Of the Phyſicians.

AS during the ravages of this terrible diſorder medical aſſiſtance was the greateſt concern of the people, it may not be improper to mention their accommodation in that reſpect. Early in the ſickneſs all the phyſicians, but one who was too much indiſpoſed to practiſe, and another, Dr. Rawſon, who was violently attacked by the fever, deſerted the city, excepting Dr. SAMUEL H. P. LEE, to whoſe lot it fell alone and unaſſiſted to combat the fury of this dreadful peſtilence. And his conduct on the occaſion was ſuch as will call the warmeſt ſentiment of gratitude and eſteem from the citizens of New-London as long as the remembrance of the Yellow Fever ſhall exiſt in their minds. He cheerfully ſuſtained the arduous taſk of viſiting and ſupplying with medicine from 30 to 50 patients daily, notwithſtanding the great fatigue and danger of infection to which he peculiarly expoſed himſelf. How many owe their ſafety to his ſkill and aſſiduity it is impoſſible to know; but in all probability there are many now enjoying the invaluable bleſſings of life and health who but for his benevolent care would have been tenants of the houſe of reſt. In the diſcharge of the important duty to which he ſo nobly devoted himſelf he was ſeized with the prevailing diſorder, but after a ſtruggle of a few days was happily preſerved from falling a ſacrifice to his humanity. On his confinement Dr. James Lee, with a zeal and philanthropy that does him the higheſt honour, left his reſidence and buſineſs in the remote parts of the town and repaired to the city, where he ably ſupplied the place of his kinſman till there was no more occaſion for his ſervices. The Committee, alſo, had written to ſome of the neighbouring phyſicians, requeſting their aſſiſtance; but none came to our relief, ſaving Dr. Amos Collins, from Weſterly, who could not remain an unmoved ſpectator of our diſtreſs. Mr. Gurdon J. Miller, likewiſe, a gentleman of much profeſſional ability, induced by the ſufferings of his fellow-citizens, commenced practice in a line he had never deſigned to have been found in, and alſo refuſed any compenſation for his unwearied and meritorious exertions. Such conduct needs no praiſe or comment: its reward is found in the heart.

Theſe were our pilots through the fearful ſtorm.

Of the Poor.

THE diſtreſſes of the labouring poor in this unexpected calamity were unavoidably great. Deprived of their ordinary means of ſupport, and unable to remove where employment and ſubſiſtence might be had, they were expoſed to the evils of poverty and danger of ſickneſs united. To alleviate theſe a great part of the attention of the Committee was directed. But their utmoſt vigilance would have been of little avail, without the charitable aſſiſtance of the adjoining towns and our own wealthy citizens. By their goodneſs they were enabled to afford to the neceſſitous a conſiderable degree of comfort and ſecurity. Donations of money, produce, &c. (a catalogue of which are annexed) were daily received and diſtributed according to the urgency of circumſtances; the courthouſe, being in an elevated and healthy ſituation, was converted into an hoſpital; and medical aſſiſtance and nurſes were provided for thoſe who fell under the care of the Committee, while others in a ſuperior ſituation might have periſhed for the want of them. In fact, ſuch was the difficulty of procuring nurſes and watchers, that ſome of our moſt opulent citizens were ſeen going from houſe to houſe with money in their hands, offering any price for aſſiſtance even for a ſingle night in vain. This reluctance to attend the ſick was occaſioned by ſeveral having loſt their lives by infection taken while employed in that office. Notwithſtanding this diſcouraging circumſtance, many were found whoſe humanity would not ſuffer them to withhold the leaſt kind office in their power in a time of ſuch unexampled diſtreſs.

Of the Health Committee.

