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who had come to this country with the same views as the Germans just mentioned; but, being men of property, were engaged in business. These friends having been eye witnesses of the ravages of war, which of late have so desolated some of the finest countries in Europe, often expressed their thankfulness, in broken English, that they were permitted thus to sit down in a land, where peace and plenty so generally prevailed. One of the last mentioned family, of the name of Valentine, a man of a very delicate constitution, and who had suf- fered a great deal through bad health, and the almost constant state of alarm his country had been kept under for years past, by contending armies, used sometimes to say to his brothers: How thankful ought we now to feel for being thus placed amongst friends: we can sleep peace- fully in our beds, and, rising in the morning, we can pursue our business without interruption or alarm; and can sit down in a land of plenty, eating our bread in quietness and peace. This evening I supped with I. P. an English friend, who some years back had emigrated from York, and is now well settled in business here. 2d Month, 6th. I attended Baltimore week-day meeting. In the afternoon I set out for Washing-ton city, in company with E. W. and slept this night at his house near Elkridge, where he has a valuable estate, and a large well constructed flour