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tin’s parish. La . on the Teehc, 9 in. by landand 3*2 by water above New Iberia, 1,36b lromW. Lat 30 c 10' N. It is pleasantly situated,and contains a court-house, a jail, a market-house, an academy, a Roman Catholic church ,and aixnit 100 dwelling-houses. It is situatedin a well-cultivated and productive country.

ST. MARY’S, co. Md. bounded NE. by Cal-vert co. E. by Chesapeake Bay , SW. by thePotomac , and YV. by Charles co. Chief town,Leonardstown.

ST. MARY’S, v formerly Fort St. Mary’s,Mercer co. Ohio , about 74 ni. NYV.by W. fromColumbus, and 120 N. from Cincinnati .

ST. MARY’S, t. and s-p. Camden co. Geo.at the mouth of St. Mary’s river, 131 m. SSW.from Savannah . Lon. 81° 43' \V.; lat. 30°43' N. This was a place of considerable tradeduring the late war, but lias since considerablydeclined.

ST. MARY’S, r. which rises in Ohio , andruns NNYV. and unites with the river St. Jo-seph’s at Fort Wayne , to form the Maumee.

ST. MARY’S, r. which divides the state ofGeorgia from East Florida, and runs into thesea, Ion. 81 c 40' YV .; lat. 30° 43’ N.

ST. MARY’S FALLS, cataract in St. Ma-ry’s river, between Lake Superior and LakeHuron . The Falls of St. Mary do not descendjKirpendicularly, as those of Niagara and St.Anthony do, but consist of a rapid, which con-tinues near * of a mile, over which, canoes,well piloted, may pass.

ST. MARY’S BAY, bay on the S. coast ofNewfoundland . Lon. 54° 20' YV.; lat. 57° N.

ST. MARY’S ISLANDS, cluster of smallislands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence , near theS. coast of Labrador. Lon. 60° W.; lat. 50°20' N.

ST. MARY’S KEYS, rocks on the S. coastof Newfoundland . Lon. 53° 55' W.; lat. 46°47' N.

ST. MARY’S KEY, isl. in the Gulf ofMexico, near the coast of Florida . Lon. 89°12' YY\; lat. 30° 11' N.

ST. MARY’S RIVER, or St.Mary’s Straits,r. America, runs from Lake Superior to LakeHuron . On this river are 2 forts. Lon. 84°24' YV.; lat. 46° 22' N. It is nearly 70 mileslong.

ST. MARY’S RIVER, r. Nova Scotia , runsinto the sea, in Ion. 61° W.; lat. 45° 5' N.

ST. MAURICE, r. L. C. flows into the N.side of the St. Lawrence , by three channels,which gave name to the town of Three Rivers,on its west bank.

ST. MAURICE, co. L. C. on the N. sideof the St Lawrence, between Warwick andHampshire cos. Chief town, Three Rivers.

ST. MICHAEL’S, v. Madison co. Miso. ona branch of St. Francis river, about 35 m. SW.from St. Genevieve.

ST. MICHAEL’S, v. Talbot co. Md.

ST. MICHAEL’S, v. Washington district,Missouri .

S3 1 . PAUL’S, parish, Charleston district,S. C., E. of the Edisto, 18 m. W. from Charles-ton .

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ST. PETER'S, parish, Beaufort district,S. C. on the Savannah . Pop. 3,834.

ST. PETER’S, r. N. America , which risesa considerable way to the NYV r . and after aSE. course of 4 or 500 in. joins the Missis-sippi about 12 m. below St. Anthony’s Falls,lat. 44° 40' N. At its junction with the Mis-sissippi it is about 100 yards broad. It has agreat depth of water, and in some places runsvery briskly. About 50 m. from its mouth arcsome rapids, and much higher up are manyothers.

ST. PHILIP’S, Fort , strong fortress of theisland of Minorca , which defends the harbor ofPort Mahon . Lat. 39° 50' N.j Ion. 3° 48' E.

ST. REGIS, r. N. Y. which runs into theSt. Lawrence , at the town of St Regis, inCanada . Length 80 m.

ST. SALVADOR, one of the Bahama Isl-ands .

ST. STEPHEN’S, parish, S. C. in Charles-ton district Pop. 2,416.

ST. TAMANY, parish, La . bounded byPearl river E. Lake Borgne, the Rigolets, andLake Ponchartrain S. the river St. Helena W.and the parish of Washington N. Length 50m. mean width 20. Chief town, Covington.Pop. in 1820, 1,723; in 1830, 2,864.

ST. THOMAS, parish, Charleston district,S. C.

ST. THOMAS, one of the Virgin Islands ,in the West Indies , with a harbor, a town, anda fort, 15 m. in circumference, and belongs tothe Danes. Lon. 64° 51' W.; lat. 18° 21' N.

ST. THOMAS, t. Cuba , 30 m. WSW. fromHavana .

ST. THOMAS, isl. in the Pacific Ocean ,near the coast of Mexico . Lat. 20° 10' N.

ST. THOMAS, t. Mexico , in Vera Paz, atthe mouth of the river Guanacos , 50 m. E.from Vera Paz. Lon. 90° 26' YV.; lat. 15°46' N.

ST. VINCENT, isl. in the West Indies ,about 40 m. long and 10 broad, containingabout 84,000 acres, or 131 sq. ms. It is rug-ged and mountainous. Of the 84,000 acres inthe island, about 47,000 are cultivated. Sugaris the principal production.

SAINTES , three of the Leeward CaribbeeIslands, in the West Indies , between Guada-loupe and Dominica .

SALEM, co. S. C. , W. of Williamsburg.

SALEM, t. Salem co. S. C.

SALEM, t. Columbiana co. Ohio , 9 m.NNYV. from New Lisbon, 64 NW. from Pitts-burg. Pop. 1,723.

SALEM, t. Livingston co. Ken. Pop 254.

SALEM, t. Orleans co. \ T t. at S. end of LakeMcmphrcmagog, 60 m. NNE. from Montpe-lier . Pop. 258.

SALEM, t. Rockingham co. N. H. 35 m.N. from Boston, 35 SW. from Portsmouth , 36SSE. from Concord. Pop. 1,310. Here is awoollen manufactory.

SALEM, s-p. and cap. Essex co. Mass. 4.Ym. NW. from Marblehead, 14 NNE. from Bos-ton , 24 S. from Newburyport. Pop. 13,886.

It is chiefly built on a neck of land formed by