What is the situation of Beaufort-Georgetown-Camden, and Sumpterville? What is said of the colleges and common schools? What are the rivers and mountains of this state? What canal? What rail road? What Christian denominations? Ans. Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians. When were North and South Carolina separated?

GEORGIA.

Extent, 60,000 sq. ms. Pop. 517,000. 8 per sq. m.

Slaves, 217,500.

Georgia is one of the largest states in the Union; thinly peopled, and greatly diversified in respect to soil and climate, but containing a large proportion of excellent land, and is rapidly growing in population and wealth. About one third of its inhabitants have been added since the year 1820.

The numerous islands on the coast, ab und in sea-island cotton, distinguished for its superior quality. The marshy grounds overflowed by creeks and rivers, and extending 15 miles back from the sea, contain the rice plantations. Thence, gradually ascending towards the interior, are the sandy, pine barrens, and from these, the country rises into hills and mountains, embracing a very extensive and fertile region, which abounds in wheat and other kinds of grain. Cotton is the most extensively and profitably cultivated; but rice, tobacco, and sugar, are important products.

The gold region passes through the north-western section of this state, and here, also, as in North Carolina, it is becoming an object of great and increasing interest. In 1830, the value of gold received at the U. S. mint, from Georgia, was $212,000, and in 1831, to $176,000.

Domestic manufactures to some extent, are flourishing. The quantity of produce exported is large, and valuable, but the amount of shipping owned in this state is small.

Georgia contains 76 counties. The whites are principally settled in the eastern half of the state. The west and north-west parts are extensively occcupied by the Creek and Cherokee Indians.

Savannah, on the Savannah river, 17 miles from its mouth, is the largest town, and the principal seat of commerce. Pop. 7,400. Augusta is a flourishing place for trade, on the same river, 300 miles above. Pop. 6,700. Milledgeville, the capital, is on the Oconee, 200 miles from the coast. Pop. 1,600. Macon and Columbia contain between 2 and 3,000 inhabitants each. New Echota is the capital of the Cherokee country. Athens is the seat of Franklin college. Darien and St. Mary's are flourishing seaports.

General education has been greatly neglected in Georgia, but its importance, of late, has been more duly appreciated, and considerable has been done to establish and support academies and

schools. The Baptists, Methodists and Presbyterians, are the most numerous Christians, in this state.

The settlement of Georgia was commenced at Savannah,, by a colony from England, in 1733.

QUESTIONS.

How is Georgia bounded? Into how many counties divided? Of what extent and population? What generai description is given of Georgia? What river divides it from South Carolina ? What one partly divides it from Alabama? What 4 rivers beside the Savannah, empty into the Atlantic? Where does the Flint river empty? What two branches has the Altamaha? What swamp, 180 miles round, lies partly in Georgia, and partly in Florida? What river rises in it, running east? What islands on the coast? What kind of cotton do they produce? What kind of plantations are on the marshy grounds near the coast? What kind of land lies next, towards the west? What description of country extends west of the pine barrens? What is the staple product of Georgia? What other crops are mentioned? What part of this state belongs to the gold region, and what is said of it? What of the manufactures? Of the exports? Of the amount of shipping? In what part of the state are the whites chiefly settled? What Indians on the west and north-west? What missionary stations? What is the capital of the Cherokees? What, and where, is the most commercial town in Georgia? Where is Augusta? Where is Milledgeville, the capital? Athens, and what college in it? At the mouths of what rivers are Darien and St. Marys? What is the state of education? What professing Christians are here the most numerous? Who began the settlement of Georgia and at what time and place?

ALABAMA.

Extent, 52,000 sq. ms. Pop. 309,000. 6 per sq. m. Slaves, 117,000. Alabama is a large and new state, with a scattered population, but favored by nature with much good soil, especially along the pleasant valley of the Tennessee, and on the banks of the other large rivers.

