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MENDOX, t. Monroe co. N. Y. , NW. fromCanandaigua. Pop. 3,075.
MEXOMINIE, r. Michigan Ter. runs intoGreen Pay, 60 rn. NR. from Fort Howard. Itadmits vessels drawing- 6 or 7 feet water, andcanoes ascend 60 leagues.
MENTOR, t. Geauga co. Ohio, on LakeEric , on W. side of Painesvillc. Pop. 703.
MENTOS, t. La. on the Arkansas , 150 m.
SW. from New-Madrid . Lon. 92° 40' \V.;lat. 35 3 27' N.
MENTZ, t. Cayuga co. N. Y. on the Eriecanal , 12 m. NW. from Auburn. Pop. 4,144.
In this town is the village of .Montezuma.
MEUCEIi, t. Somerset co. Me. 11 in. W.from Norridgewiek. Pop. 1,210.
MERCER, co. Pa. bounded N. by Crawfordco. E. by Venango co. S. by Reaver co. and W.by Ohio . Pop. 19,731. Chief town, Mercer.
MERCER, bor. and seat of justice, .Mercerco. Pa. on the \V. side of Xeshanoc creek, 57m. a little W. of N. from Pittsburg , 267 fromW. Pop. 656.
MERCER, co. Ken. bounded by LincolnSE. Casey S. Washington W. Franklin N.
Kentucky river, or Woodford and JessamineNE. and Garrard or Dick’s river E. Length26 m. mean width 11. Pop. in 1820, 15,587;in 1830, 17,706. Chief town, Harrodsburg.
MERCER, co. Ohio , bounded W. by In.
N. by Vauwert, E. by Allen and Shelby, andS. by Dark. Length 25 m. breadth 24. Pop.
1 , 110 .
MEREDITH, t. Strafford co. N. IT. on W. Lake Superior. It interlocks with the Stside of Lake Winnipiseogec, 29 in. N. from Croix, a water of the Mississippi .
Concord, 63 NW. from Portsmouth. Pop. 2,683.1 MESOPOTAMIA, t. Trumbull co. Ohio , 16
and empties into the Atlantic Ocean belowNewiniry|>ort. It is navigable to Haverhill'Flic Middlesex canal connects this river withPoston harbor, and, by means of various bn.provements around the rapids and falls of theriver, the navigation is now extended as highup as Concord .
MERRIMACK, r. of Miso . rises n Frank-lin co. flows NE. through Franklin, and sepa-rating Jefferson from St. Louis , falls into theMississippi , 5 m. below the town of St. Louis
MERRIMACK, co. N. II. formed from thetowns adjacent to, and including the statecapital, Concord . Pop. 34,619.
MERRIMACK, t Hillsborough co. N. H. 6m. E. from Amherst. Pop. 1,191.
MERRIMACK, t. Washington co. Miso.
MERRIMACK, t. Franklin co. Miso.
MERRIMACK, r. Miso. which rises in thehighlands E. of the Gasconade, and falls intothe Mississippi, 20 m. below St. Louis .
MERKITSTOWX, v. Fayette co. Pa .
MERRY IIILL, v. Pertie co. N. C.
MERRYMEETING PAY, Me. is formedby the junction of the Kcnnebcck and Andros-coggin rivers, 20 m. from the sea.
MERRYMEETING PAY, N. H. the SE.arm of Lake Wiimipiseogee, extending about5 m. in the township of Alton.
MERRY’S ISLAND, isl. in Hudson’s Pay.Lon. !KP 5' W.; lat. 61° 52* N.
MERSEA, t. Essex co. U. C. on Luke Erie.
The township contains a nail manufactory, 2distilleries?, and 4 houses of public worship.
MEREDITH, t. Delaware co. N. Y. 8 in.N. from Delhi , 66 W. from Catskill, 69 SW.from Albany . Pop. 1,655.
MERIDA, city, Mexico , cap. of the provinceof Yucatan , 70 m. NE. from CainjK.'achy.Pop. 10,000.
MERIDEN, t. New Haven co. Ct. 17 m. N.from New Haven, 17 S. from Hartford . Pop.
l, 708. It contains 3 churches, 1 for Congre-gationalists, 1 for Episcopalians, and 1 forBaptists . Here arc several manufactories oftin ware.
MERIDIAN, v. Madison co. Missouri .MERIDIANVILLE, v. Madison co. Al. 8
MERMENTAU, Mexicana, or Mentou, r.
La. which, after a S. course of 200 m. falls intothe Gulf of Mexico, 200 m. W. of the .Missis-sippi . In the lower part of its course, it ex-pands into a spacious lake, and again contractsto a small river.
MEROM, t. and cap. Sullivan co. In. on theE. side of the Wabash, 35 m. above Vincennes .Its situation is elevated, commanding a viewof the prairie country for 30 m. It is 688m. from W.
MERRIMACK, r. N. H. formed by theUnion of the Pemigewasset and the Winni-piseogee. It rises in Grafton co. and runs ina SE. direction through the state. It then en-
m. NW. from Warren.
MESQUITAL, t. Mexico , 18 m. NE. fromGuadalaxara.
META, r. Arkansas , which traverses thewhole length of the Great Prairie, and emptiesinto the N. side of Arkansas river, several mabove the post of Arkansas .
METCALFIiOROUGII, v. Franklin coTennessee .
MEXICALTZIXCO, t. Mexico , 6 m. RE.from Mexico .
MEXICO , Rtpublic of. See page 159.
[MEXICO, City of, capital of the republicof ilic same name, is situated in lat. 19° 26'N.; Ion. from W. 22° 5' W. on or near the W.shore of the Lake Tezcuco, and in the centralpart of the valley of Tenochtillan, and also,nearly at mid-distance between Vera Cruz andAcapulco. The site of Mexico is elevated7,470 feet above the ocean. The ancient citywas divided into four quarters, Teopan or Xo-chinnlco, Atzacualco, Moyotla, and Oreepopan,and the old limits are preserved in St Paul,St. Sebastian, St. John, and St. [Mary. Thepresent streets have for the most part the samedirection with the old ones, running from N.to S. and from E. to W. But what gives thenew city a peculiar and distinctive character,is, that it is situated entirely on the continent,between the extremities of the two Lakes ofTezcuco, and Xochimilco , and that it only re-ceives by navigable canals the fresh water of