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f A. ci v'.ti'i. manuia&ures ? Alrea
c. / a r,.iric of patriotifm and enter
prise hai mariifdled ft.telf generally,
and our citizens foreieeirc; the evils
v, hich nuift refulc from too great a
rrbbnee on articles of foreign manu
fn&ure, are (halting Ur thole fafliion
able fetters which held them in a
lure of lervile depcndance uponc
ther nations, and making every ex
t rtion to clothe themftlves in fabrics
of their own. Will you not tecond
‘heir efforts, and by rendering all
, ’ m '* aid in your power, give a fpur
V/dl : 'in' r kudable pursuits ? By the
, cr ic'plilßment of an object l’o de
fhb demand dor foreign im
portations of merchandize will be
lefiened, and the fphere of dome flic
tranquility greatly enlarged.
An objedt of no lefs importance
than that to which 1 have j uft called
your attention, is the facility of com
munication between different parts
of the ftates. Our navigable water
oourfes are much neglected and the
numerous obftru&ions to water car
riage oppofe dmoft infurmountable
barriers to a free inter; :ourfe ; as on
hand nothing tan more
tiifvhn ‘ cement t!)e jimngir.terrfts
I H J.— umr >'’ wiEh * population
Ft\ and widely extend
► ed, or give inert* pertnananrey to
local iiiftitutions, than a well regu
lated internal police 3 fo on the
other nothing can tend more to en
hance the intrinfic value bf landed
property than navigable water
cuurfes —hi thefe our country a
bounds in fuflkient number, to
anfwer all the purpofes of trade,
were adequate encouragement given
for deepening the channels in fome,
end removing in others the impe
diments to a free and open commu
nication with the ft a coaft—what
further provifions are neceftaryto
be made in this regard, is a fufji ft
well worthy your enquiry and de
liberation.
Another ohjeifl to which I would
particularly direct your attention, is
the cftablimni *nt of Penitentiary,
A fquare of fix teen acres of ground
in Miliedgevilie, was originally fur
veyed and let apart for this purpofe.
As yet, no provision has been made
for Inch an eftabliftuuent. 1 there
fore recommend it to your tedious
confideration to devife fuch meaf
nres as yen may think hr ft calculated
r r carrying into elledt fo laudable a
•Align. In making provifion for
filth nn eftablilhmenr, you will not
te>fe fight of the neceflityofa revi
sion of our penal code, fo as to a
tlopt it to the genious of our govern
ment and the prefent ftate of fo; ie
tv.
Having thus brought before you
the lubjedts which to me appeared
proper to be communicated, it on
ly remains for me to fupplicate the
bk. flings of that alrn : ghty being,
who controuls the affairs of nations,
h?leeching that he would be pleated
to crown with fticcefs every exer
- • Kiii for the public good, that every
,iealure of the government may be
narked with wildom, jufticc, and
’ moderation, and that our fellow
citizens may realize the falutary
advantages of whole feme laws faith
• fully adrninifterech
JARED IRWIN.
* State-Houfe, Millcdgsville , 7
Monday, 6tb Nov. 1809. S
Nashville, (Ten.) ON. 20.
To record the untimely end of a
brave and prudent officer, a learned
fcbolarand fcienbfic gentleman this
column of the Clarion is ufnered to
the world in black. On the night
i t the iothinft. Meriwether I.ewis,
, rravern?r general of IJoper
T.*aefian.i, on his way to \\ afiiirg
ton City, came to the houfe of Mr.
Grinder near the Indian line in th s
(bate—called for his fupper and
fome fpirits of which he partook
and gave fome to his fervan r s,~—
Mr. Grinder not being r.t home,
Mrs. Grinder retired to the kitchen
with her children, and the 11-riants
(after the governor went to bed,
which he did in good order) went
to a liable about three hundred
yards diftant to fteep—no one in the
houfe with the governor—and feme
time before midnight Mrs. Grinder
was alarmed by the firing of two
piftols in the houfe—fhe called to
the fervants without effect—and at
the appearance of day light the fer
vants came to the houfe when the
governor faid he had now done for
himfelf-—they afked what, arid he
faid he had fhot himfelf and would
die, and requested them to bring
him water, fie then laving on :
floor where he expired about 7 o’-
clock in the morning of the 1 uh—-
he had fhot a ball chat grazed the
top of his head and another thro’
his inteftines, and cue his neck,
arm and ham with a razor. When
in his heft lentes he fpoke about a
trunk of papers that he faid would
be of great value to our govern
ment. He had been under the in
fluence ot a deranging malady for
about fix weeks—the caufeof which
E unknown, on left it was from a
protefl to a draft which he drew on
the feemary at war, which he con
fiJered tantamount to a difgrace by
government.
