v LONDON. I
The Tellotu Fever at Philadelphia.
FVom the Gentleman's Magazine.
SO matiy different'opinions have 'pre- i[
■vailed the origin ot its fymp- p
tottis and medical treatment, that, at b
this mo me fit, conjedture ts nearly as c
VSguc as when the relation of the pre- o
Valence gf the difeale was iirft coaisu- h
nicatedi d
In any sudden catastrophe, or flrange ii
the mind is apt to adduce a
the tirit obvious cause to explain aft ef- I
fe£t. The Philadelphians, inexperi- t
enced in the calamities of. p'eftilen'ce, a
and agitated by its lapidity, ascribed i
<vhat was lo deeply felt within theinfelves r
to some circumlbmce immediately with- j:
their own cotJt'enH>lation 5 and they, f
for a ttuUvelle difeale, searching for a r
non-veil; cauftr', the French refugees from V
St Lomingd, Who amounted to about c
t0,b06 persons within the limits of t
Philadelphia, were refort'ed to in the t
present dilemifia) at the fame time,
these very- people*, except the youth, r
Were the nealtKiett residents in the city, f
scarcely excluding the negroes, who r
braved infedtion almost with impunity. (
The Pliihidelphians had but just affum- «
ed the language of investigation, before t
they saw the futility of ascribing an ef- :
fetl to a cause that only existed in con
jedture : they relinquiftled the emigrants <
Of Hifpaniola for damaged coffee, pu- <
trid Vegetables, ajid other sources equal- 1
l'y futile. I exculpate the affrighted
Americans ; they were, and are at this
moment 1 believe, ignorant of the ori- '
gin, and early progress of this infecti
ous disease, and naturally fought for ;
causes withih their immediate <
tion. Its origin I presume to explain) ;
not so uuch with a view to gratify cu
'riofity as, by a detail of its rapid ex
tension in a climate parallel with our
own, to ex,cite that alarm, which may
infpira, precaution,, and produce means
of prevention. In the following detail,
I may not be perfectly accurate as to
dates withih a day or two ; but I trull
this will not invalidate the general accu
racy of the following relations.
About two years ago, a number of
deluded peifons of this kingdom, and
chiefly inhabitants of this city, among
whom a spirit of enterprise is prevalent,
adopted thefrheme of forming a fettcle
ment on the Uncultivated island of Bulam
off the continent of Africa. They em
barked without the suitable requisites for
the occasion, without poflkfiing the least
claim to the place of their dellined in
heritance. Various diftrelfes supervened
arrival, and sickness soon diflipated their
hopes, and thinned their numbers; and
to augtnent calamities* the Africans r£-
fenting this encroachment upon their
territories* attacked the improvident in
vaders. Some got to Sierra Leona-; the
remnant purchased the precarious liber
ty of i'ettlement. With ruined fortunes
and disappointed projedts, this miserable
remnant at length failed from this feat
of disease and famine in the Hankey,
Captain Cox, to Grenada. The vessel
. arrived off Grenada about the middle of
February, and anchored at some diitance
from the tier of (hipping. At this
period there was no prevailing disease
among the (hipping, ot upon the whole
island of Grenada. In a sews days the
Hfinkey was brought nearer into land,
and moored in the tier of merchantmen.
On the very next day a fatlor in the
next ship adjoining the Hankey (hewed
symptoms of fever; and soon after
many others were attacked in a fiuiiliar
manner ; afid early in April, a co'nfider
able part of the white inhabitants of
Grenada laboured under-the disease, and
by the end of Augult one half of the in
habitants fell vidtims to it.
Mod of the miserable passengers from
BulanT died in the course of the voyage.
The survivors not only came ashore,- but
the cloaths of the deceased passengers
weve actually landed; It was indeed,
early observed that, so great was the
mortality anlong those who visited the
Hankey,that at length nOnebut neg.roes,
who were very little liable.to this fever,
SdminHtered to the necefGties of the
ship': for the original crew wa6 ! nearly
extindl.
From Grenada it 'visited Tobago,
where it was more fatal than at the
former Island, and some time aftetward
it appeared at Antigua, and likewise at
St. Kitts. In this hiilory of the progress
of the difeaf?, it is certain, that these
islands were infected before the disease
was noticed in Philadelphia, as will be
further proved.
