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it Evansville, one roijeand of Pigeon’s Creek, wliichyoi CbecVs Map. 'Here Me. T igt.be codMry ; The distanlt;$.fr Hjffriy miles—thence to. The Pi a he distance by water Isfne^i *Tied'early in the morning,'air led1 by General Evens, tin ’tfhd'^eiieral of the iohabitani! fr,us this was almostJs.s near aa half bovf Hie will And marked MatciLow. purposed o Princeton being iriefilTorty.eaore. jly twijte eyqojdw ajnd Wqrextrongty * foupifrr, of theefert to (he Prairies, and, a. .ore shedto' this, they wisl eenthisplace and Princ Some English families yrerft lt;of famine a dislike to (he P ided, jrifh ail expedition w« tjrian excursion. Sootrafteriw, BK two sons, Mr, .Dp.nl v on hokrdiKe sftip^snd myse f his Wife, and Mrs. Dank tin Our road to Princeton Uy barrens ; not that the soil is te tfiinijess ofthe Timber, open barrens, being no o We spent some time in lodki[n, reach Princeton till the ne lolerabiy well pleased with tl At Princeton, the sickly sr the summer season, was nade us waver, whether to end of our joqrney. On cp travelled many thousand mile on of seeing the country, it Tice to stop short when withii Thus the next day we agsiiotheratest r. Maidlow^ who, haringii d Userotheibeanfr thereinlionp. as Idlh6Sdfrom a cer town years Some Second state The hie fit to is settifr matel thotigb vHte. pa.sir mine yards is mock btered medfajt thisuntil the morning after, but The fitatdweffing we arrivec by an Englishman, was M of the Canterbury Paper we bomb;-Mrs. Flowers,howeve tit, and we moved oh abou BirkbeckV, where we tool nd bis family. These Prim i , atid will, when cultivate! Birkbeck’s.there is-a prospec -^such on extensive view isedit'reminded me much li'bd bas a gently rolling I do much on the level; this is li'rdughtinto cultivation and b tequajly as healthy as any ot ‘ f the Prairies to have now a n they deserve, with respect i privations strangers\ particularly such as have beep arm rooms. It is a matter ■Ukitess has been experienced m all quarters could fiud n ions, and were obliged to ca or at best sleep in unfinished exposed to the elements, as have hitherto always been with a bed. Mr. Birkbeck id for sale; he thought r remaining,. but what was that many applications had ‘mate acquaintances, for wbob some reserve. I believe if w i it, he would have found x but having felt pleased with !, and disliking the advance! re, with not having a chain e decided us to return where ( of unenterediand at two worth entering in the immediale eck, has been bought up by by the name of Dunlass, no There is much unsurveyed sale next summer, of a super y purchased. [A section of !tfter breakfasting with Mr. in turned oar faces towards ony in the read. This is a t who ha ve every thing iu com cxnmahd of a priest, of the s them with more arbitrary deal despot of Europe. Wei when, after fresh rigging on r for getting through the wo muting; and, after a Week’s^leased os. M r* Maidlow tlf sections,about twelve mil ed to the distance, as too gre i.dity with a load to market., tl upon thjssnbject;and weh iartera of 160,statute acres ea this town and the River, w aid. market for all kinds of Evansville it yet in its to Ft growth) ; but it is a very of its inhabitants even UVei GiirwnaUa, of, at 611 jf Indiana what Limestone advantages it pessessfes are, nd of the Oblo, it is the hi t Harrison, to Vincennes, backed 1y a gOod healthy g *ith Sstooisfrifi'g rapidity r become a town of cOhsft never, perhaps, to rival The htid Mr.'Ddrnk has e g thro ugh it’fatal EViwis Hes 'behind if, and i9 (hr frhm the toad at the n Wrest e broken than Mr. Mafd so for cultivation; if is also btfthas some vacant place! ely cleared—perhaps, nea description,- re^uirirtgoalyaga;eVeoFor mis »Chiramsligne of these places.