es the following account of the
cities of Philadelphia and Newyork. "Philadelphia, (says he)
is the finest and _best situated_ city in America,
containing _thirty thousand_ houses and one hundred and
twenty thousand inhabitants, who are mostly
quakers!!!"--"Newyork contains three thousand houses and
twelve thousand inhabitants!"

Another book, intitled Guthrie's improved Geography, after
setting forth in the preface that their (the Editors)
relation of America, will be found both satisfactory and
complete, as they have not only carefully examined the works
of the celebrated Morse, but likewise applied to several
other authentic sources, which have enabled them to give the
best information in the most satisfactory manner, states
that "the city of Newyork contains five thousand
inhabitants, chiefly of Dutch extraction." Here is pretty
strong evidence of the diligence of these London bookmakers,
as to applying to the most authentic sources of information,
as they profess to have done. An imposition of this kind in
any American publication, would afford a fine opportunity
for an English Reviewer to rail against our national
honesty.

The very last edition of Guthrie's original work, describing
the river Hudson, states that this river is navigable to
Albany, which is "_six hundred miles from Newyork_."

An English Tourist, whose name is not just now recollected,
has published a volume of his travels through the United
States, in which he speaks particularly of the orderly
manner in which Elections are conducted in the city of
Newyork. "On the appointed day, says he, all the citizens
take care to be at home at a certain hour, at which time the
inspectors of the election go through the city with ballot
boxes in their hands, and call at every door for votes,
whereupon the citizens step to their doors and deposit
their ballots in these same small boxes, which are
straightway carried to the City Hall; the votes are there
examined, and thus the election is determined in a few
hours, without uproar or inconvenience!!!"

An English Editor of a work, called the _German Museum_, in
his translation of some memoirs of Major Andre, records,
that this unfortunate officer was taken and hanged "_at the
west point of America_."

A London paper some time ago made ment