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•,April 28,, 6 o'clock, P. M....
~
_Wo, r -jearn with' the deepefit regret, -by
passengers - from . c hartestoni who arrived,
hero this evoning, by the Carolina rail yoad:
..that the city of Charleston has.been visited
„hy one of the most- awful and destructive
;ires ,that has ever-visited any city in -the'
United States. . ONE THIRD OF ,TII - E
' crne WAS LAID ;IN ASHES, at the
' - •depaYtur3 -- of -- the cars' this. Morning at sic
o"<clOck, and - the fire was'rying as if' it
---- '7„youlCconsume-tOpa .
t--one-tluiA more—
.. •
~- 7-T he iii - o - bi•oki! Otirlast night at a - lprar.
~.• _ ter past 8 O'clock, in.a, paint store, - on .the
western side of King steed; corner - ofd
_ :I ilftesford's treeti- -The wind blowing strong
_,. ly from the southwest, blew the flames di- 1
__a yrh --- s -, Si.tiltrt - .4lll7tftelitirt!.
' r.nf tho .deParture'of the cars the whole sec=.
- tiOn'of .the city aboVe Beresford street, up
to Society streetond east of . King street to
the. Bay was burnt dowii : or burning.- Froni.,
. Deresforeto Society. street_ are four street 1
--- ---from . King street to the bay abont as I
: manly, or ,perhaps more. __The r .lire._had!
- also exienslll four or -five blocks--west-of-
P' 'nd nill 1 rog-re: ' It
. ,
•••It, Will be found, *I fcary that in -this in-
stance, as perhaps.in_Many - A - ithers, however.
blameable may havb been the conduct of the
Captain.: and /emits, there are - others. who
should come in. for a,share of
.the censure.
]- 2 .-BlieWriter.lcame i tlp.,:the,Cdtio t in-th -.11•Io ,-
I--slte.Toirthe-atipininiediatelyneceedingthis
which, has determined 'so • disas' frously-a
result-, which is .lint theTulfilmentOf a• pre
diction Linade-:olii-quit ti ng- • the-- boat:- --- : - The
Moselle was an entirely new boat; of great
:_sp.e.eil;_and_nt Was' the ainbition_of.C - a - pr , .
itain, on the occasion to which I have Aud
ed, to make _the qitieliest ...trip on record
I from St: Louis to *Cincinnati. No•accom,„
plish this no exertions were srareck rosin:,
r was kept epnstanfly °petrol . / the forecastle,
I and 'a Most liberal - use was made of it
-
I -throughout the* trip. Ref neecessary_ lap
din-ga-were.--e-oildireted:with-the-most-dang--
King street, and •was stn. .."....Icin g with I erous - iwil/itation•Vaird - ore - rriost-oceaSion
terrific; rapidity, up' that street in the direr- the st - n was held bn 10, till ever joint
tion of Boundary street, when
,the cars left._ wot i t , ' quiver colder. its • impulse on again
_.
"_Our informant belietes it-impossible to*Cal-• starting. - - The lvholerdistance 'from Louis
-:--cidate--what-will--he-the ..tiltiMate.- ex . tent tent_ of - N`illeio Cinciniiatf,:ivai-a Continued race be,
•. • the fire, as-it-secnied-no- way- checked - at - - tiliccillicr - and th - e" Ben • - PrainklinT - A - Weed
six o'clock this morning. .- • - .•• • • qmiit that she was towing Nia's slink, but the
--7- Ariating'llre - :buildings- - ire-arir'a -- exelt emen t - was too- great-for-ail attempt -to_
II •
• number -of -Churches; , the lakw • I I Thalri' , be m
ade to •reeoyer if,, •'. . • ,
•-•- the splendid neW . hotel recently r erected, and 'The result of all - this was, that the Cap-.
. the whole market, except the : fish market. tain - attziinedhis.object: TM - a - boat perform
- Nearly,all the merehantSin 'the ceniii l •- -76 f --- edthe'Voya4ef'rom St. Danis to Cincinnadi
_-:
- business, on King OL, - were bUrnt out, ill less time limn •had ever. been lifloWn be
,
among them Pariah, Wiley', 'At e n .. and fOre. ir he exploit was Mentioned' and ap-•
• G. ll:Kelsey- & Co., Beream:&• Co.,- -
and - Omitted in the•Cincialiati papers.
all in-that neighborhood, and_ the large store-1 t The passengers alMOst unanimously gave
house of _Miller, Ripley..& CO., on the the -"Captain a card; - which was likewise
eorner. of_ Kim/. and. s oc i e ty atrects,__was pablished; wherein his skid and kudenee
___ -- iiriThe IlanveS when our informant e 2. l were -warmly commended, - and his boat - was
The Merchants' Hotel,. forni&ly - Mii 7 Ws,reeommended M. thepatronage of iliTquibtt
had. not. caught,_, but it was believed to be fir'
1
. . ~ . ._ .
