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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
AUGUSTA.
MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 13.
City Election.
The Election for Mayor and Members of
Council takes place this day Ihe following is
a list of the candidates:
fur matob.
MARTIN M. DYE,
JOHN PHINIZY,
DANIEL HOOK.
yOH XZMHIUa OF CODSCIL FOR VTIBD SO 1.
WM. E. JACKSON,
GAREY PARISH,
PHILIP CRUMP,
J. M. TURNER,
FOR MEMBERS OF COCSCIL FUR WiKO SO. 3.
B. H. WARREN,
JOHN BONES.
JOHN G. DUNLAP,
A. READ, |
S. M. THOMPSON.
FOR MEMBERS OF COUNC IL FOR WARD SO. 3.
F. M. ROBERTSON,
F. H. COOKE,
THOMAS RICHARDS,
JAMES B. BI?" T OP.
FOR MEMBERS OF C«CyC/I|tFOR WARD SO. 4.
JAMES HARDER,
ROBERT PHlilP,
THOMAS W. MILLER,
P. FLEMING,
PLEASANT STOVALL,
C. BLOME. i
Errata;
In the communication of; Mr. Jenkins in our
paper of Saturday, two errors occurred, which so
change the sense as to require a notice of them*
In the sth line of the 3rd paragraph for, re
newed the pledges of the General Assembly, read
“redeemed” the pledges <Src.,lind in the last line
of the article, for •?sound relfcs” read sacred re,
'lies. ■>
" * "
Yellow Fever.
In this days paper will be found some very in
teresting extracts from an Essay on Yellow Fe
ver, by Dr. Strobel of Charleston, which we co
py from the Charleston Courier, together with
the remarks of the Editors. , Dr. S. has attained
a high reputation in his profession, and has de
voted much of his time to the investigation of this
disease, its progress and cause. He boldly takes
a new ground, and although he urges his theory
with the boldness of one thoroughly satisfied of
the correctness of his views, he invites the inves
tigation of medical men. We should be much
pleased to see more of his wchk . and particularly
his entire views on the transmissibility of the
disease, and liaewise his proof of its having been
introduced by that means int* this city during
the last summer.
Gen. Griffin and the Jfojc roe Rail Road.
Our object in noticing theiajmexed communi
cation of Gen L. L. Griffin, if : o relieve ourselves
from the false position in whip x it is calculated
to place us before the citizens cif Macon, and that
portion of Georgia so much in? nested in the pro
gress of the Monroe Rail Road. A similar effort
was made by the Macon Telarrjaph, which we
did not notice, because that paper published a
portion of the article which called forth its unjust
and illiberal comments. i {
In the Chronicle & Sentinel \cf the 17th March,
in an article on the trade and? prospects of Au
gusta, we urged our citizens tpjairouse and pro
secute with all possible energy!, i the Georgia Rail
Road toils completion to the State Road. And
to impress them with the imppjtknce of accom
plishing the work earlier than |he Monroe Rail
Road Co. did theirs, we referred in no other than
complimentary terms to the enterprise and ener
gy of that Company. This ar|i 'le of ours call
ed forth a communication from ‘IA Stockholder in
the Georgia Road,” which we jfqblished on the
24th March with such comments as we thought
appropriate. 1 »
It is from this cornrnunicatibfi lof “A Stock
holdci,” that Gen. Griff.n obtained the extract
upon which he founds -his communication, and
very unjustly attributes tons the sen‘iments.—
Although we feel confident lihM Gen. Griffin
would not intentionally do us injustice, yet his
article is calculated to have that; %ffect throughout
all that portion of Georgia interested in this
work, in attributing to us a hostility to the inter
ests of Macon and the Road, which we have nei
ther felt or expressed. And if h 4) will refer to our
paper of the 17th and 24th oifiMarch, he will
readily perceive the injustice ofslas remarks.—
We therefore trust that he will tAke the earliest
opportunity, to repair through tljuj columns of the
Messenger, the injury which wei l|tve,oi may sus
tain. I
I i
I find the following in the las; Augusta Chron
icle & Sentinel. “It is altogei-hlt r idle to think
that the Georgia Rail Road, or Mcjnroe Rail Road,
can complete their works to the! olate Road untii
they procure aid from some quarter, & c .. and
the writer further asks, “ will tjnj several compa
nies go on, and press their worM to completion
and go in debt for them.”—andiia another place,
he seems to doubt the ability of tiha Monroe Rail
Road Company having the means! to go on. The
Augusta Editors, people, and ihe Geogia Rail
Road stockholders have an unquestionable right
to express their fears in relation fojtlieir own Road,
and proclaim to the world their inability to go on
unless aid is received from some,quarter. But I do
most soemnly protest against jJitrir placing the
Mon ae Rail Road Co. in that crowd—for this
Company is progressing rapidly: with their work,
can and will finish to the State; work in DeKalb
within the year 1841, without thle rid of the State
©r foreign debt. The Georgia jRUiI Road, Cen
tral Rail Road, and Western Atlantic Rail
Road, with the State at her bapk may fail for
want of means. This Company will not fail.
