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5. Washington is the residence of the President of the United States, and the other chief executive officers of the General Government, also of the different foreign ministers sent to this country.

6. The National Congress meets here in the Capitol every year on the first Monday in December, and the Supreme Federal Court also holds its annual sessions in this city. During the sessions of Congress, Washington is thronged with visitors from all parts of the world.

7. The Capitol is a magnificent building, of white freestone, 352 feet long, in the shape of a cross, with the Representatives' Hall and Senate Chamber in the two wings, and a spacious Rot undo in the centre.

8. The Representatives' Hall is semicircular, 95 feet in length, and 60 feet in height, lighted from the top, and adorned with a colonnade of pillars beautifully polished. It is one of the finest halls in the world. The Senate Chamber is of the same shape, and 74 feet long. The Rotundo is 96 feet in diameter, and is 96 feet to the top of the dome within. It is all of marble, and the floor is handsomely paved.

9. The President's House is built of white freestone, on an eminence about a mile and a half west from the Capitol. It is two stories high, with a front of 180 feet, and is surrounded by extensive grounds. On each side are the offices for the State, War, Navy, and Treasury Departments. The Patent Office is 275 feet long, and 65 wide. The lower story is appropriated to models and specimens of articles patented; the upper contains a large collection of curiosities.

10. Georgetown, separated from Washington by Rock Creek, is a thriving place, and has some commerce. It is the seat of Georgetown College. There is also a nunnery, containing from 50 to 70 nuns.

Map No. 11.-On what river is Washington? Pc.- On which side is it? E. On which side is Georgetown? E.- Population of each? What parallel of latitude touches the northern end of the District?

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VIRGINIA.

1. VIRGINIA was, until the annexation of Texas, the largest state in the Union; it was the first settled of the English Colonies, from which circumstance it is often called "the ancient dominion."

was it laid out? When did Government remove? 5. Who resides in Washington? 6. What body meets there? What Court? What is said of Washington? 7. The Capitol ? 8. Representatives' Hall? Senate Chamber? 9. President's House? 10. Alexandria? Georgetown?

Virginia. Q. 1. What is Virginia' What is it often called, and

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2. Many eminent men were natives of Virginia; among whom, the illustrious Washington, with Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe, were all Presidents of the United States.

3. This state is traversed by the Alleghany Mountains and the Blue Ridge. The country east of the latter is generally level, while the western division is hilly and mountainous.

4. The productions of the north and the south, wheat, cotton, and tobacco, are all raised here. Indian corn is also extensively cultivated. Gold, copper, lead, iron, coal, and salt, abound. Several companies are at present employed in working the gold-mines. At Richmond, Wheeling, and other places, various manufactures are carried on.

5. The mineral-springs of Virginia are celebrated for their medicinal properties, and are much resorted to during the summer season. The principal of these are, the Warm, the Hot, and the White Sulphur springs.

6 Several important rail-roads and canals are already finished, and others are advancing towards completion. By these, transportation and travelling will be rendered easy through a large portion of the state.

7. Virginia was among the leading states during the Revolutionary war. In the year 1781, the siege and surrender of Yorktown took place when Lord Cornwallis and his army were made prisoners of war; an event that secured the independence of the United States.

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10. Norfolk, on Elizabeth river, is the principal seaport. It has a fine harbour, and more foreign commerce than any other town in the state. At Gosport, in Portsmouth, opposite to Norfolk, is one of the most important Navy-Yards of the United States.

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11. Petersburg, Fredericksburg, and Lynchburg, are each important towns. Wheeling, on the Ohio, is the channel of a great deal of business. Yorktown is celebrated for the surrender of Lord Cornwallis to the combined American and French armies, under General WashingCharlottesville is the seat of the University of Virginia. Monticello, two miles from this place, is noted for having been the residence of Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.

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12. In Westmoreland county, on the Potomac, is shown the spot where Washington was born. The house, which stood about half a mile from the river, is now in ruins. A simple stone, with the inscription, "Here, on the 11th of February,* 1732, GEORGE WASHINGTON was born," designates the consecrated spot.

13. Farther up the river, 8 miles below Alexandria, is Mount Vernon, the former residence of that great and good man. Alexandria is on the Potomac 6 miles below Washington. It belonged for 46 years to tre District of Columbia, but was retroceded by Congress to Virginia in 1846. What is said of Lord Cornwallis, &c.? 8. The Natural Bridge? 9. Rica mond? 10. Norfolk, &c.? 11. Petersburg, and the other towns? For what is Yorktown celebrated? Of Charlottesville? 12. Where was Washington born? 13. Where is Mount Vernon, &c.? Alexandria?

* Old Style, which corresponds to the 22d of February, New Style, the day celebrated as the anniversary of Washington's birth.

Map No. 5.- What bounds Virginia on the north? Pa., Md.-On the south? N.Ca.- East? A.-On.- West? Oo., Ky. - What river separates Virginia from Ohio? Oo.- Which from Maryland?

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Map No. 11.-What Bay separates the two eastern counties from the rest of the state? Ce. What two Capes at the entrance of Chesa peake Bay? Cs., Hy.-In what county is Richmond? Ho. which is Norfolk? Nk.-Lynchburg? Cl.- Wheeling? Oo.Petersburg? De.- In which county is Washington's birth-place? Wd. Mount Vernon? Fx. The University of Virginia? Ae. In what year did Cornwallis surrender? - What four rivers flow into Chesapeake Bay? Pc., Rk., Yk., Js. Tell the length of each. - On what river is Richmond? Js. -Petersburg? Ax.- Lynchburg? Js --Yorktown? Yk. - Fredericksburg? Rk.-Wheeling? Oo.Charleston? Ka.- See Map 9.- A vast quantity of salt is manufac tured at this place. What streams form James R.? Roanoke R.? York R.? &c.

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1. NORTH CAROLINA is an extensive but thinly peopled State. The country, for more than sixty miles from the coast is a low, sandy plain, intersected with many swamps and inlets from the sea, and covered with extensive pine forests.

North Carolina. Q.1. What is North Carolina' Describe the

2. In the interior the surface is varied and hilly; and on the western frontier it ascends into mountains, whose summits are the most elevated of any in the Atlantic States; Black Mountain being 6476 feet in height.

3. The pine forests which occupy the lower part of the State, furnish one of the most important items of its trade, producing turpentine, tar, pitch, rosin, and lumber, in great abundance.

4. The commerce is limited for want of good harbours; and there is no large commercial town. The trade is carried on chiefly through the ports of the neighbouring states. The exports are cotton, rice, tobacco, and the produce of the

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5. Gold, iron, and black lead, with some copper, are the principal ninerals of North Carolina. The mines of the former are extensively worked, and are even considered of great national importance.

6. A branch of the United States' Mint has been established at Charotte, for the purpose of coining the gold found in this and the neighpouring states.

7. Raleigh,* the capital, is near the west bank of Neuse river Here was the State House, containing Canova's celebrated statue of Washington, which was destroyed by fire in 1831. A new and splen lid granite building has since been erected.

8. Wilmington, on Cape Fear river, 30 miles from the sea, is the argest town in North Carolina. It carries on an active trade with the Northern and Middle States, and also with the West Indies. This lace is the southern termination of an extensive line of rail-road.

9. Fayetteville, at the head of steam-boat navigation, on Cape Fear iver, contains a United States' armory. Newbern is situated at the unction of Neuse and Trent rivers. Salem and Charlotte are small but thriving places. Chapel Hill, about 30 miles from Raleigh, con hins the University of North Carolina.

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