Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1822-12-14
GOVERNORS CoMMU-
NICATlON.
Fellow Citizens of the Senate,
and % the House of Delep.


grstaIate the Legislature at tho eoE.
meneemenI of this session, on The IN
interrupted continuance Of prosperous
circumstances among our fellow citiz
ems a. large. The long want of rain,
t.e the great par; Of last summer, has
'e@sened the annual amount of the pro.
h's ~ agricultural industry so serious
sy, s affected the quality Of the main
product nf the state so iniuriously, o.
yer large surface of cultivated land,
that distressing a6ridgmeat OF the or
diuary means Of eumfort, independence
g ease for The next year, nusl DO the
certain consequence. The extrsordi-
nsTy rsvaSe committed lev inreels this
! year, throughout 8p extensive and
naturally fertile district, upon all the
fruits OF the earth which serve for
food fer oiaa, aud the animals neeesa-
~ &c aiu,, has largely contributed TO
,uasehse the evil most pernioious
kiuo ~ l.ieh wade i's appearance on
ans banks of James river near the fslls,
IN 1884, after a short period Of mis-.
chief, deiuaiVs decline, and almost
uBnuueed existence for nearly 90
years, appeared again in the same
places about ten yssrs ego, aud con.
'iuues now to multiply and extend 10
40 aiasmIng degree. Already. as the
fr-t consequence, an emigration is
preparing which will deprive the state
fosevef of large amount OF farming
capital, eud much Of its agricultural
.kill. and spirit of enterprise for ru-
rei improvements, Ihs eutumnaI
diseases TO which the inhabitants Of
the eastern part ug the state from an
soriy period, ard Oflhs middle, souih
err, and northern parts for some wears
, back, have been liable, pervaded this
year more generally, and with more
distressing Consequences than com.
| mpu.
1t IL believed by nest cf those who
have lived tn remember, that forty
years since, II was as OaITequcnt for
5 single death to occur, from that
] eaurs, in family residing constantly
IN the country, ss il is now rare fur
one tu escape altogether. No family
! within ali The region subject t. the
causes Of this mischief can consider it.
self safe from attack throughout any
year. Sympathy With those who hsve
endured The eSsl themselves, or who
have suffered more in the loss Of uear
CONNECTIONS, Il Rotthen, the only mo.
! TIVE 81 IN iagGay, IL there Efe re means
Within reeeF of the public will. which
| nigbt be employed, with reasonable
hope of some success, in an attempt TO
Fetuee the magnitude Of that source
81 misforf8ne, The remark may be
pertinent here, thar Virginia, with
the highly respectable medical gseulty
Il possesses has never had corpo-
rate body of physicians. Yet Virgin
Ia, III the youth sf political existence,
gave birth 90 IRE greatest medical tai.
ent ever as get displayed, BY one iud;..
vijDal, ip the pew world. With the
yrox,mGts cause Of the evil in ques
,i"n we are not at SIT acquainted. g.
Witilout the aid Of pusGmatie ehemls.
try, tfs bsrs name of which is not YET
. famS.l8F TO our ears, ~e never cen
learn nero than that il 10 an agent of
Bewer, Invisible, intangible, iDaudi-
. bic, eud even iOodorous, known to US
I
aliy produces on the health of our
fellow eiiizrps, of both sexes, Of ell a
ges, tsmpeFamen,s, stations and ba.
bits, Il has never been doubted, shat
the rsElole esUss of thu evil il the
wide space, upon which 1ster is made
to stagnats for season, by the gradual
accumulation Of earth, swep, by hasiy
and heavy showers, down The slopes,
along which the roads descend TO
ctr anna Of TOO iiitle fall oSlhe rank
heritage forced oni fFsm surface Of
great extent by FOSSIL manure, when it
is net, III good time, removed BY the
scyihe, or by tbs pasture of animals,
bat suffered 10 decay where il grows,
NOxious exhatsiions ma be their rise
from the latter of these Sgeumsianees,
upon the bills, aud from both in The
plains, and orr atiei susieusnse is
thus poisoned by onr owp negligence.
We learn from history, that sai1brity
bee been restored to extensive districts
IN other countries, from which it had
been long banished; and We know, from
our OWL experience, that country stu
atiops long exposed to serious periods
cal diseases, have been at length rens
kdered health! BY jadiciOus improve
Aaentss
4 To a rural economy founded upsn
eoIsnoe, and blended with due know
*ledged of natural history, sc are then
look d, lsSt for q Jsmedy, If We e.