• • itntiossilft -1 .0 _cav i l it. A (Norris!. Eidel,.l . In filet,- thronglthut,.tho - *trip, - : , , hardly . a
.•-• still 'higher up King - sir:et, oil thelves] warning •Voice WilS .. heard from au} •°f the
' site, they had - reimived all the Turnitur, and': paSsengess: On ' the contl'ary . , •many• of
-boilding,L.M._alinost it' - crtaiii imticipalinTi-qt . themwere most ivitfous in urgino - the fi rer -I
.
. .
being burnt out., .
. - A largo number of houses had been iihilvn.' ling the almost Mime energy a the . 'Cap
. np, to no •.pnrßuse. ' All tile,, in the I t.,i„ K.
. - -'• .., •• . '' : .:- . -
• city wasexiijnisted, - and all •thelvaier ill - WhiWstadi is the , scat' oh -pithliC feeling,,'
pinups;, time people, wearieil with a whole cod - suc h s o: o fte n the - _ - cobiln•J of R;lsl: 4 o.l)prEi,,
- night's incessaid and; nil:wading nil], follnd j how - much - •so ever we_may he shoeked-at
theinselvesohiS morning, :116 to make but I the frequent ocenrenc.e of these frightful :ic
. a liathle resiAalwe tam the still raging -amid I cidct•lits, We:have no• reason to lie surprised.
devouring - flames. .sA number. of persons ilThe dan(rers incident •th the-navigation of
~ had been hided •by the blowing -imp or; the. westtin Waters, under the most careful
- houses , and throwing furniture. into tile' management,. are surely sufficiently nuttier
'.strcetg. • The Steam-boat Neptune lying in Mis,- without addinir to: them 'needless risk
the Bay, caught on fire, but it was . fortu- i ineurred.by the foolish desira of shortening
nately extinguished. - * . 1 a journey by a few hours. -
. . The trunks directed to this office and to _
the Constitutionalist office, from the news :, ..
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-
Paper •Orlieesiii - CliFirlealiiii, - raile - d - To - e - o — ineT -
this evening; as we, presume no paperii
'were. printed there' last night; and as the
regular mail was closed last night Itefore I
the fire brokeout,--no-otherinformation_has_l
,been received here than that from passen
gers,
Which is necessarily limited as .to
particulars. • , •
catastrophe!
•A
is indeed a mournful catastrophe!,
.A flourishing .city laid in ashes, her people
burnt out of home and sithstariee,-and mil
lions of property destroyed in a single
night! The Insurance • Companies of f
Charleston; we learn, are. of small Capitals,
and will all, no doubt, be ruined,. and still
'be unable to make good hut'a small portion
of tht)osSes. Hundieds: of families must
. ' be utterly iulned by tliis general calamityy
Years cannot Make Charleston What:she
-Ica. 7
. P. S.---ISince the above was written, we
have bean showii a leper froin.,Charleston;
-- closed at a little before•4_o'clock'.this-morn
. ine arid-broughLuvqf7h - pasSengex, who
confirms--=all --the important facts suited
• • aboVe. It also'states that that the rigging
Of many of the vessels lying at'llie-Wharves
.
. had been burnt. , '` •
- .L.2 TER.
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6IARLESTON, (..5. C„) April 29, 1838. '
- • . 9„ o'clock; A. M.
_One-third.of she city oiCharleston lies in
ruins; -- by the most awfid
.contlagration that :
. ever I witnessed. .The, fire commenced in
- a baker's shop in .BereSford street, 'which.
- ---ignited-an-adjoining-paint glop,: and , spread.
with-ckarful rapidity (the wind being.strong
from the southward) along King street' to
in its .way. Ma
Mark - et street, 'and a mile past it, consuming
_ ._.......
