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tacky river, nearly equidistant from Cincin­ nati , Louisville , and Lexington, about 45 m.from each, and 556 from W. It is pleasantlysituated, and contains between 2 and 300houses, a court-house, jail, academy, printing-office, from which issues a weekly journal, abranch of the bank of Indiana , and some otherpublic buildings. This interesting town wascommenced in 1804, by 30 Swiss families, towhom the United States made a grant, underfavorable stipulations, of a considerable tractof land, to patronize the cultivation of the vine.The patriarch of Uiis colony was a Swiss gen-tleman, of the name of J. J. Dufour, who con-tinued an intelligent friend to the town. Thecolony soon received considerable accessionsfrom the mountains of Switzerland . In grate-ful remembrance of their native hills, ajid tocreate in the bosom of their adopted countrytender associations with their ancient country,they named their stream Vcnoge, and theirtown Vcvay. Messrs. Dufour, Morerod, Bet-tens, Siebcnthul, and others, commenced thecultivation of the grape on a large scale. Thiscultivation has gone on steadily increasing.A hundred experiments have been since com-menced in different points of tho west. Butthis still remains the largest vineyard in theUnited States . We have witnessed nothingin our country, in the department of garden-ing and cultivation, which can compare withthe richness of this vineyard, in the autumn,when the clusters are in maturity. Wordsfeebly paint such a spectacle. The horn ofplenty seems to have lieen emptied in the pro-Juction of this rich fruit.

VICKSBURGH, v. Fairfield co. Ohio .

VICKSBURGH, v. Warren co. Mis. about60 m. NXE. from Natchez .

VICTORY, t. NW. part of Cayuga co. X. Y.12 m. a little N. of E. from Montezuma.

VICTORY, t. Essex co. Vt. 55 m. EXE.from Montpelier . Pop. 53.

VI DALI A, v. parish of Concordia, La . onthe right bank of the Mississippi , directly op-posite Natchez . It is a small village in asingle street, parallel to the river, and withinthe levee.

VIELLEBOROUGII, v. Caroline co. Va. 71•n. from W.

VIENNA, l Kcnncbeck co. Me. 26 m. NW.from Augusta, 661 from W. Pop. 417.

VIENNA , t. and port of entry, Dorchesterco. Md. on the Nanticoke, It) m. SE. from Cam-bridge. It contains only about 20 houses.The shipping belonging to tills port, in 1816,amounted to 19,214 tons.

VIENNA , t. and seat of justice, Johnson co.II. 40 m. NE. from the mouth of Ohio r. 167from Vandalia, and 817 from W.

VIENNA, t. Trumbull co. Ohio . Pop. 910.

VIENNA , t. Abbeville district, S. C. on theSavannah r. 52 m. above Augusta.

VIENNA , t. Ohio co. Ken. on Green river,20 m. WNW. from Hartford .

VIGO, co. In. bounded by the state of Illi-nois W. Parke N. Putnam E. and Sullivan S.Length 20 in. mean width 18. Pop. 5,737.

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'Plie chief town, Terre Haute , Is situated onthe left bank of the Wabash, 60 in. by landabove Vincennes .

VILLAGE GREEN, v. Delaware co. Pa. 5in. W. from Chester , and 20 SW. from Phila­ delphia .

VILLAGE IIILL, v. Nottaway co. Va.

VILLAGPJ SPRINGS, v. Blount co. Al. 181in. N. from Cahawba .

\ ILLEPUCHE, v. Miso. on W. side of theMississippi , 19 m. below St. Louis .

'VINALHA’V EN, t. Hancock co. Me. 13 rn.

5. from Castine , 210 NE. from Boston . Pup.1,794. It is situated on the Fox Islands , inPenobscot Bay.

VINCENNES , t. and cap. Knox co. In. onE. bunk of the Wabash, 100 m. from its junc-tion with the Ohio , in a direct line, and nearly200 m. by the course of the river, 120 W. fromLouisville , 150 m. NE. from Kaskaskia , and693 from W. Lon. 88° 23' W.; Iut. 40° 39' N.It has improved rapidly of late, and contains300 houses, a brick court-house and hotel, ajail, a respectable building for an academy, aRoman Catholic and a Presbyterian church,land-office, post-office, two printing offices, fromone of which is issued a resectable gazette,a bank, and some other public buildings, and1,500 inhabitants. It is situated contiguousto a beautiful prairie, 5,000 acres of which arecultivated as a common field, after the ancientFrench custom. It was for a long time thescat of the territorial government, and still hasas much trade as any other place in the state.The plat of the town is level, and laid oft' withregularity. The houses have extensive gardens,crowded after the French fashion with fruittrees. It is accessible, for the greater part ofthe year, by steam-boats, and is a place of ex-tensive supply of merchandise to the interiorof the state.

VINCENT, t. Chester co. Pa. on SW. sideof the Schuylkill. Pop. 2,147.

VINEYARD , t. Grand Isle co. Vt. 34 ni.N. from Burlington. Pop. 459.

VINEYARD , iYeic, t. Somerset co. Me. 15in. WNW. from Norridgcwoek. Pop. 869.

VINEYARD , v. Mecklenburg co. Va.

VIRGIL, t. Cortlandt co. N-Y. 10 in. S.from Homer, and 155 W. from Albany . Pop.3^)12.

VIRGINIA , state of the U. S. See page 91.

VIRGIN ISLANDS , al>out 30 islands andkeys in the West Indies , between St. Juan de| Puerto Rico and the Leeward Caribbee Islands,They are possessed by the English and Danes.

VOLNEY, t. Oswego co. N. Y. on the Os­ wego , 50 m. W. from Rome . Pop. 3,629. Avaluable quarry of stone, of which grind-stones,

6. e. are made, is found at Oswego lulls in thistown.

VOLUNTOWN, t. Windham co. Ct. 16 m.E. from Norwich. Pop. 1,304.

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WABASH, r. In. waters the middle andwestern part of the state, and flows into theOhio , 30 m. above Cumberland river. It is