✓ "*■ - .
By this clay's MaiL
BOSTON, September 23.
THE COKSTITUTION.
e this day were in hopes to have announ
ced to the public the launch of the frigate
Constitution : but after two attempts to set
her afloat, foe remains in perfeft fafety, on
the ways where (he was conftrufted.
» ever mortifying the circumstance may be to
the friends of the Constitution ; and how
ever ardent their prayers ifiight have been
for her fafe delivery into her destined ele
ment ; there cannot be the lead imputable
blame attached to the conftru&or ; or to
any, or to either of the gentlemen who
were condudtors of the operation. Every
thing that men could do, was done. Wis
dom and fcienet could not prevail, where in
evitable obftru&ionjoppofed afuperior force.
The of the Frigate
CONSTITUTION.
' If thrie tilings be r.ectjp('u), let's use them likf ne
ceflitiev' Sialjp eare,
k Disappointments arc not always to be
ranked among evils, especially when we
find that a disappointment is in the end more
beneficial than our firft wi(hes. This fenti- !
( menf is verified in the (late of the frigate, '
who'ftill remains firm in her cradle. The '
explanation of the matter will doubtless be
gratifyiag to an anxious public, who seem
to this vessel with a solicitude
1 > higbjy pleasing to the,great family of repub
lican America. The faft is this ; her con
flru&or found that the (hi? United States, |
which was launched at Philadelphia, had
too great an obliquity or dcfcent; in confe- {
quenCe (he run off her ways full an hour be
fore her con ftriiApr' intended ; which dam
aged'hfr keel and maimed several people.—
To prevent these evils, the Boftqn conftjuct
or laid the Constitution too level, and his
levelling system, or system of equality, has
produced all the inconvenience, and obstruCt
ed the punctual performance of the bufihefs.
Another reason is this, part of the ground
(he flood on, was the natural terrafirma, and
a part artificial or made ground. This
A made ground has funk by the immense
I weight of the ship ; and this finking occa
fiofted her obftm&ion yesterday. The eon
ftruftor could have forced her off, had his
pride or ambition exceeded hiu discretion . ■
k and patriotism ; but he chose to facrific'e his ;
feelings, rather than rifle the lives of. his fel
» low citizens, or the property of the public ; 1
and many thanks are due to him and Capt.
Nicholfon, for their decision. 1
To indifferent unthinking people, the dif- 1
appointment is mortifying. The Jaco- «
bins will crow, and the Chronicle, that 1
fpeakijig trumpet of the devil, will echo 1
the tale of disappointment, to ths utmost <
verge of its peftiferous influence. ]
To the gentlemen who are conversant 1
with ships, the occurrence is a consolation ; j <
they can apply the Dutch ptoverb, which c
fays—"Stay a little while that we may get 1
done thefooner." The ancient Romans con- t
centrated much wisdom in their proverb I
of " fefiine tente"—male hajle slowly. \
But what (hall we fay to tUe ladies, who r
are disappointed of the fine fight ? First, I
you mull submit to the powers above you, v
who guide and diredt all fsch weighty mat- li
ters. A remarkable interpolation has regu- v
lated every event of importance, which has p
yet affe&ed this country, and that it will I
still be the cafe is presumable in these ships, f
which are the little whet Is of an immense ti
machine. v
The Cortftellation, which is an assemblage tl
of the fixed stars, went off in spite of all a
earthly impediments, because the heavenly
bodies are placed where the art of men can- A
not reach, and where human prescience can- vi
, not controul. The United States ran ra- lc
pidly on, but withfomedamage and deftruft- c;
ion from.adverfe parties and opposing mate- b
rials ; but the Constitution formed with de- 1
liberation; coolness and extraordinary fore- (li
thought, cannot ea/ily be moved. But like in
the ark of the covenent, an emblem of some- fr
thing fapred, (he hesitates, and seems to fay, in
" conftrudted as lam with (kill, and confum- a
» mate judgment, my movements must be the ct
result" of cool, calm and deliberate judgment; tl
learn from my inanimate materials this lef
f«>n of political wisdom ; that no step is so ei
likely to be lading as that which is pursued
with deliberation ; and remember, O Ame- ra
ricans ! that in the course of your history, so
your moll violent efforts, produced but lit- pi
tie, and that your greatest glory arose out bi
of your darkest gloom and apparent disap
pointments."
