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CHEROKEE PHOENIK AJfD INDIANS’ ADVOCATE
BIISCELZ.AIH30U3.
YELLOW FEVER IN PMLLA-
DELPHIA IN 1193.
We have made the following a'
bridgeinent from “A short account o*
of tobacco being regarded as a pre-
veiitaiivte, many persons, even wo
men and small boys, had segars al
most constantly in their mouths.—
and attended with such danger, that it
was forbidden by an ordinance of the
Mayor.
The number of the infected daily
increasing, and the existence of an or- Others placing full confide: ce in gar-
- der against tho admission of persons lie, chewed it almost the whole day;
the ^Yellow Fever in Philadelphia i“ i laboring under infectious diseases into some kept it in their pockets and shots.
1793,” recently published in the Phi- | fho Alms House, precluding them Many weie. aliaid to allow the bar-
ladelphift Gazette. From the parti- i from a refuge there,* some tempora-; bers or hair dressers
with, and which nothing could pal
liate but the extraordinary public
panic, and the great law of self-pro*
servation, the dominion of which ex
tends over the whole animated world.
Men of affluent fortunes, who had given
daily employment and sustenance to
hundreds, have been abandoned to the
care of a negro, after their wives,
to come near
eular and circumstantial manner in j >7 I’laee was requisite; and three of 1 them, as instances had occurred ol I children, friends, clerks and servants,
which it is written, and the number of j the guardians of the poor, about the | some of them having shaved the dead, j had lied away, and left them to their
and many having engaged as bleeders, fate. In some cases, at the commencc-
Some who carried their caution pret-, ment of the disorder, to money could
ty far, bought lancets for themselves, | procure proper attendance. With
not daring to allow themselves to be
bled with the lancets of the bleeders.
Many houses were scarcely a moment
names given of individuals who suf- ~bth of August, look possession ol the
i’ered or assisted their fellow citizens, 'circus being the only place that
there is every reason to believe the could be procured (or the purpose,
account to be authentic. We have j 1 hither they sent 7 persons afflicted
omitted some relations of extreme j ' Y *th the malignant lever, "here the}
suffering, the truth of which we do lay in the open air for some lime, and
not doubt, but we do not wish to pro- "bhout any assistance.f Ol these,
duce in tin* minds of our readers the ! 011(5 crawled out on the commons,
harrowing sensations which their pc- "here he died, at a .distance fiom the
rnsal excited in us. We deem it use- house. i wo died in the circus, one
fill occasionally to call to mind the ! °1 "hoiu was seasonably removed;
trials sufferings, and vicissitudes to j l' 1(! other lay in a state of putrefaction ; was shut up, as was the cit/ library, lying
which human nature is subject: it has I' 01 ' above 48 hours, owing to the dif- 1 and most of the puUlie offices—-three | had no house or habitation, and could
a tendency to humble the proud Acuity of procuring a person to remove ! out of the lour daily papers wei e procure no shelter.
him. On this occasion occurred an ! discontinued, as were some ol the o- j A man and
! I he is. i\
lion of their
Of the Candidates in Cccseewajtec %
have hern lequcstcd to irurcitthe lollc^
names lor the Council.
JOHN FIELDS,
JESSE HALF CREED,
WATJE.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
ABIDiiSCAN SPECTATOR
A N I) „
WASHINGTON CITY CHRONICLE
. BY ROTlIWRir, AND USTTCK,
W. COI.TON EDJTOB.
the poor (lie case was, as might lit: ex
pected, infinitely worse than with the r —, T7T7 , „ r ,,
ni l . Mm.y of those have perished, j 1 City Chronicle, having entered in]
without a human Ij t* 11 n»- to hand them an ai'iaiigeiviont with t lsr- Pioprietor of til
ik- ! a drink ol water, to administer modi- j Columbian Register, by which the twdB
ur-!t:ines, or to perforin any charilable ; l’ a l ir,s have been united, and b. iievinB
: ®«U* for thorn. ia.Uu.,-'. i, a ‘ “tjfttiff. “ r ‘'”
piOl! Ct
spirit of man, and teach him to feel
liis own impotence.—Jlmcr. Spec
It was some time before the disor
der attracted public notice. It had
in the mean while swept o.T many
persons. Thfc removals from Phila
delphia began about the 23th or 20111
of August, and so great was the gen
eral terror, that, for some weeks,
carts, wagons, coaches, gigs, and
chairs, were almost constantly trans
porting families and furniture to the
country in every direction. Many
the streets, of persons w ho I
| instance of courage in a servant gin,
I of which at that time few men were
i capable. The carter, who finally un
dertook to remove the corpse, having
no assist: nt, and being unable (o put
it into the coffin, was on the point ol
in (ho day free from the smell of gun
powder, burned tobacco, nitre, sprint
led vinegar, &c. Some of the chur
(dies were almost deserted, and ot..- ; u.m..u >ui mum. various instances n r;i • r . i •,, ,
, I, . . ... , ■ | pi i i t * ,* i |ian oi (non Journal will have a tendcnc
era woolly closed. 1 he coffee house have occurred, of dead bodies found to promote its usefulness and place it on J
more permanent basis, and having madS
the necessary provisions for that objectf*
v. ill lienrefoith issue their paper under tItf™
title of “American Spectator and IVathin^
Ins wife, cnee in afflu- Ion City Chronicle.”