(a. ve.ry handsomeditll). I purpose building; the land, is .denpqynatedsecojMiirate, and parbgps, caUdUitbied rate, Jtmf. is JpeUsf; gdppted', for pvodftctioiwof? Small ..tVb *i black moald-k The. growth is 6i$cl^ vxrkite,, ftqd post oBk,.hickory4od black wqj -not, a/ew.wild ;cj5i?try aiijd saspafras^Tv The under-wbbd^V^iel,.: sbuma.ck,. spice , wpod,. and grape,fo go oofrrthec. yioe. Jhe .soil, a fate of- from, eight to twelve '^inches of black vegetable:m.on|cl, nnder which is asirong yeilow loam oC.^eraj tee.t in dvpth. I shall be a.distance of ab?aiLfoiii milef fretd.M«. Maidlow. Now fpr a house, I wished vo txy ipy skitl,andmy-axein feUiiig und building foi^self, and,-, with4ha help of my neq;hboar8, w.bo will aswstun^ in, raitirtg,I hope, tp get a first In n-e for- abopp y6 dollars* As tbs we,t ahd cpi,4W« f444roaching,1 yiust hirflalfrtte *I expect: Lchord huv^raisea my xabiit^wi|hoat a^eenl. vypencg.I. puV^sa building' thetsw^pixawltb Mc.'AIeidiowy add .fafriug a frame pr'. brt^-hm»«lk w 8olt;»jfrdiBi» and ciVcamsfances willj pgtmit* Qar nfst haighbour will be Mr- Dunk, Who, I expectf will rh^ie a.good one. Ilels a sober aiul industrious m«n, afld Tory ingenious at hisirade asa car pay ter, able -to: obtaki here two do^arS and a half per day. In Englottahfea pore based about a quarter of an cere of Jand, oothe roadleading from London tp Hastings, and ion this spot he built a house, dividing it rntotvro tenetapnlft this was built from old materials, bought at Silve#-hajl barracks, and began and finished alaJoSt solely by himself, at leisuire hours. This house, from its neat and tasty appearance, was Admired hy all who travelled the, road ; thinking to pass his life in it, ha bestowed mo^e than commoti pains .in its codstraC« tion and embellishment; but this was attended with a misfortune be did -not calculate upon. The Tax-gatherers and.Assessors finding u, s.OiBTt and tasty house, thought proper, to rate him at nearly double the rates_of some of his more opulent neighbours, miking the taxes amoyot to as, much AS the rent of many houses of eqiifll she in the samo piace : this it the. way industry is rewarded in England. He feifc the oppression, and determined, to leave it .for m Country Pfhere industry and application are as surely followed by afiluence and comfort, as night is buc« ceeded. by .day I Here, opr. only taxes are, a Lau(f Tax and Horse Tax frou) -^8 first we are free for* thehrst five years on the purchase of Congress iandr^ after which the. tax on a quarter section of ons hundred and. Sixty statute acres, is only one dollar And twenty cgnts. per annem, or five- shillings an3 four-pence half-penrty sterling. The: tax on a horsb is thirty cents.'and~a half per annnm, or oneshilliog and eight-pencefarihing sterling; these are tbfronly taxes known io the State of tudianay And Hei«dgimBonrmg fits tea ariasrated-im thesante pvwpdotita^Qer .next fieighbpor to that of Mr. Dunk, will b* ’Squire Carlisfr, who, besidga. being An Enquire, is also a Blacksmith, and I believe a good’ cinzeo and good neigbbqur. |Ie has behaved particnlUrty friefidly to me. I have b§?nat bis cabin several days, assisting in covering it.with fiew ctafts boards, removing bis cprp crib, polling end gettipg in Indo corn; i;s, Mr which, in return, be wilt assist.dae io forwarding my cahifi. : It is here«otomary for neighbours (o aSsist eacb other^. oq,aImost all occasions, and f shdll tlot be backward ip gojng wbpceyer t am asked ; for beside being repaid in labonr, I am making myself ac-quainted with the American mode of busbtndry, and the seasons of planting, sowtog, c. Mr. Horn-brook (4rbose dame t mentioned before) has entered a considerable quantity of land, but niQCh scattered, having Selected quarter and half-sections, where he fancied it possessed any peccdiar adfantfge, His cabin is built about a mile this side of Mr. Mald-lo w’s—he is a yPdfig single man. His establishment consists; qf: ayoonger, brother and two sisters, and several work,people* They ore expecting father and mother, aqti ap^host more of brothers and sisterS id the spting. Another section, is entered near Mr* llprqbrqok’s, by an English; sea-captain Pf tbU tiamd of Bliss ; whether of the