Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-09-22

sS.'o'uiy as oue season OF the wear
- less favorable to health Than ann
Their, we must expect, during the pre-
sent month, to hear of much sickness
aud OF Increased mortality. Of one
who IS taken sick yon hear more than
oftweuty who are we'll, aud reports OF
the sIekiiness, where it prevails, are
therefore generality exaggerated. 1t is
certain, however, that, Tor several
weeks past, the country has been unn.
suatly sickly, not on tide water only,
but as high mp as the Blue RiIse, and
beyond II. In some peighboTh ood..
there is scarcely family that has not
one or more persons in ii confined by
illness. Hsrper's Ferry hns suffered,
as mhch as any town we knew Of. 4
number of persons have died ,here.
aud many are yet sick, The pub'iea.
ton OF the newspaper, lately establish.
ed there, has been suspended for four or
hive weeks, from the death of one %;
the proprietors. and tie severe illness
OF the other. This town being sitna.
Ted on the point formed by the conilu.
ence oil Potomac and Shenandoah RI.
vers, the cause of the unusual sickness
Is generally referred 10 the low water
IN the Potomac, laying bare, 10 many
places, great part OF the bed Of the RI
yer, leaving much vegetable matter
exposed TO putrefaclion, ana stasnaut
water in the ciesis of the rocks
These causes, however, 10 not exist A.
long the mountain conn.ry generally,
and we should rather suppose he germ
OF disease 10 be mare general, and, 10
arise more from the common course OF
nature, which gives to our August and
September sun an influence preiadieisl
to health.
From Norfolk, we are sorry To learn
that the mortality there increases. in
stead Of diminishing. Great alarm
generally prevails, aud the population
1s at length rapidly semoving. Vitli,a
the pale of the iareeted district, the
Herald of Mouday says, ''i.ie mortali-
ty has been very great Tor several DAYS
past" The disease, however, is said
MOTTO he ineursbie, one ofthe nhysi-
Grams having cured t6 patients out OF
q. The Herald advises, how yer. all
persons feeling themselves in danger TO
remove instantly: we wish il had a,!yi.
sed all others too, for none are more
likely TO suffer than those who brave
the danger. The deatbs announced hy
name In Mondays paper, ere Mr.. John
Perry, formerly Of the firm Of Perry &
Bnush, gentleman greatly respected;
james L. Pierey, shipwrigh;; AMI
Meshural, OF Southing'op. Connecticut:
and Mr.. Gray, of Boston, rho had
lately arrived there, and was collecting
subscriptions TO Big'ow's Botanical
works.
From W ilmigtoD, in the State of
North Carolina. our accounts are vel,
more gloomy. 1t - i,uposs.hie 10 read
the following without sbuddering:-
a at. Int.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITORS.
"tpitmington " c. Sept. Z i82i-g p. H.
Our fever increases and grows more a,
l2<4ng. Even DIR. McItee begins 10 get a
WEED. Two deaths TO day and three new
cases. IL. L. cannot live to ser he sur rise
y, g. is worse to night. Mci('s case j.,
10 night, doubtful oUe--in all Ten dsa.h.
since Saturday lsst--and sbou, one hundced
persons now sick, inciuding the blocks,
who'e population at thi. tine is a. ten ~
nv" W. the Wnle-tnOu9n az arc afflicted
with the yellow fever Que Doctor. arc
nearly WON out -McRee has nos pulled off
MS clothes for ten nights pas:--and all are
gong the rounds pight and day. From res
port to night, there must be or 4 that vii!
pay the debt of nature before this time to-
moTro~ night. Notwithstanding our nights
are 'oleTaby cool. our days sre extremely hot,
ana we fear our nights will become so elso--
10 which case, God only knows what will bc-
come OF the few left in The pIsee--as all have
gone That dare do so. | have heard that bot
seven wkite persons called OF the Posi- Office
y. y. "'gpt on the arrival Of the Northern nail.
from this You may have some idea Of the
conoitlon of the town
letter from New Orleans. Of Aug. Is,
gives intelligence Of a distressing steam, boat
accident. The boiler Of the Yankee lately
ouTs'' by which fifteen passengers weFe
scaided, we do not learn to what degree, !
aDdtbree OF the bhat's hands were killed.
Nat. Int.
Joseph Green CogsSoeH, Esq. is appointed
Professor of MineroIogy and Geology in Hsr-
ward University.
DIR. Wason has excepted the Presidency
sf Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsyi,
7an!a.-i6id.