Western Sun & General Advertiser, Volume 23, Number 39, Vincennes, Knox County, 3 November 1832 — Page 1

BY BIiIHU STOUT.J (lil.) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1832. VOL. XXXIX. NO. "39

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IS published at 2 50 cents, for 52 .. ' . r on ' ....... . "r inc payment, ui ai mc i oe oi sua-i cribi, sr. I Pavraam in advance hcW the mutulajuuui in auJiil.t,i.i..iiL u.c uuiu .1 interest of both pirtUs, that mode It ni;.i vii.iwi 1 A tailurc to nouiy a wit ri to tnsccn- j inuc at the expiration t' the time jub- j th(!!riuners when sent b mail. Let ( t , ters ty mail to the lvlitor on business muslbs ;iaid,or ibcy will not be attended to. Ppodvcp. tvi'J bo received at the Caxh ALirfcct Price ior subscriptions, if delivered within the year. Adver TisEMrfN i s not exceeding thirteen lines, w ilS be inserted three times for unc dollar, and trjenty-five cents for e&ch after insertion longer ones in the same proportion. fCf Persons sending Advertisements, must specify the number of times they wish them inserted, or they will be continued until ordered out, and must be paid for accordingly. (P.V KL'ifKST.) DR. TIIOMPSONVi VISIT TO MOX . TIIMAL. I'EOM THE ALHAY O.VILV ADVt'.RTISr.Il. Rewirhs on t!iv CuoU ra in Montreal A:i aceoicit of its rite and progress, and philosophical reasons for Us raging '' ai'fUsOii inre than other. Try John Tujmko.v, of Albany, Botanic Vh tficLin. Many speculative- opinions have been entered into by medical men relative to the proximate cause, the medical treatment, and the fatality which has attended the Isiatic or Sfia&morfiC Cholera in Montreal. I, the subscriber, being ol the opinion that its otigin might be dated from a variety of local cause; combined, and that it was not contagious, and hav inr a desire to seethe patients in the va rious stages of the disease, to watch the variety ot symptoms, to learn 'he state of the city relative to cleanliness, and also whether its elevation was sufficient foi morbid, liquid matter to run otV without delay into the river. I wished to learn the state ol the atmosphere in and adja centtotha city, whether good or bad; and in either case, to what cause it was to be attributed Also the general suificc of the adjacent country whether level, or level and measurably su iken and ruarshy to any great distance abom the city, and if large quantities of water must lie stagnant and poison the air in large bodies, or w hether the elevation of the country was sufficient to have it fi.id bv a rapid movement, an equilibrium iti the St. Lawrence. I dso wished to know whether the country w-'.j in er persed with hills and dales suiTictsnt for vacuities or raritied and heavy spaces of air to be set in rapid motion from nat tiral causes to form equilibriums and consequLM'ly healthy and fresh breezes of air, which is the mai'i spring to the health of man in hot weather, in al: countries, and in all naturally hot climates. To satisfy myself in many ot inv queries; 1 believed it necessary to procure a le tcr of address from the Mayor to so.ne prominent person in Montreal. His Honor consented to forward my views, and give me a lint of address to Horatio Gates. Eq. The next morning I started for my place ol destination and arrived there the 2 1st June. I found that the climate in the latitude of Canada is liable to sudden ;i d violent changes from hot to cold weather, or vice versa, and for near liny vears the cold weather has not been known to hold to so late a peiiod as this season. For, comparatively speaking, oie day was of a winter and the next of a summer temperature; and the difference between the two days might have h-en 25 or 50 decrees. Such a tremen daous shock or change but lew even of the native inhabitants, saying nothing ot the poar emigrants who came fiom a mare temperate and genial climate, we e able to stand. I he emigrants being generally very poor, they crowded ino small and unhealthy tenements, some ot vhich were no more than about sixteen i'sct in width, and ab-iut 24 io 3 feet m length, one etor io height, and from six to six and a half feet between joints. This size would make two houses, into whi:h would be crovvdeJ two or three fanilies. and as is generally the case, each family wonderfully blessed with chifdien, who would count up last One had' cf the filth about such houses may be credited to th children, tne re - mamder to the parents, who set the cx - ample of uncleanliness. ... . -t Tlurse houses are generally built for nrofu; the spot selected is in the most :i.i.,.,M,in.ipr,-iuf Mi-1-i'n in the citv. lor house lots in such places are the cheapest. The inclination towards the liver jn many places is so small that when water which has been used lor culinary or other purposes, ws thrown into the streets, it would in many instances evapoxate ao near thdt the effluvia would rc-

