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 NORTHAMPTON merous inlets, and on the east, in the Atlantic, are several small islands. The surface is level and the soil light and sandy. The chief pro- ductions in 1870 were 2,747 bushels of wheat, 266,594 of Indian corn, 139,668 of oats, 61,616 of Irish and 79,689 of sweet potatoes, and 2,372 Ibs. of wool. There were 1,238 horses, 1,217 milch cows, 1,715 other cattle, 1,171 sheep, and 6,773 swine. Capital, Eastville. III. A N. E. county of North Carolina, bounded N. by Vir- ginia, and S. W. by the Roanoke river ; area, about 350 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 14,749, of whom 8,510 were colored. It has a diversified sur- face and generally fertile soil. It is traversed by the Seaboard and Roanoke, the Raleigh and Gaston, and the Petersburg and Weldon rail- roads, and the Gaston branch of the last named line. The chief productions in 1870 were 13,- 680 bushels of wheat, 320,924 of Indian corn, 36,860 of oats, 11,861 of Irish and 45,435 of sweet potatoes, 7,320 bales of cotton, 8,300 Ibs. of tobacco, 3,348 of wool, 24,039 of butter, and 3,701 gallons of molasses. There were 1,317 horses, 896 mules and asses, 1,622 milch cows, 913 working oxen, 2,917 other cattle, 2,955 sheep, and 13,854 swine. Capital, Jackson. NORTHAMPTON, the shire town of Hamp- shire co., Massachusetts, on the* W. bank of the Connecticut river, and on the New Haven and Northampton and the Connecticut River railroads, 80 m. W. of Boston and 15 m. N. of Springfield ; pop. in 1850, 5,278 ; in 1860, 6,788; in 1870, 10,160. It contains four post villages, Florence, Leeds, Loudville, and North- ampton. The last, the principal village, is no- ted for its beauty. It is situated on elevated ground about a mile W. of the river, has broad and well shaded streets, and commands a splen- did view of the Connecticut valley and of Mts. Tom and Holyoke. It has water works, a fire department, and a street railroad, is lighted with gas, and is connected with Hadley on the opposite bank of the Connecticut by a bridge 1,230 ft. long and 26 ft. wide. Just W. of the village, on an eminence, surrounded with groves of forest trees, are the Round Hill water-cure establishment, with accommodations for 200 patients, and the Clarke institute for deaf mutes, founded by the late John Clarke in 1867, and endowed with $300,000. In the same vicinity is the state lunatic asylum established in 1858, with imposing buildings capable of accommo- dating 350 patients. Loudville is in the S. W. part of the town. Florence and Leeds are manufacturing villages, respectively 3 m. and 5 m. N. "W. of Northampton. The former is the seat of the Florence sewing machine com- pany's works. The principal articles of manu- facture are sewing machines, skates, brooms, machinery, foundery products, paper, agricul- tural implements, silk, cotton cloth, cutlery, carriages and wagons, emery wheels, files, furniture, mirrors, pencils, tape, wire, screws, turbine water wheels, and rubber goods. The town contains three national banks, with a joint capital of $1,150,000, three savings banks, a NORTH CAROLINA 487 loan and trust company, a fire insurance com- pany, five hotels, graded public schools, inclu- ding a high school, a public library with 12,000 volumes, a female college, three weekly news- papers, and 11 churches, viz. : 2 Baptist, 4 Con- gregational, 1 Episcopal, 2 Methodist, 1 Roman Catholic, and 1 Unitarian. Northampton was settled in 1654. NORTHAMPTON, a municipal and parliamen- tary borough and market town of England, capital of Northamptonshire, on the left bank of the Nen, 60 m. N. W. of London ; pop. in 1871, 41,040. It occupies the summit of an eminence rising from the river, over which there are several bridges. The principal manu- factures are boots and shoes. There are also iron and brass f ounderies, flour mills, breweries, and coach factories. In 1872 it had 38 places of worship, of which 12 belonged to the church of England. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, an inland county of England, bordering on the counties of Lincoln, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Bedford, Bucking- ham, Oxford, Warwick, Leicester, and Rut- land; area, 984 sq. m. ; pop. in 1871, 243,8'96. The principal rivers are the Nen, Welland, and Avon. The surface is undulating, belonging to the basin of the Nen and watered by nu- merous rivulets. The N. E. extremity of the county belongs to the great fen district, and is only a few feet above the sea. The county is well wooded with oak, ash, beech, and elm. The climate is mild and healthy. The chief agricultural pursuit is stock raising. There are no manufactures of any importance, except boots and shoes. The county has railway com- munication with all parts of the country. There are two principal canals, the Grand Junction canal and the Grand Union canal. The princi- pal towns are Northampton, the capital, Peter- borough, Daventry, Kettering, and Oundle. NORTH BRIDGEWATER. See BRIDGEWATEE. NORTHBROOK, Barons. See BARING. NORTH CAPE. See CAPE' NORTH. NORTH CAROLINA, one of the original states of the American Union, situated between lat. 33 53' and 36 33' N., and Ion. 75 25' and 84 30' W. ; extreme length 490 m. from E. to W., extreme breadth 185 m. from N. to S. ; area, 50,704 sq. m. It is bounded N. by Virginia, on the line of 36 33', E. and S. E. by the At- lantic ocean, S. by South Carolina and Georgia, and W. by Tennessee. It is divided into 94 counties, as follows: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Cabar- rus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Ca- tawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Clay, Cleaveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Graham, Granville, Greene, Guilford, Halifax, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Lincoln, McDowell', Macon, Madison, Martin, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore,