Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1845-11-27

ALABAMA, Oct 25th ISIS.
Mn. EDIToR A description Of one of the small
country towns Of the South, would be almost lit
eral description of another, nearly alike are they
in all their features. In most of the new counties
in the States of Alabama and Georgia there is but
one town of any note viz. the county site; the 10
cation for the towns is selected near the centre of
the county, if possible on high piece Of ground,
far from swamps or siagnant water; the ground is
cleared of the larger trees. while the snallrr are
left stnding. A square is formed in the centre by
the crossing of four streets, generally running n,
& 5. f. & w. including between them some Is or
acres; in the centre of this square stands the
Court house; and the town is built on the streets
flcing the square and on those running from the
corners. Many of the towns are built with con-
siderable taste; the best houses having beautiful
colonade OF pillars in front while nearly all have
la piazza next the street. The public houses stores
shops &c. are clustered around the square, while
the dwelling houses are more remote, covering eV-
cry little eminence, and frequently embowered IN
the prmeval forest. Many of the more beautiful
residences built far back from the street. with
large yard in front filed with trees and shrubbe-
ry. In some instances the sidewalks are shaded
with trees, but The planting of trees is too much
neglected. and the heat of summer is rendered
doubly severe by the reflection Of the sun from the
almost transparent slnd The Court house is, usu-
ally large AMI commodious brick building. erect
ed with much good judgment, and taste, aud speaks
! ties, and must say, while viewing these couyen
rent places for the administration Of Justice have
blushed for the parsimony Of some of our N. Il.
Counties. which allow themselves to be outdone in
public spirit by pincy woods County OF the South
with not One-li,th OF their wealth, and hold their
Courts, year after year, in eaky rckety old house
erected. for aught the present geueruton knows,
by their AnteleluyIan progentors, and certainly
when 1.-THE memory of man runueth not TO the con-
trary." In one instance, saw, during an import
ant trial the Hon. Court driven from the bench, in
one Of these sheds oil justice by slight thunder
shower
Among the towns. of which the above is con-
else description, may be mentioned Decature, De
Kade Co, Marietta, Cobb Co, Newman Caweta
Co., and La Guang, Troup Co.. Ga, and Lafayette
Chambers Co., and Tuskugee, Macon Co. Ala
The city of Columbus, Ga, stands at the head Of
steamboat navigation on the Chahoochee, about
800 miles from the Gulf and is the largest and
, most important town in Western Georgia. Tho
town lies the east side of the river, (which is
} here the boundary between Georgia and Alabama,
on plain considerably elevated above high water
The town is regularly laid out: the principal streets
. running n. g. $. parallel with the river and cross
e ed by others running f. g. w throwing the who'll
D town into regular squares. The streets broad
r and the b,ild ngs generally low, being usually on
ly two stories in height the sidewalks of the prin
= cipal streets are paved with brick, Broad street
the second SIRE ct from the river, is the prncpn
= place for business in the town. Here in the Fal
- and Winter may be seen hundreds of cotton wac
ons of all shapes and sizes, drawn by horses mule
If and oXen completely filling the street for its who'll
e length and giving 1t u peculiar and lively appear
$ ance. LIrge and expensive warehouses hly'
e been erected for the storage Of cotton aud othe
h goods, built OF brick and considered fire proof Il
\ the northern and eastern parts Of the town, ar
a some large and elegant private dwellings, som
/ Of which woulddo honor to Boston or New York
u L Al. l. a =
d towns in the whole South; in 1910 it Contniue
J. only about 3 100 inhabitants, but in size and in tn
N amount OF it, business ii is fully equal to Cuncor
n II. A vey large amount of goods are sol
e here and at an advance Of at least 50 per cent
re almost all articles and much greater advance o
the tiueT articles, from the New York prices Their
n. IS, however, much competition in every branch
re business and goods are beginning to be obutinc
n al reasonable rates. Some fifty buildings are no
ie IN progress OF erecton several of them are cXtel
le sye brick edces, three stories IN height the los
y er stories designed for store rooms and the upp
n ones for dwellings,. These buildings command u
rs most any rent, which the owner sees fit to ask f
no them A long covered bridge splos the Chatah
chez, near the foot of the falls at the lower end
- the town. connecting the city with Gerard, Alab
IN ma. Below the river IS still and moves on IN i
es placid course towards the gulf of Mexico, bearir
We on its bosom The wealth of the interior while abo,
Z 1t toams and tumbles in its rocky bed. The fall
which tcrminlte at Columbus, are some IL or
ne miles in length, passing through a wild, BROKE
ny and rocky region. These falls afford peculiar {
en- cites Tor manufacturing, and when the Southc
of people understand more fully their own iuterc
US and can draw few millions of capital from agl
ne culture, manufacturing town will grow up her
he equal to any on the continent OF America Nv
CHI cotton factories are in progress here, and Sc
eral have been begun those in operation manua
he ture cotton yarn and the coarser kinds Of cloth
oi Nothing like company of capitalists has yet be-
- formed, and no system of manufacturing devise
US those erected were done by individual efforts or
IN small companies with limited capitals. Maj
Tor Howard of Columbus, the principal owner Of I
ex Columbus factory deserves much praise for his pc
lre seyerng efforts to Introduce manufacturing in
South In the summer of ldi1 he visited the ma
en-. uiacturers and capitalists of New England to
a duce them TO assist in establishing factories at
I'M lumbus, but met with but little success Colu