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posite to Mount Carmel in Wabash county, Illinois.

The entire valley of Wabash approaches the form of an ellipsis; the longer axis three hundred miles from the extreme southwestern sources of Little Wabash to the northern fountains of Eel river. The greatest breadth two hundred miles from the sources of Graham's Fork, near Madison in Jefferson county, Indiana, to the northwestern fountains of Vermilion river, in the state of Illinois. The whole area of the valley, about forty thousand square miles, exceeding by a small fraction the one fifth part of the superficies of the whole Ohio valley.

In fixing the relative extent of the confluents of Ohio, Wabash is the third in length of course, and second in regard to area drained; being in the former case exceeded by Tennessee and Cumberland, but in the latter by Tennessee only. As a It navigable channel, Wabash is very important. is but slightly impeded by falls and rapids, and the position of its course could not be more advantageous if artificially made, to constitute a great link in a chain of intercommunication between the Mississippi basin and lake Erie.

As an agricultural section, it may be doubted whether any other of so great continuous extcil, The surface is in part exceeds the Wabash valley. hilly, particularly towards Ohio river; it is no part mountainous, or to any considerable extent a dead level. The northern part exhibits features which evince an advance to the physical section " Prairie;" but the prairies, or natural meadows of Indiana, are of moderate extent when compared with even those of Illinois. Fertility is the general character of the whole soil of the valley.

If peopled only equal to some of the counties of Kentucky, or of Ohio, of not superior soil if taken at a mean, and excluding large towns, the valley of Wabash would sustain a population of upwards of four millions.

Geographically this fine portion of the United States stretches from north latitude 37° 47' to 41° 30'; and in longitude from 7° 35′ to 11° 55′ W. from W. C. The difference of level between the arable extremes is not far above or below one thousand feet; or an equivalent to two and a half degrees of latitude. Adding the result of the difference of level to that of latitude, the extremes of temperature will be six degrees of Fahrenheit. The cultivated soil near the mouth of Wabash is about four hundred feet above the ocean tides, and the highest part say fourteen hundred, the mean elevation of the valley will be from seven hundred to nine hundred feet above the ocean level.

WABASH, county of Indiana, bounded by Carroll N.; Miamis N. E.; Hamilton E.; Hendricks S.; Montgomery S. W. and Tippecanoe N.W. Length thirty-eight degrees; mean breadth twenty-five degrees, and area nine hundred and fifty square miles. Extending in latitude from 39° 57' to 40° 28', and in longitude from 9° to 9° 40' W. from W. C. The eastern border of this county is on the table land between the main or western branch of White river and the Wabash, but the slope is westward, and nearly the whole surface is drained in that direction towards the latter river.

On the post-office list of 1831, there is but one office named in this county, Elk Heart Plain. On Tanner's United States there is a village named Thorntown placed near its centre, and on a branch of Sugar river, about thirty-five miles N.W. from Indianopolis.

WABASH, one of the southeastern counties of Illinois, bounded W. by Bos Pas river, separating it from Edwards; N. by Lawrence; N.E. by Wabash river, separating it from Knox county, Indiana; and again E. and S.E. by Wabash river, separating it from Gibson county, Indiana. It lies in form of a triangle, base twenty-two miles parallel to the general course of Bon Pas river; acute angle made by the courses of Wabash and Bon Pas; mean breadth nine, and area one hundred and ninetyeight or two hundred square miles. Extending in latitude from 38° 17′ to 38° 36′ N., and in longitude from 10° 44' to 11° 4' W. from W. C. This county bounds as noted on the Wabash, and stretches above and below the influx of White river, with a southern declivity.

The post office list of 1831, gives, beside Mount Carmel, the county seat of three other offices, Armstrong, Centreville, and Coffeetown. Mount Carmel, the seat of justice, is situated on the bank of the Wabash, directly opposite the mouth of White river, thirty miles below Vincennes in Indiana, and by post-road, one hundred and nine miles S.E. from Vandalia. N. latitude 38° 28', longitude 10° 48' DARBY. W. from W. C.