Antigua, although one of a clufler
of about 60 Islands, is, 1 believe, void,
or nearly so, of any springs of water :
It is peculiarly dry, and depends upon
the clouds' for. the supply of this efien
tial fluid, which is preserved in ca(ks for
domestic use. Here, however the dif-
«afe was not less fatal thafi at Gtenada,
both among the inhabitants and the m
seamen. Wherever the disease appear- m
ed, it spread rapidly, whether the I- 0
Hand was low or high, tnoifl or dry ; tis
arid not onlv so, buj: among teamen 11 n- tli
connect'id with the land ; a remahiable bt
inltante of which occurred in the tlx- ec
r n - •> -1 v
periment man of wurji oit iingl.lh nac- i" :
hour in Aiu g'ia. " Not having hei j '>■
compliment ot guns, fne at this time, |
only had 100 seamen on boa d, ail ;n lp
health ; In ffiakifig the harbour, (he h
drifted so much that Capt. Kelly, then ac
in port sent oft his long bosrt to hpr g 1
afiiltahce. The next day one of the "
Experiment's men was attacked with a l
this fever, and 011 the succeeding day fr
another. This alarmed the Command- et
irtjV officer, who deeming the sea air
might prove salubrious, and (lop the tl
progress of the infection, put off to di
sea : in vain however, was this appa- ti
rently judicious condudt ; before a week
Vvns elapsed, he returned with extreme b
difficulty, from the ticknefs of his crew, rr
to the Englith harbor, whence he drew b
the oiiginal poison. b
It is evident, from the bed infor- ft
mation, conveyed by numerous letters ti
from Philadelphia, and from the accu- ti
rate publication of Matthew Carey, one
of the surviving committee men of this te
eit-y, that the appearance of this infeo w
tious disease was some months after the ft
arrival of the Hankey at Grenada ; for al
Dr. Hodge's child was the firft vidtim ti
of it at Philadelphia, and he was attack- d
ed on the 26th or 27th of July, and
died on the 25th of Augufl. P
The only French (hip which the d
Americans fufpedled of infedtion, was, A
the privateer Sans Culottes Marfellois, h
with her prize the Flora, which arrived
at Philadelphia the 2?d of July. A few h
days prior, arrived a vessel from Toba- c
go, Which had loft nearly all her Itands ti
by a malignant fever. In the river (he f
(hipped frefh hands, many of whom died, g
From this (hip the Americans received 1;
the fatal poison.
From the relations hereto communi- d
cated to us, the disease transplanted j b
from Bulam to Grenada was effsntially j e
the fame as that likewise so fatal at Phi- j c
ladelphia. The yellow tinge of the skin, j t
the symptoms dnd cent, and the fame- ' r
ness of the tldiths, all combine to con- . I
vey this conviction. The unhappy |
Frenchmen, driven from S. Domingo, ;
and inhabiting a part of Philadelphia U
analagous to our Wapping, were next | !
to the negroes moll exempt from t his t
very disease, which they have been falle- 1
ly accnfed of propagating* The negroes
of the Englifft Welt-India iflmnir, like
those of the American continent, march
ed through the infected ranks almoll
with impunity. The Hland ot Hifpa
niola,and I believe every other French
island, lias efenped the ravages df this
febrile poison : and hence, ffom every ■
consideration, I am bold to conclude,
that with neither Frenchmen nor Atne- ,
ricans did it originate, but from Eng- ,
li(hmen alorje, driven from the impure ,
island of Bulam, in the manner, and
under such circumllances, as I have al- ,
ready dated.
It is unnecessary here to advert to
" the incessant intercourse between the
little American barks, and all the At
; lantic ocean, in carrying flour, (laves,
cattle, and provisions, to every key and
criek.
It is remarkable* that although (and
, I speak it upon indubitable authority )
. one half of the whites of Grenada and
; Tobago have died, we have heard less
1 rumour or alarm in London, about this 1
- dreadful fatality in our own colonies, I
r than from America. It may perhaps
. be owing to various circumllances r al
f though this fever has been certainly dif
i ferent in some rtfpedls from the com
. mori-yellow fever of the Welt-Indies,
yet at the fame time that there existed
1 much analogy, less wonder and terror
. would be excited in these islands than
t on the continent, where its novelty and
i fatality mult be terrible to the imagiria
, tion : and so it proved; for without
e doubt, many were deserted the mo
e ment disease appeared, as vidtims not
i, only of certain death, but ot deadly
, contagion.
0 The fleet whrch loads in the Weft
y Indies, especially in the time of war,
when under convoy, seldom arrives in
1, Europe till midsummer, so that the full
e relation from the islands is sometimes
d anticipated by arrivals from the Ameri
.t can Continent. These circumstances,
Is and the greater frequency of sickness
e and fatality, in the Weft-Indies, and"
e consequently less agitation, 011 the pre
e sent event, may have occasioned the
comparative silence, from a quarter whcie
•r the deaths have been really proportion-*
!, ally higher than on the continent.
