compelled to row after as yi the barge all
the morning. These are fa£ts, which, if
Bsceffarjy c:an be attested by all that were
on bosrd, belonging to the Olive-Branch.
POWERS ETHERIDGE.
By this Mail;
MEW-YORK, October 17.
GRATITUDE TO PATRIOTISM.
Ye Herd ay the citizens of New-York ex
hibited a fpJendid proof of attachment,to
the federal government, by their honorable
reception of 'the President of the United
States. ,
Agreeable tf V rev cap
tain Loyell and Lamb's tr<jpps of horse, pro
ceeded early in the morning to Haerlem
bridge, where they met the President, and
escorted him to town.
On their approach, the several uniformed
cerps formed at the Bull's Head tavern, and
joining the procession, moved forward in the
following order :
Captain. Lovell's troop of horse—captain
Lamb's do.—captain Duryet's company of
grenadiers—New-York Rangers, command
ed by lieutenant Laight—band of mufic—
captain Ardent's Independent Rangers—
captain Hulett's New-York Volunteers—
captains Richardson and Wolfe's companies
of iufzntry—military officers on horseback
—the PRESIDENT in his coach and four,
attended by a detachment of the cavalry— .
citizens in carriages and on horf-back. ~ J
The route was from the Bull's Head thro' ,
Bowery-lane, Chatham-street, Broadwa-,',
Beaver-(lreet, into Broad-ftrcet—The mili
tary advanced up to Garden-ftrset, wheeled,
and formed a line from Mr. Avery's hotel
to Beaver-ftfCet —The President then left his .
coach, and walked, uncovered, to his lodg-,
ings at Mr. Avery's, accompanied by gene
rals Morris and Hughes, and a number of ,
other gentlemen of dillinCtion.
While the procession wa3 moving down
Broadway, the bells of Trinity church com
menced ringing—A federal salute was fired
by captain Ten Eyck's company of artillery
from the Battery, and another by the gar.
rifon ill Governor's I (land fort. The Britifli
Frigate Thifbe fired a royal salute, a mark of
attention on the part of captain Hardy,
which reflects great honor oh his character
a»an officer and gentleman..
It is but justice to fay, that the whole
business was conducted by the military in the
molt proper manner ; and that their good or
der, soldierly appearance and behaviour, and
the promptitude and corre£tne& with which
they performed the various evolutions, did
thera much credit.
The croud of citizens which attended,
was immense. All appeared equally anxious
to behold the First Magifti'ate of a FREE
PEOPLE » and by repeated shouts, an
nounced the general fatisfsftion with one of
their most early, zealou3, tried frienfc, \whofc
past services arc too great, too deeply im
prelled, ever to be forgotten by the existing
generation, or obliterated from the faithful
records of the American revolution.
Co rnmunieat'ton.
COME TOOUR BOSOMS ADAMS!
m them wilt thou find-jthe holy fire of grat
itude which thy patriotic virtues have kin
dled I—Come and warm thy blood, render
ed fold by age a/id toilsome services for thy
country !—New-York stands foremoft in
an ardent attachment to our federal gov
ernment ; and whatever the billingsgate vo
ciferation of a few noisy demagogues may
fay »o the contrary, we warmly approve of
your unatnphibiou.s and decided speech at
the opening of the extra fefiion of Coiigrefs ;
as mildly but firmly expressing, in a tligi £ d
manner, the just feelings of indignation
which the piratical conduft of the banditti
of thqFreachnation had excited inthe bread
of every true American. What a trans
porting fight did not yellerday alford to ev
ery mind not biafled 'by a criminal predi
lection to foreign nations in preference to
our own 1 To fee men of a)l ranks—of eve
ry religious persuasion—os different nations.