All the aid this company does require is a contin
uation of the confidence of the p.pp| e f or whom
we labor, is a fair administration df the Constitu
tional laws of the State. It is sileme through the
instrumentality of this Road, thja-t the commerce
and charactei of Georgia is to fb-b restored, and
hes currency regulated as it shojaM be, in refer
ence to our great commercial ceinjtre.
L. L GRIFFIN, President.
t
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Patriot mentions the death of the Hon #
Thadoeus Betts, a Senator in Congress from
the State of Connecticut. He expired on the
morning of the 7th inst., about six o’clock, after
a short but exceedingly seveie illness.
The Whigs of New Orleans have succeeded
in the election of their candidate. William Fre
ret, as Mayor of that city, by a majority of 113
votes. The Bee says:—“His election in the
teeth of the tremendous obstacles he has had to
encounter, is a proud evidence of the progress of
the good cause. It proves that, when united, the
Whigs of Orleans will triumph by such majori
ties as to render opposition entirely fruitless.”
3^At a late meeting of the members of the State
Rights party in Monroe County, Geo. to appoint
delegates to the Convention in June, the dele
gates appointed were instructed to support the
nomination of a Harrison and Tyler ticket for
electors.
A meeting has been called in Macon, Geo. for
the same puipose.
Judge Berrien’s Letter*
From the Savannah Telegraph of the 10th, we
copy the annexed letter of the Hon. John M.
Berrien, in reply to a call by the Editor of that
paper, for a letter addressed by Gen- Harrison to
Judge B. some years since, giving his views on
certain subjects. We regret very much that the
letter of Gen, Harrison has been lost, but no man
who knows Judge B. will question the purport
of that letter.
We shall see whether the Van Buren press in
Georgia will publish the letter of Judge Berrien.
Savannah, Bth April, 1840.
Sir :—I have delayed answering the call made
in your paper of Saturday last, to enable me to
ascertain by an examination of my papers, if I had
preserved the letter to which it refers. After a
diligent search, I have not been able to find it, and
believe, therefore, that it has been lost. Having,
however, a perfect recollection of its contents, I
do net feel disposed to withhold the statement of
them.
The letter embraced three points :
1. Gen. Harrison denied the right of Congress
to abolish slavery in the States, or in the District
of Columbia.
2. He expressed the opinion that the Tariff
compromise ought to remain undisturbed.
3. He repudiated the practice of making
appointments to office, the reward of partizan
service.
This was the purport of the letter. I did not
ask Gen. Harrison’s opinion, because I doubted it.
Having been in inimate intercourse with him for
several years, I knew that his views on these
subjects were accordant with my own.
I am, respectfully, yours,
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.
Correspondence of the N. Y. Commercial Adv-
Connecticut Election.
Hartford, April 7, p. m.
The vote for Governor, in all the towns in the
state, (and only five remain to be heard from,)
will be—
For Ellsworth, 30,200
“ Niles, 25,600
Ellsworth’s majority, 4,600
There is less than 100 scattering votes. Last
vear Ellsworth’s majority over all, was only
1,459.
The Legislature will be as follows, viz;
Senate—l 9 Whigs, 2 Locos.
House of Representatives.—l3s Whigs, 62
Locos, and 14 vacancies. This is all that our
friends in other states could ask us to do.
From the N. Y. Cour. and Enq. of Monday.
Destructive Fire.
About 6 o’clock this (Monday) morning a fire
broke out in the large frame building in the rear
of No. 25, Charlton street; the lower part of
which was used by Messrs. Eggleso & Kuton,
cabinet makers. The tire communicated to the
dwellings on Charlton street with such rapidity
that the occupants in many instances had nut
time to save any of their furniture.
Before the engines could arrest the progress of
the fiames the following buildings were destroyed:
The large frame in which the fire commenced,
together with the furniture of the dwellings, and
tools of some five and twenty workmen employ
ed on the premises. No insurance on the brick
dwelling house.
No. 25 Charlton street, owned by Mr. J. Ho
gencamp, and occupied by Mr. D. Hogencarap,
Mr. Van Horn, and by Miss Lett, as a school.—
The bu ilding was insured.
Nos. 23, 21 and 17, owned by Mr. John Bar
ley, who was fully insured, and tenanted by Mr.
Lombard, Mr. Huyler and Mr. Allen.
No. 27, owned and occupied by Mrs. Wright
man, was very much injured.
Nos. 29 and 15, although on fire several times,
were saved by the active exertions of the firemen.
On King st. two frame dwellings, Nos. 23 and
24. owned by Mr. Turner, and occupied by him
self and Mr. John Bedam, were totally destroy
ed. Too much praise cannot be given to the
firemen, tor their active and successful exertion
to arrest the flames; as the fire commenced in
the centre of a very large block, and many of the
buildings were of the most combustible materials.
