Near the Quay ftands the market Braddells; they are as fine breweries at houfe which is a handfome building. ever I faw. An extenfive whiskey The roof is nearly concealed by a para- diftillery is kept by a Mr. John Tanpet wall, adorned with urns, alfo a dy. handfome Cupola, in which an elegant clock has been lately fixed. On the principal Front are the following infcriptions, In the year 1783, most of the ftreets were paved and flaged, at the Corporation expence, and under the infpection of Charles Tottenham of Bally-curry in the County of Wicklow, Efq-and laft year the Quay was widened and flagged in a very commodious manner, by which it affords more room to load and unload Veffels. Ships of 400 tons burthen can lye quite clofe to the Quay, and an Inland navigation by the Grand Canal is nearly completed between this Town and Dublin, which when finifhed, will prove of the higheft national advantage. The greateft defect in this town is, the want of a good Inn, for the accommodation of travellers, however this will be fpeedily remedied, as the foundation or a very fpacious one, was laid a thort time before I arrived here. The Markets are plentifully fupplied with Flesh and Fish, particularly the latter; falmon fold when I was in Rois at one penny per pound. At the two extreme ends of the town are two ftrong beer • } } } }} Boc While in the neighbourhood of Rofs, I took an agreeable excurfion, (accom panied by a few gentlemen) about 10 miles up the river Nore, to Woodstock, the beautiful feat of William Tighe, Ef -We landed at Red-house, a room Sit William Fownes, Bart. (late proprietor of this eftate) had built on purpofe for fuch company as came to fee his beauti fuldemefne, gardens, &c. After breakfaft we took an agreeable walk by the river fide to a delightful village, called Inistioge, in the county of Kilkenny. An alms-houfe has lately been built here by Mrs. Tighe, in which twelve poor widows are maintained and clothed at her fole expence. Over the entrance of this building is the following verfe of rip ture. "Make to yourfelves friends of the mammon of righteousness; that when you fail, they may receive you into everlafting habitations." Here are also the ruins of a magnificent abbey, par of which is now used as a parifi-church. Leaving this we walked thro' Wood ftock demefne to the dwelling hout beautifully fituated in the centre of a floping wood, hanging in one noble fhade to the river. The gardens are ve ry large, but much out of repair, occa fioned by the family not refiding ther conftantly. A grotto is built at the ex tremity of one of the gardens, which has a very romantic appearance, oppo fite the entrance, is the head and bones of a grampus, caught a few years ago at Iniftioge. After finifhing our dinner, which confifted of a falmon roafted, a cold fhoulder of mutton, ham and fol we were highly entertained by the neigh bouring peafantry, who come to this delightful pot, every fine evening, where they innocently amufe themfelves by finging and dancing, both of which they executed in a manner far different from what we expected. They all in merry circles beat the ground, And tune their feet to mefic's gladning Thus mirth and joy the focial tribe de light, Till winged moments ufher in the night, When each a calm repofe is fure to find, The fweet poffeffion of a peaceful mind. Their fongs were chiefly of the Irish "In thofe deep folitudes and awful Where heav'nly penfive contemplation dwells, And ever-mufing melancholy reigns." Within about two hundred yards of this building are the ruins of a cafile, formerly the refidence of the Chichester family, to whom the whole country round about belongs. Near this building, alfo, is Killmanick, the feat of Henry Houghton, Efq. About one mile from Suir and Barrow join-thefe rivers this is Cheekpoint, where the rivers together form the beautiful harbour of Waterford. From this I rode on to Duncannon, pafling near Ballyhack, a poor fea-port town, directly oppofite Paffage, a handDuncannon fort, which commands the fome town, in the county of Waterford. harbour of Waterford, is all furrounded draw-bridge. It is built on the flat of a by a ftrong wall, and you enter it over a rock, that overlooks the fea, as we may now call it; and a perpetuity of Land was granted by Queen Elizabeth, to keep this fortress in repair. It mounts upwards of thirty guns, all in good order. Cromwell made an attack on this fort in the winter of 1649, but the garrifon defended itself with fpirit againft his ravages. Duncannon town is defpicable to a degree. Hook, the lighthoufe to Waterford harMy next vifit was to the Tower of bour, which is faid to be one of the most ufeful lights in the kingdom. The man who attends it told me, it was fpeedily to undergo an entire alteration, by erectoil-lamps, reflectors, &c. inftead of ing a new lantern, to be lighted with coals, which it is now lighted withNext I went to a forry village, called Slade, paffing near Loftus-hall, the feat of Captain Tottenham:-this village is much frequented by company, who rebenefit of fea-bathing. Thence to Featire here, from various parts, for the thard, a borough town, returning two members to parliament. I was informed this was a fea-port of fome confequence in former days, but has been reduced, by the conftant increafe of its bar, to an inconfiderable receptacle for the