thers. Many devoted no small por-j »*nt circumstances, were found lying
dead in bed, and between them was
their child, a little infant, who was
sucking its mother’s breast. How
long they had lain thus was under
time to purifying, scour
ing, and whitewashing their rooms.—
Those who ventured abrqrd, had
handkerchiefs or sponges impregnated
with vinigar or camphor, at their no- tain.
relinquishing his design, and quilting ; ses, or smelling botiles full ol thieves’ i ^ certain girl, bclotr’in^ (o a fnrni-
tho place. The girl perceived him, vinegar. Others carried pieces of; j y in lhis c ,, y< in u l?i h t!u; ft;ver had
and understanding the difficulty lie la- ] tarred rope in their hands or pockets, prevailed, was apprehensive of dan-
bored under, offered her services, pro- j or camphor bags lied round their necks, i gLT? aru | resolved to remove to a rela-
vided lie would not inform the family] Abe corpses ol the most respectable i tio| p s |, ouse in t j, 0 count ,. y She was
1 with whom she lived
Slit
*ord- citi
people shut up their houses wholly; j helped him to put the body .into, of the cpi<
others left servants to take care of; c °A'>b though it was, at that tune, j grave on t
them. Business became extremely
dull. Mechanics and artists were
Unemployed; and the streets wore the
appearance of gloom and melancholy.
The first olfina! notice of the dis
order, was on the 22J of August, on
in the most.loathsome state of putre
faction. It gives me pleasure to add,
that she still lives, not w ithslanding Iter
very hazardous exploit.
veil those who had not died
niio, were carried to the
he shafts of a ihair, the
Horse Utiven by a negro, unattended
by a friend or relation, and without
any sort of ceremony. People uni-
however, taken sick on the road, and
returned to town, where she could
find no person to receive her. One
of the guardians of the poor provided
a cart, and took her to Ihe Alms
House, into which she was refused
„ . . , . „ , , for inly and hastily shifted their course admittance. Shi* was brought hack
i he inhabitants of thu neighborhood i at the s ght ol a hearse coming 10- | )ul jjpg guardian could not''
1 of the circus took the alarm, and J wards them. Many never walked on 1 j lc ,.
pi Ol 0 i
The leading objects of this Paper yviufj
be, to furnish, in a condensed form, intelli4
genre respecting the great Benevolent EnM
tc> ( , rises of the age, and to advocate their J
cause by every argument and motive which J
we may lie able to wield: to note the ad-j
yancos of Truth, ami to aid it in its conilictS
wnli Error; to record the fresh accessions!
ol Literature and to awaken a recollection*
of 4s buried shores; to report the acquisi-j
lions ol science, ami welcome their appli-
cntioii to the Mechanic Arts; to sketch thcll
Ptihtscal Features of the Times, and give®
an outline oi’ih? movements in this Citv off
Power
In Ihe duties of benevolence and self-,
sacrifice, wc shall not be captious or censo-,
r:ous—-we . hall steadily appeal to the un
changing obligations of man to his Maker
and to Ins lellow beings. In Literature,
tve pledge, ourselves to the maxims ol’ no
school, but we shall over linger longest at
a night's lodging. And, in lino, j the shrine where genius has consecrated
v* -'‘'M " * - ” •» • - • ■* ^«« | , : , , . . . . . - * w 1 ‘ * iinu^ iii iitM.^ 1 s- unto uaa uMiffcviuicu
which day the Mayor of Philadelphia, j threatened to hum or destroy it, unless j tho loot, path, but went into the mid- j altci . 0VC| . y IMn j c )0 prov : dc '• lls f i urm Idess energies to tlie high interest
Mathew Clarkson, Esq wrote to the ! ,hc si> ' k wc ‘‘° n'move.cl, and it is be-j die of the streets to avoid being in- h C r shelter: she absolutely exnimd in i 01 1 T; ,n ‘ ly ' shall kindle
city commissioners; and after ac- . ^vver! limy would have actually car- ; looted it. passing houses " herein pee- the cart. This occurrence took place , J! 1 ”^ of uulUy. we shall not'
quainting them with the state of the rie.d t.u.-ir tiireats into execution, had | jded .ud died. Ai cpMiiitc.nces aniL before Bushhiil hospital was open- lie exclusive‘or sectarian: we shall wet-
city, issued most peremptory orders,
to have the streets properly cleaned
and puufied by the scavenger, and all
the filtl) immediately hauled aivay.
