Berkeley and Jefferson intelligencer. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va.) 1802-1810, 1805-03-01
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and those chiefly English and <Scotch.-
They are reckoned, even among their
own country men, to. be very acute in
| their dealings and at Providence, IN
Rhode Island, it is common boast, that
no son Of Israel could ever stand his
! ground among them for six mouths
The Americans are all extremely inqui-
sitive, owing, no doubt, to the practice
| Of the iF earliest forefathers of inquiring
! news oftheir relations and friends III the
| mother country from every new conner
but, although tho Cause is done away,
the effect still remains and no where So
! mach a. T., {, -necticut, of which DR..
Franklin was in the habit Of rtia,ipg that,
being very much lneommbtledin his pas
sage through it, by the Questions which
every Individual put to him, he nerd to
desire the whole to be assembled and
having told them his name, from whence
he came, and whittier he was going, he
observed that he had made his commu-
nication to them in body, that he mighs
not have to answer their inquiries one
after another. In their agricultural pur-
suits they follow nearly the English sys-
tenn.
The state Of Ncw.York, besides :
great number Of English, Irish and
Scotch, receives multitude ofGermanA
as all the High and Low Dutch are in
discriminatory called and some few
French. Their manners and dress are
very nearly English, but their agrieul-
ture is a mixture OF the German, English
and local modes-1he city Of New. York
is a sociahle place, and in that respect.
divides the opinion of travellers with
Boston, in Massac husetts..
The state Of of New Jersey, having
no seaport, is little liable to mixture.
1t is great inland thorough fair, as ly-
ing between the rfrtcgqf New, York and
Philadelphia, but the distance is so short,
about ninety miles. that these travellers
Leave scarcely any other tracks than
the wheels OF their carriage, The
inhabitant. arc principally OF that sect de-
nominated friends. The sod being ex-
,remely sandy, is very little adapted to
agriculture the inhabitants raise poul-
try and harden stuff for New-York and
Philadelphia markets; and supply these
and other places with wood for fuel;
which, particularly pine wood, is so
plentiful. that they have number ofiron
furnaces and one glass house, at work.
They are very peaceable quiet people,
although numbers arc Of that class call
ed Fighting Quakers, because they do
not object to take up arms.
The state otPenns> lvania, like that Of
New.YoEk, is the receptacle Of British,
Germans, and some French their ag-
riculture is nearly the same but inclin-
ing rather mere 20 the fashion OF the Ger
mans, who are the most industrious and
useful settlers in the U. States. They
have very extensive inland Sc tile mt nts,
and some towns, as Lancaster, Reading,
Wommeldorf, 81 are wholly inhabited
BY themselves. The mode Of dress is u
medley Of the English, German and
Quaker stiles. Delaware the smallest
Of the states, is scarcely in. any respect,
Gistinguishable from Pennsylvania.
Here line seems TO be drawn betwixt
the northern and southern states, az the
difference is Immediately Pereeptible.-
Whether from the effects of climate, or
the federation Of slavery (perhaPs mix
sure Of each) industry declines, and the
white man becomes a vegetable. This
is the case in the state OF Maryland. I
do not speak Of the maritime towns,
where business must be looked to, or
bankruptcy is Inevitable; but of the in-
land parts. and general force 9th state.
Cultivation is left wholly to then
groes, and what in other parts is termed
an agrieultnralist, assume there the
pompous s,i!e ola plsnser!-Hi. life is
an uniform sceue ol luxurious Incidence
-'napP.ten., restless, and uneasy Tor
! want Of every kind of exercise, his tins
is spe,.t ia gaming, carouSing, or sleep
inE--kiaFse. raG1nc, cock lighting ant