Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1845-04-10

more than once to those Of her own
complexion, insisting that the mixed
race were more highly gifted in under
standing. Il know moreover, said she,
"a negro woman, black and beautiful,
accomplished in music and the literature
OF three lettered languages. Mankind
have all one common origin; negroes
are not inferior to the whites; they who
say so are infdels that do dot believe
IN the Scriptural account of the creation.
Nay, there is good reason to believe
that Adam was black man, and that
the different compilations among his
descendants arose from the operation
of moral and physical causes. All CO.
lors would be alike respected, were it
moi for the distinctions kept up by the
silly pride of the Amerieans--I hate the
AmerlcanS.'
She spoke of the standard works in
English literature; lamented that Ad-
olson and Johnson were forgotten in
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES on Scott, Bull
wer, and other workers in fiction. She
mention several Dutch authors ofwhom
I was ashamed to be ignorant.
Having heard her called .Niss, allu-
ded to the probability of uniting her
fortunes with those of some happy En-
glishman. She replied with great en-
phasis, chat man. sir, is not born that
can get me- sThen you are difficult
to please and hard to persuade Men,
sir, are deceitful they are complaisant
before marriage, but the money once in
their power, they throw off the mask
and betake themselves to the coffee
house, Or to some low and vile pleas
ures--I hate them. During courtship,
they call me angel Then yon have
been courted'' 4 do not denyit, but
did rot believe a word they said; /
knew they wanted my money. Oh!
they are such hars!' Strong language
thought I, for "a negro wench!'
'Iperceive you never intend 10 mar
ry:' here quoted Socrates, who said,
THAT they who marry will repent; that
those who do not marry, will repent
She replied, The first part of,he propo-
sition is true; for if Bonaparte's code
were in force in England, there would
not be dozen marriages left 10 coun-
ty. That the last part was false; So
crates, tho famed for wisdom, said
many silly things. There are, indeed,
old maids who render themselves ridi-
culous by their affectation and lap dogs;
it is their own fault if they are not re-
spected. Ifthey have money, they can
always command obedience; and if
they do not die as soon as their neph-
ews and nieces wish, they are in that
respect no worse off than other people
you have travelled in the different
States of Europe'' yes, IL. most of
them Delighted, no doubt, with
PARISH Not at all; they who have
once seen England, can live nowhere
else. England is my country; all my
relations are here; the English are first
among the foremost--none so wise, so
learned, so great, and Lavater says they
! are the handsomest people In the
world you must have met with some
! Americans on the continent, did you
not think the women handsome? 81
did not; there was party of them at
Pisa, with two Of their beauties of Is
or 20 years of age. They had indeed
white skins, slender forms, small feet
and hands, faxen hair and blue eyes;
j but they talked and laughed so loud,
and were so free with the men, that the
Italians were ashamed Of them. As
for the men, they could not speak with
ont stopping to spit, as children learn
their pauses in grammar. | hate the
Americans believe every M-Hd Mrs.
Trollope has said ahNat them