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MOUNT VERNON , seat of Gen. Washing-ton, pleasantly situated on the W. bank of Po-tomac river , 18 in. below the city of Washing-ton, and 9 m. below Alexandria .

MOUNT VERNON , t. Boone co. Iven. onthe Ohio, 24 in. from Cincinnati .

MOUNT VERNON , t. Kcnncbeck co. Me.14 m. NW. from Augusta , or Kennebcck river.Pop. 1,439.

MOUNT VERNON , t. Ilit'sborough co.N. If. 92 in. S. from Concord. Pop. 7G3.

MOUNT VERNON , v. and seat of justice,Montgomery co Geo. lat. 32° 13' N.

MOUNT VERNON , t. and scat of justice,Knox co. Ohio , on the N. hank of Owl creek,20 in, from its mouth. The town contains aprinting-office, a brink court-house and jail, amerchant-mill, and a saw-mill, and within 6m. there are 9 grist ana saw-mills, 3 carding-machines, one of which is for cotton. Dis-tance 40 m. W. from Coshocton, 54 NW. fromZanesville, and 44 NE. from Columbus . Lat.40° 24' N.; Ion. from W. 5° 32' W.

MOUNT VERNON, v. and seat of justice,Rockcastle co. Ken. 75 m. SE. from Frankfort.Lat. 37° 24' N.

MOUNT VERNON , v. Bullit co. Ken. 25in. SSE. from Louisville .

MOUNT VERNON , v. on the right bankof Ohio river, Posey co. In. 5 m. above themouth of Wabash river.

MOUNT VERNON , v. Jefferson co. 11. 69m. S. from Vandalia.

MOUNTVILLE, v. Loudon co. Va.

MOUNT VINTAGE, v. Edgefield district,S. Carolina .

MOUNT WASHINGTON , the highest ofthe White mountains, N. II. According to themeasurement of Capt. Partridge, it is 6,634feet above the level of the sea.

MOUNT WASHINGTON , t Berkshire co.Mass. 20 m. SSE. from Lenox. Pop. 345.

MOUNT ZION, v. Union co. Ken. 236 ni.SW. by W. from Frankfort.

MOUNT ZION, v. Hancock co. Geo. 26 m.NE. from Milledgeville.

MOUNT ZION, v. Monroe co. Miso. 176m. from St Charles.

MOXAHALA, or Jonathan’s Creek, rising.n the N. part of Perry co. Ohio , flows. E. across

Muskingum co. into Muskingum river, whichit enters, 3 ni. below Zanesville .

MUD (.’REEK, N. Y. joins Canandaiguacreek in Phelps.

MUDDY RIVER, II. runs into the Missis-sippi . It is navigable 40 m.

AlUDGK, Pointy cajic on an island in theGulf of Georgia , on the N W. coast of AmericaLon. 235° 9' E.; lal. 50° N.

MU1) ISLAND, fortified isl. Pa. in Dela-ware river, 7 m. below Philadelphia .

MUFILENBURG, co. Ken. Pop. 5,341.Chief town, Greenville .

MULBERRY, r. runs into the N. side ofthe Arkansas, below Fort Smith .

MULLEN’S ISLAND, isl. Florida , in theGulf of Mexico . Lon. 82° 55'W.; lat. 28° 1' i\.

MULLICO HILL, v. Gloucester co. N. J.

MULLICUS, r. N. J. runs into Little Egg-harbor, 4 m. E. from Leeds. It is navigable20 m. for vessels of 60 tons.

MULTNOMAH , or Wallaumut, r. falls intothe Columbia from the S. about 100 m. fromthe Pacific. It is 500 yards wide near itsmouth, and very deep.

MUNCEY, t. Lycoming co. Pa . Pop. 1,564.

MUNCEY CREEK, Pa. runs into the E.side of the Susquehannah, 23 m. above Northuinberland.

MUNDFORDVILLE, t. Hardin co. Kenon Green river, 30 m. below Grccnsburg, and30 from Litchfield.

MUNSTER, v. Cambria co. Pa .

MURFREESBOROUGH, t. Hertford co.N. C. at the head of navigation on Meherrinriver, 50 in. NW. from Edenton. It is a placeof considerable trade. The public buildingsare an academy and a Methodist church.

MURFREESBOROUGH, t. Rutherford co.Ten. and former capital of the state, 32 m. SE,from Nashville, 160 W. from Knoxville . Lat35° 52' N.; Ion. 86° 35' W. The surround-ing country is level and very fertile, aboundingwith wheat, cotton, and tobacco. The townwas made the scat of government in 1817, andcontains a court-house, jail, academy, bank,meeting-house, and about two hundred houses;and, in 3818, more than 1,000 inhabitants.The seat of government has since been remov-ed to Nashville .