The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1821-06-11 00:00:00

F.3IICR•IIII7'S.

[From the the Mantissaslte Telegraph.]

The following is an extract from a leiter received
by Mr. W. Budd. who eintKrated from this neigh-
bourhood to the United States
" CISICIVATTII (11TATE o► 01110) 011 C. 3, 1620.
" IVe arrived here, the eutl of our iourney (.ewes men
li.st ides or .640, from Pittsburgh, is. our Ark, after t
passage of thirteen days, rowing and It is a
fine lively flours•hioy place, principally built of brick,
and is supposed to contain sb.nat eight or ten thoesaild
inhabitants; the streets are *patinas bat eery dirty
and col-1y thing ha. the appearance of ouroltivaied
rodeo's,. I Rave sot seen a single article of merchand tae
at Cineinatta that has been put out allow, well; at Puts
burgh they are Letter, but stand no comparison wish the Euz.
hill. There is nn whet reachery here; we Is ye
plate,. stamina, Ste. Provivinns ate cheap, altruist beyond be.
lief—beef, mutton, and to k, v.-Mom, 2d. per lb. clock i
6J. Loris 4.1. geese Is. 3.1. mike', la. 9J. wads, cu.., 1:3.
dozen ; whiskey 4).6d. bread sd. per gallon; mar, not g0...1
(I have tasted none good in America), &I. per gallon; sea►.
tables cheap and ahan•lanl—F.nglisk vegelabler slo not
thrive here well ; what come i.s io Spring is excellent,
afte►, the son is so hut, it is burnt op acid blighted; ti.'s
is cheap. Must of the dealings here is by barter, very hill,
money passes. There are three deg►ees of farmers held.
firm. he stria fattens and grow■ for New Odes°, market,
lives in a large log nr weather-hdarded h.nae, generally
situated in the centre of • meadow. sucrossoded and lure--
sperseil wish trees, for shade and shelter, with a poud in ilie
' Idle, their loon:emend nornerom., hot have a very slovenly
appearance; the farmer, his wife and children all taking an
motive part in directive and assisting on his farm, and neunagime
the house. It it highly necessary here to do without stmt.
aoee as mach as possible; jades d, servant maids ere s.kluni
to be got, when they sr,. they feel too independent to be of
much *mire to yon.—The seceud class is a snail very short
of means, has part of Isis land cleared, grows for his family,
mid his seeplu. produce exchanges fir tweeze/try arti-
cles at the nearest market, perhaps 60 to 100 miles dis-
tant ; hut it is performed with great taut on the raver. The
third sieges of farmer are almost in a state of nature, they.go
and take possession of a spot of &Arnim. itt bind, or per-
haps purchase clear • little spot, grow for their own use,
aml spend nearly the whole of their time in hunting, and
clothe themselves mostly with the skis of the beasts they
kill. The Americans in general grow them own Sex, spin
and wease their own linen, Ike. Paper Money i■ a great
curse to America. India earn and wheat grow hers is East
perfection; barley end oats do not answer; cattle may be
bird to any extent of maishers, hat ve►y inferior to the
English. Religion is here (if it deserves the name) nothing
Mat a complication of hewiklered notion*. 1 could warrely
Imre believed it possible that a heatact brine, endowed wilts
reason, retold entertain such romantic outs. Its of the Veity.
Their Pastors get but little money ; they are generally
paid by having their houses plentifully storm, with prorisioil.
A good clever conjuror would be adored here; old women,
fortune tellers, or consiine.men, as they call them here, ge-
nerally tate the place of the surgeon and phy.ieiaic, and
generally perform their ewe, by chars♦. whirls are mostly
sold, with directions for nee. I consider the English settle-
ment,' in Cauaila preferable to our prospects at this place:*