* ' iMt liffllCE. Ay-. : of 1 oh:i McQrzv.il, lite of hi tlsc Uate of Midland, rfec-.afW, are hereby re queiui to nifCt tl.c fa'ofcrilier in Denton, at Mr Benjamin bimicy's, on the 3<l TuefJay in May next, with thuir accounts prnperly attested, that there m«iy i>e nYivHcml (Iruck n faideftate. All who tieglift this notice will be after excluded, SAMUEL I.ECOMVTE, admir.iftrator. Caroline County, april Bth. JO 5 [4 Dolls. 75 Cts. j^eW^lLljeatre. Mfi Morris's Benejit. WEDNESDAY EVENING. May i, - WILL BK PRESKNTKD, (Never afted in America) A cel*hratcd COMEDY, called FALSE IMPRESSIONS. Written by the author of the ll r est-Irtdtan, Lfc. Sir Oliver Mr Warren. AleemoK, Mr ox , Scud, Mr Hernard. Earling, f/ Wignel.. Simon Single, Mr Morris. Firmer Gawdry, Mr D°wnle. jr aac , Mr Bliflett. p^.^ r ' Mr Warretl,jiin. i.'v ' Master L'Eftrange. fLk, Mr Warretj. Lady Cypr»f», Mrs Morris. JEn-.ily b'itzallan, Mrs Merry. Jetin? Scud, Mrs Fratoris. Mrs "Buckram, Mrs D*Slor. Rarhacl Williams, Miss L'Eftrange. End of the Comedy, (by desire ) 'will be,given a MUSICAL INTERLUDE, called THE CATCH CLUB; Or, The Sons of Anacreon. With charaflerifiic Scenery and Dtcorations, To which will be added, not afledthefe two years i-COMEDY, in two aftf. chlled LO VE- /l-LA-MODE. Written by Charles Macklin, Esq. Titkets to he had of Mr. Morris, No. 70, South Fifth Street, and atthcutual places. pOR SALE, -jj. THE Schooner NANCY, Thomas Rallam, Master, . „ . . BUii tiEN abowt7i tonsj is a flout, tlaunch bniit vessel, four years olil, and fails very fall. Aj :>:y tw JOSEPH ANTHONY & Co. diet apnl 5 »o, PROPOSALS, BY THI Injur ance Company of North America. For Insurance again ft Fire, on Dwelling- Koufcs, Ware-Hcufcs. a\>d other Building* (and bu Goods contawitfd in such Buildings) diftantfrom Philadelphia, in the United States. I. Cotnrttbrv lufurance*, on hazards of the firft Mass, w-It be undertaken at t premium of ahout hali ptr cent, per annum For extra hazardous riG}»<rs a larger premium will Ve required, which wiU vary according to circumstances, feidom ex ce'd:n ' oxie per cent, per annum ; but in some in il' .-cf s, where rhc property 'infvired is not only in its. if c'.tra hazardous, feut rendered still more so by 'he vicinity of extra hazardous building? and occupations, the premium demanded will be raised ar_,-r'lintr to ciicumflances. ■ ieufes sntl v* are-Houses, the walls and purti nons of Ttiic-h are wholly of stone or brick, well codflrufle'-i, so as to be guarded as well as may be Rpainlt fir6s from within, and free from extra ha- E-.r-.ov buildings and eccupations. in.their neigh-- lpnrlioyd. wiH be deemed hazardous of the firft c]af-, an,l may he insured te their full value. :JP) Good' ani' .V erch ndize, not o> an extra h:i7. ir.:pu» kind, ill calks, bales, or packages, 4e pftfl Cii'in fach huitd'ngs, to an amount not ex c<se ling 4000 dollars ; hut if more than thisfum I? required to be mfured in one tenement, an tionul premium will be required, in proportion to circumltaaces. I-lj ' ulurcnccs will also be made on buildings and gooif- extra hazardous, at premiums proportioned to rh« ril'que. But it is i-oi easy to arrange these unier particular heads or clafTes, so as to describe each with the necessary accuracy. Each cast mufl therefore he decidedupon accordingto the circum stances attending it; and these circumstances wili, 111 general, app'ar from the deft ription accompa uymg Buildings partly conflruited of hrick or stone, are p: eferable to those wholly wooder. And in both cases, the stile of building, how they are oc cupied, how they are fituste'd, the neighboring buildings, andhow occupied, are considerations to be taken into view. And with refpc& t© goods, their ten din cy, whether from their nature, or from the manner in which they are exposed, either to commence or to increase an accidental fire, and their liability in such state to receive damage by wet, or by sudden andhaPy removal, or to he sto len in time of confufion and hurry, are all cir cuniu.tnces of weight ; and the premiums mufl be projv>rtiened accordingly. P.I. The following conditiont are to be under stood by the parties. lit. The Insurance is not binding till the ftipu- Jpted premium be "aid ; but it lhall be deemed ef fectual from the tune of such payment and accep tance thereof, whether the policy be immediately figncd or not. 2d. Insurances may be renewed at the expira tion of the term of the policy, without further ex penses than the payment of the premium of there-, newed term, the circumstances continuing the fame a* they were tinder flood by the Insurers at the time the former insurance was made ; but the payment of the premium is eilcntial t© such renewal; and if the party infuredfuffers any time to elapse after the expiration of the former insurance, before he pays a premium'for the renewal, he isnotinfured during such time ; Hor can the insurance be renew ed on the former policy but by computing the commencement of th,e renewal fr»m thu expiration of the former insurance. The fubjeA of insur ance may ne/erthelefs be open to treaty for a new insurance. 