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. 8 rn K >: T a. A VU TS V%, («■ W 8 ITUS* AV, 1P?-1SIRJTAK. V 25, 1532, VOLUME 10.-10.2!. . V yUHMSIIED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, BV | 1 A. If. PEBnißiilTOA'. i I^msT WSEMI WBEKI.Y PAI'BIt ‘'ivi: DOi.f.Ait -■- ■l cr simumi, ].\:f,r.bU in advance, or SIX lIOLLAKS? ;u Bbc * n *tofifi£* vciir. _ : WEEK I.V PAPER, THRRR ftOI.I.MJh i«-r j im'.rnn, f. "yable in advance, or rOlll DCM.ii.Au-*> a. .he -ail of die year. 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J.tVi’ThjUS (on laisii.es*) must Iso post ptud, cr they I ■ill not ue taken out of the. oiliee. The I, VWS OP THE taiTED STATES c published iu ibis paper. T To Er.erutffrs , Jdnirdstralon, and Guardin'**. S-lLErt of LAND or NRiSIIOKS,,ny Ad ididstra .s * <.xe,ciiiors, or (innrdla’is, are repaired, by law,:* held n the first Tuesday in the month, In tv era Hie ij-i of enin the forenoon, awdThreein t!«e aflemoes!,at • Court- ousc r.f the county in which the property is mile.—-No tee of theso .sale- must 1"* given in a public Noticeofthe yah**r.f* ptrz'tnnl properf', inu- ,: he sfivei like manner, I OKTV day* previous to the day of sale. Notice to the did tors an I erediurs of an estate, must he . i mode, to the i min c. ior N HfS If Olies siai - r -‘ 1 ■* liahv a?, or.a ir not.'* HANK. * At tin election liolil on Y\ ediioadaj, thn I->th iiist., vr. Jonathan Kt.us,was elected Tellor ol t,hu Mechanic's Bank ;n this city. THE CIIOI.EiIA. Wo | ultlisli to-day, from the Charleston pa- j po!S, an alibi und interestingailiclo in relation to, lliis ilifinllnl malady, road buforo tbo Kna’.d of; Iloallfi, in Ciiarleslon, by the President, Dr, Tims. Y. Simons: whirh wo recommend to the Allenlioii of I bo loador. Atnoiii* ibo various t’lc* Oaiitiona;v nieasn is olten ol e! J ewliore,ia one • wo barn seen somewhere of a nns. s :,,n i,i r,n;:!r,u.l, and the coulinont, to investi jj-itu ilm nalii'ooflbo disease, Mid the proper ,1-omi dies -to tin ro npnsod of Pliysiciatt?, oi; r eo.u, and a u oinle iby Ci.nj'rea*, oribo Presi- U-'i.i. SboiiU ibis inoiisnro bn adopted, . v, ’« thick IV v;ij m.ns ctml.l bo found, bettor c-.lcn • hind m eiram-o ilia objects of such a im.s-.-i'ti, | tiiaa mi. )-.i • Itiy inledin' -iit 1110! i".-#pi;vtablo j j Dr. P rcr. F. live, lately reu.nnod 1 , i'.i-e. lairm.e —and f. mn Poland, tu whose bin j anfurtiiii i»e single for liberty, Ins sc vices v -<• l ' Sr.lbintly devoted, till it Hindu beia-ino sobjecioa • m >l,,. llieisian yoke. Dr. lot was twice at-, picked bv ilm Cboloia, \vin '. < *i iid : : j.rl. na ' y d u-bbi expo, iciicc a* a smile 0., bosido ‘hat ob-1 1 -Iniited f.ii his extensive prub ssi.oal p.-aolice,;. hi ibn v.-iy midst oft he dii-eas. , ns -n gcon Mi ;im- of lb n Polish A-my, must liave rendered him ; J eeiiliarly i, nalified to judge of tin; niiinro :i ud }uo: or Iruiitnieiit of it, and particularly cd the icbitivn Main e and similarity ol that which now; i pi.-vails in England, and which, by many, is not jVI, liolicved In be iho Ali lie. t-imloia. liio | a !,!,; a tide of Dr. live's, in relation to bo Clio-1 b;,-:i, wifu.li wo copied a sbo.l li.-ue ng-r, four 1 lb.- Now Vo k papeis, sullicion'ly tlevclopesllio | ■ atte.nlinn he lias paid to die subject; and b>3 oa p ddliiy, as a Ifgbly intelligent and sciuntidc Pby iician. of doing the utmost justice to an invcsli-, gallon of it, is, wo presume, un pioslionable.; 1 Willi all Ibo advantages of n line iialmal mind ; &. liberal education,low men, wo presume, have i over boon more anionlly and enlbusiastically to his profession, (lie study of which, after most la-! j bo imis dcto’ion to it at home, was tho object &jf his visit to Europe. Tims, eminently <|'iidi*ii Wed, and possessed, as ho has shown himself, of j Wnirago to daro any y eill in the investigation of , K„ disease, wo cannot but bo; o, should ibo mis- i Mm spoken of bo appointed,Unit Ids valuable scr-: I ■cc.-ni.iy bo engaged in it. | ■ While engaged in tlm Polish cause, bis gallant ( Knduet and valuable profossionablc services,; I not only raj.idly advanced linn two grades above . flio commission lie fust received,but b nugln np j on him die particular notice of tlio brave Com ;, maiiilor-iii-Chinf, SfUrzynucki, who conferred n.,-: , on him the Polish Crossjuf military honor, & high- ’ ly com; limcnted him, in his letter accompany ing it, for In* professional services, Ids gallant boar-. . pis, and bis devotion to ibo Polish cause.—lhs; surgical skill,and active attention to tlio wound-: od, in the Hospitals, after tlio late revolution in franco, attracted the pa.titular notice ami tc gard of the Fior It facility. And on ids depar-! tore to Poland, hu was highly complimented, at: a meeting of the friends of Pid.ind, in l-’.