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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. I