancaster, is the shire town of Fairfield county. It sfarwjs 

 on the eastern side of the Hockhocking river. Before Lancas- 

 ter was laid out, travelers, who passed along Zane's trace, 

 through the, then, vast forests of Ohio, called this spot, "the place, 

 where they crossed the Hocking, near the standing rock." 

 We refer the reader to our Geology of the state, for an account 

 of the sindstone of this region. Lancaster was laid out in 

 1800, and now contains about three thousand people. The 

 houses, three hunired in number, are large, durable and 

 handsome ones. The country about it, is excellent for its soil, 

 good water, good freestone, standing in lofty piles, here and 

 there, intersected by mist excellent land, for grass, grain and 

 vegetables. A turnpike is making from Zanesville to Mays- 

 ville through this town, east and west, and a canal is made, 

 connecting Lnnc ister, with the Ohio and Erie canal, which is 

 now being extended down the Hocking valley, to Athens. AH 

 these things are doing by the state, and will soon be done. The 

 town is the centre of a considerable inland trade, which is in- 

 creasing. The people of Lancaster are an industrious, well 

 informed commmitv, who have always stood high with the peo- 

 ple of the state. This town is rapidly growing up, and will 

 soon contain ten thousand people. 