-ance, (hr his generous devotion o( his seiviu sto toe, ‘.dish cause, us has boon seen by a resolution of; be mooting, which wo published sometime ago, | Siueo writing tlio above, wo have been la-j o.ed by an intelligent Physician of this com liunily, with tho following interesting extract j f.diii (lol’pii.’s Exposition, by J. C, Suit, M. D.; Cholera Morbus is an extremely aeiilo gt s ro aotorilis, amioiincod by a sevruc pain at the pjg astiiuni, extunding often to ibo clicst ami amlo- Plica; obstinate vomiting oi biliotis tnaltor, to which oidinmily are joined evacn iliuns ol the .same nature, and accom,.anted by very patidnl tem smiis; smallness and concuntiafionol pulse; an sboi-t, by all tlio symptoms produced by poi soning fi om corrosive substances. Mo see n j reign epidemically under the samo circnmi-tan ces as Uic oilier forms ofgaslro-Bcloritts j'i»l ex nmined ; like them it is caused by beat and mois rnre, by tin; miasms spread from places ut m-j foclion; and like them also, it owes its ravages] principally to tlio stimulants lavished by Blown-j ism,m these diseases, under piolext of remedying tin- asthenia to which they are attributed. | S > account o; an epidemic is bettor calculated \ to aiiow the nature of Cholera Mo bus, tin: dan i ger of stimulants, and thehai py ctfccts of anti ■ Eulogistic* in it ‘.eatment, than that comprise-: in (lie lldsis of i. GraVlF.it. ou lire epidoime xvid li ravaged jndii in loir, and do-lrojc.. u. 0.0 Ilian m» hundred thousand inliabd.ni'.s Tim i iiysii ian ol course oseessea an imposing macs "»f foots,en!igblefl*d by a knowledge cl '-io j I hysiokrgical doctrine, ho lias interrogated dead j : bodies, compared ibo alluralions they have pro 1 settled to him, with tho symptoms observed tin - ' ring life, ami lias been able to appreciate tbu 1 . ter. ibid cherts of ;he ba. I-a mis treatment cm- j ployed by the olistmjto Bruiiunians who were j around him. | i Ghohira morbus is endemic in India: Its exis-1 : icnoe depends on tlio cold and tho humidity fro- | ■ qituntly b oiiiiiit by the norlli winds, which exor cise a s oWeilul indn-m-.o on dm poor inhabitants j who are badly lodged, badly non i-lieil, passing, tbn night on damp mats, or under open sheds where the coU is keenly feb, and, especially, :du ing tho rains, produced by tlio noilii v im!, j All these causes wore reinforced in lb. 17, by a ! pi cat number of t. oops being brought together ; in Bengal, for tlio purj ose of combatting several Indian Princes; tins largo army was sn-prized by profound culm* and execssu e heals, sue- ■ ! eeedod, during tire night, by cold and humidity, j | “ \V» can conceive,” s-iyu'.M. Gravikr, “ tliat, I the disease readily took on the t-liaraolor of an epidemic, and oven assumed tiro appearance ol' contagion; for ail those causes, joined to the incumbrance resulting font n collection of a gioat number of individuals, could not fail to dn voio -e points of infeotinn in .laocs xvbero men, - healthy or sick, were assembled together, and where attention to cleanliness, and measures ol t ttbiie svltihrily wore necessarily neglected. These ci cmnslanees explain the groat mortality which desolated GaleutU; this immense city u trare sed by imirow sliuels, the house* a o low, and want Openings to establish currents of air— thousands id individuals ar.. buried in these kind of hovels, where the sun neve; penetiatcs; the' disease also committed less ravages in places | removed from (*a!entl t. These foci ol infec- . lion extended their inllnouce to considerable dis tance; f.ont ibo army of Bengal, the disease was ran icd to that on tho coast of Malabar, and born- there as far as Madras*, und all tho neigh bouring cuanliy. If wo observe that it was nut transmitted f run man to man, \\ idiont tlio inleel ed area, and that it extended us far as I’omin.hi- ■ ry, notwithstanding a very strong wind blowing , in a di.cclion cuntary to it:, inopagalien, wo are ' lead to the conclusion, that I (to epidemic was not contagious, and that the nidus of iiifeetioo can bo . transported from one place to another by means I of tiie calamities of war, and thus spread tbe disease as lung us tlio causes producing it , continued to act. An inexpressible di lur-1 I banco in tho economy, raid iu tlio inlolloctiial ] ] functions maiked ibo invasion i f tho disease m i many individuals , minus woio attacked slid i dcuily, and always at uip*lit. Tho following is aj ! pictu.c of tho symploins, piesiiiiled by tiie ; gventer number, iu o; der ol’ their deVi-iojjcincnt; ; Vomiting of a I'npiid iliiid. soninliir.es mixed j wilii wo-ins, rind always with wiiitish rnucosi- j tics; alvine dejections without wo.iiis, pulse rentalUable for Kinalluess; severe pains iu ilia stomach; alteration of the featrui-s; eyes hag gard ami sunk: agitation; lunguo ted over its whole surface; lid,si.; exits,-erulion of the same symptom* soon follows; cul l exiretnilies : su liiuc j osiiiou; violent pains in the stomach, ami lower belly ; caipliolugia, culd-awoul, ; ulse al most inscijsikle, lunguo diy, spasm and oppres sion. Ticatment rnodlfii-d rein iik.-ddy lire march ofp i tlm iljscn-v. If the rutoi-id.-gislie inolhod wav followed barely was the li si bleeding practiced,! I before the taee’of tiie patient expanded, p evi | i oils to tier lie iti-.l not a licui.ilo axvoid, and be lin.-n e. ’ c-'jt, v. itii an oa-\ aessibie ue.-ent, ” / : nit 50,•(./.” in in.), Ibe longue became moist; the von-.ilmg, alr ino evaeualions and s : asms iti i minisiied, and somelinus ceased ; die second 1 Ideedlng proutu-ud, ordinalily, u leinir-i-iii ol all the afinning symptoms. Thu pniierils expo i diced lliena dcsiio local, wide h arose almost to i b cti/.y, and, if their iniao. tunilic j wore not yielded to, the symptom* imme iately rein:nod, with greater iniciisily ; allsuecour became use ; ess. Uiev sank iis the midst of the most ho tilde toiiu Tits. Sueli, ai*-o. was the lenuniatiou w’ldch j sit Ci retied uhnosl i-misi..nt!y whero ti.c disiM.se was abando- ed to itself, and cs ; .o-ially when exasperated by a slinndaiiiig liealinent. the in aeo .liens became mor.i f e.aiui'; a l ll;C luges tu wrr* I lieu rejected, o. even o< uM not bo swallowed. Tiiu severity of ibo nhdomuial pains pi educed al li. si an extreme agitation, ac- | comnanicd by violent convulsions, and d.ow from the patient tbe most lainentalilo cries; but ( tiie xiolont stale was soon ropiaced by | tostra lion, apiionia, deli him, Carpl.