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gouleme, Saintes, and Rochefort, into the Bay of
Biscay. Angouleme is the capital. Pop. about
325.000.
Charente, Lower, a maritime department of
France, consisting of the two late provinces of
Aunis and Saintonge. Rochefort, Rochelle, and
Marennes on the coasts, and Saintes and St. Jean
d’Angely, are the principal towns in this depart-
ment, and in which the Isles of Re, and Oleron
are included. It is a fertile district, and exports
a considerable quantity of brandy. Pop. 395,000.
Charenton, a town of France, about 5 m. S. E.
of Paris, celebrated for its iron works There is
another town of the same nkme in the department
of Cher.
Charili, a town of France, in the department
of Nievre, with manufactures of woolen and hard-
ware. Here is a priory of Benedictine Clunistes,
which once, in a season of scarcity, maintained the
whole town by its bounty, and hence it derives
it3 name. It is seated on the east bank of the
Loire, 15 m. N. by W. of Nevers. Pop. about
4.000.
Cliarkow. See Kharkoff.
Clmrlbury, a village live miles from Woodstock,
in Oxfordshire, England. It holds four large cat-
tle fairs annually. Pop. in 1821, 1,348, and of
the parish, 2.877, the greater part of whom are
employed in the manufacture of gloves, and other
articles of leather.
Cksriemont. a town of Ireland, in the county
of Armagh, seated on the river Blackwater, 6 m.
S. of Dnng-innan. and 68 N. of Dublin. Pop. in
1821,628.“
Charltmvnt, a fortified town of France, on the
frontier of the Netherlands, in the deporVneni of
Ardennes, seated on a craggy mountain, by the
river Meuse, 20 m. N. E. of Rocroy. Pop. about
4.000.
Charleroy, a town of the Netherlands, in the
county of Namur. It has been often taken. It
is seated on the Sambre, 18 m. W. of Namur, and
32 S. of Brussels.
Charles, Cape, a promontory of Virginia, form-
ing the north point to the entrance of Chesapeak
Bay. Long. 76. 14. W. lat. 37. 12. N.
Charles, Cape, the north point of an island in
the south channel of Hudson’s Strait, leading
into Hudson’s Bay. Long. 74. 15. W. lat. 62.
46. N.
Charles, a county in the S. W. part of the state
of Maryland, lying between the Patuxent and
Potomac Rivers. Pop. in 1820, 17,666. Port
Tobacco, at the head of an inlet of the Potomac,
65 m. S. of Baltimore, is the chief town.
Charles City, a county of the E. District of
Virginia, extending for about 15 miles along the
north side of James River, being about 6 miles in
mean breadth, bounded on the north by the Chick-
ahoming River. The court-house of the county
is 3*3 m S. E. by E. of Richmond. Pop. 5,504.
Chari'S R:rer. a small river of Massachusetts,
falling into Boston harbour, on the N. W. side of
the citv.
Chari'S. St. a parish of the E. District of Lou-
isiana. lying on both sides of the Mississippi,
bounded on the north by the lakes Maurepas and
Pontchartrain: it is a swampy district, contain-
ing about 360 square miles. Pop. 5,107. The
court-house of the district is 45 miles west of
New Orleans. Also the name of a county in the
state of Missouri, being a nook formed by the
Missouri and Mississippi Rivers, opposite to the
junction of the Illinois with the latter Pop. 4,322.
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The chief town of the same name, on the north
bank of the Missouri, is 21 miles N. W. of St.
Louis.
Charleston, a maritime district of the state of
South Carolina, extending for about 70 miles
along the shore of the Atlantic Ocean, in a north
eastern direction, from the lat. of 32. 30. to 33. 5
N. and inland about 50 miles; it is bounded on
the north by the Santee River, and intersected by
Ashley, Cooper, and one or two other rivers of
inferior note. It contains a good deal of swampy
land ; but is on the whole very productive in
maize,- rice, and cotton. The coast is broken into
numerous islands, which yield a cotton of verv
superior quality, knowin by the name of Sea Isl
and.
Charleston, the chief city of South Carolina,
stands upon a point of land at the junction of
Ashley and Cooper Rivers, w'ith a good harbour
but difficult of entrance. It is regularly built,
with many fine streets and elegant buildings. Its
situation is low and flat, but the mildness of the
climate, and the lively verdure of the country in
the neighbourhood, make it a very agreeable resi-
dence, except during the heat of summer. Most
of the houses are furnished writh a piazza extend-
ing from- the ground to the top, giving each
story an open shaded winllt. Except in the com-
mercial part of the city, the houses are surround-
ed with gardens, trees, and shrubbery, and their
white winlls gleaming among the green foliage give
the whole a peculiarly romantic appearance. The
most celebrated edifices of the city arehhe orphan
asylum and the circular church. The society of
the place is refined, intelligent, and affable.
Charleston has considerable commerce principally
in the exportation of cotton. It is much resorted
to in winter by visiters from the northern states
and the West Indies. The shipping of this dis-
trict amounted in 1828 to 32.445 tons. Pop.
30,289. It is 553 m. from Washington, in lat. 32.
47. N. long. 79. 54. AV. There are also towns of
this name in New York and Indiana.
Charlestown, ph. Middlesex Co. Mass., adjoining
Boston, with which it is connected by three
bridges. The compact part of the town is built
on a peninsula partly along the foot of Bunker
Hill. The main street is a mile in length, and al
the south end is a large square. The town is
irregular, but has many handsome situations.
Here is the U. S. Navy Yard, containing a spa-
cious dock. The Massachusetts State Prison con
sists of several piles of stone buildings, surround
ed by a high winll, and stands in the western pari
of the town. The Massachusetts Insane Hospital
and the Ursuline Convent, are without the penin
sula, upon elevated and beautiful situations
Charlestowin has many manufactures of leather
cordage, potterv, &c. The Bunker Hill monu
ment overlooks the towin. (See Bunker Iliilj
Pop. 8.787. There are 10 other towns of this
name in the U. States.
Charlestown is also the name of the principal
town in the island of Nevis, and of a town of the
island of Barbadoes.
Charlestown, a town of Scotland, in Aberdeen-
shire. much frequented by invalids for the bene-
fit of goat’s whey. It is seated near the Dee, 28
m. AV. by S. of Aberdeen.
Charleville, a town of Ireland, on the north
boundary of the county of Cork. It has a Roman
Catholic school, which in 1820 had 280 males and
177 female pupils, supported by voluntary sub
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