FROM A CORRESPONDENT. W<
The LAUNCH, or Hints on Mechanic frc
Powers. mi
A large (hip, copper bottomed, is to be C;
'• considered as a heavy, poli(hed, copper va
wedge. The fides of this wedge, in some wl
places, form an angle of 45 degrees with a it
perpendicular line ;in others more :jn others inl
left. If that part towards the Hem or stern, an
which is 45 degrees, fettles one inch per- R.
, peendicularly, thc ways mud spread one eir
inch on one fide, or two inches in the whole, bei
The parts which form a fefs angle, press
outward with" grtater force. Braces are
bolted on the fides of a ship in launching, to th:
prevent her fettling; but it is to be.sup- ufi
posed, that by the springing of bolts, and lar
the comprefTion* of joints and blocks, (he for
will fettle one inch. Motion increases her ize
power of fettling, and the part towards the linj
stern is mod liable, as being the (harped, ing
The bilge-ways being spread, become a efH
wedge and flop the progress. The above- ove
mentionedforce hfcstwicedopped the launch- ha\
1 jng of the frigate. ous
To prevent alike disappoint men tdu ring the wh
future process, thc following hint is offered: feel
Let three or more drong chains be passed Th
under the keel at each er.d to bolts palling the
the bilge-ways, with screws and nuts on the by-,
out-tide ; the ways cannot then spread. Let [
ropes ba made fall to the ends of the bilge- zet
I ways under the stern. To these ropes al- ago
I
ioiv fuffici'-Kl length for the Hup to get Into
deep water, and maks the other end fad to
the wharf. When these ropes draw upon
the bilge-ways, the ship will Aide off
frym them, and they will float, leaving the
ship free. Ihe ways which now pinch in
11 n " tl,e cradle under the stern, may be thrown
pte- in by fcreivs, and confined from again spread
'"&» w 'thout great expence, with the affift
■oi ance of wedges under the keel, &c.
'7' r " N B " . The q uick an d unexpected motion
: to of the (hip, yederday, is fufficient proof
3W - that the ways do'not want declivity,
eeii 1
J- PROVIDENCE, September 22.
ble At a Town Council, fpeciaUy holden in ant!
to for the town of Providence, on Weduefday,
(he 201 hof September, 1797.
«7 S.TATE OF THE TSV :K IS PROVIDENCE.
From Friday, the 15th in ft. seven perfoni
ln " hate ideceafed, and eleven remain sick.
ce * Pullijhed by Order,
George Tilljnghast, C. C/l.
TE \
At a Town Council Jpecially holden in and for
ne- the town of Providence, on Friday, the 22d
of September, 1797.
te _ STATE OF THE FEVER.
we Thirteen persons are now confined with
>re i the i ellow Fever, four have been removed
iti- the hospital:—-And since the report made
te, on Wednesday the 20th inft. three persons
he only have deccafed.
be Publijhed by Order,
;m George Tillinghast, C. Cll.
de
ib- Died.] In this town, Mr. Gideon Hull,
in- Mr. Pitcher, Mr. Robert Blinn,
:s, , Mr. Wilcox, Mrs. Gifford, (wi
ad i dow of the late Mr. Jofiah Gifford) three of
re- 1 her children, and a young woman who lived
>e- in the family ; Dr. Ephraim Comftock.
