The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-03-30 00:00:00, page 2

«ti Brown. TMs cftl
how th. pubfttk
P ydu intend to tend year srmy to
oppose the invasion of the r^ >
point om <»f their p i übkamrs ntotoMßd*
irin chief of the expeditor bs»d he wW
match to the Sabine, -nokmg H.WO <<
•arrs, and then march—back again- Ne
ver ejnpfoy enemies whee you cm employ
'When the Treasury to empty* let the
Raprt'seatalives of the nation be toHcitcd
to devise ways and meassfor spending“•
sgrplomes. Thio wiU be just as mttofac
ttrv to the people as the actual rhmo, tor
no body inquires into these things but John
ny Randolph, and you know ho is not worth
When you wieh to enrich your mer
chants, lay an embargo with ten supple
ments ; keep your own vessels at I h"»<
M your insulting enemies if they choose
iu carry on the trade of the world by them*
•civet. This la a most admirable plan to
convert their enmity into friendship.
Wh<m you are forbid by France and
Great-Britain to trade toehah other s ports,
show your resentment by immediately
giving up the trade cf all the real ,<4. Ute
world. .This to independence, and wasJsut
lately discovered by a groat modern plu
losopher. * •* <i <
WMn you wapt to carry on a comtntr- I
cial intercourse with that foreign a>sd|. |
order your ships to go directly into tlfoir
ports, but take especial care, out of mere
reciprocity, that you do net allow their
vesseto to come into yoors. For every
booby knows, that tf we forbid ear neigh
bourto coma into our house, under the pe
nalty of • severe drubbing, that we can go
into his when we please, and be sure of
meeting with a hearty welcome. One good
turn you know, deserves another.
Whenever it i» necessary to reward the
' teleate'and bravery of a gallant officer, by
presenting him with either a sword or a
medal, which may cost about one hundred
dollars, let Congress debate upas the high
and Important question, sword <* medal,
for three weeks, the rate of a thousand
dollars per day, that the value of the gift
may be enhanced by the waste of lima and
money In deciding the question. < |'hia will
/ be a signal instance of your economy of the
publick, money. - ■ • r
When two nations wantonly insult you,
bluster and rail against the one j but sub
mit to the other with meekness and “ mo*
deration." This your impartial- ’
Uy. * . )
* When the publick cruisers of a very
friendly nation burn your defenceless mer
chant vessels upon the high seas, and im
eyour teamen in their loathsome dun
oomptoin not at all; for ft lb an e*b
that wa are only contending for Ac
IffirHy af dike ords. This will shew your
magnanimous protection of the liberty and
" property of your fellow-c itisens.
When your extent of soil exceeds the
necessary portion of population ten thou
aand fold, buy two or three more provinces
from those who hsve no right to sell them.
This will answer the two-fold purpose of
creatmgShe necessity of foture negotia
tions, aad.ef offering an opportunity of re
warding your friends with lucrative offices.
When you want the Treasury filled with
money, to defray expenses of government,
even after Skinner, and Livingston, and
Ipwn shall have been appointed to office,
annihilate commerce altogether. This will
oa a knowing thing, and perhaps the sailors
and merchants may go and settle your new
provinces.
When you wish to settle amicably and
with good faith your differences with a fo
reign power, quarrel with their minister,
and send him home with a flea in his ear.
This will bear anticipation of the spirit
Which you mean to show, should they ever
dare to quarrel with you. .
When you wish to convince a nation of
your friendship, send a minister who is
personally disagreeable to them, to be the
organ of your harmonious intentions. If
you can find one who has written a book
against them, by all means select him for
the embassy. I
When fortification* become necewary,
finhh one half of each, aWI then Urthem
rot and tumble down. Thh will fWe you
more room to pvt up the ether half.
H. B. A* I have miaiaid my port-fol i(K.
I cannot copy any more for year informa
tion at present.
. SPOTTED FEVER.
