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VOL U M E iI...NC. MBER 4 2 ‘ MILI.BDG&VILLE: published ('weeklyJ by DENX/S L. Hr AX. ■tFreshD rugs Of* Medicines FOR SALE. Dr. Wilson, /$ NOW OPENING, at his dps- theenry Slop in Miliedgcville, an offortment ofarticles in the DRUG pNE, receive'! from New-Yot k, •which he is felling lowfur cafj or to f>'.inarial cu/lorners on a credit, -AMONG WHICH ARE- Tptrac, Opium, Camphor, Cantharidcs, Caftor Oil, Jhbr, Calbmel, Rheubarb, Cream ot Tar ter, "artnr Emetic, Sugar of Lead, Verdegreafe, Tooth Powder, Lip Salve, Senna, . Quickfilver, Peruvian Bark Opodeldoc, Batcm's. Drops. Turlington’s Balfam, Britifh Oi , h<: Dec mber 9. Oil of Pepper- Mint”, {[ditto. Oil of Common Oil of Cinnamon Sugar Candy, Peper-Mint Lo zenges, Logwood, Madder, Arnatto, Red Lead, Aquafo’tis, Oil of Vitriol, Nitric Acid, Ring’s Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Shaving Soap, Caftiie Soap, Wafh Balls, Copal Varr.ifh, Spirits of Tur pentine, Copperas. S7tf EAGLE TAVERN. -p^ fuferiber refc&fully informs Ins friends ‘ nd the P ublic in general that he has -nrchafed the Houfe formerly occupied b y M C or Edwm Moungef, where he intends to con tinue his former line of ; nifinels arm hopes, by due attention an, I mduf- try, to merit their jyitronage. Roger UInis tend. Miliedgcville, January 9, IS 10 SCHOOL. Having declined teaching SCHOOL I take ihe liberty of recommending to my former employers and others, Mr. CHRISTOPHER RANKIN ; wuo comes highly recommended lor his lteadlutfs, l'obriety, morality and abilities, from the Prefident and pro- feflbrs of Jefferfon College in Penn fylvania •, alfo by other gentlempn of the fir(t refpe&ability ol faid Hate, as well as of Virginia. And from my oerfon.il knowledge of him, if my judgment of his abilities deferves anv regard, I molt cheertully and gladly recommend him. He has commenced in Miliedgcville where he will teach ENGLISH GRAM MAR, LATIN, GREEK, MA THEMATICS, GEOGRAPHY & the others Arts and Sciences, as far as can be, without apparatus, at the ufual prices, and where board can be had on reafonable terms. John II. Pcfty. Millcdgeville, January 5, 1810. MED1CAI. Planter's and Mariner’s Medical Companion. From the New-York Medical and Philofophical Journal and Review, we fele£t the following review of D?*. Ewell’s Medical Companion, j the parifli in which he The motives which induce its re publication are neither envious or a j an’s Do me flic Meaicine, he fup though very willing to preferibe for others, they are not fo fond, adminiflering to themfelves Oecafionally it is advantageous even to them, as happened in the following inftaftce ; A gen tleman to the fouthward was ap pointed overfeer of the poor for lived, and as he polled a copy of Bucli- defire to injure the Hie of the work; but a conviction' that many valuable lives are Ihortened by a too implicit reliance on fuch works and the nof- trums of tlie day.—Argui. “ FIELDING endeavours,dn one of his effays, to prove’ that pofed that he could very eafily fave the expenfe of paying a Dodor by attending the paupers himfelf. Accordingly, he fal lied forth with Buchan in his hand, to put his defign into ex- Wing eftabliflied, a relief of all tide symptoms will occur.” Can any directions be more plain, more fimple, or more erroneous? But romm-nts would iufuU our readers. They no doubt are fatisfied with the /penmen we have given, and will gladly dif- penfc with any farther c xtracts from the “ Medi al Cun pan- ion.” As to the flyle of the? performance, it is faulty and in correct in the extreme ; but this blenv.lh is loll in the magnitude of more important errors “ I 1 - is not to be inferred, frofft- what we have faid, that we con.- ecution At the next annual denm the exhibition of aM meeting of the overfeers to take Dr. WILSON, .efefpeftfully informs his friends that he has removed to the houfe occupied by the late Go vernor Irwin, where bis ufual attention w : ll be paid to their cails. December 26, 1809- NO TICE I>OR THE LEASING OF THE Cleared Lands J^Thhin M'Cord’s re-farvey of the 7th Diltricl, formerly Baldwin county. On Monday, the i l 2.th of February next, IVILL BE LEASED, cn tic f remifet, to the HIGH EST' BIDDER, until tbs \Jl day of January, 1811, the Cleared Lands Tiihin M Cords refurvey of the 1 iDillri^l, formerly Baldwin inty. Small nott-S with ap proved fecurity & interefl from the date, if rpg punctually paid, \v;U he required. TAc.a7.er Early, Secretary > to the Executive Depart. Gth January, 1810.. 