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an academy for young ladies called the Wash-ington Boarding-School, and several houses ofpublic worship, for Presbyterians, for DutchReformed, lor Episcopalians, and for Metho.dists. An elegant bridge, 91)7 feet in length, isbuilt in tills place across the Mohawk . UnionCollege is situated on K. side of the city, on anelevated spot of ground, and commanding adelightful prospect. It was founded in 1795,and is a very respectable and flourishing semi-nary, with ample endowments. The buildingsare 2 elegant brick edifices, each 200 feet inlength, and 4 stories high, having each 2 wingsextending 15G feet, and two lwarding-houscs.These buildings contain upwards of 100 roomstor the accommodation of students, rooms forthe philosophical and chemical apparatus, lec-ture rooms, &c. and accommodations for theofficers of the college with their families. Thelibraries contain about 14,000 volumes. Thephilosophical apparatus and the chemical arecomplete. The whole number of graduatesfrom the time of its foundation to 1830, was1,202. The number of students ranges from200 to 250. Commencement is held on the4th Wednesday in July. There are 3 vaca-tions ; the first from commencement, 7 weeks; Ithe second from the Wednesday immediatelypreceding Christinas, 3 weeks; the third fromthe first Wednesday in April, 3 weeks. Thereis connected with the college an academy con-taining about 100 students.
SCIIODAC, t. Rensselaer co. N. Y. on E.side of the Hudson, 9 m. S. from Albany .
SCIIODAC LANDING, v. Columbia eo.N. Y.
SCIiOENBRUNN, or Beautiful Spring,Moravian settlement, Tuscarawas co. Ohio ,on the Muskingum, 3 m. below New Phila-delphia .
SCIIOIIARIE, co. central part of N. Y. bounded N. by Montgomery co. NE. by Sche-nectady, E. by Albany co. SE. by Greene co.SW. by Delaware co. and W. by Otsego co.Pop. 27,910. Chief town, Schoharie.
SCHOHARIE, t. and cap. Schoharie co.N. Y. 24 m. S. from Johnstown , 32 W. fromAlbany . Pop. 5,146. It is watered by a riverof the same name. Schoharie village is situ-ated on Schoharie flats, and contains the coun-ty buildings, a printing-office, 2 churches, anda number of elegant houses.
SCHOHARIE, r. N. Y. runs N. throughSchoharie co. into the Mohawk, W. of Florida .Length 70 m. The alluvial fiats on this riverarc from 1 to 2 m. wide, and are very fertile.
SCHOHARIE KILL, v. in the W. part ofGreene co. N. Y. G1 m. SW. from Albany .
SCIIOODIC LAKES, in Washington co.Me. about 40 m. NNW. from Machias.
SCHOOLEY’S MOUNTAIN, a mountainrange and watering place, in Morris co. N. J. The watering place is in the SW angle of theco. about 20 m. NE. from Easton in Pa .
SCHUYLER, t. Herkimer eo. N. Y. on theN. side of the Mohawk river , G m. NE. fromUtica . Pop. 2,074.
SCHUYLER’S LAKE, lake, N.Y. 9 m.long and 5 broad. 5 m. W. from Lake Otsego.
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SCHUYLERSVILLE, v. Saratoga co. N.Y.
SCHUYLKILL, co. Pa. bounded by Berks
SE. Dauphin SW. Northumberland and Co-lumbia NW. Luzerne N. and Northamptonand Lehigh NE. Length 37 m. mean width13. Pop. in 1820, 11,339; in 1830, 20,783.Soil, rough, rocky, and sterile. Chief town,Orwigsburg.
SCHUYLKILL, r. Pa. rises in Luzerne co.and runs SE. into the Delaware , G m. belowPhiladelphia . It is 140 m. long, and naviga-ble for large merchant-vessels to Philadelphia .
SCIOTO, salt-works, near the centre ofJackson co. Ohio, reserved by the U. S. about,28 m. SE. from Chillicothe.
SCIOTO, one of the central towns of Rossco. Ohio , containing the town of Chillicothe.Pop. 4,123.
SCIOTO, t. Delaware co. Ohio , on the W.side of Scioto river. Pop. 464.
SCIOTO, t. Pickaway co. Ohio . Pop. 462.
SCIOTO, t. Jackson co. Ohio . Pop. 339.
SCIOTO, co. Ohio , bounded by Ohio riverS. Adams W. Pike N. Jackson NE. and Law-rence E. Lcngtli 30 m. mean width 19. Pop.in 1820, 5,749 ; in 1830, 8,730. Chief town,Portsmouth.
SCIOTO, r. Ohio , rises near the sources ofthe Sandusky , has a course E. of S. passes byColumbus , Circleville, and Chillicothe, and runsinto the Ohio at Portsmouth, 352 m. belowPittsburg. It is navigable for boats 130 m.and is connected with the Sandusky by a por-tage of 4 m. A large part of the country wa-tered by this river is very fertile.
SCIOTO, Little , r. Ohio, flows into the Ohio ,20 m. below the Scioto.
SCIOTO SALT SPRINGS,v.Rossco.Ohio.
SCIPIO, t. Cayuga co. N. Y. 11 m. S. fromAuburn, ISO W. from Albany . Pop. 2,691.It lies on E. side of Cayuga Lake, and thetownship is about 10 m. square, fertile, andwell cultivated.
SCITUATE, t. and s-p. Plymouth co. Mass,on a bay of the same name, 17 m. SE. fromBoston . Pop. 3,470. It contains 3 houses ofpublic worsliip, 2 for Congregationaiists, andI for Episcopalians.
SCITUATE, t. Providence co. R. I. 15 m.WSW. from Providence. Pop. 6,853. It con-tains a bank and several cotton manufactories.
SCOTCH PLAINS, v. Essex co. N. J. 11m. W. from Elizabethtown.
SCOTLAND NECK, v. Halifax co. N. C.
SCOTLAND SOCIETY, t. Windham co.Ct . between Windham and Canterbury, 34 m.a little S. of E. from Hartford .
SCOTT, t. NW. corner Cortlandt co. N. Y. extending from the head of Skcneateles Lake,
25 m. NE. from Ithaca . Pop. 1,452.
SCOTT, co. Va. bounded by Ten. S. Le^ co.
Va. W. Cumberland mountains or Va . N. Rus-sell co. NE. and Washington SE. Lcngtli 40m. mean width 28. Pop. in 1820, 4,263; in1830, 5,702. Chief town, Estillville.