The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1829-12-10

Key WEsr. A letter from this Islahd'
dated the 3Oth Of Oct, presents most APP
pallirg picture Of the distress suffered there
from The yellow fever. Between l5O and
lGD inhabitants remained to spend the sum-
mer on the island, and, Of these, upwards
| of 20 had died. Only one individnai es'
caped an attack from the disease. Many
died from want and helplessness, and the
suffering from want offfesh provisions was
! indescribable. Half grown chickens soid
at two dollars each. Considerable SICK
ness still prevailed there, but OF mlIder
character.
We are glad to learn, says the National
Inteligencer, by extracts from letters late
ly received by a gentleman OF tins city,
from respectable sources at Key West,
that the statement, now circulating through
the papers, of great mortality on that Is
land, is, to say the least OF 1t, high eXag
gerated. We are further informed, by the
gentleman to whom we are indebted for
The extracts, that there have been no cases
of yellow fever on the Island during the
late autumn, except such as were brought
thther from Hnvana, and that in tnct il
has been for three years past as healthy as
any place on the Continent.
After the above paragraph wns in type,
We received the annexed statement for pub
lication, which is u complete refutatou Of
the article in yesterdays paper -.
We have been called on by Col. Greene,
one of tie proprietors of the Island, for
the purpose Of correcting n paragraph
headed "Great Mortality at Key West "
which appeared in our paper yesterday.
lie refers us To respectable authority, to
convince US that there is not one word OF
truth in the publication from the Magnolia
Advertiser, re published by US, and that
the same originates in the interested views
of set of dishonest spectators to destroy
the reputation of Key West for health, &
thus enable them to purchase the property
on their own terms. He describes Key
West as possessing n climate as healthy
as any in the United States, and that the
few deaths which have occurred were
from disorders in no way connected with
pestllenca or fever, and not dIspropo portionate
in number to the deaths from like causes
rim the most healthy towns in the U Union.
P0isorrNG AT MADEIRA. Letters from
Madeira TO the 29lh October, have been
received in this city by the Howard. They
contain intelligence of an extraordinary
and most wicked attempt 10 poison the
thirteenth regiment Of infantry, which. in
one Of the letters by this arrival, is openly
Oscribed to the Governor Of the Island and
the other Migueite authorities, on account
Of that regiment being inclined to Corstit-
mtOnaHsm. The poison was mixed with
their bread, and hundred soldiers soon
felt the effects Of it TO such n degree that
they were obliged to be carried 10 the hos
pi,al. The remainder of the regiment re-
belled, and seized the commissioner. Ba-
chicn, who had the contract for supplying
bread. and who, it was supposed, had been
brlbed TO the commission this horrid act.
The second regiment of infantry, suppos
ed to be favorable to Doh Mignel, uncx-
pectedly made common cause with the
! thirteenth, and on the twenty sixth, they
! surrounded the palace Of the Governor for
, the purpose Of arrcsting major supposed
to have had share in the transaction. He
however, effected his escape, and got on
board Of a Corvette. They then repaired
on the same day (which was the anniver.
sGry Of Don Migue's birth day to the prs
on and forcibly took Bochica who was with
difficulty rescued by some of the principal
officers on their pedgng themselves thai,
justice should be donej but they afterwards
! demanded him again, and be was rcdeliv-
cred into the hands Of the soldcry. No
death had occurred from the poisoning !:
but us many as two hundred were sud to
have been affected by it, including n num-
bcr Of the poor inhabitants who had pur.
chased bread of the soldiers.
Evening Post.