[6] It is intended that this Table shall be considered in connection with Tables XX and XXI, on page 80. [7] No choice by the people; John Q. Adams elected by the House of Representatives. [8] The oldest town in the United States. [9] We Southrons all glory in the literary reputation of Mr. Simms; yet we must confess his inferiority to Cooper, and prejudice alone will refuse to admit, that, while in the _art_ of the novelist he is the superior of Mrs. Stowe in genius he must take position below her. Transcriber's Notes: Passages in italics are indicated by _italics_. The following misprints have been corrected: "Northren" corrected to "Northern" (page 23) "abolitionits" corrected to "abolitionist" (page 26) "propable" corrected to "probable" (page 26) "XVI" corrected to "XIV" (page 64) "east" corrected to "least" (page 75) "statictics" corrected to "statistics" (page 77) "Virgina" corrected to "Virginia" (page 77) "Enqurier" corrected to "Enquirer" (page 92) "known" corrected to "know" (page 105) "furnance" corrected to "furnace" (page 128) "imstruments" corrected to "instruments" (page 153) "wisdon" corrected to "wisdom" (page 154) "then than" corrected to "than" (page 159) "dis ainfully" corrected to "disdainfully" (page 163) "slav" corrected to "slave" (page 178) "graphicallly" corrected to "graphically" (page 190) "Amercia" corrected to "America" (page 244) "a ways" corrected to "always" (page 253) "Tennesse" corrected to "Tennessee" (page 284, Table XXIX) "Tennesee" corrected to "Tennessee" (page 304, Table LVII) "Pennsylvvania" corrected to "Pennsylvania" (page 313) "1819" corrected to "1829" (page 315) "7796" corrected to "1796" (page 317) "drawf" corrected to "dwarf" (page 400) Missing "24" added (index) Other than the corrections listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original.