1806.] Observations made duruiga Tour in the United States. 23S. 



Othef machines not fiibject to the 

 nhove objeofioiib arc equally deficit'iU m 

 Dther refpci^ts ; as thole which ftrickle 

 the corn (rom a revolving cylinder, by 

 means ot" brulhes, are quite incLipablu of 

 f'owini^ corn prepared with lune or otiicr- 

 vvife ; for if llie feed be not pcrfeflly dry 

 :hkI clean, the brulhes are very loon torn 

 in pieces. 



It would be oonferrins; an ohlination on 

 Hiylelf as an nulividiial, and duubtleis 

 there arc many otlicrs in my lituution 

 who would be ecjually glad with me, if 

 any of your numerous agricultural read- 

 ei's would inform me wlsethcr there" be 

 any machine to which the foreg(juii^ ob- 

 jections will not apply, and where it is to 

 be procured. 



May 1 likewife al'k if any thre!hing-ma- 

 ohine is made, and by whom, that is not 

 fubjcct to derangement by f.nall ftones, 

 vv'hich are inevitably taken up with bar- 

 ley or oats, as I was once jjrefent when 

 a machine was nearly dctiroyed by a 

 iroiie not weiiihing half an ounce. 



I ^vould alio ulk, what would be the 

 expence of the fmalleit machine that will 

 thi-elh clean, and fo fait, as to have u de- 

 cided fuperiority over the Hail ? 



I am. Sir, &c., J. P. 



GlouceJierJIiirc, Auiiiiji '2Q, 130G. 



For the Monthly Macasine. 

 ©nsr.Rv.^TiOKS ymule dming a tour 



tlirOVgk the UNITED ST.\TI;S of AME- 

 lilC A.— so. X. 



H.W IXG carried your readers to 

 the confluence of thoi'e beautiful 

 rivers which form the celebrated Ohio, 

 and defcribed PiltlTjurgh,* permit me, 

 before I crol's the Alleghany, and cuter 

 on the country To late an Indian wilder- 

 ncfs, to Itate fuch llatlliical fatts as could 

 not properly be introduced into the hil- 

 tory of my journey. I am the more in- 

 duced thereto by an opinion that the im- 

 fiortancc of this country is not fuilicient- 

 y underilood in yours, by the afpett the 

 two nations prefLUt each other, and by a 

 firm belief, that, ihould the prel'ent Ad- 

 iiiiniftration of Great Biiiain purfue to- 



• In ftating the manufaftjrics of Pittf- 

 burgh, I dill not mention the articles v.'hicli 

 are made in all the towns iu tlie United 

 States, fuch as hats, fadlcry, flioes and boots, 

 &c., etc.; but I. ought to have noticed the 

 coppcrfmiths and cabinet-makers, ns tiic de- 

 mand for their labour, particularly copptr 

 ftil!:, to carry down (he Ohio, is very g"'3t> 

 and rapidly incrcafiiig. 'I'hcrc are alfu tl.(,ce 

 ««v/fpaperspublJilieJ in Pittlburgh, 



jMonthlv Mac;., No. U8. 



wards the United States the Airne con- 

 duct as vas praCtil'cd by the latl, this 

 nation will take fuch fteps hs will be fe- 

 verely rued in yours. Believe me, and I 

 w ilh kncercly your politicians to believe 

 me, that the leni'e of this nation is againlc 

 you, more efpecially lince the .aggrelfioit 

 and murder of Pierce at New- York by 

 one of your connnanders. It is true we 

 deprecate war, for ^ve know, if it will not 

 actually render us mifcrable, it will re- 

 tard the procrcls of our national happ;- 

 nefs ; but fooner than pennit our free 

 citizens to be murdered and inipreffed, 

 their i)r(jperty plundered, and our na- 

 tional character dilhonOured, we will ni 

 the iirft iuliance ceafe to deal with you, 

 next let loofe our privateers, and enter 

 into the unproiltable, dctcftable, and im- 

 pious couteil, of " trying which nation 

 can do the other the moll harm." 



The co\nitrv on the weltern lide of the 

 Allcghtmy iSiountains, known in the 

 United States as the Weliern Country,- 

 aftbrds the mod lofty ideas of the ra- 

 pidly increaiing grcatncfs of this Union. 

 When George III. came to the throne of 

 England, there were no fettlcmcnts ou 

 this lide the ridge, and foon afterwards a 

 prociamation was iifued by the King in 

 Council, wliich prohibited fettlements 

 being made there. This prohibition I 

 have always conlidercd as one of tlie 

 great producing caufes of our glorious re- 

 volution. It concentrated our people. 

 The ardent fpirits who would have open- 

 ed their way into the wildernefs, w ere 

 compelled to lUty on the ealtern coali; ; 

 and thole who would gladly have fpent 

 their lives in clearing the interior, were 

 necellitated to employ their energies in 

 defence of their freedom. This ])roc!a- 

 mation prevented their enjoyment of 

 perhaps the moll fertile country of the 

 world, and tlioufands favv no means of 

 fettling tlieir families in it, and partici- 

 pating in the gifts Nature had lb plenti- 

 fully blelled Weflcrn America with, ex- 

 cept by enforcing the independence of 

 the Union. Since that period the popu- 

 lation of this innnenh; country ha- in- 

 crcafei;! beyond any calculation : it is, \ 

 think, at prefent reprelented by twenty-" 

 one members of Congrefs, chofen ac- 

 cording to the rcgul-.itJons of the lalt ccn- 

 fus, which allows one repreftntative for 

 about 33,000 conllituents. 



The population of Kentucky is reprc- 

 fented by rive members in the lloufe of 

 Keprefenlatives of tlie United States ; 

 ami fhould the ne.>ct ccnfus be taken irt 

 the 3ear 1810, and tltablilhed on ti e 

 G Or fam$ 



