side of Savannah river, 18 miles from the bar. It is regularly built in the form of a parallelogram, and had, in 1810, 2490 white inhabitants, 2195 slaves, 530 free blacks; in all 5215. It has eight places for public worship, a Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Roman Catholic, one for the blacks, who have a church of 1400 communicants, and a Jewish Synagogue.

AUGUSTA, on Savannah river, 144 miles from the sea, and 127 northwest of Savannah, has 2476 inhabitants.

SUNBURY is a small sea-port town, 40 miles southward of Savannah, and has a safe and convenient harbor.

BRUNSWICK, in Glynn county, at the mouth of Turtle river, at which place this river empties itself into St. Simon's sound. Brunswick has a safe and capacious harbor.

FREDERICA, on the island of St. Simon, is the first town that was built in Georgia, and was founded by General Oglethtorpe.

ATHENS is the seat of the University of Georgia, and capital of Clarke county, near Louisville.

Curiosities. One of the greatest curiosities in this state is the bank of oyster-shells in the vicinity of Augusta, 90 miles from the sea. Oyster-shells are found here in such quantities, that the planters carry them away for the purpose of making lime, which they use in the manufacture of indigo. There are thousands of tons still remaining. The circumstance of these shells being found in such quantities at such a distance from the sea, can be rationally accounted for in no other way, than by supposing that the ocean formerly flowed near this place, and has since, from some unknown cause, receded to its present limits, It is generally believed that all the flat country in the southern states and Florida, was once covered by the ocean.

On the banks of Little river, in the upper part of the state, are several curious and stupendous monuments of the power and industry of the ancient inhabitants of this country. Here are also traces of a large Indian town.

Indians. The MUSKOGEE or CREEK Indians inhabit the middle part of this state, and were until the late war, 1814, (which has nearly destroyed the tribe) the most numerous tribe of Indians of any within the limits of the United States. Their whole number was about 25,000 souls, of whom between 5 and 6000 were gun men. They are a hardy, sagacious, polite people, extremely jealous of their

Fights. They are settled in a hilly, but not mountainous country. The soil is fruitful in a high degree, and well watered, abounding in creeks and rivulets, from whence they are called the Creek Indians.

The CHOCTAWs, or Flat Heads, inhabit a very fine, and extensive country, between the Alabama and Missisippi rivers, in the western part of this state. This nation had, not many years ago, 43 towns and villages, containing 12,123 souls, of which 4,041 were fighting men.

The CHICKASAWS are settled at the head waters of the Tombekbee, Mobile, and Yazoo rivers, in the northwest corner of the state. They have seven towns. The num ber of souls in this nation has been reckoned at 1725, of which 575 are fighting men.

Islands. The chief islands on the coast of Georgia ate. Skiddaway, Wassaw, Ossabaw, St. Catherine's, Frederica, Jekyl, Cumberland and Amelia. The latter is within the bounds of East Florida. On Cumberland island, is the splendid and delightful seat of Mrs. Miller, widow of the celebrated General Greene. These islands are surrounded by navigable creeks, between which, and the main land is a large extent of salt marsh, fronting the whole state, four or five miles in breadth, intersected with creeks in various directions. The islands have an excellent soil, which yields, by cultivation, large crops of cotton, corn, and potatoes.

THE MISSISIPPI TERRITORY

LIES west of the state of Georgia, and is bounded on the north by Tennessee; west by the Missisippi river, which separates it from Louisiana; south by West Flor ida. Of this territory, the legislature of Georgia sold, in 1795, about twenty-two millions of acres, to four different companies. The lands have since been sold by the original purchasers, chiefly in the middle and eastern states. In 1796, the legislature of Georgia declared the laws of the preceding year, null and void; and ordered the act, authorizing the sale of the Western Territory, together with all the records relating to it, to be formally burnt, which was done in presence of the legislative body.

A compromise has been lately (1814) been made with Congress, in behalf of these unfortunate purchasers, which gave them about 10 or 12 cents an acre, of their purchase money.

This territory, now erected into a distinct government, is divided into 11 counties, whose population, according to the census of 1810, was as follows:

A considerable portion of the territory is inhabited by the Creek, Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians, mentioned in the description of Georgia.

It is intersected by a great number of rivers, running in every direction, the principal of which, are the Yazoo and Loosa Chitto, which fall into the Missisippi; Pearl, Pascagoula, Mobile, Alabama, Tombekbee, Escambia, and Chatta Hatcha, which empty into the Gulf of Mexico; and the Tennessee, which falls into the Ohio.

