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lic opinion has fo ftigmatized the Jews, 
that they dare not, under pain of being 
infulted, enter the wide alleys which ferve 
as a promenade to the Cariftians ; and yet 
Frank furt-on-the Mayne is known to pof- 
fefs citizens eftimable in every refpeét, and 
who no doubt will raife their voice for the 
purpoie of putting an end to this injui- 
tice, lefs difhonourable to thofe who (uffer 
it than to thofe who tolerate it. Will it 
be believed, that at Berlin, when a Jew 
has feveral fons, he cannot marry more 
than one of them. For the marriage of 
the fecond he mult have permiffion from 
Government, the obtaining of which, al- 
ways attended with expence, becomes pro-. 
greffively more difficult, if the application 
be about a third or a fourth. Formerly 
the bridegroom was obliged to purchafe a 
certain quantity of faulty porcelain-ware 
of the royal manufactory. But let us 
hope that the epoch approaches when all 
the feparate Jewifh communities will be 
abolifhed ;—when civil toleration, expiat- 
ing the crimes of preceding generations, 
will call mankind without diftin&ion to 
fulfil all the duties and enjoy all the rights 
of citizens. : 
—— 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
OBSERVATIONS made during a recent 
TOUR through the UNITED STATES 
Qf AMERICA, by MR. R. DINMORE. 
NO. IX. 
{ Continued from p. 398 of our laft Number.} 
OMERSET, fituate on the Allegha- 
ny, is the capital of the county of that 
name. It was laid out about ten years 
back, and now contains about fixty houfes, 
many of which are well built, and fome 
handfomely. The land in the immediate 
vicinity of this town is good. We expe- 
rienced a fevere biack-froft on the morn- 
ing of the 27th of April, and were inform. 
ed that no part of the year was free from 
froft. Lown-lots of a quaster of an acre 
each fell for about four hundred dollars, 
and land in the neighbourhvod at ten dol- 
Jars per acre. The trees, which, after 
leaving Bedford, appeared ftunted, leaf- 
lefs, and covered with a long gray hairy 
mofs, here refumed their vigorous form 
and compiete foliage. On leaving Somer- 
fet, every ftep we made introduced us into 
a lower altitude, a warmer climate, anda 
richer country. We had now but two 
Other mountains to crols, the Laurel and 
the'Chefnut, fo called from the reipeétive 
plants which nearly cover them. Hor- 
rible is the road acrofs the Laurel-hill ; 
and not much better that which leads 
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acrofs the Chefnut-ridge. Having paffed 
them, we entered on a comparatively level 
-country, and intended to have flept at 
Greenfburgh, the capital of Wettmore- 
landcounty. ‘The whole extent of mova 
tainous country is femewhat about zg20 
miles. The importance of connecting 
the eaftern with the weftern fide of thete 
mountains, I may have occafion in fome 
future letter to enlarge upon. At prelent 
I fhall only fay, that it is fully underficod 
by our legiflators, the Senate of the 
United States having agreed to and fent ta 
the Houfe of Reprefentatives a bill for 
their affent, appropriating fifty thoufand 
dollars for rendering good this mountain- 
road. Obferve this appropriation is not 
effected by any increafed taxation, but 
arifes out of monies in the public trea= 
fury. 
By fome accident we took a wrong. 
courfe, and miffed Greenfburgh; and, as 
it was getting late and dark, were com. 
pelled to put-up at a team-houfe on the 
road’s-fide. It afforded but poor profpec& 
of comfort, The windows were moftly 
broken; few of the doors were fhut ; and 
the wind whiftled through the houfe. Gn 
entering it we found it contained many 
articles of -good, aud even handfome fur- 
niture. We were prefently furnifhed with 
a brace of chickens, ham, tea, coffee, and 
cyder. We had but indifferent beds, and 
were al! crowdea into one room, t)e door 
of which would not fhut, and the frames 
only of the wir.dows were entire. To this 
houfe were attached one hundred and fifty 
acres of good land, of which however only 
twenty-five were cleared. The whole 
was valued at 1700 dollars. 
As we were now but thirty miles from 
Pitfburg, we ftarted carly, hoping to get 
thither by dinner, but again miffed our 
road, and wandered till neon before we 
difcovered a tavern, which happily proved 
avery good one, where we {peedily forgot 
the fatigues of the marning over a veal. 
cuotlet and a botde of Madeira. We paff- 
ed Turtle Creek, celebrated for an aétion 
between the Englith and the Indians in 
1754, and for the richneis of the adjacent 
foil. The following fa& will prove the 
rapid increafe of the value of land, when 
well-chofen, in this country: — A few 
years back the Hon. Oliver Phelps, mem- 
ber of Congrefs for the ftateof New York, 
fold a large traét,of land on this creek for 
five doilars currency per acre: itis now 
valued at ten dollars the acre. 
The land continued rich till we got to 
Pittfburg. About feven miles before we 
got tothat town we ftopped to refrefh our. 
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