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MEDICAL.
[From Dr. A. Fothergill’s es
say on the Hydrophobia ]
“ The contagious bite of a rabid
animal may be conjidered unde a
three dijlinti periods —the frfl
from the time of the accident to the
moment the poison becomes attive in
the wound. The fee on and, from that
period till the dread of water ap
pears. ‘lbe third from thefirjl
appearance of that J'ymtom to the
close of the di/enfe.
The treatment o’ the frfl andfe
cond conffls of the various means
of prevention. ‘lhat of the third,
the method of cure after the disease
has actually made its appearance.
“ though no certain cure of the
Hydrophobia has yet been difeover
cd, yet, if by timely precaution that
dreadful malady can be pr evented,
as in general I think it und übt
edly may, prevention in the frjt
inflance will be acknowledged to be
better, though less brilliant than
cure .
“ Among the various modes of
prevention hitherto employed, the
grand error lam convinced , has
been in treating a local ajfefi'ton as
a general disease ; and m trading
the cure to certain internal reme
dies confdcred as antidotes ; while
the poison ha j been fuffered to lie
dormant in the wound, and conje
quently far beyond their reach.
ii May not this be the principal
reason, why the disease has during
thefc 2, soo years pajl, uniformly
triumphed over all the boa.Jfed re
medies that hove been invented ?
Such as ea loathing, Palmarius's
powder , the Lancashire and the
Ormfkirk remedies , Dr. Mead's
remedy, the ion quin remedy, De
fend ‘s and Dr. James's mercurial
remedies , the Tarjorc a fenicad
remedy, and other infallible anti
dotes so called ?
“ The Bella dona, Jo highly ex
tolled in Germany! -, has lojl its
reputation in France. Being ad
tniniflered in doses of ffieen and
even t wenty grains a forthright
before the commencement of the dis
ease, caused extreme dryness of the
throat, and many formidablefiymp
toms, but did not prevent the fatal
dread of water. Practitioners
who thus attempt to drive out one
poison by dint of another, ought to
reflect it that overdose of the
remedy may prove as defiruAive
as the disease and that the latent
enemy is not to be driven cut, vi er
arm's, by internal remedies, how
ever potent. The whole class of
boafied antidotes have bad their
day i Many have already funk into
oblivion, and the refi seem “ has
tening fafi to the tomb of all the
Capulets !” The unmerited re
pute which they have obtained ad
mits of a ready solution, as it is
much cafler to propagate a hun
dred errors than to demenfirate a
Jingle truth.
“ The late Mr . John Hunter
relates a remarkable circumfiance
of twenty one perfens being bitten
by a dog that proved to be mad:
nothing was done for any of them,
and only one zvas taken ill of the
disease. Had they all taken fame
noted antidote, its fame would
have been spread abroad of having
implctely aired twenty cut of
twenty one.
“ ILw often does it happen
that people are bitten by dogs all
of other dficafles, net the leaf ten
ding to ihafir.efs ? The annuals
are killed on a groundlefsfujpuion,
the parties post away to th fa, 01
have ret 010je to jome pretended
fpeiifc, equally inefficacious , they
remain well, and the remedy ac
quires the a edit of having cured
a dJumper that never ex Jed, or
of preventing one that iOutu never
have occurred from that cause. —
How tajily are the generality af
mankind Jeduced into a belief of
what they wifls to be true ?
“ lbus, by implicit faith in
pretendedJ'pecjfics, (A loafed cures
that never ex Jed is modern quack
ery Jupported in luxury, at the
expence of popular credulity ; while
fortune, health, and life are daily
facrijiced at the Jhrinc of delujion !”
—mi cS^OXa?'”" 1 “ “■
The following bcauiilullv so
lemn and imprdfive Hymn,
extracted from Carr's North
ern bummer, is fa 0 to be re
cited over the dea l body of a
Ruffian, previous to its in
humation.
“ OH! what is life ? a blossom!
a vapour or dew of the morning !
approach (A contemplate the grave
IPhei e now is th'e greeful form !
where is youth ! where the organs
of fight ! and where the beauty of
complexion !
14 H bat lamentation and wail
ing, and mourning and flruggiing,
when the joul is federated from the
body ! Human l fie ferns c.ltogether
vanity a tranjient Jhadcw -, the
Deep of error ; the unavailing
labour of imagined ex (fence—
let us therefore fly from every cor
ruption of the world, that we may
inherit the kingdom of heaven
<c ‘ Thou mother of the Jun that
never Jets ; Parent ts God, zve be
fech thee, intercede with thy di
vine offspring , that he who hath
departed hence , may enjoy repose
with the folds of the just. Unble
mished Virgin ! may he enjoy the
eternal inheritance of Heaven in the
abodes of the righteous
PHILADELPHIA FASH
IONS FOR JUNE,
THE THERMOMETER AT 85.
The iafte dis covered in the head
dresses of the ladies, including the
equipment oj theirfiraw bonnets
and hats with various coloured
ribbonds andflowers, is truly plea
flng; their looj'eflowing body dref
es are a Jo inviting, where too much
pains is not taken either to suppress
or force natural appearance. The
pa>t called the zvaj , and which
ufld to be admired, has dis appear
ed, and we are left to conjefture
where it may be found.
An entire metamorphosis has ta
ken place in the shapes of cur young
gentlemen, owing to the make and
wear of their fmail clothes and
trowfrs. The prominence that
was formerly contained in a vefi
or jacket, has found its way into
a pair of wide pantaloons, making
a correspondent /well or protuber
ance in front and rear ; and these
are made the more conspicuous by
a fijort jacketee that merely covers
the breast and (boulders ; in sass
the appearance of Joint is so re
markable, that if one of their
grandmothers could now fee them,
she would conclude they were ready
to tumble to pieces.