-oiogia, coma, cold j extremities, and, at tho same tune, tliu.se nnfoi liinato wretches cxperiencorl m the bowels the ( * sensation of burning hum ; tlio pulse always ( j.reci; itutc, became lii cady, and Ide was e\- linguislied. This ci uel disease was loinduatcd ordinarily, in the space of from ono to three days. iu spite of tlm danger of opening bodies, , which, before getting cold, already exhaled an . insupportable odour, and whoso dc.conipusiliun ' was very ra; id, M, (iravi ir lias not been deter- . i red horn endeavouring to establish, by ah ex amination of tins oigans, tlio hill immatoiy na ture of ibis disease, already siillu-ienlly demon- ; (grated by tiie symptoms and ell’oct of the ami li hlogistte and stiniuiuling li-oalmeiit. He did ( not meet with any aiteiation in the bruin, or in the organs of tlm chest; lie tiaind tile internal membram! ol* tlio msoj luigus inibuned, the car diae orifice of a violet red, die mucous mem biiino of die stiunai b, in its w bole extent, deck- | cued and of a gang, tnous brown ; once only hu , loiind it ulcerated; it was easily scn.-irateil Irom ( the museulai tunic ; tiie patient had resisted dn- . ring til ee days, lie ims seen die latter poifo rated in an old wom-m, who bad voinhted itp a ( nmuiierof worms; the dumluuinii presented the | siiuc ispcct as the st unaea; tlm ledness gra- | Pa i.lv dee eased in the small ititeslme, but all . tiie t; aces oi* iiiHai.'imalioo we e manifested in i 1 the coit-ii.-n and colon. The Momaeli . tid mies- j ( . lines were empty ; ilia bladder : 1 logosed und > j indu atod, roscmbie'l a piece-d .tun -led .are.-i I ■limit. In pcneml, the app.-aranei sol mlhm ; .nation were iossappaici.it iu die lio.liesol ;.er- 1 (i,ms who died suddenly, and who iiad sunk i*.i* • . ! the,- under the j ain and inlcn-rily ol c. rivulsivc j ' s.-ui-iih, than the disorganization of v iscera ; in a- j ’ nv English physicians li ivu faiml mv aginalioiH p ,iu tiia small mtcstiin?. The'river has iioto.di-] iieiU’ ii'es.ailed t. aeos of inllaiiimalinii. j From ail die laets M. Grivikh justly con-j c!n h s that die (Mnde a Mo;lms, which lie has 1 nhserv ed, consisted m a high i rita’.ion of die di-1 I geslive r.tnal, loduciug at fi st. ; -nns by its ox | ee.vs, and oiu-ji exhausted die fo.ces and sen-i- I hilitv, insure having had time to rise to the do • „. i; J m' inllavunatioii, but winch look in tliis eiiai'iiclei iii the most evident maimer, when j prolonged but for a very short time. j ‘ M iiimn r, constantly olhaiued tho happiest, elfeet from the noli lilogeslie treatment v.lieii| called in time.—At tbe cemmeticemeril of the J disease, be .escribed rice water with gum,and j a small aiantity of acid, mid glystorsoi tho Mime | fluid These simile means sufficed olteii to I eaim tlio vondlling and evacuations. If tlio j 1 si m toms bceome more intense, announcing the | e,oi»rcss of inil iintna’rioit of die digestive inn-| eons membrane, ho l.a 1 reccurso to bleeding— ilsto be rcg etled that,tins pliys:eian dnl not: I resort to leeches; for local blood-letting wield j I certainly have had more happy effects dun j uio ! hotomv. The latter c nmol he used in cortaui I i -sei ivi bout danger ; for when the inhaling a- Uent'ln* produced a g’eat cli*ui. bailee of die, ue**,ous system, when the som-i'.ility isox.nmst ■ I bv tbe'pain, and the forces are concentrated . .be irritated viscera, large sanguine m-pie ions me often pernicious, moreover we know -bat local blood-letting is much more cfiicaoious. '..bun phlebotomy against mfiai.imalionol tbe mm ecus membrane*. At all events. M. Crav ..* . t'.W gs that he ha* a!way* MOfl ’•••»« , j.lnco excellent effects.—Tie ecniino* bis pa j licnls, tlio first day, to an absolute diet; and as I die amelioration was as piompt, bn says, as jdgalii, ami as die appetite was extreme as soon Ins die symptoms bad disapnca oil, bo allowed lioc-gruu!; which most frequently completed tho cure. The patients thus treated, were or dinarily convalescent fioui die second day, and | at a slate to lake nourishment; and, on tlio font tit day, they had recovered their health, j M. Gravier traces a frightful picture of tho j treatment adopted by tbu English physicians in . diis epidemic ; it will mil bo improper to present here, an extract of it, for the pu pose of show-; ing bow far the error* of practitioners may lie carried, v. ho have not been enlightened by pby : siology, and who are shll plunged in the ohactl rity of luiinoralism, allied io thu slid more inur derons thnoriesof Hrownisni. The ultra marine Brmmnians published a i manifesto in which they declare.l that thu most | dangerous character and circumstance of the disease, “ was the total want of bilo and acrid j matters in tlio stomach and intestines, and ill it the principal end should be to reanimate tho languishing vital po.veis, to re-establish the ('ir eolation, to prevent the violent spasmodic con ; dilion, to re-establish the action oflho stomitch.” Gonso iiieully lin y p. escribed uudor lite title ol proservalimi. and arierwards, as curative means, a tincturu composed of pimento, opium, cam phor, and cardamoms, infused iu alcohol. All tlio inhabitants were provided with this tincture, , .decorated with the title of uiUis/iusmoilii', or | : cigorous supporter, and the n»e which they made , of it as a pioventive, should bo set down