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does a good business; passed by the court-house, which is built 
opposite the market-house in a half circle, and stopped at the 
glass factory of Mr. Bakewell, in which fine flint glass is blown 
and ground. This crystal is as clear, and nearly as good as the 
English. The processes used in such a manufactory are known; 
but I wondered at the celerity with which the different articles 
are made. Glass-cutting, as is well known, is a difficult work, 
and requires skilful artists, which are still rare in this country, 
and very dear. We visited a paper manufactory belonging to 
Mr. Baldwin, which is arranged in the usual manner: thence we 
went to an eminence which overlooks the city, called Grant’s 
Hill, after an English General Grant, who, during the seven 
years’ war, was slaughtered here along with his troops, by the 
Indians. 
The French, about the middle of the preceding century, had 
built a fort on the point of land, immediately at the confluence of 
the two rivers, called Duquesne. The English found this forti¬ 
fication annoying, and hence arose the occurrences which sub¬ 
sequently produced the seven years’ war. This place has the 
highest interest to every European soldier. General Grant 
wished to obtain possession of Fort Duquesne, and besieged it 
from the height which still bears his name. He however kept a 
miserable guard, was surprised, and paid with his own life, and 
that of his men, for his negligence. From this hill, one may 
behold, at a view, the three vallies of the Alleghany, Mononga- 
hela and Ohio. 
Rapp’s society, after leaving Nfew Harmony, chose a new situa¬ 
tion which they named Economy. This is eighteen miles from 
Pittsburgh. I intended to visit it on the following day, but on 
this evening, (May 17,) I was surprised by a visit from Mr. Fre¬ 
derick Rapp, adopted son of the founder of the Society, who 
gave me an invitation to pay their establishment a visit. We 
therefore went willingly at ten o’clock, next morning, accompa¬ 
nied by Messrs. Bonnhorst and Volz, to Economy, whither Mr. 
F. Rapp preceded us. 
We reached the Alleghany bridge, which is built of wood,, 
roofed, and supported upon five stone piers. The foot-walks are 
separated from the wagon-road, and are open on one side, so that 
foot passengers are not incommoded by the dust from the inside 
of the bridge. On the opposite side is a little village called Alle¬ 
ghany town, laid out upon a great scale, but on account of the prox¬ 
imity of Pittsburgh, it will with difficulty attain any importance: 
in former years, the Indians, which then thickly hovered about 
the righ bank of the Alleghany and Ohio, were a powerful ob¬ 
stacle to the increase of this place. On the heights stand elegant 
country houses. Farther off ran the road, which was bad enough, 