As it is, the loss is very great, a number of
families scarcely saved an article, and on much
of their property there was no insurance. The
flames spread with such rapidity, that in many
cases the inmates of the bouses were compelled
to make their escape in their night clothes.
Rhode Island. — A letter from a distinguish
ed citizen of Providence says: “We shall carry
Rhode Island this spring by 800 majority, end in
the fall, on the Presidential question, by from
1200 to 1500. The meeting of trie young men
to appoint delegates to the National Convention
was a tremendous gathering, and upwards of two
hundred delegates were appointed. We have
many changes and hundreds there are of Van
Buren men, who say they will not vote at the
next election —satisfied that a worse state of
things cannot well be; and any alterations must
be for the better.” —Baltimore Patriot. j
The law of Newspapers. —We learn from
the Boston Courier, that Judge Williams, in a
late case before the Common Pleas, laid down
the law in relation to a question interesting to
editors of newspapers, as follows:
1 Where a subscriber to a newspaper orders it
to be discontinued, and it continues to be left at
his residence, the presumption is, in the absence
of any evidence to the contrary, that it is left by
the subscriber’s orders, and upon a promise to
pay for if
2. If a newspaper is left from day to day for a
person at his place ©.’business with his knowledge
and consent, though without his express consent,
and if he has reason to believe that it is so left un
der the belief, though a mistaken one, that he is a
subscriber, and under the expectation that he is to
pay for it, in that case he will be bound to pay
for it, unless he gives a notice to discontinue it.
Extra Meeting.
Saturday Evexixo, —7 o’clock,?
April 11, 1840. 5
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present—Hon. A. Gumming, Mayor—Aider
men, Bishop, Dye, Harper, Dortic, Crump and
Jackson.
The minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
The Mayor advised Council that he had con
summated the arrangement for the purchase of
the Water Works from Samuel Hale, Esq., and
recommended that the Council adopt the proper
measures for regulating that part of the public
property; and also recommended that the present
pumps be plastered with hydraulic cement and
converted into cisterns which may be filled with
hydrant water for extinguishing fires and for oth
er uses.
The Committee on accounts reported the an
nual statement of the receipts and expenditures
for the past year which was read, received and
ordered to be printed.
The following resolution was offered by Mr*
Dortic;
Resolved, That the City Council allow John
H. Mann, Collector and Treasurer, the sum of
five hundred dollars for extra services rendered
the past year in issuing and redeeming City Scrip,
which was carried.
Council adjourned.
S. H. OLIVER, Clerk.
From the Charleston Courier.
Essat ox Yellow Feyeu.— By B. B. Stko
bel, M. D.—This is an able and well written
volume of some two hundred and odd pages,
from the pen of Dr. B. B. Strobel, late Physi
cian of the Charleston Marine Hospital, who has
had an extensive experience of Yellow Fever, as
well at Key West and in Havana, as in Charles
ton. Until the Yellow Fever of 1839, Dr. S., in
common with the great majority of Southern
Physicians, did not believe that disease to be
either contagious or infectious; but the events of
that year, and the experience of the last summer
have wrought a complete revolution in his opin
ion, and he has been bold enough to avow the
change, in a community where such an avowal
is very unpalatable, and to sustain his new posi
tion by a candid as well as powerful array of
facts and arguments, supported by many great
names in medicine in nearly every part of the
civilized world. We cheerfully bear testimony
to the high moral courage, exhibited by Dr. S..
in the discharge of his official and professional
duty, during the last summer—he was a faithful
and vigilant sentinel at his post, early sounding
the alarm to his fellow-citizens, and continuing
to do so, although encountering sneers, frowns
and reproaches, a very tempest of censure and
obloquy, from those especially whose deep stake
in commercial interests induced the honest but
unjust suspicion ofa design, on the part of Dr. S. r
to seek notoriety and build fame, at the expense of
the best interests of Charleston. Full, however,
is our assurance that if the suspicion has not
been long since dissipated by the very geneiosity
of the bosoms in which it originated, it must
vanish from even the most prejudiced mind, on
perusal of the essay before us, in which Dr. S.
gives strong and almost conclusive reasons for
the faith that is in him, and entertaining which
he would have been recreant to duty, and posi
tively criminal, had he not acted as he did on
the first appearance of the pestilence in Charles
son during the last summer. We think, too, that
we can bid Dr. S. dismiss all fears of martyrdom
in consequence of his manly disclosure and able
vindication of even his unpopular opinion—we
confidently predict, on the contrary, that it will re
dound to his credit for boldness, candour, integri
ty and talent.
Dr. Strobel, while admitting that Yellow Fe
ver may be and is sometimes of local origin in
Charleston, yet maintains the doctrine of what
he terms its transmisaibility, whether denoting
propagation by contagion or infection.
