The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-04-10

- = = 'tH'N SoNtphMoperS OF high
ROADS, they Fem TO maintain iome priyat, IN
oeFitandng with the practitioners of G,r,,s,,,
I'm Saturday, the 9th of February. ,-o6
rags coach iett Philadelphia for Baltimore, al
:e ',ei Clock ia the Morning. The diRarce
.le.ie more than ar hundred miles. The
weather was, Tor the hra four DAYS, excellent.
no' naa there been any remarkable fall Of
.n.pf NOW for ionic time preceding to break
~ tne highways Yet II WAS not till tb.
IhSiqay following that the pafIengers
, ni Baltimore. From PhiladeIpb;a 70
| Ncwporf, the roads were Solerable. On
qG''ong the LATTER place, they became FRIGHT
'ui' "A httie beyond Hayre-de- he
&xie-'see OF the carriage broke throurh, on =
part OF the highway which chancct 70 he
perfectly imooth. This was owing 70 tbe
enormous NUMBER of paiiengers, and Gin
more 20 the quantity of trunks and toxes
when We're, beyond all reaton, crarnrried INFO
ana behind the coach. As no Other co,oh
couic De had, the travellers and their baooao..
were flowed into wagon, and drivS1 -
inc next itage, after being forced 60 LII
ieVerai miles on foot, before even ! yv.roo,,
could be found; one old gentleman, who
could not ttir, being for forne bou!s left ,l.,,e
N the broken coach. The driver Of the ,y-,
gon affirmed that the palengers and .heir
baggage dad nor weigh leis tiian thirtv- Eve
hundred weight. On the evening Of the fam.
day, being the fourth of TIE journey, anoth.r
Carriage overiet with them. Some doc
and other peoplcin ii were dangeroufiy h,.rt
he company paif the greater part Of the night
IN wood, where they contrived 70 kindle a
flTe, and where thev were during the whole
time III the mdit ola flower of rain and fiov,.
About daylight, or before it, they reached ?
vulnerable ale-houie three miles from Bs}t;-
more, where the author, who had been foaked
20 the fk'u, was refuled permihon to dry
hIn'cif at the kitchen Rove. On cominey to
Baltimore, the whole company had detcrfr;-
| iled to publiih an account Of their treatneu;
IN the daily prints, but on applying to an edi-
tor for that ette6t, ne declined taking notice
OF the affair, becaufe the matters of the faoe
Coaches might impede the circulation of MS
newspapers. Ii was undcritood that the fame
aniwer would be received from ofher printers.
and therefore the deiign was dropt. Now.
eln the name of all that is rational, what Can
be the uie of the prcfs, If perfons dare no,
Publlih complaint OF fuch infamous treat
ment a fagc coach, Ike thofe ufed on the
Baltimore road to PHILADELPHIA, with load
OF thirty-1ve hundred weight, was dreadful
work. a Pailenger might. well have exclain-
ed With aiitatf's fair one, ''T would rather be
giantetS, and lie under mount Pehon, -
After paying eight dollars for a feat in the
coach, che rattcngcrs were, beides the waite
OF uietu! tine, put to a comfortable extra ex-
Pefce.by itaying ainoh FIVE days on the road,
when the whole journey ought 70 be dilpatch-
ed, even in winter, w;thin two days at far
theit In iusnmeI, it lhouId not take up more
than one day. Some Of the travellers in The
above coach would rather have returned 70
fnIlad2iphla on foot, than have entered il
again. Eut this alternative was 70 be atten-
dcd with wading up TO the chin, or fwimfDiao
acrois different ftreams, which have not vet
been thought worthy of bridge. In the
month OF February, neither wading nor fwim-
ming is extremely comfortable. This expe-
dltion was juft like the greater part Of thois
made during winter between PHILADELPHIA and
Baltimore The complaint is not confined
to Jingle tourney, and much lefs TO a fipole
Pai'enger Many coaches were, laa feafon,
overturned. Many paacngcrs were feyerely
brulcd 1t is affirmed that driver, and a
child werc,ar different times killed. THROUGH
larga proportion Of the Unired States, ira
yeillng IS alike perlous. Many excellent
hories are annually defroycd BY the abturJ
attempt OF owners of ftage coaches 70 OYER
load and orerwotk them. Interef as well as
gratitude, requires humane treatment Of an
ANIMAL TO whom mankind are indebted for 70
many beth OF The necelIaries and luxuries OF
lie. notwithstanding the divine charter
granted to the antedjluvian ma vgator,'a to
which al appeal is 70 frequently made in de-
fence OF cruelty to inferior animals, mankind
have no more tide to inAi6t wanton torture
upon horfs fhan upon negro, or indeed a
white man The Holy Scriptures contain
many paiiages, wherein Tenderness 90 the brute
creation is afe6tingly recommended. Yc.
though the Englifh language has perhaps
twenty thouiand printed fcrmons, il viii be
hard to find 10 much IS one OF them devoted
TO this innnrtant Glhiec2 Il nrnif.c .,.tt,.-,.