The Rhode-Island American, and general advertiser — Providence [R.I.], 1810-07-03 00:00:00, page 2

oldest book in the world, the bible, we
•hell find noteeeoaet of sn*dl-pox; not
*vew, among the plague* of Job. There
are potgecee af it among, the Egyptians,
„ mt A the, Ateyrisn Empire. There is no
account of the disease in any ef the Gre
ciag write**, nor is there a trace of it in
any of the Roms* writer*, whether anti- <
quartans, poet* or historians. Had thia
erwel distemper an existence during the
gruMncs*, grandeur,-end glory of the Ro
■tan Empire, it Would*' have made it*
* dreadful. appearance in their vast armies,
Shat were like those of Bonaparte'* in our
day, ewtendin; their conquests, not merely
over Europe, but Asia. Had the small
pox existed at the decline of the Roman
Empire, it would have discovered itself in
the vwat **t of and Vandal*, who
overran the more polished part of the Ro
man Empire- Ney,, had it existed at all
in pay part the world where letter*
were known, learning would have brought
some account of it down to us.
Wfitile the Gubs and Vandals marched
|heir innumerable hosts from the North nf
Europe, thwjißh Germany, intn Italy, and
overran the fKcetem Roman-Empire, the
- Mphptn cdana, were carrying their con- I
: quest* with the rtpidity of a torrent user
moat frart* of Alia, and tome part* of Afri
ca. They overran Persia, Arabia, Pales
tine and Egypt » fif’d then it was, and not
till then, that the ouKiUpoxfrttappeared
in Me which is about 1300 year*
sgte About dU same period, and in the
game regioa, appeared for the
/fra/ lime, •> - ;<;•.
Some havg supposed that when these
Ernies penetrated far into
Africs, they brought thence this cruel
scourge jmo Europe. But lam inclined to
betters* lW thia wida wasting pestilence
took It* aright from the brute creation}
pnd that it came, from the Camel*, the
thoi Zforeee, or the Kims,
'ilbv which Scripture term we mean Cow
It ia w<»uhy of remark, that of the
dxapirnsls wjjch we have domesticated,
V fivffnf lhem are liable to an eruptive di*-
temper analogous to *mall»pox. 'fhess
animal* are the Amr, the cow, the Aujr,
the doff and those birds, which in our lan
guage hafre ne name ; I mean the barndoor
, fowh therefore culled coehs and hen*, the
name of the male and female of all bircK
The greate hi the horse, thoTsccinwin the
qow, the swine-pox, the dietemper In the
dogs, *hd the chicken-pox may have bedn
originally the same disease, bot changed
in Ms Malignity by paislhg* through ank
n»h ef a different specie). The chicken
pox is vevy'Common among th* barndoor
‘fowl lathe East-Indies, end they call it,
and the small pox by the same name. But
nene ef these disorder* comb so near the
small pox as that found• In the l caff, yet it
differ*’ from it in this blessed peculiarity,
that It* Is tart only tafiidfoly milder, but
non-fonfugtrone ; and yet to like the •mall
pox a* to be a substitute for it.
Be-the origin of smuthpox Whatever it
, may, .the distress occasioned by this new
plague wh< beyond tieprenfon' dreadfol.
It astsnUhod and checked the victorious
army, and conquered- tWt conquerer. Its
UttSdk' Was sadden; its symptom* horrible,
and Im fatal termination Shocking to the
beholder,. The, mo rt learned physicians,
atthutUew- In the woild, were the Ara
bian- however, totally ata
Jest how te eccennt for it, or how to treat
It. Tfisf could find qo description of it in
arty Grecian, Roman or /isiatick writer.
They Alitfefore .sat down, folded their
arm* iq stupid despair, on arcing the deso
lating . effectS of thia cruel distemper. It
is conjectured that several hundred mill
ions of, people have perished miserably
with th* small-pox, since Its first appear
ance in lb* Mahomedan army ; and it is
computed Jhat roarr piiLiots have
died of it .Juring the last qrntury.