a-J mongst tlio principal causes of tlio ravages of , the epidemic. .When the symptoms of ibis tor- 1 , ribln intl immatiou wore m.iinfosloil, they no , longer limited tlicmselvcs to their tincture ; the stiinniulion it p.odneod was 100 feeble to satis-j fy them : “ Hub tlio oppigastiimn,” they added J in their innnifoslo, “ will) the oil of tn. petdiae, - tincture of cai tinnrides, and Sjd.ilsof cant, lair, i i Foi the purpose of reestablishing tlio cirenla-1 ; tion, tho action of tho stomach and intestines, nn.i for overcoming the s asms, lake thirty ! drops of laudanum in a small quantity of spirit id mint: lake then an o, iato with fifteen grains ol , , c lonic). The same dose may ho i epeated an 1 | many as sou times. It happens licit tlio patient j falls into sue-i n stale of exhaustion, that the pulse is no longer sensible: for Hie purpose oi ! re establishing, the vital powers, give strong Ij I I quors with laiidamim, oth'- calomel, and liai.t. ’ - He.n, as the four ■ ua-lcs of tlio globe, adds : M. Gravier, does not furnish new stimulants to I combat tiie"."tended debility, the ddses and re- 1 pititions of 'be I-itlci presc i; lions ai r. b-l' to the ■ j will of the i nlivuhi Is; and, ns if tho genius of: j evil had .ciideic- all the physicians deaf to thu j cries of Irani*<■, tho counsol of Madras eonclud- , |ed by saving : -Ono of Iho most prominent syni -loms of tin disc so is an ardent thirst, nod gioat desire lot o-dil water: but tee h'ter. iluid- j al, that it is n means of ilcst-uction, wliieh would bo followed by p Atnpl ib-alli ; wosbould not then satisfy ibis desk c.” Should we be (tor prised that tlio Cholera Morbus of Indii lias t swept from that country, iu a few mouths, more , than six liim.l d tlamsami iudividita's ? Alter; what we have seen of the symptoms of the dis ease, ami the ; "St mortem a; pea uncus, it is in I \ deed, eary io foresee what would be the result l | of 'llls iticemliaiy treatment; ofllwi application j of i-ei-por, pimumo, cumpiior, ether, caniamoins, calomel, leaudy, &c. to the mucous membiami of the di<»eslivc ~ass-i*f' s, already adoctod vvidi . mi oiil.illun of tin.* Ifgho-t gr.i-10. t IIABI.ESTON, IT. II. B, I-dl. Tiie Board of Health having convened litis j dav, the following coimnuidcation, in relation j to the Cholera, wns read by Tliomas Y. Simons, J M. If. Giiaiiiimri of too iloi'i-tl, whereupon it was resolved unanimously, lint tile editors of j the dill'oient papes of the city, he lOipiuKtuil to :-nblisli tiie smile for the iiiforiiialion of tiie citi zens. Extract from the Mitiles. JOHN BF.I.I.TNGER. M. D. t-l'-.k of tiiu Board of Health. Cmillnmn of the lUmnl of Health — : The p.ogress which Glio’e-n is m iking in Eu ro- n, i's extension into <l'-rm iny, Holland, and England, nations wiln which we have sm-li fe ipumt (joinin' rcial relaiious, ara just grounds J’or a;>prchisi)siou* of its occurrence m Aiin.-i ii.- i. It becomes us, tloi’cl'o o, to baveoui- attention se riously railed to this subject. It is to us, that tho community look to and wilh j.islieu l" use sui-|i meat's as may, it possible resist, the scourge which hna fallen on our brethren iu Asia and a poilion of Eit-ope. As cliaii man iif Ibis board, I fee) it incumbent upon me to givo you a guttural view of Ibo pm gross of Cholura, tlio opinions enloi taiimd of its eonlagious o atmospheric diameter, tlm im-a- . sums u liii-.h tlio city authorities liavo adopt oil, oul the duties wlddi it becomes us to perform to, prevent its inlioJiiclion, or to lessen its violence or fatality. , In a communication like the present, minute details or elaborate argmnetils could not be ex pected, nor would limy be suitable. The C'liokira now prevailing, is a very distill.-t disease from tin; ordinary Cbolora Morbus, ivliidi oeeasionally atiacks tin; liiimati race ; it is so ills- 1 liuel. as to be regaidud by the best writers on the subj -el, as mijiio e.iy named. It is a uis- ■ ease, w iiit,-li lias no doubt periodically prevailed ai East mu nations, ns to the Yellow Fovor among , us; ami lias linreUdbre been regarded as an epi- : | 'lemic i-ociili.il to iboso countries. It has indeed been ii pound by some medical writers licit it has before visited Emopc ; but there are no good grounds for admitting such an opinion. Tlio Gliolcru now prevailing, appeared at .In*- ; i sore. 100 miles tain) GahaiUa, ill lil7;lronii ' ili'-ncn it spreads in eve. y direction "ver iiulia, and ultimately over a great propoilioa of Asia,, : awe", ing like a whirlwind over low tu, and vil luges, and armies. In IHTS it reaciiod to liio , I I-orders of Eukjj e ; ictnaining in Asia, and retro- j j grading, it invaded again and again various pro- ! portions of dial (Jwiitineiit. Tims ci.ciiinciiiii-, ! scribed, no ariprt-bensimis wore onto, taim.-d oi its | | extending beyond Ibis lu.-iirnliy. In I'-li'h it i again appealed on the coniines of Europe, ami j afterwards passed ovci and entered into Utissi i and Constantino; 10, and lias since been g* initially j I pro"’ escing and extending. It has been ostiin uialed, that f mu 1817 to HliO, 0.Mi10.000 of souls I' have perished in Asia, l.oiiitliis disease.“ llie (,'l.ole alias assumed divn silied forms. In sumo in-taiices, individuals b .vc In cn seized wnli a j direct prostration of strength all tins' dal on«tg"-s have ceased, and they have died without pain j intw’o, foil ami twenty four hours. Goncrally, | however, tliov havu haeii attacked witli violent ! s-.asrns aud t-xcruc aling agony, and these eases, I I lii j Surg«ons i* i tlio L>. i 11 i Aniiy in lnili i ro* J ! c arded a-, more lav oi able di m those of cxtiume I (ieprussion. , i The immense mortality in Asia, should by no, ! means create a panic among us, foi epidemic j i diseases hare always been exceedingly fatal on 1 that continent, a nnng dm inilives —li t f.0.