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the other churches were without fire, and I had a cold upon 

 me. The service was solemn ; and one gallery was filled 

 by servants of all shades of color, from jet black to almost 

 Anglo-Saxon white. They seemed very devout. 



Among the friends whom I was happy to meet in this 

 city was John Berwick Legare, Esq., a graduate of Yale 

 College in 1815, a ward of mine. By kind treatment, I 

 attached him to me, and I rendered him some personal ser 

 vices for which he was grateful. In 1839, he visited New 

 Haven, with his wife and her sister, and they, with other 

 Carolinians, were received in hospitality at our house. I was 

 pleased there to meet them, the ladies being lovely women, 

 and the sister, Miss Elizabeth Jones, was eminently lovely 

 and beautiful. It was Mr. Legare who conducted us to 

 church ; and in the vestibule of his ancient family church, 

 that of Dr. Post, the congregation being not yet assembled, 

 I there met Miss Jones, who received me as an affectionate 

 daughter would do. "We had interchanged letters, and 

 occasionally little souvenirs of kind remembrance passed 

 between her and my good wife, as well as myself. Six 

 years had passed since we parted at New Haven, and it 

 was agreeable to me to find that I was still most kindly 

 remembered. Two of Mr. Legare's brothers had been 

 under my care, and his cousin, John Bassnett Legare, also. 

 I was in correspondence with the heads of these families 

 many years, and for all these reasons, and more, I was wel 

 comed warmly. 



February 3. Mr. Legare took us in his carriage, and 

 we rode until two p. M., five hours. We made the circuit 

 of the city and its environs ; we threaded it through and 

 through in various directions. It is a fine old city, contain 

 ing many grand families, especially of the last age, the 

 Pinckneys, the Rutledges, the Grimkes, and others : every 

 thing, however, wears a sombre aspect, partly the effect of 

 climate ; but the people remark that the prosperity of the 

 place appears to be on a decline, still it has a pleasing 

 appearance. 



