fifty east and weft, containing fifty thousand square miles, and thirty-two millions of acres.

570. Face of the State and Soil. The face of this state resembles that of South-Carolina, which has been defcribed; being fandy near the Atlantic, and rifing westward into hills and mountains. But the fouthern fide of the ftate is nearly level. The foil of the low country is fandy, except on the rivers; a more generous foil is found in the western parts of the state and upon the islands.

571. Rivers. The Savanna washes the northern fide of Georgia-the Altamahaw penetrates the ftate-these, with their various branches, and the fmaller rivers, the St. Mary, the two Cutillas, Ogeechy, and numerous creeks, water the state and facilitate the tranfportation of commodities.

572. Climate. Georgia lies in a region of the earth where winter is fcarcely known. Froft and fnow are rare occurrences, and are not confiderable, except in winters of unusual severity. The flat lands on the borders of rivers and the ocean are fubject to autumnal fevers; but the hilly country enjoys, as in every part of the world, a temperate and falubrious air.

573. Productions. The productions of Georgia are the fame as thofe of South-Carolina-cotton, rice, tobacco, maiz, wheat, the inferior fpecies of grain, and all the tropical fruits. The Atlantic fhore of this ftate and of South-Carolina, is faced with iflands, which were originally covered with live-oak, the best of fhip timber, but as thefe iflands produce the fineft cotton, the planters are deftroying the timber, to convert the land into cotton plantations.

574. Counties and Towns, Georgia is divided into twenty-four counties. The chief towns are Savanna, on the river of that name, which is the principal commercial port. It contained in 1800, five thousand one hundred and fifty perfons, nearly half of them blacks. Augusta, on the Savanna alfo, one hundred and twenty-feven miles north-west from Savanna; Louifville, on the Ogeechy,

the feat of government, one hundred miles north-westward of Savanna; and Sunbury, on the fea fhore, forty miles fouth of Savanna; and a few other places have confiderable fettlements.

575. Inhabitants. In 1790, the inhabitants were, whites, fifty-three thoufand-blacks, twenty-nine thoufand; In 1800, one hundred and three thousand whites, and fixty thousand flaves. They are of the usual religious denominations.

576. Militia. The militia of this ftate confifts of two divifions, seven brigades, twenty regiments, and twenty eight thousand rank and file of infantry, befides a refpectable body of cavalry, artillery and riflemen.

577. Commerce. Some of the productions of Georgia are among the richest articles of export, especially cotton, the finest species of which grows on the iflands that border the fea coaft. The other confiderable articles are, rice, tobacco, lumber, deer skins, maiz, live stock, and many inferior articles. The exports in 1800, amounted to more than two millions of dollars.

578. Literary Inflitutions. The legiflature of Georgia have founded and endowed a college at Louisville. There are alfo fome schools in the ftate. A law of the ftate has incorporated a number of literary gentlemen, for the purpose of establishing and fuperintending femina-ries of learning-fifty thoufand acres of land are appro priated for funds, for this univerfity-and a fum of money in each county for maintaining an academy. The funds deftined by Mr. Whitfield to maintain an orphan houfe, and by him bequeathed to the countefs of Huntingdon, in truft, are vefted in commiffioners to fupport a college called by her name.

579. Government. By the conflitution of Georgia, formed in May 1795, the legiflative power is lodged în two houfes, a fenate and a houfe of reprefentatives, appointed annually, and called the general affembly. The fenate confifts of twenty-three members; the other house, of fifty-one.

580. Qualifications. A fenator must be twenty-eight years of age, an inhabitant of the United States for nine years, and three years a citizen of Georgia-he muft have been fix months refident in the county, and poffefs property to the amount of eleven hundred and eleven dollars, or two hundred and fifty acres of land.

581. Qualifications of the Reprefentatives and Electors. A reprefentative must be of age, feven years a citizen of the United States, two years an inhabitant of Georgia, and refident in the county three months. He muft poffefs a freehold of two hundred acres of land, or estate to the value of fix hundred and fixty-fix dollars and two ⚫ thirds. A man is qualified for an elector by the pay ment of a tax and fix months refidence in the county.

