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trade, not only with the western part of thestate, but with the western states generally.Small boats convey the abundant producewhich is brought here, down the river to Rich-mond . The most important item in the pro-duce is from 10 to 12,000 hogsheads of tobac-co. It is almost embosomed in mountains,that have, however, fertile and populous val-leys between, and is one of the most flourish-ing and commercial towns in the state. Be-side tobacco, it produces wheat, flour, andhemp. Pop. 4,626, Lat. 37° 30' N,

LYNCHBURG , v. Oldham co Ken. 54 m.NW, by W. from Frankfort

LYNCHBURG , v. Lincoln co. Ten. 50 in.SSW. from Murfreesborough.

LYNCH’S CREEK, rises in N. C. a fewmiles W. of Sneadsborough, and flowing S.enters S. C. and assuming a SE. course, fallsinto the Great Pcdee, The entire length ofLynch’s creek exceeds 100 m

LYNCH’S RIVER, r. Va. which runs intolames river, Ion. 78° 21' W.; lat. 37° 42' N.

LYNCH LAKE, Williamsburg district,

’'lYNDEBOROUGII, t. Hillsborough co.S’. H. 10 in. NW. from Amherst. Pop. 1,147.

LYNDON, t. Caledonia co. Va. 33 m. NE.from MontjicUer. Pop. 1,822.

LYNESVILLE, v, Granville co. N. C. 60in. N. from Raleigh ,

LYNK1IORN BAY, bay on the coast ofVa. at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay , 2 or 3m. W. from Cape Henry. Lon. 76° 6' W.;lat. 36° 56' N.

LYNN, t. Essex co. Mass, famous for themanufacture of women’s shoes, 10 m. NE. ofBoston, and 5 SW. of Salem , in lat. 42° 28' N.In 1831, 1,675,781 pairs of shoes were manu-factured in this town, valued at $942,101—value of materials $414,000, neat profit of labor$528,191. Pop. 6,138,

LYNN CREEK, v. Giles co. Ten. about 70m. S. from Murfreesborough.

LYNNFIELD, t. Essex co. Mass. 10 mW. from Salem, and 11 N. from Boston . Pop.617.

L YN Nil A V EN BAY, on the coast of Va .at the S. end of Chesapeake Bay , 7 m. W. fromCape Henry. Here, in 1781, the Count deGrasse moored the principal part of his fleetat the blockade of Yorktown.

LYNN RIVER, in the co. of Norfolk , U. C.rises in the town of Windham, and runningfrom thence southerly through the townshipof Woodhouse, empties itself into Lake Erie ,where it has about 3 feet water on the bar. Itis a good harbor for bateaux.

LYNNSVILLE, v. in the western part ofLehigh co. Pa. 80 m. NE, by E. from Harris-burg .

LYONS, t. and seat of justice, Wayne co.N. Y. 16 m. N. from Geneva , 20 NE. fromCanandaigua, and by the canal 117 m. W.from Utica . lint. 43° 5' N. Lyons is ele-gantly situated on the grand western canal ofN. York , and rapidly improving. Pop. 3,603.

LYON’S CREEK, in the co. of Lincoln,l. C. discharges itself into Chippewa river, in2 Q

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the town of Willoughby, not far above themouth of that river.

LYSANDER, t. Onondaga co. N Y. at theconfluence of the Onondaga or Oswego andSeneca rivers, 20 m. NW. from Onondaga.Pop. 3,228.

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MACARAGUA, t. Cuba , 45 m. W. fromHavana.

MACARTNEY, Point t cape of a large isl.on the NW. coast of America . Lon. 226° 12'E.; lat. 57° 1J'N,

MACCARY BAY, S. coast of Jamaica .Lon. 77° 9' W.; lat. 17° 49' N.

MAC CALL’S BRIDGE, v. York. co. Pa .

MAC CAWN’S STORE, v. Hawkins co.Tennessee

MAC CONNELSBURG, t. Bedford co. Pa.26 m. from llagarstown. Here is a medicinalspring.

MAC CONNELSVILLE, t. and cap. Mor-gan co. Ohio , on the Muskingum, 25 m. SE.from Zanesville , 340 from W. Pop. 267.

MAC C’ULLEY’S STORE, v. Chester co.S. Carolina.

MAC CULLOCH’S MILLS, v. Albemarleco. Virginia .

MAC CULLOCHSVILLE, v. Union co. S.Carolina.

MAC CUTCHENSVILLE, v, Pickawayco. Ohio .

MACDANIELSV1LLE, v. Spartan district,S. Carolina.

MACDONOUGII, t. Chenango co. N YPop. 1,232.

MACEDON, SW. t. and v. Wayne co. N. YThe t. lies along botli sides of the WesternCanal, 12 m. W. from Lyons. Pop. 1,990.

MAC FAR LAND’S, v. Lunenburg co. Va.about 60 in. SW. from Richmond .

MAC GAHEY’S, v. Rockingham co. Va. 139 m. NW. from Richmond .

MAC GREWSBURG, v. Adams co. Pa. 32m. SE. from Harrisburg .

MACHIAS, t. port of entry and cap. Wash-ington co. Me. on Machius Bay, 221 m. NE.from Portland . Lat. 44° 40' N. Pop. 1,754.The principal settlement is at the falls of E.branch of Machius river. At the falls of theW. branch of the river, is another considera-ble village. A bridge is erected across Middleriver between the two villages, which, witli thecauseway, is 1,900 feet long. Machias con-tains a court-house and jail, 2 Congregationalchurches, and an academy. The academy,called Washington Academy, is in the E. vil-lage. The building, which is 50 feel by 38,and 2 stories high, was presented by the in-habitants of the village, together with a libraryand philosophical apparatus valued at $1,500.In addition, the academy is endowed with$14,000 productive funds. Machias is a thri-ving town, and carries on considerable trade,principally in lumber. Here are 26 saw-mills,which cut on an average upwards of 10,000,000feet of boards in a year.

MACHIAS, r. Me. formed nf 2 branches,the E. and W. which uuite in the town of Mu