Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-08-20

afford nothing interesting, -days and nights at
sea being generally too monotonous, with plea.
,ure we bsheId the coast Of America before US,
which, after long and anxious gazing on the aw-
ful line that bounds the sky and the ocean, ava
kened in US emotions pleasing and grateful.
Now for the glorious Land Of Liberty!-t
object that had long been the acme of all nv
earthly hopes-to describe the reality, must be
brief We arrived safe on the 18th OF August,
took house on the esd of the same month, No.
! 90 Poplar Lane; it is back house, three stories
L iyh. and two rooms on the floor, Tor which |
| paw 100 dollars year, and before could meet
with it, | walked not less than Is or 20 miles in
the streets Of Philadelphia, and during all that
walk, only met with another house, that was
unuccuped. The people that own property OF
this kind. scarcely know what they would have
for it; and those that possess money, hardly know
what interest they would have for it. Such was
the fatigue that suffered through heat, 1.-THE Their
mometer stood at ga in the shade) that had
severe illness, and was several days before
could DO any thing l must confess, that my
American charms began now fast to dissolve
The thermometer. during the first month, never
fell below 80. What think you, my friend, OF
sleeping in room 90 or 80 degrees OF HEATH
You will saw, open the chamber windows
Il
toes. that bite as keen as the Borough Mongers
in England? II we open the windows during the
day, these blood sucking insects generally get in,
which if not destroyed before we 60 to rest. pc.
netrate our clothing with their probosis, and
throw out sting far more venomous than the
bug. The hour Of rest, or rather what should be
rest, is frequently preceded by skrmish with
these Saracens in miniature. often think, when
wreaking my vengeance on them, if could have
as easily destroyed the power Of my Country's
Oppressors, I should never have been here
NV prospects are at present far frum being any
way likely to make living in Philadelphia
The prices Of painting are considerably reduced,
being 0ne-third less than they are in Keighley.
6nL that the Americans do not appreciate my
business:-friend "JoNATHAA' has just taste
enough to be pleased with colours OF ga'tdy
dab. but is Infinitely better pleased with his dot-
lars. In fact, had not been long here before
3 found that dollars were sort Of American Del
T ties; they part with one with more reluctance.
than an Englishman of the same rank, will part
with sovereign. Two Of my children are in
employ; they each earn dollar per week, which,
t with the exception Of what can make myself
1.-THE amount Of which is both uncertain and trl
fting) is the whole Of our income. This, o.
course. makes me very unhappy, and has ten
-. dency to imbtter every thing that is American
The native Americans are extremely shy; they
like the English the worst OF any that visit thei'
shores. and there are no few; indeed Phlladel
mia is peopled bv Scotch, Germans. French
5 &c. SC. The Americans are shrewd, keen
calculating people soon found, on my arriv
. al, that too many of them look upon the unsus
: pec,,ns emgrants as fair game. They wou!t
:, cheat him who cheated our first parents out o
their own beautiful world. Talk of Yorkshire
! and its "btes;" the most accomplished York
. sh,reman that eve' practsed IN London, Is !. a.
= pockets; but il you have any thing to do will
g them, and you appear unsuspecting, they will
take you in, and rou,dy too, while ynu are bless
, ing your stars. for being thrown upon such ex
r tremely complainant and fine spoken people.
. am told, thew are better in the country. and thai
:, shall find society more agreeable after while
= to say the truth, certainly have f0und them q
little better; but the English generally assooi
> ate together. and never feel comfortable when
. amongst the Americans. They identify the Eng
). lish with their Government, and to one and both
they attribute the horrors of the American war.
They look with sort of contempt on the Eng
lish, and they affect superiority. which one can
hardly help smiling at. You are expected to
praise every thing that is American; it you do
! not. they have done with you. They will tell
you, that an Engllshmar walks as il he had the
National Debt on his shoulders; and indepen-
dent of the slur, there is certainly great differ
ence in this respect. They have not the sober
, step Of Engishmen, indicative of deep thought;
nor the light fantastic toe Of the French; but a
mixture of the two, walking with sort OF spring
IN their limbs, that reminds one of the Monnte-
bank. 1t is enough to stir the risibes OF Eng.
lish gravity, to see old women with faces writhed
with age, and tanned with the sun, with their
hair tossed up like Misses in their teens, and
four or five combs stuck III their carrotty or black
hair. or whatever colours, and all shades Of skin,
from the sallow white to the jet black The fe-
males carry their notions of modesty to an ex-
IRENE, which borders on the ridiculous. What
ever ailment might befal woman, if the COM
plant was seated any where in the lower extre-
mites, it would invariably be the ankie;-if the
knee. for instance, it would be the ankle that
would be mentioned: 1t is always the ankle
There may be some aflectation in this but there
is cer,ainl very little indellcacy OF expression.
The women are generally handsome, aud they
koo,u II. cummer they q without STAYS, which