WACHITAU. See WASHITAU.

WAD, a specie of manganese ore, the varieties of which have been recently analyzed with great accuracy by that able chemist, Dr. Turner. His paper on the subject is published in Dr. Brewster's Journal of Science, No. IV. New Series, p. 213. April 1830.

WADESBOROUGH; post village and seat of justice, Arson county, North Carolina; situated near the centre of the county, by post road one hundred and thirty-four miles S. W. by W. from Raleigh, and four hundred and ten miles S.S.W. from W.C. North latitude 35° 3', longitude 3° 12′ W. from W.C.

WADESBOROUGH, or as written in the census tables, Waidsborough, post village and seat of justice, Callaway county, Kentucky, situated on a small branch of Clark's river, about sixty miles S. E. by E. from the mouth of Ohio; thirty miles S. from Smithland, at the mouth of Cumberland river, and by post road two hundred and sixty-two miles S.W. by W. from Frankfort, and eight hundred and one miles from W. C. N. 36° 44'. lation in 1830 one hundred and sixty-three.

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DARBY.

WAHABEES. See ARABIA, Vol. II. p. 281. WAKE, county of North Carolina, bounded N. by Granville, N.E. by Franklin, S.E. by Johnson, S. by Cumberland, S. W. and W. by Chatham, and N. W. by Orange. Length 38, mean width 30, and area of 1140 square miles. Extending in latitude from 35° 31' to 36° 7', and in longitude from 1° 14′ to 2° 2' W. from W. C. A small angle along the western part is drained southwardly into

Cape Fear river; but the body of the county is contained in the valley of the Neuse, with a declivity to the S. E., the Neuse deriving its sources from Person, Granville, and Orange counties, is formed into a river on the northwestern angle of Wake, and winding thence southwestwardly, crosses the county into Johnson. Chief town, Raleigh, the capital of the state. Population in 1820, 20,102, and in 1830, 20.398. DARBY.

WAKEFIELD, a town of England, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, is situated on the side of an eminence, sloping gently to the Calder. The town, which is neat, clean, and well built, consists of nine streets, three of which are wide and commodious, and many of the houses are lofty and handsome. In the market, which is small, there is a neat building called the market cross, formed of an open Doric colonnade, supporting a dome, and containing a large room, in which the business of the town is transacted. The parish church of St. Peter's is a lofty Gothic building, but of a poor style of architecture. Its spire, which is octagonal, rising from a lofty square tower with double battlements at each angle, is reckoned the highest in Yorkshire. The church of St. John, which is finely situated at the end of St. John's place, a little out of the town on the road to Leeds, is an elegant building with a lofty steeple. The other public buildings are the town-hall, the cloth-hall, seventy yards long and ten broad, the free grammar school, a noble and spacious building, the prison, which is a large and fine stone building, containing one hundred and fifty cells, the house of correction for the whole Riding, the new banks, the auction mart, and an elegant building appropriated to assembly rooms, news-room, library, and dispensary. There is a handsome bridge over the Calder at the southeast entrance to Wakefield, and built in the reign of Edward III. This bridge is remarkable by a highly ornamented Gothic chapel, twenty feet long and twenty-four feet wide, which is built in the centre of it, projecting from the eastern side, and resting partly on the hustings. The west part facing the passage over the bridge, is particularly admired for the richness of its ornaments. This chapel was dedicated to the memory of the Duke of York, who was slain near this town in 1459.* It has been lately used as a warehouse.

Wakefield has been long celebrated for its manufacture of woollen cloths, and for being the chief wool market in the kingdom. Wakefield has also one of the greatest corn markets in England, and contains immense corn warehouses, which have been erected on the banks of the Calder, principally since 1800. The trade has been much benefited by the Calder navigation. Fairs well attended are held here on Wednesday every fortnight.

In 1821 the township of Wakefield contained 2223 houses, 2251 inhabitants, 2069 families engaged in trade, and 10,764 inhabitants. See the Beauties of England and Wales, vol. xvi. p. 802. WALACHIA, a province of European Turkey, is separated on the north from Transylvania and Moldavia, by a range of mountains; while on the south the Danube divides it from Turkey. It is

about 250 miles long from east to west, and its medium breadth is about 160 miles. It contains about 27,000 square miles.

