480 OHI®. 



court house, three market houses, a jail, land office, three banks, a 

 steam saw mil, a glass house, and about 1200 dwelling houses. ' A 

 friends' meeting house, and a fine large presbyterian church have been 

 recently erected. Two breweries, and a large steam mill for making 

 flour, and giving power to machinery for otner manufactures, either 

 of cotton or wool, have been lately established in Cincinnati. A large 

 manufactory for woollen and cotton goods, belonging to an incorpor- 

 ated company, is now finishing. The stock or capital is divided 

 into a number of shares. There are many individual establish- 

 ments for spinning cotton. Domestic manufacturers, such as black- 

 smiths, joiners, silver-smiths, tin and copper-smiths, nailers, 8cc. 

 are numerous. The markets are plentifully supplied. Schools are 

 numerous and under tolerable regulations. An extensive Lancastrian 

 seminary, in which it is intended to teach all the branches of a libe- 

 ral education, has been recently established. It is calculated to ac- 

 commodate 600 students ; their present number is between 400 

 ai-cl 500. The streets, some of the walkways excepted, are un- 

 p.ived, and of course very muddy in wet weather. Cincinnati was 

 the seat of the territorial government, and the state government 

 continued there until 1806, when it was removed to Chilicothe. 

 E gular lines of barges run between this town and New Orleans. 

 F « l^ht from the latter place is usually from 4 to 6 cents per lb. 

 According to the census of 1810, Cincinnati contained a population 

 of 2,223 souls. It now ranks in point of population the second of 

 the v\ extern towns, being only exceeded by Pittsburg, in the number 

 of inhabitants, which were computed in 1815 to amount to 5500 or 

 6000. It has recently received a charter from the state legislature, 

 and is now an incorporated city, 



Marietta is finely situated at the mouth of Muskingum river. It 

 contains about 130 houses, a bank, court house, market house, acade- 

 my, two churches, and other buildings. Many small vessels are 

 built here. It contains about 1500 inhabitants. It does not wear the 

 flourishing appearance of the other towns, having suffered severely 

 by the annual inundations of the river. Chilicothe stands on the 

 banks of the Sciota, about 70 miles from its junction with the 

 Onio. It contains upwaids of 200 dwelling houses, and 1370 inha- 

 bitants. Galliopolis was originally settled by the French. Their titles 

 proving bad, they were obliged to abandon their establishment, and 

 it has since been occupied by Americans. It contains about 100 

 houses, and 500 inhabitants. A spot on the east bank of Sciota river, 

 opposite Fianklinton, and forty miles above Chilicothe, has been 

 fixed upon by the legislature for the future seat of the state govern- 

 ment. It is called Columbus Athens, Xenia, Columbia, Spring* 

 field, Urbana, Dayton, Hamilton, Cleaveland, Steubenville, Zanes- 

 ville, Franklinton, and New Lancaster, are all flourishing towns in 

 this state. 



Government. ...This territory was subject to a temporary govern- 

 ment till 1802, when there was a general convention of the inhabi- 

 tants, and they framed a constitution for themselves. In 1803 it was 

 acknowledged as an independent state, and sent two senators and 

 one representative to the congress of the United States. The con- 

 stitution differs in no essential part from most of those already re- 

 cited. The executive power is vested in a governor chosen by elec- 

 tors for two years, and the legislative in a general assembly, consist- 

 ing of two houses, elected by the body of the people. Judges 