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everything in were
blown up .bythe firemen, .to prevent, if po§-
sible, its further progress,
bUrall in vain.=
Human, exertions • seemed to be7paralyzed
----by-thoSur : y-of-tlieall,consum ing-fiames__,—
. Upwavds of fifty lives have been lost.—
Ile damage already has been estimated at
nine millions of dollars, butthe fire is sti//
•-__ raging,- and the _ eitizens_look_ton _the -de
struction Of their property . with dull apathy,
i n cease 'to use exertions to preserve their
' , hole city from ruins. . ....
,t hy:Th
send thisegxpre - ss, Mail, think='
•---', ilitiri - night_be Npsefu ' 1 intelligence: • The
steamoat Neptune started. express this
•
morning for New. York' with the news - , but
since the there ha d
s:beenearly as much
_:__.__more_Treperty destroyed. • The fire bggan
--,- / - at 10 o'clock last night. - . -- - •
- Ps A; . ---I forgot to say 'the extent,Of the
fire already occupies 2l miles in length.-
- 'A' thousand houses are burnt already.—Nat.
: Intelligencer.• - . .-- • • .
ANOTHER DREADFUL STEAM',
BOAT,ACCIDENT-EIGHTPERS.ONS
- KILLED!!
-The Cincinnati. Whig has furnished a
'slip; containing the following intelligence
of another melancholy steam bbat _disaster:
Capt: Yontig,.eollapSed
a flue;
near Vicksburg. _on her passage to
New Orleans, and from forty' to, fifty per
sons-,were, severely scaltled,"eight
are since . '. Bevefar.passengers7Ou
board at AU: time of AM: accident; arrived
'here this ; morning in the Monereh, • who
ottre'the above
Loss or the Moselle.
~. . . •.
• 4 gentlenianito was ,passenier- in the
Moselle
to
her upWard trip, has
handed. to us' the •Subjoinermitice, which
we think shOuld be'given to the public. -
..
' ' • 11. - .. U.' S. Gazette..
•The explosion of the illOselle; has added
another to the frightful list of asasters on
the western_ iir;liers. . ' . '"' • • - •
: 'lli6 following observations may perhaps
assist•in the almost hopeless task-ortinding_
a remedy loran evil, which certainly, in any
other country, would be bonsidered intoleg t
able,' • - • - , • , i
THE MOSELLE
The slip front the Cincinnati .Whig, of
the*7th tilt. received hi.st evening, contains
•the proceedings of . the-town meeting - with
reference to the loss of. the Moselle=Cono
-yrrittacs-of-rolief-to—the•-suffercrs;-an-d-to
Obtain - infoimation were appointed. It was
also-
Resolved, That as a' public token bf
respect, and deep regret, for the fate of the
deceased,'and our sympathy with their sur
viving friends, and' to exPiess our sense of
the awful responsibilities which may have
led to. such a disaster, the. Mayor of the
city be regueSted to issue his prodamatiou
for a.Funcial procession, to take• place off
Saturday limo., ht 3 o'cleck, P. M. to -- form
on Front street, between .Broadway and
Mc' strr hat tit
Main streets; ti lie btores and shops be
closed on the occasion, and that the Bever
end Clergy, the members of the City Colin- ,
eil,•and the several cofmnittees, be request
ed to attend in their official capacities.
The - . - slip adds;—" We - understand that'
he - body - of - Mr.-T.
ville, Ky. was taken . from the wreck-Of The
Moselle this morning; about 11, o'clock.
:He had in his pockets about $3000; has
left a wife and, child._
The - fiead of a idan, waS also - takenTiofd
the boat this morning . ; whieli . has not. been
recognized.
NUMBER, OF PERSONS ON BOARD.
___The,sec,ond_clerk.Of the Moselle, sent a
.cammuhication to -the Chairiiinit of . theiiiiiet:• -
ing yesterday, stating that 'qie number of
persons on board the bdat was two huh
dred-rand eighty . ; ol,whom,. eighty-five,
Were - Cabin passengers. •: •
Not more than 96 (including children;)
are kdowd to have been saved., .*
Accordiii o thiS, - thdnuniheT.of persons
killed and lost is about one hundred' and
eightylour.,
-
Friday,p'clock, P. M.
•
The following is a list of all the.persons
killed, missing, wounded and saved, (who
Were on board the Moselle at - the time` of
the explasion,) so far as--has been ascer
tained:- . We. have taken a great deal of
pains. to obtain the names, and .we think
rth - e - follbWri ng, may upon as -- 1 ,7 " .