11-
ALEXANDRIA, Sept. 25.
rt- In the Times of Saturday, Augufl 19,
lis 1 was the following paragraph :
as " The following was handed us for publica
jt- tion by a gentleman lately from Gsada
"s. loupe. • ;
id That one John Perry, lately from New
id London, and a certain Park Avery are
is equally concerned in fitting oyt priv.iteers
fe from several French port* in the Weft In
a- dies, to cruise for American property, and
1- j that the plunder they have obtained is (hip
is ped to the house of Elifha and William Coit,
in jof New York. Isaac Williams who is also
is as American, is captain of one of their pri
-- vateers, and had captured several Ameri
; cans."
t. On Saturday last the person of Perrv was
recognised on the wharf by several who had
f- seen him in Guadaloupe, and were well ac- ! (
)- quainted with his conduA in that place.—
it Upon information being circulated through
0 the town, a great number of the inhabitants
[I collected, and so exasperated were the, peo
ple against the conduft of an American, who
t j had joined a piratical set of robbery in plun
; dcring our citizens, that he very narrowly
h escaped receiving a coat of tar and feathers.
By the interference however, of several gen
i- tlemen, he was taken before the mayor, to
b be dealt with, agreeably to law, by the ci
vil authority. By his declaration at the ti
3 mayor's office it appeared, that he failed from f,
, New London the begining of January last, f (
, with a cargo of flock, and arrived at Guada- ti
- loupe the latter end of the fame month, 1 t<
- were he flayed 6or 7 months, and was em- f<
s ployed in the disposal of his cargo &c.— k
1 He then purchased a prize (hip and set fail rr
, for North Carolina, but was taken by a Bri- F
; tifh cruiser and carried into Antigua, from tc
whence he ttxik (hipping for Alexandria in j
; the Nancy, capt. While of this porf, and h.
1 arrived here on Friday last.
By the dispositions of captain Willis and
• Mr. Peter Murray, it was evident that his
■ vessel immediately upon her arrivalin Guada- .1 '"i
. loupe, was converted into a privateer and
■ called the Vi&oriotis, and was commanded
■ by au, American- by the name of Williams: an
That it was well known in G'uadalcupe, that tU
• (he had come from New London with guns th
in her hold for that purpose': and, that,
from the general condlxft of Perry in interdl
ing himftlfin thefales ofprizes &c.ar'd from ex
a number of other corroborating circumftari
ces, he was part owner of, and agent for,
the above privateer. «
He was committed to prifoti for further
examination.
[The time is coming when traitors, pi
rate*,' and assassins, (hall no longer !k
forth in the land, to take measure of ir j. 3 ,
purses ancl our throats. The'day of ri Al .
bution is at hand.] j ca
—— ma
BALTIMORE, September 2? ;
By Capt. Sanger, from Port-0 Psix, 1
we have been favored with a proe' ation c;ll]
from Touffaint, general in chief of the ar- i
mies of St. Domingo, to the citizens of the
Cape, soldiers of the garrisons, and cufti- 1 +
vators of the plain. The gentleman, into jT.
whose hands we put it for translation, fays, Bu
it contains nothing more than a call on the refj
inhabitants to behave themselves peaceably ma
and quietly under the laws of the virtuous thc
Raimond, and toliften not to the perfidious
emissaries of Santhonax, who haß been sent s
before the tribunal of his country.
Great hopes began to be entertained
that our city was about to be restored to its 1
usual health, and fom« who had taken the a- vvi
larm, began to thin danger over. Their the
fond hopes would probably have been real- P lic
ized, had we not been visited by a drivel- 1
ling rain on Friday, which instead of unload- t "'t
ing our atmosphere, clogged it with noxious l>y ,
effluvia, and took its direftion weftwardly S
over the town. From the town few people thc
have a»yet moved on recount of a "contagi- tu '"
ous fever ; but this week will iriform them
whether it will be prudent to flay, or to S
seek fafety by flight from their homes
The report of the health committee will be
the best and moll faithful criterion to judge
by-, and ought tp do away all other rumors. r
[This paragraph is from'the Federal Ga- 6c c
zette—the fame paper w;hich not many days
ago, branded with the epithets affajjiu and Ji
nto iifamtiu, a gentleman, /!r:ond to no one in
: to j Baltimore, for refpedlability of character
pon and all merely because he stated a simple
ott | faft, which came under his own observation :
the I viz. that on such a day, such a number of
lin people died. The conduct of these men ex
lWn ciKs emotions hard to be suppressed.l
ad-
lift- Died, on Sunday night last, Doftor Ed
ward Johnston, long an amiable and mod
ion rcfpectable inhabitant of this city. In him
oof the public have loft 'a man eminent iu his
.profeflion, and no lels fa in his charafter a3
a sincere frieiid to mankind ; I>is friends and
acquaintance* can never think of him but
7nd with the greatest refptit His remains were
iy, yesterday interred in thelmryiiiif eround of
Sr. Paul's Church.
