. Historic towns of the Southern States. n, Franklin and Greene. Every spot is hallowed. Where the Vernon Riverflows by Beaulieu, the dashing DEstaing landed to makehis attack with the allied forces of Savannah. Hard byis Bethesda, House of Mercy, where Jew, Protestantand Roman Catholic united in founding Georgias noblestcharity. There it was that Wesley sang his inspiredsongs and -Whitefield with his eloquence thrilled theworld. On the river is the grove where General Greenelived and died, and Whitney wrought from his fertilebrain the wonderful invention which revolutionized com-merce. Near a
. Historic towns of the Southern States. n, Franklin and Greene. Every spot is hallowed. Where the Vernon Riverflows by Beaulieu, the dashing DEstaing landed to makehis attack with the allied forces of Savannah. Hard byis Bethesda, House of Mercy, where Jew, Protestantand Roman Catholic united in founding Georgias noblestcharity. There it was that Wesley sang his inspiredsongs and -Whitefield with his eloquence thrilled theworld. On the river is the grove where General Greenelived and died, and Whitney wrought from his fertilebrain the wonderful invention which revolutionized com-merce. Near at hand, almost sunk into oblivion, is thespring made historic by the daring of Jasper and New-ton. There stands Savannahs pride, her Academy of Savannah 299 Arts and Science. Over there is the home where Wash-ington was entertained, and across the street are theguns which he captured at Yorktown. Here, at our veryfeet, Casimir Pulaski fell, charging at the head of hislegion, while Jasper, rescuing the colors, yielded up hisgallant HEADQUARTERS OF WASHINGTON DURING A VISIT TO SAVANNAH. The real romance of history is the settlementof the colony of Georgia. Two centuries agothe fertile lands extending from the Savannahto the Altamaha had attracted the attention ofpioneers and public men. Sir Robert Mont-gomery had his eye upon this favored tract, asyet unsettled, and described it as an amiable 300 Savannah land lying along the same parallel with Pales-tine. But it \\ reserved for the first soldierand gentleman of his day to found the newcolony and perfect a noble benefaction. HadEngland exercised the same care over theother colonies as over Georgia, it is possiblethat the War of the Revolution might havebeen postponed indefinitely. It is worthy ofnote that while Viro-inia and the New Enorlandcolonies were settled by exiles who drifted tothe barren shores of Jamestown and Plymouthto escape religious and civil persecution, theGeorgia colonists sailed the seas in the g-oodship
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