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ADAMS Potomac marble are found, and the copper mines have been worked with some success. In 1870 the personal property was valued at $1,287,541. The crops in 1870 amounted to 494,346 bushels of wheat, 757,019 of corn, 636,828 of oats, 33,425 of rye, and 1,005,303 of potatoes. The value of animals slaughtered was $498,545. The county has numerous man- ufacturing establishments. Capital, Gettys- burg. II. A S. W. county of Mississippi, bound- ed "W. by the Mississippi river, which separates it from Louisiana, and S. by the river Homo- chitto; area, 440 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 19,084, of whom 14,287 were colored. The land is highly productive. The productions in- 1870 were 177,307 bushels of corn, 26,469 of sweet potatoes, 20,140 bales of cotton, and 3,144 tons of hay. Capital, Natchez. III. A S. W. county of Ohio, separated from Kentucky by the Ohio river; area, 500 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 20,750. The surface is hilly and well timbered, and the soil is fertile, and especially adapted to fruit culture. The productions in 1870 were 162,677 bushels of wheat, 156,073 of oats, 4,376 of barley, 2,123 of rye, 772,899 of corn, 39,542 of potatoes, 54,208 Ibs. of wool, 434,664 of butter, and $100,828 worth of orchard prod- ucts. There were 16,333 sheep and 20,352 hogs, and the value of animals slaughtered was $308,186. In the S. E. part of the county, near the river, are valuable quarries and iron mines. Capital, West Union. IV. An E. county of Indiana, bordering on Ohio; area, 324 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 11,382. It is drained by the Wabash and St. Mary's rivers. Forests of oak, beech, ash, hickory, and elm cover a large portion of the county. The soil is pro- ductive and the surface nearly level. The pro- ductions in 1870 were 172,331 bushels of wheat, 96, 168 of com, 88, 697 of oats, 12,408 tons of hay, 227,303 Ibs. of butter, 32,847 of cheese, and 62,- 957 of wool. Capital, Decatur. V. A W. county of Illinois, separated from Missouri by the Mis- sissippi river; area, 760 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 56,362. The Quincy and Eastern and the Quincy and Chicago railroads run through the county, and the Illinois and Southern Iowa railroad forms a junction with the Quincy and Eastern within its limits. Bear creek, an afflu- ent of the Mississippi, drains the N. W. part. The surface is undulating and covered with .forests, the soil rich and to a great extent cul- tivated. The products in 1870 were 1,452,905 bushels of com, 963,807 of wheat, 759,074 of oats, and 104,855 Ibs. of wool. There were 26,949 sheep and 56,442 hogs. Value of animals slaughtered, $1,103,518. There are many manu- facturing establishments. Capital, Quincy. VI. A S. W. county of Iowa ; area, 432 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 4,614. It is drained by the Nodaway river and several of its head streams. The Burlington and Missouri River railroad runs through it. In 1870 the county produced 60,716 bushels of wheat, 253,261 of corn, 40,- 327 of oats, and 16,905 Ibs. of wool. Capital, Quincy. VII. A S. central county of Wiscon- sin, bounded W. and S. W. by the Wisconsin river, and drained by its affluents; area, 650 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 6,601. Large forests cover the county, and large quantities of lum- ber are cut and rafted down the Wisconsin. Water power is abundant. The products in 1870 were 123,454 bushels of wheat, 114,320 of corn, 88,831 of oats, and 60,701 of rye. Capital, Quincy. VIII. A new county in S. Nebraska, bounded N. by the Platte river and drained by the Little Blue; pop. in 1870, 19. ADAMS, a township of Berkshire county, Mass., on both sides of the Hoosac river; pop. in 1870, 12,090. There are four villages in the town: North Adams, South Adams, Maple Grove, and Blackington. In its vicinity are a notable natural bridge across Hudson's brook, and Saddle mountain or Mt. Greylock, which has an elevation of 3,600 feet, and is the highest point in Massachusetts. The west- ern terminus of the Hoosac tunnel is at North Adams, and the Troy and Boston and Pitts- tield and North Adams railroads terminate here. Manufactures form the leading interest. In 1865 there were in the town 11 cotton mills, with 45,072 spindles, employing 332 males and 429 females ; 6 woollen mills, with 44 sets of machinery, employing 440 males and 392 females; 2 print works, printing 8,925,- 000 yards of calico yearly, and employing 150 males and 21 females; 4 balmoral-skirt facto- ries, and 2 paper mills. Two weekly news- papers and a semi-monthly are published in North Adams. The experiment of Chinese labor has recently been successfully made in North Adams. In 1870 there were 75 China- men employed in that village in the manufac- ture of boots and shoes. By the contract made in San Francisco, the Chinamen were engaged for three years. They are represented as being of quiet habits, industrious, skilful, and eager to learn in the evening schools pro- vided for them. The town contains 35 schools, of which two are high schools. ADAMS, Charles Baker, an American chem- ist and zoologist, born in Dorchester, Mass., Jan. 11, 1814, died in St Thomas, Jan. 19, 1853. He graduated at Amherst college, and was associated with Professor Edward Hitchcock in a geological survey of New York. In 1837 he became tutor in Amherst college, and in 1838 was chosen professor of chemistry and natural history in Middlebury college, Vt., but in 1847 returned to be a professor at Am- herst. In 1845, 1846, and 1847 he was en- gaged in a geological survey of Vermont Be- tween 1844 and 1851 he made journeys to Ja- maica and other parts of the West Indies, for scientific purposes. He wrote " Contributions to Conchology," "Monographs of Several Spe- cies of Shells," and other treatises. Not long before his death he published a useful work on elementary geology, in which he was assisted by Professor Gray of Brooklyn. ADAMS, Charles Francis, an American states- man, the only child of John Quincy Adams