THE Health Committee being appointed on the ſpur of this melancholy occaſion, and the civil authority devolving principally upon them, ſome account of their proceedings will be given. They had power to do whatever in their judgment the exigencies of the caſe ſhould require. They accordingly, being ſenſible of the helpleſs ſituation to which the poor muſt be reduced by the ſuſpenſion of all buſineſs, and the diſtreſs they muſt ſuffer when attacked by ſickneſs, made them the chief object of their care. Vigilant and perſevering at all ſeaſons in the execution of their new functions, they ſought out proper ſubjects of their attention wherever they could be found, adminiſtering to them the neceſſaries and comforts of life, keeping a watchful eye over their health, and providing the moſt prompt and effectual aſſiſtance whenever they were ſeized by the diſeaſe. Exp • ſed as they were to the greateſt riſque, a ſenſe of danger never induced them for a moment to ſhrink from their ſtricteſt duty; and although three of the four of them were brought in a manner to the brink of the grave by the raging peſtilence, yet was the fatiguing buſineſs of their employment performed with cheerful alacrity to the laſt. It was their province to feed the hungry, viſit the ſick, and inter the dead; a taſk, many parts of which were delicate, embarraſſing and diſagreeable in the higheſt degree. Yet with an impartial hand and firm undeviating ſtep did they proceed till the expiration of their office. The ſervices they rendered to the city in this trying ſeaſon were great, and will long be gratefully remembered. Their names, as mentioned before, are JOHN WOODWARD, JOHN INGRAHAM, JAMES BAXTER, and EBENEZER HOLT, jun.

Of the cauſe of the Fever.

WHATEVER might have been the different opinions reſpecting the cauſe of this diſeaſe, the data from which a concluſion on the ſubject muſt be drawn are extremely few and obvious. The idea of imported infection, having neither fact or argument to ſupport it, muſt of courſe be abandoned. From domeſtic cauſes, then, are we to account for its origin. And here might be mentioned a number of different articles in the neighborhood where the diſeaſe commenced, to which many attributed its origin. But as the opinions on this ſubject are extremely various and contradictory, and as it belongs properly to the province of the faculty, it is therefore left for their determination. It ſhould, however, be remarked, that the weather for ſome weeks previous to the appearance of the fever was uncommonly dry and warm, as every one obſerved. Light breezes and calms had long prevailed, no rain had fallen for two months, vegetation was parched, wells were dried, and the crops within a few miles diſtance were about half cut off. The mercury in Fahrenheit's thermometer frequently ſtood in the ſhade at 96 degrees, and ſeveral times at 98, a height never before witneſſed here; and ſea-captains complained that they never felt ſo much inconvenience from the warmth in the Weſt-Indies. In this ſtate of the atmoſphere, when animal and vegetable ſubſtances are ſo liable to become putrid and engender a poiſonous air, ſomething might eaſily be found to kindle the fatal ſpark of contagion into a blaze. And it is therefore thought evident, even to a demonſtration, that we owe this viſit of this deſtructive peſtilence neither to foreign, extraordinary or hidden cauſes, but to domeſtic origin from the ſole action of heat, aſſiſted by the dryneſs and calmneſs of the atmoſphere.

Hiſtory of the diſeaſe.

IT may not be improper to remark, that almoſt every perſon who remained in the central parts of the city, particularly thoſe contiguous to Bank-ſtreet, or whoſe buſineſs called them there, although otherwiſe in perfect health, laboured under a high ſtate of prediſpoſition, being conſtantly affected with a ſlight and tranſient head-ache, a white furred tongue, and ſmall ſhooting pains through the ſyſtem. And thoſe who came near this ſpot from other parts of the town very ſenſibly felt a difference in the ſtate of the air producing in a greater or leſs degree ſome of theſe ſymptoms. This was undoubtedly owing to the atmoſphere being impregnated with noxious miaſmata or the ſeeds of contagion, which only required an exciting cauſe, ſuch as violent exerciſe, exceſſive fear, expoſure to cold or damp air, &c. to kindle the flame.

The diſeaſe generally announced its attack by a ſenſe of chillineſs or common ague-fit, attended with a pain in the head, and ſometimes in the back and limbs. In the more dangerous caſes the chillineſs was not always perceived. The attack was uſually preceded by languor and reſtleſſneſs, and a ſtrange and undeſcribable feeling through the whole ſyſtem. On its commencement, the patient was frequently ſeized with nauſea and vomiting, obſtinate coſtiveneſs, and ſoreneſs of the whole body. The coſtiveneſs in ſome few caſes could not be removed by the moſt powerful purgatives; calomel and jalap, ſalts, oil, and injections, were repeated without effect; and the paſſage from the ſtomach to the bowels ſeemed entirely cloſed until death. From this cauſe might proceed the load and preſſure in the ſtomach, ſometimes higher and ſometimes lower, which, with very few exceptions, always attended the diſeaſe, and frequently continued ſome days after the patient was apparently recovered.

