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Show 6: I < OUGII NOR1'11 AMERICA~ A'f: sTII fl .J J l o. f1"rtlyr by afil:rting, thn.t it is only 1.1 - tl 'r cononc~ " . 1 d l that thcv qua Y lU General Wafhtngton, t ul Cd' : U . d Sutc . anJ not :-~s . 1 as l'n;ftdcnt of the nttc ' 'I . . nly 't mean fubterfugc, wluc 1 , . . I . 1. but t 1JS !S o ' 1 i they h~we a dtOJ c to llfl ' . 1 ft their conduCt {hou c :1 ppear d 1. r conde to, they arc force to 1.we . D .· ,., the war there were many, ·!· l 'th ingratttudc. Utlnb . . too {hongly lllat c.c Wl . H ·11 thctr power to tcmove . . 1 . 1 o were dOing a 1 . . f and not loyahtls ctt let, w 1 r . 1ently difl:ingutlhcd hunfcl • l whereby he 10 emu him from that coulmam . · . 1 r . 5 a leading trait in the cha- . . . \'fr . f; cbon wluc 1 J011TI ' . It is the fpmt of c 1 ,1ttS a 1 1 . 1 oroduces thts malevolence . . . s a peop e, w ltC 1 r meter of the A men .ms ,t l . f their nu bl ic a ffitirs were regu- . fl: 'tdidformerly; ant 1 r l f :'lt pn.fcnt, J u as I I c ·mly believe hi. aCts, in.flcat o [( {i t from heaven, 111 • lated by a per on en . would by many uc COl hdered as meeting with univerfal approbatiOn, J.:cLitful and fbgitious. ,~~------- L E T T E R VIII. . { 5 6 -Set out for Lanca)ler.- ' • 1 ](.1'/J ze fs of t!Je J{/'mter 0 179 - ' . . of Smgwar t ' J• ' Pl. . ' nd P/Jiladclphia.-Summary Vzew OJ '[; 'P 'k Road bet•wccn tt;at ace a .tJ 111'71 1 ·e \. . D.{; ihtion of the z~ arms bet'ween LanCC!y· er the State of Pcmtfylvama.- e,;cr!' . · 1' -G eat/ in- . J I '. 1'l Farmers ltve m a pemmous Sty e. r )' and Phtlaue 'Pma.- 'Je · R { TV. · oru and j . . E T,'fl 1• . ·rs -Bad '1avenzs ou thts oac .- agg en or to 'ugtt.l''J ar lilt • L tel ur nrrs -Cufiwns rf the latter. -Defcription qf Lancajl~r.- al ? I'Y aggo ' ')' 711r ,/'a . ·ned 071 t 'JCl e. J, tl Seat or the State Government.-lYlamva U1 es em mtwt 'Je v • . A . · ,r;, tbem.- _ R';:;n•e Gu ns-Gr eat Dexterit:v.; 'Wtth whtcb the met zcallS .1 ':Je . Anecdote q/ Trzoo Virginian Soldiers belonging to a Rijle R..egunent. Lancafler, March. MY DEAR SIR, T . II IS winter has proved one of the mildcit that has ever uecn ex. · d in the country. During the laD: month there were two pet 1ence . . · t vo or three flight falls of fnow, but in no one inll:ance dtd 1t re~1am ', days on the ground. A [mart frofl: i~l.t in the ftr!l: w ck of thts t_non;n, and fnow fell to the dept h of rn: x or .r~ .even m· e 11 cs ; b'"·l t 011 the tlurJd uda y a fu en 4 SUMMARY VIEW OF PENNSYLVANIA. 63 a fudJ ·n thaw came on, ani it quicl ly di(tppc. r~.-J : fince then the wcather ha rcmainet: Ull<..OI 1 0.1!) 1 1ild. The f ·afon being fo fine, and fo f:tvourablc for travell ing, I \ as unwilling to fiay at P 1ila lclp 1ia; ;JLC 1 dingly I fat ut fur thi · pl.t c on hot fLba ·k, ~ nd arriv ·d here hfl: nin·ht, at the en< of the fr ond day's journey . From h 'l iCe I int ·nd to proceed toward · the fun h, to meet the approad ing fp ring. The road betwcLn Phila tklpl.ti·t and Ll!lcaih:r has htcly unJcr<•onc a thorough repair, and to1ls arc; levied upon it, to keep .it in ordct, unJcr the dir~ct' on of a cot .lp.my . \Vhcnever thJt.: to ls afiord a prol!t f more th,ut fif-ccn per cent. on the flo k. originally fubfi·ribed for makit g the road, the company is bonnd, by n act of ::d1l:mbly, to ld1(:n th em • This is the fir.O._ attempt to have a turnpike road in Pennfylvania, and it is by no means re1ifltLd by the people at large, particularly by tbc \vag-· goners, who go in grcat numbers by this route to PhiLuJclphia from the back parts of the fbtc. The flatc of PcnnfylvaniJ. lies nearly in the fotm of a parallclogra n whofe greatcfl length is from cafi to wcfi. Thi: p;lr.tllclogram i croill;J diagonally from the north-eafl: to tbc fouth-wdl: by fcvcral diltcr nt ridges r m unt.tins, which arc about one hundred miles in br adth. The valleys b tw en theft: ridge· contain a rich blt ·k. foil, and in the fouth-wcfi and nor h-eafl: angles alfo, at the ontilde 0f the mountains 1 the foil is very <1ood . The northern parts of this fla te arc but cry thinly inhabited as yet, but towards the fouth, the whole w~1 y fro PhilaJ lphia to Pittiliurg, it i \,·ell fc.:ttkd. The mo!l: po ul us p:ut of it is the fomh-c. fl corner, whi ·b lies between the mountains and the river Deb. ware; through this part th turn} ike road p.dk · wl1ich leads to Lancafl.er. The c untry on c:-tch fide of the ro.ul is plea lllgly d.iverfified with hill and d-.tlc. Cultivation is chiefly confined to the low la nds, which are the richefl:; the hills are all kft covered with wood) and afford a plcafing variety to the eye. The further you go from Philadel1 hia the more fertile is the ountry, and the more piCl:ureftlue at the £1mc time. On the who] road from Philad lphia to Lancafl::cr there are not any two dwellings fianJing togcth r, excepting at a fmnll place called Down- m. g ' |