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of Mr.G., Mr. F., who came withus 
from Wathington, and was inlifted forthe 
journey, Mr. Davis, and myfelf. f 
We have now entered one of the great 
roads on which thofe immenfe armies of 
emigrants pa{s which annually go to refide 
in the weftern country, as we. las into the 
neighbourhood of thole defert traéts which 
have been fo fraudulently difpofed of in 
Europe. Each of thefe fubjects will oc- 
cafion fome digreflions as we goalong, and 
on each I thail be neceffi:ated fometimes 
to depend on the information of ethers ; 
and I beg your readers will only confider 
me pilfeced ble for that which I aflert of 
my own knowledge. America is a world. 
That which is ftrictly applicable to one 
part, is not the leait fo to another; and 
want of attention to this faé& has much 
diftrafted the readers of Travels through 
the United States. 
When we got through Chamberfbure, 
the land became very inferior to that we 
had quitted. In the firf eleven miles we 
pafied through two beginning | towns 5 
then ftopped ata tavern and refrethed-our- 
felves with fome good wine, bread, but- 
ter, and cheefe. The heoufe was remerk- 
ably neat, and the parlour ‘very prettily 
papered and carpeted. Near this tavern 
is a fpring which turns a millabout rwen- 
ty yards from where it gufhes from the 
rock. The read to Co nelibure now be- 
came vafly mountainous, and the views 
often extenfive and fublime. .A little te 
the left we faw Mercerfburg ; its white 
walls and fteeple afforded a pretty ¢ ntraft 
with the deep green of the woods, height- 
ened confiderably at that moment by “the 
deep fhadow of one thofe clouds which in 
this mountainous country feem conitantly 
flying about. I was informed that Mer- 
cerfburg was begun to be built about fix- 
teen years back; that it now contained 
near one hundred houfes, and f-ven hun. 
dred fouls. Mountains how were fo thick 
ahout us; and fo irregularly placed, that 
it is impoffible to defcribe or recolle& the 
names of them. On the fummit of cne 
called the Cove Mountain is a fine farm 
belonging to a Mr. Riddle cf about 
eighty acres. He has here a very delt- 
cious garden, with abundance of fruit ; 
and the place in the hoiteft weather iso 
cool, that he works his ftul threugh the 
year. The exiftence of this beautiful {pot 
is rendered ftill more fingular by the ber- 
rid wildnels of the mountains below, 
which however are faid to be fold to fome 
London merchants by our fpecuiators, 
Reph to *© Obfervator” 
on the Bankrupt Laws. 
[April 1, 
Defcending this moun‘ain, we came to the 
great Cove Valley ; and at about three 
o’clock alighted at Mr. Davis’s at Con- 
nels Town ; and in this valley again 
found all the appearances of fertility of 
foil, and its confequences, good" houfes, 
barns, orchards, &c., &c. 
In this day’s journey we pafled about 
fixty emigrants, going to refide in Ohio 
State. We were fomewhat too early to 
pafs many emigrants, as the river Chio 
was not at preient navigable. It was faid’ 
that during the laft vear upwards of thirty” 
thoufand people paffed through this town 
for the weltern country, a fa&t I could 
fearcely have believed, had I not vifited 
that country myfelf. Thefe people gene- 
rally travel in waggons ; and the number 
of children they take with then. is extra- 
ordinary. R. Dinmore. 
Alexandria, Nov. 13, 1805. 
—e 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
AM aware of all that * Obfervator™ 
ftates ia your lat Number. 
know hew it Ayes be with creditors at Bir- 
mingham ; but of creditors in’ Londony. 
many, with myfelf, am perfuaded, are ins 
commoded by what ‘T complain off “FE 
-Might, perhaps, 
ter” that a dividend 
debt be well looked after; ‘but, Mrs 
ter, here, if not at Birmingham, crediters 
-have much upon their hands, and find it 
avery difficuit matter to look ~well after 
everything. Some of us are fometimes 
careleis and faulty, and we acknowledge 
we deferve to fu fer for our cateleffnefs 
and fault; but hints I dropped, if 
acted upon, would be ey the “evil re- 
fale? ng trom our carelefinefs. “** Gbiciva- 
tor,’ ‘no doubt, is always copeét and’ 
carefa}; and iia. ithink it is probable, ' 
is never loft if the’ 
t, 
tne 
after all, he would not be willing te make’ 
over to vour hurabie fervant whatever di- 
vidends he may Hae neglected to claim. 
Dividends under afignments Tintended 
principally to complain of. “Thefe “are 
fometimes never advertifed at all, or per- 
haps inonly ene paper, the paper the ad-" 
vertifer reads, and that in {mall cireula-— 
tion. As commercial intereourfe is fo 
abundant, and commercial information fe 
general, it mght be eafy to do that which 
would moft eff:ctualiy prevent any reafon- 
able complaint Let every traftee under 
“an afficnment heave the civility to fend a 
note to every credit.r, and if attendee 
admit with * Obferva-— 
Tdo not 
Edi-'- 
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