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w)Uia ne in puuuies until the ravs ot the d.M.iU iPir.h.i j , . u 5Un , f J, "r ,he,M; ' l; . "" " m'K '' T' ?' d";b' 1 h i snti UK nc SO Uackwan . ai.rl iho mcathcr ,em,i!)ine ,o cold .ha, ,"T 'V.:. ' X,. .. r J " " ri mi uanrea wiu rw t . ii.., I ... .. u6n.tuiiuit,oii "i mai mu vcgcmoie matter was cune. ( qucntiv thrown into the streets, and thtin; was unfavorable to the Health of the cilv-i as the surface is very even and low as far as the eye Can see. Laprarie, on the op : posiiesiJe of the river, is still more unfa vorable in point of locality in relation lo disease, as it is the most level country 1 1 ever saw; the eye may traveise over a ! number of miics in evety direction be j lure it will f,nd relief by the intervention ! of any considerable swell. Some 20 or j 30 miies down the St. Lawrence may b: seen a mountair; one may likewise be' seen at the extreme west side of tne isl-! and, on which Montreal is located, and j if the healthiness of the climate was e quai io ine ocauty oi tne country, its n val culd hardiy be found Laprarie suffered much roore severe 1 ly, as l was informed, according to the j number ot inhabitants, than Montreal. These low lands must contain an immense quantity of s'agnanr water which cannot run on witn lacuny, and the ex ; natations ot which would be sutncient to fill the air with poison for a great number of miles round. The air, in conse quenceof having no hills or dales over which it might vtatt itself to seek an e quilihrium in various ranfied spaces, has to remain a stagnant body in the city and over a considerable part of the country; j and, as is common in such cases, the foul air, not being often displaced or chang edfor better, the inhabitants were undei

the necessity of bteathing over their j on which the atmosphere condenses, and filth for a number of days before thev ! the kin appeal s as if it had been soakcould be relieved Under kuch circum j -'din cold water. The absence of warmth stanct s, no wonder il meat would put .'fom the muscles, which go into the fy even on the highest steeple in Mm llesh, liom which the blood conveys it to tieal. For should a current of hcawt'he vitals, is the cause of the nami s ir.

cool air waft itself from the neatest j mountain, to seek an equilibrium in the; .atr uuuw,,' ai.Mu.pr..- "usMiooi that it was immediately rat ify d and carriud up to a lighter sphere of ac.ion The only current and die freshest air that was discoverable to me in the middle or at almost any :hcr lime of day, was that which appealed to be floating down on ! the bosom oi the St Lawrence, which nay h'.ve been he cause of a less num ber of deaths occurring on the quay or docKs thn in the centre of the city On whicharcour.il presume the emigrant's Hospital was built, in an open space on the bank of the river, the building run j ning parallel with the river with lare j doors in the gable ends, which occuj iedj almost en'.irely the whole width ct tht j end When these doers were open, I ! felt that there was a 'r'. sh bre-:ze of ai I from up the river, and no other did 1 feel wnile there. The weather -having cort;nued cold, and the temperature ra.iging from, say 55 to 60, the thermometer, all at once as if by magic, on the 13:h or I4 h ol June, rose up of a sudden to 80 or 85 dt grees. So great and sudden was this change, that the vital warmth could no: keep pace by absorption with the air around the body; a person would feel as i he was before a hot oven or was schorch ing alive, The vital warmth was nosufficiently absorbed; the outward heat

was laised nearly equal to the vita j wss under the necessity of calling in her warmth, and the patient lelt as if belo-t I -esouces or warmth liooi the extremi a heated furnace, and experienced g'fat tics, and this vou!d, as it were, give nadifficulty in breathing. He sovgV ; ture a blow upon ihe head until the ene-

cool pUice or he fanned himself to ob ai.. i more congenial air, reduce the outward! warmth and obtain a small surplus for the vitals Should the patient in this s'ate drink cold wa er, the small sir plus ot vital warmth will be ftund inntlu! otto over power the chill an I rati.v tne Water and j throw ir off by pcrspi aion; hut the chill! ! is sufficient to put out the last spark of; vital energy and kill the subject. fire leader has doubtless often heird

elderly ladies make the remark when the 1 command through the body, and strugheat was oppressive, 4 how cool and corn-! g'ing by puking and purging, to throw

fortabie I feel after drinking this warm! ita l Ilia HvW fici i;y iu uiManau, fom the ho', tea, the surplus of warmth which is necessary io perform the respi

