an expedition, consisting of British and Indians,
was fitted out at Michilimackinac for the capture
of St. Louis and other places on the W. side of
the Mississippi, which was successfully repelled
by the aid of an American force under General
George Rogers Clark, which was providentially
encamped on the opposite side of the river.

St. Lucie County, Fa. On the southern Atlan-
tic coast of the peninsula. Indian River is the
only settlement. Population, 139.

&t. Marks, Fa., Wakulla co. Port of entry. 20
miles S. from Tallahassee. On St. Marks River,
near its confluence with the Wakulla, which
rivers unite to form the Appalachee, which is
navigable to this place for vessels drawing 8 feet
of water. It constitutes the port of Tallahassee,
with which it is connected by a railroad. Sev-
eral years ago, an appropriation was made by
Congress for improving the navigation below St.
Marks, which is very crooked, and is impeded by
oyster bars. It is a place of considerable busi-
ness.

St. Mar tux's Parish, La., c. h. at St. Martins-
ville. This parish, in Attacapas, is bounded by
Opelousas N. W. and W., Gulf of Mexico S. W.,
St. Mary's Parish, in Attacapas, S. E., and the
Atchafalaya River N. E. and E. From the Gulf
of Mexico, the shore rises imperceptibly into
dry, arable, prairie land, along the Teche and
Vermilion Rivers, and some intervening strips.
The whole is one almost undeviating plain.
Where the land is arable, it is highly fertile.
The south-western, middle, and southern sections
present an expanse of prairie, with the exception
of strips of woods along the margin of the streams.
Near the Atchafalaya, it is liable to annual over-
flow.

St. Martinsville, La., c. h. St. Martin's parish,
Attacapas. On the right bank of the Teche.

St. Mary's, Ga., Camden co. The position of
this town renders it a place of considerable con-
sequence as a commercial port, it being situated
9 miles above the mouth of St. Mary's River, on
the left bank. A fine channel, of inland commu-
nication, exists between this place and Darien,
from which it is 80 miles S. by land. It has lost
some of its consequence as a naval and military
station, since the accession of Florida to the
United States. S. S. E. from Milledgeville 293
miles. Its harbor is good, and vessels drawing
21 feet of water come to its wharves.

St. Mary's Parish, La., c. h. at Franklin. Bound-
ed N. and N. E. by St. Martin's parish, E. by
Terre Bonne parish, S. by Atchafalaya, Cote
Blanche, and Vermilion Bays, and W. by Lafay-
ette parish. Watered by Atchafalaya Bayou,
Teche River, and Chetimaches Lake. Surface
flat, and liable to inundation in the S. E. part;
soil arable and very fertile on the borders of some
of the streams.

St. Mary's County, Md., c. h. at Leonard. Ches-
apeake Bay bounds this county on the S. E., Poto-
mac River S. W., Charles co. N. W., and Patux-
ent River N. E. It is situated on the peninsula
between the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers.

St. Mary's, 0., c. h. Anglaize co. On the Miami
Canal.

St. Paul, Ma. Capital of the territory. Situ-
ated on the E. bank of the Mississippi, *12 miles
below the Falls of St. Anthony, and 5 miles E.
from Fort Snelling, at the mouth of the St. Peter's.
This place, like every other in this young but
growing territory, is recent in its origin, but is
making very rapid progress. 200 or 300 houses
are to be erected the present year (1852) within
its corporate limits; many of them of brick or
stone, of large dimensions. New wharves are
building, landings are being improved, and streets
graded. Population is pouring into this whole
region with great rapidity, and it is certain that
St. Paul, with such advantages of location as it
possesses, must immediately become a place of
great importance.

Besides its public buildings, which make a good
appearance, and its churches, which are beginning
to be multiplied, it has several large hotels, which
are demanded by the increasing travel through
this place. Some of the highest class were built
more especially with a view to the entertainment
of parties visiting the Falls of St. Anthony. Reg-
ular steamboats run between Galena, Stillwater,
St. Paul, St. Peter's, and the falls. A boat leaves
St. Louis daily for this place. Distance 695 miles.

St. Stephen's, Aa., Washington co. On the
W. bank of Tombigbee River, at the head of
schooner navigation. 120 miles above Mobile, and
149 S. by W. from Tuscaloosa.

St. Tammany Parish, La., c. h. at Madisonville.
Pearl River bounds this parish on the E., Lake
Borgne, the Rigolets, and Lake Pontchartrain S.,
River Tangipao or St. Helena W., and the parish
of Washington N. Pearl, Borgne, Chito, Chi-
functe, and Tangipao Rivers are the principal
streams. Towards the S. the surface is level,
in the northern parts undulating; soil generally
sterile, and timbered with pine.

St. Thomas, Pa., Franklin co. A village on
Black Creek, branch of Conecocheague. 9 miles
W. from Chambersburg.

Salem, Ct. New London co. This town was
taken from the towns of Colchester, Lyme, and
Montville; but the principal part from Colches-
ter, and incorporated in 1819. It comprises an
area of 6 by 5 miles of fertile and productive
land. The inhabitants are generally good farmers,
who live scattered about on their farms. Salem
is ■well watered by small streams, and is bounded
on the N. E. by a large and beautiful pond. 13
miles N. W. from New London.

Salem, Is., c. h. Marion co. On the margin of
Grand Prairie. 108 miles S. S. E. from Springfield.

Salem, la., c. h. Washington co. At the head
of Blue River, 93 miles from Indianapolis. Here
are cotton and woollen factories, oil mills, and
grist mills, moved by steam, and various other
manufactories. 35 miles N. W. from Louisville,

Ky.

Salem, Ky., c. h. Livingston co. 249 miles W.
S. W. from Frankfort.

Salem, Me., Somerset co. This town is watered
by a branch of Seven Mile Brook, and lies 52
miles N. N. W. from Augusta, and 28 N. W.
from Norridgewock. Incorporated 1823. This
is a good farming town.

Salem, Ms. City, seaport, and one of the seats
of justice of Essex co. 14 miles N. N. E. from
Boston. Population in 1790, 7921 ; 1800, 9457 ;
1810,12,613; 1820,12,731; 1830,13,886; 1840,
15,082; 1850,18,836.

Salem is nearly surrounded by water, being
situated between 2 inlets of the sea, called the
North and South Rivers. To the main and now
inhabited part of the town is attached a pen-
insular portion of land, called the Neck. This
was the first inhabited, and was formerly used
for fishing and other purposes. It ultimately