Tnese o-ders were repeated on the
27tli, and similar ones given to the
clerks o f 'the market.
Tho of t!ic same nionlh, thn
college of physicians had a meeting,
at which they took into consideration
the nature of the disorder, and the
111. ' ' -* V J *'!' /»!, |IQ __
T r*;v •) i‘)iish.‘vl ai <vl.lr^ss to the cit-
izens, signed by tho president and si---
civtarv, recommending “to avoid all
unnecessary intercourse wit!) the in
fected; to pi ice m irks on the doors or
windows where thev were; to pay j tenth - with tlie safety ofllio iuhabit-
great nttention to el-.udiness and air- j ants.) for the poor who were or might
compliance been delayed a day long
er. j
The 29lh, seven of tlie guardians oi' ;
the poor had a conference with some j
of the city magistrates on the subject
of tlie fever, at which it was
to be indispensably necessary, that
a suitable house, us an hospital, should
he provided near the city, for the re
ception ofthe infected poor.
In consequence, in tlie evening of
i!ih sam.! day. the guardians of the
poor agreed lost! utry lesoimions, viz:
to use their utmost exertions to pro
cure a house, of the above descript ion,
for an hospital, (out of town, and as
near as might be practicable, eousis-
IViends avoided each other in the ct |
streets, ami only signified their regard
by a cold nod. Tho old custom of! These horrid circumstance
shaking hands fell into such general a tendency to throw a shade over tin
11 ■. oi
dang
had
hi the field
If
I he rooms ofthe si k; In provide a be afflicted with
! ai v hospital in 1 he neigh-j and be destitute
•ontagious disorders,
’ providing necessa-
borh > >d of the city for tlicir recep- ] ry assistance otlir-rw isn.
tion: to put a stop to the bells; to con- j Conformably with these resolves, a
vev to tlie burying ground those wiio | committee of (lie gn. rdinns w as np-
died of the disorder, i'i carriages, and pointed, t > make inquiry for a suitable
as privately as possible; to keep tlie j place; and on due examination, they
streets and wharves dean; to avoid
all fttigue of body and mind, and
standing or sitting in tbo sun, ">r in the
open air;to aceommodatc tlie dress to
the weather, and to exceed rather in
warm than in cod clothing, audio n-
void intemperance; hut to use ferment
ed liquors such as wine, beer and ei
der, with moderation. They likewise
judged that a building adjacent to
Bushhiil, (he mansion house of Wil
liam Hamilton, Esq. was the best
calculated for tho purpose. That
gentleman ivas thou absent, & had no
agent in the city; and the great urgen
cy of the ease admitting no delay,
eight of tlii' guardians, accompanied
by Hilary Baker. Esq. one of tho city
declared their opinion, that fires in the laid rnnn, with tin: concurrence of tlie
streets were very dangerous, if nut
ineffectual means of stopping the pro
gress of tlie fever, and that they
placed more d»n<»ndenco on tlie hunt
ing of gunpowder. The benefits of
vinegar and camphor, (hey added,
wetc confined ctiicllv to infected
rooms; and they could not be too? of
ten used on handkerchiefs, or in smell
ing bottles, by persons who attended
the sick.”
la consequence of this address, 1he
buHs vere immediately stopped from
jn! ling. The expedience of this moas-
u e iv; s obvious; as (hey had before
bean almost constantly ringing tho
who'll day, so as to terrify those in
Governor, proceeded, on tin; 31st of
August, to the building they bad fixed
upon; and meeting with some opposi-
disusc, that many shrunk back w ith
( . ( ,(| ! affright at even the offer of the hand.
A person with crape, or any appear
ance of iniu.ii uing, was shunned like
,i vipcir. And many vnlueii thems-, li es
hi.’blv on the skill and address with
which they rot to windward ol every
person whom they m .t Indeed it is
run proPntlie that London, at the low
est stage if the plaugne, exhibited
stronger marks of terror, (ban were
to be seen in Phi:, dolphin from the
25th or 2Glh of August, till ) te in
September. VVheu the citizens sum
moned resolution to walk abroad, and
l; ko the air, the sick carl conveying
patients to the hospital, or i!ie lionise
carrying the dead to the grave, which
were (ravelling almost the whole day,
soon d impcd their spirits, and plunged
Inem again into dcspondifficv.
