with a white man of a savage countenance, holding
a large pistol in his hand, driving them before him.
Behind was a cart, in which were some Negro
children, who had been torn from their parents by
this member of civilized and polished society, who
was now taking them down into Georgia, there
to remain in abject slavery for life. In viewing
this painful scene as it passed before me, it was
almost impossible to avoid noticing how different
were the countenances on the infant company in
the cart, compared with that of their unfeeling
conductor. On the former were seen the smiles
of innocence, whilst on the latter sat brooding
a mixture of cruelty and avarice, which no pen or
pencil can describe.

In the afternoon I came to Washington city

;
and on the 9th I attended the meeting at Wash-
ington. After meeting I was kindly invited by
M. P. to her son-in-law's house, who is Secretary
of State; but, having engaged to spend the after-
noon elsewhere, I was obliged to decline the offer.
In the evening I had the company of a native of Fal-
mouth; but, of late years, he has been employed in
the national dock-yard at Washington city, as naval
architect. I understood that he had, early in life,
been invited over to this country Doctor
Franklin, as one skilled in ship-building. Having
had his education in our society, it appeared in-
consistent that he should be employed in con-