"There are no slaves in this little nation, and labour is no disgrace. In the extensive grounds, belonging to the female seminary, I saw many pretty little arms bared to work; not Moravian young ladies only, but elegant and aristocratic young ladies from all parts of the southern states, without distinction, and of every sect and denomination; and I never saw more beautiful complexions. The little gipsies would come in from their work in the morning, blooming as roses. Here is a complete refutation of the assertion, that the whites cannot work in a southern climate; here are as fine lands, and as fine husbandry and horticulture, as can be found in any country; here are the first paved streets south of Petersburg; here the first town, in which water is conveyed by pipes, as in Philadelphia; here the first stone-fences and grass-plots. "Your mother and little Bell are cheerful and happy. Indeed, the latter looks as if she had never suffered for a moment. How happy a life is that of a girl at a boarding-school, exempt from all the pains and penalties of collegians--the 'hair-breadth 'scapes'--the formal trials for riding other people's horses,--ringing church bells,--building fences across the road,--hanging cake and beer signs at magistrates' and elders' doors,--burnings in effigy, fights at country weddings and dances,--exploring expeditions in the mountains and caverns, professedly for geological, but really for depredating purposes,--shooting house-dogs,--expeditions upon the water, and skating upon the ice,--swimming, duelling, fighting, biting, scratching,--firing crackers and cannons in college entries,--heavy meat suppers, with oceans of strong waters,--and then headache, thirst, soda and congress-water in the morning, and perhaps a visit from the doctor or the president,--presentments by the grand jury for playing at cards and overturning apple-carts,--personating ghosts with winding-sheets, and getting knocked on the head for their pains,--serenading sweethearts, and taking linchpins out of wagons,--making sober people drunk and drunken people sober,--battling with watchmen, constables, and sheriffs,--running away from the tailors and tavern-keepers,--kissing country girls, and battling with their beaux,--tricks upon the tutors, and shaving the tails of the president's horses,--stealing away the lion or the elephant at an animal show, and pelting strolling players,--putting hencoops upon churches, painting out signs, and carrying off platforms,--throwing hot rolls under the table, and biscuit at the steward's head,--playing musical seals at prayers, and saying prayers at rows,--gambling in study hours, and filching at recitation,--having one face for the president and another for the fellows,--and, finally, being sent home with a letter to your