While affairs were in this deplora
ble stale, and the people nt (he lowest
ebb of despair, we cannot he astonish- iation,
ed at tho frightful scenes that were
acted, which seemed to indicate a to
tal dissolution ol'lhc bonds of society
in the nearest and dearest connexions.
Who, without honor, can reflect on
a husband, married perhaps for 20
years, deserting his wife i:i the last n-
gony—a w ile, unfeelingly, abandoning
tier husband on his death bed; parents
forsaking their children—children un
grateful (lying from their paren-s and
open-
i come every tiling good in whatever denom-
; iuation of Christians it may prevail; anil
having Budl with equal impartiality expose every
tlung evil, wherever it may lie found—a
man’s character shall stamp bis character
and creed—the tree shall be known by its
fruits.
partisan, ai
de selves to
human character, it is proper to throw
a liilie light outlie subject, whero-
cver justice and truth will permit.—
Amidst tho genera! abandonment of
iIn*, sick that prevailed, there were to
be found many illustrious instances of
men and women, some in the middle,
others in tin: lower spheres of life, , , ,
... • ,... i , * to no a iiutv m everv man to keen a sci
* . i i , : " on those to whom our
111.}, exposed tlicnisclvca toured nehtsand privileges arc entrusted,
M'S, w hich terrified men who and to remonstrate, in the language of un-
often faced death without fear,! .v.eliSinjr piety anti patriotism, when these
In Poli'ics, we shall not b
iIh-m.- Ii mr ik, not plertgo _
withhold n free <■ jirossion of our opinions
of tlie qualification' and conduct of those in
power, or ol those w ho may be candidates
for these responsible stations. Wehold.it
sci uli-
those to whom our sa-
of battle.
is! have f.lieti
m
/Some of I hem,
the goad cause!
But why should (hey bo regi etteil?
Never could they have fallen mere
gloriously. Foremcvt in tills noble
group stands Joseph Inskcep, a most
in all the social rela-
cxcellc.nl
tru I:. are jirolaucd, or forgotten in the ab-
: orbing pursuit of self-aggrandizement.
! liat a Bajier s-o commanding in its oft-
i 'ct i, so idieral in its spirit, issuing from
tae (..v|rda. of our Country, if conducted
u ::.i iabu.lv and energy, will be sustained
by the public; . we cannot doubt. We
would no( solicit patronage from conside
rations of chanty to ourselves, we intend
lions o( citizen, brother, husband, and to render every"'man a quid proquo, and
friend. To the sick and the lorsak- at our Pap-r w I stand
. • - — by its
merits, or lad l,y its worthlessness.
We shall ev»> be grateful lor all perti-
nout cominunicaPons to cur columns—
while, with a becoming spirit otself-reli-
dcalt with equal freedom to an litter, ante, we shall smite our own rock, and if
stranger os to his bosom friend. Nu- 'h**streams are not copious, we trust they
ii... . r | wal at least he iitire.
the instances of men re-1 1
en liaa lie devoted his hours, to re
lieve and comfort thorn in this tribn-
mul his kind assistance was
merous are the
stored, by los kind cares and atten
tions. to 1 111 ■ir families, from the very
jaws of dentil. In various eases lias
lie been obliged to put dead bodies
into coffins, when tin* relations had
(]“<] from the mournful and dangerous
office.
lion from a tenant who occupied it. ] resigning them to chance, often with
they took possession of the mansion- j 0,, t inquiry after tlicir health or
house itself, to which, on tho same j safety—masters hurrying oft their
evening, they sent tho four patients faithful servants to Bushhiil, even on
who remained at the circus. suspicion of the fever, and that at a
Shortly after, the guardians (jf the lime when, almost like Tartarus, it
poor for the r it v, except James Wil- i "’its open to every visitant hut rarely
son, Jacob Tomkins, jun. and William ■ returned any—servants abandoning
/S'aiisorn, ceased the norfurmaiieo of 1 tender and humane masters, who only
t lies period tlie number of paupers i
TERMS.
Two dollars and fifty cents per annum,
m advance; or three dollars to be paid-
within three months after subscribing.—
horsiv monlle one dollar and fifty cents—
l’°r three months one dollar in advance.
An;, person who will obtain five respon-
F V . subscribers will be entitled to an ad-
ditional copy, orils equivalent in monev.
