Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1852-07-17

when found myself compelleu 10 go hrouhu
fat negress, very gaily dressed, who sat on
tile pavement in the street, and WINS indolent-
" dividing au ornuge. The segmeuts of the
fruit looked so ripe and tempting that ven
t,Ired to put thumb aud finger toward one of
them and usk for it with sH vous plat. She
nodded her chin quite down into her black
bosom as she handed The orange up to me,
but, seeing Mr.. G. At the next moment, she
insisted on my taking the rest of the fruit aud
shnring il with my friend. With broad
smile of good nature that had not shadow
of servilily or ol,sequiOusness IN il, she waved
her fat llnnd with an utlieu, aud we went on
our wny, enriched with n new acquaintance.
] have met her once since, mud tnken off my
hat, with quite as much pleasure rs bow
usually givps-and the world would be hap
pier, think, if this were specimen Uf its
everyday intercourse.
A little farther on, in the same walk, We
passed garden in which here was a flower
ing tree, of beauty quite new to us. Its
green foliage wns veiy full, and the tree was
about us tall as the common tulip tree-bnt II
looked precisely NJ IL soft damp snow Ind
fhleu in the night and laden down its brnnch-
es with rs much us they could bear. The
rich white flowers lay cnpped in the middle ol
each spreading brnncl-a large lap.iul III
every cluster. We learned afterwards that
this was the Jrdngipane ne-and it seemed an eN-
otic, for IN vain we inquired lis mime, OF iva
very inielligent-looking gentlemen who were
passug at the moment, Int OF whose polite
ness | wish to speak, by the wny, MS Illus
trating the manners of the better class oi
white inhabitants. They raised their hats
very cOurteUusly at my abrupt question,
stopped, and entered into conversation, and
parted from us, nfter FIVE minutes discourse
upon the trees and plants of the island, with
the ciyiliiy of friends aud ncquatnnces. As
we were hound to a public promenade, we
passed these same gentlemen again, 81 nied on
one of the stone benches, und they took oil
their hats To us again with the same geninl
courtesy aud a polite phruse Of recognition.
TIis is not much, perhaps, but as feature Of
national manners, think il very admirable.
The stranger is made to feel AT home by such
kindness aud there is an outdoor hospitality
in il, which, for the pleasure il gives, leaves
letters of introduction" far behind,
Poor people, here, live in the city moi in
the suburbs aud n walk ont of town is, con-
srquenlly, plensanter thing thun where the
suburbs are slIauips and pg-styes-(a 'hree-
mile gunnilet of vile smells, as il is NJ New
York; Gnrdeus aud villas commence inine-
diately at the ends of the streets, and, To au
American eye, nt least, there are few objects,
moving or stationary, even for the first mile
omi of ST. Pierre on the north, that are not
new nnd picturesque. So il seemed TO us.
A little altar, nj the side OF the rOad, had one
poor candle burning before iis rude image Oi
the virgin, aud negro knelt praying before
il. The ladies sat smoking their cigar. under
ilie porlirOes. Yoked together 10y the horns,
aud with their noses crowded down To the
dust, the poor oxen, that could not turn their
heads, ioiled past with their nOIisirnns loads,
aud gave us side glauce out of their great
monrniul eyes. A new volcano, lately broken
out IN the side of the mountain beyond, (Hnd
in which the inhabitants rejoice, us II vent iol
what might oiherw Use hnve been mn earth
| qtmke,l sent mp its black column of smoke IL
tie sky. Charming waterfalls. (sluires from
the sides of the massive nqueducis,) poured
over precipiccs that were not born 10 the
honour of so white n veil. Soldiers of duty
were srolng over the hills in their bright
uniforms. Naked black children were play
ing everywhere on the rond stamped will
Ih,guerreoiypes Of the white-dus'ed stone,
they hnd sat down upon. Flowers Of thC
most brilliant dyes grew wild on all Sides
The air wns an uun,inged deicionsness Il
breathe, and everybody's counIenance indo
lenily and conenledly expressed il. TAX
me such a walk in your temperate zone, m.
dear MOrris
Aud with thus getting The better Of you
will close this letter. Yours ever, N. p. W