Travelling

■The editor of the CincinnatiCbronicle. who recently rcturned from n journey f nearly two thousand miles, imparts to lm reaers in a recent number of his journni some inormation respecting the modes of travelling in ie United States, and thefr relatives advantages nd disidvantoge3. He givcs, :n the course ol i remarka, the ' following tabular statement f hia journey, showing the time and cost of onvcyances, exclusive of the expenses of hoels and portcrage: Conteyunccs. Distance. Rale pr hour. C)sl jrr m. Miles. Milts, Cents. Stages 705 5J 5 Seambosts. 550 11 34-5 Railroads 643 15 4 Aggregates. 18l7 9 4J The editor of the Chroniclo concludes that ailreads must uhimaely take the passengere - 'not because they arocheapcr," he adds, nor because they are really preferred: but because they ave time - the most valuabfo article to a large ortion ol the community--and by saving which, )ersons are enabled to accomplish what they ould not otherwise do. ' Ho closes his ariicle vith the remark that a gentleman, or even a oung woman. by ihe cxercisc of politencss, may rovel fro.ii one end of this country to the other wiih perfect safety, and without one word of inivility.Oy The Slaveholdere are on the wátch or Abolition victims to fill their State priso!)3. The Baltimore Patriot mentions the nrest of a man named Innis, a native of MasschuseltP, on suepicion of helping a elave to scape from his master. Aftor examination, )e was committcd to prison. Postcript. - Mr. Innis was released after vo dayá confinement in jail. It seems he was on liis way home witli a free colored man rom Washington numed John, who travelled vith Mr. Innis as liis 6ervarrt, tjll both were rrested in Baltimore. Letters from Wash ngton fully established the factof Jolin's freeom, but it ia stated that he is to be kept in sixty days for his master to have leisure to ome and claim him, in defuult of which he is o be sold lor his jail fees. "Huil Columbio, ïappy landT' Mr. Innis did not reliöli hw occommoda ïons in the jail of the patriarchs. These were five btds spread upon the floor of a filthy ell for tfe accommodation of twelve prisonrs. One pound of raw beef ond os much jixed corn ottu wheat bread once a day for ach man.wuhacoupleof armfulá of fire wood o cook their meat wkh, and as much water ns tlioy plcafe. Not a potatoe, not a pinch of nali nor a slice of bntter, a drop of milk or a cup of coffee, al the expense of the city, tor nn tinfortunate trnvcllcr ihat their rascally pólice pienses to waylay and deiain against his wil!. 05a" The populaiion of Boston is 120,000. lu 1810. 93,333