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successful, and a large amount of valuable land has been reclaimed. The river is broad and deep, and has upon it a series of rapids, which have been converted into a valuable water power. In the lower part of its course it makes a broad sweep or bend from a south-east to a north-west course, and at its extreme south point, it receives the Onondaga outlet from the south. Oneida River, the outlet of Oneida Lake, is a deep, sluggish, crooked stream, 18 miles in length, and forms a link in the chain of internal navigable wa- ters of the State. Lime-stone and Butternut Creeks, after flowing through narrow and deep parallel valleys among the hills, unite in the north part of the town of Manlius, and flow into Chittenango Creek, a few miles above its entrance into Oneida Lake. Otisco Inlet, a small stream, entering the County from the south, may be considered the head branch of Nine Mile Creek.
Skaneateles Outlet discharges its waters into Seneca River, just beyond the west border of the County. Several small streams take their rise in the south part of the County, and, flowing south, form the head branches of Tioughnioga River.
The New York Central Rail Road extends through Man- lius, De Witt, Syracuse, Geddes, Camillus, Van Buren and Elbridge. From Syracuse, two divisions of this road extend westward to Rochester; one through Clyde and Lyons, called the Direct Road, and the other through Auburn and Geneva, called the Auburn Road. The Oswego and Syracuse Rail Road extends from Syracuse, north, through Geddes, Van Buren and Lysander ; and the Syracuse, Binghamton and New York Rail Road extends from Syracuse, south, through Onondaga, DeWitt, La Fayette, Fabius and Tully, uniting with the New York and Erie road at Binghamton. A third rail has been added on the Syracuse and Oswego Rail Road, mak- ing it a broad gage as well as narrow gage road, and cars are now run from Oswego direct to Jersey City via S. & O. and S. & B. R. R. to Binghamton, and from thence via the Erie road.
The County-seat is located at Syracuse. The first courts were held in barns and private residences at Onondaga, Levana, on the shore of Cayuga Lake, in Cayuga Co., and Ovid, Seneca County. The first Court House was erected at Onondaga Hill, in 1805 -- 6. Asa Danforth, George Ballard and Roswell Tousley, were appoint- ed commissioners to select the site. In 1829 an act was passed to remove the County-seat to the village of Syracuse, and John Smith, Oren Hutchinson and Samuel Forman, were appointed commission- ers to select the site. The Court House was built on a lot about midway between the rival villages of Salina and Syracuse. It was destroyed by fire in 1856, and the present structure erected soon after. It is a beautiful and substantial structure of Onondaga Lime- stone, situated on West Genesee street, near the center of the city. It is one of the finest in the State. The County Clerk's office is a
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fire-proof brick building, on North Salina street, corner of Church. It contains rooms for the Surrogate and Supervisors.
The Onondaga Penitentiary is a city and county prison and work-house, situated about one mile north-east of the Court House. It is a large brick structure, and contains apartments for a jail, and is used also for the confinement of criminals, sentenced for short terms. Prisoners are received from several other counties.
From the Report of the Supt. of the Penitentiary, we learn that the whole number received from Nov. 1, 1866, to Nov. 1, 1867, was 426. Of these 68 were committed for intoxication, 72 for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, and 56 for assault and battery. Of the whole number convicted 321 were from Onondaga Co., and 106 from other counties. 93 were under twenty years of age, and 146 between twenty and thirty. 320 were males and 106 females. 154 were married and 272 were single. 111 can neither read or write, and 54 can read only. Of the whole number, 426, 392 admit themselves to be intemperate, and only 34 claim to be temperate.
The Poor House is located upon a farm of thirty-six acres, on Onondaga Hill, four miles from Syracuse. The whole number of persons in the County Poor House and Insane Asylum, Novem- ber 10, 1866, was 219, and the number received during the year was 336. The number remaining at the close of the year was 191. Of these 80 were insane, nine were idiots, and 7 blind. Seventy of the 191 were born in the United States, and 121 in foreign coun- tries. The number of weeks' board furnished in the Poor House and Asylum during the past fiscal year, was 12,634, and the aver- age weekly expense $1.48 for each inmate.
