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Georgia & Carolina Gazette.
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From the AURORA.
* nwnri i nri
The recent accounts by Arne
ricans who have been at St. Do
mingo concerning the govern
ment of the blacks , does not pre
sent so flattering a picture, as
might be conceived from a
consideration of the principles
of their recent constitution.
We have obtained a*, copy cf
their military code, which we
mean to translate and publifli to
morrow. This code and the
constitution lately published, are
Fid to be the production of ge ..
Mentor , formerly a deputy to
the national convention, aided
by Boisrond , Tonnere and Chan
latte, all black” and who are the
draughtsmen of the emperor
Deflahnes’ proclamations. The
biography of the black chiefs,
if we can rely upon reports, as
a curious evidence of the instabi
lity of human affairs, and an
important lesson to the vanity
of man. The Cf fir ft emperor of
Hayti,” is represented as being
originally a fweeperof the gov
ernment house at the Cape ; gen.
Chriflophe is said to have been
butler to gen. Rochambeau the
elder during the American re
volutions—Vemet the mimfterof
’ the finances was an handicraft
man, fome fays a taylor; and it
is [fated that none of these chief
officers can read or write; and
the emperor himfelf is represen
ted as very recently engaged in
going over his ah ib oh 6cc. un- ,
der the tuition of his secretary
ClervauXy generals Petion and
Giffrard arc laid to have bten
fiiver Smiths; they are both
mulattoes, and command the
southern divisions —doubts are
entertained of their fidelity to
the imperial regime ; and the
fame hatred which fubufted when
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weie prominent chaiafters, has
not subsided between the blacks
and mulattoes. The blacks are
the moft numerous but the mu
lattoes are the moft intelligent
and befit inftru<sted, and compa
rt'd with the blacks are more
exemplary morahfts, a quality
defcribtd to be very ra?e in the
empire. Contrary to what would
fieern to be dictated by every
PETERSBURG:— (Georgia)—^ Printed by BURKE & M‘DONNELL.
obligation of prudence and poli
cy, the practical cultivators are
said to be treated with great hu
manity ; and among that clals
we are told from very refpe&a
b!e authority, a very general and
sincere wish, prevails for the
return of their ancient matters,
or any mailers rather than the
present. The government of
the blacks is not as full of con
fidence in its security or durati
on* as their constitution and re
feripts would seem to indicate,
i heir military code is rigid
and severe ; and even fiufhed as
they have been by the repnlfion
of Rochambeau, and the poifef
non of ail the ancient French
01 u and territory, they proved
heir want of dif.iplme and cou
age before the walk of the city
of bt. Domingo ; where their
umbers were ten times greater
■ nan that of the force by which
they were attacked. Above
2000 Spaniards taken by the
blacks from time to time in the
neighborhood of St. Domingo
city, nave been feint prisoners to
the and have beenern
ployedjm the plains o i ArEbo
nite anjp on the fort of Champ
‘Marchflud, whither the empefor
contemplates to retire in the last
resort of an attack by a French
army or domestic insurgents.—
Under this condition of the lf
land, the certainty of any state
of things cannot be long calcu
lated upon. The absence of the
French armies, or the confine
ment of Fc rrand’s force to the
city ofSt. Domingo, has contri
buted to revive cultivation for
the time ; and the crops of lugar
promise t<> be confiberabie —
that of toffee unufnally plentiful.
Nevertheless the black govern
ment owes to the Americans
who have had credulity to trull
them more than three millio.
of coffee, and have not good
faith to pay.
From the Baltimore Ame
rican.
On the Summer Complaint of
Infants.
We are commauded by our
Great Lord and Matter, next to
the love we owe our
Father, to “ love our neighbors
as ourselves.” Whoever pof
feflfes this chriftian excellence,
will neve r fail to come forward
with every thing which apper
tains to the good of our fellow
creatures, without view to fee
or reward. To persons cf no
strict observation, it cannot el
cape attention, the present fa
tality of infants, by what is
ccynmcnly called the summer
disease. To the humane physi
cian conscious how little ad
vantage the pov rrs of medicine
are capable tff afidrdsng, it is
particularly ciftrtfiing to be
<. aTd upon with anxious confi
dence of a ffi fiance, and canfci
otis now little ne is capable cf
affordim: —he vflits with reluct-
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ancr, preferibes but to alleviate,
and leaves the little fufferer with
scarce any hope to cherish pa
rental affrflion; and if himfelf
a parent, his sympathy Is such
a$ parents only know. Under
these impreftlons, I have a Am
ple to offer you; do not my
friends, I pray you, delpife it
because it is a simple, 1 have
fuffered for others, all I above
deferibed—at length the disease
came under my own roof, and
reduced in a few days, as fine a
child as the fun need Urine upon,
to near the brink of diftblution.