raMon with ease. 1 in a short time tl.e action of the bowels Minvofthe more weakly as soon as I Mras destroyed and the stomach surrenthe temperature upon the surface had j dered soon jfter, and the debt of nature raised iqual to the vital warmth, and an was paid I fully agree with a certain

equil.b' iuni was formed, their breath was i immediately st apped; ot course th - subject would be dead, which was cius ... . .- ; ed by the exhalation ot the surplus of i tal warmth which was necessary to rri fy the air from which thev received the oxygen or the main spring to the circu lution ot the blood, and constquentlv lite to the body lumbers tell dead ahmt meridian, or when the temperature w.. at its greatest height. The heat woo'd r.onnuer sone: the heat a:.d filth in the ------- down, and the more athletic would require the two last, combined, with the more deadly clll ivia of stench tint arose

iruil llIC CkODora inn n t,tents ot its stomach of b0niCor. nfih , - 1 ne mr-it weakly oul J be killcdaiurst by the heat nr r,.t,t n . . w 1 Le ntxt uhjecu were ,ho had I &nt and r" nirslinn nr ah .-! rt ... f .1 . ri i,..! u..m. .m,UK- ...... J?,,u a,r r ' ikcii wiui a re - ," "'"r bcusjuoiiCiiniinf-nnnrr a! 1 . . r. ........... . (he lower exirenniy of the boweU; no sense of pMn is lelt, hut u dizzii at nrsi ; izzinc.'S in ; il-sh and the blood are eoituMo ranid de cay. The eyes are sunk, the chttk& and lips pule, the cheek hones are very prominent, a pressure is lelt at the chest, and the nervous system is veiy much ir ritated from the sight of the eye. The mind is tl.eu active lor the defence of the body, both external and interna!. By ta kini? a draught of cold water in this state, it makes its way immediately to its friend, the relax, and thii mutual itrength combined, ltnmedia-clv creates pain in the bowels; nature stru.-i -s to throw them olY by the relax, and "in that ttfort she exhausts measurably hr warmth or means ot delencc. The fust snemy, like hold gently not easily ture bein waytowa in about four inches a faint streak is K. i to Ciart trom the ciisiased simt to the so much; it continues to increase-, at las', nature is attacked as it were in her on citadel, and vomiting commences. A ! powerful and final effort must now bt ; made, which will decide the talc cf one hd the parties. To do which, the warmth (or pickets as it were") are called in to t defend the main fort. The absence of j the heat at the extremities, causes the j teet and legs to become very cold, which j contracts the flesh and wrinkles the skin, he limbs, by the sinc-ws contracting from j ioss oi heat; and as soon as the warmth txu.i-.iMiu m rarnymg tne irequeni . resptrarions, the patient is dead. he racing this case through, must stifiUe hx all. Although there are other symptoms, which art produced from the same causes, m proportion as the person's corGtituiion vatk-3 in point cf strength Many of the poor emi'.,: ..nts, wb':'?la boring under these powetful evacuations had not tne conveniences ih:;; were ne cessaty in their trying state, an i as they ia in bed would vomit upon the floor; 'his morbid matter would run away and ett!e in the corner or in the J.-west part ot the room, and in many instances it as left lor time and the sun to evapotate. aiiou'd they unoenake to wine ot file it up, it mads it much worse, for the file was used to spread it over a greater surface of the floor without any addition of pure water, in order that it might be made to dry up quick, which added ten fold fury to the fiist bad air in the room, 11 of which would rise up, and the low ceilings, (six or six and a half feet,) over head, wo..id conhne this venom within the tiphtre cf every person's head that came in the n on. The new supply of poison was sufficient to take down almoat tvery one that came within its baneful range. Orium and brandy were used when the enrtest was so severe that nature m y had completed the destruction o th ivnvtds, and in about twelve hours, or i ies., the patient was deaJ. ! Whsjcthe disease was very rapid, o pi um would stupify the body and stop the ! ev r-cuattons ot morbid matter in the sy 'em, in consequence of which 'he rapid i eduction of viul wt ' th by rarifaction, was checked, and life was preserved for a tew hours, but e vr iv ual y it was mure sure death to ihe patient, ror nature, before the opium was given, had full off the difficulty; and as soon as the optn.li ItbCUCU, lilt a'.rtlilll UI in- uJ dy was more concentrated at tWe stom i sch,tho scat ol life, to defend that; and i phy3icbn that "opiu n may be regarded ; .s the sheet anchor in the cholera, but I , bjlieve it is the sheet anchor ot death in-