• , a's nearly accurate-as practicable:
• . ..Dead, and ;Bodies Found.--;Elijah
North, Alton, WL Paicer's daugh
ter Mary, found drowned; 13. rurmanfiner
chant-,7 - MiddleawnT -- Ohio- -- , David James;
Loudon county Virginia; C. Mitchell, bar
keeper, Cincinnati; .Captain . Perin; J, Chap
man, aaddler, - Cincinnatk H.- B. Casey,.
Cincinnati; James Barnet, MisSouri; T. C„:1
Powell, Louisville, Kentucky; Calvin R.
Stone, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts; James.
Douilas,. Fort Matson . , Wisconsin Terri
'tory; J. William's, ored;) Henry Stokes,
second Steward; Holly Dillon, Je .
Madden - ,:.first engineer; Robert Watt,. deck
hand;`: Dunn, Chambermaid; James B.
• M.Tarland, Knox county, Chio . ,• Miss
Dunham, Ohio; two Mr: Watkinses,. of
Virgihia; Mr., Thema, first. mate; A.
Burns, of Philadelphia, JoSeph McMahon,.
Albanyllinoist - AVlrs.'„ParkerAnd,:two.;
children, Philadelphia; James/
,Cramerc'
• Margarettn.Craney; lionisa,,Orancy; Catha-,
vine
. •Craney';',,,Xetei—Craney; - G.' GlOScri•
b : it:Vo-v-I-1-o-I T -r i =-Wr1v 4 4.1.0_,45.0:% i4.'‘*-14:it,*.,,it•.;_
Qincinitati; . German, woman • and two
children . , names nbt•known;• Frank Tolman
•andrElick- Gilman,..botli 'colored,
.firemen;.
William liighbee,•New York State. •
• MJSSING-.Kizoutta
. to &ale been, on:
board; and belicved-to -have-been ,pr
drowned.--Lieitenant . Colohel Fowler,th-•
S.• Army.; George Kramer's two, children;
Parker's.; Wife and-'lwo children;
Dr. W. Hughey, 'United States Army; Jo
seph Swift,' buifaro, New• York; • joseph•
Fittler,ilostk
Icr;Ndo; Greke:•Fotler, do; 'Jacob Rider,
lcob Beavei, •ar„). John:Deaver, do;.1
Eavr Deaver, do; Mary.lreaVer,
dren of Joseph and Eva Beaver; Teter
_Trautman's ciiild„two and a half years'oldi -
MichaeLKennedy's 'wife and two children; . ,
Thomas Witt,' deck hand; Mr. 'Armstrong,
ate4-Mric--White—:erigitieer;---Mrr--•Patton-,-
two Childedn;• J. Fleming, piloh r Augeliea .
eciunty,•New-York;--Mr.4),-Dighea7s !Lw ile_
and .two:childien;_L.-Raymond's-wife: and
child, - Baltimore; Maryland; Jolitt• Eiuiig
ind-John-Sein - i,-with-cach-a4v.ife-and4bihr;_
Patrick : Thompson;
,Cumberland - coanty,
PellrlsYlVai4ja; Rdward . Thompson,' clop:
cabin boy; .lames•lt.. Danforth, MiSsouri;
ThornaS L. Taylor; Mr. Zead. • '
Badly PPou7ded.--- - -IWilliam Wlnskeri„
St. l elairSville,
_Ohio.; Shewood, Cin
cinnati; Benjamin Bowman;-second clerk;
•
_Halsey second engineer; JAmeS -
Turrell, deck - hand; —De Jau-iiii;•'
_ . •
Man; Stephen MO; carpenter; 'lsaac Van
lletoki-CaptainPerin':,s Brother; D. Higbee-,
Cayuga. county, N. • York; , •Teed,
Worcester, Massachusetts;
seeond:cook; -James - Fry; third do; Gregory
. McMahon ; son of
,Joseph - McMahon; slight= .
ly wounded; Edward Salton, Connecticut;
bidly - Seidileir,
Baker, Allegheny county;-
Mary-I:M(1i; Daniel Wonderly; do; J. Conl l :
:ter„ Licking 'county, Ohio; F. M. Tobin's
wife, - Lawreppelmrg, Kentticky; ; "
-mer's_wife and:six: children; Wl_ Parker,
.