3d. If aoy otherir.furance he made on the fame property ; it must fee made known at the time of application, otherwise the policy made on such ap plication will be void. 4th Guois hsld in tru(s, or on consignment, may b*: injured as such in a separate policy ; bat they aren<K te.be considered as infured«therwife. sth. This company will not be liable or accoun table fcr any loss or damage occ. Wed by any for eign invasion, ©rbyatty miliary or ufatped force or by I'e-al'jn of any civil commotion ; or occasion, edby gunpowd.r, aquafortis or other thing.ofth iikekind kept m the building, or amongll tire pro perty insured. 6th. Bills of Exchange, Bonds and other Secu re*, Title Deeds, Money, Bank anil other pto- miflVrv %ics, -are.isjft-tacliidei! '• nor are .painting*, ncda!*, jewels, gems antique ouriofittes, or mirrors exceeding the value of twin ty-five dollars each, to be coiifidered as lhfured one less particularly mcnti»ned and by fpecialagree mcnt. - 7th. No insurance will be made for a Shorter term than one year, nit for a longer term than fe vew years. Perfous choosing to inlare fur seven y«ars shall 1) fallowed one year's premium by way of difeount: One third of a years premium shall be abated in like manner on an insurance for three years. Bth. Lofles sustained by fire en prof erty injured, {hall be paid in thirty days after due prouf and li quidation thereof, without deduction. A defer iption of the property to be infiirod will be with «ach application, to be made Ijy a master carpenter and signed by him, as well ;ts by the owner of the building oi applicant for in surance, and attested Delorc a Notary or principal Magistrate, who will certify his knowledge ot the parties and their credibility. With refpeel to Houses and otner Buildings, ift. The site and positron ; describing the street or road on or near which the building itands ; its contiguity to water, and other cir cumltances relative to the extinguishment of fire in cafe of accident; and particulai ly whether any and what fire companies are eftablilhed, and engines provided) in the place or neighbourhood. 2d. The materials of which it is built, whe ther of brick, stone or wood, and what part of each, as well as to the outlide walls as inside or partition walls, and their refpe£live height and thickness ; the style of the roof and of what materials; howfecured by battlements or par ty wall» j what kind of acoefs to the top of the house and to the chimnies ; whether any and what eleftrie rods ; the number and kind of fire places ; and the kind of deposit for ashes. 3 d. [he dimensions of the building and how divided, and the style in which it is finilhed so as to enable indifferent persons to judge in what manner it is to be repaired or rebuilt in- cafe of injury ; the age and condition of the building, and how occupied, whether merely as a dwel ling house, or for any other, and for what pur pose ; also an eflimate of the value of the houle or building independent of the ground. 4th. Ti:e situation with refpe A to other build ings or back buildings, whether adjoining or not, comprehending at least one hundred feet each way : what kind of buildings are wrthin that diflance, how built, of what materials,and how occupied or improved, whether as dwel lings for private families or otherwise : whe ther any and wiat4rade or manufa&ory is car ried on, and particularly whether there be any extrahazardous articles used, or ufcilly depo sited in the house, or within the distance afore faid, and of what kind. Refpeiting goods in Houses, Warehouses, ic. I. A general description of the building in which they are kept will be expefled, Aniiter in all refpe&s, as to the danger from fi-e, with that required for Infuiance on the baildings themselves. i. A description of the kinds and nature of tie goods, whether in caiks or other packages, or opened ; and whether displayed in whole pieces or in the usual form for retailing. And if the goods vary materially in kind, a general estimate of the value of each kind proposed to be insured ; but in the last particular minuteness of description is not cxpeftcd. 