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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. 2d Month, 24th. 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. 3d Month, 1st. 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