4-t TAXES. The fubfct'iber informs the citizens of Miliedgcville and its vicinity that, he will attend at the houfe of Mr. Samuel Buffing ton, on Saturday the 20:h this inflant, in order to colletl the . . ...... Tax of Captain Jarrett’s Dif- reading, lay down lu. h plain & an author will write the better conflderation the con duion tor having loine knowledge of his iubjetl This is perfectly lawyer-like, to take the wroVig fideof aqueftion through c hoice, to fhow how ing' nioufly he can argue ; or perhaps inneed in lajjer the propofition may be true, as it is affirmed by fome to befo in pbtlofophy. In medicine the cafe is precifely reverfed, thole writers being by far the cleared: who know lead about the mat ter. For thofe authors whole minds are deranged by ftudy and reflection, write fo obfeure ly and defcribe difeafes fo vague ly, that, they candidly acknow! edge that penetration,judgment, and God knows what befkks, are neceflfary in thofe who at tentpt to apply their doftrines and principles to praflike ; I whereas, popular writers, as they are termed, whole minds have never been preverted by trift, for the year 1809. C. Murpbey, r.c n.c. January 5. A .L vd mini lira tors sale WILL BE SOLD On the firfl 'Tuesday in March next, in /be town of Grcencporaugb. 1.TO acres o! LAND on the wa'ers of Shouldcrbone, in the couii'y of Greene, adjoining Mapp and Tally --Sold lor the benefit of the heiis and credi tors. fames Kinman, 7 A. Wells, _S January l, 1810. TO RENT, Two fettlements of Cleared Land, on the Oconee River of about thirty-five acres each, of good quality, fitflate -about a mile from MilledgevilU—Alfo, the fnbfcriber’s Two Store-Houses, fronting the State Houfe, known to be good (lands for bufinefs. if;’ lie wifiles to contraft with an honed i:\duftriouscapableman to undertake the management of a S A vV MILL—a perfon coin ing well vi commended will meet with profitable employment. py Anv perfon w (filing to ex change CORN and FODDER in the neighborhood of Mil ledgeviilc, for fuch articles on Fifhing creek, in Jones county, will be accommodated by apply* ing to f. IF. Devereux. December .5, 1809. fimple rules, that no man can millake a complaint, or err in the application of the proper re medy, provided he can under- Rand bad Englifh. While the Admini/lraiors Sale. If L BE SOLD, on the firfl J us flay in Marsh next, at the .y.;» Irt houfe in the Town of Eftfria, PGUO M \N, belonging oi Leonard Gordy benefit of the lid dec. ’r. For sale or rent, The HOUSE and LOT, in the lower end of the town of Adnfrs 1 Miliedgcville. formerly occupi ■ ed by Allen Greene. Terms may be known by applying to Judkins Hunt. Hancock county, Dec. 1. Freight Wanted. 100 BALES of COTTON, or 800 BUSHELS of CORN, will be taken on freight to Da ricn—Apply to J IV. Devereux. Miliedgcville, 19th Dec. 1809. former, who, for the fake of dillinCtion, are called profeflio- nal writers, as their works are intended for the profdTioa ex clufively, condemn their vota ries to expend their money and wafle their time in the purchafe and parufal of nunu rous books, which are iikewile very collly ; the latter con'denfe the whole into one fimll volume, which their readers can very conve niently carry in their pockets, if their heads are not iuffi riently Capacious. So much have thefe popular writers fitnplifi-d the practice of pliyfic, that nothing more is neceilary than fo be lur nilhed with one ol thefe books, which may be very conv- niern- ly carried about, and wlmn a patient is afflidea with any complaint, dyfentery for in j (lance, all that is rrquifite is to i look in the index for the word | dyfentery. then turn to the page I pointed, out, and give the medi ) cities there direded. Can any ! thing be eafier than fuch prac tice ? “ The fuccefs of thefe writers with th< public has been com- menfurate with their merit, the fale of fome of their works hav ing been very extenfive. This general diffufi.n ot medical knowledge has been and is hke ly to cont’nue of the greatdl ad- vantage to the poor, as in confe- quence of it, they