Some account of the oymfitomt and treat
ment <f a tingular and fatal diteaoe,
commonly called the SPOTTED FE
VER, which hat made itt appearance,
and now ragee in Peteroham, in the
county oj Worcetter, and tome other
adjacent townt, particularly in the town
of Dana.
Ths following He tome of itscharac
ttristick marks as it hat Mien under our
observation. It begins with shifting pains
iu didferent parts of the body, moot fre
quently in some ot the limbs, often in some
of the larger joints, as the knee, the hip,
or the shoulder, shifting from place to
place, and frequently to the head or Stom
ach, and often from the one to the otWtr of
these last mentioned parts, with a sente
of universal uueasiuoM, or restlessness. *
tto. •»»> ||
«M ».*Tr...r,
, r«r».ik»bie
mkl general ptettratkm of strength, and “
dhprtrfd action of the aeushivt organs- j
some violent case* the sight to M<h *■»-
paired, and even totally, though tsmpcew-
'Tbe.eyys appear sometimes dead or
but at other tinea, especially during
%t >f«F CM rf the ,hey ’PP«*
orioffUMd. The pupil is frequently
jKe ar less dilated . but sometimes cou
traciod to almost a ptout; and edtoutines
these states alte nafe >ith each other.—
The tongue has toaih invariably covered,
iwkh a whitish caah sod motet..
The pulse la generally a little increased
la frequency, remarkably’ intermittent, and
between the intermissions unequal both to
strength and quickness; but in some few
mild caaeak to <ary little altered.
There is generally great distress at the
stomach, with naesM, and far the most
part some vomiting.
Beepiiftion io hi all cases much disor
dered ; but the labour seems to arise rath
,sr from the difficulty of inflating, than from
any infraction of the tongs, as there is no
cough.
I Petechia, or livid blotches, or a redfiery I
I eruption, sometimes in eluateraaad seme
hkwin largocnd diaUnct pwausles, to most
r caeca appear on the surface of some parts
I 6f the body, and sometimes they are gene-
I raL l>ese pustules most commonly break,
discharge a little thin watery fluid and
then dry up; buW sometimes they matu-
II rate, forming ulcers which may not heal
I till after recovering. But neither the spots
I nor the eruptions are inseparably connect
ed.with tbis disease. But when the erup
tions do appear, they are attended with
uauch itching.
Qanstiousnesa, especially In adult males,
II sometimes remains to the last unimpaired-
But io females violent hysterical symptoms,
with high delirium, have within a- few
I feouri from the attack, superverttd. Awl
in young children * stupor sometimes
comet on soon after the vomiting which an*
nounces the approach of the disease, and
continue* till death.
In regard to the prognosticks in thh dis* 1
ease, our observation enables us to state;
that from those cases attended with pe
teehix, few recover ; whilst those accom
pahied by an early eruption, more general
ly end more safely get through-the disease.-
; The deration of the disease btous un
certain. -Some have died within twelve
hours, others within twenty-four from the
time of the attack ; while ‘.Urge propor
i tkm of others have bad the violence of it
broken within forty-eight hours, when n
run into the formol ♦ mild typhus of un
eertab dnratkm. 'J
In the treeWMut ef this mostformWaMv.Tt
and too often fatal disease, the experience H
we have already had, warrants us in
stating, that while Its rapid progress, I
especially in itl most violent forms, de
prives ns of all hopes of success, from the
mild alternate medicines; so its peculiar
nature, forcibly interdicts the employment
of all drastlck remedies, which may pro
duce any great degree of depletion of the |
system ; and thereby sink the patient ir
recoverable. An injection of milk and mo-
I lasses with a tea-spoonful of common salt
dissolved fo it, has induced strong spasm*.