. '» yesterday, after 3 /Jjort'Sleefc, Mr.-
ms James Asgel, ti.'ater, of, this
city His death wiflijje sincerely. regretted
by all who had the pleasure ofhi» acquaint
ance.
BOARD of HEALTH.
f or Ordered, That a lift of the burials be
2d published, from the time this inoard received
regular returns, and that the fame be .con
tinued daily,
th Burials in the wfl part of Baltimore, hert
tof ore called the town :
■ Adults. Children,
ns September 11 2 j
12 o 1
13 5 1
'4 3 o
15 * 2
"> 16 2 o
n. 171 1
18 2 ' 0
°[ - '9 ' 2 o
20 2 i
21 2 i
22 3 1
2 3 7 *
, 2 + S 2
Burials m the eajl part, c Fell's Point,
3 - (Sc. including the Field
Adults. Children.
September 11 i j t
w 12 So
" c l i J-7 o
rs H 12 o
x 5 S 1
d 16 12 j
17 , . 9 o
:* 18 3 1
0 19 5 o .
30 9 o
'■ 21 6 o ►
22 tj 1
■ 23 5 o
a 2 4 14 1
" (Signed) Jeremiah Yellott,
. James Edwards, '<
1 Adam Fonerden, <
s Emanuel Kent, 1 ]
Joseph Townfend, > (§• '
3 Elia.s Ellicott, § 1
, John Steele, 5 J
f Thopias Tenant, " '
James Beeman,
5 RICHMOND, 3qw. «». . «•* 1
We are happy in having it in bur power '
* to fa y» 'hat the person who arrived here a '
1 few days ago-from Norfolk, said tb be as- '
, fedled with the Epederriic, prevalent at this '
-• time in that unfortunate borough, appears '
. to be perfealy restored to health, and was 1
- seen in company with other gentlemen wal- l
- king our ftrects.yefterday morning ; the ru-
1 mours of his having- died of the Yellow J
I'ever at Bowler's, buried privately, &e. Arc. 1
1 to the contrary notwithstanding.- •• a
1 C-7 1 he. inhabitants of Richmond* are as
I healthy as usual at this season of the year. P
; Pe ale's iVIUSKUM. t f |
THIS valuable repository of thf work* of >!n- h
turc, so wrll cakunto! to Jclight the mliij c
| ! and enlarge the undtrHaniihgi isoplcnej diiily. as
usual. .It llar.ds in an airy zpi liealtKv futl.-.tiori, VV
and free iff,idi miiytlwt at prefent'afflias a
the c\-y ;it therefore,jhe: frequented with al
the greated fafeiy.