The northern part of the province is mountainous, the Carpathian range to the north sending out a number of branches into the interior; in the south it grows less mountainous, exhibiting some fertile plains and valleys. The principal rivers are the Danube, with its tributaries, the Alt, the Dumbowitza, the Jalomitza, and the Sereth.

Its agriculture is in a very rude state, the mountainous tracts being covered with forests, and the extensive marshes undrained. the soil are wheat, millet, maize, beans and pease, The productions of grapes, and fruits of various kinds. The wealth of the province consists in its pastures, which support numerous herds of cattle and sheep. Horses are found in a wild state in some of the forests. Game is abundant, and also poultry and common domestic animals.

The mineral productions are gold, which is occasionally found in the sands of the rivers, salt, and saltpetre.

Walachia possesses almost no manufactures. The gypsies, who amount to about 100,000, are occupied with the manufacture of coarse hard wool. The trade of the country, which is chiefly in the hands of Jews, Greeks, and Armenians, is in a very unprofitable state. The principal imports are woollen goods, hardware, and groceries, and the exports are horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, tallow, leather, wax, butter, flax, hemp, salt and saltpetre. The Walachians belong in general to the Greek church. Bucharest, Tergovista, Brailow and Giorgief, are the chief towns. Population about 800,000. See BUCHAREST, MOLDAVIA and TURKEY. WALES. See ENGLAND.

WALES, NEW SOUTH. See AUSTRALASIA, Vol. III. p. 114-128. BOTANY BAY, Vol. IV. p. 350-353. DIEMAN'S ISLAND, Vol. VII. p. 585-589, and HoLLAND, NEW, Vol. X. p. 444-447.

WALKER, county of, Alabama, bounded by Blount, E., Jefferson, S. E., La Fayette, S.W. Marion, W., Franklin, N. W., and Lawrence, N. Length, from S. to N. 50 miles. Extending in lat. from 33° 35' to 34° 17' N., and in long. from 9° 56' to 10° 43′ W. from W. C. Declivity southeastward, and drained by the numerous western branches of Mulberry river. The latter stream formed in this county by two main branches, Sipsay and Blackwater, flows a little westward of S. along the southeastern border, receiving the drain of the western part of Mulberry river valley. Chief town, Walker Court House. Population in 1830, 2202. DARBY.

WALLACE, SIR WILLIAM. See SCOTLAND, Vol. XVI. p. 652, &c.

WALLER, EDMUND, a celebrated English poet, was born at Coleshill in Hertfordshire in March 1605. His mother was the sister of John Hampden, and in consequence of the death of his father when he was a child, he came into the possession of an estate of £3500 per annum. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, and entered

* See ENGLAND, Vol. VIII. p. 687.

was

parliament in his sixteenth or seventeenth year.
When only eighteen years of age, he wrote the
verses on the prince's escape at St. Andero. He
died in October, 1687, in the eighty-third year of
his age. His character as a poet does not rank
very high. His "Divine Poems," written at the
close of his life, indicate, as Dr. Johnson observes,
that his piety was without weakness, and that his
intellectual powers continued strong and vigorous.
WALLIS, JOHN, a celebrated mathematician,
was born at Ashford in Kent, on the 23d November,
1616, and was educated at Emanuel College, Cam-
bridge. About 1640 he took orders, and
elected Fellow of Queen's College. In 1643, he re-
ceived the living of St. Gabriel in Fenchurch-street,
and in 1649 he was appointed Savilian Professor
of Geometry at Oxford. He was the author of
many mathematical, theological, and controversial
works and papers in the Philosophical Transactions,
the most important of which are his Arithmetic of
Infinities, and his Mechanics, of which we have
already given a sufficient account in our Article MA-
THEMATICS, Vol. XII., p. 441-442, and MECHANICS,
Vol. XII., p. 582, 583. His mathematical works
have been published by the curators of the univer-
sity press of Oxford, in three vols. folio, 1697. He
died at Oxford, on the 28th October 1703, in the
88th year of his age, leaving behind him a son and
two daughters.