It is divided into 36 counties. The population of this state has increased with almost unexampled rapidity. The northern parts are hilly or mountainous, but very fertile and healthy, and embracing the principal settlements. The middle section is more level, with an inferior soil. The southern portion is still less hilly, and covered with pine forests. The soil of the state, in general, is well adapted to cotton and Indian corn, which are extensively cultivated, and grow luxuriantly.

The countries of the Creeks and Cherokees, on the E. and northeast, occupy a considerable part of this state; and on the west is a small tract belonging to the Choctaws.

The capital of Alabama is Tuscaloosa, on the Tuscaloosa or Black Warrior river, and near the centre of the state. It is a new, but handsome and flourishing town. Pop. 1,600. Mobile is the oldest and most commercial town, and is beautifully situated on a plain, near the head of Mobile bay. Pop. 4,500. Cahawba, on the Alabama, and Huntsville and Florence, on the Tennessee, are

pleasant and thriving towns. The same may be said of Blakely, on the east side of Mobile bay.

Provision is made, and exertions are used, to promote internal improvements, and to establish respectable academies and schools in this newly settled state. The university of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa, is in its infancy, but is richly endowed, and of fair promise. There are two or three flourishing colleges. The Baptists and Methodists are the prevailing Christian denominations.

QUESTIONS.

What are the boundaries of Alabama? Its extent and population? Its number of counties? Ans. 36. What general description is given of this state? Has its growth been rapid? What is said of the north parts? What great river crosses the state on the north? What mountains terminate there from the north-east? What is said of the middle section? Of the southern? What crops are most flourishing? Which are the two principal rivers that unite and run into the gulf of Mexico? What two branches has the Alabama? What river partly divides this state from Georgia? What one partly on the line between Alabama and Mississippi? What river rises here and runs into Florida ? What are the situation and description of the capital, Tuscaloosa? Which is the largest town, and where situated? What opposite to it on the other side of the bay? What flourishing towns on the Alabama and Tennessee? What is said of improvements, academies and schools? What colleges? What Christian churches are most numerous ? When was Alabama admitted into the Uuion as an independent state? Ans. In 1820. What Indian settlements and missionary stations are found in this state?

REVIEW OF THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Between what parallels of latitude does this section of the Union lie? What states bound it on the north? What ocean on the east? What land and water bound it on the south? What mountains in part separate it from the western states? What bays, sounds, and capes, on the coast? What is the extent of Chesapeake bay? Ans. It is about 200 miles long, and 12 ms. broad at the entrance. What large rivers does it receive? What are the principal rivers in this section, einptying into the Atlantic, south of Chesapeake bay? What rivers emptying into the Gulf of Mexico? What 2 large swamps, and where situated?

What are the boundaries of each of these states? Which is the largest, and how large? Is Virginia about as extensive as all New England? Which is the oldest and most populous of the southern states? Which is the most mountainous, fertile, and healthy part of this section of the Union, the west or east? In what part are the sandy low lands or pine barrens? What is the most general employment of the people, and the most valuable crop in the southern states? Are good harbors here very numerous? Can you think of any reason why commerce does not flourish so extensively here as in the middle and eastern states? Which two of the southern states, and which two cities are the most commercial, or have the most shipping?

Where are the following rivers, and where do they empty? The Roanoke St. Mary's-Potomac-Savannah-Santee--James--Altamaha-YorkChatahoochee-Tombigbee? What, and where, is the capital of each of the southern states, and which the most populous? What great canal commen. ces at Washington, and what great rail road at Baltimore? What waters are connected by the Dismal Swamp canal, and by what canal in South Carolina? Near what river in Virginia does the gold region commence? Ans.

The Roanoke. Which side of the Blue Ridge does it extend, and through what states? What number of men are supposed to be employed in all the mines within this region? Ans. 20,000. What amount of gold is thought to be produced annually? Ans. Four or five millions of dollars, the greater part of which is sent to France and other parts of Europe. Which 2 states are at present most interested in the gold mines.

What are some of the leading traits of character in the southern planters? Ans. They are, to a great extent, descendants of rich planters from England, and like their ancestors, are fond of rural sports and exercises, and are usually characterized by hospitality, and generosity, a high sense of honor, and an independence of spirit and deportment.