As an Amufonix-nt, 'the Oody r.f Nature is the
nioft rational and pk-hfing : I* a Scietrte, the mod
fukiime and ioflruAjvc. It clevatestht mind and
expands the heart* Tfacy I
" IVhtm Nature t works can (harm. tMilb God him ft If
' ■ " Hold cnti-jcrfir J
Many interring additions have lately 'been a,
made to this Muf«um : and ihc feathered tribe,
raining a variety of the mo.l rare and beautiful' m
1 )j' <3s, is now very advantajjeoufly arranged. G
Figures, of Men large as life (li>nie qf tjiem ar
s from nature) are here drefled in their proper ce
and placed in of their
refpeiSire nitions. Mere may be seen the North
j American Savage, and the iavage of South-Ameri- ar
| ca—a laboring Chinese, and the Ehincfe Gentle- ft>
■ man—the fo.ity African, and the Kanitfchadale— vi]
! with some Natives of the South Sea Islands. Th. fsj
) immenfo variety and interesting dfverfity which .1
| this Museum offers to the view, may befeen but '
cannot be described with full e/Fed. co
Seyt. »8. law M
N O T I C E. ~ ve
ALL person- indebted to the estate of r«iHN 0
Striker, late of Tinnecum T«Wnftiip, tr 1
Buck's County, are requeued to pay off their
refpeflive debts ; and those having any de- ] ia
mands againll ffiid ertate, are desired to hr.ng in
their accounts, to P r
JOSEPH Ci.iAMRER.LAW, &) Execu- P £
MALLET PiiiiVALT, ■) tors. l Y
SepK qS. • ' th
Thomas Arttjat and Sou~
OF P 111 LAh i'. LTHI A, / ,
I WORM their Aiftomers a«d the pujiiis,, tl}£j jf T
have removed a part of their mercsaiuP.zp.'-«o vir
Wilmington : Alf«l, tfiey h.rve ttieW ftori open fc 'ha
the city. At cithc-r place their friends' can bi sup. on ,
plied, and their orders carefuHy attehJed to c.
By the Cumberland, from Hull, tlley have re-'
ceived a handsome affcrtnlent of aitrcfes, fuiuble " T
to the approaching season ; and eiptA to add so it St
liy other fall (hips. w 'j
Should the ficknpfs prevail in the eestral part 6f (■],,
the city, that branch of their business will br re
moved to Gerniantpwn.
Tlip communication by pod is open and re- tn<
gular as usual, on
J'Pi-jf..; thtf eas
t . Red Port Wine. s
Just arrived, by tlie brig Iris, capt Rhoiles, froth tr )
Oporto, thl
Red Port Wine in pipes, Mills.and quarter casks fpi
6b cwt.Oirlc, for sale by - 0
Philips, Crtuhond, & Co. Iwh
J" 1 *"- - § pr<
pie %\)t
PHILADELPHIA,
THURSDAY' EVENING, September 58 .
Id- 7 " 6/6/ cf _ burials for 24 Ur/, fr
3ft </ay a/ nson.
im _
,j s Chrid Church 1 ( 0
Fiift Frtftiyterian 1 0
33 Friend,' o °
11(1 Pernnn Lu'hcrean o I
Ut Po'ter'e FiaM o t
re City Hn/pital* 7 * 0
of KenCngtonf 1 o
• TO 4
;•' * Pi'-" »f thcji from tic city ■
is -
22d ' n( * - at Clieltenham,
t- Montgomery county, Mrs. Anns CSrmick, !
of Philadelphia, in the 63d year of her age,
«fter a long and pairful fflnefs, which she
>e supported with a truly christian resignation ;
d the poor have loft a charitable friend, and
1- her children a tender and fond parent.
!- TWO CHARITY SERMONS
Will be preached on Sunday next at the
Calvmift Church, Germantown, for the re
lief of the poor and diflrejfed cilixent of Phila
uelphia ; one in the morning at 11 o'cjock
by the Rev. Dr. Blair, the other in the
afternoon, at 4 . o'clock by the Rev. Mr.
AHERCROMI;!)!.
<£/* THE MAIL for the Britiih Pac
ket clofeson Wednesday evening the fourth
of Oftober, at 6 o'clock.
Thomas Macranxess, Agent.
New-York, Sept. 27. .
.
PRICES OF STO C KS,
Philadelphia., Sth Sept. 1797/
' {
6 per Cent." l6 yg
1 per C»nt. lo y- 4
n«£erred 6 pcr Cent. t,y 4
BANK Un:ted States, ig per ct. advnnce
j 9-
North America, 46. do.
Isfurance Co. N. A (hares 4.5 to jo > do.
" ' — Pennfylvanla, par
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
On London, at 3c days par
at 60 days
——— at 90 days 61
Amsterdam, per guilder v
' 1 90 days
From the NEW YORK DIARY.