In the death of governor Lewis
the public behold the wreck of one
of the nobleft of men—he was a
pupil of the immortal JtfFerfon —
by him he was reared—by him he
was inftruffed in the tour of the
fdcnces—by him he was introduced
to public lif', when his enterprifing
foul, great botanical knowledge, a
cute penetration, and perfonal cou
rage foon pointed out as the m< ft
proper perfon to command a pro
jeCicd exploring party to the north
weft coaft of the American conti
nent —he accepted the arduous com
mand on the condition that he
might take Mr. Clark with him—-
they flatted ; the beft wiflies of the
American people attended them.—
After an abtence of two years, to us
of anxious folicitude, we were
cheered w'ith the joyful return of
our countrymen. A ne v world
had been explored—-additional
knowledge in all the ftiences ob
tained, at a trifling expence or blood
and treafure. The vt ice of fame
echoed the glad tidings through
the civilized world—the name of
I.ewis was the theme of universal
praite. The national legiflature
voted a complimentary donation to
the brave little band.
Scarcely had the governor time
to pay his refpecfcs to a widowed
mother, before he was again called
into public fervire. The territory
of Upper Louifiana had beta torn
to pieces by party feuds, no perfon
could be more proper to calm them
—he appeared and all was quiet.
The limits afiigned this notice do
not admit of a particular detail of
his executive a£te—fufEce it to fay
that the parties created by local
circumftances and Wiikmfon were
loon united —the Indians were trea
ted with and large purchases of va
luable land made of them—the
laws were amended, and judicious
ones adopted—-to the fecuting the
citizens of the territory from a re
newable of the feents of iSc6.
During the few leifure moments
he had from his official duties, he
was employed in writing the parti
rdars cf his celebwted toiir up u\t
MbTouji—to complete which ap
pears to have been the wifn neared
his heart —and it gives us much
pieafure, if v/e can tee! pleafure in
the pretent melancholy inftance, to
ftate that we have it from ‘a fource
which can be depended upon, that
he Had accompiiftied the work in
three very large volumes, with an
imr.ienfe number cf paintings-—and
all was ready for the prefs. We
heepe thefe volumes may be the
means cf tranknitting to pofterity
the worth of a man whofelaftadl
caft a gloom over the fair pag-s of
his early life.
ei Tbs boafi of heraldry , the pomp of
pov/r,
Jnd all that beauty , all that wealth
e'er gave,
Awcdt alike th’ inevitable hour
The paths of glory lead but to the
grave.”
ATHENS , NOV. 18.
Tor the Foreign Correfdmehni.
Efueflions— Mathematical, Metafhy -
ft cal and Rational.
Mathematical. If a Sphere of
Gold 6 feet in diameter be drawn
into round wire of one thoufandth
part of an inch in diameter, how
many times might chat wire encir
cle the Globe ?
1. Mstaphyfical. If there be a
law which cannot be perfectly un
derftood, how many fhip loads of
clean white paper rnav be fcribbled
over for and agatr.ft the meaning of
that law, before all the difpucants
will exahlly agree in their opinions ?
3. Rational. Of what ufe are the
above Queftions —and of what ufe
is this Queftion ?
MILLEDGEVLLE, Nov. 1809.
Friday lajl was appointed by both
branches of the General AJfembly, for
the inauguration of the Governor cleft.
At 12 o'clock a joint committee, the
late Governor and public officers,
waited on him at Mr. GhnfieaAs ho
tel, for the purpofe of conducting him
to the State Houfe, On their Ravin7
Mr. Olmjlcad's they were fah.itedby
the Guards (under the command of
Caps. Rowe,) and on faffing the Ar
tillery (commanded by Lieut. Eat ly.)
they were again fainted. Immedi
ately on entering the Representative
Chamber, the memblers rofe to receive
them The Governor deft, and the
late Governor, tt ere feated between
the Prejident of the Senate and speak
er of the Houfe of R eprefentafives, the
State Officers on either fide, Judge
Tail, Judge Early and the Hon. PV.
iJ. Crawford in front v
Previous ter taking the oath, the
Governor deft addreffied the General
Affembly in a perfpicuous, Tnpnffive
Mnd truly affefttng manner. IP hen
he came to defcant on the awful ref
pmfibility cf the flatten he was about
to affume, particularly the difertdena
ry powers, which involved the lives,
liberties and property of his fellow
citizens, the countenances cf the au
ditors expreffied the feelings of their
hearts—We fiat ter ourfelves we fie all
have it in cur power to infer t it entire
in a future Argus. After taking the
oath prefer,bed by the.conftituiion, the
Governor retired to the Executive
Chamber, and afaluteof 17 rounds
was fired by the Guards and Artilleyy .
