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wood, the monotony of the view is relieved by nothing* The 
woods begin at the edge of the town. 
Colonel Hamilton and Dr. Rogers accompanied us on Christ- 
mas day to the state-house. A travelling Unitarian clergyman 
from the northern states held divine service in the hall of repre¬ 
sentatives. The generality of people here are either Methodists 
or Baptists. As the Unitarian had found the churches here shut 
on this day, he had opened his temple in the state-house. His 
audience was composed of the beau monde, as a Unitarian was 
something new. He delivered a good discourse, in which he set 
forth pure morality, and received general approbation. After 
dinner he proposed to give a second service, for the purpose of 
expounding the doctrines of his belief, as founded on common 
sense. 
Colonel Hamilton, a particular friend of Governor Troup, was 
formerly secretary of state of Georgia. The appointment to this 
office belongs to the legislature. This was the cause that though 
Troup is again chosen governor by the people, Mr. Hamilton and 
all the friends of the governor have lost their places, which are 
occupied by persons attached to the Clark party. Dr. Rodgers 
was secretary of the state treasury, and has been deprived of his 
office from the same cause. We saw here several Indians of 
both sexes, from the Creek nation, who sold bows, arrows, and 
very neatly made baskets. These Indians had a much better ap¬ 
pearance than those I saw in the western part of the state of New 
York and Canada. Afterwards several of the grandees of the 
country were presented to me by Colonel Hamilton. All these 
gentlemen had their own peculiar character. It was evident 
that they lived in a state separated from the civilized world. 
We were constrained to remain in Milledgeville on the day 
after Christmas, how unpleasant soever it might be. No stage 
goes from this place through the Indian territory to Montgo¬ 
mery on the Alabama river, whither we intended to bend our 
way. We therefore hired for this journey of one hundred and 
ninty-eight miles, a four-horse extra stage, for the price of two 
hundred and twenty-five dollars; this stage was at present under 
repair in the state prison, and could not be placed at our dispo¬ 
sal before the 27 th of December. It was necessary for us to have 
patience, and pass the time as well as possible, and the few gen¬ 
tlemen with whom we had formed acquaintance exerted them¬ 
selves to amuse us. 
On the 27 th of December we left Milledgeville at nine o’clock 
in the morning. It was a pretty cold day, and there was ice half 
an inch thick. We rode only thirty miles to Macon. In spite 
of the large sum of money which our carriage had cost us, it 
broke twice; the repairs consumed much time, and we left it 
