Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-13


shor, hand. and the whole trial will shortly b,
published People can then form their own o
pinion ofthis, 70 US, incomprehsnsiLle issue.
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| On fbe non coatagicasness OF t5e 1ciiosv Frver.
We present to our readers the following ex.
traet from " 7bs Medical and Physical Journal. ~
| or London, for the month of i.ch, 1896:
70 tie Editors o. toe Medical Dad Pjysica! Sour
MI. -
GENTLEMEN.
My friend Dr. Rush. of Philadelphia, has In
his new edition of his Medical Enquiries and Oh
servations. retraeted his former opinion respecting
the contagious nature Of the yellow fever, and
being desircus of making this recantation as pub
lie as possible. he has requested me TO ohtaiu the
insertion of the following extract FROM his pre-
face IN one OF the periodical works of this coua-
try. If you will have the goodness to give it
place in yonr valuable Journal. my friends oh.
je9 will be accomplished, and you will much
oblige yours &c. Ii JARDINk.
Liverpool. Feb. 10, 1906.
:" In the fourth volume, the reader, viii find
retrsaion Of the authors former opinion OF The
yellow fever's spreading by contag;on. He begs
forgiveness of the friends of science and hun:a.
nifty, if the publication of that opinion has had
any influence in increasing the misery and NOR.
tally attendant upon that disease Indeed such
is the pain he feels, in recolleftins that he
entertained or propagated il, thar it will long,
and perhaps always deprive him of the pleasure
he might Otherwise have derived from review
of his atemps TO fulfil the public duties of his
profession
BRITIsH HUMANITY. In Debate in the
British House of Lords, on the sublea of In
tcrcourse between America and the West-I In.
dies, lord Holland by way of showing the irnpo
n M i
Islands, observed. that He trusted Parliament.
would never again try the Experiment which was
productive OF so much misery to TIC West-India
Colonies in the period from 1884, 10 17S5 when
their supply from America was cus of; and, in
consequence OF which. in Jamaica alone, Il, coo
Negroes died from the Famine witch that Re.
guis,ion produced, :"
It 5000 were starved to death in ore Island,
how many must have died with hunger in the
whole of,he British Islands And what dread.
ful degree OF misery must have been endured by
those who survived Yet these Restrictions.
though occasionally relaxed. are still generally
continued in force, by Government, too. which
many degenerate Americans hold up 10 BE Mo,
del OF humanity, Honor, and Iustice
2ien. 7fae amer.
We have it from the besr authority, and y; iii
pleasure announce the pleasing Intelligence, iiat
the w2rss OF The Potomac company Oat3e She.
narfiNS.l5 are in such forwartness, and the force
employed on them is so considerable. thar the
cana!. locks. gates. in short, the cn,ire nayiea
ton from riverto river, VIII be completed in tie
ensuing September q contamination TO be pre-.
vented only by failure in the pecup;ary resc,,r.
ces OF the comPany--and surely such fai!nrs
Cannot and ought no. to b. apprehendsd when
we consider that half million of dollars have
already been extended on the Potomac nay;pa
tion-thar the sum wanted to complete this grcat
work, cannot exceed eight, or Al MOST ten thou.
sand dolsrs; and thar there are four Banks IN the
Distri6t OF Columbia. and that of the Banks in the
s's'e OF Maryland. there is one with Ia &c CAPT
tai, established ON the wise and patriotic prncinle
or aiding INTERNAL IMPROVE ENTS
Every mind beyond the sig. of Pigany,s,
will view This great enterprise. so long DELAYED,
but now happily SO near fruition. in a light Ear
more interesting. than as a mere machine To re-,
ward the advent1rers FOR their advances of mo
ney. andIo promote the convenience of The isnd.
holders on the banks of Potomac and It's Iribu,a.
ny rivers. 1T is A LINK, and mos, esse Mi
al LINK in the CHAIN, that is 10 bind together
the ATLANTIC STATES Vain md delus;ye
would i, he, to hope that the Union oqsaese two
Worlds, separated by mountains almost iupas
sihle and mnhabited, could he Of lo1g duration.
unless means were found to lessen the distance
toremoye the barriers, and 10 cherish a populati.
OH between them -
Lam1srt's Calculations far finding a first
Meridian for The u. States.
Several gentlemen OF astronomicai sci.
ence engaged themselves in making OBJ
seryations at Washington City on an &C.
cu!taiion of lone ofthe Pleiades, the bright
est star in that constellation, by the moon.
The appearances were no,ed on the even
ing of October Goth, 1904, by Abraham
Bradley, Esq. Assistant Post1Afas,er
General; Mr. Seth Pease, Clerk in the
General Rost-Oaice, and The Rev. Da-
vld Wiley, principal of an Academy in
Georgetown. Upon the data founded.by
these observers, Mr.. William Lanber,
has entered into series of calculations for
| oseerfeinizg Merefrom tae latitude norlh of
the Equator and The iongif1Ge zcest of Green.
Soleh Observatory in Bhgiand, of tie Ca
fifof az the CRY Of Washingion. these
were published at Washington by Mr..
way, near the latter part of sos, in a.
bou. SO pages 4to. Mr.. Lamoart emu.
merates the various modes Of finding the
longitude OF places in the earth's surface,
by observing the times Of The eclipses Of
Jupiter's Satellites /; by taking The distance
between the sun and the moon or be.wixt
the moor, ..rJ Cd 49,