joining in ONE CHORUS OF APPRO
BATION to the Chief Magistrate of the
Union. Amidst the various sources from
whence the President received ftiouts of ap
plause, none was more unexpected and pleas
ing than the huzzaing and clapping of hands
from the prisoners, who were on the top
of the j?il. All was joy and exultation from
one end of the city to the other—bells
ringing—guns firing and clap
ping of hands—Even many honest patriots
who were supposed. inimical to our federal
government, Slid mora, attached to France
than their own country, to their honour be
it spoken, loft fight ps tbeif supposed crimi
nal prejudices, and joined in effufions of
gratitude towards the man who, in so ma
ny trials abroad and at home, has deserved
well of his But while we feel an
exouifite fatisfaftion in making honorable
mention of many-men of this city whom it
was not expedtcd would join even at this
critical moment-in any measures of exulting
spprobation in the reception of a man who
had spoken in such just term 6 of patriotic in
dignation against the French nation for the
insult and injuries offered towards our citi
zens, still there were a few green-eyed mon
ftcrs who could not conceal their inward ,
tortures at feeing the universal enthuiiafm
which pervaded all ranks of people on the
entry cf ;hc virtuous and patriotic Adams
into shis city. How happy is it for Ame
rica, that we still have a President who
dares speak sentiments of independence, and
eomplain of injuries done us, even by the
French Republic—What a different language
woqld have been held forth by Mr. Jefier
fon, had he been President ! We should, my
independent countrymen, have kified the rod
that feourged us—have/' licked the hand
just raised to fhtd our blood."
(Cj- The committee of arrangements give
notice, that the President has mentioned
Wednesday next ?u the day on whiA it will
be agreeable to him to accept of the enter-
tainraent intended for him br the citizens
-of this place. The dinner therefore will
be provided 011 that day, at the City As-
Jjembly-roodA, Broad-way, at 4 o'clock.
Such, of the citizens as would yet wish
to fubferibe, will pi cafe to leave their names
with one of the committte.
CommiHee of Arrangements.
Cornelius' Ray, Nicholas Fish,
James Farqtihar, Jacob Morton.
Ebenezer Stevens,
O&ober 1 7'.
\
We understand the President of the U
nited States intends honouring John-street
Theatre with his presence this evening,
and that the stage-box is engaged for his
reception.
The honorable reception of Jifr. Ticunl ifi
Knoxville, is a proof that his projetts have ei
ther met with the approbation of his neighbors,
or at leqfl have nrt been confidcred as criminal.
Indetd many of them are doubtless bis accom
plices.
Extract of a letter dated Fort Schuyler, 03.5.
" / have now the pleasure to inform you.
that yefierday the canal was opened, and that
every part of the work completely anfwertd its
intended purpose. One empty baltectu (carrying
the Flag of the United States) and three loaded
ones, ascended through the loch from the Mo
hawk into the canal, pajfed along the fame, and
dcfccnded through the foci into Wood Creel, (a
dijlance exceeding two miles) in little more than
40 minutes. I believe the average will
never exceed one hour : what the detenlionfr
rnerly was, I need not inform you. The fup
plyiig and discharging weirs fully avfwer my
expedations ;by their meant the canal may at
any time be filled or emptied'in a few 'hours,—
Each weir contains five paddles , three feet in
length £3* two iff an half in height, two of theft
are fujicient to fill IFood Creek with as miie.b
as is requisite for loaded boats navigating there
in.
WARREN, Oftober 7.
" Ixndon, July 3 [', 1797.
" MefTr6. Simon and Rufus Burr,
Warren, R. I.
" I have the pleasure of informing you,
that on Saturday last I received the amount
of the award in your favor, in cafe of the
Betsey, Burr, from the Britilh o-overnment
for which you will please to draw on the
per conveyance. The account will stand
thus 1
Award, £. 446 19 6
Interest * 1 April 15, '94,1
to July 1,'97, at 5 per cent. J '
518 13 7
Cost of suit, 14 4 10
balance due sterling, ,504 8 9
£5041.83. 9d. fter. equal to 2241 dol. 64cts.]
