Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1821-10-20

! S"Soe - tSbsWScu tuSiD iOf IL. Lever
ceeded IN wrestling the gun from MIR. Sow.
den, and Immediately discharged il. content.
into his right breast.-He then became a.
harmed and ded, but was pursued and soon
appr.hended.
Clever is about l9 years Of sge, and cane
from Halifax with Wagon belonging to
Capt. Whi,more. He says he is originally
from Pennsylvania. The gun he had borrow
ed from another wsggoner travelling in com.
pany with him to shoot squirrels; but had
put heavy load in it on Tuesday afternoon
= Tor the purpose Of shooting robbers, as he
said, should any attack his wagon that
night In the course Of the afternoon ho
drank spirits several times. but was not be-
lieved to be drunk, The other waggonerss
With the Wagons were not present when he
shot Mr.. Sowden /: they had gone on before
him and knew nothing of the circumstances,
uii he ran up to them saying he believed he,
had hot somebody. On fibding he was pur.
sued be concealed the Gun in one of the wae.
gons and endeavored to escape, and oulbeing
aPprehended he denied every thing-but ,hs.
testimony against hin is so strong thatrlhere
can be no doubt Of the truth Of what We have,
stated. IL is however possible that provo
KING language may have bee used by some
OF the young gentlemen towards Clever.
lRichmomd Erpositor.
FROM THE FRED. HERALD OF OCT, Is.
Tile prevatfing Fcucr, with VIII CHI our
country has been afflicted in common with
our neighbors of Pennsylvania and Virginia,
seems, from all We can learn, to be incr. asipg,
But what Is still more alarming. it is at tie
same time becoming more fatal. Hi,her O
the deaths have been few in comparison with
the number OF sick, But since The coDmence.
m nj he
hss strong tendency to terminate in a slow,
obstinate nervous fever. l. is supposed, on g
moderate calculation, that there are at pres.
ent 2oOe persons labouring under this COM
plant IN Frederick county aud that out of
this number At least 200 are dangerously i'll :
The pron.ness OF those on the recovery to
relapse Is unprecedented Very few who
nave been taken down bat have rslap.ed, and
most persons several times. And in conse-
quence OF the great debility produced by the
first. 1t almost invariably happens that every
succeeding attack is more severe than the
former. TO guard against these repeated re-.
iapsss is altogether desirable and with this
view We state, on the authority If an intels
iigent and ob'ervant gentleman, that where
persons on the recovery have put on flannel
they have rarely relapsed- while those who
have neglected 30 to do have as rarely esca-
ped. We have therefore no doubt, bnt ihue
warm clothing must prove highly beneficial
TO all who ere indisposed, and in a good meas
sure guard the well against indlspo,itiOn.
Copy OF letter from DIR. JOkn'C. Stree.
ole, to the. Editors # tie Republican,
Ga2etie, dated,
New YoRK, OCTOBER LIST, 1921.
The newspapers tell us. that fever
and dysen,ary have made their dreadful ape
pearance in FEEDER ok town. and its vicinity:
and distant physicians are invited 70 give
theii opinion concerning the best mode OF
treatment OF these di-eases. With pleasure
embrace this opportunity to communicate
10 you, and to Your fellow citizens, an ea.y
practice, and new mode OF treatment If als
Antumnal fevers,
Disgusted ct the sbomuabe depIetions
with which the people are sent on, of this
world; Your humble servant, who dnring the
Revolutionary war, practiced rhysic and
Surgery at Savannah, and ct Winchester in
Virginia during 1880, until 1854, has always
had better means to cure bis patients with
than the present ordinary practice. He
therefore recommends to YOU, for the vel.
fare OF our fellow citizens, the charitable
publication Of this his extraordinary treats
m.nt OF levers uno dyseniary.
When the patient labouIs under fever
With red face, hot skin, and full and freauens
pulse; the vegetable srdetve, called by Lin.
Gus $ kalmis latifoiia,'' but by Us, the COM
mon Mountain Laurel, is one OF the best roe
medbes. One drschm of the leaves when
dry. and broken email, ere to be boiled 10 q.
quart OF water, eight or ten minutes, till ie
assumes an orange colour. Four ounces of
u, or gill, is a common dose; and more OF
less, according to see and strength. If the
lever Is not much atated, an hour afier
another dose Is to be given; but if perspra-
1'on begins TO appear on the forehead, then
only halt dose !, to be given; ard 20 keep
the body on gentle Precipitation, full doses
or half the quantity may be given, according
to circumstances. Thus remission of per-
feet intermission Of fever is surely obtained,
ln less them six or eight hours; and relapse
Is TO be prevented by continuing moderate
PerspIration. The nOuTishment should con-
s'ss OF plenty ct animal or vegetable jellies,
Gum Arabic, Slippery. Elm, Flax. Seed,
Rice, Barley, and Arrow. Root; and after
'he second day, wine and bark may be CIV
en- There should be ne haste, nor uneasi-
ness, Tor the opening Of the bowels, if nature
Goes rot produce it, We will soon find
means.
But the stomach is frequently 80 very irrfe
table, a. to retain nothing, and vomi,s frc91
queptiy; then medicine must be introduces
through the skin. Take two drachms OF
fartsr-Emetic, now called Tsrtarized Ans
timony, and mix it with an ounce Of bogs-
lard; with this the body is to be rubbed froro
bead to feei, bot particularly the limbs r.
will cause sncb an irritation on the surface Of
the body, as completely To remove that which
had affected the inteslines; but as il is apt to
cause PimPles, thu refore the groin and other
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