Wesley Corpus

Mn, Aug. 2.--I set out for the lieutenant governor’s seat, about thirty m:les from Charlestown, to deliver Mr. Oglethorpe’s letters. It stands very pleasantly on a little hill, with a vale on either side, in ove of which is a thick wood; the other is planted with rice and Indian corn. I designed to have gone back by Mr. Skeene’s, who has about fifty Christian negroes. But my horse tiring, I was obliged to return the straight way to Charlestown. [had sent the boat we came in back to Savannah, expecting a passage thither myself in Colonel Bull’s. His not going so soon, I went to Ashley Ferry on Thursday, intending to walk to Port Royal. But Mr. Belinger not only provided me a horse, but rode with me himself ten miles, and sent his son with me to Cumbee Ferry, twenty miles further ; whence, having hired horses and a guide, I came to Beaufort (or Port Royal) the next evening. We took boat in the morning ; but the wind being contrary, and very high, did not reach Savannah till Sunday, in the afternoon. Finding Mr. Oglethorpe was gone, I stayed only a day at Savannah ; and leaving Mr. Ingham and Delamotte there, set out on Tuesday morning for Frederica. In walking to Thunderbolt I was in so heavy a shower, that all my clothes were as wet as if I had gone through the. river. On which occasion I cannot but observe that vulgar error, concerning the hurtfulness of the rains and dews of America. I have been thoroughly wet with these rains more than once ; yet without any harm at all. And I have lain many nights in the open air, and received all the dews that fell; and so, I believe, might any one, if his constitution was not impaired by the softness of a genteel education. At Thunderbolt we took boat; and on Friday, August 13th, came to Frederica, where I delivered Mr. O. the letters I had brought from Carolina. The next day he set out for Fort St. George. From that time I had less and less prospect of doing good at Frederica ; many there being extremely zealous, and indefatigably diligent, to prevent it ; and few of the rest daring to show themselves of another mind, for fear of their displeasure.