582. Executive. The chief magiftrate or governor, in Georgia, is chosen by the legislature, for two years, and is re-eligible. To entitle a perfon to hold the office, he must have been a citizen twelve years, and refident fix years in the state. He must poffefs five hundred acres of land, and other property worth four thousand four hundred and forty-four dollars.

583. Judiciary and Military. The judges of the courts are appointed by the legislature for three years, but may be re-appointed. The military officers are appointed by the governor.

584.

KENTUCKY.

Situation. Kentucky extends from the middle of the thirty-fixth degree of north latitude, to the beginning of the fortieth-and from the eighty-third to the ninetieth degree of weft longitude. It was formerly a part of Virginia, and became one of the United States, by act of Congrefs, on the first day of June 1792.

585. Bounds. Kentucky is bounded on the north by the Ohio; on the eaft by Sandy river and a line due fouth from its fource to the border of North-Carolina, across the Cumberland mountain; on the fouth by the middle

of the thirty-fixth degree of latitude, adjoining to the state of Tennessee.*

586. Extent. The utmoft length of this ftate exceeds three hundred and fifty miles, but the average of the length may be stated at two hundred and fifty miles, and of the bredth, at one hundred and fifty; which gives an area of thirty-feven thousand five hundred square miles and twenty-four millions of acres.

587. Mountains. On the eastern fide of the state, are the great ridges of mountains which run parrallel with the Allegany, or detached elevations, which may be confidered as fpurs projecting from thofe ridges. From these mountains proceed the great rivers of the state. Other mountains, hills or broken lands, are found in other parts of the state.

588. Rimers. On the north, this ftate is washed by the noble river, Ohio; on the fouth is the Cumberland, a large navigable river; in the interior are the Kentucky, the Licking, and Green river-all confiderable ftreams. The branches of these and many smaller streams, wafh and fertilize the ftate of Kentucky..

589. Climate. It is generally agreed that the climate of the territory on the weft of the great mountains of the United States is more mild and fubject to fewer viciffitudes of cold and heat, calm and tempestuous weather, than the climates of the same latitudes on the Atlantic coaft. The fummers in Kentucky are temperate ; and the winters in general very mild, frost and fnow being rare and of fhort duration.

500. Counties and Towns. This ftate is divided into forty-two counties. The chief towns are Lexington, on a branch of the Elkhorn, a stream that difcharges into the Kentucky, Frankfort on the Kentucky, the feat of Government, and Louifville on the Ohio. The inhabitants, in 1791, were fixty one thousand whites, and twelve thousand flaves-in 1800, one hundred and eighty-one

* Kentucky was firft fettled by Colonel Boon in 1773, erected into an indepen dent ftate in 1790, and admitted into the union in 1794.

thoufand whites and forty thoufand flaves. The militia, in 1802, amounted to twenty-feven thousand men.

591. Soil and Productions. The ftate of Kentucky contains a great variety of foil, but in general is fertile and produces all forts of grain, plants and fruits, suited to the climate. The principal productions, are wheat, maiz, tobacco, hemp, barley, oats, rye, pork and beef. The falt licks furnish falt, the maple fupplies fugar, fpirits are distilled from grain, the rivers abound with fish, and the woods with buffaloes and deer.

592. Commerce. Kentucky enjoys great advantages for internal navigation; but is remote from any conve nient port for foreign trade. Its wheat, flour, tobacco," pork, beef, fkins, lumber, and other commodities are eafily transported down the great rivers to the Miffifippi, and on that river to New-Orleans, but the difficulty of afcending that rapid winding river, impedes or renders expensive the importation of bulky foreign articles, and no fmall part of the foreign goods confumed in that ftate, are tranfported from Philadelphia and Baltimore.

593. State of Learning and Religion. Provifion has been made by law for founding and maintaining a col lege; and schools are established in different parts of the ftate. The people are of various denominations; and the methodists are very numerous. Univerfal freedom is allowed to religious opinion and worship; but no perfon can be compelled to maintain or attend public worship.

594. Government. By the conftitution of Kentucky established April 19, 1792, the legislature confifts of two branches, a fenate and house of representatives, chofen by ballot, and denominated the General Affembly.

595. Reprefentatives. The reprefentatives are chofen annually by the qualified voters in the feveral counties. They must be twenty-four years of age; citizens and inhabitants of the state for two years, and for fix months preceding the election, inhabitants of the counties for which they are chofen.