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ample room for a considerable city, beyond the reach of the highest 
floods. ‘The ground is composed entirely of alluvial materials, and 
was once evidently the bed of the Muskingum. On this elevated 
plain, stand those ancient ‘works, (described in the Archwologia 
Americana,) the interesting monuments of that half civilized race 
who once peopled the fair valleys of the west, and whose history lies 
buried beneath their ruins. "The name of Marietta, is derived from 
that of Marié Antoniette, the beautiful but unfortunate queen of. 
France ; and was given in grateful remembrance of her kindness to 
these U. States, when struggling with poverty and oppression. The 
town was laid off and settled by the agents of the Ohio Company, in 
the year 1788, and is the oldest in the state. It contains one thou- 
sand house lots of one third of an acre each, with wide airy streets 
and spacious commons. These, the inhabitants have, within a few 
years, ornamented with many of our most beautiful forest trees, 
which, with the grassy commons, give it a cool and refreshing aspect. 
during the heats of summer. ‘The principal part of the inhabitants 
are of New England origin, and still inherit the habits of good order, 
industry, morality, and love of social intercourse, so common in the 
land of their forefathers. ‘“ Support Religion and Learning,” was 
the motto on one of the first public seals used in the town. The 
present number of inhabitants is a little short of one thousand: five 
hundred. The public buildings are four houses for worship, a court 
house, market house, banking house, library building, female acade- 
my and collegiate institute. The court house, bank, and collegiate 
institute, are neat specimens of architecture. The library building 
is a handsome brick edifice, built by the Marietta Library Association. 
The upper story is occupied as a public hall, by the members of the 
Lyceum and other societies. The lower story. contains the books, 
and is also intended for a public reading room. Marietta has two 
public libraries of respectable size. The private dwellings are gen- 
erally built of brick ; many of them finished with taste and neatness, 
and embellished with handsome door yards, and gardens of shrub- 
bery, both of fruits and flowers. It contains stores, mills, a post 
office, foundery, printing office, boat yard, &c. &c. 
The edifice for the “ Collegiate Institute and Western Teacher’s 
Seminary,” is built of brick, seventy five feet in length, and forty feet 
in breadth, four stories high with a basement story, intended for a 
kitchen and eating rooms. The system of education is connected 
with that of manual labor. 
