Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1825-03-22

because II grows upon little islands in the mill
ponds, which the people here, according to their
universal practice OF hyper bole, call seas As
for the tobacco, tins filthy and ~unwholcsomc
weed is Iuuhd 10 flourish best III the negro
grave yards, where it Is commonly raised aud
where You may every day during the mouth OF
January, when IT Is ripe, see the children of the
slaves gathering ii from the very graves of
their parents. This tobacco Is used as food, by
men, women and children, who lat il as we do
salad. Here saw the poor negroes working
Dare headed, ami might say bare backed, in the
hroling sun, winch sometimes actually sets fire
to their woolly heads, of which | saw several
examples IN the course OF Inv travels. Two or
three heads were actually beginning to smoke,
and was told i'll staid half hour longer,
might see them in blaze. However, having
seen enough 10 convince me that the system of
farming was eXecrablc and finding 1t getting
rather cold, returned home BY another route,
winch gave me an opportunity of seeing Yale
college.
In accommodating about, | fell IN with one of
the professors, TO whom, willing To see whether
tue poor man understood Latin, paid my com
PiIments mtorma PdupcriS. The professor, al
ter staring at me with a most udIcrous express
sion OF ignorant wonder, asked me whence
came, and upon my answering last from Char
lesion, South Carolina" shrugged up his should
ers and replied. cit was really far Off, that he
could not undertake to direct me-" although the
steeples were full in sight From this we may
Judge of the state of learning and information OH
this side of the Pacific. Being determined to
! hoax these poor souls, filled box with peb-
oleS, old mortar, and pieces OF brick bats. which
sent 10 the faculty as available suite of Ameri-
car minerals whereupon they unanimously be-
slowed upon me the degree of doctor of laws
There were some verified masses picked up
near an old glass house which caused great spe-
culatOn, beng considered unquestlunablc VOL
canlc productions. When que toned as to their
LOCALITY, sent them on a wild goose chase III
search OF a burning mountain.
Becoming tired of Charleston lis negroes and
turkey buzzaids, (Which tne turbulent spirit OF
democracy has dubbed eagles and desluuS Ut
getting To New Orleans as early as posi- c
took = seat in the stage Tor Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, and departed before daylight tho
| next morning Nncn II should have been dav
light the iu@ was so thick n was imposs!b Ia
see the leaders. aud expressed some arple-
'nsInn. OIc of the passengers assured me
however, that a, the driver was drunk as mat
ter OF course, ia. light was OF no COZ sequence
II was trusting tn Providence at all ey .nts. In
deed avn assured by persons oi vcracity that
travellers III tins country place their clIefiupen
dcnce on the horses. who being let pretty much
To themselves, M consequence -; the njnNIca-
uon ut the drivers, acquire singular discretion,
and seldom run away except ,"hcn the drive is
/ sober Thus we travelled under the guidance
OF instinct till near ten O'Clock, when oUec,,
gradually became visible along the road. The
driver about tins lime walked up, aud was con
graduating myself on Ills appearing sober: bat
tie same communicative passenger assured ne
IL was OF no consequence, for lac would he drunk
again by the time breakfast was over.
2 hlI hon, a. 4
ness of the county III the ncigt bourhood oil
Boston; but can safely affirm, that during lhe
wii'-.e of TINS mornings ride, saw neither house
nor human being alohg the road. " e heard
indeed a deal ot barking sud howlmg at no
great distance which the Connu icative pas
/ scnger assured me was that oi v2!ious kinds OF
wild beasts, that abounded in these parts he
told me they frequently surrounded the stare
deYoured the horses, and If their hunger was not
then satisfied, tuPpcd OFF with the driver and
| passengers indeed, what with nnul rUbberles
Whcu happen almost every night, and attacks vi
wild beasts, there was little hope of gett,nr 10
the end OF dozen miles alive. bouts "a
nc"Ht, "rOared Out a little Frenchman IN d cor
| ncr, taking great pinch OF snutl al the same,
time. All tins, thought J. comes OF tic turbu-
lent spirit OF democracy.
Breakiastmg at little town, which, like all
other towns III tins country, is called tic cIty u
| Hartford, saw young lady dcyUur thirty sin
cucumbeis moIotened with quart OF vinegar
y ter which, she sat down, PLAYED Lodoska on.
! tue piano, and then went INTO the field to nuIi
Onions. such horrible InCOugrutieS are rcuc,-|
ated III the rankucsS otdonOCrdcN! Ihc,pACa,|
child oi about eight years Old in the rool,
who called Tor an ontIiogmatic, IS hIch he drank
OF at one swallow, after winch ne lighted a co
and amused himself with S.ngelua tue WOOL,
pate Oi Il little black box. ar fpTr.,nIu &c ,i,,
call them When made INTO soup. According To-
the prediction of the communicative passenger.
the driver holding agaIu on ins scat. IN
less than halt an hCuI di,c starting. | was -,
provoked that threatened 10 hC, hin, as fine
| naval officer said al Boston. Int the couiuIi-
nIcdtive passenger cautioned me against TIN,
assuring me the G.lVer was a man " y eat con
scquence-a member OF Cou@ress-iudpc u
the court-colonel of mila-justice OF tbrE
pcaCc-dCaCuu OF the church-Cunstable an.
! keeper OF the county jail wIthal. "So,p con
! tmuCd tie communicative passenger, he can
issue wdrrant-take you III custcd,-tr, Won
for an assaut-clap YOU IL jail-kcep watch
over you when thCre-and .iudiiy have Won
prayed against by the Whole congregations
! "DIablc." EXCLAIMED the il Jlc freacl.a.iu IN
broken Ebglsu these dcidOu art Yankees baye
as many Offices as their citizen hogs ha, hind
legs" ""iy, how many LEGS have our CITIZEN
hogs, as YOU c.di tncm, lou,icuT.r replied tl.c
communicative pas Gngcr. .'Nby eight At
least" SAID lie olhe, ''Or they could never fur
nlsh the millions vi hams which see every
where. Dlabie. have bredhiastcd upon ham
dned upon iiatn-ard suppcd upon han. every
day since arrived 10 this country. Yes sir if IS
cert in your pig must have at lcas, cia Inf mind
hams picce;n upon which he poli:eI, offered
me pIGch OF snutl, which | refused wl,h cold