1 can ihiak of no diarase in which the
auperiotoadfog care af Wrine Providence
I* *o conspicuous as la this. Were we
liable bfo takq the small-pox mere than
mwe, Mepfotcror rhaamaUsm, wh*t a
horrible situation mankind would be .In I
And were ths brut/Creation lihble to this
X '. l ~ ~5 ’* st fl, '/
siructtd in reading, writing, English gram
mar, arithmetick, Btc. and afterwards to
gel hint into some business. Let. this ex
ample influence ail who read, to hearken
ta tbh valuable lesson, *' Go thou and du
Ukcwiae.** / . /
■
cess to the for sevtfal hundred dol
lars. SbAtiflßler this transaction, bi*
benefacuj, W suddenly, leaving severs!
children. The young
lawytr.went forward immediately, admht
istettd*on his estate, and found it to be in
solvent, He ef course was bound for the
debt due to the Bank, say 8600. Not
feeling himaelf to have discharged bio debt
of gratitude by paying that inconsiderable
num, he immediately took into hit care
his patron's children, of one of whom he
says, in a letter addressed to tbe writer of
this scrap. I have just put his eldest son
under tbe care of a very worthy clergy
man, .who peaches a school near to this
place. My intention ia, to have him in-
thoso of ancient times. If we recur to the
z , SMALL-POX.
Txts disease was totally unknown to
rxc xar-*ix>ro*i) mi sever
MONTREAL, June 18. *
b are happy to observe thr Increase
of commerce in this city. Hferc'ere now
in the fiver opposite thexay, and what is
celled the crons or tower port, upward! of
forty sails of ships, barks and brigs p with
out one new ship of near four
hundred tons*' and two nr three brigs
launched and beginning to rig, and about
twenty sail of. schooners and sloops, em«
ployed, ie the coasting nt river trade. The
increase of the boats from lake Ontario,
with pet and pearl ashes, pork, ftour/&c.
tojar beyond our atost sanguine expects*
tiobs. Only two years ago the first boat
of this kind camo to this city. They carry
in general about ten tons. On Friday hit
there were »ix or seven of these boats dis
charging their loading at one time. It is
an undeniable fact, that the trade and
commerce <4 these provinces have in
creased As rapidly within two years, as
ever they did in any part of the United
States* same time and proportion of
pepaiatied.
Dr. Heberden, one of the most learned
and skilful physicians of the English nation,
•nd intimate friend and fellow-labourer in
physick and humanity with Dr. Fothergill,
examined carefully the bills of mortality
kept in London, and compared the destruc-.
tian made by the small-pox in that largy
city before and tinee the practice of itsocu
iMion, ami he tell* us that he was brought
reluctantly to this melancholy conclusion ;
that the proportional increase of deaths
from this disease was a* jfve to fbur.
. Although the insertion nf small-pox mat
ter into the arm by inoculation wonderfully
mitigates the violence of the disorder, y«t
it is a very serious fact, Jnrt little known in
this country, that more persons have died
with the small-pox since 1781 (the period
of its first introduction) than before. It
has ameliorated the force of the disease,
but it has spread the contagion. /
In 1783, twenty thousand persons per
ished with small-pox in tbe city of Paris*—
In 1768 eixteen thousand died with it in
tbe city of Naples.
When Cortes invaded NeW-Spain, a ne
gro slave, who waited on one of hi* offi
cers, gave some of the native* th* small'
pox, when one half of the population was
destroyed by this distemper. * It destroyed
upwards of one hundred thousand Peru
vian* In the single province of Quito I
In 1767, a single soldier introduced the
small-pox, for the first time, into the
North-West Coast, or Kamtschatka, when
twenty thoueand perished miserably;—.
whole village* being nearly desolated. In
the expedition of Captains Lewi* and
Clarke acroas this continent to the Pacif
ick Ocean, they mention numerous tribe*
of Indian* which were reduced to IS, 80,
or 30 persons; all tbe rest being destroy
ed by the small-pox.
In 1793, the small-pox was conveyed to
the hie of France, by a tingle fiereon from
a Dutch ship, when 5400 perished in six
week*. During our.reactionary war,
when our troop* invnded.Canada, several
thousand* of out aoldiers perished by this
dreadful scourge. Many of them suffered
in a manner too shocking to relate. Even
so late as the last winter, tbe troop* sta
tioned on the boundary line between us
and the British, suffered with the small
pox in a manner scarcely credible* were
there not partons now among us tu testify
to the fact*.
