A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . dings of Columbusdisplay a good degree of taste, as do thedecorated yards and flower-gardenswhich are here and there displayed. The Cotton IVarehouse, on the bankof the river, is one of the largest inGeorgia, an extensive fireproof building,covering an acre and three quarters. Inthe year 1838, 42,000 bales of cottonwere shipped here, and the amount hasincieased considerably Athens, on the right bank of theOconee, contains about one thousandinhabita,nts, and has a pleasant andhealthy situation, seventy five miles fromMilledgeville. It i
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . dings of Columbusdisplay a good degree of taste, as do thedecorated yards and flower-gardenswhich are here and there displayed. The Cotton IVarehouse, on the bankof the river, is one of the largest inGeorgia, an extensive fireproof building,covering an acre and three quarters. Inthe year 1838, 42,000 bales of cottonwere shipped here, and the amount hasincieased considerably Athens, on the right bank of theOconee, contains about one thousandinhabita,nts, and has a pleasant andhealthy situation, seventy five miles fromMilledgeville. It is the seat of The Georgia University, founded in1785, which has six professors and abouteighty students, with a large philosoph-ical apparatus, and libraries containingabout twenty thousand volumes. The raihOFid affords the means of adaily communication with Augusta. Madison Spring.—This fashionableresort is named after the county in whichit is situated, and is found in the midstof a wild region, near Oconee river,seven miles distant from Danielsville,. 390 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA
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