WALSALL, a market town of England in Staffordshire, is agreeably situated on an eminence on the Wyrley canal. It consists of twelve large and regularly built streets, the chief of which are formed by the roads from Lichfield, Stafford, Wolverhampton, Wednesbury, and Birmingham. The houses are neat and good, but are much blackened by the smoke of its hardware manufactories. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, is a building of great antiquity, in the form of a cross, with a plain but elegant tower surmounted with a spire, rising from the north-west aisle of the church. The interior is lofty and spacious, and is singularly ornamented. The dissenters of different denominations have places of public worship. The town-hall is neat and commodious, and there is a good free

grammar school. There are several iron mines in

the neighbourhood. The principal manufactures are bits, stirrups, spurs, buckles, nails, and almost every variety of hardware. From its situation on the Wyrley and Essington canal, Walsall has the advantages of an extensive inland navigation. In 1821,

the population of this parish was 2381 houses, 2488 families, 1829 ditto employed in trade, and the total number of inhabitants 11,914. See The Beauties of England and Wales, Vol. XIII. p. 835. WALTON, county of Florida, bounded by Choctawhatchee Bay, or Gulf of Mexico, S.; by Escambia county in Florida W.; by Covington and Dale counties in Alabama N., and by Choctauhatchee river, separating it from Jackson E. Length along the Alabama line 52 miles, mean width 30, and area 1560 square miles. Extending in latitude from 30° 22' to 31 N.; and in longitude from 9° to 9° 52′ W. from W. C. The general declivity is to the southward, and drained by Yellow Water and Choctauhatchee rivers. Chief town Alaque. "The

Yellow Water settlement is in the N.W. part of
the county, on the banks of the river of that name.
Here is a small body of excellent land, very well
improved for a new country. Cotton and corn are
their principal crops; the pine lands, for six miles
from the river, produce equally well with the river
bottoms. Twelve miles S. there is another settle.
ment, commencing on Shoal river; there they have
a similar tract of land, founded on the same kind of
soap-stone as on the Alaqua. See Alaqua river.”
"Near one third of Walton county is good tillable
upland; the rest is pine barren." Williamson's
Florida.
DARBY.
TACTICS, and TACTICS NAVAL.
WAR. See BATTLE, CASTREMETATION, MILITARY

WARBURTON, WILLIAM, a celebrated English prelate, was the son of an attorney at Newark, and was born December 24, 1698. He was articled to an attorney of East Markham, in 1714, and he for some time practised his profession in his native city. His fondness for the church, however, induced him to take deacon's orders in 1723, and in consequence of having dedicated his first work, entitled Miscellaneous Translations in Prose and Verse, to Sir George Sutton, he was presented by that gentleman, in 1726, to a small, vicarage. By the interest of Sir George he was placed in the list of King's Masters of Arts upon his majesty's visit to Cambridge, in 1728, which made up for his want of an academical education. By the same kind influence he was presented to the Rectory of Broad Broughton in Lincolnshire, where he continued for some years in the ardent prosecution of his studies. In 1738, he published his great work, entitled, "The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated, or the principles of a Religious Deist, from the omission of the Doctrine of a future state of Rewards and Punishments." The second volume appeared in 1741. In 1738 he became chaplain to the Prince of Wales.

About this time he published a Defence of Pope's Essay on Man, and thus became intimately acquainted with that celebrated poet, who, at his death in 1740, bequeathed to him half his library, and the property of all his writings not otherwise disposed of, which was reckoned about 4000l. In 1745, he married Miss Tucker, the niece of Mr. Allen, to whom he had been introduced by Pope, and he then succeeded to the splendid seat of

Prior Park.

