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a lot belonging to Macon Lodge, No. 96, handsomely en- 

 closed, and planted with evergreen trees and shrubs, many 

 of which are from far-off lands. The oriental cypress, from 

 Asia, raises its graceful spire ; the balm of Gilead, Norway 

 and silver firs, the hemlock, arbor vitae, cedar, juniper, and 

 wild olive, the broom and furze, and even the humble 

 thorn, from whose branches was plaited the crown worn on 

 Mount Calvary. This sacred ground is appropriated as the 

 resting place to strangers belonging to the Masonic order. 

 The Odd Fellows have also their enclosure, and beside.it " that 

 ancient and peculiar people," the Jews, have also their resting 

 place. Most of the Cemetery is thickly wooded by a young 

 and thrifty growth, interspersed with the towering poplar, 

 giant oaks, beech and sycamore ; and it is worthy of remark 

 that there is scarcely a tree, shrub, or wild flower, that is 

 known in our country, that may not be found within this area 

 of 50 acres. Among those that most adorn it are the wild 

 honey-suckle in abundance, woodbine, golden hypericum, &c. 

 These, with its improvements and diversified landscape, 

 cannot fail to attract the attention and leave deep impressions 

 on every visitor. The river, murmuring over its rocky bed, 

 wheeling around immovable cliffs of granite and flint, rolling 

 on and on for ever, like the tide of human life, to mingle in 

 the unfathomed and undefined abyss of eternity, imparts an 

 instructive lesson, while the beauties of the scene disarm 

 death of half its terrors." 



Being in the centre of a thickly settled and fertile part of 

 the State, Macon enjoys many advantages for business. 



The value of real estate, according to the report of the 

 assessors, is $1,098,760. The amount of goods sold is over 

 2,000,000 dollars. 



The societies in Macon are the Masonic Lodge, Odd Fel- 

 lows' Lodge, Medical Society, Mechanics' Society, Benevo- 

 lent Society, &c. 



In point of health, Macon will compare favourably with 

 any place in our country. According to statistics prepared 

 by the editors of the Georgia Journal and Messenger, it appears 

 that the mortality in 1848 was only one to every 76 inhabi- 

 tants, or one and one-third per cent, of the entire population. 