The stock upon the farm consists of one pair of horses, six cows and 18 swine. The productions of the farm and garden were 20 tons hay, 155 bushels corn in the ear, 432 bushels potatoes, 266 bushels beets, 153 bushels turnips, 125 bushels carrots, 40 bushels onions, about 20 bushels tomatoes, 5 loads corn-stalks, 9 barrels cider, 30 bushels apples, 2 loads pumpkins, 1600 heads of cabbage, and one half barrel of pickles.
The whole amount of expenditures for Poor House and Asylum, for the fiscal year, was $20,773.47.
The Onondaga County Orphan Asylum, for the care of orphan and destitute children is situated on East Fayette street, corner of Walnut, Syracuse. It was incorporated April 10, 1845, and is supported by public appropriations and private donations. The children are well provided for, and, at the proper age, are bound out in respectable families. The school is under the control of the Board of Education of Syracuse.
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In a lecture delivered before the " Onondaga Historical Associ- ation," by Charles E. Fitch, Esq., of Syracuse, he says :
." There have been published in the County, enumerating all the changes which various journals have undergone, about 130 papers. Of these Syracuse has had over 90, Salina 3, Manlius 9, Onondaga Valley 3, Onondaga Hill 2, Skaneateles 9, Jordan 3, Baldwins- ville 2, Fayetteville 4, Fabius 1, Mottville 1, and Clay 1. Of weekly political journals there have been over 60, a prolific crop. Of religious papers there have been 6, of which only one,-The Wesleyan-an able organ of its denomination, survives. Of edu- cational and literary papers there have been 9, as I count them. Of temperance papers there have been, as near as I can ascertain, 7. * There have been some two or three medical journals, and a few papers especially devoted to the interests of the juvenile por- tion of the population. Of campaign papers, published only dur- ing exciting political campaigns, there have been some 5 or 6, the most of which were issued from the offices of the Standard and Jour- nal. To a few papers I need to make short special reference. On the 18th of January, 1834, appeared in Syracuse the first number of " The Spy," with the ominous motto, " Castigat Ridendo Mores." Though established with the avowed purpose of exposing the de- linquencies and lashing the eccentricities of the community, I can- not regard "The Spy " as a particularly malicious journal. A few winced under its whip, but the community good naturedly bore it, and liberally patronized it. It rarely indulged in ridicule that was not deserved, and never, that I can find, invaded private sanctities that should have been sacred. A. B. F. Ormsby, who is still among us, was its proprietor. It was continued through nine num- bers, its publication being discontinued on account of the great fire which destroyed the Standard office and compelled the return of the materials used by the Spy, but belonging to the Standard, to the latter office. Of the fire itself, in its last issue, the Spy gives a graphic and minute account. The chief value of the Spy now consists in its very complete register of the business of the village. As an evidence of the changes which thirty years will make, it ap- pears that of the one hundred and twenty-three persons and firms then engaged in business here, but twenty-four are left in life among us, and only seven are engaged now in the same business as then. These are Richard Woodworth, Attorney ; Mather Wil- liams, Physician ; D. J. Morris, Clothing Merchant ; H. W. Van Buren, Leather Dealer ; B. C. Lathrop and W. K. Blair, Grocers ; and Luke Collins, Butcher."
*The " Onondaga League," a weekly paper devoted to the cause of temperance, has recently been added to the list. Its first number was issued from the "State League" office in March of the present year, 1868 .- ED.
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The following statistics in regard to the various papers published, are gleaned partly from the "Gazetteer of the State of New York," by J. H. French, and partly from Mr. Fitch's lecture, and will un- doubtedly be found interesting and valuable to many.
The Derne Gazette, established at Manlius in 1806, by Abraham Romeyn, was the first paper published in the County. At that time an unsuccessful effort was made to change the name of the vil- lage from " Manlius" to " Derne." The paper was continued about one year.
