The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-05-03 00:00:00

To its EDITOR or TNt STATESMAN.

Ste,--As the columns of your bold and inde-
pendent Jaernal are ow open for the propagation of
useful troths. and as much wilful ntisrppresenistion is
circulated respecting the United Stites and her !notify.
tinny. I trust 01 encle•ed Wier of or friend, Mr.
June PUlts/Z. to anentptirer, relating t. Emigration to
;Imerics. will prom intetesting to a greet number of
your !tinders ; and the readiness with which nu
gave publicity to two former letters of his on the
ointe subject, baa again induced me to band you t►e
following.
Kewstaglatatoratone, May 3. • D. CONgTA

SIR.--Yeeet I reeeieed Taft IsTenion, and like this
early opportunity 4 /Wino' yne a reply, probably the
►est chance I shall have. as I leave England in
about ten dais, and in the interval hove much to ot-
ter," U.

Year first enquiry is, the sum n►cessary to be taken
•et ; ibis depends entirely on the obj►ct of the 'mi. ,
Brent: the advantage of capital is felt in America in
vilest), a greater proportion than in England. It
• bis sell to calculate how little may suffice from
the following statement, which will also be an an-
swer to some of year other questions; you will be,
in a great messes., able to judge for yourself :
Baltimore is the nearest port to Pittsburgh, Phila.
delphie is the nest nearest. A ateerage•passage is
from 101. to 121 each yaws person ; children under
11 years of age half rice. Provision sofficient fee
the Toyer. including lea, slept. eggs, matins, &m,
*beet 41. 101. or 51. each ; children in proportion to
their age, lappet@ half or two-thirds a grown per-
son's option. Carriage of goods from Belli-
more •r Philadelphia to Pittsbengb, is from six to
eight dollars per hundred pounds: a dollar is 4s. od.
sterling. Passengers are also taken by the came con-
veysece, and at the lOW rate, by weight. The stage
from Baltimore to Pittsburgh is 22+ dollars. At
Pittsburgh, the cheapest and °sell method of pro-
ceeding is in purchase a tiat•bottowed boot, called
ate ark. roofed over, end having a fire-place; these
are to be obtained at a dollar and quarter per font.
A boot 20 feet long is capable of conveying right or
ten individuals with comfort, and their baggage; Of
the passage may be t■ken is boats descending the
river, at the rate of one cent. per mile, that is one
dollar per 100 miles; or may be found in provision, at
two dollars per lOU miles; but the preferable way is
so purchase a boat and lay In your own provision,
which may be done at Pittsburgh at t wmthirds of the
Ungli•h prices ; boots of all sixes err always on sale.
The passage down the Ohin to Indians, or Illinois,
will occupy from throe to five weeks, according t• the
gage of the water ; the river is highest is May and Jew.
consequently this part of the journey stay be perform-
ed snore eaterditinusly at that time. The pleasantest
time of crossing the Atlantic is in April and May,
when there is also the greatest probability of favour.
able winds. The expence of the journey down the
Ohio you will yourself be able to calculate with
tolerable correctness, reckoning your provisions as I
before observed at two-thirds, or perhaps half the
Loglish price. In determining upon a place of re-
sidence it were well f it were bet a short distance
from th► river, es your ark will then serve as an he-
bnatios till your log cabio is raised. If you perches*
improved land yes probably will have a bed/ding
standing ready for your reception. The price of im-
proved land varies according to the situation and the
Number of !ready in cultivation, from 10 to
30 dollars per acre. Congress lands are always to be
had at two dollars per acre, of which numfoorth is to
he paid immediately, and the nest instalment is Iwo
years. Thus, for inshore. if you purchase 160 acres
your immediate payment will be equal to eighteen
pounds sterling, in two years eighteen pounds more,
with five years to complete the fell payment.—
A farmer is sot here compelled to cultivate the whole
of the land be perchaser. In England his reel, his
tithes, and his taw, are the same if his land is
cultivated, or remains unfilled. consequently he is
ender the necessity of making the most of it ;
but in America, where be is exempt from these bur-
dens, be brings his lend into cultivation according to
leis ability or inclination, deeding perhaps only 10,
20, or 30 acres a year. The reveler price of labour
is from three-618ribv to one dollar a day, with pro-
aision, or the weak is often taken by the job; to
the latter plan I have myself given the preference.—
Thus for fencing, which is es• of your enquiries,
about 2,300 split mils will enclose an area of 101
acres; • larger space requiring a proportionate
smaller somber. These rails you will be able to
get at seven and a half dollar, per thousand;
thus rails for ten •eves sill CVO something less
than twealy.five dollars. The ►:peace clearing
heavily timbered land, sccording to the custom of the
country, which is to leave the stomps of all largM
trews standing, is about 10 dollars per acre; from this'
there is every gradation of price, according to the'
growth of timber, to as low as teen dollen per acre.
Workmen have hitherto been foetid in sufficient mem-
bers; bat as the quantity of land menially brought
into celtiration has increased, god is i ins, as
much the greater proportion of manual labour is rm
(leiter' ; and I am doubtful if the ratio of increase
of working hands will be in proportion to the want
of them. The navigation of the Ohio it neither dif-
ficult nor dangerous—your boat will glide smoothly
MI with the earnest. and way be managed with bet
little attention from the party on board, who, though
ionised to boating, may travel in safety down this
bsaulifel river to the place of destination.

As to your last enquiry respecting health, expo.
Bence has convinced me that the country in many
pieces has pt a numb worm chuteeter than it de.
The people, in most siteetiens, lire tee
much en large quantities of animal feed; this with
the salts sod ether W1%814611 recites an eneate•
rat thirst, to allsy which mestere Is had to the
erer.eireulating whiskey bolds, which is often taken
undiluted. As greet part of the United States par.
lakes much of the tropics in climate end ptedec-
flees, it merely would be meets mere feetterable to
genetsl health to lire mere after the menet of the
iohebitsuts of these latitudes, end slake the thirst with
the ensephistiested moisture of the testicles juices of
the venom fruits which nature so beentifelly giros
to he► lehebilaels: bet domestic polity and domestic
economy ire not folly known yet. The destructive
*rustles of spiritist's, and fermented liquor, are
allowed to recite generally a disorder of eke digesUgo