During the firſt ſtage the progreſs of the diſeaſe was commonly marked with gentle fluſhings in the face, alternating with a pale, ſhrunk, deſponding and yellow countenance—the eyes were red, and their veſſels appeared to be ſwoln with blood—ſome were almoſt totally blind, and others could not bear the leaſt degree of light—but theſe ſymptoms, with the pain in the head, generally ſubſided after bleeding and other evacuations. The ſoreneſs of the muſcles, the diſtreſs at the ſtomach, and pain in the head and back, correſponding with the extreme pains mentioned by writers on the fever of the Weſt-Indies many years ago, called the "Break-bone Fever," continued—with the ſkin dry and parched, the tongue covered with a dark brown ſcurf, frequently ſcaling off and leaving the tongue red and ſometimes ſore—the fur was ſometimes very white, and ſometimes ſcarcely viſible. Delirium, ravings, and great involuntary ſtrength frequently appeared about this period, leſs violent in ſome than others, though equally dangerous. But ſome perfectly retained their ſenſes, and complained of little pain, remaining in a ſtupid calm and indifference—upon being aſked how they were, they always anſwered "very well"—their eyes were ſomewhat ſunk, though red and inflamed, their cheeks purple and reddiſh, their extremities cold, their ſkin dry, and the uſual nauſea and oppreſſion at the ſtomach. The pulſes of the ſick were variable; ſometimes high, quick and ſtrong, and at others low, quick, and very tenſe, like a ſtretched cord; and always roſe upon bleeding.

This account principally deſcribes the ſymptoms on the firſt or ſecond day. If the diſeaſe was not by this time taken in hand by the phyſician, it was for the moſt part too late to be of any ultimate benefit. The patient now began to bring up matter from his ſtomach of the color and conſiſtence of coffee-grounds, and ſometimes blood—blood iſſued from the mouth, noſe, and eyes—the fever raged without any intermiſſion—reſpiration became quick and laborious—the ſkin and whites of the eyes became more yellow—ſometimes he alſo ſunk into a comatoſe or ſleepy ſtate, from which he could hardly be rouſed by any means, and then but for an inſtant—the eyes aſſumed a glaſſy appearance—the countenance exhibited a cadaverous hue, and a certain ſymptom of death which is better underſtood than deſcribed —with the black vomit, black and fetid ſtools came on —and the patient, often loſing his ſenſes, and often retaining them to the laſt, on the fourth or fifth day falls a prey to this moſt deſtructive malady.

In a few inſtances glandular ſwellings, or buboes, that deadly ſymptom in the Mediterranean plague, made their appearance. In one they were driven back into the ſyſtem by ſtrong mercurial applications, and the diſeaſe terminated favorably; in a ſecond caſe the patient alſo recovered; but in a third the iſſue proved fatal.

In the latter ſtages of the diſeaſe a ſuppreſſion of urine was commonly a ſymptom of great danger, but did not always indicate death, as ſeveral recovered after an entire ſtoppage of the urinary paſſages for one, two or three days.

Some in their laſt moments inſenſibly ſprang from their beds, and required three or four to hold them; others would ſcream like a calf dragging to the butcher's block; while many at this period gave directions concerning their affairs, bid their attendants adieu, and ſurrendered to their fate with the utmoſt calmneſs and reſignation.

If the patient ſurvived the fifth or ſixth day, he was generally out of danger; or if the phyſician, by large quantities of mercury applied internally and externally, could produce a ſalivation, it was a favorable circumſtance, and never failed to prove ſucceſsful. When the diſeaſe terminated fortunately they ſoon recovered, but were extremely liable to a relapſe, from too much exerciſe, taking cold, or uſing improper diet, in which caſe they ſcarcely ever conquered the ſecond aſſault; and by this means ſome of our moſt valuable citizens loſt their lives.

In ſome the diſeaſe ſtruck inwardly, and without any violent external ſymptoms gradually undermined the conſtitution, and carried off the patient in eight or ten days.