" It is neceflary that your drafts (hould
be accompanied by letters of advice. I aui,
gentlemen, your obedient servant,
SAMUEL- BAYARD."
BALTIMORE, Oft. 16.
BOARD of HEALTH.
BURIALS
In the weft part of Baltimore, heretofore
called the town—for the last twenty-four
hours—ending this morning at fun-rife :
1 Adult, 1 Child.
Burials in the east part, called Fell's
Point, See. including the Potter's Field :
4 Adults, -- 3 Children.
(Signed) Joseph Townlend, clerk.
O&ober 13.
PHILADELPHIA,
WEDNESDAY Octobfr 18.
CITY HOSPITAL REPORT,
From 17th to 18th Oil. in the morning.
Admitted, since last report,
Henry Pitcher—Lombard-street, between
sth and Chefnut-ftreets
Charles Harkins—3d street, 2 doors from
German street
Margeret Henfcy—Vernofrftreet
Discharged, since last report,
SufAna Monks—admitted 71b ultimo
Susanna Brown 19th
Charlotte Brown 2 2d
Catharine Gallagher 24th
Sarah Robinson 6th instant
Haniiah Jamifon 4th
James York lyth
Margaret Groflcup 29th ultimo
Ledy Carney ' 29th
Died since last Report.
I how long ill previ
| 011s to admittance.
James Fairch'ild, (48 hours) 5 days.
Remaining last report 46
Admitted since 3
♦ 49
Discharged 9
Died 1 10
r. • •tjr •. 1 fConvalefcentl 11 „„
Remain in Hospital. -j 2 g c 39
Four of whom are dangerous.
In erred since last report.
From city aud suburbs 8
, Hospital 1
Total 9
Stephen Girar».
(Signed) Caleb Lownes.
John Conhelly.
Published by order of the Board,
Wm. MONTGOMERY,
Chairman pro tem.
Married, on Sunday evening last, at Au
burn, near Trenton, by the Rev. Mr. Hun
ter, Alexander Cuthaert, Esq. eldest
son of the Hon. Capt. James Cuthbert, .of
Berthier in Canada, to Miss Susan Stock
ton, daughttr of the Hon. Richard Stock
ton, Esq. late of Morvert, New-Jersey.
Died] —On Saturday last, ne;r Darby,
captain Benjamin Loxley, of this City.
[ Interments during the last 24 hoarj, end
uing- th»s day at 12 o'clpck,—Seventeen.
. Deathaon the iSthO&ober, 1793 —firty-
nine.
! 1 #Jj*
Interments' since obr lafk Remits, as col-
L-fted for this Gazette, from the Sextons
of the different Burying gf^wsds.
Adul.*. ' Children.
Quakers % o
Free Quakers* O O
German Lutheran o O
German Calvaries o I
FiiP, T'refbyt.-rian O O
Sec nri o I
Third'Pre/byterian 2 O
Scots l%* fbyt; rian O O
ACocjprc Church Q o
St. tVUryVChurch i+i o
Trinity O o
SwedW" 'jX -j t b„ »o
Jews , \ ■ A O
lVter\ Field o o
IVlomviuns o o
Baptists a o
Mcrthodift< o o
IJniverfali.'U o o
u o
Coatcs's o Q
City Hospital 9 o
Chrifl ChuitA o O
St. Peer's I o
S;' 4 Paul's o ©
»
Total 15 2
BUCKS COUNTY RETURN— 1797,
SENATORS.
John Shoemaker 1506
Joseph M'Clellan 686
Lindfay Coats, 435
REPRESENTATIVES.
Ralph Stover 2428
Isaac Vanhorne 2294
* Isaac Watson
Theophilus Foulke 1289
Israel Lanafter 1 27?
Gilbert Rodman io js
William B.uckrtKin 640
' sheriffs.
Daniel Thomas , , . , , .HJg. I
Phinehas Paxtan *y 4aeg
John Parker ' 943
coroner.—Cephas Cbilds.
commissioner —SaTrruel GilV' n ghartj.
