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Show p E N s y L V A N I A. d. 1 handfome and polite; they are naturally are excee mg Y h h 1 f n.g htly an d Jr 011 d 0 f pleafure., and, upon t e w o es, · are mPu ch more agreea ble an d accompli{hed than the men. weI e thei. r .m tercour· fie wt. t h th e Engliili offic ers , they are gdre at y I. mproved; an d ' W.t t h ou t flat tery ' many. of. them woul . hn o. t make bad fi gures even 1. 0 the fi·r ft aifembhes .1 0 Europ- e. . T ehtl ."' r ch'tefly dancing in the wmter; and, m t e amuiements are ' 'lk'l] d . fummer, Ir orm·w g par t'1e s of pleafure upon the S• chul d1 ., an In t h e country. T here is a fociety of fixteen lad. tes, an as many gentlemen, ca1 1 e d tl)e firhing company, whtch meet once a fortm. ght upon t 11 e Sc 11 u1' !kill · They. have a very pleafant ro. om erected 1. 0 a roman t't c fituation upon the banks of that nver, h 11 dine and drink tea. There are feveral where t ey genera y d k which,. pretty walks about it, and fome wild and rugge roc s, toget h er wt· t h t11 e water and tlne groves that adorn the banks,. form a moful. b eau t1' f ul and pi.Clureftlue fcene. Ther• e are boats and fin1 w· g tac kl e Orl all fiorts ' and the company d1vert the. m-felves with wal king, fi.(hing, going upon the water, ~ancing, r1:1 11g1· 11g, conver fing , or J. uO: as they . pleafe. The ladtes fw ear an um· fo rm, an d appear with great eafe and advantage . ro. m the neatnefs and fimplicity of it. Th~ fir~ and mo~ ~1ihn .. guirhed people of the colony are of th1s foctet~; and It 1s very.: a d vantageou S to a {hanger to be introduced to It, as he hereby gets acquam· ted with the beft and moft refpe. ctable comp· any in. Philadelphia. Jn the winter, when there IS fi1ow upon the ground, it is ufual to make what t~ey_ call fl.eig?ing parties, or to go upon it in fledges ;. but as. th1~ 1s a practice well known. in Europe, it is needlefs to defcnbe 1t., The prefent fiate of Penfylvania is undoubtedly very fiou· rin1ing. The country is well cultiuated, and there :re not le.fs. than 9000 waggons emploJed in it, in different fervtces. Tdl this war t.hey were exempt from taxes; and it was not with.- ou.t. P E N S Y L V A N I A. out difficulty that the quakers were prevailed upon to grant any fupplies for the defence of the frontiers, though expofed to the moft horrid cruelties :- it was not from principle, fay their enemies, tha t they refufed it, but from intereft; for as they were the fir£1: fettlers, they chiefly occupy the interior and lower parts of the province, and are not expofed to incurfions. At length, however, compelled by clamour and public difcontent, they were obliged to pafs a fupply bill for 1 oo,ooo I. to raife five and twenty hundred men, and thefe they h ave kept up ever fince; they afterwards palfed a militia bill, but it was fuch an one as anfwered no good purpofe. The quakers have much the greatell influence in the aifembly, and are fupported there by the Dutch and Germans, who are as averfe to taxes as themfelves. Their power, however, at prefent feems rather on the decline, which is the reafon, as the oppofite party pretend, that they fiir up on all occafions as much confufion as poffible, from that trite maxim in politics, divide et impera. They have quarrelled with the proprietors upon fever a! occafions, whether altoget4er jufily or not, I will not pretend to fay; it is certain, however, that the determinations at home have been fometimes in their favour. The late fubject:s of their difputes have been chiefly thefe: Firft, Whether the proprietary lands ought to be taxed? This has been determined at home in the affirmative. Secondly, Whether the proprietor ought to have any choice or approbation of the aifeifors ? Thirdly, Whether he ought to give his governor infiructions ? And, Lafily, Whether the judges of his appointment ought to be during pleafure, or quamdiu fe bene gelferint? Thefe three lall: are frill undecided. Hz Upon |