An emetick of spruce with a grain of tar
trite of antimony, operating only once np
wards, and once downwards ; likewise n
dose of sulphate of soda producing only
two moderate operations downwards, have
eafch of them, m bale young men, reduced
the pulse from an hundred, down to forty
eight strokes in a minute. From tbes*
factsit is easy to conceive how cautious we
should be in the use of emeticks and catha ►
ticks in thia very singular disease. If, how
ever, at the beginning of the disease there
be a troublesome puking, a few grains <4
ipecac, or warm water may be drank t»>
clear the stomach, and check that impedi
ment; but an opiate should immediately
follow the operation.
The only safe an<T eftcacious mode of
treatment which has occurred to us, con
sists in the bold and liberal use of the diffu
tible stimuli; proportioned to the violence
i efthedieoase* tonsil ar. wish th* employ
ment of the several means of powerfully
determining to the surface, and in keeping
up that determination in proportion to the
exigency- of the case till relief shall have
been obtained. And at the same time ex
citing the action of the brain, by blisters
applied to the temples and nape of the neck,
and by either and other stimulants applied
tethe head.
The diffusible stimuli employed by us
have consisted chiefly of brandy, opium, |
ether, volatile spirit and camphor, and in
*otde hysterical cases the per* oil of am
ber. And the means of determining to the
surface, have been the employment of the
warm bath, followed by the assiduous ap
plication of stupos wrung out* cf • solution
of salt in hot vinegar or water, and applied
to the extremities and stomach, and kept
warm by hot rocks or bricks, or billets cf
wood, taken out of boiling water and placed
round the patient; together with a free
use of an infusion of snake-root and saffron
or pennyroyal, with such of the above-men
tioned diffusible stimuli as appeal* l>est
I adapted to the case, end frequently sup-
podwtrm.' By these means, xgedleand
Vilmw* sweating J»Wbo4, and stesssld’
be Contiwd till the diforder gives way.
Tb what extern the most powerful of
thfae diffusible stimuli may be safely and
necessarily epaployed, follow fog fa€t>
will shew. A younft a t®d
’twenty, who recovered from the disorder,
tiring very Violently attacked, and • high
delirium jmf dtarttf *upfovedlig,
took mere than a quart of brandy* and
not lew than twenty gnins <* r»d Turkey
opium, atofed'by the above means of deter*
mining to the surface in less than twelve
I hours/ and before' any material mitigation
I of her disorder could be obtained, and what
Lis truly wonderful, without the least ap
pearShce of intoxication. Indeed we have
been obliged, frequently to exhibit ten
grains of opium for’ a dose in some of the
moot violent cases attended with strong
spasms, and have never known it to pro
duce stupor in a single instance.
Io one instance only have we employed
the lancet. A man about twenty-fight
years of age, having been violently attacked,
and attended by strong spasms; on the
third day, his spasms having been subdued
was dKercised with extreme difficulty of
breathing, and gtwfo' oppression at the
breast, and exhibitfog at the seam time a
strangulated countenance, which symptoms
. appearing <• arise from a surcharge of the
vessels of the lungs, owing to their inaction
rather than their Inflammation, sixteen
ounces of blood was taken away merdjpto
restore the equilibrium. This had the hap
piest effect in relieving those distressing
! symptoms. But these symptoms returning
I oo the fourth day, the operation was re
peated, and with the same salutary effects.
The blood did not exibit the usual marks
<»f an inflammatory diathesis, but on atand-
I mg remained destitute of the inflammatory
buff, and its coagulant was of a loose tex
| tore and tender.
Out of twenty-flve cases, which have
been subjected to the above mode of treat
ment, only three havq as yet proved fatal,
and those were patient* under four years
of age. The other* are in a hopeful way
.of recovery.
Great alarm has been excited on account
1 of the supposed infectious nature of this
disease. But for the consolation of the peo-1
I pie we can say, that from the most careful
I observation we have been able to make, we
I jtaimot discover a single instance, in which
I it dearly appears, that the disease has been
I communicated from one to another by con-
I tagion.
