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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.

WASHINGTON, co. Md. , boundedN by the state of Pennsylvania , E byFrederick co. Md. , from which it isseparated by the South Mountain,SW by the Potomac river , and W byAlleghany co. Hagerstown is thecapital . Pop. in 1820, 23,075; in 1830,25,203.

WASHINGTON , co. N. C„ bound-ed N by Albemarle Sound, E by Tyr-rel co., S by Hyde and Beaufort, andW by Martin co. Pop. in 1820,3986; in 1830, 4552. Plymouth is thecapital.

WASHINGTON , seaport, and cap.Beaufort co. N. C. , situated at the en-trance of Tarr river into PamlicoSound, 122 m. a little S of E from Ra-leigh , and 300 S from W. Lat. 35 deg.

32 min., Ion. 3 min. from W.

WASHINGTON, county, Florida ,

bounded N by the state of Georgia ,NE by Jackson co., F, by Apalachico-la river, which separates it from Gads-den co., S and SW by the Gulf ofMexico , and NW and W by Chocta-hatchce river, which separates it fromWalton co. Pop. uncertain. HolmesValley. 121 m. W from Tallahassee , isthe capital.

WASHINGTON , co. Ark., boundedN by the state of Missouri , NE byIzard co., S by Crawford co., and Wby the Usage Territory. Pop. 2182.Fayetteville is the capital .

WASHINGTON , or HEMSTEADC. II., t. and cap. Hemstead co. Ark.,117 m. SW from Little Rock . Lat.

33 deg. 45 min., lot^. 16 deg. 36 min.W from W.

WASHINGTON , v. Macomb co.Mich., 50 m. NNE from Detroit .

WASH1NGTONVILLE, v. Colum-bia co. Pa. , 7 m. SW from Danville,and 72 NNE from Harrisburg .

WASHITA, parish, I.ou., boundedN by SE line of the state of Arkansas,NE by the Mississippi river, SE byConcordia parish, S by Catahoula,and V 7 by Natchitoches parishes.Pop. 5140. Monroe is the capital.Washita river rises in Arkansas , andpasses S through this parish.

WASHTENAW , co. Mich., bound-ed N by Shiawassee, NF. by Oakland ,E by Wayne, SE by Monroe. S byLenawee, and W by Jackson and Ing-ham. Pop. 4042. Ann Arbor is thecapital.

WATERLOO, v. in the extremeSW corner of Juniata co. Pa.. 29 m.SW from Mifflin, and70 W from Har-risburg .

WATERLOO, v. Lauderdale co.Al. , in the western part of the co., sit-uated on the Tennessee river, 30 ni.a little N of V 7 from Florence, 1/0NW from Tuscaloosa .

WATERLOO, v. Fayette co. In., 73m. SE by E from Indianapolis .

WATERSTREET, v. Huntingdonco. Pa. , near Alexandria, on Juniatariver, about 13 m. W from the bo-rough of Huntingdon, and 100 fromHarrisburg .

WATERTOWN, v. Washingtonco. Ohio, 94 m. SE by E from Colum-bus .

WATERVILLE, v. Wood co.Ohio, 142 miles JNNW from Colum-bus .

WATKINSVILLE, v. in the south-ern part of Goochland co. Va. , 36 m.W from Richmond .

WATSON, t.. Lewis co. N. Y. , inthe NE part of the co., 128 m. NW: from Albany . Pop. 909.

WATSON'BURG, v. Northumber-land co. Pa. , on the E bank of theSusquehanna river , 15 m. N fromSunbury, and 71 from Harrisburg .

WAT T SV1LLE, v. Erie co. Pa. , 18in. SE from the boro, of Erie , andi 120 a little E of N from Pittsburgh .

WAUKENAH, v. Jefferson co.Flor., 22 m. F, from Tallahassee .

WAVERLEY, v. Pike co. Ohio , 61m. S. from Columbus .

WAYLANDSBURG, v. Culpeperco. Va. , 80 m. S of W from W.

WAYNESBOROUGI1, t. and cap.Wayne co. Ten., on Ryans creek, 92m. SW from Nashville .

WAYNESBURG, boro, and cap.Greene co. Pa. , 22 m. S from the boro,of Washington, and about 200 in a di-rect line WSW from Harrisburg . Itis situated in a rich valley, near the Sbank of Ten-mile creek. It containsthe usual county buildings, three| places of public worship, a printing-| office, and about eighty or ninety| dwellings.

! WAYNESBURG, v. Chester co.j Pa., 16 m. NNW from West Chester ,

I and 38 NW from Philadelphia . This; deserves to be remembered as the! birth-place of Gen. Anthony Wayne .

: Pop. 200.

i WAYNESBURG, v. Mifflin co. Pa. ,on the Juniata river and state canal,11 m. SW from Lewistown, containsabout 30 dwellings.

WAYNESBURG, v. Lincoln co.Ken., 16 m. S from Sandford, and 67NE by F. from Frankfort.