On perſons of an intemperate habit the ſeeds of contagion operated like ſparks of fire upon tinder, and in ſpite of every effort of medicine raged with irreſiſtible violence till the vitals were conſumed, generally terminating its progreſs upon the fifth day.

In many, however, a ſweat and vomit, with bleeding and purging, removed the ſymptoms in a few hours; and in very few inſtances where medicine had a free action did the diſorder prove fatal.

THE courſe of medicine which generally proved ſucceſsful was—judicious bleeding, ſweating, purging off the bilious redundancy of acrimonious matter in the ſtomach, bowels, &c. and ſalivation by mercury as ſoon as could poſſibly be procured. Bliſtering, warm baths, and injections, were adminiſtered with much advantage.

It is the opinion of Dr. S. H. P. Lee, whoſe opportunity, at leaſt, of becoming a judge in the caſe, will not be diſputed, that this diſeaſe is as eaſily managed, if taken at its commencement, as any diſorder to which the human ſyſtem is ſubject, and that the extraordinary mortality incident to ſuch peſtilential viſitations is owing in a great meaſure to an unhappy idea that the diſeaſe, from a ſpecific quality of the contagion, is in itſelf fatal to all without diſtinction whom it attacks.

THE caſe of one perſon in this fever was perhaps worth mentioning. He lived a few miles from the city, but was in town upon a wharf a few rods from the place where the contagion firſt made its appearance, and was exerciſing himſelf ſomewhat violently, after ſunſet, and in a conſiderable perſpiration. In this ſituation he was ſuddenly ſtruck by a nauſeous and uncommon ſmell, occaſioning a ſickiſhneſs at the ſtomach. He mentioned this to his companion, and proceeded home, continuing to perceive the ſmell until he was ſome miles on his way. On going to ſupper he found his appetite much impaired, but did not think it deſerved remarking, and took no more notice of the matter. In about fifty-two hours, however, without having been in the city ſince, he was awakened from his ſleep by a fit of ſhivering and pain in the head, with a ſtrong recurrence of the nauſeous ſmell inhaled on the wharf. This ſcent was removed by a vomit; and the pain gradually left its firſt ſeat and concentred in the ſtomach, from which part it went off on the criſis of the fever, which took place on the fourth and fifth days. The preſſure in his breaſt continued ſome days after, and the legs, which ſuffered an excruciating pain and ſoreneſs, exactly ſimilar to the tooth-ache, remained ſo feeble that for ſix weeks after he was unable to mount his horſe without aſſiſtance.

In another inſtance, the perſon attacked was at his uſual employment in the printing-office of the Bee, ſtanding near an open window, when an offenſive ſmell was perceived from a neighbouring houſe where they were removing a perſon who was dying with the fever. The windows were immediately ſhut, but he felt a nauſea and want of appetite, until about twelve o'clock at night, when he was violently attacked by the common ſymptoms of the diſeaſe. Although he was of a ſanguinary conſtitution and always perſpired freely on the ſlighteſt occaſion, the medicines given to excite a perſpiration produced not the ſmalleſt effect, the body was inſtantly rendered coſtive, no kind of phyſic would operate, and every ſymptom rapidly increaſed. At length, in thirty hours from the commencement of the attack, the fever gave way, the coſtiveneſs abating on the ſecond bleeding, large drops of ſweat burſt out on every part of the body, the medicines remained on the ſtomach, the vomiting ceaſed, the pain diminiſhed, and the patient ſoon recovered.

In another caſe, in a corpulent ſubject, the diſeaſe went off by a profuſe natural ſweat, without any medical aſſiſtance whatever.

In another, a ſevere attack was carried off by a very powerful doſe of Lee's New-London Bilious Pills; and in others it yielded to repeated purges alone.

Miſcellaneous obſervations.

