The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-05

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| mt aqnarter OF "A dollar, which Is tHirr ~
much a should hase paid in Londrui lie
| 'as determined not 70 be Imposed upon, up
| pealcd 10 Tire lnpdlord u hp assured me Il
Tas all right 81 paid bun, after giving him
| self an1 horses II h"af.y maraic'ion.
! The hrs' th,ns thai struck M, vas tie vast
| iizPruparttan ri negroes. ~ the streets hnd
every where else | may affirm, with per
feet veracits, that nearly one half thr inhahl
tanta ut Boston afe black. l.aeb at these poor
creatures Ia a white u.an always standing
! OYER him, with luze club about the fhick
uess at 4 INN s. arm. with NhtEh hc hrats The
/ poor slave tor It's amusement. fazsure YOU
have ~ern, my say thou-rud instances al
| lbs Kind at n morning. There IS hardly "a
slave here that has MT hiz head covered With
sears, aud bound up with "A haullerchiet aud
almost evrry step You take, You perceive the
staius nj blood npuH the pavement. which |
am assured by CIV trnur Hancock himself !
tint ut the negroes. have seen a lads OF the
irst distinction here, walking the Mall, a. II
is called, with stout black fellow hehind
her, aud occasionally amusing herself with
turning roanl y scratching III face TIL II was
covered with blood The Mall Il. u plarc al
about halt an acre, covered With das', y ith "A
tew rotten Ems aud puddle ~ the centre
Esed thr little children here are initiated IN
Ia human blood almost n sden A. they en-
walk AID the common amusement OF Nsuus
persons ~ To stick pins htth" black attendants,
while every body has a little negro, ol about
his own nge, to torture for his pestlmc.
The hlHcks herr, as was assured 10y his
exeollency the Governor, whose name Is
hancock, have but one mrhl day, which i
principally OF POTATOES, aud fare lutte better
than the miserable IRISH aud English peasant
ry at home. The Goveruor told mr story
. Of nun who tied his black seryant. S neck 10
Stake, III cue OF the nrighbouring eanchrHkes
near the city, which abound with "A race al
| moschettoes that bite through boot. Here
lie was lett one night il the month Of pecem
her, which isa spring month IN this climate,
and IN the morning WIS found stone drad,
without a dfpp blood touud ~ lis body. !
asked II TIN, brutal tyruut was not brought 10
Justice Ihr GBvornog shrugged up his shout
! der, and replied be IS INV IL member oil Con-
gresS.
10 an Enelishman, who is only accustomed
10 see whit men in state III slavery nnd
want, II is shocking IN see black ONES IN n sim.
liar situation. Ny heart hlea with sympathy
for the wrongs OF this injured race, aud
! ronld not sufficiently ndmirc The Philanthropy
| Of the mrmbcrs Of the Holy Alliance, who
hnve lntrlv displayed such a laudable COM
! passion for the blacks.
! Next to the continual recurrence of these
| Disgusting eXhibfipus al cruelty, tue most
| common objects seen in the streets of boston,
! are drunken men. women sud children. I
was assured by the AlnNor, Mr.. Phillips, one
q tue most charitable and phllanllr"pic men
! in the state of Maine, that on an average,
| every third person was drunk every day by
. o'cIoek in the morning. The women, how
ever, don't get fuddled, he tells me, I'LL utter
! they have cleared the brrukiasi tnble, and
! put the rooms 10 rights, when lhcy sci To aud
make merry with the NnnuR children, not onr
| in hundred of whom ever SIC the Iusidc of
Il school or CHI .feh. The consequences of this
! mode oi life hic that the VIE oi the people
| exhibit rnddy complr xlon, aud what appear,
| nj FIRST sight TO he II strong muscular Il suHc ;
| but on n close examination the roses will lac
found to bn nothing more Ihnn what i, called
/ grog blossoms, aud the muscular appearance
! only bloated ntcmpcrancc.
Religion i, ii possible, in n worse state
/ than literature, manners, or morals. There
| Is moi single church III Boston, iUr any r.
| ligious exercises on sunday, except ia schopi
ro0Ht IN, assured IL is the custom all oNrr
New England. a3wcll as in the states al Nrn
bnrypor aud PasQuoiank, 10 spcudthc snbbmh
Ike every other day in the week. Except
that they put on clean clothes, u thiug never
Thought Of, even among the most ta,hunabic
Indies, except on that occasion.
Boston /. It terrible place for tcvcrs and IA
cues. Every enc OF the inhabitants, except
The sa-cs, IS afflicted with them IN the spring
aud autumn rs The leaves appear in the form
or and fan IN the hitter. The consequence
Is, that ttcv look like SO many ghosts without
flesh ar blood, aud il You 90 into the shop,
you may hear the money ingiiug IN the peck
els of the shop keepers, by the mere force ol
habit even il the ppor man should happen at
that moment, To be free from tie aguc, OF
shnke," II. they call il.
Besides tbs thcy have earthquakes and in
undalions- three times week. il not more -
After the earthquake, generally CONES an IN
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