* Nfw member. ( »
OF PEACE. s*
The present is a moment of anxious expecta
tion. On the ilTue of the negotiation between
Creat-3ri f ain and France," various intcrefts, public
and private, are lufpcndcd. Tho some of opin
ion, that peace between thpfepowfcrs will operate
the United St it?*, a 1 it will leave France at
liberty to chastise, or bring us to her feet, wv
arc of opinion that our em'jarrafTmcnti cannot be
encraafed by the event of peace. The commer
cial interests of Great-Britain, are cflenthlly blen
ded with thole of the United States, and it is not
poflible that lhe could cons. Nt tda facrifice so im
portant, in making a voluntary peace ; and France
knows that any other peace must be delusive and
momentary.
The intereft# of the United States, so far, there
fore, as those of Great-Britain are involved with
will be considered, and prsferved in a peace;
and, this idea extends to those interest in a degree
beyond calculation. Some persons have after ted
that Great-Britain is at so low an ebb that (he
must make peace, and that France will so far dic
tate the term*, as not to permit the United States
to be mentioned in the treaty. It is admitted that
France can continue the war so lonjr as internal
peae; can be maintained* The war liofv fuppom
lrfelf wherever it is ex'em'cd. The public; bur.
thensarenot encreafed by it, but'probaCly dimin
ished. It may be queried whether the £ubl ; c bur
thens have not, been
of the fcrmies to Fririce. The war er».n therefore
without doubt be cdntinr.ed 0:1 the part of France
—•England also can continue it. The diflolutio i
of her co* ttnontal connexions operates to enhance
her resources for nation rtn th it element where fne
is paramount. - France f?ouri(h by war. A
state of ho.'ility is unfriendly ro the great change
which ha> taken p'ace. It renders all attempt- to
reduce the new fyflcm to p.ra&iec so as tojfc c luce
a favorable contrail between the pivfent a*<d the
pad impra&ieaMe. The mas« of mankind reafcn
from their feelings; and Mr fling* in reserve, are
nevsr appreciated, while pre'ent evils arc aiwayt
th e worst that were ever endured,
The war mud therefore come to an end, ind
that fpecdily. France can never expeifl to be ;.ble
to make better terms; (he ntgrt f ia?eii on the pinna
cle of viilor) —if the golden opportunity b Inr'l, it
may pcv« r u-tu r n, and the <lay when the bjeflihgs
of freedom can be erjoyexl in France, mull.be in
definitely the are more
tartly 1 conceived rhaa { fhe great obfta
cl"« in the way of pe.icc are tha former Dut h pof«
feflions intha Fall Indies. Britain is I>renuocs to
retain them, l>ut cither power will cuk them
ratlur than break oft* the negotiation. A. third
attempt to negotiate wi 1 be impcfljble ;
the prefect must therefore fucceed.^
The Jacobins, to prove how completely tKcy re»-
femble their father, the devi*, pronounce the len
tence of condemnation, where peity acquits.
Mr. Hamilton's pamphlet, so far as it contains a
confeflion, is particularly otlious to the Jacobins —
Such an exaaiple is a mirror they cannot face.
Clodius accufat maechos i> a ftron«r phrafc of Ju
venaFs to express the absurdity of that mail, who,
guilty himfeif, criminates his neighbor. Whin a
trio of Boston demos undertake to revile Col. Ha
milton, because he Was seduced by Mr*. Reynolds,
he might exclaim* 44 gentlemen, it U extremely cu
rious that an intrigue ftiould be blamed by whore- %
mongers, adulterers, and even this publican."
f iValpole pap,
No news-papers were received from the
Eajlward of New-Tori by this day's mail—
No BoJlon papers have come to hand ftnee
Monday lajl. 4
GAZETTE MARINE LIST.
J Arrived at A*eiv»TTori. Pays.
