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Powder Springs, twelve miles S. W". of Marietta, on the 

 road to Villa Uica, in Carroll, has two churches, Methodist and 

 Baptist, and one school. Population 200. 



Roswell, a pretty village, so called from Roswell King, Esq., 

 situated 13 miles from Marietta and one mile from the Chat- 

 tahoochee. Settled by persons chiefly from the seaboard of 

 Georgia and South Carolina, and is the seat of an extensive 

 cotton factory. It has one store, one church, one male and 

 female academy, &c. 



Face of the Country, Nature of the Soil, Value of 

 Land.— -The surface of the country is broken. The lands upon 

 the Chattahoochee are rich, and will produce 800 pounds of 

 cotton per acre, 8 barrels of corn, and from 20 to 30 bushels 

 of wheat. The creek bottoms are also fertile, and well adapted 

 to cotton, w^heat, and corn. 



The uplands are of a mulatto and gray colour, will produce 

 600 pounds of cotton per acre, 5 barrels of corn, and about 15 

 bushels of wheat. Best Chattahoochee lands are worth $20 

 per acre ; creek bottoms, $8 ; uplands, from $1 to $8 per acre. 

 Average Product per Acre. — Corn 5 barrels, wheat 6 

 bushels, rye 5 bushels, cotton 500 pounds. 

 Markets. — Marietta, Macon, and Augusta. 

 Manufactures, Mills, Distilleries. — Roswell factory, at 

 Roswell, on Vickery's creek, incoi-porated in 1840. Capital 

 $80,000. 



Spindles, 3,500 



Looms, ...... 40 



Operatives, nearly all whites, . . 150 



Bales of cotton used per day, ... 5 

 Yards of shirting made per day, . , 1,100 

 Osnaburgs, " " . . 1,500 



Bundles of yarn made per week, . . 1,200 

 Hours of work per day, ... 11 



The water-power fine. Wages of operatives dependent upon 

 their industry. The temperance principle strictly enforced. 

 Provision made for the instruction of the children. Goods ma- 

 nufactured have a high character, and are sent to Tennessee,. 

 Alabama, and to various parts of Georgia. 

 Nickajack factory, on Nickajack creek. 

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