and those in the Southern States where slaves are
kept. In Pennsylvania we meet great numbers
of waggons, drawn by 4 or more fine fat horses;
the carriages firm and well made, and covered
with stout, good linen, bleached almost white;
and it is not uncommon to see 10 or 15 together,
travelling cheerfully along the road, the driver
riding on one of his horses. Many of these come
more than 300 miles to Philadelphia, from the
Ohio, Pittsburgh, and other places; and I have been
told by a respectable friend, a native of Phila-
delphia, that more than 1000 covered carriages
frequently come to Philadelphia market. Indeed
the appearance of them on market-days, in Market-
street, which is 2 miles in length, and about 40
yards in width, is such as no stranger can have a
just conception of; to say nothing of the adjoining
streets, which are crowded with farmers's carts and
waggons from every quarter.

The appearance of things in the Slave States is
quite the reverse of this. We sometimes meet
a ragged black boy or girl, driving a team consist-
ing of a lean cow and a mule; sometimes a lean
bull or an ox and a mule; and I have seem a mule,
a bull, and a cow, each miserable in its appear-
ance, composing one team, with a half-naked
black slave or two, riding or driving, as occasion
suited. The carriage or waggon, if it may be