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CITIES AND TOWNS. 



CoLTTMBUs is the seat of the state government. It is situat- 

 ed on a high bank, on the east side of the Scioto, about ninety 

 miles from its mouth. Including its immediate vicinity, it con- 

 tains about seven thousand inhabitants, who are among the 

 most intelligent, active and enterprising people in the state. 

 Its buildings are, many of them large, commodious and hand- 

 some. The state house is not such an one, as Ohio ought to 

 have, at this day, nor are the other public buildings, for the 

 public offices, what they should be. 



The penitentiary is a large, handsome building, of stone, 

 built mostly by the convicts, who are confined in it. 



The United Slates have a good court house for their courts, 

 and the county of Franklin holds its courts in it, also, having 

 assisted in building it. 



The state has erected a large building, for the Asylum for 

 the Deaf and Dumb, in sight of the town. This is a very use- 

 ful institution, for those, who are Deaf and Dumb. The legis- 

 lature patronizes it. 



A hospital for the insane is now being built near Columbus, 

 by the state. 



The German Lutherans have a collegiate institution here, 

 which needs patronage, and deserves it. It is under the charge 

 of the reverend Wm. Smith, D D. 



Columbus was surveyed off", into lots, streets &c. early in the 