1 And as we are of the opinion, that none
can be affected by this disease, but those in
whom a Certain chanft in the state of the
ifcody. commonly called the state d firedie
ft option, has been effected by the influence
morbid walUy in the atmot
which state offffudhpoeitlon disposes
the moving powers, upon the application of
my exciting morbid cause, to produce those
specfick morbid affections, which charac*
terise this particular disease; and as we
I are furthermore of the opinion, that the only
rational means of checking the progress of
this, or any other epidemick, consists in re*
moving the state of predisposition ; and as
the strong impression made on the system
by the application of cold water suddenly
applied to the surface, appears te be one
lof the moot probable means of destroying |
this state of predisposition, by dissevering
the chain connecting those morbid affec
tions ; we cannot but Mrongly recommend
the adoption of the practice of the cold
bath either by plunging, showering, or affu
sion, which may be employed three succes
sive mornings, (the weather being fair,)
then omitting it three, and thus proceed to
'he third time, as a most probable mean of
Arresting' the progress of this malignant
disease, and of preventing its extending t ;s
ravages.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE®,
Monday, Mauch 19.
1 )w motion of Mr. Johnson, the resolution
for adjournment, offered some dky» steer,
was taken up.
* Mr- W. Alston moved to commit the re-1
solution to a select committee, and that
uiid committee be instructed to confer with
a committee from the Senate, and to re
port what business is necessary to be done
previous to the adjournment of Congress,
and on what day said adjournment should
take place. •
The question produced much debate,—
The question was taken by ayes and noes,
and carried—ayes 75, noes 42. A commit
tee of five was appointed on the part of the
Hous*.
The bill altering the time of holding the
District Courts in the District of Ohio was
read a third time and passed.
Mr. Ross had leave nf absence after the
23th instant, during the remainder of the
session.
The unfinished business of Saturday was
taken up—The 100X100 militia bill.
Mr. Pitkin, after some preliminary ob
servations, moved to strike out the fifth
section of ?e bill for the purpose of intro
ducing a new section. [The new section
ABRAHAM HASKELL,
MASON SPOONER,
JACOB HOLMES.
Peter»ham t March 9, 1810.
Congress.
proposed, M <• Ud Ml ||
used, to hove th* earns sent to the several
states and territories, and distritastad ac
cording to the rules and regulation* of the
Legislatures thereof, agreeable to an act
of Congress of April, 1808, for arming the
whole body of the militia.]
' The question on this amendment was
taken by ayes and noes, and lost -pyes 0»
noes
Mr. Dana moved an amendment to the
fifth section, which proponed to avtn the
drafted ynilkla as well an the volunteers
The question on thio amendment was tost,
ayes 38, trass 87. ►
Mr. Hale offered to amend the b« by a
new section which provides to psy those
volunteers, who are already equipped ac
cording to law, a sum of money; instead of
giving them ah additional musket and ‘ac
coutrement* The questiooon thia amend
ment was lost—ayes 34, noes 73.
Mr. Pickman moved to strike out th*
sixth section which provides for'th*en
campment of the volunteers for toh days bi
each year, if not called into actual service.
Mr. Ely spoke in favour of striking out.
The question- on the- motion was taken
by ayes and noes and lost—ayes 40, noes 77.
, Mr. Key, moved to amend th* fourth
section by adding the following provtou
Provided tswlhatomtbW’Mto rtM vatam-
' tears and militia, when called into actual
service, shall not be sulyect 4o corporal
punishment, by the infliction of stripes-'
This amendment waa carried—ayes 105,
noes 8. * \
Th* question then recurred on
ing the bHI for • third reeding.