Bhin Citizen, Whtaion, I ifbou 59
Schr. Nancy, Taylor, Aux Cayes
JnJi Published, and now Selling,
By BENJAMIN DA VIES,
At his-BoOK-SToRe, Nd Hi"h-Street,
The AMERICAN REPOSITORY
and
A if X ISA LJtRG fS ~ERforth UNIT ED STATES
FOR THE Y E Aft. 17^8:
Conrainirn complete and correct lilts of the Erecu
t vc, I cijilHtive and Judicir.ry l
DTP;\HTMEN'I 3 of GOVERNMENT,
And a Variety of life nl tables, r;cccffaiy to bt
Va'owii in < very State of ths Dniou.
Emiuilijbti w'tk I'x'o band[mt Engravingi,
One c,f >vluch is depiilive of a melancholy fccr.e
that occurred dur.ng the Americas v/ux.
Oi 1 .. 18.
From the XN. T.) Time Pifc's.
Doctor Caid\Veli ofPhilatlclpliia, in
publicly announcing his intention to difeon
tipiie his fn'sfcriotioa to Porcupine's- Ga
zette, appears afliduous to obviate any "eon
jedlure* which might thereby arise of h's "fa
vouring republican principles. He declares
hfrnfelf a zenloifs si : erid to the measures of
the late nail present administration ; and
that at tlie commencement of this moll ob
noxious gazette, it was,in his op'nion, (in
w*.ich, as well as the opinion now entertain
ed of it, all men of fcr.fe and refinement, he
Vays, wil concur with him) " a work of
great public utility, a repository of lifeful
fafls, of valuable principles, and acute and
ingenious speculations, good sense forming,
the body, and energy and correftnefs of
ftik the dress"—that on account of its re
cent ohange from nfeful and judicious satire,
to low vulgarity and abuse, producing, in
the present calamitous crifi3, mifehiefs never
to be atoned for by any pqffiblc future fcri vi
ces of the Editor, ■he has deemed it incum
bent on him no longer to encourage its cir
culation, and profefles hiir.felf ready, when
ever Mr. Porcupine's account againfl him
fliall be exhibited, .to difeharge the fame ct
fight. Most of this Editor's fubferibers, he
observes, are " men of considerable acqpi
fitions in fcicnce, of high refinement in li
terature, } .idges of (entiment, judges of
style, judges of every thing embraced in the
extensive region of talle."—lJe therefore
prsfumes condemn hiin, in his public ca
pacity, for his notorious want of delicacy in
not accommodating his paper to the talieof
his readers. Much fault is found with his
numerous quotations from the True BMton,
a paper, the condu&ors of which he deems
below contempt, wotwithftanding they ad
vocate those principles of order and found
policy which he w/fhes to preserve their as
cendancy in Britain.
If the Doftor has been eoir.njiiTioned by
the fubferibers at large to convey these
tvholefotr.e lefTons nfaothority to. Mr. Por
cupine's ear, it might not have been am:fs
explicitly to have said so ; if not, it may
well be conceived that all he had to do was
to withdraw his own name at discretion, and
leave other fubferibers (particularly those
who are men of tafie and science) to follow
their own inclinations. If Mr. Porcupine
chufes to offend them all, hirafelf, and not
the Dr. will be the fufferer. A friendly
hint 011 this fcrtre (though a liberty which
some men of delicacy wouldhefitatetoaffume)
might possibly have been well received if well
meant ; but for the doftor, without autho
rity, to take upon him the offic»of di3ator
general is aristocracy witj) a vengeance; he
might have spared himfeif his extraordinary
pains to repel suspicions of Jacobinism after
this specimen of an opposite temper. When
Mr. Porcupine wishes for advice in hit own
profeffion, he doubtless knows to whom he
is to apply for it : unsolicited counsel
would not, however, appear to less advan
tage in a less diftatorial garb.
