Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-06

's"ri' Por'--'Se@o tsu iays.sgo. party ~OfWcst
tennessee iha'ans, SIX or seven in number, passed
through this City, where they stud some dsvs.
ON their return home from Washington. One of
the number was sick when in this place. and after
ms arrival in the neishborhood of the Black Hcth
coal pits above this in Chesterfield was confined for
some days in vacant house in that neehborhood
where the whole party took IN their abode. awaiting
his recovery. Here understand. curiosity led
numbers OF people, white and black to ysl, them.
before any surnise that the disease of the sick
Indian was the smiH por. How this suspicion first
arose We do not learn but We understand from hui
mane gentleman in tho neighborhood who is our au-
'hority for this whole statement that the onnon Of
the physician who examined the patient. was conf.
IDENTIFY denounced to that effect the whole face beinr
covered with deep pits
The Indians left tho house whore they had taken
uFiheir abode before their companion had recovered.
In consequence OF alarm, inspired it is supposed BY
'he owner, whovery unnecessarily showed his gun,
ana thereby mtimating we presume, TO these poor
'hiureh oi the forest his purpose OF expemr then,
oy !orch' W hen they decampcd, they wrapped N,
. '"elr siSN hiend III blankets, placed him IN tbs
woods where the sun could shine upo., hin, mud
left him. having done the best ;nev co,,a g.
INN, to take his chance He vas ioun,in tbs s;,,
ton, treated with the utmost humanity nv tho t,,
people OF the neighborhood and we are truly pleased
20 learn Is IN y fair way to recover. Search was
made for MS companions, and they were found sonr
QUO yards off IN the woods, seated i'm u circle. and
sewing their garments. Asst was apprehended Tim,
'h'y were all injected with the fatal disease aud il
permitted to go through the country would spread !,
as they went tho humane gentlemen of the ueimbhor
mood immediately determined to build them hut in
the woods, where their wants could be supnlicd and
thclr sickness ministered to- To this the Indians
consented and even aided in marking suitable snot
LOT the nut But wher their humane benefactors nv,
turned with force and materials for the purnose IN.
poor Indians gone, hnvingit is thourht rniscon
Strued the solicude manifested into purpose of de-
coying them to their destruction the man with his
gun, no doubt running i'll their heads No ,rare Of
them could be discovered but they have since been
heard Of at Goodies bridge on the Appomatox
1t Is possible we hope that the disease of the sick
man may not he the small pox, NOTWITHSTANDING the
= ol:,dcnt opinion of lis Physician to the contrary.
buf with a possibility existing that it was every
Precaution ought instantly to be taken by the author
ies oy the faculty, and by the humane wheresoeyer
'heSe Indians have passed, prevent the spreadinr
this most terrific OF all diseases. The Indians relate
tat one OF their number died in the neighbor hood o.
Fredericksburg on their way from Washington To
richmond, which we mention that cur friends in that
quarter may be cn their guard The man now, s;c,,
IN the neighborhood of Black Heth was sick willis,
ne was in Richmond, and if his isease be the small
pox, it is not to be doubted that the infection he.
been communicated. We observe that the small -, :,
"a fsh op1 I,
probable that these Indians passed that ,vov -
washington and either caught It there, or left it
! therc.
are sensible That alarms like this do a present
ana serio"s injury to the interests of the places
Where The disease is suspected to be; but it is srror.
better Tor the pecunary interests Of the coununitv
10 suffer for time from false alarms than that tbrr
iiveF should be put in hazard by failure to comrnu
nicate intelligence which might save them. Our M
thonty Tor the above fact is moreover 50 infcrent
and every way respectable, that we feel constro;nod
70 fear That the alarm is not without appreben. ion
Tie Indians ie0 the coal pits on Tuesday.
, Virginia So~'o'ir.-The first No. of Literary
Fcriodica under this title. edited By Gillian & Mitch
ell, has been issued from the Richmond Pres. 7, 3
the continuation Of the work under the same title
begun at Lynchburg, by Mr.. Gillian and ira nsfcrrod
to tbs city rs more eligible location.
! The editors are young gentlemen of handsome Il.
terory taste, requirements and talent They arc tho
FIRST Adventures in the particular region thew Lavo
selected to explore, who have ever appeared in vir.
glnia, and this consideration Of Itself entities tbo,o 70
the favorable regard Of the Virginia public Their
enterprise is ono Of the signs which confirm the OK
pectation, that an impulse has recently been given to
the slumbeing literary energies Of the Old Domi-
nlon
For list ofthc contents of tie first No. tbe ron.
uer - referred to the advertisement oftbo publishers
IN this paper. We shail endcavor to make room
tomorrow, iof Tile Maid Of the Cycladrs," Al, orr
ginol Tale rs specimen Of the work.
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