OF NORTH CAROLINA.

Q. What are the situation and extent of North-Carolina? A. It is situated between 33o 50' and 36° 30′ north latitude, and between 73° 45′ and 84° west longitude. It is 430 miles long, and 180 broad.

Q How is it bounded?

A. It is bounded on the north by Virginia; east by the Atlantic; south by South-Carolina; and west by Tennesee. Q. What are the rivers of North-Carolina?

A. Chowan, Roanoke, Pamlico, Neus, Trent, Cape-Fear, and Holston.

Q. What are the remarkable capes of North-Carolina ?
A. Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, and Cape Fear.
Q. What are the civil divisions of North-Carolina ?
A. It is divided into 62 counties.

Q. What is the capital town of North-Carolina ?

A. Newbern, the largest town, contains about 400 houses, and stands between the Neus and Trent, on a low sandy foundation. It is principally built of wood. Edenton stands on the north side of Albemarle sound, indifferently built, containing about 150 houses of wood. Wilmington_stands on Cape Fear river, about 34 miles from the sea. It contains about 180 houses. This state, like Virginia, is divided into plantations.

Q. What is the face of the country?

A. From the seashore about 60 miles the land is flat, and a large proportion of it is covered with pine and cedar swamps. From about sixty miles the rising ground extends a few miles, and then begins a champaign country.

Q. What is the soil of North-Carolina?

A. In the flat land towards the sea it is very sandy. The state, where it is cultivated, produces corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax, cotton, rice, tobacco, sweet potatoes and ground pease. The timber is very large.

Q. What do you observe of the commerce of N. Carolina ? A. It consists of tobacco, lumber, furs, hides and skins; cotton, Indian corn, wheat, rye, &c. and is principally confined to the northern states and the West-Indies. It is flourishing. The exports in 1810, amounted to $403,949.

Q. What is the climate of North-Carolina ?

A. Towards the sea it is unhealthy, but in the interior more temperate and healthy. The summers are very hot and the winters mild.

Q. What is the religion of this state ?

A. It contains people of all denominations, but the Methodists are the most numerous class.

Q. What is the number of inhabitants in North-Carolina ? A. In 1790 there was 393,751. In 1800 they had increased to 478,103. In 1810 to 555,500; of whom 179,090 were blacks.

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Q. What is the number of militia?

A. In 1812 it was 42,944 infantry, 1150 cavalry and 120 artillery aggregate 50,992.

Q. What is the character of the North-Carolinians?

A. The people in this state live scattered in their plantations in character they are much like the Virginians.

Q. What is the government of North-Carolina?

A. The senate consists of a member from each county, chosen annually by ballot : the house of commons consists of two from each county, with representatives from each of the towns of Edenton, Newbern, Wilmington, Salisbury, Halifax and Hillsborough. The two houses choose the governor for one year. He has a council of 7 persons chosen for one year.

OF TENNESSEE.

Q. What is the situation of Tennessee?

A. It lies between 35° and 36o 30' north latitude, and is 400 miles in length and 104 in breadth.

Q. What are the boundaries of Tennessee ?

A. It is bounded on the north by Kentucky; on the east by North-Carolina; on the south by Georgia and the Missisippi Territory, and on the W. by the Missisippi.

Q. What are the civil divisions of Tennessee ?

A. Five districts and 38 counties.

Q. What rivers does it contain?

A. The Missisippi, Tennessee, Cumberland, Holston, Clinch, Wolf and Hatchee.

· Q. What mountains does it contain ?

A. The Unaka mountains separate it from North-Carolina. Clinch mountain divides the waters of Holston and Clinch rivers, and Cumberland mountain separates the western part of the territory from the eastern part.

Q. What are the principal towns?

A. Knoxville, the seat of government, on the north side of Holston river. Nashville, on the south bank of Cumberland river. Jonesborough in the district of Washington.

Q. What is the number of inhabitants?

A. In 1791 the number was 35,691. In 1800 it contained 105,602. In 1810 it had 261,727.

Q. What is the number of militia?

A. In 1812 it was 25,910 infantry, and 357 cavalry: ag. gregate 29,183.

Q. What is its government?"

A. It has a form of government similar to those of the other states.

Q. What are the vegetable productions of this territory? A. Majestic red cedars, oak, hickory, black and white walnut, sycamore, locusts, elm, hornbeam, mulberry, cherry and sugar maple. Wheat is cultivated to great advantage.

Q. What animals are found here ?

A. The buffalo, deer, elk, bear, beaver, otter, panther, wild-cat, muskrat, raccoon, fox, wolf and squirrel, patridges, quails, pigeons, wild turkeys, ducks, geese and swans. The rivers are stored with trout, perch, cat fish, buffalo fish, red horse, eels, &c.

Q. What mineral productions have been discovered? A. Iron and lead mines. Copperas, allum and nitre have been found in caves. Salt springs are very frequent, and there is limestone in great plenty.