navy or merchant-servieb, t know not; a tolerably pleasant man, and so is Mr. Hombrook—the latter is a Devonshire toad. Thi Capiain is now on bis journey, or oh the’tsvePf hi* departure, for England, to fetch his wife and family, wiiich is numerous. Another Englishman has ea-tpred a quarter, adjoining.Mr. Maidlow—-be is from Dorsetshire. '“. Five or.siit sections, two or three miles te th^ eastward, are, [ have heard, entered by a body of Quakers from Pennsylvania; and numbers of Yan-.keys Ghat is New Englanders) are settling tediffer-ent directions. This rapid increse of popufe’tiotx will tend greatly to advance the velufe Of - fatKl*, arid almost as certainly occasion tlie tewn of EvAfisvfrfa to prosper : nuforlanktety it is sickly id the Sommei* season; but; by an augmentation of its inhpbTthnts, the-wet parts at the back of the town will bd drain-ed ; and when, as of^oPrse, the danse is removed, the effects will cease. There are some advantages which I hoped for, which I find it almost impossible to mfeet concentred in one sppr*. .The advantages I mean are, a water communication to a navigable stream, p phsntation of sugar, map te, and a good These I have not got,; but Jt hope. I have M healthy situation, which wijh caonterbalance many disadvantage's;. A spring I am yet in hopea of Boding, but mult dig for water foe thp immediate.siipply of the house: well-.water jn the€ peighbPuthpod I believe to bit invariably goo^. X .iave bepo thinkiag much a))out 'niy. retorp tp Europe and the best,pod toost comfortable method of yqur jonrneying tn this place. Almost every thing Is to be doBebere abobt the beginuidg of Mayr—corn to b8 pteptedsaodr-aeeda of all kinds sowed ; if r remainiill-thia rS:doiie, the crops will be Coming to perfection doring tf*j ab« sence, and I hope to get iwat least sufficient for «uc o wn supply for theenaBto^****011* la ®*98 1 *rait for this, wd stall bare to return at a season tfhuttpoiiVtas.Wecould able rq«d to aqy ta.seethe coqrU i 'too, where they etiUpg, in consa-airies. This be-plrepsted fey our inewegqtuuderlurnpjr. ysith Mri , fqnrfertow pas-■ J leaving Ringa-; her.chi Id in the thyonfth what are onproductive, but me of which are than, imall prat-garonnd us, and t day (Monday), e country we had of the Prairies, oflgly spoken of, proceed, or make nsideriiig that -we with the avowed would be a sort of forty miles of the set forward, ex-beugbt a borse, ivertook as on the at 0.0 the Prairies, flowers’ (formerly believe). He was , gave os some re-two miles farther our dinner with es are beautifully , be delightful.— of twelve or four.I had not before England. Much uneven surface ; vet and sickly, hot c rained,will doubt-r part. Indeed, I uch worse charac health, coosider-ligSd tp en-ospd .to soft beds of astonishment so : numbers throfig-eiiher lodgings nor np out night atter cabins, almost as hen camping on I* rfunate enough to ilnformed as he had was not even a either promised or in made by letter, he was obliged to b bad mdeh pushed a quarter-section he eouutry we.had price of a dollar of a prime xitua-we could have a lars. Most of the neighbourhood of an English specu-w residing in Lon* [rairie,, which will ior quality to that land is 640 acres ] ind Mrs* Flowers, Evansville, taking vn of German set-noo, and are under same of Rapp, who away, than the most fnrned toour tyelves in a suitable we again started earch, we all found thefirst entry of. from this, place. I it to go and return Mr. Dunk thought ive entered adjoin-b, eight miles only liieh will always be of produce. This ncy (of about two ffSt growing town, t it will become a fs, to be to ‘the “a to Kentucky.— tl'athy a consldera-eirest tending place ■ ind Piincetoih It ebon fry , which is and toust ulti-ertble Importance, cionifa or Mays-utered has the road Vrffe to Princeton ; B or Tour hpndreci point. The tend odf’S, but not too more heavily tim-which can be 1m-ijly foirty acres of ht grabbing. ^ojs,Qo
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