On the Governor''s returning tolls
lodgings the Guards and Artillery
fired another jaiute—the day was
clofed with the ifual ceremonies.
The Legiflature have lira engaged
the week pafi, in ihe-rcccjfary intro
duftory bufivufs cf the ffT .7, Sever
al bills have been reported, h±ah(y
have not yet reached a flags tbv. the
firfe of euh-r houfe can beta? a l ’
their merits. The ole ft lon for fifi*
officers, it is pr cfunied, will covtie on
this day or to-morrow.
Arc i/s.
William Cubbetf, alas Ipsrcr
Porcupine, has commenced a aeries
cf letters on the politics of E ikain,
addrefited to the King. He con
tends, that France and the countries
allied to her, have an imnirn.ee
coafting trade, which is a filiutf-*’
fcurce of private wealth and public
revenue— a prolific parent of tea
men—and the bails of a navy j—.
That by the prefcht fy ftt m- o i v, ar
fare flue enjoys this tr.rde with impu
nity and her vtff Is ft-.;tint their
colours often in light, but out of
the reach of Britifh Cruize; s;—
That while this trade remains,
France can never be compelled to
mike peace 3 b.c mull pregrels to
a final triumph o /er fib gT and 3 and
fi .aiiy, that he knows, and wi;|
- • *
lhew how this vitr.l commerce of
the French may be dGtroyrd. H■ s
remedy is pro mi fed r.o be given ia
his concluding laser.-.
Boflsn paper.
From Porcupine's fscond letter to
.Kina Georgs.
o o
It is not to be doubled, that Na -
poiton will u!e the rigiusuta con
queror, and b flow the ters itm ies ef
the Emperor Francis, or the greater
part of them, on thofe who he can
confide in. As to the people, it is
evident their wlfhss will never be
coniulredj nor dots it appear robe
ac all lieceiEry. They ft em
to have been very calm and indif
ferent ipeGators of the pafSng e
vents j and lb they muft have beer,
feeing chat 200,000 Fivnchmen
were permitted co cake puff ifioa ci
their capital, and to over* rurs their
country 3 a 1- jT>n, one would think,
well caft uiartd to be ufeftjr to all ether
governments, if g werunents wete
capable of receiving leftbns. Eigh -
teen millions of people fn#*:red two
hundred thoufand to take pHEm >n
of their country, and ihot two isun
dred thouiand being ievrn or eight
hundred miles from home ! What
a lrffon! But are v.e to think,
when we are told that thefe eighteen
millions of people were full o? £: loy
alty P full of erthufirfm-fi in ihc*
caufeof their country ? Ibe fee ch
your majeft y to mark this well 3 and
to bear itinrn'nd, when you hear
or read the language of courtiers, or
venal writers . or when, from the
lungs or pens of 'Contra ft ors or job
bers, you hear thole lungs, healths,
and fent? meats, which the unprin
cipled reiaiieis of news and politics
have the impudence to c irculate as
the ftufion of loyafiy. Hnw ofter,
alas 1 were we told of the loyal fongs.
aid tunes at the theatres at Berlin
and Viennai How often vere we
told of thefe proofs of cnnufiaftic
loyaky. How many thoylands of
paragraphs have for our inter*nation,,
been trar-fhted form rhe’ German
papers, in which the writers.of that
country appear aI mo Alt’ me it away
in reading the marks, oft he people,,
attached to their “ bboyed fove
rcign.” We have fe<n, and the
love reigns of Germany has felt,
what reliance is to be placed upon
lush pro ft Tons aud prqteftationsj.
upon this muerable cant bf loyalty .
vdiile the fovereAn of Strain has
O t i
fen even thefe of tins nobles neareit
to his perfon, had the wa over to.
ii s enemy, and it ;d cheb haF.d to
the iiMpriionment of him, who they
had formerly add re (ted 01 \ the if
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