3. Articles of the following kinds ai;e deem ed extra-hazard»us, though in various .degrees, in whatever building they may be placed, viz. pitch, tar, turpentine, rafin, wax, tallow, oil, inflammable spirits, sulphur, hemp, flax, cot ton, dry goods of an inflammable kind, open ed. —Glafef china ware or procelain, especially unpacked ; Looking glafles, jewelery ; arid all other articles more than commonly inflamma ble, or more than commonly liable to injury by sudden removal or by m»iftures, or particularly to theft on an alarm ol fire. Letters post paid, direfledto the Secretary of the Hoard of Direftors, will be duly attended to. An order for Insurance accompanied hy the means of paying the premium, will be imme diately executed on the premium being paid. If the application contain an enquiry only, is will be answered. By order of the Board, Ebenezer Hazard, see'ry. Office of the Insurance Company of North > America; Philad. Feb. I, 1798. ) feb 1 Notice is hereby given, THAT separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Depart ment of War, until the expiration of the 15th of July next ensuing, for the supply of a',l ra tions, which may be required for the use «f the United States, from the firft day of O&ober, 1799, to the thirtieth day of September, 1800, both days inclulive,'at the places and within the two diftrias herein after firft mentioned ; and also that separate proposals will be received at the said office until the expiration of the ijth day of July next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required as aforafatd, from the firft day of January in the year 1800, to the.tbirty-firft day of December in the fame year, both days inclufive,at the place and with in thefeveral Hates herein after mentioned, viz. pirjf—propofals to supply all ritions, that may be required, at Ofwego ; at Niagara ; at Prefqu'ifle ; at Michilimackinac ; at Fort Franklin ; at Le Boeuf ; at Cincinnati; »t Picque town, and Loramies stores j at Fort Wayne; at Fort Defiance ; at any place below ' Fort Defiance, on the Miami river to Lake Erie , at Fort Knox, and Ouaunon on the river Wabafl); at MafTac ; at any place or -places oh the east fide of the river Miflifiippi, I above the mouth of the river Ohio, and upon the Illinois river. •Woni-propofals to supply all rations that may be required, a: any place or places, on the east fide of the Mifliflippi river, below the mouth of the river Ohio to the fauthern boun dary of the state of Kentucky and within the said state ; at Knoxville ; at ill other potts and places within the state of TennefTee ; at South Weft Point ; at Tellico Block-house, at St. Stephens on the river Tombigby and any place or places wiihin the Cherokee boundaries ; be low the fauthern boundary of the state of Ten nessee and within the boundary of the United States. Third—Proposals to supply all rations that may be required, at Point-Felre; at Coleraine ; at Savannah, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be flationed, marched or recruited within the flare of Georgia ; at all forts or Aations on the Oconnce and Alatamaha, and at all.other places in the Creek Nation, within the limits of the United -State?, where troops are or may be stationed.. Fourth —Proposals to supply all rations that may be required at Fort Johnson, at Fort Pinck ney, at Charteflon, or at any other place or places where troops are or may be Rationed, marched or recruited in the Aate of South Ca- rolina. Fifth— Proposals to supply all rations that' may tie required at the Fort at Wilmington, Cape Fear ; at Beac n Island, Ocracock j at Charlotte; at Fayettevillcj at Salilbury, or at any other place or places where troops are or may btf Ititioned, marched or recruited in the llale of North Carolina. > % Sixth- rPvopofiJs to iiippty att rjttd&'tlut irvay be required at Norfolk* at Pqrtfin«,iil«, It Ktrapfyille, at Char ouevilir, at Winelieffer, at "Staitpton, at Richmond, at Alexandra, at Lees- burg, at Frcdericklb'irg, at CarterfviHe, or at any other place or places wlitre troops are or may be flat ioued, marched or recrui:ed, in the Seventh —lVopofals to f'ippty all rations that may he required at Port M'Henry, at Baltimore, at Annapolis, at Frederick town, at Leonard town, at Hagers town, at Bladentburg, at George town, it Harper's terry, at Eiltown, at