WESTERN STATES.

LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY, OHIO, INDIANA, ILLINOIS, MISSOURI.

LOUISIANA.

Extent, 49,000 sq. ms. Pop.215,000. 5 per sq.m. Slaves, 109,600. Louisiana is a level and naturally fertile state, embracing immense marshes, prairies, and pine forests. That part of the state bordering on the gulf, for 30 ms. above the mouth of the Mississippi, consists of one continued marsh or swamp of reeds, generally destitute of timber and intersected by numerous streams or estuaries, connected with the Mississippi. In the S. W. part of Louisiana, with a gradual elevation, vast prairies or meadows extend, occupying nearly one quarter of the state, being peculiarly suited to purposes of grazing, and producing immense herds of cattle. The north and north-west parts are broken and hilly, and contain large forests of pine. The richest portions of the state, and most cultivated, are the alluvial lands on the borders of the Mississippi, Red river, and smaller streams.

Cotton is a universal crop. Sugar and rice are abundant. Oranges, lemons, figs, pomegranates and other tropical fruits are plenty in the southern parts. It is estimated that there are in Louisiana, not far from 700 sugar plantations, producing, in some years, 80,000 hogsheads of sugar, and that the average annual profit of the labor of each slave is about 400 dollars.

This state is divided into about 30 parishes. New Orleans, the capital, is situated on the east bank of the Mississippi, 100 miles from its mouth. The plan of the city is regular. The streets are wide, crossing each other at right angles. The suburbs are adorned with beautiful gardens and orange groves. As the

ground on which the city is built, is lower than the surface of the river, the waters are confined by an artificial embankment, called the levee, which extends above 100 miles, securing the low country from inundation.

New Orleans is favored with great commercial advantages. It is the grand depot or emporium for the wide and fruitful Mississippi valley, extending thousands of miles, and fertilized by almost innumerable streams. The number of ships, steam boats, and flat boats which visit it is immense. The population of this city is about 50,000, composed of French, English, and various other nations and languages, and it is easy to predict its future and rapidly increasing greatness and celebrity.

Baton Rouge, and St. Francisville, on the Mississippi, and Nachitoches, on Red river, are growing towns. Donaldsonville is an important town, and recently, for a short season, it was the seat of government. A rail road has been laid out, perfectly straight, and almost perfectly level, between New Orleans and lake Pontchartrain, about 5 miles north.

General education has received but little encouragement. There is a Roman Catholic college at New Orleans, and academies are established in various places. The Catholic is the prevailing form of religion; but the Baptists and Methodists are increasing in numbers. The French inhabitants in this state are numerous, and are distinguished for their rural simplicity and unenterprising genius and character.

QUESTIONS.

How is Louisiana bounded? What number of square miles and people does it contain ? What is its general description? Which are its two largest rivers? What principal branch has the Red river from the N.? What river on the W. divides Louisiana from Texas? What small river on the E. partly separates it from the state of Mississippi ? What bays and lakes can you name? What is said of that part of the state near the gulf of Mexico? What of the S. W. part? What of the N. and N. W. parts? Where are the richest and most cultivated parts? Which are the three staple products? What of the sugar plantations in particular? How many parishes in this state? What great city? What is the situation of N. Orleans? What is said of its plan? Of its streets? Of its suburbs? Of the ground on which it is built? Of the embankment ? What extensive fruitful valley is N. Orleans connected with? What and where are the other towns mentioned? What lake, 30 miles long, N. of N. Orleans? How is the rail road here, described? What is said of general education, the college and academies? Of the prevailing religion? When was Louisiana sold by France to the U. States? Ans. 1803. When admitted as a state into the Union? Ans. 1812.

MISSISSIPPI.

Extent 48,000 sq. miles. Pop. 137,000. 3 per sq. mile. Slaves

66,000.

Mississippi, in extent, is about equal to Alabama, Louisiana