-ii the ; want of a pro,.c ine-iical police: 2'lly, Born the j want of proper medical aid ; end mlly, horn the f.ct, that tiie majority of die natives being fat ti lts.'mow an epidemic disease as « visitation j fcm God, and overcome by fear, yield without i ■ effort to tin. to i il.de destroyer. I" confirmedoa i of t ifcse statements, I refer you to dm eompara-1 • live mastery which IGo surgeons of Nu; ol on s i - army obtainod over tiie plague,and trom the able , and mtoresling reports v. iiieli we liave from tho I 1 British surge*!* on Chui- ra, (.the principal source! j • f.-,-,; nr. amil'cs Addr T* 13 the Students oflhc Mcdi •l W'-s ■■ i >'vw Vvr- • ■ from whence wo drive information respecting this ‘ disease) wo find it became greatly undar medi i cal contiol. i In Europe likewise, so far as our imperfect I and dcsnlato v intelligence extends, Gimloralias been checked in its career, by active medical po ■ lice, and lessened in its fatality by efficient aid. I: It has boon confined indeed principally, and baa been most tifo among tiie poor, the desolate, and such were exposed to great privation*, - ami accumulated filth. The number which have i j taken sick tu different cities of Europe, in |ro : j portion to the population, has been eompai nlivo • jJy t- illing , and the number ofdeaths. in compar ison with those which have been atlliclod, lo lled mg that it raged among the poor, bung on - - bad food und in crowded icsidenci-s; among tiie -: (iasolnt.! and licentious, with constitutions, dos j troye(l by intemperance and dnb.iucheiy, has i not much if ut all, exceeded die fatality ol epi -, (lemic Yellow Fever, among tho debauched and ! den ravuij nmong ih. I i Cho!i*ra L.i■? ::!£▼♦**l in the anti ■ finnics —;»it«;ctsn.«v ullicftrs an wrll as ihimi —*lnii 1 i st*ly folVrtcd, snrronriilnd run^nnsaiily with 1 ! massfs id' tlt'lt!:»•( ions malttM*, suhjnclftl lt» many 11 rival ions ami and having l*« e«)ii(*fii Iv* uiiwiioinsomo I’uod, it was natural to siij poso it would unions them—under ordi iaiy i ir fiiuislJiucf'j, stjl l uu tint's a largo army lung iu iiMin toa«*?lior without being attaoSxi d wiilinn opidmnit! tli.-suasjc; yet even hc.-o Cbolora was ; (ontroliotl. i Our m*M find must imuu'lant consideration, is - tlio tijtininns \\ liicb a»n onto tainod ol* its propa* Jj’.itiou. »mt» I• ;iv*• uracil that it is jnopaifMfnl by nlmosjihmic inJlucncu and somo by cnnl;i"iuu. ; To miter into tlio fu Id ot*cuntrovoisy vvouM not be suitable l*» this occasion—it would lake up t< o much limp, anti after all wo would an ivu at no-; I thing conclusive. Tbu laws of contagion and , , atiiiiHplin.-in iniluencu notwiiliHtamJing tlm \i»l --1 uuif.H wbir.b havu tumn Wiilten on tbu subject, j and the tfro it nnmhor of observations and ux !peri nouts which h ive been made, aro still a mong tlu* inudieal fmulfy—i wide and unsettled lit*ld (or casuistry and debate. Moth parties zealous in llm cause which limy havu advocated, ■ argue ns stiemiou.-dy ami as wavudy for victory 'as 1 1 li til, and all things wliieb militate against as sumed piincijdcs arc overlooked or ingeniously opposed. Tho advocates of either parly, are . bonost and conscientious iu tin ir opinions, but : the subject is nt best speculative, and 1 tom can never In? ultimately settled. While, however, I have felt it my duty to m iko ibmo gene al ob se vat ions, IV rbo it from mo to disparage the ellorts medical who have ex »ffie.d their lives and sac di.rutl I heir comforts, and submitted themselves to every nriv.vion to solve this *>ruat problem, and thus . fioui.*til the human race. These are, I may fair ly state, no class of men iu limes of danger ut pteil to tbu human family, more reckless ol eon* ; se-juencos or fearless of personal danger, in the perlo!mnnee of their solemn and niipo lant du , lies, than the members of the medical proses , sion. , f l’l»e invo libations which havu been made on i tho Imvh of contagion although far from being satisfactory, hav* not been without use. Tor while tbe advocates of noii*eontagion have les- Isoiu.ml die panic which fluizu.s u? on comiminities ' when epidemic disease assaults llmin, and cm hobleiH m toy to administer to tlio sidlerings of tlio alllieted, thus funning a In igbt and ituj.oi taut era iu the arm ds ofliuuruiily. 'l’lm : ‘v> it* v of contagion guard enmmuni i lie.** against being neglectful of those precaution ary methods, \\lnch may picvent tlm introduc tion ofepidemiesjor if iutiodiiced lessen their vi rulence and fatality. Ju relation to the Cholera— by far tho greater proportion of medical gentlemen, who have had | I an oppo timity of observing Ibis disease iu Asia and Lmope, arc decidedly of opinion, that it is: II not contagiuiis. I They maintain tb it it hafl ptr*sticd Ita ronrse | steadily and gradually, mid that no particular I motco: ologieal changes have been fouinl to ac*' cclurate or retard it—-that it is partial in its ope-! rations—tint one poi tion of nn army Ims been inflected, while (mother poitiou ailj iccnl has i been exempt; that like a tornado, i* inis imbed | 1 over ce tain portion ofcounlrieH und even cities, leaving tlio others nnufliicled; that if has sur rounded a oily, and passed ofV without at-! t ic.knig if; that it has ii vtided HicceHsive'y ci- \ lies lia\ iug no di * i t i*nnitufitiication, and whinu no means of conimnnieution could be traced.