State
of Ohio
The
inhabitants of the state of Ohio, according to the
recent enumeration, are upwards of 230,000 in
number, including 1986 people of colour.
The Indian title to a large tract of territory within
the limits of the state of Ohio, remains
unextinguished. Among a number of propositions
offering property for the use of the state, as a
permanent seat of government, was one from the Indians,
offering five hundred thousand dollars worth of land, if
the seat of government was established on any part of
their lands.
On the 23rd. ult. the House of Representatives passed a
bill, yeas 38, nays 10, fixing the permanent seat of
government on the land of John and Peter Sells, on the
west bank of Scioto, above the town of Franklinton, in
the county of Franklin; where 700 acres of land are to
be conveyed to the state, with reserves of two lots of
30 poles square, and a third lot of 80 poles on the
river and 30 poles back. A town is to be laid out
and called Wayne, and public buildings to be erected out
of the proceeds of the lots—if the Senate pass the
bill.
Washington Tel.
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