the of Elk, and at any other place or short Essay oil the Origin of the Yellow places, where troops are or may be ftaiioned, fever, wbic/b has appeartd in the towns marched or recruited within the limits ot the Uniud Stat(s 0 f America . tlateof Maryland. . . Eighth —Proposals to supply all rations that MANY erroneous opinions having been I may be required at Fort Mifflin, at P'niladel- circulated in Europe rfclative to the Yellow phia, at Dai by, at LancaJler, at V. ilkefbarre., at ; p evei . j n America, I think it' neceffafy that Heading, at Brißof, at Yorktow : the lituatiou of a country-with winch we at'Lewiflown (Mifflin connky) at Bedford, at , / "* „ ' \ r - F.ftowo at ' lave 1° many tonne-ftions, (honid be well Greenfb'rc, al VVafniiig'on,'at Laltown, at ; _ > , at Chrt!lia..a, at Dover, or at any u,.deiibod ; and 1 take the liberty, (far* other place or places where troops are or miy tore, to request you will pubiiUi a tew obier be Rationed, marched or recruited within the rations which I have been able to collect limits of the {fates or Pentilylvinii and Dcla- from a long rellience in the United States, ware, except the polls within the state of Penn- particularly at Philadelphia, while the fever fylvania, enumerated in the hrft propola > a ore- tbcre ; n ln jj t rorn authentic in- Ninth-Propofal, to fupplv all rations that • 'T 11"C.e,rst«ved may he required at Hackenlac, at Elizabeth I Ihc yellow lever, like the plague, is cer town, at New-Brunfwick, at Burlington, at tain I y a dilorder originating- in the warm Woodbury, at Trenton, and a r any other place climates ol Alia or Africa, from whence or places where troops are or may be Rationed, both ot them maybe clearly traced: the marched er recruited within tha limits of the plague itf.lf was firll introduced into Europe Rate of Jersey. , . iu some degree by the armies returning from Tenth—Proyofals to supply all rations th« rna y Cpulactcs b t thlefl b commtrt & e . far be required at New-York, at Weft-Point, at Fluth- ' nJ l t ' ine, at Hacrlem, at West-Chester, at Poughkecp- ".any ages it ravaged most 6f the European fie, at Kenderhook, at Stillwater, at Newburg, at j cities, particularly the commercial ones: Albany, at Conejoharie, at Cherry Valley, and at i in London it prevailed fourteen different any o-her place or places, white troops are or I t ; n , es -with dreadful violence, between the may-be Rationed, marched or recruited within the ; re ig- ns of Edward 111. (when it wasfirftin- Umits o'the iiate of New Y P"' * i troduced) and George I. when the quarantine within the said state yiumerated in the Srlt pro- ' o 1 ptsfals aforefaid. I lawS WCre [ thcle which Eleventh—Prapofals to supply all rations that seem to have been generally adopted about may be required at Hartford, at Hebron, at New , j a (t period have ever lince pieferved Eu- London, at Bro klynn, at Wyndham, at Litchfield ropc trom the plague, and confined it to the at at New-Haven, at Fa ' at ° a ". countries of the tail, where the warmth of bury, at Mwidletown, and at any other place or places where troop» are or may be Rationed,march- climate, and manners O* the people, still keep ed or recruited within the limits of the State of it constantly alive. Connc&icutt. In a iimilar manner the yellow fever was Twelfth —Proposals to supply all rations that introduced into the Weft-Indies, by the A may be required at Fort Wolcott, at Brinton s d nQW bcto , ne alt 0 Point, at Newport, at Providence, and at any l > place or places where troops are or may be ftatio» the Islands, whole warm climate keeps it in ed, marched or recruited within the limits the of continual cxiftence ; in time ot peace the flaffc of Rhode Island. eafc of removing from it, renders it little | Thirteenth—Proposals to supply ail rations that dreaded, and prevents its extenlion ; but may be requi, ed at Port land m the Diftria of Maine the inhabitants are con- Gloucaftcr, Cape Ann, Salem, Marblehead, 80l "" b • ton, at Springfield, at Uxbridge, and at any other fined in besieged towns, and neets ar.d ar place or places where troops are or may be Rati n- mies maintained in lituations so favorable to ed, marched or recruited within the limits of the difcale as {hips, camps, bariacks a,id bofpi ftate of MafTachuferts. tals, its. rages with uucontrotable violence. Fourteenth -Proposals to supply al rations that £u - |£ rercrved f roul it by the iength may he required at Portfinouth, at Exeter, at t r / Windsor, at Bentjiiigton, al Rutland, or at