ON caſting an eye over the liſt of perſons deceaſed, it will be readily obſerved, that the ravages of this diſeaſe were not confined to any particular deſcription of people, but embraced indiſcriminately all who came within its reach. It is true, thoſe of a ſanguinary conſtitution or vitiated habit ſuffered more ſeverely than others, few of them recovering from an attack; but in general, as noted before reſpecting a certain ſpace, not many of any habit or conſtitution eſcaped infection. It was not here, as in ſome places, that the contagion ſhewed itſelf only in parts unuſually filthy or confined. The houſes where it appeared were generally large, not crowded with inhabitants, and belonging to perſons of reſpectability. And the mortality ſwept off perhaps a greater proportion of the wealthy than of any other claſs of citizens. It will alſo be remarked that more men than women have died of the diſorder, in the proportion of about four to three. But this will not appear ſtrange, when we conſider that men, by the nature of their employment, are more expoſed to attacks than women; their buſineſs calls them into the ſtreets, houſes, ſhops, &c. where the diſeaſe rages, while their wives are employed at home in domeſtic concerns; and thus they alone have been taken off by the peſtilence, while the reſt of their families, remaining out of the infected limits, have continued in perfect ſafety.

IT was carefully remarked, during the progreſs of this diſeaſe, that the infection was confined to a particular part of the city, and was not ſpread or communicated by infected perſons, clothes, or other ſubſtances. People who had been in the infected part ſometimes carried the diſeaſe out with them, and there died with it; but without any other perſon receiving the infection from them. Two or three ſolitary inſtances, indeed, occurred, where the diſeaſe was taken from an infected perſon, without any previous communication with the contagious ſpot. General Marvin, an eminent phyſician of Norwich, was attacked while attending Mr. Stewart, at Mr. Haughton's, ſeven miles from the city, and went home and died. But no other perſon, it is believed, was taken off by the diſorder, without having been nurſing, or otherwiſe in the infected ſpot: and in general, thoſe who lived at only a few rods diſtance, and avoided any nearer approach, were as ſecure from the effects of the fever as though they had removed an hundred miles in the country.

ALTHOUGH people generally made uſe of ſome kind of preventative againſt infection, ſuch as ſmoking tobacco, chewing garlic, and ſmelling of vinegar, camphor, &c. yet it was not obſerved in the end that they were thereby preſerved from the effects of the diſeaſe. Many died of it, who were the moſt careful to guard againſt it; while others who took no manner of precaution whatever eſcaped. It ſhould nevertheleſs be remembered, that temperance was here the beſt preſervative; and a habit kept open by gentle doſes of phyſic taken occaſionally was by far the moſt advantageous to encounter the diſorder.

IN the commencement of this diſeaſe very few eſcaped who were ſeverely attacked. But as the weather grew more temperate, and the phyſicians became better acquainted with the nature of the diſorder, they reſcued more from its devouring rage; and in the laſt ſtages of its duration it but ſeldom proved fatal. The whole number who were ſick is computed at 350, of whom leſs than one fourth died. At firſt ſcarcely a third ſurvived; but the mortality was leſs in proportion as the diſeaſe advanced, and towards its termination, of thoſe who were affected nearly nine out of ten recovered.

Moral reflections.

IN times like theſe, how many circumſtances occur to wound the ſenſibility and pain the heart! Such an uncommon and alarming calamity could not fail to produce the moſt unexpected effects on the minds of people. Thus it has been ſeen, when children have been attacked by this plague, that parents, forgetting the accuſtomed duties of humanity, and attentive only to their perſonal ſafety, have refuſed even to ſee their offſpring, and ſuffered them to periſh without their aſſiſtance. Others have been deſerted by their brethren and ſiſters, and died without beholding their countenances. Parents have been forſaken by their children, and had their eyes cloſed by ſtrangers. And even the cloſer ties of huſband and wife have been diſregarded by the dread inſpired by this terrible diſeaſe. Could it be believed that ſuch things would have exiſted in an enlightened chriſtian land? Yet ſuch things were ſeen in America, and ſomething nearly approaching to them in New-London; and ſuch will ever be the caſe in any country where an all-deſtroying peſtilence makes its dreadful appearance. Humanity, friendſhip, parental and filial affection, are all ſwallowed up in the terror that anxiety for our own preſervation excites; and we fly on the wings of fear to any place of ſecurity, leaving every other concern behind. Theſe remarks, however, muſt be underſtood as applying only to thoſe timid perſons who are frightened at the leaſt ſymptom of danger, and want ſufficient ſtrength of mind to enable them to liſten to the voice of reaſon or obey its dictates. Others of a different temperament nothing can alarm or tempt from their duty; and on occaſions like this their ſervices are an invaluable acquiſition.