But what can have rendered two avowed
ariflocrats so inimical to each other? vAp
pearances fceuv to indicate that the Doftor's
principles extend further than those of his
late colleague. Porcupine is friendly only
to political monopoly; but medical monopoly
(which with the Dr. is equally sacred) has
not yet, it fcetm, been adopted as a
his creed. Porcupine, though a medico-lay
man or swine (the Dr. will furnifh a suitable
term) has ventured publickly to give an p
pinion on a medical fubjett: He has for
oncfiqueftioned the propriety of Hood-letting,
and this ii held up as a crime never to be
expiated. If the one-has no right to haz
ard an opinion for the .good of his fellow
creatures on a medical fubjeft, what right
has the other, for the benefit of his feliow
fubferibers, to interfere in news-paper or
political fufc}e£ts? Neither of them lay claim
to infallibility; neiglvbctur's fare therefore
must reasonably be expected. Porcupine has
not profeffed any knowledge of medicine;
his opinions therefore do not appear in dif
puife: patients of found mind who compare
taem, when accompanied with reasons, with
those of a Physician, will judge for them
selves what weight to attach to each, and if
the u.lfupportcd opinions of one illiterate
person be preferred to those of.abody of the
faculty, it is an evil for which the alflifted
may demand pity, but for which the hon ■
eft enquirer cannot deserve ceafure, Ad
mitting Mr. Porcupine's motives to the be
nevolent, and the contrary ought not light
ly to be presumed, is he not to be commen
ded for his endeavours to prevent the contin
uation of what he really believes to be mis
chievous and fatal ? would fye not be crim
inally remiss in with-holding them? When
his opinions (hall have been experimentally
proved to be erroneous, all men liable to be
atcaeied with the prevailing diftuder will be
gainers by the discovery, and 4/il! become
c6nverts to bleeding when experience fliall
warrant its utility.
Dr. Caldwell contends that negle£l in ti
ling the lancet, or using it with too sparing
a hand, in the early stages of this diieafe,
is proved to be fatal by the frequent and
copious hemorrhages which in this cafe,
and not otherwise, nature too often ineffec
tually throws out for the patient's . relief,
owing to obftru&ions, the removal of which
has been too long delayed, Porcupine's in
famious and criminal paragraphs again ft the
practice, he observes, have, to !As owu
knowledge destroyed the lives of some citizens
three in (lance-, are-adduced where patients,
bow dead, have refufed to undergo the oper
ation, merely from the reading'if them; and
to this refhfal, under the otherwise favoura
ble symptoms of their complaints, he attri
butes their ceaih; every other practicable
means for their reeoveiy having been care
fully and anxioujly tried. So long a3 the
doctor's premised can he maintained, his
conclulio'ns are natural and necessary, but it
be admitted on the other hand that
those who advocate a cqntraiy practice,
would in the cases mentioned, infer that
bleeding would have accelerated the patient;
difoluticft. Eeeaufe the I?j:. thinks proper
to chsVgfe their ctsth to Porcupine, whom
hefcruplis not to arc life of crimin»l intc;i
tiou, he /iffres to taKe it fcr granted that
i the latter mult cut his throat in rcmorfe for
his crime, and that this without further ex
amination will effctbnlly phtcethe system
he advocates upon a firm and durable found
aticn. What njptivccan Mr. .Porcupine be
fuppofed-to have for wantonly fporii>.• g with
the live-, of,his fellows? Their deaths can
in no wife bentsCt him: If he does not con
tinue to .recommend a measure after experi-
(hall have proved it to be injurious, a
caution to refrain from a practice the good
effefts of which have, till lately, been ques
tionable even among the faculty (a mere ne
gative provision) is certainly less blameable
than some positive experiments which hare
been made Jjy physicians upon pitfents la
bouring under a new disorder. " Let the *
De-Jii have his due;" though Mr. Porcir
p'inc may aim at the definition of our li
berties, yet this has no connexion with an
aitack upon our lives.
