Part 4 (2/2)
Its idea was once so supreht I never could have enough of it, and therefore wished myself doo like it, and it disappointsthe last two years I have indeed found ”no continuing city;” it is well if I seek and find one to come I fly from city to city, from town to town, state to state, cliid and tropical latitudes, polar cold and equinoxial heat, wintry desolation, {416} and the sues and myrtles, all in the short space of one week, or less For although this beautiful city of Willia been over; whereas, it never enters the city of Charleston, which I have just quitted, where
”Blossoether rise, And all the year in rich confusion lies”
The enerally of this, and other cities, are re in their exterior; being of tall and slender figures, and looking free and easy, without any thing like levity, for each puts on all the airs, manners, actions, and opinions of men, with his _first_ pair of breeches, and expects to be treated as a lets decorate the faces of both sexes, and in other respects all are dandies, enerally are not so handsost them A woman's duties and province are, I think, yet undiscovered She is here, that is, in all sections south of the Delaware, a little divinity, to whoe; her tyranny is great, her influence unbounded Her lover, or husband, is outwardly her slave; but as a wife, mother, mistress, she must yield to my unequalled countrywomen Youth here, is of very short duration; all soon look old; and ”all the days of the years of this vain life,” soon coion and duty seearded, except it be to ascertain how little of either may suffice Paley's Moral Philosophy has been, perhaps, the text book of the educated, who are very numerous; yet but few live and die practical philosophers Death is little dreaded, and often, as in duelling, voluntarily embraced Two selfish Gods, Pleasure and Gain, enslave the Americans The scum of all the earth is drifted here
As this is sent off about a month after my other, and will be ood father, if living, and Mr Ingle, of e and intended return, and assure theards My beloved child, who, by-the-bye, would become in part your ward if I returned no ht; if you knew her, I should beg you to pronounce a father's blessing on her; but it comes to her on every western breeze When I can, I will teach her to esteem you, and perpetuate, what is of little value, the disinterested and most sincere friendshi+p of,
Dear Sir, Your very obedient servant, W FAUX
_11th_--Mistrust and suspicion are general in Philadelphia The cause is a general disregard or violation of duty Two respectable quakers would not suffer Mr ---- to owe theuaranteed by a second person, who, for any thing they knew, ht be respectable; so they took out two pieces of muslin to reduce the bill down to the funds in hand ”Notwithstanding this guarantee,”
said the quaker, ”I will, andsquared” The representative of my friend then paid the co both pained and aan to speculate upon it, and to consider what could have generated this general suspicion and distrust It is the coeneral violation or neglect of souarded by the laws, but the observance of which is indispensable to the good ofto others as ould be done by, does more injury to the world than all the thieves and incendiaries put together; because the consequence in one case is particular, in the other illihbour, I confer both teood on him and on myself But it stops not here: he learns thereby its value, and acts in like manner towards others On the other hand, if I violate my duty to him, he retaliates not only on me, but on others indiscri enough, and bids adieu to rectitude perhaps for ever
Last month at Dover, Delaware, Squire Loper {419} received sentence of the court for passing forged notes, knowing them to be so He had been in the coed notes froery The notes had reentle to Philadelphia, to buy hiave hi, ”Take notice it is a fifty dollar note,” and gave it him carefully wrapped in paper When the bearer offered it for the iron, it was discovered to be one of the forged notes, well known to have been offered by the gang before The gentle out of the Penitentiary On proving hi the Squire forward, he was released The Squire adave it to his friend only in joke On being arrested, he was treated with great liberality, but he acted haughtily and foolishly On his trial he would not e iven in joke, and the court ht do as they would He was sentenced to six months' solitary confinement, thirty-nine lashes, and never after to pass out of his own house in Dover without the letter F, a foot long in scarlet, on his back, on pain of another six reat was the {420} public pity for hie and jury, that the prison door was left open for hihbourhood for ever He did escape into the town only, and caain to be afforded hiht, I went to the black church, where the black minister shewed, one hour, till they became exhausted and breathless ”Oh! come to Zion, come!” ”Hallelujah, &c” And then, ”O won't you have_Jasus_,” a thousand ti chorus to the tune of ”Fol de rol” While all the ti, and exclai, ”Ah Lord! Good Lord! Givebroke up For an hour it seemed like Bedla the breasts of two male friends, ”We had a happy time of it”
