| 1825 | 864 | 680 | 6361 |Rushville, |128 _n. w._
Shelby, | 1827 | 1080 | 636 | 4848 |Shelbyville, | 40 _n. n. e._
St. Clair, | 1795 | 1030 | 1183 | 9055 |Belleville, | 64 _w. s. w._
Tazewell, | 1827 | 1130 | 433 | 5850 |Tremont, |131 _n._
Union, | 1818 | 396 | 545 | 4156 |Jonesboro', |120 _s._
Vermillion, | 1826 | 1000 | 1025 | 8103 |Danville, |135 _n. e._
Wabash, | 1824 | 180 | 441 | 3010 |Mount Carmel, | 95 _s. e._
Warren, | 1825 | 900 | 266 | 2623 |Monmouth, |184 _n. w._
Washington, | 1818 | 656 | 333 | 3292 |Nashville, | 48 _s. s. w._
Wayne, | 1819 | 576 | 471 | 2939 |Fairfield, | 76 _s. e._
White, | 1815 | 516 | 977 | 6489 |Carmi, |103 _s. e._

[A] It is expected the seat of justice of Clark county will be removed to
_Marshall_, 10 miles N. W. from Darwin, and on the National Road. The
distance is computed to Marshall.

[B] These counties have been recently subdivided, and their superficial
area is not known.

-------------+----------+------+--------+----------+-------------------------------
_New Counties| | | | |
formed, Jan. |Date of |Square|Votes |Population|SEATS OF JUSTICE.
1836._ |formation.|miles.|in 1834.| 1835. |
-------------+----------+------+--------+----------+-------------------------------
Will, | 1836 | | | |Juliett.
Whiteside, | " | | | | These counties were taken
Kane, | " | | | |from Jo Daviess, Lasalle, Cook,
Ogle, | " | | | |and Iroquois. The seats of
McHenry, | " | | | |justice not established, and
Winnebago, | " | | | |much of the land unsurveyed,
+----------+------+--------+----------+though rapidly settling.
_Total,_ | | | 34,102 | 272,427 |

SKETCHES OF EACH COUNTY.

ADAMS.--The streams are Bear creek and branches, Cedar, Tyrer,
Mill, Fall, and Pigeon creeks, with the Mississippi river on its western
border. Timber various, with equal portions of prairie. First rate
county.

ALEXANDER.--In the forks of the Ohio and Mississippi, with Cash
river through it. All timbered,--half alluvion,--some inundate