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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 kr.r-ca