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Show T P ~ YELS 'V IIRO J('fii NO T Til 1>- /IEP IC l : • • 0 t 1 1 a, n.f :1 ·th ll s l tl t. ~ >. u'1 1'I ll r, • llo, Jf a cloz 11 or more' or thl! llu !cnts . h• ' the dd ·1 abou t twelve y ·~1rs o 1c1 , t1m. e 1 ·,\ t 1u · s t '' hie one th. ' lh, t I w.ts th..:rc; f·o n...: w ·rc w1· t 11 out {1 1ocs or J' lo c· I '1n n0 s , others \~ 1tho. 1t co.tt :: . Durin!'>' dinn.!r thq co tdbntly role to heip thc tnklvl.:S at th ... lltk bo.trd . A cou;1k c>r.difhes of f.tl tu 1m .H, anJ {orne: oyil:er 1cmp, fonmd t~e \\ l_wlt: 0f• the cl·l llncr. I on 1y nH.: nt1•0 n u' m•. , ..t s• 1't m ·t y c· om t>.r' I om!.: l1ttlc ILL:t of 1 mt: ric:m colleges ant /\; '1 ·ri, :tn dirrnitm ic: s. . . '.J.'h<.: cpii'l: ?·ll i,tn c1JUI(.:1, the only 0 11C in th~ pbce, {l .. u,Js 1~1 1t 1Url~~l' . dk 0 ( the 1;1ain {l:rcct; it is much out of rcp.tir. On C:Jlher IH e O! H 1 · . f' l • f • 1 b . an e: tcnhve green, u1 rount e tLl ' 1't h n "·'•t l'1"1 0ki' l)o1Y l10llit:S ' \\ tll~ l L lll60" to mind a 1 Englifl1 vilh,;c. . T he town col)tili ns :1bont twdvc huoc:Jrcd in hal itnnts, anJ the foc1cty in it is thOtwht to be m rc c tc nf1ve an(i IJlOre gent<.: ·l at tho fhme time tlun what i; to bl! met wi th in ·:tny other ph1cc of its !i:zc in Am.cricu. No m:tnu faciurc are cal ricd un 1 en:, a ad fc,, rccly any trade. T hcr is an hofpitnl he re for lun tics, but it docs not :tppear to be well regulated. N 0 R F 0 L K. 9 L E T T E R XITI. l lampt on.-Ferry to No,foll .- nangt!r in crqffiilg tle nm11crour Ftrri.·J' tit F'irginia .~ · Notjolk .-] ,aws q/ Virginia injuriow to the 7't·adtiJg lntt!,-cjl. - Strcl'!s 77a7To7..o and irty in Notjolk. .-Ydlo'l.o l' cvo· !ht•rc. ~ OI:Pr' Vatiom on this D(jbrdt•r.-Violt•llt Party Spirit rzmongji tbc Inhabitants.Ft' 7o Cl.~urdJ£'S in l '"i;ginia .- Sc~h'l'ld in RutiJJ.-Private GraVt! l ~zrrh. NoJfolk, Ap1il. F R 0 M \Villiamiburgh to H ampton the country i · flat and unintcrefl-ing. Hampton is a final! town, ii.tuated at the head of a b1y, ncar the mouth of James R iver, whi h contains ab ut thirty houfcs and an cpifcopalian chu rch. A few fca boats arc annually built h ere ; and corn and lumber arc exporte l annually to the value of abo ut forty- two thou land dollars. It is a dirty di f.'lg recable plac , always infefted by a ihocking f1:cnch from a muddy fhore wh n the tide is out. From this town there is a regular ferry to Norfolk, acrofs Hampton road, , eight en miles over. I was forced to l eave n•y horfes here behind 111c fo r f( vcral days, as all the flats belonging to the place had been fc nt up a creek fome miles for flaves, &c. and they had uo other methucl of '1Ctl ii g ho1'fes into the ferry boats, which were too large to come clofc i nto fhorc, cxc pting hy ·arrying them out in thefc fl..tt s, and then making them leap on boJrd . It is a mof1: irkfome 1 ieee of bufine {s to cro[-; the fe rries in Virginia ; th ere i not one in fix where the boa ts are Pood nnd well manned, and it is necefiary to employ great circumfpection in orde r to guard aga in a cidcnts, which arc but too common. ih I pafi~d along l heard of numherle(s recent infl.m c. of Jwr-fes being <lrownl.!d, killed, and hav·ng th eir legs brok ' n, by gett ing in and out of the boats. No1 folk O:ands nearly at the mouth of the call:crn branch of El izabeth R iver, the moil: f<n1thern of tho(c which empty themfcl vcs into the C h c.fltpeak Bay. I t is the large{!; commcrci .. d town in Virgi nia, and 0 car·rres |