300 JAC-
JACKSON TOWN, v. Jackson co. AI.
JACKSONVILLE, or Telfairton, t. and cap.Telfair co. Coo. 753 in. from W.
JACKSONVILLE, v. Fairfield co. Ohio ,18 m. NW. from Lancaster.
JACOBSBURG, v. Belmont co. Ohio . Pop.
100 .
JACQUES CARTIER , r. L.C. which risesin some small lakes, in Ion. 71° 20' W.; lat.48° N. and falls into the St. Lawrence in theseigniory of the same name.
JACQUES CARTIER , seigniory, Hamp-shire co . L. C. extending from the N. bank ofSt. Lawrence river , between the seigniory ofD’Auteuil, and the Ilarony of Portneuf, cross-ing the rivers Jacques Cartier , Savonnis, andSt. Anne.
JAFFREY, t. Cheshire co. New Hamp-shire , 36 m. S\V. from Concord. Pop. 1,354.Here are found red and yellow ochre, alum,vitriol, and black lead. A company is incor-porated for the manufacture of* earthenware.Grand Monadnoek mountain is in this town.
JAMAICA , one of the West-India islands.It is the third in point of size, but the first inpoint of commercial importance. It is 150 m.long, and 00 broad, but narrower towards theextremities, resembling an ellipsis. The Blue.Mountains pervade this island from one ex-tremity to the other. The plains abound inexcellent pasturage for cattle, and flourishingsugar plantations. The mountains near Span-ish Town are resorted to, on account of theirmineral waters. Lead is the only metal foundhero. The summit of the highest mountainis 7,800 feet above the level of the sea. Sugaris the great staple of this island, and althoughmuch more abundant in some seasons than inothers, is more uniform than in the other islands.But the colonists of late have directed theirattention much to the cultivation of cotton.I'i ix-nto and ginger are among the products.'Flu• finest mahogany al*ounds. The soap treeis rommon. The bread fruit tree has beentransplanted here, and all the tropical fruitsami productions come to maturity, such asoranges, lemons, shaddocks, citrons, pome-granates, pine-apples, prickly pears, and manyothers, 'flic plantain, which Jamaica , in com-mon with the other West-India islands, pro-duces in abundance, is one of the most agreea-able and nutritious vegetables in the world.Jamaica contains three counties, Middlesex,Surrey, and Cornwall . The government isco:u(>o:<ed of the legislative assembly, and agovernor and council apjxunted by the king.The chief towns arc Kingston and St. Jago dela Vega, or Spanish town. The latter is theseat of government. Port Royal, once thelargest town in the island, was destroyed by atremendous earthquake. The population ofthe whole island is about 400,000 souls, ofwhom only 40,000 are whites.
JAMAICA , t. Windham co. Vt. 35 in. sw.from Windsor. Fop. 1,523.
JAMAICA, v. Queens eo. Long Island,N. Y. 13 m. E. from New-York . Pop. of the t. 2,376.
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The village contains an academy, and 3 or 4places of public worship.
JAMAICA PLAINS , in the W. part ofRoxbury, Mass.; 5 m. SW. from Boston . Theyencompass a pond containing 160 acres, andare remarkable for their delightful scenery andelegant country-scats.
JAMES BAY, the southern extension ofHudson’s bay. It abounds with islands of va-rious extent, and reaches as far south as lat.52° N. receiving a number of rivers, the prin-cipal of which are Albany, Moose , Hurricane,and East Maine.
JAMES, island on the coast of S. C. be-tween Stono river, and Charleston harbor .
JAMES CITY, co. Va. between York andJames river, and bounded by Warwick SE.James river and Chickihominy river SW. NewKent NW. and York river and York co. NE.Length 23 in. mean width about 8. Chieftown, Williamsburg . Pop. in 1820, 3,161 ; in1830, 3,838.
JAMES CITY , v. Madison co Va.
JAMES ISLAND, small island in the riverAshley, 3 in. S. from Charleston . Lon. 80°W.; lat. 32 s 44' N.
JAMES ISLAND, small island near thecoast of .Maryland, in the Chesapeake . Lon.76° 25' W.; lat. 38 3 40' N.
JAM ES RIVER, r. Va. formed by the unionof Jackson and Cowpasture rivers. At thepoint where it begins to break through theBlue Ridge , it is joined by North river. Theflourishing towns of Lynchburg and Rich-mond stand on its banks. It joins the Atlan-tic in Hampton Road, at the mouth of Chesa-peake Bay . Its general course is S. of E. A40 gun ship may go up to Jamestown , and bylightening herselt’ to Harrison’s bar, wherethere are 15 feet of water. It is navigi.blcfor sloops as far up as Richmond , and for ba-teaux 220 m. above Richmond , opening a val-uable navigation into an extensive and pro-ductive country.
JAMES RIVER, Arkansas, rises in thehighlands a fow miles S. of the Gasconade,and running SW. 200 m. during which courseit receives Findley’s river and other streams,enters White river 1,000 m. from its mouth.The soil on its banks is among the most fer-tile of any in the valley of the Mississippi .Lead mines occur on its banks 20 m. abovethe junction of Findley’s river.
JAMESTOWN, t. Newport co. R. I. onCanonicut Island, 2 m. W. from Newport .Pop. 414.
JAMESTOWN, t James City co. Va. onan island in James river, 32 m. above itsmouth, 8 m. SW. from Williamsburg , 65 ESEfrom Richmond . This town was establishedin 1608, and was the first settled town by theEnglish in the U. States. The town is nowin ruins, and almost desolate; two or threeold houses, the ruins of an old steeple, a church-yard, and faint marks of rude fortifications, arethe only memorials of its former im{>ortance.