any ot the voyage from the Weft-Indies, and Fort, place ot places, where troops arc or may ha perhaps by the fleets arriving generally in sea- Rationed, marched or recruited withinthe Statesof s ons fufficiently cold or damp to check it ; New-Hampßiire and Vermont. (but the immense comraerte of the United she Ration to he is to confißofthe Sute {hortnefs ot the voy*ge, following articles, viz. outers ot bread . \ . , ; or flour, or when neither can be obtained, of one which is little more than a fortnight, reu quart of rice, er one ami a half pound of fifted or ders the Wsft-Indies to them the fame source j boulted indian meal, o:ie pound and a quarter of 0 f contagion that the Levant is to Europe, frelh t»eef, or one pou .d o! lilted beef, or thrte During the prelent var, tlioug'h ti.e fever quarters of a pound of lilted Pork, and when frelh , ft f Iflal)ds ; t has bien meat is issued, fjlt, at the rate of two quarts for h . t ' evrey hundred rations, soap ac the rate of four more severely felt in the French, particular pounds, and candles at the rate of a pound and a ly Gwadaloujx* and St. Domingo, which half for every hundred rations. have been the principal scenes of military o- It is expeAed the propolals will «lfo extend to pe ra tion. With thele Illands the American the supply of rum, whiflcey, or other ardem pi- tommer(x . | iai been chiefly conduced to a rits at the rate of. ball per ration, and Vine- ' . gar at the rate of ru-o qmm tor every hundred degree lar beyond all former tiroes : as it rations. The proposals will fpecify the price of Confifled very much in carrying provisions, the several component parts of the ration, as well it has been prosecuted to ports and fleets in as those of fubftitutei or ,alternatives tor parts f ucb situations, as to render it impoflible thereof. to escape contagion : and the vessels in their The rations are tp be furnifted in fnch quantities • 5 I, j j -.e as that there {hall at alltime., during the term of «turn being generally crowded with paffen the proposed contrails, be fufficient lor the con- gers, with baggage, and every fpecics ot funiption ot thetroopßat Michilimackinac, Detroit goods, have perhaps constantly conveyed it Niagara and Ofwcgo, fot'fix morths in advances, l JO uie : when it has arrived during the win and at each of the other posts on the western wa- moderm fc#fons it has doubtKfs ters, for at least three months in a ot gooa and Wholesome provisions, if tha f.meftiall he re- been destroyed ; but during the heat of fum quired. It is also to be permitted to all and eveiy raer, it lias produced the ravages we have of the commandants of fortified places, or posts, heard of. to call for at seasons when the lame can be tranf- Although advantage has been taken of j ported, or at anytime mcafe of urgency, fuchl'up- ever y cipcumfUnce which could--admit of plies of like provisions in advance, as in the difare- doubt and dlfficul that m ; ght bc f uppo f c d tion of the commandant {hall be deemed proper. J . . e> rr It is to be understood that the contraflor is to be to occur, in traces the origin ot the tever m at the expence and rifle of ilTaing the fuppliea to some inftanc.es, from the crews of vessels bf jhe troops, and that al! lodes, sustained, by the dispersed, or goods fold to a variety of depredations of an enemy, or by rceans of »he different perfans, and removed to places dif troops «f the United States, (hall be paid for at the fronl th( . f whfrc th wcrc firft l an . price of the article captured or dellroyeu, on tne . , / • , depositions of two or more pcrfons of creditable ded, lo that the contagion might appear in uharaifers, and the certificated a commiflionsd many places at once, yet thetc is not only the officer, aftertaining the circumstances of the loss, nioftpolitive pi oofs of tlie introduction of it and the amount of thearticlep, for which comptn- manner, in every instance where it has fation (hall be claimed. attacked the United States, but the strong- The privilege is to be. be reserved eft coHatcral evl dence, arifnig from the i to the United States of requiring, thar none of the . ' 6 supplies which may be furnilhad under any of tie dentity of the disorder, and from a variety of proposed contrails (ball be issued, until the supplies other fails. which have or may be furniftied under contrails The idea ofits originating in the United now in force have beenconfumed, and that a sup- States, was firll raentione jbv a phylician of ply in advance maybe always required at any of p hiladelphi in I? who is remar kable the fixed pcft's on tne Sea-bo:.rd or Indian frontiers . 