My anxiety became incirealed
almofl to defperacion—l retted
little through the night feal’on,
and rote very early in the morn
ing to walk my child in How
ard’s woods; when fitting diffe
rent vegetables, as my manner
is, I caught a simple, whose af
tringenc powers furpriled and
r• joined me, I brought a quan
tity of them, made a ttrong in
ufion, or tea of it with the ad
dition of a little milk and loaf :
sugar; the fever attendant on
this disease, made the child
dsiifk it with avidity : the flux ,
ancl vomiting on the fecorad day 1
were perfectly restrained and the ;
chilcl is now in a state of conva- j
Jefance. This simple is the J
blackberry brier leaf—But it i
will be well to precede* its ad- ;
mioiftration with a dose of caf- •
tor oil or rhubarb and magnesia.
I mean not to fay it is anew
difeovery, but that it has been
too much neglected, I have
not attempted a medical garb
nor entered into minute defini
tions of causes, fympjcms, me
thods of cure, &c. I write not
for the learned but the public at
large, therefore my plan is firn
pkeity ; may its etfe&s equal
my wilkes and ! shall be abund
antly repaid in the fatisfachon
cf having been of fome service.
JOSEPH BREVIJLT.
FROM ‘HIE SAME.
On Stifpended Animation.
As this fubjedl has been em
braced in the plan of the Balti
.morc General Dip’enfary, it may
contribute something to this efi
tablifhment and to the general
benefit and information of the
public, to lay before them the
following, which is a knowledge
so requisite, that no individual
can plead a reafionabic excuse
for his ignorance of it.
Physicians are no: always at
hand, nor ihould they be waited
for, for during this interim of
the person being taken cut of the
water, and the coming of medi
cal aid, the viral (park may be
extineuiftied, and a valuable
member of i'ocietv, a venerable
and beloved parent, the fiuppon
and dependence of a numerous
offspring, or af darling child
mav be loft. Think of the
weighty necelfiny of such a
knowledge, and let no time be j
loft in the peflvffi.on add appii-
cation of it.
The directions of the London *
Humane Society, for treating per
sons drowned-or otherwise sis sea
ted
“ As soon as the objeeft is ta
ken out of the water, a great
coat or two of the by-standers
should be wrapped round the bo
dy, which is to be carefully con
veyed to the nearest receiving
houfe. In cold or moist wea
ther the body is to be laid on a
mattrafs or bed near the fire,
but in summer on a bed only ;
it is then to be thoroughly dried
with warm flannels * and as pure
air is ettential to the return of
life, not more than fix persons
are to be present. Apply a
pipe of common size to the nos
tril and blow with fome force,
doling the other nostril and
mouth, whilst a third person
prefles the chest with his hands ;
as soon as the lungs are inflated,
other afliftants are to rub the
body gently with fait, warm
flannels, fprinkied with rum or
geneva, and foment the breast,
ike. with hot brand /, a heated
warming-pan, (the body being
fir ft surrounded w ith a blanket)
may be lightly moved up and
down the back; bottles of hot
water, heated tiles or bricks (co
vered with ttannd) are to be
applied to the foies of the feet,
palms of the hands, armpits,
6cc. the temples may be rubbed
with hart {horn, the nostrils tic
kled with a feather, and ftuiff
or gau de luce often applied.
L'be fumes of tobacco fhoirM
bs often thrown up, as its good
effects have been frequently ex
perienced, if a futnigator be not
at hand, the common pipe may
be employed, but if it Ihould
be inconvenient,to employ the
tobacco, then glyfters of this
herb, or other acrid infu Boris
with fait, ike. may be thrown
up advantageously. A guar on
is to be employed a as powerful
auxiliary to the other means of
recovery, therefore the afliftants
are to take hold of the legs and
arms (particularly of boys) and
shake well their bodies for a
corflidcrable time, and if a child
has been drowned, it should be*
wiped dry and placed in a bed
between two healthy perloas.—
When these various means have
been employed for a considera
ble time without success, the
warm bath should be used, or the
body should be surrounded with
warm att.es or grains, for three
or four hours. If there be con
vulsions, ffighings, gafpings, oc
other signs of returning life, a
fmail quantity of brandy or wine ‘
should be given and frequent]/
repeated.
Electricity may be early em
ployed, it will not prevent or
obftruCt the various means of
refufeiration, but on the ronrra
ry will render the plan of rcc<
very more expeditoufiy, an’
certainly effin atious.
u Bleeding is never to b’
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