It has been noticed, that the fymp
n toms and fatality were so similar as to
1- authenticate the sameness of infe&ion.
>r We have not been favored with any
f- diflections of the victims of it. Dr.
Ph.yfic, and another medical gentleman,
mentions the (lomach, as exhibiting the
must obvious marks of disease, the vif
cits being very much inflamed, and par- t
tictilarly tht; Cardia. The substance of
the liver did not appear much diseased,
out the gall bladder was greatly diltend
ed, and the acrimony of the bile so vi
j uknt as to excoriate the lkin wherevei
■ it came in contact.
5 The dlfTcctions '.n the Welt-Indies
i speak chiefly of the turgefcence of their
liver and gall bladder, aild mention the c
acrimony as less coniiderable, but in a
great measure exonerate the itomach
from .any i.iflamation of the vifcus, as it
appeared in Philadelphia, it might arise «
from the acrimony <h tlie bile, and tile
efforts and action in vomiting. c
As to the treatment of the d.kafe,
the phyiicians in Philadelphia as wjdely t.
differ, as the antiphlogittic and con-ial
treatments. .
Some phyficiaris, who are said to have
bfen very fucceisful gave ,opium, anti
mony and calomel, to act the ikin j v
but whether any beneficial effed't would
be derived from mercury, in an acute t
state of the disease, is not ascertained, e
tho' fweatrng from the above combina- t
tion might seem salutary. 1
Profeffor Kuhn informed me by let- '
ter, that when he had been consulted, a
within 24 hours from the attack, he t
found bark wine and cordials, in gener- t
al fuccefsful; but th&t, if his mode of t
treatment was not adopted by the 4th j
day, his patients umfoimly died.
Tlie accounts from the
prove that evacuations upwards and
downwardsj with diluting nutrition and
fluids, were fahitary ;■ venefeition was <
however avoided. c
Captain Sitnes affiired me, that whilst t
his veflel lay off Greneda, 17 °f ;
, crew, out of 28 infe&ed, recovered by J
this treatment ; and I hacl a similar in- 1
formation, by a gentleman from Ar.ti- '
gua, who left that island in November '
laft,when the disease was still prevalent, «
I enquired particularly, whether free ]
■ drinkers were less liable to the disease ;
1 j but here no certainty could be ascertain
• j ed, as several instances were recollected 1
• j of families and lodging houses, in which
, J the fatality was frequently greater a
■ ' mong the intemperate ; and on the bther
. [ had, where these almost alone tfcaped.
-| All agreed that Grangers, and thoft
, ; who were young particularly, were more
»t liable to catch the fever,, except among
t I the French in Philadelphia ; who, al
-3 ; though strangers iri the Continent, were
- - naturalized to the Weft-India climate.
• UNITED STATES.
t RICHMOND, July 16.
• By the Governor of the Commonwealth
1 of Virginia,
s A PROCLAMATION.
f ~r Ir 7" HEREAS 1 have received in
, V V formation that some wicked and
- evil disposed person. or persons, whose
- names arc .did on the night
e of the 20th of June last, felonioufly
I fteiil and take away Two CHILDRFN
- of PEGGY HOWELL' a free mu
latto, living in the County of Charlotte
5 with a design as it is supposed, to fell
e them in fo'me of the fieighbouring States
■- as (laves (the naities and description of
'» the children are contained in the Hue
d and Cry subjoined :) And whet'eas th e
rights of humanity are deeply intefelled
in the leftoi'ation of the children to their
) parent —and the order of society is in
d vplved in the punishment of the offenders
fs . —I do by the advice ef the Council Of
' 3 State, ifiue this my Proclamation, offVr-
3 j ing a reward of Fifty Dollars for there
's covei yof each of the said children, and
1- the further furtl of One Hundred Dol
f- lars for apprenending and securing iii
1- the public jail of Charlotte County the
s > offenders.
d Given under my hand, as Ga
>r vernor and under the Seal of the
(SEAL.)Commonwealth in the Conn- \
d cil Chambei' at Richmond, this j
a " Bth day of July, one thousand seven
II hundred and ninety four.
3- HENRY LEE.
Jt N. B. Thf children Were boifi.boys, He
[y tween ye!irs old, llout & well made :
One niriied Peter foney, The other* E
dmund Booker.
• r ' tiTCHFIELD, July 9.