The soil produces in great abundance, Indian corn, rice, hemp, flax, indigo, cotton, pulse of every kind, and pasturage; and the tobacco made here is esteemed pref crable to any cultivated in any other parts of America. Hops grow wild; all kinds of European fruits arrive to great perfection.

The climate is healthy and temperate; the country.delightful and well watered; the prospects beautiful and extensive, variegated by many inequalities and fine meadows separated by innumerable copses, the trees of which are of different kinds, but mostly of walnut and oak. The rising grounds, which are clothed with grass and other herbs of the finest verdure, are properly disposed for the culture of vines; the mulberry trees are very numerous, and the winters sufficiently moderate for the breeding of silk worms.

Clays of different colors, fit for glass works and pottery, are found here in great abundance; and also a variety of stately timber, fit for house and ship building, &c.

NATCHEZ, on the east bank of the Missisippi, is the capital of this territory, and including St. Catharine's, contained in 1810, 1511 inhabitants of these, 833 were slaves. Jefferson, in Washington county, contained 437 inhabitants. Shamburg and Steele, in this county, were equally populous. Coles Creek, and Baic Pairre, in the county of Pickering, Sandy and Second creeks and Homo Chitto, in Adams county, are the best settled parts of this new country.

On the head waters of the Mobile are found oystershells. They are of an astonishing size, and in such quantities as to forbid the idea of their being carried there from the sea, which is 300 miles distant. The Chickasaws say they were there when their fathers came into the country. They use the shells in making earthen ware.

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LOUISIANA.

THE boundaries of Louisiana are not settled; its extent, of course, cannot be ascertained. It is estimated, however, to contain nearly a million square miles.

Divisions.

Louisiana is divided into two governments, the state of Louisiana, and the territory of Louisiana. The state of Louisiana comprehends,

1. The country between the Perdido on the E. the Missisippi on the W. the Ibberville and the gulf on the S. and the Missisippi territory on the N.

2. The island of Orleans, which is the tract of land lying between the Missisippi on the SW. and the Ibberville and lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, on the N. E. The Ibberville is a bayau or arm of the Missisippi, which leaves it on the E. 208 miles from its mouth, according to the course of the river, and flows through lakes Maurepas and Ponchartrain, to the gulf of Mexico. The

island stretches from E. S. E. to W. N. W. in a straight line, about 160 miles. Its breadth varies from 6 to 25 miles.

3. All the territory W. of the Missisippi and S. of latitude 33°.

The territory of Louisiana comprehends all the coutry W. of the Missisippi and N. of latitude 33°.

The former is bounded N. by Louisiana and Missisippi territories; E. by the Missisippi and the Perdido; S. by the gulf of Mexico; and W. by Mexico.

The latter has Mexico on the W.; the state of Louisiana on the S; the Missisippi, which separates it from the Missisippi territory, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois territory, on the E.; and unexplored regions on

the N. Rivers.

Louisiana is watered by Red river, the Arkansas, St. Francis, and the Missouri, with a vast number of smaller streams, which fall into these, or the Missisippi.

Climate. During the winter the weather is very changeable. In summer it is regularly hot. The climate varies in proportion as it ex:cuds northward. The southern

parts, lying within the reach of sea breezes, are not scorched like those countries under the same latitudes in Africa, and its northern regions are colder than those of Europe in corresponping latitudes, with a wholesome serene air.

Soil and Productions. The soil of Louisiana in many parts is rich and fertile beyond description. In its natu ral state it is covered with mulberry, locust, sasafras, walnut, hickory, dog-wood, oak, ash, &c. with grape vines running up almost every tree. The face of the country is interspersed with large prairies, producing grass, flowering plants, and strawberries; and with cane swamps of a hundred, and some of a thousand acres. To judge of the produce to be expected from the soil of Louisiana, when cultivated, we must turn our eyes to Egypt, Arabia Felix, Persia, India, China and Japan, all lying in the same .latitudes.

Minerals. Above the Nachitoches is a rich silver mine. Lead, and iron ore, pit-coal, marble, slate, and plaister of Paris are found.

Commerce. The exports of Louisiana are sugar, cotton, indigo, rice, furs and peltry, lumber, tar, pitch, lead, flour, horses and cattle.

From 1st January to 30th September, 1804, the exports from New-Orleans amounted to 1,600,362 dollars.