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season a steam-boat plies from Whitehall to St.John’s through its whole length. A battle wasfought on this lake on the lltii of Sept. 1814,in which the American fleet under commodoreMacdonough gained a complete victory overihe British .

ClIANCEFORD, Upper, t. York co. Pa .

CHANCELLORYILLE, v. S}x>ttsylvaniaco Va. 75 in. N. from Richmond .

CHANDELEUR ISLANDS, in the gulf ofMexico , near the coast of W. Florida.

CHANDLER’S RIVER, r. Me. which runsinto Englishman’s bay.

CHAPALA, the largest lake of Mexico . Itlies just above lat. 20° N. about 120 m. W. ofthe city of Mexico , and is 90 m. long and 20broad, covering an area of 1225 sq. ms.

CHAPEL HILL, v. Orange co. N. C. on abranch of Cape Fear river, about 14 m. S. fromHillsborough, and 24 \V from Raleigh . Thesituation, in an elevated and broken country, ispleasant and healthy. It is the seat of theUniversity of N. C. This seminary was incor-}>oratcd in 1788, and liberally supported bypublic donations, and private benefaction. Therevenues are at present ample. It has 9 in-structors, and 69 students. The libraries haveshout 5,000 volumes. The studies of which aknowledge is required in order to gain admis-sion to this institution are Csrsar’s Comment-aries, Sallust , Virgil, Mair’s Introduction, andton chapters of St John’s Gospel . Tiie studiesduring the first two years, are the languagesand geography; during the third year, mathe-matics; and during the fourth, natural, intel-lectual, and moral philosophy. The annualexpenses for board, tuition, See. amount to about140 dollars. The commencement is held onIhe first Thursday in June, a tier which thereis a vacation of 6 weeks; there is another va-cation of 4 weeks in December.

CHAPLINTON, t. Barren co. Ken.

CHAPMAN, t. Lycoming co. Pa . Pop. 400.

CHAPTICO, t. St. Mary'-s co. Md. 12 m.NW. from Lconardtown, and 56 from W.

CHARATOX, east, and Charaton , west, 2rivers of Missouri , rising in the angle betweenLcs Moines river, and Grand river, and flow-ing S. fall into the Missouri 220 m. above St.Louis, and 120 below the mouth of Kansas r.

CHAR DON, t. and scat of justice, Geaugaco, Ohio , 12 in. from the mouth of Grand river,160 NE. from Columbus . Lat. 41° 35' N.;)on. from W. 4° 15' \V.

CHARETTE, t. Montgomery co. Miso. onthe N. side of the Missouri river , 40 m. aboveSt Chades.

CHARITON, ca Miso bounded S. by Mis-souri river and Howard co. W. by Ray co. E.by Ralls co. and N. by the state line. Thiscounty is drained by the two Charaton rivers.Chief town, Chariton. Lat. 39° 30' N.; Ion. from IV. 15° 30' W.

CHARITON, t. and cap. of a county latelyset off from Howard co. Missouri , is under ablufl on the river of the same name, at the

mill, a distillery, and 2 hotels. It is 25 m. \Vfrom Franklin. Pop. about 300.

CIIARLEMONT, t. Hampshire co. Mass.

CHARLEMONT, t. Franklin co. Mass. 14m. W. from Greenfield, 1J0 WXW. from Bos-ton . Pop. 1,065.

CHARLES, co. Md. bounded N. by PrinceGeorge co. E. by St. Mary’s co. SW. and W.by the Potomac . Pop. 17,666. Chief town,Port Tobacco.

CHARLES, r. Mass, which flows into Bos-ton harbor, near that town.

CHARLES, Cape , the N. point of an islandin the S. channel of Hudson’s Strait, leadinginto Hudson’s bay. Lon. 74° 15' W.; lat.62° 46' N.

CHARLES, Cape, Va. the N. cape at theentrance of Chesapeake bav. Lon. 75° 58' W.;lat. 37° 15' N.

CHARLES, St. a parish of the E. Districtof Louisiana, lying on both sides of the Mis-sissippi , bounded on the N. by the lakes Mau-repas and Ponchartrain; it is a swampy dis-trict, containing about 300 sq. ms. Pop. 5,107The court-house of the district is 45 m. W-from New Orleans .

CHaRLESBURG, t Montgomery co. Md.26 m. from W.

CHARLES CITY, co. Va. on the peninsulabetween James and Chickahominy rivers;length, 26 m.; mean width , 8; surface hilly,or rolling. Staples, grain, flour, and tobacco.Poj). 5,504.

CHARLESTON, t. Montgomery co. N. Y. on S. side of the Mohawk , 40 m. WNYV. fromAlbany , 412 from W. Pop. 2,148. It is oflarge extent, and contains 4 houses of publicworship.

CHARLESTON , t. Cecil co. Md. 10 m.W.from Elkton, 47 NNE. from Baltimore , and 63from W. Top. 300. It lias an academy anda meeting-house.

CHARLESTON , t. and cap. Clarke co. In.2 m. from the Ohio , 14 above the falls, 14 SW.from Madison, 613 from W.

CHARLESTON, v. Cheshire co. N. H. onConnecticut r. 51 m. W. from Concord.

CHARLESTON , t. and seat of justice, inClarke co. In. near the Ohio r. and the mouthof Eleven mile creek, 15 m. above Louisville .Lat. 38° 28' N.; Ion. from W. 8° 38' W.

CHARLESTON, t. on the SW. side of theisland of Nevis, in the West Indies . It is theseat of government, and defended by a fort.

CHARLESTON , isl. at the bottom of Hud-son’s bay. Lon 79° 5' W.; lat 52° 3' N.

CHARLESTON, city and s-p. S. C. in adistrict of the same name; 120 m. SSE. fromColumbia , 118 NE. from Savannah, 580 SSW.from Baltimore, 771 SSW. from New York ,544 from W. Lon. 79° 54' W.; lat. 32° 47' N.It is situated on a point of land, made by thejunction of the rivers Cooper and Ashley, whichby their union form a commodious harbor,opening to the ocean below Sullivan’s Island,seven miles below the city. The passage overthe bar at the mouth of the harbor, thoughdeep and safe, is diflicult to find. It is stronglv

conSucnce of the Little Chariton. It containssevc-al handsome brick houses, a saw and grist