It is * truth worthy the notice of mfr
Statesmen and Governours, that hli the
wars throughout the whole world, > have
never cut the thread of mt many lives as
this cruel destroyer of the human race,
now happily arrested by the Kihk-Pocx,
never More to turn its lory on mankind,
to strew the earth with its victims, and
blacken it with disconsolate mourners.
diitdhper, dfitafeou>t r lw*evewl them aikl
the whole, human race frornjbeing totally
destroyed, or miserably mftilatcd? But,
mankind can take the disorder but once,
and none of the brute creation can ever
take it at all. r
To the kind Parent of alktbst lives, who
in the midst of judgement remember* mer
cy, is to be attributed the praise for re
straining this dreadful scourge, and saying
to the pestilence that walketh In darkness,
“ tAut /hr iWt tifou go, and ho fhrther.**
Baron Dimsdak-, who inoculated the
Empress of Russia and her Court, and
was doubtless partial to the practice which
gained him fame and fortune, was never
theless so influenced by truth and patriot
ism a* to declare in print, that the prac
tice of small-pox ipoculationhasbeen more
detrimental than beneficial to society ; for
the practice keep* the infection in large
cities, and spread* it among the people
New- York, Philadelphia, and Albany, are
so many instance* of this truth, compared
with Boston and Salem.
• |-V
CHARLESTON, June 16.
Xrfrarr y/* < lettrr /re*) a
Zfcvana, ro hu in
“ I have the pleasure of inform ng ) on
of the revival of the short lived system
29p tljt jnail#. .
i 1 i • W.
Arw-Brrf/W, Sffitember 2JM. 1809.
" friend W— has overtaken me.
He informs me, that in descending the
river, be fell in with a party of four men,
(or rather heroes) who, after suffering
shipwreck on tbe North-West Coast, had
not only, the spirit to plan, but courage to
attempt, and fortitude to persevere, and
succeed, In one of the most daring, under
taking* I ever have beard of, via.— A jour
ney acroee the Continent, from the Pa
c{fick to the Atlantick Ocean, with no
other ftrwieion than their gone, with que
pound* qf powder and twenty pound* of
a* this circumstance may
appeay, the short account given by the
head of the party, Mr. Baptiste Lavall, to
Mr. W—•, carries the strongest evidence
of the facts, ,
'•Mr. Lavall was born in the city of
Philadelphia, but removed to Canada at
the close of the war, where he was en
gaged th* for trade. But having fallen
heir to an estate, he went to England to
receive it 1 and there embarked on a trading
voyage to the North-West Coast, on board
tbe schooner Sea Otter, of 170 tons, com
manded by John Nilesthat he was
part owner as well as supercargoand
on the 23d of August, 1808, the vessel, car
go, and nine men, were lost in a violent
gale, about 200 milts south of Columbia
river, while he, together with Michael
Connor, Jean Loaier and Emanuel Silver,
were providentially saved by being absent
on a hunt, on an uninhabited island. That
after waiting some time, in hopes of meet
ing with some vessel, they gave up that
point in despair, when he prevailed on his
Company to attempt to ertw* over the Con
tinent by land. That after passing through
an endless number of strange and savage
nations, amongst whom they were often de
tained as prisoners, and snffeiing every
privation and hardship that it was possi
ble to endure, they happily succeeded in ac
complishing {heir desperate undertaking."
’ NEW-YORK, June 28.
The British packet Lord Chesterfield,
Captain Giblxjo, arrived at this port yes
terday from England, via Halifax.
Loxdop, May 15.
The amount of the interests of the Loan
to be raised for the service of the present
year, will be about 700,000/. It will be
provided for, we understand, without any
new taxes. There will, it is said, be an in
crease In the postage of letters, and some
new regulations wiU be made in the V*n>P
duties, which will have the effect of ,iw
creasing tjje receipt of that branch of the
revenue. Thq duties on imported
from any parti but from our Colonies of
'Neva-Scotia, Nev-Briinpwkk. and Cana-j
da, increased. But this is not rx
pected to be very productive, nor is It to
All net enumerated, p*y 33 per
cent, and municipal duties upon the valua
tion in the tarif which'is in ryals of velton
and formerly considered as 8 to a dollar,
but are now calculated at their real value
of 30 to a dollar, 33 per cent..