Mr. Editor,
Some time since, a paragraph in the Di
ary announced, that a gentleman had, the
evening before, seen a comet in nearly the
wcftern direftion. In coofequence of this 1
information, the philosophers of our city '
were put on the watch to fee such a rare '
phenomenon. Investigations took place,' '
and the starry element was invaded with all
the telescopes that were to be had ; when, .
behold ! our comet proved to be the beau- '
tiful evening planet—Venus. The watch
still continuing, it was at length announced,
that the fcomet bad really appeared in the
south east quarter ;'an investigation, as be
fore, took place ; and, as before,
proved to be the brilliant planet*—Jupiter ;
but the inveftigatots were much more gra- I
tified in viewing this planet, because they
saw witoitt its vicinity, the satellites, or a
Jupiter's moons; and, rtta the furfaee of 1
the noble planet, Jupiter's belts. It is said !j*
alio, that the comet has been seen at Cam- J?
bridge, Baltimore, and Newhaveli; but I ap- .
prehend that it is the fame that has appeared
in our city, for it is strange that none of the
fpe&ators have announcedthrft theyhavefeen •
the tail. I assure you, lir, that I keep a good R
look ont for the Comet, with good teles- ,
copes—and whenever any appears, I (ball 1
with the greatest pleasure, announce it to
my fellow citizens, and invite them to come
at- the top of tHe Museum, and view it thro' .
my excellent telescope. G. BAKER.
Sept. 25. ' . - 11
r.i
WOBURN-ABBEY SHEEP SHEARING.
te
On Monday, the 12th inft, his Grace
the Duke of Bedford's (heep-fhearing com- I"
menced, to which all the capital Farmers, 0
Graziers, and Agriculturists were invited, ar
and his exhibition or (hew of his new Lei-
cefterlhire breed of (heep. The company
present were Messrs. Coxe, Colhoun, Bevan, 0
and many other Gentlemen andtreeders of _
(heep at Norfolk and Suffolk : Lord Somer- '
villi;, Sir John Ramfde'n, Mr. Bennett, Mr. lC
Northey, Mr. Lee Antonie, and many gen- e
tlemen breeders of (heep from the different
countries in England—Mr. Arthur Young, an
Mr. Marshall, Mr. Stone his Grace's fur- m '
veyor,) and the principal breeders of (heep ' )e
of Btdfordfhive and the-neighbouring couu
tfies.. ( a
Notwithftandirig the short time his Grace
has turned his thoughts to this fpeeiee of im
provement, it is afloniftiing to hud tx> what nl(
perfection "he hascarried thebreedofthis tru- >p]
ly valuable animal,fcarcelytp beexceeded by 1
the Ltictfterfhire Society.
The meetitig lasted Feveral days, dining ] UI
which time the ancient English hospitality j n
prevailed in all it 3 glory. Dinner was pro- an
vided and served up each day, in the great v - t
liall, at three o'clock; and there way not c },
one word of politics. His Grace and Mr. nv
Stone, his deputy, preiided : his Grace en- w ;
livened the upper part of the table,.and Mr. e ;r
Stone did his iltmoft at the other end. Not
withftauding the (hort time (which is only
three or four years) his Grace has paid at- (
terition to the breed of (heep, his bailiff let
the use or some of his (hearing rams (i. e.
one year one Jeafou, for fifty guin
eas each.
It is aftoniihing the advantage the coun
try might derive in its improvement, from
thus bringing together fcientific and public „
spirited men from different parts of England fo r
to converse frfely on the different topics
which relate toi rtie promoting the uttnoft
produce fnfm the eaith. [Land. Pay.
B» CITY HOSPITAL REPORT,
Fr.rm the 27th to 28th Sept. in themominr.
Admitted, firice last repoi't,
Neal Cillafpie—Miehael.Quigky's, Love 1.
Frederick Dunifter—Front, 3 doors from
1 corner of'Southsitreet .
Ann To\ytifenSou th- ft rect.
fr - Discharged,- .linee last report;
Zabet-te— admitted 15th inft.