“What we mean by the transmissibility of the
Yellow Fever, is this—that if the atmosphere of
Charleston, (or any other city) be in such a con
dition, as to predispose to some form of febrile
disease, and then, and under such circumstances,
vessels arrive from Havana or Matanzas, where
the disease is prevailing at the time, bringing in
heir holds a quantity of fruit together with the
epidemic atmosphere of those places; on this
atmosphere and vegetable effluvia being dischar
ged among the shipping in harbor, whose crews
are predisposed to take the disease ; our atmois
phere may become so infected as to generate thail
particular form of fever. Should the same ve;»-
sels, however, enter a perfectly healthy atmos
phere, the poison, finding no appropriate medium
for its extension, will become dissipated and
harmless. Upon the same principle, if a lighted
candle be immersed in a jar, containing a gas
which is a non-supporter of combustion, it will
be immediately extinguished—but if the same
candle be placed in ajar of oxygen, it will bum
with increased brilliancy. If the atmosphere be
composed of combustible materials, a single
spark will light it into a blaze ; and we hope by
the facts hereafter adduced, to make these posi
tions evident.”
The proofs submitted by Dr. S. to show that,
although Yellow Fever is emphatically “the dis
ease of strangers in warm climates,” and is local
or at least occasionally indigenous in Charleston,
yet its extensive prevalence here, usually, and in
deed in almost every known instance, has kept
pace with West India commerce and followed in
its wake—that tropical and fruitful region being
its principal home and source of importation
both to Charleston and elsewhere ; and a formi
dable array of facts is made to justify this con
clusion. In relation to the pestilence last sum
mer, Dr. Strobel’s proofs approach to demonstra
tion. They show the positive importation of the
disease in several vessels, from the West Indies,
laden with fruit, and much of it in a putrid state;
and the circumscription of the disease for a con
siderable period, within our harbor, and about our
wharves, some patients having been attacked with
it in the harbour, without having been on shore,
since their arrival; and then trace its gradual
progress along the different lines of communica
tion with the infected districts, until its preva
lence became general, in all parts of the city,
where the atmosphere was in a condition to im
bibe it, and there were subjects for its attack.—
The first cases of fever which occurred in this
city last summer, were brought to the Marine
Hospital, on the 7th June, from the ship Bur
mah, which arrived that day, having left Havana
on the first of June, where the disease was then
making fearful ravages among the crews of the
shipping in the harbor, and where the cook of this
very vessel had been one of the victims. The
mate died.-on the second day out; and, on that
day, two seamen, and. on the sth June, a third
were attacked, and these on their arrival were all
sent to the Marine Hospital. The Burmah con
tinued to lie in the stream until the 22d June,
when she hauled to the Commercial Wharves,
and there lay until the 4th July ; and during this
period one more case occurred on board of the
Burmah. and twelve cases on boar/d of five ves
sels lying near her—among these two cases on
the 17th June, on board of the Lenore, which
arrived on the 7th, in eleven days from Boston,
and lay in the stream all the time, and one of
whose crew never landed in the city until brought
ashore with the disease. The Leonore was lying
in the stream 200 yards from the shore* opposite
' to the Central wharf; the ships Burmah, Medo
ra and Copia, from Havana and Matanzas, also
lay in the stream during the same period—and
the Burmah and Leonore were both Boston ships
with Boston Captains and though no positive
communication has been traced between them, it
is more than probable that some interchange of
civilities must have taken place. The Commer
cial, Central and Exchange Wharves were the
three centres of origin and radiation of the dis
ease, and at all of them [here were vessels from
the West Indies. The first case that occurred on
shore was that of a Spaniard, who arrived on t e
19th June in the brig Caspian from Havana, wn
landed before being taken sick, and was brought
from a boarding house in Market street to the
Hospital, on the 26th June, having been attacked
with the disease two days before- On the 7th
July, another case occurred, on the same side of
Market street, irom io.ir to six doors from the
west. Out ot the first five cast's in the Poor
House, four were brought from the soul i side
of Market street, a few doors from State street,
between the lUth and 27th July. Among the
first cases in the city, and in connexion with the
source at the Exchange wharf, were Mr. Le Ca
ron, on the I4th July, whore counting house, was
on the south side of Exchange wharf, two clerks
(one of them on the 7th July) ot Messrs. Ste
vens, Henderson & Adger. corner of Ciillon street
and East Bay, leading down between Exchange
and Magwoods wharves; Dr. Collins, on the
16th July, whose counting house was at Boyce
& Co’s wharf; Hans Stellman, on the 7th, who
had been boarding for three weeks in Elliott st.,
leading to Boyce & Co s wharf, and the chief
rendezvous and haunt of seamen, a patient of
Dr. Schmidt, also in Elliott street, on the Blh,
and young Ladson, a native, as early as the 2d
or 3d July, who was employed in his father’s
counting house on the Southern Commercial
wharf.
In the following cogent synopsis we allow Dr.
