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him to adopt this measure . ' This resembles , ' said he , * the affair of America , which I never think of without regret . My youth was taken advantage of at that time , and we suffer for it now . The lesson is too severe to be forgotten . ' . " " On the whole , this work is interesting , and ws haA'e recei \* ed considerable p leasure and much information from tbe perusal of it . The translation , which seems to be executed . with spirit and fidelity , Avould have appeared to in the correcYion of the
greater advantage , had more pains been bestowed proof sheets . Journal of an Excursion to the United States of North America , in the Summer of 1794-Embellished with a Profile of General Washington , and a View of the State House at Philadelphia . By Henry Wansey , F . A . S . a Wiltshire Clothier . 8 vo . Pages 290 . bt . Baaris . Willcie .
MR . Wansey sailed from England for Halifax , in the Portland packet , March 20 th , 1794 .. His account of the passage will afford more diversion than instruction to a seaman , particularly his description of the manoeuvre of racking a ship ( D . ZO . ) They arrived at Halifax in Nova Scotia towards thc end of April . This colony , according to the author ' s description , appears to be neither thriving nor AVell protected . An embargo which Congress had just laid on all foreign vessels , on account of the disputes then subsisting between the United States and Great Britain , prevented the packet from
proceeding to- New York . The author , however , found an opportunity of being conveyed in a small American vessel to Boston ; and during his stay in the territory of the United States , ( not quite two months , ) he visited New-York and Philadelphia ; of which cities , and of other places through which he travelled , he has given descriptions . The Americans , like their former countrymen , are great politicians ; almost every town has its newspaper , and the larger towns have several ; and
it must be allowed that , in their public concerns , they shew an example of diligence which is well Avorthy of imitation . At Hartford , in Connecticut , the author attended to hear the debates of the House of Representatives ; and of two hundred and seventy members , only three were absent . A similar degree of attention appears in their police 5 among other instances of which , the author has given a detail of tbe management of the prisons at Philadelhia ' . The most general characteristics of the Americans of the
p United States , from the author ' s account , appear to be industry , sobriety , civility , and readiness to oblige ; hut he complains , that among the tradesmen there is a want of punctuality in their money transactions . He laments that his time was too much limited to permit him to visit the new city of Washington , which is intended to become the seat of the Government of the United States in December , 1800 . From the account which the author obtained of this grand undertaking , we give the following extrait :
* The whole area of tbe city consists of upwards of four thousand acres . The ground , is on an average forty feet higher than the water of the river , and yet a stream of fresh water , called Watt ' s Branch , may be brought within half a mile of the city , at the height of forty feet above the level of the city itself , which will be very convenient for all water-works and manufactures , & c . Many houses are already built , and a very handsome hotel , Avhich cost in the erection more than thirty thousand dollars ( six thousand
seven hundred pounds sterling . ) It is now apportioned into one thousand two hundred and thirty-six lots , for building ( which are for sale ) . Each lot contains ground for building three or four houses , according to general rules to be observed for making them uniform . The deepest lots are two hundred
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Review Of New Publications.
him to adopt this measure . ' This resembles , ' said he , * the affair of America , which I never think of without regret . My youth was taken advantage of at that time , and we suffer for it now . The lesson is too severe to be forgotten . ' . " " On the whole , this work is interesting , and ws haA'e recei \* ed considerable p leasure and much information from tbe perusal of it . The translation , which seems to be executed . with spirit and fidelity , Avould have appeared to in the correcYion of the
greater advantage , had more pains been bestowed proof sheets . Journal of an Excursion to the United States of North America , in the Summer of 1794-Embellished with a Profile of General Washington , and a View of the State House at Philadelphia . By Henry Wansey , F . A . S . a Wiltshire Clothier . 8 vo . Pages 290 . bt . Baaris . Willcie .
MR . Wansey sailed from England for Halifax , in the Portland packet , March 20 th , 1794 .. His account of the passage will afford more diversion than instruction to a seaman , particularly his description of the manoeuvre of racking a ship ( D . ZO . ) They arrived at Halifax in Nova Scotia towards thc end of April . This colony , according to the author ' s description , appears to be neither thriving nor AVell protected . An embargo which Congress had just laid on all foreign vessels , on account of the disputes then subsisting between the United States and Great Britain , prevented the packet from
proceeding to- New York . The author , however , found an opportunity of being conveyed in a small American vessel to Boston ; and during his stay in the territory of the United States , ( not quite two months , ) he visited New-York and Philadelphia ; of which cities , and of other places through which he travelled , he has given descriptions . The Americans , like their former countrymen , are great politicians ; almost every town has its newspaper , and the larger towns have several ; and
it must be allowed that , in their public concerns , they shew an example of diligence which is well Avorthy of imitation . At Hartford , in Connecticut , the author attended to hear the debates of the House of Representatives ; and of two hundred and seventy members , only three were absent . A similar degree of attention appears in their police 5 among other instances of which , the author has given a detail of tbe management of the prisons at Philadelhia ' . The most general characteristics of the Americans of the
p United States , from the author ' s account , appear to be industry , sobriety , civility , and readiness to oblige ; hut he complains , that among the tradesmen there is a want of punctuality in their money transactions . He laments that his time was too much limited to permit him to visit the new city of Washington , which is intended to become the seat of the Government of the United States in December , 1800 . From the account which the author obtained of this grand undertaking , we give the following extrait :
* The whole area of tbe city consists of upwards of four thousand acres . The ground , is on an average forty feet higher than the water of the river , and yet a stream of fresh water , called Watt ' s Branch , may be brought within half a mile of the city , at the height of forty feet above the level of the city itself , which will be very convenient for all water-works and manufactures , & c . Many houses are already built , and a very handsome hotel , Avhich cost in the erection more than thirty thousand dollars ( six thousand
seven hundred pounds sterling . ) It is now apportioned into one thousand two hundred and thirty-six lots , for building ( which are for sale ) . Each lot contains ground for building three or four houses , according to general rules to be observed for making them uniform . The deepest lots are two hundred