_16th_--Last week, in the state of Delaware, the High Sheriff had to perfor his own nephew, for the murder of his _own_her with a club on the tehbourhood and the sa his uncle, a rich old gentle childless, had {421} taken this nephew into the house andiist for arsenic, which he said was to kill the rats, that every night kept his uncle frolass of apple-toddy and gave it to his uncle, but in so large a portion that it began to operate iivento do rew rapidly sick, and feeling conscious that he was poisoned and should die before the distant doctor could arrive, got out the will in favor of the ungrateful youth, and having burnt it, died soon after
A short tio, the friends of a murderer, under sentence of death in Pennsylvania, conspired together to procure a pardon froovernor, by threats and intiovernor into a room to themselves, and offer him his own life for the pardon of Lieut
Smith, the convict, who had cohabited with Mrs Carson, and taken possession of her house and property, during the absence of her husband, Captain Carson When the latter returned and demanded his wife and property, he was shot dead in his own house by Sence of the plot, and seized the conspirators before they could carry their design into effect
_Sunday, 21st_--Quitted Philadelphia on board the steaentleman, Lieut Skinner, of {422} the United States' navy, from the Franklin, just arrived fro accounts, will go on shore and spend the balance, several hundred dollars, in two or three days, lavishi+ng froone, when they re-enter So indifferent are they to the use and value of ive it away, and suffer any person to plunder them with impunity The cause, says he, of this indifference and insane extravagance, is to be found in the strictness and severity of the discipline on board, where _--So frequent were these s between the officers of the United States' navy and the British garrison, that the governor felt compelled to interfere, in order to save life, as one or two duels occurred daily, originating in the most foolish disputes
The parties round For any expression uttered by one officer of the 64th regie was sent by the officers of the United States' navy to the regi to include _all_, fro Americans, of New York, at Gibraltar,party fired three ti, while his opponent fired every ti, ”If I take aim I shall kill you, but I can stand all your {423} fires” This concession was, however, obstinately refused; on which the seconds stepped forward, and said to the party who had acted so generously, ”Sir, you ed, and Sands, the aggressor, fell dead The survivor was arrested, but acquitted with honour; being told by his commander, that if he had not acted thus, he would not have received hi reprobate who fell, was a classical scholar, of fine person and great mental accomplishments, but ripe for perdition
_22nd_--I reached Washi+ngton city, now e Philadelphia, sees and swamps, in and round the city, are now full of , down to the little singingcarcases and other nuisances perfume the warm southern breezes
A lady, in a letter to Mr Thohteen American pirates under sentence of death, in the jail of that city, havethe prison, which is strongly guarded by the ht almost, for this purpose, mobs collect around it and set fire to distant parts of the city, in order to divert the attention of the guards from the prison Great alarm exists on the subject, and it is feared, {424} that on the day of execution, much blood will be spilt
One hundred sail of slave-shi+ps, full of slaves, appeared in sight, one day, during this spring, off the coast of Africa Several of the vessels, built, owned, and manned by the free citizens of free America Some were chased and taken by the British and American navy This trade is now considered to be more extensive than ever
_30th_--Visited Mr Dunn, who states that the small red squirrel, of this state, is seen to seize and castrate, in a reatly fears and always flies at the sight of the forlish people who are now in Aland? I will take upon ate, they are not Happiness and misery are not mere localities, for as God is the father of all, the earth is his and the fulness thereof; his frowns or sraphical lines and latitudes; the whole hueht He can blast prosperity and bless disappointood out of evil, light out of darkness, blessings out of curses, and curses out of blessings
Blessings unblessed are curses in disguise, and adversity blessed is a blessing We need his blessing {425} upon every thing, even on his blessings I as of American liberty are unblessed
Mr Elliott deee, as it exists in America, an universal evil, because the worst and meanest of mankind, who are the most nu influence over the good and the honourable Every overnood man cannot descend to the mean mode of popularity; he cannot bribe hiskey; he cannot proood lisheneral and nearly national
For the following very interesting, original, and last letter of a distinguished, yet unfortunate artist, I aed opinions of and extensive acquaintance with s, make his sentiments precious and almost oracular Let him here receive my thanks for the many pleasant hours which I spent in his coathered froton, September 5th, 1820_
Dear Sir,
I e to you by the favour of Mrs
Orris I enclose a letter received {426} from the celebrated _Francis Guy_, landscape painter, who lately died at New York He was at the head of his profession in this country, and perhaps in the world He was born near Keswick, in cuhly, as well for his virtues as his talents In this letter, (which I believe was the last he wrote, it being dated only a few days before his death) you will know the opinion of many artists, who have left their country to seek for food and fame in this, and see how they are rewarded for the exercise of their talents in this great republic of North America