In 1753, he was made prebend of Gloucester, and in 1754, chaplain in ordinary to the king. In 1754, he became prebend of Durham, in 1757, dean of Bristol, and in 1759, bishop of Gloucester. In 1765, there appeared the 4th edition of the 2dpart of his Divine Legation, forming the 3d, 4th, and 5th volumes of that work. In 1768, he transferred 500l. to trustees for a lecture at Lincoln's Inn to prove the truth of Christianity from the prophecies in the New Testament respecting the Christian church. The death of his only son, who died of consumption in the 19th year of his age, made a deep impression on his mind, and he died at Gloucester, on the 7th June, 1779, in the 81st year of his age. His writings were published in 1788, in 7 vols. 4to., by Bishop Hurd, with an ac

count of his life, writings, and character. "He was a man of vigorous faculties, as Dr. Johnson has stated, and a mind fond of retirement. His abilities gave him a haughty consequence which he disdained to correct, and his impatience of opposition disposed him to treat his adversaries with contemptuous superiority."

WARD, SETH, D. D., Bishop of Salisbury, an eminent mathematician, was born at Buntingford in Hertfordshire, in 1617. In 1632, he entered Sydney College, Cambridge; and on the expulsion of Mr. Greaves, the Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford, he was elected to that chair. In 1654, he was chosen president of Trinity College, a situation which he was obliged to resign at the restoration. As a compensation, however, for his loss, he was appointed, in 1660, to the rectory of St. Lawrence Jewry. In 1661, he became F. R.S. and dean of Exeter, and in 1662 he became bishop of Exeter. In 1667 he was translated to the see of Salisbury, and in 1671 he was made chancellor of the order of the garter. After 1660, when he had been imperfectly cured of a fever, both his intellectual and bodily strength declined, and he closed a melancholy life in January 1699, in the 72d year of his age. His astronomical works, by which he is principally known, were, 1. De Cometis, 4to., 1653. 2d. In Ism. Bullialdi Astronomia Inquisitio, 4to., 1653. 3. Idea Trigonometriæ Demonstrata, 4to., 1654. 4. Astronomia Geometrica, 8vo., 1656. In the 3d part of this last work he proposes what is called Ward's Circular Hypothesis, by which he approximated to the true place of a planet, by supposing that though the motion is really elliptical, yet the angular velocity may be considered as an uniform circular motion round the focus of the ellipsis next the aphelion. A correction was afterwards applied to this approximation by Bullialdus.

WARE, a town of England, in Hertfordshire, is situated on low ground, on the west side of the river Lea. It consists of four streets, the principal one of which is nearly a mile long. The houses are generally neat and well built. The church of St. Mary's, which is a spacious edifice, consists of a nave, chancel, and aisles. It contains numerous sepulchral monuments, and some very ancient slabs,

the brasses of most of which have been carried off. There is here a school and several alms-houses. One of the objects of curiosity at Ware is the large bed, which is said still to be seen at one of the inns. A considerable trade is carried on in

the export of malt and corn, and in importing coals and groceries by means of the river. Some remains of the ancient priories of the Benedictines, and of the Franciscan friars are still to be seen adjoining the church. Population of the parish in 1821, 670 houses, 700 families, 252 ditto in trade,

and total number of inhabitants 3,844.

WARE, county of Georgia, as laid down on Tanner's Map U. S., is bounded by Lowndes W.; Appling N.; Wayne N. E.; Canada E. and S. E.; and Hamilton county in Florida S. Greatest length from S. to N. 80 miles, mean breadth 43, and area 3440 square miles. Extending in latitude from 30° 20' to 31° 30', and in longitude from 5° 9' to

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6°6'. Declivity southeastward. The north side is drained by the numerous sources of the Santilla river. The central and southern sections are drained by the tributaries of St. Mary's river. The latter stream has its higher sources in that tract vaguely called the Okefinoke swamp, which occupies the southern part of Ware county. The various branches oozing from this extended flat unite at or very near the line between Georgia and Florida, flows thence southward about twenty miles, curves rapidly E., and thence northeast, and still winding assumes nearly a northern course of forty miles. The point on the Florida boundary which separates Ware from Camden county is at the head of the great bend of St. Mary's river. The surface of Ware county is flat in the valley of St. Mary's, and level in that of St. Illa. Much of the soil is productive, but exposed to submersion in spring and early summer. Chief town Waresborough. Population in 1830, 1205. DARBY.

