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ment from Mr. Murray. He believed that virtue could be 

 found among enemies, and therefore treated them with justice. 

 In stature he was five feet eleven inches, with remarkably large 

 features. 



MUSCOGEE. 



This county is bounded N. by Harris and a part of Talbot, 

 E. by Marion, S. by Stewart, and W. by the Chattahoochee, 

 which separates it from Russell county in Alabama. Laid out 

 in 1826, and portions of it set off to Harris, Talbot, and Ma- 

 rion, in 1827. It is 23 miles long, and 18 miles wide, contain- 

 ing 414 square miles. 



Post Offices. — Columbus, Halloca, Shell Creek, Upatoi, 

 Roland, and Bald Hill. 



Population, Taxes, Representation. — The census of 

 1845 gave to this county a population of 9,711 whites, 6,632 

 blacks ; total, 16,343 — being at that time the most populous 

 county in the State, with the exception of Chatham and Mon- 

 roe. Amount of State tax for 1848, f 11,517 43. Entitled to 

 two representatives to the Legislature. 



Rivers, Creeks. — No country is more highly favoured with 

 extensive water facilities than Muscogee county. The prin- 

 cipal stream is the Chattahoochee, affording to the inhabitants 

 a steamboat navigation to the Gulf of Mexico. The distance 

 to its confluence with the Flint is 300 miles ; to the Appala- 

 chicola Bay, 430 miles. The smaller streams, all of which 

 empty into the Chattahoochee, are Upatoi, West Upatoi or 

 Randall's, Nocheefaloochee, Bull, Standing Boy, and West 

 End creeks. 



Towns. — Columbus is the seat of justice, situated at the 

 foot of the falls, on the east bank of the Chattahoochee river. 

 It was laid out in 1828, and is the third city in the State. 

 Immediately before the town rugged and large rocks rise over 

 the whole bed of the river, and convert it into a succes- 

 sion of rapids. It is laid off in oblong squares of four acres, 

 each divided into eight square lots of half an acre. Its length, 



