a town of the United States of North America, state of Pennsylvania, stands on an elevated spot on the left bank of the Schuylkill, 91 miles E. of Harris- burg, and 17 N.W. of Philadelphia. It is regularly laid out, and well built of stone and brick. There is a hand- some court-house, begun in 1851, of light-gray marble; a prison, a bank, a public library, nine or ten churches, and several large boarding-schools. The river, which is here crossed by two bridges, supplies moving power for two large cotton factories and other manufacturing establish- ments, which employ a great number of hands. The trade of the place is considerable, and is increased by the naviga-