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Show 2G2 EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. . . t bove the mouth of Dunlap's creek, is In this estimate, Bndgepor ' a h been formed into separate bo-d d Th e two towns ave . rinoculguh se ; · but m. o sa ll re 1a 1.w ns o f s ociety and commerce, they are stnct-ly one and the same. ·n . . lar and picturesque. The banks The site of Brownsvi e IS smgunonO'ahela river are high, with a ()f both Dunlap's creek. a~d tl~e r~t o The town is built upon the very narrow bottom skutmg t. ~ a ~~ e each other to a considerable slope of the hill, the house; rism~·~n ~etween the houses upon the hMeoignhotn. gaThehlae, dainf iidehrl~Onscee . o n7e e~i~rl~est part of the town, must exceed m o three hundred feet. d the bank of the Monongahela, Bridgeport was commen,ce ukon The bottom is here considerably above the mouth of Du~~lap.s c~:eto.wn .has however ascended the hill, wider than at Brow•!S\· ~le k t f th river has, like its counterpart, the and, from the opposite an o e ~ hitheatre. pleasing appearance of the steps of an a p . the oldest be5t popula-ln the neighbourhood of these t~o t~wns~~nns lvania: An immense ted, and b~st culti.vated ;e{~~mentts~~n~se~~ave be~n erecteu, either in number of mach me~ o ( J. eren d Coal is abundant, and from the towns or immedtate neighbourho~ • t'll more convenient than in the peculiar structure of the llgroun ' s ~ the coal stratum ; of course Pittsburg. The streets actua y pass ove this fuel is dug out amongst the -~o~~es. 'nee the first settlement of the This place has b~e~ rem at a e, n:Jiderable num her of emigrants country' for boat bmldmg. Very co . d from Vir inia and Mafrom the southern parts of Pennsylvam~, an b had gat very short ryland, take water ~er~. Boats can a ways e notice, of any descnptiOn ~e~h~nd~d. 't to Wheeling in Virginia, The great road from a., mg on Cl y . . d' t nt 220 miles and passes Brownsville; from the_form~rtlal~e ·~•sg t~eabenus ofthe'Afofrom vVheeling, by the road, b7 ; . u 0 owm I t!On~ahela a_nd Obi~ rivers, 152 rntle . . nkinCY ·mercantile, T be actJve capttal now employed . m the ba B~ownsville, is manufacturing, and agricultural ~stabhshments nearert is now high, , ery great, and annual.ly inc~easmg. Landed prop Y and must probably remam s.o, I[ not advance. . in this neigh- Some of the best flour mdls m the .western country IS d in Natchez hou rhood. The Monongahela flour IS the most e.st~e~e i river, and and 1', ew Orleans, of any that comes down the MJssJs,slpp d Ten Mile m~my of the best brands are from Reu Stone, Dunlap s, an creeks. . . . ffi . B wnsville; several r. here is one bank, and one prmtmg 0 ce, Hl ro be acw good public hoU3es are a Is o esta b) .IS 1 1 e d ' w here- stranf O0 'ers ctoawn n west <·ormnod ated with comfort, and at the cheapest r.atelo hany g'•ven tone o, f the Aleuhany moun tam. s . Tl1 e socJ.e t Y 0 f Fnenos abvl e nd influ· 0 to public manners ; some o f t1 1 e most wea Jth. Y' res,.p 'el cta . e, aer haps no ential of the inhalJitants are of that commumty: 1 Jeri~ 1~ P more .:rra· Part of the Obio valley where a benevolent mmd w?u ed flout~sh- tified to review' than thl.. sm· g_ularly acti·v e, m· d ushtnicohu sit faonr ms a part, ing settlement. No sectiOn of the country' of w r d attentive to where the manners of the inhabitants are more po Ite an - EMIGRANT'S GUIDE. the travelJer. A bridge over Dunlap's creek unite the towns. The increased population of Brownsville and Bridgeport must now amount to between three and four thousand. Of the other towns in the neighbourhood of Pittsburg and Brownsville, the most remarkable arc, WaslJington, Morgantown, Union, Somerset, Greensburg, Kittaning, Franklin, Meadville, Erie, Waterford, ·Hamilton, Butler, Beaver, Charleston, and Whee1ing. "fVashington, the seat of justice for Washington county, stands upon one of the head branches of Chartier's creek, upon the road from Brownsville to Wheeling, as also upon the road fi·om Pittsburg to ... Wheeling. [t is of course a kind of thoroughfare. TlJis town is situated amidst a fertile, weH cultivatecl, but broken country, amid the ridge of hills described in page ~62. The author recollects having, wheu a Loy, col1ected hazelnuts upon the very spot where the court-house of Washington now stands. At this epoch the town contains an elegant court-house, an academy, several private schools, two printjng offices, a very large steam flour mill, and many other public and private edifices for commercial and manu~cturing purposes, and upwards of 400 chvelling-bouscs, with 2500 inhabitants. From the apex of a bill .upon the road- from Washington to BrownsvilJe, about two miles from the former, the Chestnut ridge can be distinctly seen in a long, blue line, rising above the distant horizon. This is tbe first place where, we believe, any part of the A1eghany mountains can be seen when advancing from Ohio eastward in the peninsula between the MonoDgahela and Ohio nvers. Mot-gantown is lhe seat of justice for Monongahela county in Virginia; it is an inconsiderable village, on the right bank of the Monongahela river, consi8ting of sixty or seventy dwelling-houses, a few stores, a court-house and jail, with perhaps 500 inhabitants. Uniontown, called formerly, from its owner, Beesenstown, is the seat of justice for Fayette county, and is situated upon both sides of ~edstone creek, eleven miles southeast of Brownsville, upon the road ~rom the latter placet<;) Baltimore and Washington city. Union is a pleasant and agreeable vnlage ; the adjacent country is waving, though not very hilly. Some good public houses are to be found in this town, where good accommodations can be procured. In Union are, of public edifices, a court-heuse, jail, two or three p1aces of public worship, an academy, sever•! private schools, and a great number of water, grist, and saw mills, either in the town or vicinity. The reader may be somewhat surprised to hear of grist and saw mills propelled by water in tbe midst of a town ; but the circumstance arises ifl Union, from the peculiarity of its site. T'he bottom upon which the town is built is not considerably elevated above the level of Redstone creek ; a darn is laid over tlJe stream almve th town, from which two or three races are conducteJ, ali of which tra· Verse the towu. The number of inlJabitants in Union nre about 1200, for whom, and those in the vicinity, one weekly newspaper is pubJi.-·hed. Greensburg is the seat of justice for W estrnorelanJ couuty, anJ is pleasantly situated upon the £reat road from Piltsburg to Pltiladc•lphi n, |