— In many wo,its ami able icports on tliis subject, numerous instance! iib-tariiiating these potd- . lions b ivc been adduced. The advocates of contagion, on tlio oilier j Inn I e',n illy obsciving and intidl gnil, lm\u. I aced the imroduction oft 'liolora into count i ic-*, j as they nimbi", llirou.di tin medium of vessels' coming from inflicted j*orls, uml they adducu in variety of fae’s coufi malory nf ibis opinion.- j They say lb.it- tin*, disease was intioduccd (Vom I*ersia tu Kus-ia by contagion alone*. I • Thus is this in alter at issue among the iSTifdi- j ral (icntleniun who h ive bad an opportunity vf| tibsciv ing ('liolora. Amid these conflicting o, m | ions, wluil Hliould be tbu course to be pursued, | , by lliose to wlioni are intiusted the gu-mii in-j ship oflbe | uhiic health? I should «ay that on j whatever bidu they may be disposed to lean in a> I , philosoj fiical point of view, practically they ar". ’ I liound to ant on the pa; lof nafety and pmdi nl. « precaution, so that mj* Ii a couise does i ol mine- • < ees; a ily inters re with the i ights ofp.opcrly or j the inlu.csls of coumicice. For mysedf, after having, to the best of my a- | biJilica, de!i!»eratidy invcs’igalod this reinject, I cannot bcli 've that the Cholera has been pro-j ■ dueoil by contagion alone, although Ido not pro- j tend to say it h is not, in some instance'*, proved j contagious, ir has been too general and exten sive, and diveisilitj I in its progress, to be propa-. gated by ibis means only—-it must be, it notuilo-- gedier, at lca.il greatly propagated by alnios-, : pbe.,-jr. influence, No docs ibis opinion conflict'- i with tbu advocates ofeitber position, tor Small 1 1’tix and Me isles, confessedly admitted «•* con ; tasioiH, f.eipicntly and more genurully prevail e; idcinieally tb.ongb atnios, lioic than conla -1 gioiis iullueiiee. 'J'besc discaneH have indeed beeii known to occur and spread, without any pie- lido trace of contagion, und so it may be with ('bob r i. As soon as it was ascertained that ibo Cholera 1 was spre iding in Ku-sia, tbe luteridanl consult- j ♦ d me a lb>, i IMiysiciun, and likewise tbe Medi-; cal .Society, requesting ibo memberK of tli.it j body To givo their views. 'l’im Society and ! my Hell’, concurred, under existing circumstan ces, in the propriety of having uli vessels coming flurn poits where Cholera piovails, Mibjected to : »jmtamine regulations, and accOidingly a p:oe|:i matioo was issued by the Inlcndant to ibis i ii cf. 'Pirn disease h iving gradually p!Ogrc-sed f. «»rn tiie ftahic 'vliere ne have little direct counri'mi -1 cation, to i folland, (jf - many, and even l.ngland, ] i where we have floniieiil communication, 1 have 1 ' been directed by the lulejid.ml, to have all yes- ( ' >i:li corning from pot Is m thoae counti ies snlijeet* ; | c*d to "ii.nanline regul.itions. lam aware liiat. many will regard tins as a nucleus picciinfmri. i owing to the length of lime, (iom I*»♦* sailng ol j vessels to their arrival at this | 0.1. Ih*l *be evil j ! to commercial intercourse is com./aralively tri fling, and something i.s duo to the fuar« and up • prehensions oflho community al large, wlm h will 1 not be ialirttied with tpccnlalivc and p.oblernal j ic.d views, of (be non-coiitagion of CJliolma. ftelieviug, however, as I before fcaid, that jciiolera bus sp r eud princi. ally lli'ougb almos jphurie influence, and saii.-fiod as i am that if i docs occur among us, it will bo tb ougli thdl m iium, it bebovcH us to be prepared. 1 hive.slated that tho disease has been most fatal and prevalent, among tlio poor, the dlsso* s Into, (he intemperate, and those who are denar ly congiogalml logetbcr, and exposed to aeci mulated filth, aud impure air. It would he pn t per, therefore, to see that fill nuisances b s promptly removed—(bat the Hoard inspect u * crowded situations conliuud and .adinittiiig « . little vcu'.illation— and that all causes whic i would be calculated to generate impure un , should, as far as practicable, be obviated. In , deed these piecantnms aro necessary, even i ' d ztiolera was not to occur, to prevent tlio epidem i»; lever with which we are assailed—and this ii ■ the pioper season. For if postponed until tin - warm season commences, it will be quite Ds lato tororreel the evils. ] would therefore, ro i commend dm (’oimnitteiM of the respacliv* i wnrdsto be active and vigilant, und that thu ci - ti/.ens be c died upon to co ope ate with them. * I It would be vo y desirable tb,it cveiy pbvsicitii should become acquainted v\ itii die history I character, and treatment of Choi -m, so ilia should it occur, We may he us w«dl prepared at ij j ossilde, to lessen its fatality. Hut as lew phy* I si' i.ms, except sin fi us live in large cities car i have a ready across to wo ks which treat on ■ this subject. 1 Would respecHully suggest die piopi iuty of requesting tbe iMcdieal Society t< t s have an am] de lopost made on lies subject, mu - [ that Ilis Excellency the (inventor, he io juestei -1 to ba\ o the 8 ime primed id tbu public expense II and distributed among ill the pb)sioi ms of du r I Stale. 