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stead of life. The reason why no smell j was contemplated, but the prevailing a was perceptible or mortification visible J lanr. of the cholera prevented it. The dor isg any or their f.'jst r.iortem ex ami-j successful termination of this woik, nations, was thai the disease and opium j must ever be a proud rpoth in l he histokiucv) o!Vtjc patient so ouick that no j t v of Ohio. Just seven years Wave been

ch.vvce was ri.eo to morti'v. Tne unknown doctor," or the ecccnttic Stephen Avrys, managed his paticnts quite mlF.vicntly. While the s - o - j f " - " excitrme.it. he threw into the stomach a ; compound of tcial parts of charcoal, laid and n.sple suar, which ailaytd the

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v u.c siou.aen ai u outta, m mrrr auncrea arid ten jn.le Inih.j left nature (o o.k oiTU.c distal. Hi. staler pa ot ,u coue, I " 5 the ,.,.e effect to.,. ! he mo,! ft,jle and nou o -P I ,, ' , I. .1.. l ul)U UUk "ISll lets Ol

' Ktw' K. V"!nK. ,.he.a.""4 eV "!" - opium ai a Dranuv had in k mi? the " ' o . uy. .iy course was to raise tne vital tncrgy hy ait. by throw inc; into the stomach puie ei;eiabie stimulants, (no part powerful assistants foot

enemies) to throw crT the diriiculty, ' ttrt uj.td water communica'ion n..w exwh;cf ou!d geneially be d'jne in from lists with, the city, in common with an the thirty minutes to two I. ours; then, with! western towns, situated on O' io river, to ordinary nuking, the patient would re-j New York. In amicipaiion of this, a covet almost as rapid. y as he was cut larje quantity of merchandize, we un-c?oun-dei stand, destined for Cincir.na i and Aier the pa'ients, who came u? d: r ! Louisville, has been shipped ar Newmy observation, h.d been relieved of Yotk, and is now tfljat on the Ohio catheir distress, where the evacuations had ! Dal. Cm Heft.

betn protuie, the ex-id trite of which! generally liy upon the door, I otduredj two quarts of pood lime to be slackened in a bucket of water. and left to settle, ''her floo n ordered the room cleaned out, St the loor filled over with clean water. Al ter t became dry, I directed it to be where it could be done, at the top, a few inches, woen 1 wet the floor with lime water; for as that freshens the air and it becoiiies pure and braciDg. it settles in be room and the light or bad air would escape out at the top of the windows. When the house was clear of the bad air, then shut up the windows at the top and doors, and keep out as much as possible the filthy air. Mary other ouservatiors I made while in Canada which are useful to myself. but probably will be of no more service to the public than the singular epistle which I now lay before them, for which I crave the indulgence of an enlightened public, as a boon to which I think my youth entitles me. JOHN THOMPSON. X. B. J. T. would heicadd t at he attended a number of cases ot' Cholera in Mot treal, and had tbe pleasure of afford Utir immediate rt WM' to ih-:,m-rirl In corroboration of this statement, he wou.d refer the public to a letter from Horatio Gates, Esq. of Montreal, to his honor Mayor of the city of Albany, which letter appeared ::i the coiurr.tisof the "Dailv Advertitcr,"of July 6. On the margin of the paper is written he following.'1 have given medicine to about 1000 persons within ten days past, and have ost but one where I had the first alien dance. Take 1 gal. 4'fi proof West Indu Rum 1 gal good Moiasses, 1 qt. best No 6. to which add 2 oz best Cavenue, tttet you have put it to a little hot water To avoid the disease, take a table spoon lull three limes a day If you have an riark, ike half a glass once each half hour; at the same time keep warm in ued. This is surely very simple, and in nine cases out of ten is probably ail that would be necessary; but still, to go through a regular cout se of medicine could do no harm, and in some cases be indispensable. From the Louisville Pub. Advertiser. Deaths from cholera, icpoitedin Cin cifinsti, for the twenty four hours ending on the 20th "mat (October,) at noon 41. On the 31st, 20. Onthe22d, S3. Late teports say that the epidenaick was aba ting. LOUISVILLE. Tht cholera still exists here, and it is the opinicn of some that it is aba'ine. All concur in the o j pinion that the attacks are not as violent as they have been. The deaths during the last week have averaged about eight per day. Hospitals are now provided, by the liberality of our citizens. Iny sicians are called in with more prompti tude, and the number of cure9 have been greatly increased. Our ciiy board of health continues to use the repot ts ot the sexton of the public grave yard, as their jonly guide " Ih. COMPLRTIO OF THE OHIO CANAL. This magnificent woik is now completed l-iom M. 1 . Winucns, lusq .... canal commissioner, we have derived the; information that the canal boat, Chdiico j the captain Knapp, arrived at Ports j rnouth on Monday the 1 5th instant, with . her cleaiance trom Clevc ar,a A eel ; ebtation of the event, al Portsmouth, loccunitd in its construction. On the ! 4th of Julv, 1 825, the distinguished and lamented Dkwitt Clinton, stuck the, l first spade into the son, on the located I , im.tto the ranal on the Licking Summil. In ihe October following, active ; operations commenced, which, under the uircctica of au able a;id pat:iota Baaid