'jj On Friday the Fourth of July inft.
a numerous circle of citizens aiid ftran
. gers, cohtened at Mr. Duel's where tvas
| prepared an elegant entertainment, in'
commemoration of the Independence of
the United States—His Hon. the Lieut
' Governor, the ciiicf justice of the state,
l ie and other eminent characters, honored
the day—Sober care neither flirrow'd
n the brow, not was noisy riot exhausted
1(1 revelling : The feflivat wascondufted
rationally, and with proper decorum—
to a P lemeo " s - ca ft> the annexed
toasts were drank, viz. •
;r> ' 1. The day we celebrate.
)r. 2 ." Pcl 'P etual indejiendence to the
United States.
\ s . Th,e cot '- J .'•
States. K f J
4 . The prefer lon ° f «
the Federal Gove: b
5. The Preiideiu the United
The Vice-President of the Uaited z
States. tt v a
7. The Congress bf the United b
States. r P
8. The Secretary of the l realtiry.
9. Our envoy extraordinary at the j,
court of G. Britain. . 11
10. The Connecticut Delegation in £
Congi ess. t
11. Tlie Governor and state of LOll- a
nefticut. — t
12. Unanimity ih otir national coun- c
cils. ir . S
13. Energy without oppreilion ljl
the irovernrnent of all nations. f
14. Honorable peace between the U. t
States and all nations. y
15. peace.throughout the world. ,
At evening, the fair wi.ngjed in the j
whoiefortie feftiviry at a fplende i ba.l. 5
The (ilken-fheen-and comely robe was
theirs.—The Rights of Women ulurp- t
ed attentiort, and were politely adhered j
to ; so that discord did not flare to open t
its ' thotifand various mouths,' and the ;
nighupailed off pleahmtly. To excite ]
a fuUnefs, of joy, a littls wine was can v
tioufly applied to the heart.—About f
the hour of relaxation, as if by, infpira- '
tion on theocfalion, the birds fang to- ]
gethef for joy.-—lhus ended the An- s
niveifary of Independence* 1
PITTSBURGH, July 12.
The Anniversary of the Indepen- |
dence of the United States of Ameii- ]
ca, was celebrated on the 4th inft. by )
the inhabitants of tins town, on Grant s
HilL An Oration was delivered by ,
Mr. Brackenridge, after whicn they lat .
down to an entertainment provided for t
the occaliou, when the following toads (
wete drank, each accompanied by ft j
discharge from a double fortilitd fix |
pounder.
1. The 4th of July ; the Important ■
Day which gave lM'eedom to Ameri
ca, and an example to tlie reft of the
world.
2. The United States ; may her ci
tizens by their virtue, what they
' acquired by their fortitude.
3. Both Houies in Congress; may
neither interest nor prejudice affect
their councils.
4. The Illufti ions WAS HIN G-
T O N—may America never forgft her
Hero and her Statesman —3 cheers.
5. The Republic of France ; may
her battles terminate in victories, and j
her government be J
on principles of perfect freedom—3
cheers.
6. The State of Pennsylvania ; may
(he continue eminent for genius, indui
try and wealth. %
1 7. General Wayne and tlie army.
8. All true Demociats-, who wish to
support, and not to confute a govern
ment ettablifhed 011 pure principles,
j 9. Dodfor Prieitley and thole good
men, who prefer leaving their propeity
and country to living under tyranny
I and oppreilion.
10. A free natation of the Mis
»
fifippi river— 3 cheers.
11 Foreign Commerce and Domef
[ ' tic Manufactures.
tz. Agriculture and Mechanics.
13. The completion of our treaties,
and poll'eflioii of the welkin polls—3
cheers.
c 14. A settlement at, Prefqii'i{le->-
which may vie in confluence with our
eastern metropolis.
j 15. The Fair of Ameiica.
« PHILADELPHIA,
JULY 24.
A letter frofn Lisbon, dated May 20, tc
a merchant ill Baltimore, lavs tliat the rout
3 of the Spaniards and Portuguese was so
[1 great that their troops abantisneu their mi
litliiy chest. This defeat iias placed the
city of Barcelona in danger-—die writer of
- the letter adds, that Isilboa is blockaded by
: tile Republicans. Cioarier Francois.
I.
A letter from Brest, d;'S.cd 23d May
to a gentleman in Newbmyport, fays,
" Since I wrote yo»i on the 27th
'• j March, I have received from the Tri
| bune of Commerce, ceit-ifving that I
s t (hall receive a just indemnification'for
'' the loss of the Thomas and freight: In
' a few days-after, news was received that
1 the Thomas wrfs in Porfmouth, (Eng.)
