Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-06-01

From the London Examiner, Feb. 4.
n visit to Worth .America, By HdlaTd
Wetby, Esq. IF South 2a1ce6y, Lin
coinShise.
Of the various books Of travels in this
most interesting portion OF the globe,
this appears 20 US to be at once the lcas,
interesting and the most contradictory /;
but as il is the lates, that has appeared,
we give j, short notice.
The motto of Mr.. Wclby is, Moth
ing extenuatc--nor aught set down in
malicc:" the promise of which he may
possibly have kept; but though be may
have extenuated nothing, and set down
nothing in malice, it is quite manifest to
US that he has recorded much in preju-
dice, in misconception, and in absolute
ignorance. He seems TO belong to the
Smellungus class of travellers, who go
out growing, growl during their pro-
gress, and come home to growl in print.
The nap of'his temper appears to have
been sadly rufiled shortly after his ar
rival in America, by an unlucky incident.
Mr.. Weiby travelled with a man-servant
and a bulldog, both faithful and there
fore valuable companions. Owing to
theviolent heats, the Philadelphians have
very natural fear of that most dreadful
of all diseases, hydrophobia, and the
dogs, ii seems, frequently suffer on these
occasions. Some days. previous to the
catastrophe, this dog he'd ran off in high
fever" Such is the rage" says our in
dignant traveller, "against' the canine
species, that carts are sent round the
town both here and at Ncw-York every
two or three days, attended by fellows
armed with bludgcons and spears, with
which they kill every dog they meet, and
receive l am informed dollar fer each.
l had Fine bulldog put an end to in this
manner, for which so dollars had been
offered since my arrival. The cold
6looded qvresches frs, en,iced him, as |
heard, towards them and when he, no,
knowing fear, came up to be carcssed,
they dispatched him with spears and
bludgeons. For this l obtained no re-
dress" Oppressed with grief and in-
dignation at this loss, Mr.. w. set oul
from Philadelphia on his long western
journey, but Immediately met with two
" cross adventures" which he consider
ed as omnibus. One, the breaking of a
three gallon bottle of good liquor; the
other, his servan. taking the wrong road,
which separated them for one day And
to complete this series ofdreadful events,
the ostler, when told to call our unIor-
tunate traveller "early next morning,
the drunken old bcas, Che says) told me,
I might call myself and be damned :!
Oh the blessings of independence !" ex-
claims our discriminating observer !;
while he with much simplicity adds,
!" but l will say this for the Americans,
that if during my stay one other oath was
uttered, it is the most heard"
l, would be waste of time to trouble
our readers with the observations of a
man so manifcstly incapable, either from
prejudice or incapacity, of making any
worth consideration. When certain Eng
lish boatmen near Deal wanted to extort
100 guineas for half an hours labor in
helping the vessel of the sands, and did
get 60, Mr.. Welby, while noticing the
shameful advantage taken of their siua-
ton, adds saving clause about being in
charity with human nature; but when an
American tavern-keeper wants to make
him pay more than he deems Just, he
persists in giving only what he thinks fit,
compels mine host to follow him 10
miles to Magistrate, who decides in
favor Of Roniface; and then attributes