The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

However we SPOKE he well As VIC coulu. we IN
quirod how many professors there were, and
thoy replied not one, that there was no money
to support one. We asked how many students
there wcrc. They said at first thirty and then
came down to twenty; I aftcrward understood
there arc probably no: ten. They could hardly
speak n word OF Latin, so that my comrades
could not converse with thom. The took us TO
the library, where there was nothing particu-
lar. We looked over IL n little. They pre-
scented us with q glass of wine. This Ia
all we asccrtained there. The minister
Of the place goes there morning and
evening to make prayer and has charge over
them. The students have tutors or masters.
Our visit was soon over. and we left them TO go
and look at the land about there. We found the
place beautifully situated on n largo plain more
than eight miles square, with a fine stream In
tho middle OF It capable Of bearing heavily laden
vessels. As regards the fertility OF tho soil. we
consider the poorest in New York superior to
the best here. We passed by the printing Office.
but there was nobody in II; tho paper sash.
however. being broken, we looked In md saw
two prossos, with six or eight cases OF type.
There Is not much work done there. Our
printing Office Is we'll worth two Of II,
and even more" Summing up subsequent
ly their views OF Boston from a religious
point Of view. tho Dutchmnn writos: They
are all Independents In matters OF religion,
II It can be called religion; many OF them,
perhaps, moro for the purposes OF enjoy
Ing tho benefit of It's political and social
privileges than for any regard to truth and god
Illness. I observed that, white tho English flag
or color has n red ground, with q small white
field In the uppcrmost corner. whore there is a
rcd cross, they have here dispensed with this
cross In their colors and preserved tho rest.
They baptize no children except those Of the
memberso of the congregation. All their religion
consists in observing Sunday by not working or
going into the tavcrns on that day but the houses
are worse than the taverns. No stranger
or traveller can, therefore, be entertained
on a Sunday, which begins at sunset on Satur-
day and continues till the same time on Sunday.
At these two hours YOU see all their counte-
nances change. Saturday evening the constable
goes around into all the taverns Of the city for
the purpose Of stopping all noiso and debauch-
cry, which frequently causes him TO stop his
search before his search causes the debauchery
to stop. There is n penalty for cursinR and
swearing, such as they please to impose. the
witnesses thereof being at liberty to insist upon
1t. Nevertheless, you discover little difference
between this and other places. Drinking and
fighting occur there not less than elsewhere;
and as to truth and true Rodlinoss. you must not
expect more of them than of others. When we
were there four ministers sons were learning
the silversmi;h's trade"
Some extracts from letters by Col. William
Fitzhugh give n vivid picture o. the life OF a
prosperous tobacco planter. merchant. and INV
yer Of Virginia in the years 16s1-s6. They
also throw light upon the course OF trade be-
tween the colony and the mother country. We
reproduce the last extract first because 1t gives
an inventory of Col. Fitzhugh's possessions:
The plantation where I now live contains a
thousand acres. at least ZOO acres OF 1t being
rich thicset, the remainder good. heavy, plant
able land, without any waste, either by marshes
or great swamps; the commodiousness, con-
veniency. and pleasantness yourself well know;
upon It there is three quarters. well furnished,
with all necessary houses, grounds and fences,
together with a choice crew Of negroes
at each plantation, most Of them this country
born, the remainder as likely as most in y:r-
ginta, there being twenty-nine in all. with stocks
of cattle and hogs at each quarter. Upon the
same land is my own dwelling house. furnished
with all accommodation for a comfortable and
genteel living as a very good dwelling house.
| With rooms in it. four OF the best Of them hung
and nine OF them plentifully furnished with all
things necessary and convenient, and all houses
for use furnished with brick chimneys. four good
cellars, a dairy, dovecote, stable, barn, hen house,
kitchen, and oil other conveniences, and all in a
manner new; a'large orchard OF about $500
apple trees. most grated, well fenced with O
locust fence, which is as durable as most
brick walls; a garden a hundred foot square.
well palcd in; a yard wherein is most of
the aforesaid necessary houses, palisadoed in
with locust punchens, which is as good as il it
were walled in. and more lasting than any of
our brick. together with 4 good stock OF cattle,
hogs, horses. mares. sheep. &c. and necessary
servants belonging 10 1t for the supply and sup
port thereof" Col. Ftzhugh goes on to relate
that about a mile and a half distant is a good
water grist mill whose toll find sufficient to
find my own family with wheat and Indian corn
for our necessities and occasions. Up the river
In this country are three tracts Of land more;
one Of them contains 81. 1896 acres. another
500 acres, and one other 700 acres; all good,
convenient, and commodious seats, which, in q
few years, will yield a considerable annual in
come. There is alsol a stock Of tobacco with the
crops, and good debts lying out OF about So, 500,
besides sufficient OF almost all sorts Of goods
to supply the family's and the quarters occa-
sions for two IL not three years. Thus I have
given you some particulars which I thus deduce:
Tho yearly crops OF corn and tobacco, together
with the surpluses of meat more than will serve
the family's use, will amount annually to 60, 900
pounds tobacco" valued at $500 sterling per
annum. Col. Fftzhugh directs attention also to
Tho negroes increase, being all young, and a
considerable parcel of breeders to keep that
stock good forever
In another letter Col. Fitzhugh tells his Eng
lish shipmaster: ~ would have you to bring me
In n good housewife. lido not intend or mean her
to DO brought in as the ordinary Iindcnturedls ser
wants are, but TO pay her passage and agree to
give her fifty shillings, or three pound a year
during the space OF Ave years, upon which terms
/ suppose good servants may DO had. because
they have their passage clear. and as much
wages as they can have there. / would have a
good one or none. I look upon the generality OF
wenches you usually bring in not worth the keep
Ing" In another letter to an English correspond
ent VIC read: This conveniency gives me this
opportunity OF returning you thanks for your
favors, especially your last, which was accom-.
panied with a generous promise OF lending me
tho second and third part of Rushworth's
Historical Collections, and his trial of the
Earl OF Straford, which I earnestly desire
you will please send me by this bearer, who will
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