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LEWISVILLE, v. Chester district, S. <_\ 73m. N. from Columbia .
LEWISVILLE, v. Blount co. Ten. 170 in.E. lrom Murfreesborough.
LEXINGTON t. Middlesex co. Mass. 11 in.NW. from Boston . In this town, April 19th,1775, the first blood was shed in that revolu-tion which produced this flourishing republic.A monument has been erected on the green atLexington in commemoration of this event.Pop. 1,541
LEXINGTON, t. Greene co. N.Y. Pop. 2,24a
LEXINGTON, t. and capital of Rockbridge ,co. Va. about 150 m. W. of Richmond . Itstpnds about half a mile S. of the N. branchof James river. Washington college was en-dowed by the illustrious man whose name itbears, with 100 shares of the James’ river com-pany stock, which produce an annual incomeof $3,400. It has a library, and philosophicalapparatus. The faculty are, a president, twoprofessors, and a tutor. Commencement is inApril. Here is likewise an institution for theeducation of young ladies, having a large andhandsome edifice, and teachers in all thebranches of education commonly taught insuch schools.
"LEXINGTON, v. Rowan co. N. C. on abranch of the Yadkin, 13G m. W. from Ra-leigh .
LEXINGTON, district, S. C. bounded SE.,S. and SW. by Orangeburgh, W. by Edge-field, NW. by Newberry, and NE. by Fairfieldand Richland, or by Broad and Congarce rivers.Length 38 m. mean width 27. Chief town,Granby. Pop. 9,076.
LEXINGTON, t. and seat of justice, Ogle-thorpe co. Geo. on Ogeccliee river, 76 m. NW.from Augusta . It is the seat of an academy.
LEXINGTON, v. Richland co. Ohio , 62 in.NNE. from Columbus .
LEXINGTON, t. in the north-eastern cor-ner of Stark co. Ohio , in which is a village ofthe same name. Pop. 869.
LEXINGTON, t Jefferson co. In.
LEXINGTON, t and seat of justice, Fay-ette co. Kent, on Town-fork, a branch of Elk-horn river, 25 m. ESE. from Frankfort , andabout 85 m. S. from Cincinnati , and 534 fromW. Lat 38° 6'. Lexington is the commercialcapital of the state, and one of its most an-cient towns. It received its name from somehunters, who were encamped under the shadeof the original forest, where it is built, andwho, receiving the first intelligence of Lexing-ton battle in Massachusetts , named the townafter that, where commenced the great strug-gle of American independence. It was for along time the political metropolis of the state,and the most important town in the West.Transylvania University has fair claims to pre-cedence among western collegiate institutions.Its chief edifice was burnt two years since,but is now replaced by a handsome and morecommodious one. It has twelve professors andtutors, and in the academical, medical, and lawclasses, 376 students. The buildings for themedical department arc large and commodious;2 P
and its library contains 4,500 volumes ofstandard works in medicine. All the librariesconnected with the University number 14,100volumes. The law school has 25 pupils ; andthe medical class 211, from all the southernand western states. The reputation of its pro-fessors has given it a deservedly high stand-ing. The Rev. Mr. Peers is at the head of aschool gaining great reputation, as being theonly one known in tiie United States , the pu-pils of which are professedly guided in theirwhole discipline, with reference to the physical,organic, and moral laws of our being. Thej Female Academy, under the care of Res - . Mr'Woods, is in high repute, and has 100 pupils..There arc various other schools which concur| with these to vindicate the high literary esti-^nation of this city. The other public edifices, are as follow : a handsome and spacious courthouse, a large Masonic hall, and 11 churches,in which several denominations of Christianity l are represented. The State Lunatic Asylumis a spacious and very commodious building,
| containing, on an average, 90 deranged pa-tients, under the guidance and efficient care of* physicians, surgeons, and nurses. The U. S. Branch Bank has a large banking-house, inwhich business in the way of discount andnegotiation of bills, is annually transacted tothe amount of $1,700,000. The chief manu-factures are those of cotton-bagging, and vari-ous kinds of cordage, particularly bale rope.Of the former were manufactured in 1630,1,000,000 yards; and of the latter 2,000,000pounds. There are three factories for spin-ning and weaving wool, and five or six for cot-iton; and one large and several smaller ma-, chine-making factories. In the woollen factories. arc manufactured handsome carpets. Thetown buildings in general are handsome, andsome are magnificent. Few towns in the; West, or elsewhere, are more delightfully situ-ated. Its environs have a singular softness.and amenity of landscape, and the town wear*Urn air of neatness, opulence, and repose, indij eating leisure and studiousness, rather thanthe bustle of business and commerce. It issituated in the centre of a proverbially ricli; and beautiful country. The frequency of hand-some villas and ornamented rural mansions,imparts the impression of vicinity to an opu-lent metropolis. A beautiful branch of theElkhorn runs through the city, and supplies itwith water. The main street is a mile and aquarter in length, and 80 feet wide; wellpaved, and the principal roads leading from itto the country are M’Adamized to some dis-tance. In the centre of the town is the publicsquare, surrounded by handsome buildings. Inthis square is the market-house, which is am-ply supplied with all the products of the state.The inhabitants are cheerful, intelligent, con-versable, and noted for their hospitality tostrangers. The professional men are distin-guished for their attainments in their severalwalks, and many distinguished and eminentmen have had their origin here. The Univer-sity , with its professors and students, and thenumerous distingubbed atrungers that arc vis