S. to speak for himself.
“Such then, was the commencement of the
Yellow Fever in the city of Charleston during
the year 1839. Who that will take the trouble
to review all the facts which have been stated,
can remain in doubt as to the source ot the dis
ease! Piior to its occurrence, the city was as
healthy as usual, which can be readily proved, by
a reference to the Bills of mortality, published
weekly by the board of health. All of a sudden
however, on the 7th day of June, three coses of
Yellow Fever were introduced into the city by
ship Burmah from Havana, and then, we learn,
for the first time, that the disease had been preva
lent in that port as in Matanzas, as early as May.
In ten days after the arrival of the Burmah, 3 ca
ses are presented by the ship Leonore, and I by
the ship Chatham. These vessels were both
from Boston, that port as well as their crews be
ing perfectly healthy at the time of their depar
ture. They are officially inspected and pronoun
ed perfectly clean and healthy, so much so, that
they were released from the quarantine which had
been imposed. The Leonore lay in the Stream
the whole time from her arrival,* and one pa
tient Simondson never landed in Charleston.
How then shall we account for the occurrence of
these cases? From local causes? Certainly!
But local causes, which consisted in their vicinity
to vessels, recently fr<*m Havana, Matanzas, la
den with the epidemic atmosphere of those places,
and rotten fruit. But it may be urged that this
concurrence of circumstances was purely acci
dental. How then if we point you to six other
cases occurring nearly at the same time, under
similar circumstances, and at the same wharves,
in the space of seven day ? How if we carry
you to the Exchange wharf and show you 7 ca
ses in the space of 12 days, and in an area of
200 yards, in the very centre of the West India
trade. How if we adduce the occurences at the
Commercial wharves, and present you a new
case on board the ship Burmah. and several in
her neighborhood, notwithstanding the purifica
tion and cleansing which she underwent? (Jan
all this depend upon an accidental conincidence
of circumstances ? Then let us go back again
to the Central and Fitzsimons’ wharves, and see
a patient taken from the brig Caspian, which ne
ver hauled to the shore, accompany him into
Market street to his hoarding house, south side.
Here we will find Bekzung living 5 or 6 doors
off, same side, attacked in nine days after. Then
let us refer to the letter of Dr. Mackey, the then
Physician of the Poor in which he tells
us “ I have yet a distinct recollection that during
the earlier period of the epidemic a majority of
its victims were derived from these Board, j
Houses' ‘Q If however, this be not sufficient, we
offer you the cases of Mr. LeCaron, Dr. Collins,
the clerks Messrs. Stevens, Henderson and
Adger, of Hans Stellman, and Dr. Schmidt’s pa
tient in connexion with the Exchange wharf,
and finally the case of Mr. Ladson’s son at the
Southern wharf.
Can any thing be more palpably demonstrated
that this? Is it not so plain that he who runs
may read ? Ca>l it iniection, contagion, or whet
you please, the facts are no less evident. We
do not think then, that we are arrogating too
much, when we say that we have established the
transmissibility of Yellow Fever beyond ‘ie
shadow of a doubt, and proved that it was impor
ted into Charleston during the year 1839, from
Havana and Matanzas.”
Attempts are also made to shew that the yellow
fever of the last season, in St. Augustine, Augus
ta, and Savannah, were imported from Charles
ton, But although such may have been the fact,
we regard the proof as signally defective. As
to St. Augustine, the proof is that the Abel fam
ily, who left Charleston, about the 12th of Au- j
gust, and arrived at St, Augustine, on the 15th I
of Aug., and put up ut the City Hotel, but re
moved thence to Col. Johnson’s on the 16th; |
and that Mr. Abel there being many passengers
on board of the vessel, remained on deck, a part
of the time, took a cold, and had a chill, did not
lay up, used salts, and got well in a day or two.
About the Ist September, Mrs. and Miss. Conk
lin, two of the family, also took cold, the latter
having a slight fever, and got well in a few days,
using snake root and salts. After the arrival of
the Indians, on the 14th, Mr. Abel, and another,
Miss Conklin were t;,ken sick, but got well with
out the aid of a Doctor. After removal to Col.
Johnson’s, they unpacked and hung out their
clothes, mattrasses, and bed clothes, in their back
piazza, on the west side of the house. On the
4th September, a case of Fever occurred in the
house of Mr. Antonio Andreo, which was next
door to Col. Johnson on the north side, and four
days afterwards Mr. Andreo and his daughter
(the same night) were attacked, and William his
son, was also afterwards attacked in the same
manner, but none ot these cases terminated fatal
ly, although treated only with olive tea, and it
does not even appear that they were cases of Yel
low Fever. On the 10th Sept., a boy at Mr.