can obtain medicine and advice gratuitoully from their richer and better in llruded neighbours. The rich indeed do not derive the fame eHernial bene^t it, for of the poor, none could be found ! the only one left hav ing runaway to fave his life Thus the ri:h were relieved front the charge not only ot dodor’s fees, but alfo oi the poor-rates. “Nothing,however, can be fo good hut tint fome dilcontented minds will be difl.ttisfied and cavil at it. Thus it is with coun try phyficians in the pref nt cafe. They fay, that where a Levant or fome inferior member of a family is lick, that he is doled until the mailer or milt refs be comes alarmed, when a jin (lon ger is difpatcbed after the doc tor, “ to come as fall as he can, for that fuch an one is dying ;’ ' which prognoftic the doctor frequently finds f ulfilled on his arrival, or nothing is left for him Kf do but (oconfkm tire i'm- tence ; whereas, had he been lent for a few days fooner, the life of the perfon might in all i probability have been faved. j “ 1'hefe practitioners like- wife aflert, that the very general prevalence of this fpecies of quackery, if not originally cauf ed, is much increafed by popu lar works on medicine. And, moreover, that even where no millake is committed on the part of the perfon pr’fcr’ibktg, as to the nature of the diteafe, that much mifehief m.ay be done in confequence of the improper dio Clions given by- thefe authors. This Lilt complaint at lead is, we are fure, totally inapplicable to Dr. Ewell's work, only fee dirincs by perfons who have- not received medical oduc ions^ We by no means think that % ! phyfician is to he applied to on. every occafior to preferibe fome ; fimple remedy for fome High- complaint; taut we reprobate the idea of placing the moft ac- (tive and poil’onous drugs ofthtf (hop in the hands of old women, , and men perhaps more igno rant. We hold it ahfurd to fup- 1 pofe that fuch perfons ran ac quire correct medical informa tion from the bell books the- profeffion affords. As for the j Medical Companion, and fio.il u' works, wlr im can they f<- :h ———i A Stallion....tur sale. I will fell on reafonable term® for eafli (or credit with undoubt ed fecurifv) or exchange to? Land or Negmes, provided the} land lies above Milledgeviffiy my elegant hotfe GOLDFINCH\ of good bloerd & an excellent foal getter. Application muft be made by the fkft day of Febru ary next, to the fubteriber living! in Green county, Oconee, nea» the little Cowlord. James Cunningham* December 15, 1809. N O T l C E. * ’ WILL BE SOLD, on the 21fl of: February next at the fate dwel ling houfe of Alexander Smith* dec in Sparta. ■ The perfonal property of (aid, deceafed, confifting of one Cow his manner of treating injuries , _ . , , c of the head for example : “ As | two Calves, jeven head Ot it will be fair,” fays he, page 21 Is “to conclude from the deprivation nf the fenfes,* that the brain may have fultained fome injury —if tlie patient be of a plethoric habit, a moderate hieeding will be required, after whi- h tlie bowels fhould be eva cuated hy purgative medicines, or glyfiers. One or two (tools being procured, and, il poflible, the warm bath ufed, the anodyne I fudorific dropsf fhould next be J exhibited, to produce perlpira- I tion and excite abs oHfri'on of the I exlravasatedblood; an ! this mix ture to be continued in doles of ten or twelve drops every four or fix hours until the patient is out of danger, taking care to keep the bowels open.” Should the fcalp be lacerated, fomentations and poultices are direded (o as “ to induce fuppuration, which, * He is fpeaking of thofe cafes in which a patient is rendered infentiblc from fome accident. •f Compofed of one-third lauda- 1ik two-ttydg winv. Hoggs, fome Houfehold an<4 Kitchen Furnitur’. kc. Thomas Fnjler, adm’ri Sparta, January 5. tds Administratoi’s sale. WILL BE SOLD, on the JirM Tuesday in February next, i’l the town of Sparta, 143 3-4 acres of LAND, more or lefs, in Hancock coun ty, being the real efiate of Lecy- nard Gordy, dec. For the be nefit of the heirs and creditors. S. M. Devereux^ aJm't December 2 tds Swords Qs? Epaulets. The fnbfrlibers have for hand fome affortni .nt of Epaulet, and a tew Ofliuers .Swords. Dcvevtaux ff Thwcatt May if*. 1809 7-tf a quantity of \ TAR } Eor sale r l VO.