A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . geograph-ical position, is widely celebrated for the salubrity of its atmosphere, the genial qualities andeffects of which are not exceeded by those of any spot in Southern France or Italy. Religion. —• Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Roman Catholics constitute theprincipal religious denominations. Neither sect is very numerous. Curiosities. — Among the natin-al objects of curiosity may be mentioned the existence andfrequent formation of beautiful rivulit;^, the pellucid waters of which, after coursing throughmany devious curves fo
A gazetteer of the United States of America .. . geograph-ical position, is widely celebrated for the salubrity of its atmosphere, the genial qualities andeffects of which are not exceeded by those of any spot in Southern France or Italy. Religion. —• Episcopalians, Presbyterians, Methodists, and Roman Catholics constitute theprincipal religious denominations. Neither sect is very numerous. Curiosities. — Among the natin-al objects of curiosity may be mentioned the existence andfrequent formation of beautiful rivulit;^, the pellucid waters of which, after coursing throughmany devious curves for a long distance, suddenly disappear in some dark abyss, and all tracesof their farther wanderings are lost to human eyes. On the other hand, vast volumes ofwater are often seen to emerge from the depths of the earth, at once forming navigable rivers,teeming with fish, turtles, alligators, &c. Both these plienomena are said to be common insome parts of the state, and in all probability are mutually connected by GEORGIA, the most recently settled of the thirteen origmal American colonies, whichunited in the great national act of independence, July 4, 177G. At that epoch, only aboutone third of a century had elapsed since the entire territory was the exclusive abode of thesavage—the first English immigrants, under General Oglethorpe, having, in the year 1734, STATES AND TERRITORIES. —GEORGIA. 45 commenced a settlement at the spot \rhereon the city of Savannah now stands. This companywas composed cliiefly of necessitous artisans and tradesmen, driven from (ireat Britain by wantof employment to seek out new modes of living, and more permanent homes, in the westernhemisphere. They had previously received from George II. a grant of the vast tract of country{called Georgia, after their royal patron) out of which the present States of Alabama andMississippi, as well as Georgia, have since been formed. Although the original charter ofCarolina included t
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