Mr. Mtsely was opposed to the bill; he
eaid it was ip part-a war measure, when
no war exists. He thought it was intended
to fit both war and . peace, and wa». there
fore not exactly suited to either. He said
we had lately an extraordinary proptmky
to novel projects. If we want ’• navy.li
must be unlike ail other navies. We must
have some ships to fight on the water—
|otne torpedoes to fight under water, and
some gun-boats to fight by land or water,
aa occasion might require. Our army too
must be Unlike all other armies. Gentle
med who ar* in favour of the bill can
hardly tell what kind of a force this is, con
templated to be raised. It is militia—it is
a regular *r provisional army—they are
volunteers or volunteer militia, «r ******
gentlemen have told us, they are minute
men. He was opposed tosnch kfiid of ar
miea, especially when there was no neces
sity for an army of any kind. .
Mr. Pierson made a very able and lumin
ous speech against tht bill.—He stated
that thia experiment would co* the nation
at lea* two million* of dollars, and he saw
no kind of benefit that could be expected
from the corps contemplated to be raised.
Mr. Hufty moved a small amendment,
which des carried.
Mr. Emrnott moved to amend the bill by
adding the following proviso—Provided
that the volunteers so raised, shall not ex
ceed twenty thousand. The question on
this amendment was taken by ayes and
noes, and lo*—ayes 38, noes T 9.
The bill was then ordered to be engross
ed for a third reading to-morrow. At a
late hour the House adjourned.
Macon’s bill was sent down from the Se
nate this day for the last tim*. The Se
nate adheres to its amendments. The bHI
was not taken up in th* Home, but there
is no hope of the House ever receding—
the bill is therefor* dead I dead I dead I•
' Mr. Clay offered a resolution on the sub
ject of the post-rwte to New-Orleans, by
Athens ia Georgia. This resolution calls '
on the Postmaster-General for Informa
tion on the same subject con tew pie ted by
the resolution of Mr. Stanford seme days
■<jnce. . . ... .
Mr. Fisk, from the committee of confer
ence on the etnttu bill, reported that they
had agreed with the committee from the
Senate respecting the amendments to mid
I bill.
The bill commonly called Macon’s bill,
having been sent dbwn with a statement,
that the Senate still adheres te its amend
ments, the House proceeded to consider
the same.
Mr. Livermore moved that the Notree
recede from their former vote, and agree
with the amendments of the Senate.
Mr. Love moved to postpone the further
consideration nf the bill for one week from
this day. This motion superseded that of
Mr. Livermore. The question who taken
by ayes and noes, and carried—ayes 62,
noes 56. ’
The biH authorising the detachment of
one hundred thousand militia, was read a
third time. Oo the question shall thia bill
pan?'
A debate of several hours ensued.
Mr. Potter made a long, manly and elo
quent speech against the bill.
Mr. Poindexter spoke in favour of the
bill, as did Mt. Root.
The final question on the passage of the
bill was taken by ayes and Does, and car
ried—ayes 70, foes 47—The bill is there
fore passed. OB
The House then adjourned.
, WtDMSSDAY, MaSCH 21.
Mr. Johnson, fMm the committee of
claims, made several unfavourable reports
Tskiday, Mabcn 90t
on print*' W*
by tiMft *
Mr. ICewtnn, from the committee ofemn
merce andmaMfactares reported a bid au
thorising the erecpen of light•Rowes at
Plymouth and Lake Pustercbain. Made
the order at the dap far Friday next
A message wee recci vyfgfrom the Presi
dent of the United Stjfph tranemhiiog a
return ot the militia. Ordelhd to Me en the
table. ’
A motion* i — >l sMMFlaprideration a
the bill appropriating dollars ta defray
the expenses <tf ah experiment of Fulton's '
torpedoes, was negatived ..«pes 42. noea 53. >1:
The bills respecting aea-lettcrs and pre.
riding far taking the third census ware
read and passed an amended.