1 have ilesigtiaiod ibo {Medical Society not because we could not havu nu aide reroii 1 1 f out tin* Medical geutb'ineu of this Hoard, Inn I because the Medical Sen icty wotibl embrace tin ! j n is»lcfm of the whole Medical community* anti , 1 the subject wouid bo moic generally disf iHsed* [] It would he exltemely dosiiahh*, if piactica i' Me, dial the difleiont ('dies and Slates of die | Fnioii, could come to a proper understanding, as , j to the host moans to bo adopted to prevent tho ; introduction orsprt-a I ofCl:>.!ora among ih. A** ■ no cousontinieoiH plan can, however reasonably be expected to bn ado,.led, it loinaiiH tin* us to perform thn duties aligned us, and await the dispensations of IVovidenee. In conclusion, I feel sali li" I, that by a j*ro;*e system of Medical police, and a proper know lod'io of the disease by INLidical gontlonien, which I h ive no doubl they will obtain, .sboubl it pleasu die Almighty that Cholera should come among us, it will bo disarmed, as it had been in Kiii ope, of many of its 10. iors. PI/DLrC MIjDTIKd. At a huge and rcsj.ectablo mooting of the Claik parly, held at Columbus on the Nth insl. for dm purpose of recommending •uilable per sons to the electors of the county of Muo-ogeu to inprcsonl them in tlio next I.eui-dalure, iloetoi Ai.r.i knon H. Ci.iktoN was selected for die rfeu ate, aud Wil.l.H I*. lUki n U lI.I.iAM Kikk foi dm UnprcHuntativu hianeli. Ami it was voted uuaniiuously by the meeting touupporl said tick ol.— CutumOus Democrat . From iht United States Telegraph. Tho subjoined aro cojiios of notes which have passed between Caovumors Hr inch and Forsyth, tlnoiigh our hands, as die fiends of those gen tlemen. HAMHIX IV FA It SON. WM. ri. AltCllKit. XVasimnoton Crrv, Fch 5, 1804 Sin: -I have read lilt) printed repo; I of your speech, prepared by you for dm press, purportin' l lo be die rema< ks which you m ide in tfio .Sen ale m secret session, on the nomination of .Mar in Van Horen as Knvry /Fxh aordinary an I Mini -le? Fli iiqnitentiary to dm Court of St. Jam oh. The notice which you lake of a conversation refer red lo in the debate by Mr. Foindcxter, Senator (from Mississippi, ro juires that I should ask of you to slaty to me, explicitly, whether you did [ or did not know, or bad reason to bid eve, at the | lime you wrote oul your speech for publication, | dial 1 was the “somebody, one of the bite Sec j rotaries *' lo whom you refer as thu volunteer * repeater of die couli lend al conversations v. it h I tho Chief Magistrate 7 Vour re dy to this com mnnicalion will regulalo my fmu.u action on j tills subject. I am, rospoetfully, yours, *Vc. JOHN HUANCII. Il m. John Poitsvnr, Wast inciton, Fid), T», Ih'.TJ. Dr \n Sin Altbeiigh p«‘i feetly maiisfied with your verbal declaration, on icllcction since wo separated tins mo.ning. I think it iodispeieahlc that dm coiicbi ling pa agrajdi m Ibe ern dosed | letter sboubl lie omitted, or tb it your reiu.i'ks I to mo on dm subject of it shoiibi be iu wiiiyjg I) lure an arnwei to it is transmitted n*yuu. I ; ieiu.il it to you to ado,. I i idmr course (hat may be most ag ecaldo to yon, 1 am, dear air, very sincerely yntim, J'UIIS KUKriVTM. ILju. Mr. Camsow. 1 luUsK i/i Ui;i*hihk.nt \tivks, Feb.uai y (i’ll, 1 )f. vrt rim:—lf the son In iiilenoga'oiy con tained in dm letter of (iovemor Hratn b. won’..! by more accuplibio to you wilboul tbu paragraph 1 with wliieh it concdudos, 1 am authonzf d as his fiiend, to Htato lo yon, lint that parngi/ij b may be considered as stricken from ins n not I deeming it essential to dm Hiibht.toeu of bis in quiry. W v re:>- ecdallv, ri AM. i*. CAliriON. lion. John Porsvtm. I*. S. Voui note was not banded r/jc till 11 j is) day, since lim inueting of dm House. Washington, Feb. 0, \ j rim : I lr*ve received your notes by Col. Car-' son. Tho rem nks of mine lo which you point ■ my attention, wore made in answer tu Mr.Foin | doxlor, and intended to imply to tlm poi Hon re ferred lo by him, without Unoirledgn of that per sou, o.i mv part then, nr ut the lime my remarks were prepared for tbe press. I am, very rcspcllullv, yours, A'o. JOIIiN FOILSVTiI. lion. .Mr. Hiuxcii. Wasiiinoton, Fob. 7, Sih : —ln your answer to my note by Col. Ca rbon, yon state that you did not know that i wav the poison referred to by (governor Poindexter as having a conversation with the Pifoudcnl, — : It being now made known to you that I whs tho ] person, I wish lo iu quire whether you fuel your i self at liberty to disaxovv die application of those remarks to me. 1 am, respectfully, c. ' JOHN HRANCH. lion. John Forsyth. Washington, Fch. 7t!i, rim : Vour note of ibis morning informs me * that, you were thu person referred toby Mr. Poin ' dexter iu die observation* alluded lo in our for. I nier notes, and in piires whether 1 feel al liberty 1 to diodaim die application lo you of any rem irks I m ro; ly. Having siiliiiiittei! tins subject to some u( rny j friends, wlm uuilß in thinking that the infer l cn'-o Irom Iho observations of Mr. I’oimlnxlcr, | under which my ic-trm ks wore made, that the conversation referred to had been coiifi'luntial, was not warranted, and satisfied that the view of the subject is eon ur-t, 1 have no hesitation in disclaiming tile a .plication to you of the cha-ge imported by Iheso remarks, of Jiuving repoalo a confidential cunv ersalion. 1 mn. icspeeti'ulty, &c. 1 JUIIN FOUSVTH. Hon. Jons Branch, House ofKci'r'-sentativc*, ■ ' *■"" 11 ..!L". ~a. Mr. Caraon respectfully requests those editors ■u- 1 wlmli ivi)i i.uMisti,.,! the romaifcs of Gov. For ■o-; KV 111 on Jlr. Vis» Hehkn’s nomination, to nubiieli. lie t side, tlus coricsjioiidencc. nil ( ’j| ruoM T,,K u - •• TraKOKtru, run. 0, h, „„ _ CONOKKSSIONAI,. „ I lie Senate, yesterday, .otter the usual iCi morning s business, was occupied the n- balance of (ho «Jny, with the exception of is | it short time spent in executive business ••y «!