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entablishment in process of time. A bank was 

 established here in 1807, with a deposit of an 

 100,000 dollars, from which essential benefits 

 have been derived. There is a post-office, two 

 printing offices, and two weekly papers. 



Ascending the Muskingum from Marietta, 

 at the distance of five miles, is Captain Devol's 

 ship-yard, where a number of large vessels have 

 been built, and one of them more than 200 

 tons. The workmanship and timber of these 

 \xssels are said not to be inferior to any that 

 have been built in the United States. Their 

 frames were black walnut, which is said to be as 

 durable as the live oak and is much lighter. 

 The plank of these vessels are said to be of an 

 unusual length and firmness. The forests here 

 abound with the best of timber, such as white 

 oak, black walnut and locust, and the prodigious 

 height and size of the trees, admit of the selection 

 of any dimensions which can be wanted. Ex- 

 cellent masts of yellow pine are easily procured* 

 Iron-ore is found, in places, in almost every part 

 of the State, and a sufficiency of bar iron can be 

 obtained without difficulty. But the want of a 

 greater number of furnaces and forges, keeps up 

 the price higher than it otherwise would be. As 

 much tar as can be wanted is brought down the 

 Alleghany river. The people can, with ease, 

 raise as much hemp and flax as would be suf- 

 ficient to supply the whole of the United States* 