Q. What is the climate?

A. Temperate and healthy; on the western side of Cumberland mountain the summer is hotter than on the eastern side. Northeast storms never reach this country.

Q. What is the state of manufactures ?

A. Iron and salt are manufactured, and there is a cotton manufactory established under the direction of workmen from Europe.

OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.

Q. What are the situation and extent of South-Carolina ? A. It is situated between 32 and 35° 8' north latitude, and between 78° 24' and 83o 30' west longitude. It is 200 miles long and 125 broad and contains 24,080 square miles. Q. How is South-Carolina bounded?

A. It is bounded on the north by North-Carolina; east by the Atlantic; south and west by Georgia.

Q. What is the climate of South-Carolina ?

A. It is similar to the climate of North-Carolina, except that it is a little hotter in summer.

Q. What are the rivers in South-Carolina?

A. The largest are the Santee and Pedee and Savannah rivers, and the smaller ones are Conbahee, Wakkamaw, Ashley, Cooper and Black rivers.

Q. What are the mountains in South-Carolina?

A. Tyron and Hogback mountains lie 220 miles northwest from Charleston, and are 3840 feet high; and the mountains which lie west and northwest rise much higher. Q. What are the civil divisions of South-Carolina ? A. The state is divided into 28 districts.

Q. What is the chief town in South-Carolina ?

A. Charleston, which stands between Ashley and Cooper rivers, about 7 miles from the sea, in latitude 33 degrees 45 minutes north. Its situation is flat and low, and the water is brackish. Most of the streets are narrow, but the houses in general are well built, and some of them are elegant. In 1810 it contained 24,711 inhabitants. Its public buildings are an exchange, state house, armory, poor house, 12 churches and a synagogue for Jews.

Q. What other towns are there in South-Carolina ?*

A. There are none very large, as the people live chiefly on plantations. Beaufort and Georgetown are each the capitals of the districts whose names they bear. Beaufort stands on a small island called Port Royal, containing 60 or 80 houses; Georgetown has 150.

Q. What is the face of the country?

A. From the coast about 80 miles the land is low and flat, Thence about 60 miles the land is very sandy, though uneven; then begin the highlands, or the ridge; and beyond that a tract of land resembling the northern states. The first tract

produces rice, the second very little but corn and sweet potatoes; the third good pasturage, and the fourth every kind of vegetable which is found in the same climate, and all in the highest perfection.

Q. What is the state of manufactures and agriculture in South-Carolina.

A. In this state, as well as in North-Carolina and Georgia, these articles are in a state of infancy.

Q. What is the state of literature in South Carolina?

A. It is at low ebb, though there is more attention paid to it within a few years than formerly. There are a few academies in this state, but none are very flourishing.

Q. What is the religion of this state?

A. It is much like North-Carolina in this respect.

Q. What is the number of inhabitants in South-Carolina ? A. In 1790 there was 240,000. In 1800 they had incre ed to 345,591. In 1810 to 415,115; of whom 200,919 blacks.

Q. What is the number of militia?

A. In 1811, it was 25,194 infantry, 1587 cav artillery, and 3154 riflemen: aggregate 33,72€

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Q. What is their constitution?

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OF GEORGIA.

Q. What are the situation and extent of Georgia ?

A. It is between 30° 42′ and 35o of north latitude, and be. tween 80° 20' and 85o 54' of west longitude. It is 270 miles long, and 250 broad, containing 62,000 square miles. Q. How is Georgia bounded?

A. On the north by South-Carolina and Tennessee ; eas. by the Atlantic Ocean; south by Florida, and west by the Missisippi Territory.

Q. What are the civil divisions of Georgia?

A. Georgia is divided into 38 counties.

Q. What are the rivers in Georgia ?

A. The Savannah, Ogechee and Altamaha, Turtle river, Great and Little Sitilla, Crooked river and St. Mary's, all empty into the Atlantic ; and the Apalachicola, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

Q. What is the capital town of Georgia ?

A. The present seat of government is Augusta, on the Savannah river, about 134 miles from the sea, and about 120 northwest from Savannah. It contained in 1810, 2476 inhabitants.

Q. What other towns of consequence are there in Georgia? A. Savannah, the largest town in the state, in 1810 contained 5215 inhabitants. It stands on the river of that name, about 17 miles from the sea. It contains an Episcopal church, a German Lutheran church, a Presbyterian church, a Jew.. ish synagogue, a court house, and 240 dwelling houses. The number of white inhabitants is 8490.

Q. What is the climate of Georgia?
A. Much like that of South-Carolina.
What is the face of the state?
that Similar to that of South-Carolina.
Q. What is the soil of Georgia ?

A. Theruitful in rice, indigo and cotton, towards the sea, rivers, and to corn and pasturage further in the country.ley, Cooper aly of the state is yet under cultivation.

Q. What arany mineral springs in Georgia ?

A. Tyron andwn of Washington is a remarkable spring, from Charleston,a hollow tree, emits a nitrous substance, tains which lie weful in many diseases.

Q. What are thies are there in Georgia?

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