The produce of the island on export, 13
percent, mblatses excepted, which pays
3 per hogshead.
Raw materials, &c. which may be
brought herq for exportation, such a* cot
ton, pitch, tar, turpentine, skins, pearl and
pot ashes, flaxseed, mast* sod spars, are
subject only at the time of exportation to
ths payment of 1 percent, ad valorem.
The stamping system discontinued.
Produce of the Spanish Colonies found
in this market pay the same duty a* the
produce of this island on exportation, ex
cepting cochineal, which pays the same
heavy duty as before.
Flour, on arrival in Spanish or foreign
bottoms, to be declared if for exportation
or the codsumption of the island, if for the
latter »t pays S 8 5-8 if for the former,
arul is re-shipped in two month* frem.it*
arrive], it only pays 1 per cent, on ex
portation.
Extract qf a letter from a gentleman at
Mdchez, to hie friend in .Nbrfollt.
Article* of every description imported
from Spain ia Spanish bottoms, fine of all
duties.- ■ C' '
‘ The produce and manbfocture of Spain,
imported In forelgTi bottoms 10 per cent,
fend municipal duties 3 per cent.
Utensil* for agriculture in Spanish bot
tom* fre* of duty—in foreign bottom* 10
per cent, and municipal duties. r
All kind* of oil, wines, brandy, liquors,
preserved fruits, not tbe growth pr Manu
facture of Spain, and even-so unless ac
companied with the necessary certificate*
from the Custom-House ia Spain, 34 per
cent.
Rice, beans-ppd peas, lard, soap, and
all kinds of cotton tnahufactures pay 15
per cent advnforem and municipal duties.
Also, jewellery, mode* of all kinds, rea
dy mad* clothes, bindings of gold, silver,
silk, wool, cloth, fee. furniture* of all kinds,
wax, spermaceti, lead, iron, copper, pew
ter, steel, marble stones, earthen and
glassware, pay 34 per cent .4
ani refulaiioti of Julies ef Ae ffioirth <
Msy Isbt fear, by which they’fare ednsiAr
erably seduqed, Aoth on import and ex
port, as will be seen by the accompanying
statement - * ■ . y
Statement qf the new regulation* qf du
tieo, viz.
NqkFOLiT, June 20.
“ Such, indeed, is the dearth of capacity
for busines in most of the democratick
party, that the.few individuals amongst
them who'are respectable for their ability,
find themselves incompetent to the difficult
task of managing a machine in which the
leaden weights are* too numerate for its
springe, or to conceal or excuse the dan
gerous erroura and ruinous projects of their
partisans. ■ So notorious has this imbecility
become, that the democratick papers, their
oracles of political wisdom, have rvpeaoed?
ly advised their .democratick friends to
elect men of more undeistanding, ar that
their party is ruined.
“ Would to God that the great body of
the substantial yeomanry of th* country,
the plantar,' the merchant and the mechan
ic!, could quit his plough, hia Warehouse
and his shop, and visit Congress in their
session; that they might fairly judge of
the competency of those to whom |hey have
committed the helm of this mighty empire.
“ The causes of this disgraceful state of
things are, I repeat it. Sir, to be found ln
the blind violence of party spirit, from the
overflowings of which, men thirstiog for
office, ambitious of its honours, or avari
cious of its profits (as a torrent sweeps the
fruits of the orcharcl and the offal of the
barn-yard together,) from the mere cir
cumstance of swimming on the same cur
rent, imagine themselves converted into
statesmen. They keep alive that ferment
of party, in which they have risen from the
dregs of society, and without which they
would again sink to their proper level.
It is natural to Inquire how is thia de
plorable state of our publick councils to be
remedied ? The remedy is ta sought
only in the candour, wisdom and virtue, of
the people. In their choice of representa
tives let them governed by that rule
4hkb prudent man ia the Mice
tian of his private agtnss; let them inquire.
