550 TROUP COUNTY. 



Markets. — Columbus and Griffin. Merchants buy in 

 Charleston and New- York. 



Value op Town Lots, &c. — The value of town lots is 

 $111,674. Value of stock in trade, $96,675. Money at inte- 

 rest, $237,540. 



Manufactures, Mills. — Troup factory, ten miles S. E. 

 of La Grange. Capital, $42,000. Owners, Robertson, Leslie 

 & Co. Spindles, 1,600 ; operatives 65, all whites. Yards of 

 osnaburghs made per day, 900 ; bunches of yarn do. 100. 



The goods are sold principally in the adjoining counties ; 

 and a considerable quantity sent to Philadelphia, Charleston, 

 Savannah, Mobile, and New-Orleans. The orders for the goods 

 amount to double the quantity made. This factory took the 

 first honour for osnaburghs at the Agricultural Fair held at the 

 Stone Mountain, in 1848. 



Woollen goods will be made this year. Great attention is 

 paid to the character of the operatives, and none are received 

 but those having testimonials of good and industrious habits. 

 The Company are about to erect a building for a church and 

 Sunday school. No ardent spirits are allowed on the premises. 



There are in the county 10 flour-mills, 14 grist-mills, 11 

 saw-mills, and 2 wool-carding machines. 



Minerals. — Granite, and several varieties of rock, fit for 

 building. Near Hogansville, carbonate of iron exists. Some 

 lead has also been found. Beautiful amethystine quartz oc- 

 curs near Dr. Austin's ; and tourmaline of uncommon beauty 

 in several sections. Gold is found near Tavor's mills ; and 

 asbestos and soapstone in several places. Evidence of lime- 

 stone are found on Mr. Greene's farm, four miles from La 

 Grange. 



Mineral Springs. — There are no springs of great celebrity. 

 Chalybeate springs are numerous. There is one seven miles 

 west of La Grange, and another on Mr. Bacon's lot, in La 

 Grange. 



Character of the People. — The character of the people 

 is almost without reproach. Men of high standing exert their 

 influence in favour of morality and good order. Few crimes 

 have been committed in the county, and the public records ex- 

 hibit the gratifying fact, that for nearly three years after the 