fmaileit fishing boats; and, with its harbour, the town is dwindled into infignificance. Next to Clonmines, another borough town: this was alfo in former days a thriving populous town. Here are the ruins of feven caftles; and, the inhabitants tell you, there is a fubterraneous paffage from this to Tintern-Abbey, a few miles diftant. Leaving Clonmines, I paffed that part of Bannow-bay called the Scar of Barrytown; which is fordable when the tide is out, but at other times exceedingly dangerous. I then vifited another borough town, called Bannow:--this was, in King Henry the fecond's reign, a fea-port of fome confequence; and, lying oppofite to that part of Wales from which the English adventurers emigrated, it foon became populous, being very well adapted to the flipping then in ufe; but fince that period, the fea has thrown up a bar againft its entrance, fo that it is acceffible only to the fmalleft fishing boats. Thence to Tintren, remarkable for nothing but its fine abbey, built in the year 1200, by William Marcfhal, earl of Pembroke. This building is now the refidence of Vefey Colclough, Eig. commonly tiled Sir Vefey Colclough, baronet. From this I rode on to Ennifcorthy again, and proceeded from thence to Newtown-Barry, paffing near many handsome feats; namely, Mountfinn, the feat of the Rev. Edward Carry; Rookly Lodge, the feat of the Rev. Francis Turner; and Clobeman, the feat of Mathew Derenzy, Eiq. Newton-Barry (formerly called Bunclody) is by much the most beautiful and romantic village I have feen in any part of this kingdom I am acquainted with. It is feated in a vale, furrounded with hills, and the houfes being all flated, give it a very warm appearance. On gentle afcent, over the village, the hurch is pleafantly fituated, and has mething exceedingly elegant about it Lord Farnham has very extenfive boul- To be continued.) An Anecdote. A culprit who was on the point of fuË fering an ignominious death for his te dations on mankind, unwillingly permite ted Jack Kach to put the balter about his neck; but being equipped with it, be thes remonftrated with the minifter of justice: Iwith, Mr. John, (touching the cord) you could find a more eligible fituation for me, for really I do not like this line of life." A Defcription of the Characters, Cuftoms, and Perfons of the American Aborigines. [From Travels into North and South Carolina, by William Bartram.'] MR. [R. Bartram commences his Defcription, by obferving, that it is not only the refult of his own obfervations, but taken alfo from the general and impartial report of ancient refpectable men, either of their own people, or white traders, who have spent many days of their lives among them. Speaking firft of their perfons and qualifications, he thus proceeds: The males of the Cherokees, Mufcoculges, Siminoles, Chicafaws, Chactaws, and confederate tribes of the Creeks, are tall, erect, and moderately robuft: their limbs well fhaped, fo as generally to form a perfect human figure; their features regular and countenance open, dig nified, and placid; yet the forehead and brow fo formed, as to ftrike you inftantly with heroifm and bravery; the eye though rather small, yet active and full of fire; the iris always black, and the nofe commonly inclining to the aquiline. Their countenance and actions exhibit an air of magnanimity, fuperiority and independence. . Their complexion, of a reddish brown or copper colour; their hair long, lank, coarfe, and black as a raven, and reflecting the like luftre at different expofures to the light. The women of the Cherokees, are tall, flender, erect, and of a delicate frame; their features formed with perfect fymmetry, their countenance cheerful and friendly, and they move with a becoming grace and dignity. The Mufcogulge women, though remarkably fhort of ftature, are well formed; their vifage round, features regular and beautiful; the brow high and arched; the eye large, black,and languishing, expreffive of modefty, diffidence, and baihfulness; these charms are their defenfive and offenfive weapons, and they know very well how to play them off, and under cover of thefe alluring graces, are concealed the most fubtle artifices; they are however loving and affectionate; they are, I believe, the fmalleft race of woHib. Mag. Dec. 1792. men yet known, feldom above five feet high, and I believe the greater number never arrive to that ftature; their hands and feet not larger than thofe of Europeans of nine or ten years of age: yet full the men are of gigantic ftature, fize larger than Europeans; many of them above fix feet, and few under that, or five feet eight or ten inches. Their complexion much darker than any of the tribes to the north of them that I have feen. This defcription will, I believe comprehend the Mufcogulges, their confederates, the Chactaws, and I believe the Chicafaws (though I have never feen their women) excepting however fome bands of the Siminioles, Uches, and Savannucas, who are rather taller and flenderer, and their complexjon brighter. The Cherokees are yet taller and more robuft than the Mufcogulges, and by far the largest race of men I have feen; their complexions brighter and fomewhat of the olive caft, especially the adults; and fome of their young women are nearly as fair and blooming as European women. The Cherokees in their difpofitions and manners are