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ATSION, a village in Burlington eo. N. J.j30 m. E. by S. from Philadelphia . It containsseveral iron foundcries. ,

ATTAKAPAS, t. Attakapas district, Louis* |iana; 1,412 m. from W. I

ATTAKAPAS, district, Louisiana , on the]Gulf of Mexico , \V. of the Atchafalaya. j

ATTICA, t. Genesee co. N. Y. : 20 m. S.jfrom Batavia, and 440 m. from Washington.;Pop. 2,485. I

ATTLEBOROUGH, t. Bristol co. Mass.;]15 m WNW. from Taunton , 23 in. SW from;Boston , and 428 m. from Washington. Lon.71° 21' W. Lat. 42° N. Pop. 3,215. It con-tains several cotton and woollen factories.

ATTLEBOROUGH, t. Bucks co. Pa. ; 4m. NW. from Bristol, and 163 m. from Wash-ington.

ATTLEBURY, t. Dutchess co. N. Y. 352m. from Washington.

ATWATER, t. Portage co. Ohio ; 140 m.NE. of Columbus .

AUBURN, t. Susquehannah co. Pa .

AUBURN, two towns, in Geauga and Rich-land counties, Ohio .

AUBURN, t. the chief town in Cayuga co.N. Y. 169 m. W. from Albany . Tt containsa theological seminary and the N. York StatePrison. Pop. 4,486.

AUGLAIZE, r. a brancli of the Maumee,Ohio ,

AUGUSTA , t. and cap. Kennebeck co.Maine , on W. bank of the Kennebeck; 2 m.N. from Hallowell, 56 m. NNE. from Port-land, 168 m. NE. from Boston , and 612 fromWashington. Pop. 3,980. It is a pleasanttown, and contains a court-house, a jail, afemale academy, a Congregational meeting-house, a printing-office, a bank, and has con-siderable trade. Here is an elegant bridgeacross the Kennebeck, consisting of twoarches, each ISO feet The river is navigableto this place for vessels of 100 tons.

AUGUSTA, t. Saratoga co. N. Y. , formedin 1817 from a part of Ilalfmoon.

AUGUSTA, t. Oneida co. N. Y. ; 12 m.SW. from Utica , and 409 m. from Washing-ton. Pop. 3,058.

AUGUSTA , t. Sussex co. N. J-; 224 m.from Washington.

AUGUSTA, t. Northumberland co. Pa. , onE. side of the Susquehannah.

AUGUSTA, t. and cap. Bracken co. Ken-tucky, on the Ohio ; 22 m. below Maysville;60 m. NE. from Lexington, and 510 m. fromWashington. It is a very pleasant town, andcontains a court-house, a jail, an academy,and a meeting house.

AUGUSTA , city, and cap. Richmond co.Georgia, on the Savannah ; 73 m. SW. fromColumbia, 87 m. ENE. from Milledgeville, 123m. NNW. from Savannah , 138 m. WNW.from Charleston , and 589 m. from Washing-ton. Lon. 80° 46' W. lat. 33° 19' N. Pop.,in 1810, 2,476, in 1818, about 4,000, and in]1830, 6,696. It contains a court-house, a jail,ia market-house, an academy, an insurance]office, several banks, one of which is a branch’of the United States bank, and four houses of I

public worship, 1 for Presbyterians, 1 forRoman Catholics , 1 for Episcopalians, and 1for Methodists. It is regularly laid out andhandsomely built, mostly of brick. Several ofthe public buildings, and many of the privatehouses, arc spacious and elegant. It is a verynourishing commercial town, and probablyhas as much trade as any other place of itssize in the United States . Immense quantitiesof cotton, considerable tobacco, and some' otherkinds of produce are brought to Augusta fromthe back country, and conveyed in bouts downthe river to Savannah .

AUGUSTA, a county of the W. District ofVirginia , near the centre of the state, subdi-vided into N. and S. Augusta. Pop. of N. A.9,142, of S. A. 10,783. Staunton is the seatof justice for both.

AUGUSTA, v. Perry co. Mississippi ; 72m. SE. from Monticello.

AUGUSTA , v. Montgomery co. Alab. 67m. E. from Cahawba .

AUGUSTA, t. Columbiana co. Ohio .

AUGUSTINE, St. t. St. John’s co. E.Florida, on the eastern coast. It was formerlythe capital of the whole territory of Florida .The town stands in a prairie near the sea,with a good harbor, which however has ashallow entrance. It is regularly built of astone formed by the concretion of sea-shells.One of the churches is an old edirice in theGothic style. The situation of the town islow, hut pleasant. In the neighborhood arenumerous groves of orange trees. Before itcame into the possession of the United States ,its population was about 5,000. Since thisperiod the yellow fever has made its appear-ance, and the population has diminished. St.Augustine is 310 in. SSW. of Charleston , inlat. 29° 45' N. Ion. 81° 40' W.

AURELIUS, t. Cayuga co. N. Y. 173 m.W. from Albany , on Owasco lake. Pop. 2,767.

AURELIUS, t. Washington co. Ohio ; 96m. SE. from Columbus .

AURIESVILLE, v. Montgomery co. N. C.123 m. SW. from Raleigh .

AURORA, t Erie co. N. Y. 175 m. W.from Albany . Pop. 2,421.

AURORA, t. Portage co. Ohio ; 140 m.NE. from Columbus .

AURORA, v. Dearborn co. In. 25 m. W.from Cincinnati .

AUSTERLITZ, t. Columbia co. N. J 34m. SE. from Albany . Pop. 2,245.

AUSTINBURY, t. Ashtabula co. Ohio ;192 m. NE. from Columbus ; has a numberof mills and woollen manufactories.

AUSTINTOWN, t. Trumbull co. Ohio ;160 m. NE. from Columbus . Pop. 1,259.

AUSTIN VILLE, v. Wythe co. Va. on theKanahwa.

AVARYSVILLE, t. Columbia co. Georgia 1609 m. from W.

AVERY, t. Huron co. Ohio ; 409 m. from W.

AVERYSBOROUGH, t. Cumberland coN. C., on Cape Fear river; 25 m. N. fromFayetteville, 35 S. from Raleigh , and 322 fromW.“ Lon. 78° 55' W. lat. 35° 18' N.

AVON, t. Somerset co. Me.; 35 m. NW,