Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-08-21

1t Sneial intercourse au,t %, religious a80
literary improvepncnt. to Gnd that relief i,
20 near at hand. II appears that in this
| country ;here are several hundred OF per-
sous of this description aud every berev-
client heart Will experience lively sails
faction to learn, that we may nav antici-
pate that, in the United States as well as
in Enrnpe, they will be qualified for use
iul!ness, and be introduced To pieau;es
hitherto unknown 20 them.
! HSbwgy robbery and an attempt to com
MI niVrdtr.---0n Sunday afternoon IA
blrcr, gong from New-York to Newark.
fell in company with three men. who APP
pcarcl from their dress and language to lie
Foreigners, travelling the same way
! When Hlcv came TO that part of the cause
way, life thc other side Hackeusacb
bridge, which is bnr,lcrcd on each side by
Il thicket. they suddenly stopped, and de-
handed his monev. Fin,lip. resistance
vain, he gave them al he had being Jbout
seven dollars. They then demanded whe
Their he was armed, and being answered
in the negative, proceeded to search his
| pockets to which he also submitted. and
ir1rn which they took small knife, and
also the hat OFF his head. Having pro
ceeded thus far wiiholt m0lestation they
then assaulted him and made an attempt
to cut his throa;. hut af this he discovered
signs of tie most decided Misrepresentation
and a scufiie ensured, during which they sue
/ ceedcd partially i'm drawing the knife vnce
across his threat, and would, undoubtedly
have finished with murder, but traveller
at this Instant appeared on horseback, at
| sight of whom tie williams Immediately tGok
flight into the swamp----I'he wounded
man with the traveller repaired to house
within the distance Of about, Il mile. where
they found re8olute young maD, whn, as
som as learned the story. armed 'limsei
with pistol, and alone and on foot pui-
sued the route the footpads had taken; he
SeDu had the gootl fortune to come in SIGHT
of one Of them, by himself, who attempted
10 escape, but ciapping the pistol to his
head, he ordered him @ stop, aud taking
out handkerchief and binding his arms
behind him, Zee drove him be!Gre him back
to the house. The hue anil cry heing Civ
ell, the pcople came from Newarg ana en-
tering directly on the pursuit Of the other
two, they apprehcnded them both. They
were all then carried to Bergen, where af
| ter undergoing an examination they were
committed to jait.-Er. Post.
With much satisfaction, we present the
following decisions of mo Of the most lear
ned societies in Europe, on question
| deeply interesting TO this country and par
ticularly to this city. We nave long en-
tertained entire confidence that the great
truth here affirmed would first or last be
established. tits the triumph of fact over
sOphistry.
Extract Of letter from gentleman in
England to a Physician IN this place
dated June 26, 1916.
The decisions of the royal College of
Physicians Of London, and those of the ar
my Medical Board, are at length brought
to close. These two learned and expe-
rienced bodies have been for some time
past, devoted to consideration of all the
facts connected with the nature and char
acter Of the yellow fever, particularly as i
has oil late years appeared in Spain. The
College has decided that the yellow fever
is contagious disease The Army Me-
tiicai Board, at the head of .4hich presidcs
Sir James Mac Gregor, nave aiso given l.
as their opinion thai the yelIow fever IS in
its nature contagious, and from the eyi.
dance advanced Ia the writings nf Si-
James Fellows and Or. Pym. they further
add their convection that the fever of Spain
is not only strictly contagious. but that
ike Other disorders Of a specific character
it generally affects the human frame bu,
once. Your experience If the fever as it
has prevailed in Ncw-Y York since 1895, will
enable you to determine, how far this last
opinion holds gooG when applied 20 TINS pes-
thence, when inIpDated into your climate.
Those who nave once had the disorder are
certainly less susceptible of its influence
econd tins. The necessity oi s'i,cr
adherence to y0ur improved syst m &c qua
rentine laws aul all municipal regulations
for the purposes of domestic cleanliness
cannot be too strongly enforced. On this
subject the Royal college aud the Army
Medical Board are united in opinion. I
add no mdIe at present. An abstract of
the official documents on these important
matters IS IN my possession, and shall be
communicated shortly. cannot but think
1t rendering an important service to your
country by giving publicity to the resHbs
oi the deliberations of these distinguished
associations--Fhe contrary doctrine, main.
talaiug that different fcyers are Of one com.
mon origin. is 50 untounded in fact and So
pernicious in its consequences, that the
sooner it is discarded the better it will be
Tor the interest OF humanity
| -
And by consequence an improbable
disease. Ed. +. Post.
A WHALE IN'VHE SOTJND