*• Is he honest, is he capable, to he fitithffil
to the constitution let them select for
their service men distinguished for their
virtue, their anperlnur talents, and proved
attachments to the interests and govern-I
On Sunday last the Anniversary Sermon
on behalf of this Institution was preached
in Bow Church ; Cheapside, by the Rev.
Dr. Garand Andrew*, Dean of Canter*
bury, before his Royal Highness the Duke
of Gloucester, the Lord Mayor and She*
riff* of London, and a crowded Congrega
tion ; such was the effect of hie eloquent
and affecting dicourse, that the collection
after service amounted to upwards of
150/.—On Monday the Friends of the In
stitution dinod together nt the city of Lon
don tavern, hia Royal Highness of Glouces
ter io the chair. Never did we witness so
numerous or more respectable a ctnppany
on any farmer occasion of this nature; in
deed, as was well observed by his Royal
Highness ht an excellent Address from the
Chais, the more the nature, design and ef
feet of this Establishment are known, the
more it must be patronised. His Royal
Highness feelingly and clearly explained
these, and concluded With an irresistible
appeal to the feelings of all who beard him
in favour of the unfortunate Deaf and
Dumb. \r/nhe children now under Tuition,
about 80 in number, (as is usual at Anni
versary Meetings,) having been by the
Stewards of the day cbnductod round the
room and having given the most pleasing
and Convincing proof of the Benefit they
have recetvefi both by writing and Recita
tions, the Company vied with each other in
evincing their conviction of. and satisfac
tion at, the wonderful effects produced.
The slims announced to have been contri
buted, in various reports in the course of
the evening, amounting to 1508/. or up
wards.
Extract, <f a Circular Letter from the
Honourable' Mr. Stanly, <f JXbrth-Caro
lina, Member of Concrete, to hit Ccfa
etituente.
be wUksdk W*< *IMH be glad toEndear
imparts out render Importa
tion frqm aty other >art*'onnece**ery.
It hi laid that Mr. M*ckdhMe and-bis
Secretary, whohav* been sent to Morloix
to negotiate a'Cartel, have been invited to
Pari* to be present at the grand fete* to be
given there this month ia honour of Bona
parte’* marriage. We find hi eae of the
last Pari* papers, the following paragraph:
•• Mr. Mackensie, hi* Britannick Majes
ty's Envoy, and M. Williams Reston, Se
cretary ‘Legation, have Just hired a Ho
tel at Pari*, to assist at the fete* of, May.’’
CArontyue de C £urope, May 3.
Five English Captains of merchantmen,
landed at Deal yesterday morning, who
m&de their escape from Valenciennes pri
son du the 31st of March last. They bring
an account of Bonaparte and hi* Empress
arriving at Middleburgh on the Bth inst.
and after stopping one night, they proceed
ed with their retinae on their route along
the coast. *’
The object of the visit of the American
frigate, commanded by Commodore Bar
ron, late of the Chesapeake, to Tonningen,
is supposed to be to demand an explana
tion of the recent and numerous condem
nations of American vessels by the Danish
government. * 4
rxott rax London coujuxx, tfJMn 20.
ASYLUM
FOB pfcAF AMD DUMB.
II Bent of thhfr dfttttry ; end diecerd fro*
their favour the oppHcMt "hose leading
claim to ttaifii* AtMiiji*t'iftdP*t servility
which fc'A party tool.
••Then, Sir, we might Whfldendy hope, .
that the council* flf our beloved courtly
would-be again marked with wisdom, firm
ness aod magnanimity. The shame off that
disgraeefal misconduct which haahtoogft
us to the verge of ruin al borne, and to-oca-,
tempt abroad, might ye/ be removed—
That scandalous waste and profnstaq fo the
iarmyswt gwv»*v ehrfchlsg l|h*lMK
dependents, would barf^fta 1
ed, and th% people X United State*
‘once mombetooie happy and« prosperous
anfcngtt themselves, and regain thM envi
able height, In the vieW df fefeiM button*/
from which we have, bf late, beep po rtp ’
idly descending.”