■J upon wliieh the judge of the Tribune
ordered me to make out a bill of deten
tion', ivhrch Iprefented at 260 pounds
j fteriiug per month's detention, likewise
all damages (lie niay have fuita'iu-d, and
~ for whatever part the Britifn may claim
for the re-capture —they however with
to avoid paying more than .3 pounds per
day, the fame they allow for vfcfTcb
e brought in here ; W&cver, I believe I
'hall recover my demands, as soon as ftT r
j James Anderfon arrives from Nantz"
who is to be Consul at Brest, and will
be here in a few days."
The printer of the Philadelphia Pa .
zette ia requested to lay before th
public the following declaiation of 0-
beal (Coin Planter) to a person 0 f re
putation, lately from the country :
1 know, said this refpe&able'lndian
in a tone of axiety blended with firm,
ness, that the people of the United
States make very free with my name in'
the newfpapeis, and afi'ert things which
are falfe, but you may inform them
that I am a Friend to peace, a friend to
my nation-,—a friend to justice and e
quity; Buffalo Creek, sth July i n it.
The frequent publications of late re.
fpefting the difpofrtion of the si s na
tions, have a tendency to encreafe that
jealousy an their account, which per
haps already exists in too high a
gret; as well as to involve the United
i States Hill more in an unhappy war.—
1 There is reason to believe that some of
our belt friends among the Indians
have been weakened in theif attachment
to the.United States, as well as fulfered
in their reputation, by unmerited ca
lumnies and gross misrepresentations,
which they have no opportunity to re
fute in a correct itatement of f'afts.
The Corn Planter in particular, has
lately been spoken of as inimical to us
and his condudl Hated in fucli a way as
might incline thole unacquainted with
the probity ot the man and too distant
from him to form a right judgment of
' his sentiments or conduct, to suppose
' him insincere and unfriendly. The a
bove declaration therefore is jmbliihed,
' to do justice to an absent chara&er,
7 wko has ever diftinguilhed himfelf as
E a friend ,of the United States—who
' excited general- esteem whilst ampngfl
5 11s, and who in the coorfe of his ne
' gociations, displayed the orator, the
' patriot, and the man%f feeling.
t Let the foregoing fays a correspondent
be contrasted with some statements
1 recently published, which appear to
be the propriety of wait
ing, till some better organs than eer
'tain speculators, fnall announce the
real state of things will appear—
y Time is not so rapid in his move
t rpents as avarice, but he is a much. j
better interpreter.
r By this Day's Mail.
d | NEW-YORK, July 23.
(i j The paragraph wTuch appeared irt
3 this paper of yesterday, refpeding the
particulars of the navai engagemeut in
y the Britilh channel, we find, upon fur
tber enquiry, to be premature: —It was
certainly reported in the ColFee-Houfe
011 Monday night, and on that credit
o we mentioned it ; but not with an in
i- tent to mitlead the public, nor give of
fence to the puirte character, who it way
d said had received the information.
y . ,1 §
y Please to insert the following,as a con
radfition of the paragraph whieh ap
f_ peared in the Daily Advertiser of this
morniiigj
" We have authority to fay, that
the extraordinary paragraph in Child's'
Paper of this morning, concerning the
s battle in the Channel, is entirely with
, out foundation ! That the inserting such
ridiculous fabrications, tends only to de
llroy the credit and ufcfulnefs of Nevo-
Jr Papers, as well as making too free
with the name of a public person to
fanftion such vague reports."
Diary.
A. letter from Montreal, dated J 'v
51)1, to a gentleman in this city fays,
" For this.week paifc they have been-;
carting to Lachine*, alf Governor Sim
tc Cu's (lores, the belt part of which is fur
iut bis new fort on the Miami. T nvic .ne
so 4 very large field pieces, and zocct
(land of arms for it. They are recru;t
'R' ing herewith a great dealof fpint. 1"
, two weeks they have got upwards ot 00
7 recruits. < The bounty is 15 wd 2°
guineas."
ay * T/j* place at which all goods intend
>> edfo? Upper Canada are depo/taa,.
th
'ri- From the Quelec Gazette.
t I —
for QUEBEC, June'-30.
In : Address to his Excellency the P.'V rlt
TJonoraHe Lord Dori'heiteii '?
'■) tain General and Goernoi '
lnc ' of the Province of Lower 1
en- o
&c. &c.
May it please your.exceUem-y,
ind Mis Majesty's loyal and faitbf^
iiln J in the city and diftrift o
'id) I Varncftly wishing to Utifein allo ° a
nei I forthe ejc6re& purpose oi fapp ol tn 'E ?
Ms ! laws, constitution and government
e l 1 the Province of Lower Cauaua, »•
..J''
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