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Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
LONDON , November sst , 1793-SAINT Maloe , against which an expedition is undertaken , under the command of Lieutenant General Earl of MOIRA , is a -small but populous town of Britanny , on a rocky Island , in the English Channel , joined to the main land by a-causeway , at the beginning of which is a strong castle . The and of the best the coast but of difficult
entrancebeharbour is large , one on , , ing sorrounded with several sharp-pointed rocks , and at tide of ebb almost leit dry , so that it will not admit large vessels . On the neighbouring rocks are ten different forts . In the war with England , during the reign of King William , they fitted out several privateers , which brought a bombardment on the town , but it did little damage . YELLOW FEVER ,
PHILADELPHIA , OCTOBER l 6 " , 1 / 93-Mrs PARKINSON , who appears to have been the first patient iu this disorder ^ was seized on the 3 d of August , and died on the 7 th . ¦ It is not reduced to any certainty , whether the disease originated in the city , or was imported from the West Indies . Dr . RUSH is of the former opinion . —Several other gentlemen of the faculty believe , that it has been brought from the West Indies . the first till towards the clone of Augustthe dangerous
From appearance , . , enemy we had in the city was hardly known ; the deaths of several persons were excessively announced ' in the . Papers , and read with the unconcern usual oa such occasions . At length , the alarm spread through the city . The destructive nature of tiie disease was generally known , and many persons , aware ot the danger , removed with their families to different parts of the country . Numbers of our most useful and respectable citizens who remained in the city , were hurried into
eternity-The terror now-became universal . The emigrations to the country were very . great—and about the middle of September , it is supposed , that 12 or 15 , 000 of the inhabitants of Philadelphia had deserted the city . But it is time our fellow citizens throughout the United States , should know as nearly as possible the real state of our city . The mortality which has ragedj has carried off to this day about 3060 persons . About 23 , 003 people have left the and above 30 000 remain behindThesenotwithstanding the terror
city , , . , of the country people , find plentiful markets . Beef is sold 7 d .- ~ mutton jd . — veal 7 d —butter is . 6 d . is . Sd . and 2 s . per pound ; and in general all other articles ' in proportion . Business is not entirely at a stand . Many stores are stiil open , and even now , not many more than half our houses are deserted , ilie Banks have not ceased discounting a single day since the commencement ot this
disorder . Among the most revolting circumstances attending this scourge , is the cruelty exercised against some who are , and many who were only supposed to be , infected . Two or three persons , travelling in the stages to New- \ ork , being taken sick , were compelled ' by their fellow passengers to leave the stages , witti their baggage , when on the road , wearied and distressed , they could procure no relief , nor shelter—but absolutely perished with sickness and hunger , un the Lancaster road , a similar instance occurred . There have been very many instances , in which as soon as a person was seized with the fever , he was immediately abandoned by friends and relations , and resigned to the care ot perhaps a single negro . This has been the case with persons of great affluent
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Monthly Chronicle.
MONTHLY CHRONICLE .
LONDON , November sst , 1793-SAINT Maloe , against which an expedition is undertaken , under the command of Lieutenant General Earl of MOIRA , is a -small but populous town of Britanny , on a rocky Island , in the English Channel , joined to the main land by a-causeway , at the beginning of which is a strong castle . The and of the best the coast but of difficult
entrancebeharbour is large , one on , , ing sorrounded with several sharp-pointed rocks , and at tide of ebb almost leit dry , so that it will not admit large vessels . On the neighbouring rocks are ten different forts . In the war with England , during the reign of King William , they fitted out several privateers , which brought a bombardment on the town , but it did little damage . YELLOW FEVER ,
PHILADELPHIA , OCTOBER l 6 " , 1 / 93-Mrs PARKINSON , who appears to have been the first patient iu this disorder ^ was seized on the 3 d of August , and died on the 7 th . ¦ It is not reduced to any certainty , whether the disease originated in the city , or was imported from the West Indies . Dr . RUSH is of the former opinion . —Several other gentlemen of the faculty believe , that it has been brought from the West Indies . the first till towards the clone of Augustthe dangerous
From appearance , . , enemy we had in the city was hardly known ; the deaths of several persons were excessively announced ' in the . Papers , and read with the unconcern usual oa such occasions . At length , the alarm spread through the city . The destructive nature of tiie disease was generally known , and many persons , aware ot the danger , removed with their families to different parts of the country . Numbers of our most useful and respectable citizens who remained in the city , were hurried into
eternity-The terror now-became universal . The emigrations to the country were very . great—and about the middle of September , it is supposed , that 12 or 15 , 000 of the inhabitants of Philadelphia had deserted the city . But it is time our fellow citizens throughout the United States , should know as nearly as possible the real state of our city . The mortality which has ragedj has carried off to this day about 3060 persons . About 23 , 003 people have left the and above 30 000 remain behindThesenotwithstanding the terror
city , , . , of the country people , find plentiful markets . Beef is sold 7 d .- ~ mutton jd . — veal 7 d —butter is . 6 d . is . Sd . and 2 s . per pound ; and in general all other articles ' in proportion . Business is not entirely at a stand . Many stores are stiil open , and even now , not many more than half our houses are deserted , ilie Banks have not ceased discounting a single day since the commencement ot this
disorder . Among the most revolting circumstances attending this scourge , is the cruelty exercised against some who are , and many who were only supposed to be , infected . Two or three persons , travelling in the stages to New- \ ork , being taken sick , were compelled ' by their fellow passengers to leave the stages , witti their baggage , when on the road , wearied and distressed , they could procure no relief , nor shelter—but absolutely perished with sickness and hunger , un the Lancaster road , a similar instance occurred . There have been very many instances , in which as soon as a person was seized with the fever , he was immediately abandoned by friends and relations , and resigned to the care ot perhaps a single negro . This has been the case with persons of great affluent