WHAT ſtriking inſtances of the tranſitorineſs of life does ſuch a diſeaſe afford! We ſee men exulting in the bloom of youth and prime of health and ſtrength, in three or four ſhort days numbered with the dead. Our gayeſt companions, our lovelieſt friends, in leſs than a week are laid in the duſt. When we are daily witneſſing theſe ſcenes around us, who can avoid reflecting, often and feelingly, that his turn may be next! Yet the mind, when habituated to the moſt afflictive and extraordinary events, becomes hardened, and views them with unconcern and indifference. Diſeaſe and death, the moſt dreadful accidents that can afflict the human frame, when made familiar to the ſight, ceaſe to inſpire dread, and are ranked with the moſt common occurrences.

Names of thoſe who died of the fever, including ſuch as took it in the city and died abroad. ALLEN, wife of Philip. Angel, Nancy, 22. Angel, James, 16. Angel, George, 13. Angel, Betſey, 10. Children of the late capt. James Angel. BAILEY, Giles, at Groton, 23. Baxter, James's, black child. Bell, Abigail, a mulatto, 38. Bingham, capt. Elijah, inn-keeper, 62. Bingham, Mrs. his wife, 66. Bingham, Sluman, 26. their children. Bingham, Polly, 20. their children. Bloyd, widow of the late James, 60. Bloyd, James, her ſon, 19. CARROLL, wife of James. Carroll, Horace, her ſon, 15. Caulkins, Nehemiah, 20. Caulkins, Pember's black woman. Champlin, William, 16. Chapman, deac. Oliver, butcher and merchant. From the commencement of this calamity he was indefatigable in his exertions to comfort and aſſiſt the ſick and poor, and continued his benevolent and praiſeworthy practice till he was attacked by the fever and fell a ſacrifice to his charitable zeal. Chriſtie, widow of Adam, 55. Coit, the hon. Joſhua, eſq. 40. He was a member of the Federal Legiſlature for the ſtate of Connecticut. A gentleman of ſmooth and poliſhed manners, firm and dignified behaviour, pure and unſhaken principles—an able ſtateſman, upright patriot, and reſpected citizen. Cornell, William, painter, 30. Crocker, Catharine, 50. DESHON, wife of capt. Daniel, 34. Deſhon, daughter of do. 5. Dodge, Ezra, watch and clock maker, gold and ſilver ſmith, braſs-founder, gunſmith, lockſmith, grocer, &c. 32. An ingenious mechanic, good man, and valuable citizen. Douglas, capt. Ebenezer, gauger and gaoler, 52. Douglas, Joſeph, ſon of Jonathan, cooper, 20. ELLIOTT, Euclid, mathematical inſtrument maker. He alſo carried on the buſineſs of a ſign-painter, gilder and glazier, founder, plumber, brazier, blackſmith, &c. and will be long miſſed by his numerous employers. FOSTER, Eunice, at Saybrook, 57. GARDINER, Jeffery, grocer. George, a black man. Giffin, John, ſchoolmaſter, 44. Giffin, wife of do. Grace, wife of Walter. Greenleaf, Joſeph, gold and ſilver ſmith, 20. Griffing, Joſeph, ſhoemaker, 34. Griffing, James, jun. printer, 23. HAMLIN, L. baker. Helpin, Polly, 15. Hempſted, Benjamin, 44. Henry, wife of Daniel. Holt, wife of James, 2d. JONES, Thomas, grocer and auctioneer, 46. Jones, Rufus, mariner, 22. M'LEAN, wife of capt. Allan, 22. Miller, wife of James, 47. Miller, Betſey, daughter of do. Miller, daughter of do. Miner, Henry, ſon of Turner, 21, carried the infection with him to Stamford, and there died. NORRIS, a child of capt. Henry. PALMES, a child of the late Samuel. Parkin, Richard W. merchant, 49. Parkin, Richard, his black man. Penniman, Benjamin, merchant, 23. A worthy and hopeful young man. Potter, wife of William. Potter, daughter of John, 5. Prentice, wife of capt. Stephen, 68. Prudence, a black woman's child. RYON, wife of capt. William. SMITH, James, 64. Smith, wife of Stephen, 22. Smith, a child of do. Smith, Nathaniel, 34. Smith, a Dutch ſeaman, 26. Sole, Charles, painter, 34. Springer, wife of John, 49. Starr, Joſhua, jun. blockmaker, 25. He was an amiable and promiſing young man, and had been married but a few months before his untimely death, which was lamented by all his acquaintance. Starr, James, another ſon of Joſhua, merchant, 19. Stewart, William, merchant, 55. Stimel, John, painter, 38. TABER, Samuel, merchant. Tinker, wife of capt. Daniel, 37. Tinker, Rogers, 23. WAIT, Patty, daughter of the hon. Marvin, 16. Watſon, John, ſhoemaker, 45. Way, Thomas, ſon of capt. John, 18. Wiley, wife of Thomas, 42. Wright, David, eſq. attorney at law, 42. Wright, a child of do. A mulatto man.

