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ville, from which I escaped as quick as I was able. A pregnant 
mulatto woman was offered for sale at public auction, with her 
two children. The woman stood with her children on a bench 
at a coffee-house; the auctioneer standing by her side, indulged 
himself in brutal jests upon her thriving condition, and sold her 
for four hundred dollars! 
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CHAPTER XXIII. 
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Cincinnati , interior of the State of Ohio. — Pittsburgh , in 
Pennsylvania. 
ON the 30th of April I was very agreeably surprised by a visit 
from Colonel Wool, returning from an inspection on the Red river, 
the Arkansa, and New Orleans: he had ascended the stream in 
the steam-boat Washington, and arrived in the night at Ship- 
pingport. Being on his return to Washington, he took his pas¬ 
sage on board the steam-boat Atlanta, for Pittsburgh. As this boat 
stopped at Cincinnati, whither it was my intention to go, I im¬ 
mediately concluded upon continuing my journey in the same 
boat, to enjoy as long as possible the society of so estimable a 
friend. We went on board between ten and eleven. The Atlanta 
was crowded with passengers, but we were fixed very comforta¬ 
bly and neatly. The greater part of the passengers were from 
Natchez, who came with the intention of spending the summer 
in the healthier northern states. Among them was Major 
Chotard, who was going with his family to New York, whence 
he intended to embark for France; and Abbe Martial, a French¬ 
man, who had kept a boarding-school in New Orleans for a long 
time, and was at that time employed by the Bishop of Kentucky in 
Bairdstown, on whose account he was to travel in France and Italy, 
Our trip up the river was very pleasant. The weather was 
fine; the shores of the Ohio became more and more interesting 
the higher we ascended the stream. In the afternoon, we per¬ 
ceived on the right shore the little town of Madison, situated on 
an eminence. It appeared to be in a flourishing condition, and 
contained many brick houses; a multitude of well-dressed per¬ 
sons were standing on the shore. Towards evening we passed 
the mouth of the Kentucky river on the left shore. The Ken¬ 
tucky river, according to the Western Navigator, is a beauti¬ 
ful river in Kentucky. It originates in the Cumberland moun- 