U. S. GAZ.
A FEIV COPIES O* THE
LAND ACT,
For Sale at this Office,
GEORGIA.
By h s Excellency JOHN MIL
LE r ‘, Governor and Can
mander in Chief of the Army
and . v avy oj iron btale, axu of
the Militia thereof.
V PROCLAMATION.
w HEEEAS in and by an
act oalLd toe inh of February,
1799, end:led “An Aft to re
•’ the General Elections
“ in this State, and to appoint
the time of the meeting of
the General Assembly,” it is
among other th.ngs declared:
“ That all wriis of elections to
fill vacancies that mav hap
“ pen for members of the Ge
“ neral AIT mbly of this State,
“ or Houle of Reprrfenratives
of the Doted States, shall be
<c directed to the Jultices of
u the Inferior Courts of the ref
“ peftive counties, who are re
(t quired to give public notice
“ thereof, and cause the fame
“ to be held in manner and
“ form as herein before pointed
“ out, agreeably to such writ.”
And zvhereas a vacancy hath
happened in the House of Re
presentatives of the United
States, by realon of the refigna
ti >ll of the Honorable Joseph
Bryan, who was elefted and
commissioned to serve as a mem
ber therein, for this Rate, until
the fourth day'of March next.
I have therefore thought pro
per to ifl'ue this my proclama
tion, hereby notiMng, directing
and ordering the Jufticcs of the
Inferior Courts of the refpeftive
counties in this flare, to confi
der the fame as a general writ of
clcftion for filling the afore laid
vacancy. And Ido hereby
charge and require the said Jufli
ccs to give due notice, that an
eleftion for the purpose afore
faid, will be held in the respec
tive counties, on MONDAY
the firft day of SEP 1 EMBER
next. And Ido hereby further
require that such returns of laid
election, as the aforefaid aft
points out, be made to the
Executive Department within
the time prefenbed.
Given under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State, at
the State-House in Louis
ville, this twenty eighth
day of June, in the year of
our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and fix, and of the
Independence of the United
States of America , the thir
tieth.
JOHN MILLEDGE.
By the Governor,
Hor : Mar bury, Secretary
‘of the State.
Administrators Sale.
On Friday the 22d of August
next , will be fold at Gafhen
(the Store House of Davis
Hughes, & C O.) in Lincoln
County, the personal eflatc of
‘'Thomas Hughes, deceased ,
Consisting of two ne
groey, one horle, feather bed,
and furniture, with sundry other
articles. Credit will be given
until the firft: day of January
next, the purchaser giving bond
with approved security—the
property not to be altered till
the terms are complied with.
ROBERT HUGHES,
Admin Jr at or t
July 8 ; ißc6..
SALE
OF THE FRACTIONAL SURVEY*.
WE the CommilTnners ap
pointed by the Legfla
turL co fll and dilpofe ut the
Fractional Surveys, of the coun
ties, of Wilkinson, Baldwin and
Wayne, do hereby give notice
that the falcs will commence o
Monday the 25th of Auguft*
next, and continue from day to
day, in the following manner*
until the wh de are fold.
WILKINoON.
Those of the firft diftricft, on
the 27th of August next, and
continue from day to day, Sun
days excepted, until the 2 1 of
September inclusive.
fnofc of che 2d didrift oa
the ;<d or September, until the
6th inclusive.
Thole of the 3d diltrift, 00
the Bth of September, until the’
10th inclusive.
Those of die 4th diftrift, oq
the 1 nh of September, until the
13th inclusive.
Those of the sth diftrift oa
the 15th of September, unul the
17th inclusive.
BALDWIN.
Those of the ift diftrift, oa
the ißtn of September, until
the 22d inclusive.
Those of the 2d diftrift, oa-r
the 23d of September, until the
30th inclusive.
Those of the 3d diftrift, oq
the ill of Oftober, until che 4th
inclufi.ve.
Those of the 4th dlfirift, oa
the 6th of October, until the
inclufiive.
Those of the sth diftrift on
the loch of October, until the
16th inclusive.
WAYNE.
Those of the ift diftrift, c-a
the 17th of Oftober, until the
24M inciufive.
Thole of the 2d diftrift, on
the 25th of Oftober, until the
27th inclusive.
Those of the 3d diftrift, oo
the 28rh of Oftooer, until the
31st inclusive.
TERMS OF SALE.
Os the'purchafers bond, with
approved personal security, for
the amount or purchale money*
will be required i in four equal, v
annual mftulments, to be paid iu
g >ld or fiiver j the firft pay
ment to be made, twelve months
after date, in addition to which
a mortgage on the premises will
be required.
MOSES SPEER,
REDDICK SIMMS,
PATRICK JACK,
Commiflioners .
Louifvtlle, June 26, iSc6.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
On the Firji Tuesday in Augu ft
next , at the Court- House in
Lincoln County, between the
usual hours,
202 1-2 Acres of Land la
Baldwin County, 4th dft rift,
No. 69, taken as the property
of Silas Tweedtll, to fatisfy an
execution in favor of Samuel
Watkins $ Cos. pointed out by
plaintiff’s attorney.
JOHN STOVALL*
D. S. L. C.
Jun: 20, ISO 6.
Sheriff’s Blank Titles
For Sale at this Offis^