The Herald of the Times was started at Manlius in 1808, by Leonard Kellogg. In 1813, its name was changed to
The Manlius Times, and it was successively issued by James Beardsley, Seneca Haleand Daniel Clark. , October 28, 1818, Mr. Clark changed its name to
The Onondaga Herald. Soon after it was changed to
The Times, and continued about three years. June 27, 1821, Thurlow Weed became editor, and the name was changed to
The Onondaga County Republican. Oct. 27, 1824, it passed into the hands of Laurin Dewey, who changed it to
The Onondaga Republican. Luman A. Miller soon after became proprietor, and the name was changed to
The Manlius Repository. It afterwards passed into the hands of L. Stilson, and was continued about five years.
The Onondaga Flag was published at Manlius a short time in 1831, by - Fonda.
The Lynx was started at Onondaga Hollow in 1811, by Thomas C. Fay, and was continued about two years. Thurlow Weed com- menced his apprenticeship in this office.
The Onondaga Register was established at Onondaga Hollow in 1814, by Lewis H. Redfield, and was continued until 1829, when it was removed to Syracuse and united with the Gazette, under the name of
The Onondaga Register and Syracuse Gazette. In 1832 it passed into the hands of Sherman & Clark, who changed it to
The Syracuse Argus, and continued it about two years.
The Onondaga Gazette was established at Onondaga Hill in 1816, by Evander Morse. Wm. Ray, author of "The Horrors of Slavery," was editor at one time. In 1821 it passed into the hands of Cephas S. McConnell, and was changed to
The Onondaga Journal. In 1827, Vivus W. Smith, became proprietor, and in 1829 he removed it to Syracuse and united it with the Syracuse Advertiser, the combined paper taking the name of
THE ONONDAGA STANDARD, Sept. 10, 1829, published by Wyman & Smith. S.F., T. A., and A. L. Smith, W. L. Crandall, and Marcellus Farmer, were subsequently interested in its publication
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at different times till 1848, when it passed into the hands of Agan & Summers. In 1856 Agan sold his interest to Wm. Summers. The paper was continued by Summers & Brother till July 1st 1866, when it passed into the hands of Summers & Co., by whom it is still published.
THE SYRACUSE DAILY STANDARD was started in June 1846, by Smith & Agan, and was continued three months. It was revived January 1, 1850, and is now published by Summers & Co.
The Onondaga Gazette was established at Syracuse in April, 1823, by John Durnford, and was the first paper started in Syra- cuse. About a year afterward it was changed to
The Syracuse Gazette and General Advertiser, and continued till 1829, when it was united with the Onondaga Register.
The Syracuse Advertiser was started in 1825, by John F. Wy- man and Thos. B. Barnum. Norman Rawson was afterwards con- nected with it, but John F. Wyman soon assumed the entire con- trol, and continued it till 1829, when it was united with the Jour- nal, and its name changed to the Standard.
The Salina Sentinel was started in October, 1826, in what is now the First Ward of Syracuse, by Reuben St. John. In 1827 it was changed to
The Salina Herald, and it was issued a short time by Josiah Bunce.
The Courier was published at Jordan a short time in 1831, by Fred. Prince. In 1832 it was removed to Salina and changed to
The Salina Courier and Enquirer, but was discontinued after a few numbers.
The Onondaga Republican was started at Syracuse in 1830, by W. S. Campbell. In 1834 it passed into the hands of J. B. Clark & Co., and its name was changed to
The Constitutionalist. In 1835, L. A. Miller became its propri- etor, and changed it to The Onondaga Chief. In 1837 it was sold to J. M. Patterson, and published as the
The Syracuse Whig. In 1838 J. K. Barlow became proprietor, and continued it about one year.
The Syracuse American was started at Syracuse in 1835 by Jolin Adams, and was continued about one year.
