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rough, we having got into Long Island Sound. About seven o'clock the boat stopped, and on enquiring the cause, was informed that the center shaft was broken off, and that the boat was thereby entirely unable to proceed. The captain ordered the anchor cast, which was done immediately, and he de- spatched his clerk and four men with the smaller boat, and directed him to go ashore onto Long Island, and obtain the quickest possible passage to New York, and get another boat to tow the Livmgston up. This took place off Huntington Light House, about 45 miles from New York. Here we were, about eight miles from the shore on one side, and about three miles from Long Island on the other. Another boat was despatched for the Connecticut shore, which gave information of our situation to the steamboat John Marshall, which came to us about 12 o'clock, and all the passengers and baggage was trans- ferred to her, and also the dinner which had been prepared on board the Livingston. The Marshall is a smaller boat than the Livingston, and both lots of passengers together, say about 200, made the people pretty thick, and for the dinner we had to wait until the ladies had dined, as there was not room for all ; we however got some dinner at last. We left the Livingston about one o'clock, and arrived at New York about nine in the evening. I and two other gentlemen went to a Mrs. Johnson's in Pearl street, and put up ; had a pretty comfortable night's lodging.

Thursday, October g, 1828. Walked out in the morning before breakfast, to take a peep at the famous city of New York, and returned to Mrs. Johnson's to breakfast. After breakfast went to the landing place of the Union Line Steamboats to engage passage to Philadelphia ; wrote a letter to brother John and put it into the Post-Oftice ; went back to Mrs. Johnson's, paid my bill of entertainment, and got a porter to carry my trunk to the landing, and went on board steamboat Bellona, bound for New Brunswick, where we arrived about 4 or 5 o'clock, and took stages for Princeton and Trenton. New Brunswick is situated far up a deep, narrow, crooked river, over which there is a hand- some bridge, just above the landing place. The town is situated on the west side of the river, has a pretty handsome College building, but the dwelling houses generally look rather mean. From this place to Princeton the land is very level and of a redish color, and appears to be productive ; the corn had been cut up, stalks and all together, and was standing in shocks, while the ground had been sown with wheat, which was up and looking quite green. There were many large orchards, but they asked me three cents for a glass of cider at the tavern which we stopped ; and I saw the hogs in as fine a field of clover as can be found in Hillsborough County. These Jerseymcn's barns were generally covered with thatch — straw — and great quantities of hay was stacked. 1 saw seven large stacks of hay in one place, and in some places, instead of putting the hay into the barn, it was stacked on the top of it. Princeton is a handsome place, although it was dark when I passed through there ; I could discover that the land lied handsome, and the College and other buildings stood a little back from the road, and were to be seen through the rows of trees which stood between them and the road. We arrived at Trenton about nine o'clock, where we took supper and lodging, for which they charged 75 cents, besides paying the boot blacker in the morning. About 4 o'clock, Fri- day morning, we were called up to go on board the steamboat for Philadel- phia, so that I saw very little of Trenton, more than to ascertain it to be at the head of sloop navigation on the Delaware river, and considerable of a place. We all got stowed on board and went on down the river very prettily. When it became daylight I found out that there were a company of Germans on board, chiefly on the upper deck, and I went up to see them, and there they were, men women and children, some standing, some sitting, and some lying

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