Gazette Of The United States

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in this city, by the Pigou.

'I rejoice to see by the papers, that the United States of America are in such a flourishing condition, and that trade, commerce, husbandry, arts, sciences, manufactures, &c. begin to prosper on your side of the Atlantic. May the blessing of GOD continue to send peace, unity and prosperity to your vast western empire. In London you have many hearty friends, and from the best information, throughout all England.

There is great joy among the friends of America here, when things go well in your land, and I can assure you, from personal observation, that your friends daily increase, and that the credit of the American States is perpetually rising, all owing to your well-established and efficient government. May heaven long preserve your well-beloved George, and continue him to be the friend, the supporter and guardian of your dear native country!—America was the first who stepped forth to light up the expiring lamp of freedom in the world, France has followed her example, and I trust that in time, the whole globe will be illuminated with the same pure flame.'

I send you with this 'a true and genuine account of animal electricity and magnetism,' which has been published here to put an end to the practice of teaching it for money: as vast sums have been given for the knowledge of it in England, and perhaps the same may be the case in America. Though I am well persuaded, from some acquaintance with both the countries, that the common people in America have much more general and useful knowledge, than they have in any part of Great-Britain, and consequently are not so violently led away and inflamed with novelty and curiosity. You can hardly have an idea, what crowds will collect together in London, to behold the most trifling as well as common incident. Their curiosity is alive to every novelty, and hence many hundreds of people in this city have given, astonishing to tell, from 5 to more than 100 guineas, to acquire the information communicated in that little pamphlet!

* See page 1, of this day's paper.