DELAWARE, one of the United States, the smallest in the Union in respect to population, and, next to Rhode Island, in territory also, lies between З8° 27' and 39 50' north lat. and 75 and 75° 40' west lon, from Greenwich, and is bounded north by Pennsylvania, east by the Delaware river and bay; and south and west by Maryland. Its length from north to south ¡s 90 miles, its greatest breadth 32 miles, and its superficial area 2,120 miles.

MILLEDGEVILLE, city, seat of justice of Baldwin со., and capital of the state of Georgia, situated at the head of steamboat navigation on Oconee river, and is 300 miles from the sea; from W. 648 ms. The city is built on elevated and somewhat uneven ground, in the midst of a rich and populous cotton-producing region, and is laid out with broad streets and pleasant squares. The statehouse is a fine edifice of Gothic architecture, surmounted by a cupola, and containing in its halls portraits of General Oglethorpe and other eminent men of earlier times.

ADAMS COUNTY, in the westernmost part of Illinois, bordering the Mississippi river. It is 32 miles in length, with a mean breadth of 24, and contains an area of 768 square miles. The western and most extensive slope declines toward the Mississippi, while that of the east gives rise to the streams running into the Illinois river. Courts are held at Quincy. Pop., in 1830, 3,186; in 1840, 14,476; in 1850, 26,508.