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,.i s ' ,iae tccn pi"cu. vu iu .un iinc success The w rude lenirth of ihe nv; i : . - ,-...,. '" u V" u P'" of it hich was first finished, a marked, mto, apparently, peinunent, prosperity is exhibited. Villages teeming with inhabitant alive with cmerpiij and presenting sue anu ousmess, now whose sitts, four cr were not rescued from the gioom ol the wilderness. An uninCHOICE OF ELECIORS. The date and .node ot choice of electj ors of president and vice president, as a: present regulated by the legislatures cf the several states, together with tha number of electors" to be chosen by each

A'o. of Whni Hovj votes. elect td. clcCed. Maine, 10 Nov. 5 Gen. Ticket i N Il-nnpshire, 7 5 do Massachusetts, 5 do Rhode Mand, 4 21 do Connecticut, 8 3 do Vern.or-t, 7 13 do New -York, 42 5 6 7 do New-Jersey, 3 5 6 do l nnylvania, CO 2 tin Delaware, C Legislature. Maryland, 30 12 D.stiirt. Virginia, 23 5 6 7 Gen. Ticket N. Carolina, 15 15 do S Carolina, 31 Legislature Georgia, 31 5 Gen. Ticket Keniucky, 15 5 67 do Tftmessce, 35 15 16 do Ohio, 21 2 do Indiana, 9 5 do Mississippi, 4 do Illinois, 5 5 do Louisiana, 5 6 7 do Missouri, 4 5 do Alabama, 7 12 do

In Maine ene elector t required to ba a resident of each county, and' a plurality of votes constitute a choice. In Maryland there aie four districts, wilh a right of choosing two electors Baliirnoie county a district, to choose one elector, the rest ol the Western shore forms a district and chooses four electors, and the Eastern shore, as a district, chooses three electors A Y Mercantile idv. The fiower cf Gold agaiint Pairiotitn:. Our revolutionary fathers had to struggle against the power of gold. But the integrity of the sons ot liberty was equal to the trial. General Arnold va purchased by British ct, and betrayed the laiher of Lis countiyt But the integrity and love of liberty possessed by Williams Van ll'eri inci Paulding, were pioot againsl the purse of gold and ample foi tune offered them by major Andre. These humble patriots ! could not be bribed to sell their prin ciples and their rountry for gokl Arnold had his price, but the principlts of these humble militia men were above all price We have similar examples now passing before us U'h'ne I tie tditor of the Philadelphia Irquirer, for an accommodation of thirty-two thousand doliais, was induced to desert the tried patriot and faithful defender of his country, general Jackson, the numble laborer in Philadelphia, who was offered twenty dollars for his vote, indignantly told the teducer that all the riches ot the Bank could not induce him to lorsake his principles and desert the honest old soldier w ho had been so faithful to bis country tid so true to the principles of liberty. The Bank may purchase the support of the extravagant and prcfligate; but the honest ytMnanry of the country can never be lured by its gold, nor swerved by as threats. It is upon the unpurchased sctfff.tgcs of the honest freemen that Kcneta! Jackson relies for suppoitinhia otiugglcs with a gigantic and desperate aristocracy. It is such men as stood by him at New Orleans, and who can resist the Kold of the Barings, as well as the bavonets ot Packenham. that will uinni ntnr.f Ii viifltin hini. in his ttJort to ....."...w..y " " " . i ..rottc. ,he veomanrv of the land from iffjn Q, ariu itocracy. In such a stiuggle, Who will be a trator knave, 'Who io b.i.r as be a slave, "Lei him turn" to Clay. Lbatiy lrgU4. The CUyites, Jacksonians and AntiMasons are running sefiarute ticket in Massachusetts. Rtsuit doubtful lb. The Perins'jlvznian of the 16th insf. (Octobei .) sa s; "The Jackson party will have a decided majorit) in the nate icguaiurt, ana win mertioic . ...w . f election ot a Jackson seiiaior A 111. same paper says: General Jackson w ill have the eiteicnul vutc of rtrmsytvam by thiuiv ihcusaxi, snd upwards.-J.