Yet, amidst all the excitements and competitions of trade, their conduct toward each other was polite and kind.

Not a word, or look, or gesture of insolence or indecency did we observe.

Smiling countenances and friendly voices greeted us on every side, and we felt no fears either of having our pockets picked or our throats cut! At the other end of the market-place stood the _Lock-up House_, the _Cage_, and the _Whipping Post_, with stocks for feet and wrists.

These are almost the sole relics of slavery which still linger in the town.
The Lock-up House is a sort of jail, built of stone--about fifteen feet square, and originally designed as a place of confinement for slaves taken up by the patrol.

The Cage is a smaller building, adjoining the former, the sides of which are composed of strong iron bars--fitly called a _cage!_ The prisoner was exposed to the gaze and insult of every passer by, without the possibility of concealment.