1 ' ■ - J ' \ , r , . not exceeding three months. for the "xentrititv and enthuhafm of his ' iv/urf is>tTT?\TT? i r fyftenii, which weie prosecuted almost to a M H&UKI, d of infanitv, contrary to the general Secretary of War. opulion of tlie £ aculty , an | t he good sense of the citizens at large : to tliefe ev ery fad! was perverted or overlooked. Un fortunately too, the rivallhip and jealoulyof the other towns of the continent, of a city which was so eminently leading in its com merce and population, at firft led them to attribute the fever to causes existing there, until they were themselves attacked by it, and found from whence it originated ; thus the opinion has been circulated to an extent fcarcelytobe reached bv the numerous fafts which disprove it. In examining the origin of the Yellow Fever, it is neceflary ftriflly to difenminate it from difeafet of an inferior tribe, such as intermittent, bilious and putrid fevers, and others of the like kind. Thcfe undoubtedly originate from causes immediately depen ding on reason, ©r local situation ; and the Cities of the United States are fubjeft to them in the fa-ne manner, though not in a greater (kgtee than those of Europe : but the Ye'low Fevtr, which is unquestionably of the fame tribe as the Hague, is not only traced lik«that disorder, and the Small Pox by a regular process of contagion, hut it is so different, and so far niore txteufive in its effefts, thai whenever it has appeared, it is marked with charaiSers which prove its en tire dillindtion from the lefler tribe of local diseases. mcrch 29 ELECTION. Pennsylvania Hospital, 4tb mo. 4, 1799. The Contributors to this institution, are hereby notified, agreeably to the Charter of Incorporation, that a genera! tleftion will be held at the Hospital on the 6th day of the sth month 1799, being the second day of the week, at * o'clock, P. M. for twelve Managers, and a Treafurerfor the enluing year. By order of a Board of Managers, SAMUEL COATES, Sec'ry. To Printers or Publijhers. ONE of the moll lucrative eftabiifmnents. in (lie above lines of business in the United States, is now offered for sale on liberal terms The establishment confifta of the publication of a very extensive circulating, commercial News- Paper, in a capital city j and an office furnifhetf with letter ftifficient for the execution of other work. 1 Further particulars may be known on appli cation to A. B. No.. 47, north Third-fired'; lint none, other than principals, or peribns fully enabled to make, a purchase «f Come conlidera ble magnitude will be treated with. April 23. %\ je ©ascttc. ftiILADELPtiIA , WEDNESDAY JiVENIMG, MAY I Front ibe London Morning Chronicle, eodt6m Though the Yellow Fever is a disorder the.fame clsf3- as the Plague, it is for infc■ rior in malignity : no time or art has njate. :<S>: January 17. rislly IciTened the definition of i*.e PI- , even in those countries where it t( iiflcn v exists ; while the Yellow Fever is to ri : U reduced in the Weft-Indies to the puvei-r ..f medicine, as not to be dreaded by thcnativ. 3 more than other disorders, and is chiefly fa tal to strangers. Its extensive cffefts in North America might perhaps be adduced as one proof of its novelty and origin from a for icn cause ; but, even in its word ap pearance, the proportion of individuals who recover is considerable ; and, in 1793, was known to attack whole families, without the loss of a single person. No regulations in Europe proyed.efle&ual to relieve its Cities from the Plague, until quarantiiKS were generally adopted, and ma ny ages pafied before they were established with such rigour as to render them effedtua!: the dreadful prevalence of the disease at Marseilles, and other towns, in the begin ning of the present century, seems at last to have occasioned the present laws, which are perhaps the most severe, and heft executed of any thai ex ft ; the partial regulations of the kind in the United States have doubt* less been attended with very good effe&s, but as yet they have never been adopted with the rigour of Europe, and ♦vafions have been too littls noticed, or punished. The cities of the United States have now existed, many of them near two centuries, and Philadelphia itfelf more than one ; du ring this period, by clearing and cultivating the country, they have overcome all the na turaldifadvant .gesofnew situations and have decreased in local and autumnal