DOVER, the capital of the state of Delaware, and of the county of Kent, is situated on high ground, between the two principal branches of Jones's Creek, ten miles above its entrance into Delaware Bay. It is regularly laid out, with wide streets crossing each other at right angles. The principal public building is the state house, an elegant and commodious edifice. There is also a splendid monument erected to the memory of Colonel John Haslett, who fell in the battle of Princeton. Pop. 3932.