emerged from it with her industries prostrated, her treasury empty, her social and political system revolutionized, her most flourishing cities in ruins. Her great natural resources are fast advancing her to a commanding position among her sister States; and these resources are developing in the hands of a free people with greater rapidity and advantage than when half the population was enslaved. Texas possibly excepted, no Southern State has a greater future than Georgia. [Illustration: GEORGIA] Transcriber’s notes: On page 23, the spelling "Kenesaw" is used. This appears to be the original spelling of "Kennesaw," and has been retained. The following is a list of changes made to the original. The first line is the original line, the second the corrected one. Page 15: Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Clarke, Cherokee, Clay, Clayton, Chattahoochee, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Page 23: county now embraced in Georgia was inhabited country now embraced in Georgia was inhabited Page 25: Georgia, founding the orphan-house at Bethseda, Georgia, founding the orphan-house at Bethesda, End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Georgia, by Samuel A. Drake