Circopoiy’s, on the next lot west of Andreo’s,
and north west of Col. Johnson’s, was attacked
with Fever, and afterwards others of the same
family were taken, but it does not appear that
either case terminated fatally, or was Yellow Fe
ver. Other cases afterwards occurring in the !
same vicinity. The great defect in this very j
slight chain of proof, is that the character of the .
sickness in the Abel family is not established, and i
it seems to us to have any thing but Yellow Fe
ver, both from its mildness and its ready yielding
to simple"treatment. Mr. considered it
nothing more than the result of fatigue and cold,
during the voyage. Besides this, Oen. Hernan
dez and Dr. Wm. H. Simmons testify that there
were sufficient local causes at St. Augustine to
• We have just been informed by a Captain of a
vessel, a respectable Gentleman, that he was told
by some of the crew, that the Captain visited one
of the Havana vessels in his boat, remained some
time on board, and received a present of fruit.
account for the sickness there—the former stating
that out of 30 or 40 cases of fever in bis own
family no death occurred, and his belief that
there was not a case of Yellow Fever among
them; and considering them ordinary cases of
Bilious Fever, which yielded readily to the pro
; per administration of medicine—namely, what
we know from experience to he excellent treat
ment for Bilious Fever —‘ first an Emetic and
afterwards cathartics’ —and the former stating
that “ the city was no less filthy than in 1811 a
bad fever year —the police having been in a great
measure abandoned since the war”—and he, al
though not in regular practice, having been called
in the exigency of the times, to several patients,
none of whom had Yellow Fever, but their dis
ease being what he deemed a Bilious Congestive
Fever of peculiar type, often attended at the out
set with perspiration, productive of no beneficial
rffecl on the pulse, and Oi'en assimilated to a
Sweating Fe-er—and only having heardof some
answering the description of Yellow or
Strangers Fever, but thinking there were few—
strangers, however, being attacked more severely
and fatally than natives. Dr/Weightman, of the
U. S. Army, who practised extensively, though
differently, and Dr. Wecdon agreed with him, and
testified to several deaths attended with black vo
mit. Dr. Peck, who attended 300 patients, with
65 deaths, was not was prepared to say it was
Yellow Fever. Dr. Strobel, himself, who visited
the pi ce late in the sc son, as he had on a previous
occasion, visited Havana, expressly to ascertain
the character of the disease, attended a decided
case of Yellow Fever, but the patient, had re
cently arrived from Charleston. On this evidence
we would say that it is left doubtful whether
there was epidemic Yellow Fever at all at St.
Augustine, and the great probablity is, that if the
Abel family had the prevailing disease at all. they
imbided it at and did not carry it to St. Augustine.
We doubt not that a sort of Cain spirit was
against the Abels, under a desire to make them
responsible for the unexpected unhealthiness of
a city most remarkarble for unbroken health, and
yet, at that tirm according to the testimony of
the highly respectable and intelligent witnesses,
Gen. Hernandez and Dr. Simmons, rife with ma
terials for the generation of local disease, the lat
ter. too, even shewing that some of the first cases
occurred in the vicinity of a gulley, filled with
shavings and extending from the market to tha
fort, near which was a permanent salt pond. In
relation to Augusta, there is no other proof but
the fact of Rail Road communication ; and in re
lation to Savannah, nothing but the still slighter
fact of intercourse by water. We entertain little
doubt that the Yehow Fever, or Fevers of what
ever kind they were, which prevailed last fall, in
Augusta, and Savannah, were of local origin ; and
attributable to the very cause which mitigated the
severity and early arrested the progress of the
fever in this City—we mean the excessive, pro
tracted and unexampled drought—which, while
,- t dried up and exhausted the local sources or
pabula of disease here, exposed to the action of
heat a larger surface of swamp and river bed than
usual, and brought into active play the febrile ele
ments in the vicinity of our sister cities.
Among the strong proofs collated by Dr. Stro
bel of the extraneous or imported origin of Yellow
Fever in our city, is the admitted fact that it al
ways occurs at or in the vicinity ot our wharves,
pointing directly to a West India origin; and that
although the Western part of our city is perhaps
even more filled, than the Eastern, with animal
and vegetable putrefaction, it being the receptacle
of the filth of the city, besides its greater expo
sure to the miasma of our swamps, the subtle ele
ment of Country Fever, yet that section of the
city has always been exempt from the pestilential
visitation.
The opinions of Dr. Strobel are confirmed, in
a letter addressed to him, and incorporated with
his volume, by that eminent physician and popu
lar Professor of our Medical College, Dr. S. H.
Dickson, and, cum tali auxdio , Dr. Strobel en
ter? the lists against the received opinion of the
non-contagiousness or not transmissibility of Yel
low Fever, with formidable strength, and we
doubt not that parties will be hencetorlh more
equally divided, if in fact a complete revolution
be not accomplished, on the question.
Dr. Strobel expresses the opinion that a pre
vious attack of the Yellow Fever is the only sure
protection against it (wherein it differs from all
endemic Fevers, which are of frequent recurrence
in the same subject) even in natives, and that the
shield of acclimation is at best only co-equal in
Juration with exposure to the elements or caa
es of the disease; for instance, that if the Yellow
Fever were not to prevail here for 30 years, all
natives under that age would be liable to its at
tacks, on its re-appearance, as well as strangers.
