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The water of Macon is very good ; better than any between 

 Savannah and Atlanta. 



Vineville is about a mile from Macon. Population between 

 300 and 400. A delightful retreat from the noise and heat of 

 the city. 



Climate, Diseases, and Longevity. — The climate is as 

 pleasant and as favourable to health as most places in Georgia. 

 Bilious fevers, chills and pneumonia are the most prevalent 

 diseases. The instances of longevity are the following : Mr. 

 Richard Bullock died at 95, John Dalton at 80, Mrs. Cleve- 

 land at 90, Mrs. Mary Bullock at 84, Mrs. Fluening, 82. A 

 negro man, belonging to Mrs. Williamson, died at the age of 

 100. There are now living Mr. David Gurganus, aged 80 ; 

 Mr. Caleb Maiden, 80 ; Mr. Johnson, 86 ; Mrs. Hightower, 

 over 85. 



Roads and Bridges. — The roads, generally, are in good 

 order. There are fourteen bridges in the county. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Flour mills, two ; grist mills, 

 seventeen ; saw mills, eighteen. Efforts are now making to 

 raise a sum sufficient to establish a cotton factory ; and it is 

 the general opinion that they will be successful. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil. — The 

 face of the country is hilly. The larger portion of the land is 

 poor. The lands on the Ocmulgee, below and above Macon, 

 are very productive, as well as the lands on some of the creeks. 

 Land is worth about f 4 per acre. 



Productions. — Cotton, corn, wheat, &c. Cotton averages 

 400 pounds per acre ; corn from ten to twelve bushels. Bushels 

 of corn for 1848, 177,416 ; ditto of wheat, 3,902 ; ditto of sweet 

 potatoes, 5,905 ; bales of cotton, 3,050 ; pounds of pork, 

 703,262 ; number of calves, 862 ; ditto of lambs, 826. 



Religious Sects. — Episcopalians, Methodists, Baptists, 

 Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, and a few Lutherans. 



Character of the People. — In the character of the peo- 

 ple there is much variety. In the country the citizens are 

 industrious, frugal, and kind. The inhabitants of Macon are 

 devoted to business. 



Education. — Schools are numerous. It speaks well for 

 Macon that it has three bookstores. The newspapers are well 