WAREHAM, a borough of England, in Dorsetshire, is situated in a peninsula formed by the rivers Frome and Biddle, near their confluence with the waters of Poole harbour. The Frome is

crossed by an elegant stone bridge of six arches. The town, which is regularly built, consists of four large and wide streets intersecting each other at right angles. The houses are well built and handsome, and the whole are surrounded with a churches, but there are now only three, viz. large earthen rampart. Wareham had once eight St. Mary's, St. Martin's church, and Trinity church. St. Mary's is a lofty building with a very handsome tower.

church.

The present town hall and school houses were erected on the site of St. Peter's The chief business of the place consists in the digging of pipe clay from clay pits round the town, and nearly 10,000 tons are annually shipped for London, Hull, Liverpool, Bristol, and Glasgow, for the supply of various potteries. There is here a free school, a charity school, and alms-houses. A small trade is also carried on in stockings, coals, and iron, and in raising vege tables, great quantities of which are sent by water to Poole and Portsmouth. Hops grow wild in the hedges. Wareham sends two members to parlia ment, who are chosen by 500 voters. Population of the borough in 1821, 395 houses, 433 families, 250 ditto engaged in trade, and the number of

inhabitants 1931.

WARING, EDWARD, M.D., an eminent English mathematician, was born in Shropshire, in 1734, and educated at Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he took his first degree in 1757, and was considered as a prodigy in the sciences. At the age of 25, in 1789, he was elected Lucasian prohis Miscellanea Analytica, which extended his refessor of mathematics, and in 1762 he published putation over Europe. In 1767, he took his degree of M.D., but he was not successful in practice, which was the less to be regretted, as he possessed a liberal patrimony. In 1776, he married, and he soon after went to reside on his own estate at Plaisly, about eight miles from Shrewsbury. His other works are his Meditationes Algebraicae, 1770, his Proprietates Algebraicarum Curvarum, 1772,

and his Meditationes Analyticae, 1773, 1774, 1775, 1776. He published many papers in the Philosophical Transactions, vol. liii. liv. lv. Ixix. lxxvi. lxxvii. lxxviii. lxxix. lxxxi. and lxxxiv., for which he received the Copley medal.

WARMINSTER,

a large market town of England, in Wiltshire, is situated on the river Willey, and consists chiefly of five streets, the chief of which is a mile long, and well paved, and contains many handsome and well built houses. The principal buildings are the church, a spacious and handsome edifice with a square tower, the chapel of St. Lawrence, the town-hall and sessionhouse, an assembly-room, and four dissenting chapels. There is here a free grammar school, and several annual benefactions. The manufactures consist of superfine woollen cloth and malt. Near the town on the Downs is a fine Belgic fortification, called Battlesbury, and about two miles from the town a Roman villa, with a fine tesselated pavement, has been discovered. Population of the parish in 1821, 1107 houses, 1202 families, 457 do. in trade, and total inhabitants 5612.

WARM SPRINGS, new county of Arkansas, and laid down on Tanner's United States Map. It embraces the country round the Warm Springs, on the higher part of the Washitaw valley, and lies about sixty miles a little S. of W. from Little Rock. Boundaries uncertain. Chief town Warm Springs.

DARBY.

WARPING OF LAND. See AGRICULTURE, Vol. I. p. 325.

WARREN, county of, New York, bounded by Saratoga S., Hamilton W., Essex N., and lake George, separating it from the northern part of Washington county, E., and by the middle part of Washington county S. E. Greatest length in common with Essex, from cast to west, 40 miles, mean breadth 28, and area 1120 square miles. Extending in latitude from 43° 11' to 43° 46', and in longitude from 2° 40' to 3° 25' E. from W. C. The face of this county is broken and even mountainous. The main or northern branch of the Hudson enters it by the northern border from Essex, and pursuing a course of a little E. of S. traverses the county to the entrance of Sacondago river. Thence the Hudson inflecting first S. E. and then N. E. to Glenn's Falls, separates the southeastern part of Warren from the northeastern of Saratoga. The northeastern section of Warren along lake George, is one congeries of mountains, wild and picturesque. The general declivity is southward.