We certainly think that the weight of evidence
is in favour of Dr. Strobel’s doctrine or theory of
the transmissibility of Yellow Fever; and that al
though it may be at times of local origin, and we
are therefore admonished, as well for that reasen,
as to prevent our atmosphere from assuming the
imbibing state, to keep our city in a cleanly, and
well ventilated condition; yet our chief danger is
om abroad—that in certain stales our atmos
phere, the train of disease is laid, and it only
needs the application of the West India match to
s, ead far and wide its desolating and heart rend
’,g ravages. The other important lesson, to be
derived from this condition of things, is the ne
ce. ity of an early and rigid enforcement of our
quarantine regulations—never mind what sacri
fice of commercial or pecuniary interests—for
health is the greatest of earthly blessings, and
neces-ary to the enjoyment of all others, and is
infinitely more valuable than gold, yea than much
fine gold.
Dr. Strobel concludes his able and valuable
production, (which is illustrated by maps, shew
ing the centres, and radiations or progress of the
disease, both in Charleston and St. Augustine) in
the following and manly strain.
“We have honestly expressed the views and
opinions, which we entertain, and have to regret
that the utterance of those opinions may, perhaps
give umbrage to those whom we would not wil
lingly offend. In matters of public concernment,
however, we know neither friendships nor enmi
ties. We have not intentionally misrepresented
or distorted a single fact, and shall still hold our
selves open to conviction, if it can be proved that
we are in error.
We have not yet done with the subject, but
have determined whenever the Yellow Fever
makes its appearance in Charleston, to continue
our investigations.—ln the mean lime, we solicit
from Medical Gentlemen, in every section of our
■ luntry, the communication of facts in their pos
session calculated to illustrate the History of Yel
low Fever. It is only by the collection of facts
in this way, that we can arrive at truth.
“ We have concluded our task, whether ill, or
well done, it remains for others to determine. We
neither court nor shun discussion, and shall be
h -ppy to have our labours reviewed, and our po
sitions combatted in an honorable spirit of inves
tigation. We know full well the temerity of a
single man’s attempting to breast the storm of
popular fury, or to stem tbe current of popular
opinion. Yet, in a free country, however un
palatable it may be to certain interests, every man
who accounts himself a freeman is entitled to
express his opinions without fear of martyrdom.
“ When we contemplate how deeply the pros
perity of South Carolina is wounded by every re
currence of the Yellow Fever in Charleston, we
should arouse ourselves for action, and strain ev
ery nerve to release our country from so dire a
calamity. Happy, thrice happy he, and worthy
of all honor, renown and praise, who shall be able
to indicate some means of“freeing this groaning
country” from the dominion of the worst of ty
rants. In comparison with such an achlevmeat,
all of the great improvements of the day liteially
amount to nothing. For of what avail will be
your media of internal intercourse, when year as
ter year, your merchants are driven away by th
scourge We have tried the plans of those 1 !
. contend for the local origin of the diseal r* '
more than 100 years ineffectually. Let' *
now the experiment, suggested by an onon!’
theory a rigid and efficient quarantine
well worth the trial, for it has been well i “
where there are two sides to a question, the
safe, the other doubtful, we should De
the safe side. ” - sla ke
“lo « r der to test this matter fairlv and «•
little obstruction as possible to commer
would respectfully suggest that scme * e
selected out of the city, where all vessels r *°.
fecteJ ports may proceed on their' ar r ilT in :
land their cargoes. Suppose for j rista 3
Smith’s wharf was chosen—arrangemel 6 ’ l^at
be made to prevent intercourse with th*' 13
sufficient extent to preclude the i nt C to a
the disease, and even should it bethi/’ U °^° n °f
we shall be enabled to establish the D * ' ntrcH^ace <i
clearly and conclusively, whetheVtK!? n - m( ? sl
of foreign or domestic origin. ‘-isease be
“ It must not, however, be infers 1 r
we have said, that we deem n u U rom w! iat
adopt measures for the removal of to
disease—on the contrary, we believe of
matter of no less importance than an I* *
quarantine; for whilst we are guarding a i
foreign sources of disease, we must 1
looi to those which are internal, with avie*(
their removal. And if after having adopted .£
most rigid system of internal police, and gnanUd
vigilantly against the introduction of disease from
abroad, we still find that it continues to afflict
we must submit to our fate with resignation and’
brtitude, and admit that there is somethin® i n
our climate which renders the location ofCharles
ton, a lit and appropriate field for the Yellow F e "
ver to exercise its ravages, and all that we can d
do, is to endeavor to ameliorate the sufferings 0 f I
ose ’ to whom we can offer no exemption.
CA*CK*. T The following article is copied from
an Edinburgh paper ;
“While I was at Smyrna, there was a girl
afflicted with the Cancer in her lip, and the
was affected. The European phyisciansconsulted
on the measures to be taken, and agreed that they
saw no other method than to cut it out; and the I
girl had already submitted herself to that decision.