i \ MONTPEUBM, June
■ IttAEDIELX! '
’ *On the flth ln<t. the large ptarf in the
north-east part of Groensborough, in thia
state, which formed the head of the river
Lamoille, burst its bounds, and, carrying
ruin and destruction »n its course, emptied
itself into Lake Mempbiemsgog, a dis
tance of about Sf miles. The particulars
are as follow:—The pond, which was
about 2 1-9 mile* io length, 1 nifte Im
breadth, and 100 feet in depth, was situs*
ted on the Green-Mountsip, considerably,
higher than the surrounding
About forty rods distant was another smell J
er pond, on the outlet of which stood a
number of 0)111*5 The perpendicular
height of the former above the latter wan
about 100 feet. It had long been contem
plated to make a communication between •
them. In the expectation that it wnuld
greatly benefit the mill* below the small
pond. Ou the daja above-mentioned, a
number of the inhabitant* of Wheelock,
Sheffield, Glover and Barton, met for the -
purpose of digging a channel, and com
menced their operation* on the brow of
descent, a few rods from the large pond.
They soon finished a channel five er six
fret in depth. A* the channel filled, tfio
ground, which Was composed of a kind of
quick-sand, began to sink, and the increas
ing pressure soon produced a vast chasm
nf upward* of M)0 foet in depth, and 18 er
20 rods in width; the water issued from
the pond 'With such dreadfol impetuosity t
that it was completely drained in one hour.
The sinking of the ground was so sudden*
that the workmen, who precipitately rat ‘
treated, had scarce time to save them
selves 4 one sunk five or she fret but wh|
fortunate enough to* extricate hiesaetfbf
catching hold of the Toot of. a tree. Thp
water rushgd late the lower pond,
thence proceeding through a forest fe hea
vy timber, six miles to Boston tfver, carry- 1 *
Ing off every thing it met, and
the soil It then took course of Barinn
river, when it proceeded with the same ■
devastation till it arrived at Lake Mepu f
phremagog. Although the country through
which it passed is but thinly settled, yet
the damage sustained is immense. Farms,
which lay on the bank* of Berten river
were covered, 10 or 19 feet, with stone,
timber and earth, and their oWnera feftfa
a Ware nf rr»*f m-ti —-I [trips to Tfcq
saw-mill*. a grist-mill, blacksmith! chap,
five bridges, a horse, and h large number
of sheep, Ac. were swept into the
The scene it presented was awful.
What must hpve been the senaaiian*, pro
duced by the sight of a columa of water* of
amumber of miles to length, and 99 rods in
width, filled with trees and earth, and
rushing with horrid,crush and thundering
sound ; filling up the rallies and levaHtng
the hills in its cosrse I The earth for many
mile* round trembled beneath the load.
The noise waaledhdatA groat- distance;
the inhabitants residing on Barton river, la
the first memdits of surprise, supposed* i
tube distant thunder ; but-the clobdtem
sky soon conftced them- of Jthfiret’retir*
and the incrAsing sound jtreseuted tu theft ) 1
affrighted iimginatfons the idea of an earth
quake, but a searer approach of the water
discovered ike reality, but then, alike ig
norant of the cause and extent rf so un
common' an appearance; they knew net' # '
where to fly for safety. Perhaps the his
tory </ America does not record a more
extrrerdmary .<**•». Na lives were foot. .
' £ BOerONUont w.-,, - v •
MM SOUtft 0> SPAlfr.
/•plain Colby, arrived at
left Alicant t)»e 33d April* and informs
tVst the French from Andalusia had aA
dsnoed into Murcia, had taken Lerch, and
menaced Murein and Carthagetm. ''The
Spanish amyrof the Centre wfite tb fotlre
to Carthagepa and Alicapt, and not rum a :'
battle. Wie hope they will hummo* the
French flanks, and ent oftihrtr swapHe*. .
A partisan war is the polfoy X the WtH
*’• ■ 'I J'.A’j ’
We have no fertfler accounts of the
of the unhappy permit* on the >mck
of the »hip Margaret, >h|»r lit* tong boot ( ; •
lefther. Tbetmt wfifin Men4n-sHthby
•he Poacher bad ran about 980 ihfteOY and
though de.tku n Xfo a(ru^
ty j«4t*»pnt and >
not vary qm mib latitude.Tadden I
miles in longitude frees the PcmetoerV-
Captain Dana thinks the dtaaee df the
wreck hying fallen iq with not very hopq-