Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-05-25

who received hiU. with distinguished Pc
likeness. protesting hi, desire to DC on
good terms with us, because, as ne sa'd'
we are more sincere than other nations.
We salutcd as we'll as the Other ships 10
the harbor, which considering the mug
uity offered US, and the additional one of
our flag not being hoistei in any 81 tne'f
ships which were dressed on the occasion,
1.-THE English flag occupying prominent
placc) we ought not, l think to have cone
1t was reported that if we attempted to
sail before IN adjustment Of. this affair."
fort Santa Cruz would fire upon us
Sumpter advised US to wait-we however
set sail as soon as we could get on board
the clothes we had sent to be washed.
We went out cleared Tor action; we
had even our matches ready lighted
When we drew near the fort sat push
Of; we then fully expected that We were
to be required to drop anchor, and oil
course, that we should refuse and have
fight. The officer who came on board
asked only the name and destination, &c.
Of our ship, which is customary ane we
passed Santa Cruz, which mounts more
than one hundred guns, unmOlested."
Extract of letter TO the Editor OF the
Winyaw lntellisencer, dated in Sum
ter District. 4th inst.
Since my last | have been much IA
tigued in riding, by the calls from the
sufferers in the western part Of Darling
ton district. The Epidemic Catarh still
prevails, and numbers fall victims to its
dreadful fleets. The attacks are so va
ried aud sudden that it appears to defy
the power of medicine alter twenty four
hours. And some others actually die for
want of aid.
Having been generally successful in my
practice in the above complaint, have
acquainted my friends by letter. hoping
it may be useful in sudden attacks. l
have attended patients attacked in every
way, all OF which may be represented
thus: Typhus Neum"uia, Typhus P'eu'
risy, Influenza and Quincy. When the
attacks are typhus, after mild Emetic,
the free use Of cold bathing by an ablu-
ton or afusion, being di ectcd by the
PATIENTS strength, produce the happiest
effects. The last visited were attacked
as above mentioned, and treated as above
only add the use Of Bark and Rbubarb,
viz. in six ounces Of bark put twenty
grains of rhubarb, to be taken in the day.
When seized as in the farm of Pleurisy,
the stronger enetics and cathartics must
be used with large blisters after which
tonics may be introduced successfully
In Influenza, the valuable invention Of
Jennings, gives sure and speedy relief
il assists every effort of nature-.but l fad
the effect mere beneficial when proceed.
ed BY a very mild eme;ic, after which,
mild laxative medicine with the use Of
Doycrs powders, answers The desired pur-
pose. The cases Of malignant Quincy
are more sudden, more frequent, and
more dangerous within fortnight, than
they have ever been known here. Pro-
badly the auctuating state Of the weather
may be assigned as cause. In such
cases it is necessary to use strong emetics
if the constitution can possibly bear them,
a gargle Of very strong vinegar and a
poulticc strongly seasoned with red pep
per, though severe. are efficacious. In
attacks like this, have found few,
but very few cases, where the pulse
would justify one in blood-Iet'ing, and in
all the above, tie practice is speedily re-
probated by the approach Of death. My
bill Of mortality has one only out Of the
number attacked with The epidemic. ]
am ready to believe The disorder is not
as difficult to remove as many assert. |
find the most unsuccessful physicians
here, are those most fearful of contagious
disorders; when many common farmers
have to be successfully received into their