Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1817-08-19

WIknIn ~ ICCl Ol ttlE hStts 1@g = -
partly white and that he biz i THAT large
SUM bad been offered for il J that 1T APP
pears in joints like wooden buoys on ne'
rope almost as large as barrel, --'ha'
musket balls appear 10 have no effect on ~
that it Appeals like string ofgaIion Kegs
100 feetiong."
The editor Of the Register quotes an &C
count oil Sea Serpent seen % the COAST ID
l746, something like il II had head liNe
that Of horsr--and as he moved ne looked
Ikea row Of large casks following ~
right line.
The following 10 an exlrsct from one of series
Of letters written during the last winter by >
Young gentlemen on tour through part OF
the Southern States and communicated for The
NJ X. Com. Adv.
CHARLESTON, Pea. IL 1917.
left Augusta for this town on the 9TH
in private carriage and alone, but not
without some gloomy snticipations OF the
dreary country | had TO traverse. lhree
miles below the town | crossed the. river
and once more entered wilderness OF
pines. AT sunset arrived al the only
house where the traveller can rest night
for many miles. Two pretty plne@ood' ;
lasses, whom took TO be the bellies OF the
country, enabled me 10 pass off pleasantly
what would otherwise have been lone
some evening. black hdler amused Us
awhile, and had ii not been for fatigue, |
might have danced four reel in company
with the girls and their brother.
The next morning was on my Journey
by times, and at 9 O'Clock | reached the
next stopping place distant ls miles, ant
here breakfasted, after riding four Or five
miles, the country became more populous
although the soil looked equslly barren.
Towards noon il commenced raining. AT
ter riding about two hours in the storm, |
took shelter at The house ofa planter. 4 he
hospitality of the southern planters is pro
verbal, but confess my expectations were
a little disappointed on being told by the
landlord that he did not keep travellers,
tst, as il rained might stay. / thought !
had before witnessed the miserable condi-
tion of the slaves, but the treatment now
saw them subject to, exceed the worst had
immagined The rain WAS fast falling in
torrents, accompanied with sleet. The
fst man saw, was well made fellow, be-
tween twenty and thirty years of age, with
out hat or any other covering except a
blanket. | met him at some distance from
the house loaded with wood for his masters
Are, which observed was cut at least a
quarter Of mile from the house eight or
ten fellows followed him ID the same style.
When spoke to them it was with Difficult.
ty could obtain an answer. They seem
ed like stupid insensible beings Devoid of
The hard hand Of oppres-
sion had SO debascd their minds that reason
was almost exiinct.-Ifthe character of the
blacks were to be estimated from these, they
would at once be p onounced race of be-
ing not TO be classed with mankind. \ A
Wagon and horses belonged 10 the planta-
ton, With which a single man might have
procured twice the quantity Of fuel in the
same time. Why then this wonion cruel
", why such misappIicalien Of labor!
The next day being the sabbath it gave
me an opportunity to observe, that the prin-
cipal distinction between this and other
days consists in this circumstance, that The
people dres, in their clean shirts, meet to-
gether TO drink whrskey, and The negroes
With handkerchiefs on their necks spend
the day ofrest 10 visiting their friends from
one plantation to another.