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SURREY, t. Hancock co. Me. 18 m. NT',from Castine, 257 NE. from Boston . Pop. 5(51,

SURREY, co. Va. bounded N. by PrinceGeorge co. and James river, SE. by Isle ofWight and Southampton cos. and SW. by Sus-sex co. Pop. 7,108.

SURREY, C. II. Surrey co. Va. 64 m. SE.by E. from Richmond .

SUSQUEHANNAH, v. Broome co. N. Y.

SUSQUEIIANNAH, the largest r. of Pa. which is formed by the E. and W. branches.The E. rises in Otsego Lake, N. Y. and theW. in Huntingdon co. Pa . They unite atNorthumberland. The river then runs SE.into the head of the Chesapeake in Md . It is11 m. wide at its mouth, but is navigable only5 m. for sloops. Although this river carriesconsiderably more water than cither the Hud-son or Connecticut , it is of no advantage at allfor the purposes of navigation, except at highwater, and then only down stream. At itsfloods, immense quantities of lumber and pro-duce are conveyed down in rafts, arks, 6cc. themost of them from the state of N. Y. It is aremarkably rough stream, and never navigatedwithout considerable hazard. Most of the pro-duce finds a market in Baltimore , or is takenthrough the Delaware and Chesapeake canalto Philadelphia .

SUSQUEIIANNAH, co. N. side of Pa. bounded N. by N. Y. E. by Wayne co. S. byLuzerne co. and W. by Bradford co. Clxicftown, Montrose. Pop. 16,777.

SUSSEX, co. N. J. bounded NNE. by N. Y. SE. by Bergen and Morris cos. SW. by Warren co. W. and NW. by the Delaware , whicnseparates it from Pennsylvania . Pop. 20,349.Chief town, Newton.

SUSSEX, co. Del. bounded N. by Kent co.E. by Delaware bay and the Atlantic, S. andW. by Maryland . Pop. 27,118. Chief towns,Georgetown and Lcwistown.

SUSSEX, co. Va. bounded NE. by Surrey co.SSE. by Southampton co. SW. by Greensvilleco. and NW. by Dinwiddie and Prince Georgecos. Pop. 12,720.

SUSSEX, C. II. v. Sussex co. Va. on a smallbranch of Nottaway river, 64 m. SSE. fromRichmond .

SUTTON, t. Merrimack co. N. II. 20 m.NW. from Concord, l op. 1,424.

SUTTON VILLAGE, v. in Sutton t Mer-rimack co. N. II.

SUTTON, t. Caledonia co. Vt. 15 m fromDanville. Pop. 1,005.

SUTTON, t. Worcester co. Mass. 9 m. S.from Worcester, 46 SW. from Boston . Pop.2.186.

SWAN ISLAND, isl. on the coast of Me.4 m. SW. from Mount Desert. It containsabout 6,000 acres.

SWAN RIVER, r. N. America , runs into theMississippi , Ion. 93° 15' W.j lat. 44° 34' N.

SWAN POINT, cape on the coast of .Md. in the Chesapeake . Lon. 76° 22' W.; lat. 38°IT N.

SWANSBOROUGH, t. and cap. Onslow co.N. C. on White Oak river, 40 in. SSW, fromNewbern, 405 from W.

SWANTON, t. Franklin co. Vt. on LakeChamplain, and bordering <n Canada , 32 in.N. from Burlington. Pop. 2,158.

SWANTOWN, v. Kent co. Md. 3 in. fromGeorgetown.

SWANVILLE, t. Waldo co. Me. Pop. 633.

SWANZEY, t. Cheshire co. N. II. 6 m. S.from Keene , 58 WSW. from Concord. Pop.

l, 816. Here is a cotton manufactory.

SWANZEY, t. Bristol co. Mass. 16 m. SSW.

from Taunton, 38 S. from Boston . Pop. 1,677.

SWATARA, r. Pa. runs SW. into the Sus-quehannah, at Middletown.

SWEASY’S V1LLE, v. Adams co. Miss.

SWEDEN,oneof the western townsof Mon-roe co. N. Y. 15 m. W. from Rochester . Pop,2,938. The Erie Canal crosses the northerr:part of this town.

SWEDESBOROUGII, t. Gloucester co. N. J. on Raccoon creek, 20 m. SSW. from Philadel-phia. It contains an Episcopal church , a wool-len manufactory 7 , and is a place of some trade.Raccoon creek is navigable to this place for

SWEET SPRINGS, v. Monroe co. Va. 28

m. SE. from Lewisburg , 42 SW. from WarmSprings. This place is celebrated for its mine-ral waters, which are much resorted to.

SWEET WATER CREEK, r. Ken. runsinto the Bear creek.

SWIFT, r. N.H. runs E. into the Saco, inConway.

SWIFT’S CREEK, r. Va. runs into theAppomatox, lat. 37° 20' N.

SWITZERLAND , co. In. bordering on theOhio . Chief town, Vevay. Pop. 7,111.

SYCAMORE, t. in the NE. quarter of Ham-ilton co. Ohio . Montgomery 7 , Reading, andSharon villages, are laid out in this t. Pop.2,779.

S YM M ES, t. Lawrence co. Ohio , on Symmcscrock. Pop. 246.

SYLVANIA, v. Bradford co. Pa. 197 m. alittle E. of N. from Harrisburg .

SYRACUSE,!, and cap. Ouondaga co. N. Y. 25 m. NE. by E. from Auburn, 133 W. fromAlbany , 342 from W. Pop. alx>ut 2,000. It isa flourishing village, and stands on the Eriecanal at the point where a side-canal branchesoff to Salina. The buildings are mostly 7 ofbrick, and many of them large and splendid.The “Syracuse House” is a most noble brickstructure, 4 stories high, and one of the mostsplendid hotels in the state. From a cupolaon the top, there is a fine view of Onondagalake, and the village of Salina, a mile and ahalf distant. In 1828, the building of an elo-gant court-house was commenced, at a pointmidway 7 between these two villages; and thewhole intermediate space will probably be builtover within a few years. In point of" locality,few inland towns have advantages equal withthis. The line of communication is continuedby the Salina side-canal, the Onondaga lake,and the Oswego canal, to Lake Ontario .

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TABERG, v. Oneida co. N. Y. 9 m. NW. ofRome.