variety of cases, that arose out of circumstances
of attending the revolution; particularly with respect
to taking up arms in defence of the country; and
things of that nature. This person appears to be
a man of good abilities, but of strong passions;
and he is considered as the main support of his
society; which is now reduced to a very small
number, and will most likely become extinct on
his removal.

In company with T. S. his
wife, and several other friends, I drank tea and
spent the evening with J. W. and his bride. The
company consisted mostly of natives of England,
and on this account the visit was peculiarly grati-
fying to me in a foreign land.

This afternoon at B. J.'s, one
of our company was a young woman who was
there on a visit. Her usual residence was in one
of the new settlements, on the banks of the Ohio,
about 500 miles from Philadelphia. She informed
us that many families on the banks of this great
river, are supplied with shop goods from vessels
which navigate it, and are fitted up with counters,
shelves, and drawers, in the same manner as are
shops on land, and well stored with all kinds of
goods. As they sail along the river, on coming near
a plantation, they blow a horn or conch shell, to
give notice of their arrival; then the planters, with
their wives and daughters, repair to these floating