Peggy Lec i 4 th
Polly Varnel sth •
j Died since last report.
when admitted howlon g flc^-
4 vioustoadmiilioru
i-liz. Dickey, i 4 tli. , unknown,
i Francis Ward, 25th. 1 day.
j Cannon MafFey, 24th. 4 days.
Peter Polilion, 24th. 2 days.
Win. Charles, 26th. 14 days.'
n > : Remaining last Report 6j
| Admitted fmce, 3
I S" s ' d | __ 1
Remain inHofpital, j s g
c Four of whom are dangerouj.'
Interred in City Hospital burying ground
j" iince last report :—• }
' From the city and suburbs 5
6 the city hospital 5
( Tota] 10
Stephen Giuard,
(Signed) Calbb Lownes,
Johw Connelly.
Publilhed by order of the Board,
Wm. MONTGOMERY,
.Chairman pro tem.
gazette marine list.
Port of Philadblphta.
a RK I y ED. DAY«»
Ship John Bulkeley, Volans, Isle of May 43
Schr. Flying Fifti, v Maxwell, Jamaica 32
Arrived at the Fort.
Ship Amity, Cook, C. N. Mole—all well.
New-York, September 27.
The (hip Matilda, Tombs, in 8 days
from Charleston—and the brig Columbus,
in 67 days from St. Übes, arrived yclterday.***
Providence, September 22.
_ • AkßirtD. From
Sloop Sally, Anthony, Philadelphia
Warwick; Davis, Lewiftown
Hiram, Earle, Charleston
Union, Bofworth, do.
Sally, Hammett, Tobago
. Ship Providence, Coles, Isle of France.
: On Wediefday, "ail week) arfived the
j (hip Charleston, capt. Manchester, from Lif
. bori—and on Thursday, the brig Murfree,
. capt. John Green, from the fame place.
CHARLESTON, September 12.
Extraft of a letter from a gentlemart in Phi
ladelphia, to his friend in this eity, dated
August 28, 1797.
, " The alarm (on account of the fever)
ha« been so great, that every body that can
move are gone or going. The proclamation
ha» frightened the people more than the fe
ver ; the fear of the husband being,parted
frr m the wife ; the wife from the husband ;
apd children from their parents, has had a
terrible effeft on the minds of the people ;
and some extraordinary cruel scenes liavs
been already afted ; and the terror of the
fight «f the yellow flag, I hare heard, has
been the cause of some deaths.
" You know my fentimeots of Rush's
fyfttm, and I fee no reason to alter that o
pinion : it rather strikes me more forcibly,
that it is a deftnudive mode of proceeding ;
that it may be compared to a lamp, where
all the oil is drawn off, it bums feebly, and
just before dying, it blazes up. Such has
been the cafe in several instances, now and
in 1793, when we heard the patient was get
ting- well, and sometimes out of danger, the
next report was that they were dead !
" I have not heard how the fever was yes
terday or this morning, but the increase of
deaths and new cases on Saturday was eon
fiderable. The streets are becoming lone
some by the prodigious numbers removing,
and however ridiculous the cause of flight,
yet with the distress which will be brought
on many, it will be the meaßj, perhaps, <of
sooner flopping the infeftion.
Thursday afternoon, the father fearful of
fending for a physician, Jeaft his boy should
be taken and fenb to the hospital, prffcri
bed himfelf, firft, some lemonade, a cooler,
and a warm bath that evening, the next
morning a little cooler, in the evening re
peated : Saturday, he got well and a(ked
for vi&uals ; some sorrel broth was taken
(a fort of sorrel fold in our market, boiled
in water, with a little butter, and foma
bread crumbled in it.) Mr. C. tells me that
ke believes if he had sent for one of the A
merican doftors, his son would have died. '
The outset was a high fever, pain in his
back, head ach and delirium.
" Our situation is fine, and I give the Co
lumbo bkters to all the family. We bathe -
in cold water every day, I mean the children- ■
and myfei' ; when any of us are goingont
we eat garJic, and shall depend upon the rr n
chins to >apen and cleanse the bowels, if z
ny complaints arise ; and we have no fear
with these means to keep it off, and even to
effefta ciite, without the aid of phyfieians."
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