•" concluding pun of dir. Makoum’b Ml oblo nnd argumentative speech against ’• tiic protecting system. In tlie House n." Representatives, Mr. illcJim'iii, from the Committee of Ways , n Mentis, reported a kill to rudi'cr AND K(1(!AI.I/.K TUB DUTIES ON I .It PORTS, It It provides that, alter the 30lh day of Jane is next, until I. v sunie date in the your 1833, *■!*•* duties to be levied on iron and steel, ‘I salt, sugar, cotton bagging, hemp, llax, " “ini luuiifin ttires of iron, cotton, and " 'vool, imported into the United .Stains, j shall be 25 per cent. advalumn ; and after ~1 the hitter period 18] per cent, ail valorcrt, i-, until June :jl>. I*tl4,when they shall he te m dared. toJl2j percent, tin all oilier mpr i', idaindise imported, the bill proposes t;» 11 my a duly, ol I'd], per cent, ml valorem, ex -11 (■-(•)■ t sctieli articles as nro now imported i free of duly or at a lower rate than 12j d nercent. The bill was read a first and second time, nail, niter bonii? rein.irks ] from i>Sr. Inokrsoi i, and Mr. VK.Kri.ANCK, ' s nneh ofwhom, nnnounced.lheir intention to present a report on (ho smbjert, it was committed ton Committee of the Whole , o • the state of (he Union, nnd 5.000 extra i copies of llie report were ordered to bo /liiifed. The house afterwards, pro (•ceded to (ho consideration of'tlio nppor imimeiit lull. Itlr. Ivktin’s motion to live die ratio at 15,000 was negntiveil iiy u \ vote of IlSito (H itlr. Davis, ol'JtlasN, moved to insert Ki.OtMl, but this pr.iposi , lion was also rejected, by a vote of 110 to VI. itlr. Vanck next proposed 44,400; •iud upon tin's proposition u discussion n rose, in vvliieh (Messrs. Adams, C.'oultkh, U'i.av, of Ain, Wavsi:, Put b, Uhtuiikr, I ' ausov, nnd Mlaur, participated. It was, iiponn division by yean and miys, ■ in ried by SJB to i)7 —llie vote, in the first mstiinee, being ayes 1)7, noes 07, nnd the "•etuKtai f'ivini' the rntilin/r vote in favor of hr proposition, Itlr. Tau.ou moved to re •omniit the /dll, with instrnctlions to •liikeonl 41,400 and insert 53,001) ns the alio; lint the proposition was negatived, md tlie llousu adjourned, February 10. In the Senate, yesterday, the Vick ■ Fin.aiiiiK.vr communicated the memorial of the Free Trade < tonvenliun, lately us .emliled at Philadelphia, and supple* nentiil memorial from two members of the eommmitleo of that body, demon* r stenting (he evils of the protecting eys ■ tern, and praying that it may be abolish ed. These documents were, on motion i of Hr. If w.M{, referred to the Committee on Finance, and 1500 coldes were order* ed to be prinled. Alter the usttol mor '•itig business (he debate on Air. Ci.ay's . resolution on llie tariff was colinuetl. tlr. Tu,i;uaddressed the !8oiin(o for u iiotil mi Inittr nnd n half in a very lucid in-'nner, against thy system of protec tion; hut at a late hour, feeling exhausted with the exertion in consequence of in disposition, gave way to a motion to pro ceed to executive business. Air. Tvker continues Ids speech 10-tlny. In the Home of IJeprescntnlivpp, Itlr, Davis, from the same committee, report ed a bill concerning naturalization, one of the pro\ isions of wliieli exempts the alien from the necessity of declaring his inten tion to become si citizen a» prescribed by (be existing law, nnd grants the privi leges ofiiiitimilizatien on the expiration of live years neluul residence in llie Uni ted .States. The bill also extends llie rights of citizenship to all children of aliens becoming citizens ns shall have arrived in tin- United Stales before the attainment by them oftlie age oI'SM years it was rend twice nml committed. WHI WKKOlAfi* UVKRPOOL COTTON M ARKF-T. Wntlnuflay, Jan. 4. 1 The demnrid for Cotton i.i vary good, ilia nulos yesterday wore !»'.)')(!, and to il.'iy 5000 brigs. Prices of A marie'in cotton uni ll>. liiahar, 1 while U'j.zilh laid ollior doßcriplioiiH remain the same, 'i'lm iwpuil litis week id ouly moderate Macon, Feb. 17. COTTO X.—The ni.iikot lias been intimatoJ : 'bis wor kat impioveil rate". Principal sales at ,7 it H rlulls—iiit'u; ior lots at 5 a 7—(uiine [)urcol» i uww mw *2SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS iSI'OP THE THIEFI! Stolen from the rosidenee at Tlioinas II Sergeant, living 3 ni les above the Hanker “^piin.g, on the road to Ap pling, on stilurdny night last, n Small U VV HOKSI], shod before, 1 year* old last spring—bad on when taken, n new bridle nnd saddle, tpiilv benvy, with large brass stirrups. Attached to the enddc is ti housing, made of Carolina plaid, umi bound with red morocco. Any informa tion respecting said Horse, will be thank fully received l>v the undersigned. AUGUSTUS DAKHA, 10 mile.* from Augusta, on H'uMnirl'm road. Feb 22 2l M SS K KA ltl>. Kanawa v on die i3ti» inst., from Mr. I'M ward Hatcher, near vv avit' shoi o’.Unrkeeounty.a negro m. l. named JOHN,aged 23 years.s feet oor inches high—bad on 2 coats,one pair pan taloons, striped vest, and a wool hat - lie lias 2 or 3 upper teeth out in fro; ', mil walks somewhat lanio. Said t> 4 no doubt in Augusta, at this time,' ivns seen at .Mr. Turpin’? on A‘ 1 meet ; but it is probable, if he ■ . re, that he will go to Alr Fatnei ■!yV, near Uoni*ville, Jotleioon I will give *ls for the • ‘•h" . id negro, if taken in tin • ■ , .ildsat'eiy kept so thot k .■ ■" ’ it taken, out of the count \ - jiven to Air, H. Alims, vr ! r.’\r. ■.! i .-,j reived. , SO WDM, n. •• ::■ /• -• * Auguirtu, Fch 23.