ALEXANDER WILSON. 
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®6l(lon:i found here. Every man you meet with has either 
land to buy or sell, some lawsuit, some coarse 
cmp or corn to dispose of, and, if the conversation do not 
to any of these, he will force it. Strangers here 
deceive less civilities than in any ))lace 1 have ever been 
The respect due to the fatigues and privations of 
'filers is nowhere given, because every one has met 
as much, and thinks he has seen more than any other, 
int.'"*^ listens to the adventures of another without 
^^errupting [[,g narrative with his own ; so that, instead 
auditor, he becomes a competitor in adventure- 
'"{?• So many adventurers, also, continually wandering 
3itd*b ll*® manners of the people ; for avarice 
knavery prey most freely and safely upon passengers 
they may never meet again. 
-These few observations are written in Salter White’s 
he'^'^*^*’ being a scarce article 
l^he forest being a full half mile distant. 
9. — Court held to-day, large concourse of 
Tie ; no,, jggg one thousand horses in town, 
®d to the side posts ; no food for them all day, 
j^“tses selling by auction. Negro woman sold same way. 
‘ W'hile -standing by and hearing her cried : 
and ^'I'l'dred and twenty-live dollars for this woman 
^ boy! going! going!’ Woman and boy afterwards 
eitsr *' ^‘‘‘iii'ed, damned slavery ! this is one infernal 
which the Virginians have brought into this 
jt ' ’[I- Rude and barbarous appearance ot the crowd. 
, T ns’s double cutters much wanted here. 
thus introduced to several young ladies 
Wei whose agreeable society formed a most 
Sex'^°**^ contrast to that of the lower orders of the other 
sav amiable, e.xeellent lady ; think that 
conto^ 'Suorauce, rudeness, and boorishness, was never so 
„ by female sweetness, affability, and intelligence. 
12 . — Went this evening to drink tea with 
