ened, by way of reprimand,*) that on seeing a stranger coming towards the house, (on a cold day,) whom he suspected to be a Georgia-man, he fled into the fields. with the greatest precipitation, and secreted himself so effectually, that he was not discovered until the expiration of a fortnight,-when he was dead!-frozen!-and the pupils of his eyes picked out!

With these mournful spectra, flitting in succession before me, and the black procession still in view, the pleasant anticipations which I had been indulging but fifteen minutes previous, became totally reversed. Returning pensive towards my lodgings, and passing by the capitol, I thought-Alas! poor Africa, thy cup is the essence of bitterness! This solitary magnificent temple, dedicated to liberty,-opens its portals to all other nations but thee, and bids their sons drink freely of the cup of freedom and happiness but when thy unoffending, enslaved sons, clank their blood-smeared chains under its towers, it sneers at their calamity, and mocks their lamentations with the echo of contempt!-Elevating my eyes, (the vision of which was possibly rendered somewhat illusive by the mists of sorrow,) I imagined I discerned the geniuses of Liberty and humanity,

Perching on the crumbling terrace

Of their terrestrial palace :—

The former with her eyes darting terrible frowns;~?
The latter indulging in tears and feebler moans:-
Shock'd with the scene,-they oft revert their eyes,
That stream'd at ev'ry look-then vanishing slow,
Sought their own palace, and indulged their woe:-
Mingling their sorrows with God in the skies.†

* It is a frequent custom in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Delaware, for masters to endeavor to reform their bad slaves, by terrifying them with threats of selling them for the Georgia market, or "to Carolina" them; which is often carried into effect. There are, notwithstanding, several individuals, so conscienciously opposed to selling men against their will, that the most unpardonable conduct will not induce men to do it; and they prefer rejecting them, and letting them keep all the wages they can get for their own use.

† See Homer's description of the grief of Andromache, on parting with Hector, who confessed to her his fears of a fatal result of the