By an accident of that nature which men cannot |
account for, an old Armenian came to them
just in time to prevent the applicetiun of the
knife.
“Do nothing, ’ said the Armenian, “I nil! cure
her,’ and when he had pledged himself strongly
the physicians consented. 5
“ He procured a copper vessel, newly tinned
in the inside,(an essential concurrence,) and hav
ing poured a certain quanity of olive oil bio j;
he made it boil over a small fire, sufficiently to
keep it gently agitated, and so for three times m
hours. M ith this, the oil resolved itself to
the consistency of an ointment, and by constantly
rubbing the part affected,he cured herin 14 days. {
—Nothing else was done.
The physicians supposed that the oil received |
its virtue from the tin, and that it was com- ’
municated by its long boiling over the fire.”
A Doubtful Occupation.—One of the wit
nesses in a case which came before Mr. Baker, a
few days ago, was a boy about 15 years of
age, who, when required by the coroner to state
his profession, said he got his living by picking up
bones.
The Coroner—Then I may set you down as a
bone-grubber 1
Witness—No, no, sir ; pray don’t do that. I’m
a collector.
The Coroner—A collector of what? Dead
men’s bones, or any other, I suppose ?
Witness—l’m not particular to that, sir, but a
bone-grubber is a Radical, ain’t it ? —(Laughter.)
The beadle, said the witness, was leading the
Coroner astray. He was what was called a “long
shorer”—that was a person who hunted along
shore, close to the vessels, and laid hold of any
thing that came in his way.
A Juror—A kind of shark, I suppose ?
Witness—No, I am not a shark, 1 assure you;
but you may put me down what you please else.
The Coroner—Well, f think your own term the
best; you are a collector, and, like othe-s of that
profession, not very welcome to those you visit.
| (Laughter.)
| Excuses for not going to Church —There
j is no excuse so trivial, that will not pass upon
: some men’s consciences to excuse their attendance
: at the public worship of God- Some are so
J unfortunate as to be always indisposed on the
I Lord’s day, and think nothing so unwholesome as
the air of a church.—Others have their affairs so
oddly contrived, as to be always unluckily pre
vented by business. With some it is a great mark
of wit, and deep understanding, to stay at home
on Sunday. Others again discover strange fits ,
of laziness that seize them particularly on that day,
and confine them to their beds. Others are absent
out of mere contempt of religion. And, lastly,
there are not a few who look upon it as a day of
rest, and therefore claim the privilege of theircat
tle, to keep the Sabbath by eating, drinking, ami
sleeping, after the toil and labor of the week.
Now in all this the worst circumstance is, that
these persons are such whose companies are most
required, and who stand most in need of a *
physician. —Dean Swift.
Taking the Responsibility.— The Arkan
sas Star says, Wx. Cox, Postmaster at Hardens
burg, Ky., writes a letter to the Postmaster at
Washington, Arkansas, in which he says that, ?
believing a certain individual alluded to was “a
consummate rascal, he took the liberty of open- ?
ing a letter directed to him,” &c. &c. This U •-
“ taking the responsibility ” with a vengeance.—
N. Y. Amer.
Laziness.—Dr. Hale used to say that “ Lazi
ness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs arri
ends in chains. I have experienced (he observed)
that the more business a man has the more hei»
able to accomplish; he learns to economise hi*
time ; that is a talent committed to every one of
you, and for the use of which you must account
Covibatti veness.—Bentley’s Miscellany has
the following illustration of Irish combattiveness:
“Och ! murther! nine o’clock at Donnybrook fair,
and devil a fight yet! Will any body have the
kindness to tread on my coat tail!
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Charleston, April 11-
Arrived yesterday —Br barque Shakspeare, Hen
derson, Liverpool; Br barque Robert A. Paur,Hed
derman, Liverpool.
At Quarantine —Li*e brig Cervantes, Tufts, 1
Boston; brig Perry, Hamilton, Boston.
Savannah, April 9-
Cleared —Br ship Alexander Edmonds, Strange, f
Liverpool; ship Gen Jackson, Moon 1 . Liverpool;
schooner Lurana,Swasey,New Orleans.
Arrived —Br ship Magnificient, VVhitty, Liver- ,
pool; brig Havre, Carpenter, Liverpool; brig Cam
brian, Stan wood, Boston; steamboat Erin, Hubbard.
A “S USU - April 10. I
Cleared ■ —Ship Rhode Island, Rogers, g
brig Poland, Gardner, Havre; brig a philadel- I
rence Marseilles, schooner Casket, Kelly, Plmadel |
P h:a ' . . „ v . _ ....fir Blinkhorn, Liver- I
Arrived —Brbng British iar, . . .
pool; brig Gulialma, Smith, - e ’ S
Forrest, Baltimore- Li ver- .
Went to sea —Ship (,r3 ) c . *
pool; brig Commerce, Reid, Liverpool.
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