difordero, insomuch that their bills of mortality prove them to be as healthy in general as the ci ties of Europe ; bat at no period since their existence have they been ravaged by difor i ders similar to the Yellow Fever, until with- in a few years pad—it is impoffib'.e there, forego fuppole, that a climate which for so many years, and under more disadvantages than it now labours, could thus all at once, er gender disease;, of which the history of mankind docs not furnifh a fimilir instance. In the year 1760, during the French war, the Yellow Ftverfirll appeared at Philadel phia, and wjs traced to arise frum the clothes of a young man wha died of it in Ja-> maica, which were feut to his friends in Philadelphia ; those friends were the firft who died of it, and though it extended to othcrt, its ravages were not very extenfire. It was not afterwards known in America, until the year 1793, when in the month of June* a great number of -veflela who wefe At Cape Francois, during the dreadful capture of it by the negrpes, brought away from it all the wretched inhabitants that escaped; many of these vessels arrived at Philadelphia in July, full of passengers, and goods of eye? ry description ; in the latter end of tht fame " month the fever broke out is the lodging houses which accommodated the crews, of those veflcls, and among th'_ Shipwrights who repaired thein—lb minutely was this fa ft ( investigated, that the firft persons who died of • were the sailors from these lodging houses, and nearly all the families of one or ' two ship carpenters ia whose yards the vef lcls were refitted. The quarantines which were immediately' established, and the attention to every cir tunaftaricc that could increase the health of the city, and prevent communication, pro bably preserved it for the ensuing four years, as it did not appear there again until 1797 ; in the mean time, however, other-towns were attacked by it. In 1794 it appeared at Baltimore, where it was breught by a veflel from the Weft- Indies ; it broke out, and was nearly altoge ther confined to a part of the town, seated on a high poiat of land, and on a wide river, which forms the port, distant near a mile from the city itfelf, to which it was fcarccly communicated. In 1795 appeared in New-York, when it was alio traced to have arisen from a Weft India veflel. In 1797 it again appeared in Philadelphia, and v. as clearly traced to a veflel from St. Domingo, as it broke out at the Quay where liie was unladen, and among the merchants and others who were about her ; on this oc caiion much blame seems to have been im puted to the phylkian of the port, and to the want of proper vigilance in tf!e health offir cers. During the last fnmmer it has appeared, not only in Philadelphia and New-York, but in many other of the commercial towns, ia all of which, it is not icnily traced to the causes I hafe mentioned, but the following fails have occurred to flipport its foreign origin : First, It appeared in no town which had not had some immediate connexion with the Weft Indies. 2dly, Since the vessels from the Weft Indies have been prevented reaching Phila delphia, it has broke out in all the little towns and out-ports on- the river Delaware, where they have been obliged to unlade their cargoes ; while it has never appeared either in the country towns near them, or these near the metropolis. 3<ily, It has ravaged the -{mailer towr.s t9 which it has been thus introduced, nenrty in as great a p proportion as the great cities. - 4thly, It has been more felt in the towns of the Middle and Northern Starts, in the most favourable iituations, but who carry on great trade, than in those of the Southern states, unqueflionably in less healthy climates, but with le£s commerce. "The history of the plague, the small-pcx, and difordrrs of the lame tribe, are hot ®nly regularly traced, but the authorities agree that they never originated in the cities ef Europe, and that the caufcs which create the smaller diseases are not adequate to pro duce them : but, of all the reasons a'Jigned for the Yellow' Fever being of local origin, there is none which is general to the many places in which it has appeared in the United States, i;or none vhich donotexift in a far greater degree in most European cities.- Great population, crowded greets, filth, and want of common l'ewers, &c. it theyexiiicU in the greater towns, could not influence the fmjller ones and low or unhealthy fit'iat.ions
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