A REPUBLICAN. \
Frcm the (New-Tori) Commercial Gazette»
Among all the writers on the plague which
has ravaged our sea-ports for some years
none appears to have noticed the method of
cure prescribed by Moses, in the 16th chap
ter of Numbers. A plague broke out in tlx:
camp of Israel ; which was then in a coun
try extremely fubjedt, as it is dill, to the
yellow fever, or plague. * The people were
alarmed, and murmured agflinlt Moses and
Aaron. [For the people were grumbleri
then, as they are now, ar.d laid every evil,
mora! and physical, to their rulers. Indeed !
this plague happened jufl after those jacobia
ical fellows, Korah, Dathan and Abiram, i
had been preaching liberty and equality, and i
had been fwalie«,td up alive.]
When Moses discovered the yellow fever
among the Israelites, he directed Aaron " to
take a censer and put fire therein, and put
on incense—and go to the congregation and ,
make an atonement." Aaron did so, and '
" he flood' between the dead and the firing,
and the plague was flayed."
On firll reading this, one would be resdjf
to call it a miraculous interposition of Provij
dence. But why fnould we resort to such
a conftruition of the passage ? The censer
was filled with incense burning. Now if w«
suppose a single censer only to be used, we
cannot suppose the power of it, either by
agitating the air or diffufing a wholefomi
perfume, to be equal to the effe£t mentisnj
ed,»viz. flaying a plague that had carried off
fourteen thotffand. But is it not probable
that vail numbers of confers were used, tho*
the high priefl and his censer are alone men*
tioned ? In the passage which relates to the
affair of Korah, great numbers are mention,
ed, and it is well known how much theyj
were used in the Jewish facrifices.
Combining a little philosophy with the
historical account qf that plague, we may
suppose that Aaron separated the sick and
dead from the well, into a diflant part of ,
the camp, and that he employed burning )
censers to agitate and purify the air. i
It is well known that fire creates a cir
culation of air and though it has been
asserted» that it is hurtful to kindle fires ia
infe&ed places, because they deflroy the
refpjrable qualities of the air, yet this iJ
not true, un[ef» in tight vefTtls. It is true
that flame deftfoys air; but it is only that
whifch comes in contact with it—and this
very circumflance is favorable, for by rfli
dering that portion in contaft with it- lighter,'
it rises, and the air bdlow rufr.es in to fill
Up the deserted place. In this way fire
creates perpetual circulation or adtion.
Now by a law of fluids, action ia neceP
fary to keep them pure, that is, all the in
gredients which cornpofe them combined/
By water and air lose their pu
rity—the parts separate and become un
u-holt some. Stagnant water becomes thick
and ofifenfive ; but we ar: that impure
and putrid water at sea, is cleansed and ren
dered perfectly fit for use, by agitation of
the vessel, or by being pcured from one
calk to Another.
In the fame manner air may be mixed
and purified by action. Fire creates aftion,
and should a city, during a plague, be kept
open, and every houMiolder be compelled
to keep two or three fires, it is extremely
probable that it would have a great effett
in purifying the atmosphere', and arresting
the power of its-contagious influence. '
It .is hot improbable that the aromatics
consumed in the Jewish censers, might be
ufeful in correcting the state of the air.—
Bub the chief effedt Was probably produced
by the aftion given to the air bp the fire and
the motion of the censers.
It ii desirable that we should avail our*
selves of all the scraps of ufeful knowledge
to be collected from ancient hiflory, as well
as modern experiments. Whatever we may
think of that old book, the bible, there is a
vast fund of ufeful fa£ts in the Levitical laws;
and particularly uffful for a people in hot
countries. All the washings ana purifica
tions, directed by Moses, had their use ;
and we, when we grow Wife enough not to
despise antiquity, (hall revive the praftice of
many bf the laws of Moses.
The by obeying the regulations
of Moses, escaped the diseases of the cli
mate—But the modern inhabitants of ~E
gypt, by naglectiagthe fame falutarj* rules,
perish with the plague by thoafands and
millions. And so (hall we in America, uu
lefi we change our habits of living, and our
"mode of build i'-ig cities. .
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Tept 8.