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home, in order that the teacher may take her turn, and go out to 

 a party. This system implies a great sacrifice of domestic pri 

 vacy ; but when the monotony of the daily routine of lessons is 

 thus relieved to the instructress, the pupil must also be a gainer. 

 Their salaries are from 50 to 100 guineas, which is more than 

 they receive in the northern states. 



The negroes here have certainly not the manners of an op 

 pressed race. One evening, when we had gone out to dine in 

 the suburbs, in a close carriage, the same coachman returned for 

 us at night with an open vehicle. It was very cold, the frost 

 having been more intense this year than any winter since 1835, 

 and I remonstrated strongly ; but the black driver, as he shut 

 the door, said, with a good-humored smile, &quot; that all the other 

 carriages of his master were engaged ;&quot; and added, &quot; Never 

 mind, it will soon be over !&quot; 



One of the judges of the Admiralty Court tells me that, on 

 Christmas eve, the day we came here, at nine o clock at night, 

 when he was just going to bed, an English resident came to him 

 whose mind was so full of the prevailing war-panic, that nothing 

 would satisfy him but the obtaining immediate letters of natural 

 ization. He seemed to think that hostilities with England 

 might break out in the course of the night, and that, in conse 

 quence, all his property would be confiscated. He was accord 

 ingly enrolled as a citizen, &quot; although,&quot; said the judge, &quot; we shall 

 not gain much by his courage, should we have to defend Charles 

 ton against a British fleet.&quot; 



Some months ago a British post-office steam-ship sailed into 

 the harbor here, and took soundings in various places, and this 

 incident has given offense to many, although in reality the sur 

 vey was made under the expectation that the proposed scheme 

 for extending the line of British West India mail-steamers along 

 this coast would soon take effect. 



I asked -a South Carolinian, a friend of peace, and one who 

 thinks that a war would ruin the maritime states, why so many 

 of the people betrayed so much sympathy with the hostile demon 

 stration got up by the press against England. &quot; We have a set 

 of demagogues,&quot; he replied, in this country, who trade on the 