ICP Subscribers at a distance who'are
in ihe A tins House war between three and j not known to the publishers or their a-e'nt*
lour hundred; and ifw managers, appre- will he expected to pay in advance °
wm ve of i-l-'vkng the disorder among IQ* All letters addressed to the nnhln-.h-
thci.u, enforced tlw above-ment oned order,
v.dvch ba t been entered into a longtime
b’-for 0 . 1 iiO'-. iioivever, supplied beds
'ii a li! tii' care t o ne Ion
to henili) and esefulimss—wdin,
I hem
! say.
can think ol tlmse things without lior.
ro: ? Vet they were often oxliibitcrl
throughout our eitv; and such was the
force of habit, that thu parties who
and bedding, vnd
treasury, for th i
fllisch wage \.
t!.. se poor j-eoplc
cu >•<-!.
iTTad liiey
an immediate
tlie cousenueni
:ed to the publish
ers must be post, paid, otherwise they will
not be attended to.
*.^As*.*jewtmLimumMnwnaumjts
c a formas
r d! {lie nieivy in the
■ lmfi, out of that h ure, j
re offered for nurses fori
-but none could be pro- 'T' 5fop Fri1e a quantity
j J!~ o! C AS 1INGS, of almost every des-
linown oft hr
, • . cription; lie wil! sell low for Jcj^cash^mji
he c rcumslaiwp, 0 „ ])( , , vi „ rfteeive Hides, D^lcins^al?
i. l.a\e i . -n a U kinds of Furs in exchange for. them
Nov,
their duties, nearly the whole of thorn
having removed out of thu city. Be
fore tins virtu il vacation of office,
they passed a resolve against Ihe ad
mission of any paupers whatever into
health, and drive the sick, as far as i the Alms House during the prevalence
th i influence of imagination coo'd pro- j of tlie disorder.* The whole care of] "ere guilty o( lids cruelty, l<dl no re
duce that effect, to their graves. An the poor of the city, the providing for morse themselves—nor met with oen-
ide i had gone abroad, that the burning Basil.fill, sending the sick there, and ( sun* Ircm their (i How cili/ons, which ; Lxs/lf!5 , j REMAINING in the Post O ft' •>
buryng the dead, devolved, therefore, 1 S| t h ( oiiuik.I. "Oiilil b excited at Th" follow'ng persons are candidates fou “- 14 New Echota April 1, 1980. ^
on the above three guardians. * | a °y other period. Indeed, at litis aw- the General Council in Ahmohec District; Capt. EliasR. Bondiiiot,
of fires in the streets would have a
tonduivy to purify the air, and arrest
tlie progress of the disorder. The
people had, therefore, almost every
night, large tires lighted at the* corners
of tlie streets. The 29th, the Mayor,
conformably with the opinion of the
coRese of physicians, published a
proclamation forbidding this practice.
As a substitute, many had recourse to
the firing of guns, which they imagin
ed was a certain preventative of tlie
disorder. This was carried so far,
n-t>..9 Dcu.AOf’jity.
i),ip noBo-tofy—M/5, Dcd&avjyxyz.
.iii vey—JoJsf, svqjjwt,, yiv~r,, oc,s,
Lxs.asz.
for, them,
JNO. F. WHEELER.
13, 1820, + '
***** J ful crisis, so much did self appear to i
The consternation of the people of engross the whole attention of many,
Philadelphia, at this period, was that in some cases not more concern
carried beyond all hounds. Dismav j was felt for tlie loss ol a parent, a
and affright were visible in almost ] husband, a wife, or only child, than
every person’s countenance. Most of] 011 other occasions would have been j
those w ho could, by any means, make | caused by the death of a faithful ser-
it convenient, fled from the city. Of j V’ant.
those who remained, many shut them- j This kind of conduct produced
selves up in their houses, being a-j scenes of distress and misery, of
fraid to walk the streets The smoke | which parallels arc rarely to bo met
For the Committee.
LEWIS ROSS,
THOMAS FOREMAN.
For the Council.
GOING- SNAKE,
DOO-SU-WO LAH-DAH,
JAMES FOREMAN,
JOHN WATTS,
Mnj. JAMES MARTIN,
GEORGE BUTLER.
, . „ Samuel Cope
land, Benjamin Baton.
S. A. WORCESTER, P. M.
FIiOSJK/F!*0£m!
T HE Subscriber has several barrelsojt
first rate l’LOIJR tor sale low l£,
Cash or Hides. .1 F WHEELER
CON ST1TUTOJV
or TIIE CHEROKEE NATION FOR SAT, R
HERE. * ‘