WHAT a goodly number of citizens cut off in ſo ſhort a ſpace! Never, ſince the firſt ſettlement of the town, did New-London witneſs ſuch a deſtruction among her inhabitants. Often has ſhe felt the deſolating ſcourges of peſtilence and war—ſhe has ſeen her ſtreets enveloped in flames, and her children ſlaughtered by an inſatiate enemy. But never, in ſo ſhort a time, did ſhe behold ſo many of her ornaments and ſupports cut off at ſo ſudden a ſtroke. Long will ſhe ſee and lament their loſs—long will ſhe miſs their ſervices—and long will it be before their places will be ſupplied.

Donations for the Poor.

THE benevolent example of contributing to relieve the neceſſities of the poor was ſet by Mr. William Hubbard, of Colcheſter, with 50 dollars. Roger Bulkeley, of do. 10 do. Elias Perkins, eſq.Thoſe names to which no places are annexed belong to N. London. 100 do.

The others follow: Gen. Jedidiah Huntington, 110 dollars. John Coles, 50. Joſeph Howland, Norwich, 50. Jonathan & Jared Starr, 30, and a barrel of pork. Samuel Corp, New-York, 25. From Hartford, private, 22. Nath'l Richards, 20. Uriah Rogers, eſq. Southampton, L. I. 20. Rev. Henry Channing, 20. Capt. Simeon Smith, 15. Capt. Eliſha Tracy, Norwich, 15. Samuel Taber 10, and 5 buſhels apples. Rev. William Patten, Newport, 5. Merit Rockwell, 5. Norwich, Chelſea ſociety, 75 dollars, 22 buſhels corn, 23 do. rye, 2 bbls. beef, 1 cwt. rice, 1-2 do. ſugar, 1 bbl. bread, 4 buſhels potatoes, 15 bunches onions. More expected. Eliſha Deniſon and others, Stonington, 30 dollars, a large fat ox, and 1 bbl. pork. Firſt ſociety in Wethersfield, 4 1-2 bbls. beef, 24 buſhels rye, 36 buſhels corn, 76 buſhels potatoes, 286 bunches onions, 11 buſhels do. 150 lbs. rye flour, and a quantity of beefs, carrots, cabbages and pumpkins. Iſaac Treby, 1 bbl. pork. Thomas Fanning, Norwich, 200 lbs, cheeſe. Capt. Samuel Hurlbut, a fat cow. Capt. Thomas Allen, Fiſhers Iſland, one do. Joſhua Raymond, Montville, one do. Capt. Charles Bulkeley, 2 bbls. beef. Pember Caulkins, 2 do. do. Capt. E Hinman, 1 do. Samuel Dolebeare, Montville, 1 do. do. James Tilley, 30 buſhels corn. William Eldredge, 20 buſhels rye and corn. Dr. Benjamin Butler, 10 fat ſheep. Auſtin Ledyard, Groton, 2 quarters beef. Col. Samuel Green, 6 fat ſheep. Capt. Daniel Deſhon, a cart load potatoes. Eleazer Avery, Groton, 6 buſhels rye. Richard Law, eſq. 1 bbl. flour. Capt. Wm. Harris 1 do. do.