The American Patriot was started at Franklin Village, (now Fabius,) in 1836, by J. Tenney, and was continued for three years. The Western State Journal was started March, 20, 1839, by V. W. & S. F. Smith. In 1844 its name was changed to
THE SYRACUSE WEEKLY JOURNAL. In 1847 it was published by Barnes, Smith & Cooper, and in 1849 it passed into the hands of V. W. Smith. In 1850 Seth Haight became propric-
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tor, and George Terwilliger, editor. In 1853 Danforth Merrick became proprietor. In 1854 it was purchased by T. S. Truair, and Andrew Sherman was made editor. In 1855 J. G. K. Truair bought the establishment, and on the 1st of September, 1856, An- son G. Chester assumed the editorial control, which position he oc- cupied for about three years. It has since been published by J. G. K. Truair & Co., Truair, Smith & Miles, and is now issued by Truair & Smith.
THE SYRACUSE DAILY JOURNAL was established July 4, 1844, by S. F. Smith, and has since been continued by the va- rious proprietors of the Journal establishment. It is now pub- lished by Truair & Smith.
The Empire State Democrat and United States Review, was start- ed in 1840, by Hiram Cummings, and continued about three years.
The Onondaga Messenger was started in 1841 by Joseph Bar- ber. In 1842 it was changed to
The Syracusean, and was continued about one year.
The Evening Mail (the first daily paper in Syracuse,) was pub- lished for three months in 1833, by Vivus W. Smith.
The Morning Sentinel, (daily,) was started in January, 1813, by N. M. D. Lathrop, and was continued about a year, when it was changed to the
Onondaga Sentinel, and issued weekly, with few intervals, till '50.
THE WEEKLY SOUTHERN ONONDAGA has just been started at Tully by Frank Hale.
The Democratic Freeman was started in 1844, by J. N. T. Tucker, continued a short time with Jas. Kinney as publisher, and J. N. T. Tucker as editor, when it was changed to
The Syracuse Star. In 1846 it was published by Kinney, Marsh & Barnes; in 1847 -- 48 by Kinney & Marsh; in 1849 -- 50 -- 51 by Kinney & Masters. It soon after passed into the hands of George F. Comstock, publisher, and Winslow M. Watson, editor. In 1852, S. Corning Judd became editor and proprietor. In Oct., 1853, it passed into the hands of Edward Hoagland, who changed it to
The Syracuse Republican, and continued about a year.
The Syracuse Daily Star was established in 1846, and issued with the Weekly Star until 1853, when it was changed to
The Syracuse Daily Republican, and discontinued in about one year.
The Bugle Blast, a campaign paper, was published about three months in 1844, by S. F. Smith.
Young Hickory, another campaign paper, was issued about the same time by Smith & Farmer.
The Religious Recorder (Pres.) was started in May, 1844, by Terry & Platt. In 1847, it passed into the hands of Avery & Hu- lin, who continued it until 1853.
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The Liberty Intelligencer was started in 1845 by Silas Hawley, and was continued about one year.
The Young Ladies' Miscellany was started Nov. 7, 1845, by a committee of young ladies belonging to the Syracuse Female Sem- inary, and was continued twelve weeks.
The Teachers' Advocate was commenced in 1846, by L. W. Hall, publisher, and Edward Cooper, editor. In 1847, it passed into the hands of Barnes, Smith & Cooper, and was continued about one year, when it was sold to Joseph Mckean and removed to New York.
Z1e Onondaga Democrat was started in the spring of 1846, by Clark & West, Wm. L. Crandall, editor. In 1847 it was sold to John Abbott, who changed it to
The Syracuse Democrat. At the elose of one year, it was sold to Wm. W. Green, and in 1847 to Agan & Summers, and merged in the Onondaga Standard.
The District School Journal, organ of the State School Depart- ment, was removed from Albany to Syracuse in 1847, and pub- lished two years by L. W. Hall, and one year by Barnes, Smith & Cooper, when it was returned to Albany.
