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lanophy, Rhetoric and History. The studiesof the philosophical class consist of Logic ,Moral Philosophy, Philosophy of Rhetoric,Metaphysics, together with a renew of thestudies of the preceding classes. For tuitioneach student pays 20 dollars a year; and forboard from $1.50 to 2.00 a week. The com-mencement is held on the fourth Wednesdaym September. There are 2 vacations of 3 or4 weeks each, one in the spring, and the otherin the autumn. The western country hasbeen supplied with more than 100 clergymen,who have received their education, in wholeor in part, at this college. There is a theologi-cal school connected with the college, underthe direction of the vice-president
CANNONSBURG, township, Washington co. Pa .
CANNONSVILLE, v. Delaware co. N. Y. 141 m. SW. from Albany .
CANNOUCHE, r. Geo. rises about 30 m.S. from Louisville , and joins the Ogeechee,about 20 m. above its mouth.
CANOE, r. Mass, which unites with the r.Taunton, at Taunton .
CANOE CAMP, t. Tioga co. Pa. 240 m.from W.
CANOE RIVER, r. N. A. which runs intothe Mississippi, Ion. 92° 3' W.; lat. 42° 55' N.
CANOGA CREEK, r. N. Y. which joinsthe Seneca, in Fayette.
CANONICUT, isl. belonging to Newport co. R. I. It contains the town of Jamestown—is 7 miles long, and 1 broad; 3 m. W. fromRhode Island . On S. end, called Beaver’sTail, there is a light-house. It is a beautifulisland, and has a fertile soil, producing goodcrops of grass and grain.
CANSO, seaport of Nova Scotia , on a straitwhich separates Nova Scotia from Cape Bre-ton . Near this town is a fine fishery for cod,ion. 55° W.; lat. 45° 20' N.
CANTERBURY, t. Merrimack co. N. H. on E. side of the Merrimack, opposite Bosca-wen ; 9 m. N. from Concord , and 513 fromW. Pop. 1,663. Here is a village of Shakers,containing 2 or 300 souls.
CANTERBURY, t. Windham co. Ct onW. side of the Quinebaugh; 10 m. E. fromWindham; 14 N. from Norwich, and 371from W. Pop. 1,8S1. It is a pleasant town,and contains 3 Congregational meeting-houses,and 1 for Baptists, and an academy.
CANTERBURY, t Kent co. Del. 126 m.from W.
CANTERBURY, v. Orange co. N. Y. onthe right bank of the Hudson r.
CANTON, t. Norfolk co. Mass. 14 m. SW.from Boston , and 448 from W. Pop. 1,517.
CANTON , or IVesf Simsbury, t Hartfordco. Ct. 15 m. WNW. from Hartford , and 351from W.
CANTON, t St Lawrence co. N. Y. 15 m.E. from Ogdensburg, 200 NW. from Albany ,and 570 from W. Pop. 2,440.
CANTON, t and cap. Stark co. Ohio , situ*atod in the forks of the Nimishillen creek ; 45
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m. NW. from Steubenville , 95 WNW. fromPittsburg, 130 NE. from Columbus , and 472from W. It is a flourishing town, and con-tains a hank, a printing-office, 2 houses ofpublic worship, 1 for Lutherans , and 1 forPresbyterians, and 70 dwelling-houses. Thefirst house was erected in 1805.
CANTON, land district of Ohio , includespart of Stark, and all of Wayne and Richlandcos. and is composed of 21 ranges of town-ships, comprehended between the Grenvilletreaty line on the S. and the ConnecticutWestern reserve on the N. excepting the seveneasternmost ranges which belong to the Steu-benville district The land-office for this dis-trict is at Worcester , in Wayne co.
CANTON , t. Wilcox co. Ala. on the leftbank of the Ala. r. about 40 m. by water be-low Cahaba.
CANTON, v. Belmont co. Ohio , on theOhio, opposite Wheeling, Va .
CANTON , (New,) t Hawkins co. Ten. 749m. from W.
CANTON , (New,) t Buckingham co. Va.on S. side of James r. about 60 m. SW. fromRichmond, and 166 from W.
CANTON , t. Oxford co. Me. 67 m. NNW.from Portland .
CANTON, township, Hartford co. Ct . Pop.1,437.
CANTWELL’S BRIDGE, or Apoquini-mink, v. New Castle co. Del. on Apoquiniininkcreek; 21 m. SSW. from Wilmington , 49SW. from Philadelphia . It contains about 30or 40 houses.
CANY CREEK, r. AJa. which flows intothe Ten. 20 m. below the Muscle Shoals .
CANY FORK, r. Ten. which runs intothe Cumberland, 50 m. E. from Nashville .
CAPATINA, creek, and t Belmont go.Ohio, 12 m. below Wheeling .
CAPE, t. Cumberland co. Me. Pop. in1820, 52.
CAPE ANN, on the coast of Mass. Lon.70° 37' W.; lat. 42 3 35' N.
CAPE BRETON , an island forming partof the British dominions in America , lyingbetween the N. end of Nova Scotia , and theSW. point of Newfoundland . It extends, in aN. by E. direction, from the lat. of 45° 30' to47° 6' N. and from the Ion. of 59° 45' to 61°35' W. forming a barrier between the Atlanticocean and the gulf, which it completely land-locks, and forms into a vast inland sea; thepassage between the NE. end and Newfound-land being about 65 m. wide, intercepted,however, by the island of St. Paul, and justwithin the gulf by the Magdalen group ofisles. Cape Breton is indented from N. to S.by spacious bays, dividing it into two islands,joined together by a very narrow isthmus.The coast on all sides is also much indentedby bays, making the figure of the land veryirregular. Its area, however, amounts to about40,000 sq. ms. The French first formed a set-tlement upon this island, in 1712, which sur-rendered to a British force from New England ,in 1745, and was confirmed, with all the other