Pennsylvania; White;
. of Cincinnati,
wife 'and sister;R
iobert Gibson and .James
Gibson, Louisville; Jasper Hamer M'Kean
county, Pennsylyania; . W,,8:
Gate's, Frankliii'coanty, Ohio,
Craig; - (
,CincinnatiO. C. Richardson, IToldon,
llassachuaetts;,: P. ; AV. \i'isortan,. glutton,
-liTipois; Samuel Ddlenger,'J, -M. •Marm
and A. M. •Mann, _Portage,- New York;
- BT(NIR - yrn;'yaliog'a Top n
: York; T:itw. T. Al incr,.;(l recta county, Penu- . !
i>ylvapiai - .litscpir-lictiver Tani E ia_nOt,,
and threci - boys; -Jolla:T - 6(Th deck - litutd;
Ilarris; 3llcltacl lie:1110Y; Tied: .
.erick Dwight, : Springfield ; 'Mas.;'achusetts;-,
Joliti Ptithtan 'and Canton; - Ohio; - i
rlsaae:.;Davis; 'Jonas Remick; Mrs. Hurst
and child; A': Burps' mother; 'Ferris;
Lawrenceburg, Indiana; :T. Toiler; Susan
(mother;) i. Caldwell, Wheeling,
Virginia; Eli Fotler; - New
Brunswick; J. Phclitn, Green .coupty,•
Pennsylvania; Peter Trautmau,...wife and a
small child, Cincinnati; D. O'Neal, wife
and two children, F.' Stien, wife and two
children; New Philadelphia,' Ohio; John
:Seintettinl--;Mill,Mrs,-IVelilmr-and-four-1
children; • Mrs. Anderson and one 'child:'
George Brown, steward;
,Eugene Baptist,
•do; Benjamin Lewis, do; Edward -Flem
inari,_do;rlLondon--Allison,-
Houston, deck hand; J. Mennicken, Mount
Vernon, Ohio; J. D. Atherton, Sunbury,
Ohio; - Jahn Lytle, Ross county, Ohio ;
James Thompson, Cumberland - t'ountyi
Pennsylvania; Trillion; Smith; - do; Adam
Weaver, Canton, Ohio; Francis J. Walder,
do; George Thornton, Cincinnati; Mr:
Murray; Mr. Miller; S. -Colman, Evans
ville, Indiana; J. Baker, carpenter,; Mrs.
Mabcrry and child, Philadelphia; E. Sailor;
Eli Parkil, Michigan; Mr. Wright, do;
Rathburn.
T'ichsbui:gll4-ist et of 4pril 23 .
Alloth m
6r Steam AcCidEnt
. _
ONE lIUNDRED LIVES LOST.
Saturday' , 'morning, at about 6 o'clock, the
'steamboat Oronoke i . Capt. John Crawford,
- collapsed - a - llue,—w-hile—• opposite Princeton,
100 miles'atiov'e,The city., at which place she
had stopped to send)ter yawl for passen
gers. The deck passengers were upowthe•
lOwerLdeck.labaft_the_eitgitm„ 'The 'births
were filled and the
, - Iloor was covered with
matitasses. should not-suppose th - ci
room. would - accommadate more than. 100
persons. The number or dent.passengers
on.:board is estimated at 80 to 100.
A gentleifilm ivlio . w - a§ at Worlcamong them
a carpenter, estimates the - nitinber at
steam swept through the wholerlengtik
ofrthe boat with - thestrength cittlie-ii-gliton
ing torrent carraying every thing before it.
A great number were blown overboard, near
ly, if-not. -quite all-were scalded-severel.
some completely - eicorinted and Uhockiu g y
,mangled; smite frantic with despair arid
agony Juinped._overbeard; the deck was
strewn with 50 helpless sufferers and the
river-iliveth-them;-swimming-to-the.bank
then from it, ,in the wildest , phrenzy.., _To
detail the many distressing circumstances
connected with this dreadful tragedy would
be toci - revolting,M our reader.' •
. . •
PENNSI:LVANTA,—The following account
of the origin of the name Pennsylvania, is
e raced from a• letter written by-VILLA - ix I
PENN, its founder, dateil.lliiiiiary 0;160.
4‘ ThiS day,- after many waitings, watch
and disputes., in council;
my. country was confirmed to me under the
- great - scal --- oFEiiglandi-:-Nyith-large powers
and. privileges, by the
,name of Pennsylva
niaz—a name. the king wohld, give it in faVor
of my father. chose New Wales, being
a hilly country ;. and when the secretary, a
Welshmaif, refused to call it New Wales, I
proposed .Sylvania, and the'y added Penn
•to it ; though•li .wast: much opposed 'to it,
and went to the Ititig to liamiti struck out.