The Syracuse Reveille, (daily,) was started in 1848, by Wm. L. Palmer and W. Summers, and was continued till Jan. 1, 1850, when it was sold to the Standard.
The Free Soil Campaigner, a campaign paper, was published three months in 1848, by Agan & Summers.
The Clay Banner, a campaign paper, was published about the same time from the Journal office.
The Impartial Citizen, (semi-mo.,)was started in 1848 by Samuel R. Ward, and was continued about one year.
The Crystal Fountain was started in 1848, by A. B. F. Ormsby, and continued three months.
The Adventist was published three months in 1849 by L. Delos Mansfield.
The Literary Union was commenced April 7, 1849, by W.W. Newman, J. M. Winchell and James Johannot, and was continu ed about a year and a half.
The Free School Clarion was published a few months in the fall of 1849, by William L. Crandal.
The Liberty Party Paper was started July 4, 1849, by John Thomas, and was continued two years.
The Central City (daily,) was published a short time, in 1849, by Henry Barnes.
The Syracusean (monthly,) was established in 1850, Wm. H. Moseley. In 1851 it was changed to
The Syrcusean and United States Review, and in 1856 to The Sy- racusean and Onondaga County Review.
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The Syracuse Independent was published about three months in 1850.
The Evening Transcript (daily,) was started in 1850 by Wash- ington Van Zandt.
The Archimedean was commenced in 1850; B. F. Sleeper, pub- lisher, and John Abbott, editor. It was discontinued in 1851. 1 The Central New Yorker was commenced in 1850 by L. P. Rising, and was continued but a short time.
The Family Companion (monthly,) was published a short time in 1850.
'The Temperance Protector (semi-monthly,) was commenced in 1850, by Wm. H. Burleigh, and was continued about two years.
The Carson League was started in 1851, Thomas L. Carson, pub- lisher, and John Thomas, editor. It was continued about two years when it was removed to Albany.
The American Medical and Surgical Journal, (monthly,) was started Jan. 1, 1851, by Potter & Russell, and was continued till 1856.
The Journal of Health was published about six months in 1851, by S. H. Potter.
The Onondaga Democrat (German,) was started in September, 1852, by George Saul. In October, 1856, it was changed to
The Syracuse Democrat, and subsequently to
THE SYRACUSE UNION. It is now published by John L. Roehm.
The Deutsche Republican (German,) was issued a short time in 1852.
The Free Democrat was started in 1852, by J. E. Masters, pub- lisher, and R. R. Raymond, editor. In Feb. 1853, it was changed to
The Syracuse Chronicle. The paper was owned by a joint stock company, and edited by R. R. Raymond about one year, when George Barnes became proprietor. In June, 1855, Samuel H. Clark bought the concern, and S. W. Arnold assumed the editor- ship of the paper. In February, 1856, the office was burned, and the paper was merged in the Journal.
The Evening Chronicle, (daily,) was issued from the Chronicle office during the continuation of the weekly paper.
The Seraph's Advocate (monthly,) was started in the fall of 1852, by Miss Keziah E. Prescott, and was continued one year.
La Ruche, a French paper, was started in 1852, by A. L. Wal- liot. A few numbers only were issued.
THE AMERICAN WESLEYAN was removed from New York to Syracuse, Jan. 1, 1848, by L. C. Matlack. In October 1858, Cyrus Prindle became editor. Adam Crooks is its present editor.
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THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR (semi mo.,) is issued from the Wesleyan office, and is under the same management.
The Reformer was published a short time in . 1854 by A. Pryne. The Unionist, (monthly,) and The Union Herald, (monthly,) were issued from the Reformer office.
The Evangelical Pulpit was started in Jan. 1854, by Rev. Lu- ther Lee, and was continued about two years.
The Home Circle was published by L. W. Hall in 1855, about one year.
The American Organ (daily,) was commenced in 1855, by Way & Minier. It soon passed into the hands of H. P. Winsor and con- tinued about a year.
