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tal. A county of Ohio. Pop. 21,493. Lebanon
is the capital. A county of Kentucky. Pop. 10,
947. Bowling Green is the capital. A county
of W. Tennessee. Pop. 15,351. Mc.Minnville
is the capital. A county of Mississippi. Pop.
7,861. Vicksburg is the capital. A county of
Indiana. Pop. 2,854. Williamsport is the capi-
tal. A county of Illinois. Pop. 307. Warren
is the capital.

Warren, ph. Lincoln Co. Me. 30 m. E. Wis-
casset. Pop. 2,030. ph. Grafton Co. N. H. Pop.
702; ph. Bristol Co. R. I. 12 m. S. E. Provi-
dence. Pop. 1,800 ; ph. Litchfield Co. Conn.
Pop. 985; ph. Herkimer Co. N. Y. Pop. 2,084.
Towns in Somerset Co. N. J ; Warren, Bradford
and Franklin Cos. Pa.; Trumbull, Jefferson, Bel-
mont, Tuscarawas and Washington Cos. Ohio.

Warrensburg, ph. Warren Co. N. Y. 7 m. W.
Caldwell. Pop. 1,191.

Warrensburg, p.v. Green Co. Ten.

Warrmsville, a township of Cuyahoga Co.Ohio.

Wavrenton, p.v. Fauquier Co. Va; Warren Co.
Geo; Warren Co. Mississippi.

Warrenstovm, a township of Somerset Co. Me.
p.v. Jefferson Co. Ohio.

Warrick, a county of Indiana. Pop. 2,973
Boonville is the capital.

Warrington, a township of Bucks Co. Pa.' A
township of York Co. Pa.

Warrington, a town in Lancashire, Eng. with
manufactures of muslins, velveteens, canvas, cot-
ton, checks, hardware, pins, and glass, and a con-
siderable traffic in malt. 18 m. E. of Liverpool
and 182 N. N. W. of London.

Warriore, a town of Hindoostan, in the Car-
natic, 32 m. N. N. E. of Tanjore and 55 S. S. W.
of Pondicherry.

Warsaw, the metropolis of the present kingdom
of Poland, and formerly of the whole county of
that name. It is built partly in a plain, and part-
ly on a gentle rise from the Vistula ; extending
with theflsuburbs of Kraha and Praga, over a vast
extent of ground, and containing above 100,000
inhabitants. The streets are spacious, but ill pav-
ed ; the churches and public buildings large and
magnificent; the palaces of the nobility numer-
ous and splendid ; but the greatest part of the
houses, particularly in the suburbs, are mean and
ill-constructed wooden hovels. The manufac-
tures comprise woolen stuffs, carpeting, gold and
silver wire, soap, tobacco, &c. Here are several
wholesale mercantile houses, employed in the im-
port of articles for the supply of the interior, and
the export of Polish produce. Two great annual
fairs have, since 1817, been established here, on
the plan of those ofFrankfoft, Leipzig, &c. They
are held in May and November, each continuing
three weeks. In the beginning of 1784, the em-
press of Russia put a garrison into this city, in
older to compel the Poles to acquiesce in the
usurpation she had in view; but this garrison
was soon expelled by the citizens. The king
of Prussia besieged Warsaw in July, but was com-
pelled to raise the siege in September. It was
xe2x80xa2undertaken by the Russians, who, in November,
took by storm the suburb of Praga, massacred the
inhabitants, and nearly reduced it to ashes. The
immediate consequence was the surrender of the
city to the Russians, who in 1796, delivered it up
to the king of Prussia. Towards the end of 1806,
the French occupied this place; and, by the
treaty of Tilsit, the city, with this part of Poland,
was given to Saxony, to be held under the title
of itli# duchy of Warsaw. The Russians, how-
ever overran this duchy in 1813, and took pos-
session of the city of Warsaw. The Polish
revolution of 1830 broke out at this place, and
the Russian Grand Duke Constantine was driv-
en from the city: but in 1831 Warsaw was again
captured by the Russians which put an end to
the insurrection. The city suffered severely by
the pestilential cholera the same year, which was
introduced from Asia by the Russian armies.
Warsaw is 170 m. S. of Konigsberg and 180 E.
N. E. of Breslau. Long. 21. 0. E., lat. 52. 14 N.

Warsaw, ph. Genesee Co. N. Y. 20 m. S. Ba-
tavia. Pop. 2,474.

Warta, a river of Poland, which rises in the
palatinate of Cracow, flows In* Siradia and Pos-
nan, passes by Driessen and Landsberg in Bran-
denburg, and enters the Oder at Custrin.

Wartenberg, a town of Prussian Silesia, capital
of a lordship of the same name, with a castle. In
1742 it was entirely reduced to ashes, except the
old castle, which is now used as a brewhouse. It
is 28 m. N. E. of Breslau.

Wartenberg, a town of Prussian Silesia, in the
principality of Glogau, 20 m. N. W. of Glogau.

Warwick, a borough and the capital of War-
wickshire, Eng. It was fortified with a wall,
now in ruins; but has still a noble castle of the
ancient earls of Warwick, inhabited by the pres-
ent possessor of that title. The town was near-
ly destroyed by fire in 1694, but was subsequent-
ly rebuilt with greater regularity. The streets
are spacious, ana meet nearly in the centre of the
town, 92 m. N. W. of London.

Warwick, ph. Franklin Co. Mass. 80 m. N. W.
Boston, with ma.iufactures of glass. Pop. 1,150;
ph. Orange Co. N. Y. 70 m. N. W. New York.
Pop. 5,013. Towns in Bucks and Lancaster Cos.
Pah Cecil Co. Maryland, Tuscarawas Co. Ohio.

Warwick, ph. Kent. Co. R. I. on Narraganset
Bay, 10 m. S. Providence. Pop. 5,529. It has
a harbour for small vessels, with some coasting
trade, and large manufactures of cotton.

Warwick, a county of the E. District of Vir-
ginia. Pop. 1,570.

Warwickshire, a county of England, bounded
on the N. by Derbyshire. The climate of this
county is healthy, and the air mild and pleasant-
its salubrity is increased by the great consump-
tion of wood for the iron works, many parts be-
ing entirely cleared and converted to tillage and
pasture. The N. part, called the Woodlands is
divided from the S., called the Feldon by the riv-
er Avon ; and the soil of both is in general rfah
and fertile. It produces corn, flax, wood, wool,
cheese, coal, iron, and limestone ; and its breeds
of cattle and sheep are of a superior kind. The
manufactures are various and important, compri-
sing ribands, gauzes, and other silk fabrics, last
ings and thread, and all descriptions of hardware.
The capital is Warwick, but Birmingham is the
largest town.

Wasa, a sea-port of Sweden, in E. Bothnia, on
the gulf of Bothnia, 40 m. N. by E. of Christine
stadt.

Washington, a county of Maine. Pop. 21,295
Machias is the capital; a county of Vermont
Pop. 21,394. Montpelier is the capital; a county
of Rhode Island. Pop. 15,414. South Kingston
is the capital; a county of N. York. Pop. 42,615
Salem is the capital; a county of the W. Dis
of Pennsylvania. Pop. 9,128. Franklin is the
capital; a county of Maryland. Pop. 25,265
Hagerstown is the capital; a county of the W
Dis. of Virginia. Pop. 15,614. Abington is tin



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