grave and fteady; dignified and circumfpect in their deportment; rather flow and referved in converfation; yet frank, cheerful, and humane; tenacious of the liberties and natural rights of man; fecret, deliberate, and determined in their councils; honest, juft, and liberal, and ready always to facrifice every pleasure and gratification, even their blood, and life itfelf, to defend their territory and maintain their rights. They do homage to the Mufcogulges with reluctance, and are impatient under that galling yoke. I was witness to a moft humiliating lafh, which they paffively received from their red mafters, at the great congrefs and treaty of Augufta, when thefe people acceded with the Creeks, to the cellion of the new purchafe; where were about three hundred of the Creeks, a great part of whom were warriors, and about one hundred Cherokees. The first day of convention opened with fettling the preliminaries, one article of which was a demand on the part of the Georgians, to a territory lying on the Tugilo, and claimed by them both, ૧૧ which fubmits and feeks their friendship and protection: always uniting the vanquished tribes in confederacy with them; when they immediately enjoy, unexceptionably, every right of free citizens, and are from that moment united in one common band of brotherhood. They were never known to exterminate a tribe, except the Yamafees, who would never fubmit to any terms, but fought it out to the laft, only about forty or fifty of them efcaping at the laft decifive battle, who threw themfelves under the protection of the Spaniards at St. Auguftine. which it feems the Cherokees had, pre- ciful to a vanquished enemy, when he vious to the opening of the congrefs, privately conveyed to the Georgians, unknown to the Creeks. The Georgians mentioning this as a matter fettled, the Creeks demanded in council, on what foundation they built that claim, faying they had never ceded thefe lands. The Georgians answered, that they bought them of their friends and brothers the Cherokees. The Creeks nettled and incenfed at this, a chief and warrior ftarted up, and with an agitated and terrific countenance, frowning menaces and difdain, fixed his eyes on the Cherokee chiefs, and asked them what right they had to give away their lands, calling them old women, faying they had long ago obliged them to wear the petticoat; a moft humiliating and degrading ftroke, in the prefence of the chiefs of the whole Mufcogulge confederacy, of the Chicafaws, principal men and citizens of Georgia, Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennfylvania, in the face of their own chiefs and citizens, and amid the laugh and jeers of the affembly, efpecially the young men of Virginia, their old enemies and dreaded neighbours; but humiliating as it really was, they were obliged to bear the ftigma paffively, and even without a reply. And moreover, thefe arrogant bravos and ufurpers carried their pride and importance to fuch lengths, as even to threaten to diffolve the congrefs and return home, unlefs the Georgians confented to annul the fecret treaty with the Cherokees, and receive that territory immediately from them, as acknowledging their exclufive right of alienation; which was complied with, though violently extorted from the Cherokees, contrary to right and fanction of treaties; fince the Savanna river and its waters were acknowledged to be the natural and juft bounds of territory between the Cherokees and Mufcogulges. The national character of the Mufcogulges, when confidered in a political view, exhibits a portraiture of a great or illuftrious hero. A proud, haughty, and arrogant race of men; they are brave and valiant in war, ambitious of conqueft, refilefs and perpetually exercifing their arms, yet magnanimous and mer According to their own account, which I believe to be true, after their arrival in this country, they joined in alliance and perpetual amity with the British colonifs of South Carolina and Georgia, which they never openly violated; but on the contrary, pursued every ftep to ftrengthen the alliance; and their aged chiefs to this day, fpeak of it with tears of joy, and exult in that memorable tranfaction, as one of the most glorious events in the annals of their nation. As an inftance of their ideas of political impartial juftice and homage to the Supreme Being, as the high arbiter o human tranfactions, who alone claim the right of taking away the life of man, I beg leave to offer to the reader's confideration, the following event, as I had it from the mouth of a Spaniard, a refpectable inhabitant of Eaft Florida. The fon of the Spanish governor of St. Auguftine, together with two young gentlemen, his friends and affociates, conceived a defign of amufing themselves in a party of fport, at hunting and fiihing. Having provided themfelves with a convenient bark, ammunition, fishing tackle, &c. they fet fail, directing their courfe fouth, along the coaft, toward the point of Florida, putting into bays and rivers, as conveniency and the prof pect of game invited them. The pleafing rural and diverfified fcenes of the Florida coaft, imperceptibly allured them far to the fouth, beyond the Spanish for-tified poft. Unfortunate youths! regardlefs of the advice and injunctions of their parents and friends, ftill pursuing the delufive objects, they entered a harbour |