9th Month, 29th.

Having paid my fare last
night to go in the mail stage to Alexandria

, I re-
paired to the --Tavern this morning, at the
hour appointed by the landlord, who is also clerk
to the stage; but the circumstance of my lodging
at another inn, on account of the vermin with
which I had been annoyed when I last slept at the
--Tavern, had so displeased the man, that
he had sent out the stage considerably before the
usual time, in order that I might he disappointed
of getting to Alexandria this day. As I stood at
the door of the Tavern, remonstrating with the
landlord on account of his mean and unkind con-
duct in treating me thus, J. C. rode up to us on
an excellent horse of his own; and, as soon as he
understood how the landlord had behaved to me,
he immediately dismounted and insisted upon my
pursuing my journey upon his horse. I accord-
ingly accepted his generous offer, but, before I
set out, I complained to the post-maste, who re-
turned the money I had paid at the Tavern, and,
at the same time declared, that if ever he again
detected the landlord in the like base conduct to
any traveller, he would remove the mail stage
to another inn. The circumstance of pursuing my
journey on horseback, afforded me an opportunity
of visiting Mount Vernon, the habitation of the
late General Washington; and I was shown through
the house by a person who had the care of it.
The situation is beautiful, being a rising ground,