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built upon three slieets, and contains a large Gothic church of stone, and a female seminary. 

 The grave-yard, in the neighborhood is very neatly laid out with alleys and rows of trees. 



JWizareth is another Moravian town, 10 miles from Bethlehem, and is the spot at which 

 these people first settled in this country. 



Easton, on the Delaware, at the mouth of the Lehigh, is a handsome town, regularly laid 

 out around an open square. Three canals, which unite at this point, secure to the place a 

 flourishing trade, and Easton is one of the best flour markets in the country. The neighbor- 

 hood is highly picturesque, and there are bridges across the Delaware and Lehigh ; the latter 

 is a chain bridge. Population, 5,000. 



Honesdale and Carbondale, in the northeastern corner of the State, with 2,000 inhabitants 

 each ; fVilkesbarre, in the charming valley of Wyoming, on the North Branch of the Susque- 

 hanna, with 3,000 inhabitants ; and Pottsville^ near the source of the Schuylkill, with 3,500, are 

 the principal towns in the coal region. York, in the southern part of the State, west of the 

 Susquehanna, is a busy and prosperous town, with 5,000 inhabitants. C kambersburg and Car- 

 lisle, in this region, are also thriving towns, with considerable manufactures. 



In the northwest, Erie, on the lake of the same name, is the only good lake harbor in Penn- 

 sylvania ; its trade is rapidly growing in importance. Population, 3,000. 



A few miles below Pittsburg, on the west 



bank of the Ohio, is the village of Economy, 

 inhabited by the sect of Harmonists, under 

 the direction of the celebrated Rapp. This 

 village is neatly built with broad, rectangular 

 streets, and handsome frame houses, although 

 some of the primitive log cabins of the set- 

 tlement still remain. The inhabitants aie 

 Germans, about 800 in number, and emi- 

 grated to America in 1805. They first set- 

 tled in this State, but afterwards removed 

 to Lidiana, and finally returned and estab- 

 lished themselves at this spot. They have 

 a large woolen and cotton manufactory, with 

 steam machinery, occupying several four- 

 story buildings of brick, besides breweries, 

 Village of Economy. distilleries, 'tanyards, and various other 



works. They have also a handsome church, and a large edifice containing a hall for concerts, 

 a museum of natural curiosities, a collection of minerals, a mathematical school, a library, and 

 a school for drawing. All their property is nominally held in common.* Their establish- 

 ment is very flourishing, and their trade with the neighborhood extensive. Marriage is not 

 permitted among them. The village has a beautiful appearance as the voyager is descending 

 the river in a steamboat. The buildings are scattered along the bank of the river, and in the 

 rear of the town is a lofty hill covered with vineyards ; on the top of it is a handsome building 

 for the preserving of grapes, the making of wine, &c. 



Beater City, at the mouth of the Beaver Creek, is a growing manufacturing place, with a 

 boundless power furnished by the falls in the river. Population, 5,000. Broionsville is « 

 prosperous village on the Monongahela, with 2,000 inhabitants. 



Several of the places which we have described are very handsome, but most of the inferlo' 

 towns and villages in this State are destitute of the neatness, taste, and cheei ful aspect which be- 

 long to those of New England. Many of the houses consist of wooden frames, filled in w^ith 

 brick and mortar, and many others are built of squared logs, laid one upon another. They are 

 often marked with an utter neglect of cleanliness, and the inhabitants, w ho may be seen in the 

 streets, and at the doors and windows, have an appearance befitting their dwellings. Many of 

 these villages are occupied by emigrants from Ireland, Holland, and various parts of Germany. 

 In some places, a large part of the inhabitants can speak no other than their native language. 

 5. vigriculture. East of the mountains, and especially in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, 



* Mr. Rapp, the head of this society, was a German tate nominally belonging to the settlement. In religion, 



peasant, who commenced its formation at Wirtemberg the people are Lutherans, with the addition of some pe- 



about the year 1780. He died in 1834, and his son appears culiar doctrines, 

 now to be the legal proprietor of nil the lands and real es- 