By the post-office list of 1831, besides at Caldwell, the seat of justice, there were offices at Athol, Bolton, Chestertown, Glenn's Falls, Hague, Johnsburgh, Luzerne, and Thurman.

Caldwell, the seat of justice, is situated at the head of lake George, 62 miles N. from Albany, and by post road 439 miles N. N. E. from W. C. N. latitude 43° 22'. Population in 1820, 9453, and in 1830, 11,796.

WARREN, county of, New Jersey, bounded N.E. by Sussex, E. by Morris, S. E. by Hunterdon, and by Delaware river, separating it from North

ampton county of Pennsylvania W., and Pike county of Pennsylvania N.W. The form of this county approaches that of a triangle, longest line parallel to the general course of the Delaware, 40 miles, mean breadth 12, and area 480 square miles. Extending in latitude from 40° 36' to 41° 5' N., and in longitude from 1° 45' to 2° 8' E. from W. C.

This county is traversed by the Blue Ridge on the southeast, and by the Kittatinny on the northwest. The slope of surface along the mountain valleys towards the Delaware. A narrow but fine border lies between the Kittatinny and Delaware, but the body of the county is between the two chains. The surface is comparatively elevated, and no farm it contains is less than 200 feet above tide water, whilst the upper part, bordering on Sussex, rises to 600 or 700 feet.

The Morris canal from the Delaware traverses the southeastern border of this county. See CANALS.

By the post list of 1831, beside at Belvidere, the seat of justice, there were offices at Allamuchy, Anderson, Asbury, Bloomsburgh, Brotzmansville, Columbia, Danville, Gravel Hill, Hackettstown, Harmony, Hope, Johnsonburgh, Knowlton, Mansfield, Marksboro', New Village, and Ramsaysburgh.

Belvidere, the seat of justice, is situated on the left bank of Delaware, 14 miles above Easton, and by post road 54 miles N.N.W. from Trenton, and

210 miles N.E. from W. C. N. latitude 40° 48', N. long. 1° 50' E. from W. C. Population of Warren, New Jersey, in 1830, 18,627.

WARREN, county of, Pennsylvania, bounded E. by Mackean, S. E. by Jefferson, S. by Venango, W. by Crawford, N.W. by Erie, N. by Chataque county, New York, and N.E. by Catterangus county, New York. It lies in form of a parallelogram, 32 miles from E. to W., and 28 from N. to S., area 896 square miles. Extending in latitude from 41° 37' to 42° N., and in longitude from 2° 3' to 2° 43' W. from W. C. Declivity to the southward. Alleghany river forms for a few miles the northeastern boundary, and thence entering, winds over this county into Verango in a southwestern direction, receiving at the borough of Warren the Conewango, a considerable_tributary from the northwards, and at the Great Bend, five miles below Warren, Brokenstraw, a large creek comes in from the westward. Surface broken, and though yet thinly populated, much of its soil is excellent. Chief town Warren. Population in 1820, 1976, in 1830, 4766.

WARREN, county of, North Carolina, bounded N. E. by Roanoke river, separating it from Northampton, E. by Halifax, S. and S. W. by Franklin, W. by Granville, and N. by Mecklenburg county, of Virginia. Length 23, mean width 17, area 391 square miles. Extending in latitude from 36° 7' to 36° 32′ N., and in longitude from 0° 56' to 1° 21' W. from W. C. This county is a table land. A little more than one-third declines to the northward, and is drained into the Roanoke, the southern slip of the valley, which is here only about eight miles wide. Beyond this narrow inclined plane rises the extreme sources of Fishing Creek, branch of Tar river, draining the central and southern part of Warren, and flowing southeastward until between Halifax and Nash counties. Soil of War

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