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uted on the Mississippi , at tlie mouth of Salt*iver.
LOUISIANA, State of. See page 118.
LOUISIJURCr, t. and cap. Franklin co. N.C. on Tar river, 23 miles NE. from Raleigh , 55 jVVXW. from Tarborough, 256 from W. Itcontains 2 academics, one for males, and theother tor females.
LOUISTOWN, v. Talbot co. Md. 10 m. NE.from Easton .
LOUISVILLE, t. St. Lawrence co. N. Y. on the St. Lawrence 25 m E. from Ogden s-burg, 568 from W. Pop. 1,076.
LOUISVILLE , t. port of entry, and cap.Jefferson co. Ken. on the Ohio , at the head ofthe Rapids, 140 m. by the river below Cincin-nati , 52 \V. from Frankfort, 137 S. of E. fromVincennes, and 500 from W. The position ofthis city is 38° 18' N. and 5 ° 42' W. from W.It contained in 1800, 600 inhabitants; 1810,1,350; 1820, 4,012; 1830, 10,336, having morethan doubled its imputation within the last 10years. Louisville , in a commercial point ofview, is tar the most important town in thestate. The main street is nearly a mile inlength, and is as noble as compact, and lias asmuch the air of a maritime town, as anystreet in the western country. It is situatedon an extensive sloping plain, below the mouthof Reargrass, about a quarter of a mile abovethe principal declivity of the falls. The threeprincipal streets rim parallel with the river,and command fine views of the villages andthe beautiful country on the opposite shore.The public buildings are a court-house, jail,poor-house, and work-house, powder magazine,marine hospital, city school-house, 8 churchesfor the prevalent denominations of the country,Washington Hall, Columbian Inn, and otherrespectable hotels, City Hall, United States Branch Bank, house of Fire and Marine In-surance Company, Iron Foundcry, JeffersonCotton Factory, 5 steam-mills, Union Hall, andTheatre. The marine hospital is a conspicu-ous and showy building. The free publicschool-house is a noble edifice, taking intoview its object. It was commenced in 1823,as a kind of model school for a general systemof free schools; and was built at an expenseof 7,500 dollars. It is intended to accommo-date 700 or 800 pupils. The greatest fall inthe Ohio is just below this city. In highstages of water, the rocks and shallows areall covered, and boats pass without perceivingthem. But this stage of water does not occur,on an average, more than two months in theyear, rendering it necessary at all other times,that boats from the lower country should stophere. The falls equally arrested boats fromabove. Consequently freights intended for thecountry above were required, at a great ex-pense of time, delay, and factorage, to be un-loaded, transported by land round the falls, andreloaded in boats above. Large steam-boatsfrom New Orleans , though belonging to theupper country, were obliged to lie by throughthe summer at Portland. To remedy theseinconveniences, the Louisville and PortlandCanal round the falls lias been constructed. It
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overcomes the ascent of 22 feet by 5 locks, andis 40 feet deep. See page 133.
LOUISVILLE , t. and cap. Jefferson co.Geo. on the Ogcechee, 70 m. from its mouth,150 E. from Milledgcville, 110 NW. from Sa-vannah, 644 from W. It contains a court-house, a jail, and a meeting-house. This townwas formerly the seat of the state governmeat.
LOUTRE , isl. and v. Montgomery co. Miso68 m. W. from SL. Louis. Lat. 38° 42' N.Loutre Island is in the Mississippi river, opposite Gasconade co. and below the mouth ofGasconade river.
LOVEL, t. Oxford co. Maine , 20 m. WSWfrom Paris. Pop. 698.
LOVETON, t. Baltimore co. Md. 55 m.from W.
LOVINGTON, t. Nelson co. Va. 170 m.from W.
LOWELL, t. Middlesex co. Mass, on theMerrimack, 25 m. NW. from Boston - Thisplace has grown up within a few years bymeans of its manufactures, and is now themost important manufacturing town in theUnited States , except Pittsburg. It has thewaters of the Merrimack at command, with afall of above 30 feel. The largest manufactur-ing establishments in the country arc at thisplace; they belong to 8 or 10 different compa-nies. A small cotton manufactory was firstestablished here in 1813, and others wereadded a short time afterwards; at present theplace continues to increase and bids fair toequal any of the interior towns in the U. States.The manufactures of Lowell arc chiefly cot-ton, of which more than 14,000,000 yards aremade annually. Here are also made carpet-ing, cassimercs, satinets, &c‘. It contains anumber of churches and public buildings, andlias had the most rapid growth of any town inthe state. In 1830 it contained 6,478 inhabit-ants}
LOWER ADDISON, v. Steuben co. N. Y.about 20 m. S. from Bath.
LOWER BARTLETT, v. Coos co. N. H. 76 m. N, from Concord .
LOWER BLUE LICK, v. Nicholas co.Ken. 69 in. NE. by E. from Frankfort.
LOWER GILMANTON, v. Strafford co.N. H. 24 m. NNE. from Concord .
LOWER GUIVRE, t. St. Charles co. Miso.
LOWER MARLBOROUGH, v. Calvert co.Md. on the E. side of Patuxent river , 30 mSSW. of Annapolis , and 24 NW. of St. Leon-ards.
LOWER SANDUSKY, v. Sandusky co.Ohio, on Sandusky river, 102 in. N. from Co-lumbus . Pop. 351.
LOWER SMITHFIELD, v. Northamptonco. Pa. about 15 m. NNE. from Easton .
LOWRY’S MILLS, v. Chesterfield district,S. C. 123 m. NE. from Columbia.
LOWTHERSVILLE, v. of Lewis co. Va. 365 m. NW. from Richmond .
LOWVILLE, v. of Lewis co. N. Y. on asmall creek, near the W side of Black river,57 m. N. from Utica .