Mr. Pierson, after nbme introductory re- .
marks, (WhUh vUI be given In our next F
paper,) offered the following rewlntkm;
Resolved, That a committee be appoint- <
ed to inquire into the conduct at Brigadier-
General James Wilkkuon. b relation co •
his having at ,any dine wMlsfio service of
the United States, corruptly received mo
ney from tike government of Spain oT its
Mk, nbriM <«hi».a-H; «»>”' ,
the tkrib aforesaldbecnahapcomplimjatia •
any vgf concept W*
foreign power >Wt In* M
against the »ons of the King
of Spain, or to dismember these United
States. That the. said committee inquire
generally foto the conduct of theaaidJafnes •
Wilkinson as Brigadier-Gctieial of the ar- *
my of the United States. • if'
That the said committee have power to
send for persons and papers and compel
their attendance and production, and that
they, report the raault of thoir inquiry to
this House. - * \
The House resumed, csi the footie** of
Mr.'Bacon, the consideration of the bjll re
•pcetiag the Battitre. ’
M«. B|bb, revived the motion, which „
| had been negativedin a committee el the
whole; to amend the bill by striking out the
I whole of it except, the enaptiog ctase, for
1 the purpose of inserting previsionafranling 1
the title of the U. States ta the co-opcrat
<ion of New-Orleaqi, to enable thorn to do-
I fond it against the claim of Mr. Livingmon.
II Mr. GbolsfoJ offered several new section*
II proposing to appoint commissioners to in
ll vestigate the question of tkie, and to re
fl port the result of their investigation to the
House. ‘ 4
Mr. Key wpved to divide the question so
a* to take on striking but first.
Considerable debate ensued; and before
any question was taken amendment,
oomptioa, .
, The Honoe adjourned. . -
Tmuxsday, Mage* M.
T> Post-Road bill wasdwfce read.
Mill** JrtoynidAtvy. '
saMu-efiaA during sa Sb*
Ounce from Ms duty toCe^&W,*Mch bad
been necessary and inevitable, he had been
able to dbmm nothing like system m tbw
measures of gotertwaent Ho had hoped,
however, that whew be took hb seat, ha
should have been able to find something
Like concert, design, er plan, in relation to
our national concerns. Bat although he
had resorted to all the ordinary JMM|
his power, he had seen nothing
until thia moment. At last the is •
opened and the plan avowed is M ZOXV3
It is tree that be did expoet if nothing
bad been We, that at lease the ridiculous,
and oppressive noa-frj/ercourrr low would
have been pulled down; but its fate is still
postponed. He thought at least that it
would have been attempted to remove roil.
if the friends of administration had not
aspired to do yooA Whether commerce,
so childishly destroyed. cm|d ever be re
trieved; It was not for him to foretell.—
Trade, like a great water couyte, to migh
ty river, once tamed from Its channel, with
difficulty regains it;—and certainly his
not to be forced back into its bed by new
impositions.—Embargo, non-importation
and non-intercourse has already changed
the character of mercantile speculation.—
Instead of regular trade, they have Intro
duced smuggling. Whether this habit can
ever be changed it was impossible for hion
to predictbut one thing Is certain, it is
not to be done by imposing high additional
dotisa,- These- to* ip Aust- hematic* tec
smuggling. But something, it is said, ought
to be done—which perhaps he would ad
mit—although it woe no small part of the
character of a good statesman to discern,
when It b wise to do nothing. A propo
sition is now to be made to this nation,
whether it will submit to teens and addi
tional taxation; or consent to reduct un
necessary and expensive establishments:
For the Secretary of the has told
us that if we reduce the army and navy,
both loans and additional taxes wQ be un
necessary. But it may be ipbt, shall we
indicate our disposition to submit tp the
belligerents by retrenching our means of
defence ? And why not retrench, Sir?-*
Does any man believe that we are going to
war? With Whom? With France? Car
ried on where ? She in Europe, and we in
the United States? With England ? Car
ried on where ? At Wew-Orteaas, tat your
hospitals ? Sir, lam against keeping on
hand a costly sot of tools which we eould
not ess to injure her, even H we knew how.
But perhaps there is a system—lf there
be,and if the maxim art eat eclare artem