The Onondaga Hardshell was started October, 26, 1855, and was discontinued after the publication of the second number. Sup- posed to have been edited by J. J. Peck and John A. Green, Jr.
The Syracuse Daily News was started in 1856 by C. B. Gould, but was discontinued in a short time.
The Syracuse Zeitung, (German,) was started August 15, 1855, by Otto Reventlow, and was continued a short time.
The Syracuse Weekly Courier was started October 1, 1856, by F. L. Hagadorn. In November 1858, it passed into the hands of Hal- sted & Co., and was changed to
The Onondaga Courier, and is now published by D. J. Halsted, as
THE ONONDAGA COURIER AND UNION.
The Syracuse Daily Courier was started at the same time as the weekly. In 1858 it passed into the hands of Halsted & Co., and its name was changed to
The Central City Daily Courier. During the campaign of 1860, Mr. Halsted withdrew from it and established
The Syracuse Union. Upon the close of the campaign the two papers were united under the name of
THE SYRACUSE DAILY COURIER AND UNION, and is still published by Daniel J. Halsted.
THE SYRACUSE CENTRAL DEMOCRAT (German,) was started July 2d, 1858, by Joseph A. Hofman, and is still pub- lished.
THE STATE LEAGUE was started in August 1858, by Thos. L. Carson, and is still published by him.
THE SKANEATELES DEMOCRAT was commenced in 1840 by William M. Beauchamp. It was subsequently issued by W. H. Jewett, Philo Rust and Jonathan Keeney. About 1851 it passed into the hands of Harrison B. Dodge, its present editor and proprietor.
The Naval Bulletin was issued from the Democrat office a short time in 1853.
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The Minerva was issued a short time in 1844, by W. H. Beau- champ, and was finally merged in the Democrat.
The Juvenile Repository was published at Skaneateles in 1838 by Luther Pratt. In 1840 it was removed to New York, and soon after discontinued.
The Citizens' Press was published six months at Onondaga Hol- low, in 1832, by E. Russell Webb and James S. Castle.
The Fayetteville Times was published at Fayetteville in 1836, by Henry W. De Puy.
The South Cortland Luminary was removed to Fayetteville in 1839, by Hon. Wesley Bailey, and its name changed to
The Fayetteville Luminary. It was published about three years. Its name was afterwards changed to the Methodist Reformer and removed to Utica.
The Fayetteville Gazette was started by J. E. N. Backus, about 1859, and subsequently sold to T. E. Hitchcock, but it was short lived.
THE FAYETTEVILLE RECORDER was started in 1866, by F. A. Darling, by whom it is still published.
The Communist was started at Mottville, Nov. 27, 1844, by John A. Collins, as the organ of the Skaneateles Community. It was continued about a year.
The Baldwinsville Republican was started in 1844, by Samuel B. West. In Oct. 1846, it passed into the hands of C. M. Hosmer, and was changed to
THE ONONDAGA GAZETTE. In 1848 it was published by Sheppard & Hosmer. It is now published by J. M. Clark.
The Jordan Tribune was started in 1849 by P. J. Becker. In 1853 it was changed to
THE JORDAN TRANSCRIPT. It was subsequently pub- lished by Nathan Burrell, Jr., and by Charles B. Park. It is now published by H. P. Winsor.
The Pearly Fountain (monthly,) was published by Park & Cheal, John G. Cheal, editor, for a short time, at Jordan.
This County being the chief-seat of the Onondaga Nation of In- dians, the central of the Five Nations, its early history and that of the Indian Nations cannot be separated. Until the arrival of Eph- raim Webster in 1786, the first white settler after the Revolution, the history of the County would be nothing more than the few in- cidents occuring from an occasional visit of the French traders, to- gether with a missionary's call to the hunting grounds of the chil- dren of the forest.
At the time of the settlement of New York by the Dutch, in 1610, there were in their immediate vicinity numerous tribes of Indians, denominated, from their weakness and inferiority, "the Bushes," by their more powerful neighbors the Five Nations. As many as
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