446 Obsevvations made during a Tour in the United Slates. [Dec. 1, 



which navigate the Beevor from pafiTing 

 into the Ohio. Of courfe the produce 

 of the country through which the Beevor 

 meanders, muft be firft landed at this- 

 illand, and then put on board the veflels 

 whicli go down the Ohio. Beevor is laid 

 out on a large fcale, though at prefent 

 its population is Icanty, and the lioui'es 

 wiiiely revered from each other. It 

 h()vve\er bids fair, one day, to become a 

 town of coniiderable commercial im- 

 portance. Tiie tavern at which we flop- 

 ped was mean, the linen dirty : we had 

 a wretched fupper, and four of us, viz. 

 our party and a Itrangcr, were crammed 

 into a fmall room, and three beds. On 

 our return, however, wc found a much 

 better houfc, and more agreeable ac- 

 commodations. When this countrv was 

 iu polllllion of the BritilJi, they had a 

 fort here, called Fort JMackintolli, and a 

 garrifon. This town was badly I'upplied 

 with water, until the inliabiiants, mucii 

 to their honour, introduced fome of an 

 excellent q-ualityfrom tlie highlands about 

 a mile from the town. Many of the 

 houfcs are neat, and the gardens on the 

 banks of the creek arc prettily laid out. 

 It may be worthy of remark, that here 

 we parted with the Lombardy ])Oplar. 

 This tree, now fo great a favourite in the 

 United .Stales, and ib plentifully dillri- 

 buted through the more cultivated parts 

 of them, was unknovvn till after the con- 

 chilion of our revolutionary war, when 

 a merchant imported a few into Nevv 

 York; l)yl')me accident liiey were thrown 

 into a lumber-room, and tor a long time 

 forgotten or neglected ; at laft, they 

 were planted, and from thele jjarent 

 (locks are defrcnded all the Lombardy 

 poplars in the United States. They do 

 not ieem to dcferve the favour they re- 

 ceive : it Ls true they grow lapidly, but>- 

 thcy atlbrd but little fiiade, and are very 

 injuri(ius to the foil ; as a llrect-tree they' 

 are very improper, as the cattle arc 

 greedy of their bark, and their horizontal 

 roots I'oric up the pavement. VVhilll 

 on this luhjert, peniiit me to regret that 

 the Englilh horfe-cheluut is unknown, at 

 Icall in thofe parts of the United States 

 With which I am acquainted. That it 

 would tlourilh here I have no doubt, 

 and its beauty would render it highly or- 

 namental. 



Hitherto we had purfued a north- 

 wederly courfe ; we now left the Ohio, 

 following the windings of Beevor Creek 

 and a northerlv direction, palled throus;h 

 a couiitry beautifully diverfihed with hilt 

 aud dalc^ and crolltid Brady's Creek, 

 v\'liicli 



time ; tliefe, when they occur in profc, 

 Tve humour according to our convenience, 

 Cur tafte, or our caprice ; in verfe, on 

 the contrary, their flexible (jualities be- 

 come fixed and afcertained, by the fe- 

 lection and arrangement of the poet. 

 Still, however, the freedom of his elec- 

 tion extends no farther than the limits 

 of conveifational ufage; and the printer, 

 01- the reader, iliould take it for granted, 

 if the author in reality be worthy of his 

 types or of his breath, that when he 

 Jtioft ilrictly conforms himl'elf to the li- 

 mits thus jirefcribed, he moft crticieutly 

 reprefenis the Ipccies of harmony the 

 poet intended to |)rortucc. 



The egotifm of thefc remarks may, 

 perhaps, require fome apology ; but as a 

 matter of gener;. I application, I prefunni 

 to hope that the principles fiiggefied may 

 not be thought unworthy the attention of 

 your readers. I am. Sir, yoiu-s, &c. 



J. TllELWALL. 



'Bedford P/iice, l{v!]'(!-fijua>-c, 

 4tli October, VoOG. 



In my laft communication I find the fiiU 

 towing eir.it.i : — Line ii, cnv':! (or ca-u'ils. In 

 1. j of the feconJ paragraph, theomillion of 

 the dafh after the words " be denied j — " 

 throws an unnecclTary difficulty in the way of 

 the reader: (pro])crly ufed, perhaps, the d:i(h— 

 is one of the moft iilclul indications of our 

 whole fyllem of" typographical notation). 

 r. 'J12, col. 1, 1. 11, " i7thmus and con- 

 ftruilion i\ii been," &c. for " rythmus and 

 conftruclion ha-vc—" 



Fur the Montlih/ Mugtizine. 

 OBSERVATIONS iiDidi: during a Toun 

 through the T'.xnr.D states of ame- 



niCA. NO. XII. 



IMMI-.DI ATELY after the conclufion 

 of Wayne's treaty, the I'nited States 

 took polfclfion of the country ceded 

 thereby; aud the fiate of Pemifvlvania 

 divided that portion of territory which 

 Aviis within her limits into live counties, 

 one of which is Mee\(>r, tiie chief town 

 and feat of juitice in which is tleuomi- 

 iiuted Beevor Town. The original lots 

 were 120 feet front, and 300 ficep. 

 Thefe were fold by auction for the bene- 

 fit of the llate, and a\craged 30 dollars 

 each : they are now elii.iiated at tiO <lol- 

 lars. Lind in the vicinity fells as high 

 as 30 (hillars the acre, and is generally 

 rich, '^rhere is a linall illaiul in the 

 Bee\-or, and lituatc near the bar, which 

 may contain about eight or ten acres of 

 land ; the proprii lor demanded 2400 dol- 

 Jai-s i\ir it. One day it will he infinitely 

 »ivhiaLl<^ .T6 the bar prevtiite y^iitls 



