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Georgia & Carolina Gazette. Volume i.] TER M S OF THE GEORGIA (A CAROLINA GAZETTE . 1. Brice to Subscribers, three dollars per annum, half in ad vance. 2. A.dvertifements for the flrfb insertion leventy-five cents per square, and fifty cents for each continuation.’ N. B. Gentlemen who have been Jo obliging as to obtain Sub scribers fcr this Paper , will ton fer an additional favor by warding a Jlatement of the names to the Editors as soon as conveni ent. 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 ‘louffaint and*********** 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- T H U R S D Ar, August 42, 1805. > 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’ [Number ii.