Ile ; said it 'was past, and he •would - take it'
upon hirti; nor could twenty guineas move
the'under'secretary tii•vary the name; for
I fared it
,niight.be looked on'as a vanity. in
me; , and-not as a respect in the kiiig to: my
father; as it 'really was."- •
lsoimg I
. -
. . .
___ANand3nren :p_ape , r_. in _Yirginia,_says:._
that Mr. Ken&ll has often expressed it do- .
sire to abandon politics.
.Amos' politics
arEotceediOgly "abandoned" already. ~.
The (Mexican Coast Blockaded
..by the 'Fgench Squadroa. • .
Office of the Perisacola Gazette, : Z
April 25th, 'O3B. S'•
. The United, States schooner Orampug
arrived here this morning from Vera Cruz,
bringing intelligenCe that the Preneh sgaud
ron is now'blockading the Mexican_coast.--- ,
rt was supposed that the Castle of San Juan
..de Ulloa would be' immediately investek.and
Ltlorfrourits — ciatlitinT - Liit could t-frold-out
any length of time. • .
• The Mexicans were w . illing to-pay the in"
&Amity demanded V the Frcnch,but the lat
ter required some apology, which the Mexi-:
- caw-Government refused' to-Make. One
indiyidnal had offered 10,000 lforses, and
the church had agreed to supply a million
.of-dollars-to carry-on-the wtir. The French
ivadron consists • Of one frigate and "fives!
one mgt.._
brigs .of
e . (l. The French ships of war fit Martinqu
and. travana,•liall been ordered tn,repair
inediately to Vera-Cruz:—._.._
• There were no_Ani,erie_an vessels at Vera
-Cruz- when the Grampus,_ sailed.... Neither
ships of war nor picket areineltided..... The
. United States sloops of war,. Ontario and
COWcord, - Were left .at. Vera Cruz; the form-.
'6 Will reinain there to protect tie interests
and commerce of the United States.
The Mexican Government is Confident
of its - strength - and 'ability. to-meet--the2pres
entemergone3,, but - opprehensionslwere-en---
erWried-that-if-the-Ereach_sqfladr9h s h o_ol_
bothbard the city of. Vera Cruz, the
,teder
.al party would take part with. the 'enemy
and the city would be, sacked. All ,:the
'women and children were rempyinglo Jala 7 .
pa, a town a few miles from Vera Cruz.--
• he Mexicans and inhabitants Aver° remov ;.
- -
hile the GrampuS. was .at Vera Cruz,
intelligence' *as - 'received frOm theseatj
Government that the Mexi4n Congress')
I had before them a propnsition,to expel all
Frenchmen' froth the
The French brig of iviir•Eclipse;' also sr
rived'v here this morning and exchanged sa-•
lutes with our squadron. The Eclipse Sailed
from Vera Crilz the day.before the sailing of
- She iiiSiiiiite , l;e the hearer of
les pa tr_he trt.thcrrencl ister...itt--Wii.4111;,,
ington; and has put in here-tó give informal
lion of ate blockade. '
11531
CONGRESS •OF 'NATIONS- AND
In the Senate of the p...( ; ;. can Monday,Mr.
Clay, of Kentucky, rose, and said that he
had hceiircquestol to . present4 petition sign
bya.,klumber-(X. bettevotent
and printed by. them; — Feritions_ similar -to
which, iciul signett by - a vast nuniber,.-had
been received by the other House, praying
That, 'in the adjusithelit, of, our difficulties
with Mexico, nit amicable arbitration "might
be einplciyed.
MIK; petition also recommended earnestly
the propriety Of the estafilishinent.of an in-
teruational Congress, or: tribunal for the
settleiuent of the difiiculties , trhich might
arise between nations, thus avoiding the
calamities alf war. The petitioners had for
a4ong-time-held-this- -objUct. in - view, and
had addressed several 'legislative bodies off
the subject: and Mr. C. understood that the
respectable Massachussetts Legislature had
given- coun ten ance-and-encouragement-to -
the. project.
Mr. C. was glad to find .by the morning
papers,,that.one of the objects of these peti
- -tioners,_namely c :thereferenee of our diflicul
tieS with Mexico atrarbitration,had been
lately accomplished. , With respect to the
other andigreaterand.more, comprehensive
object of the petitioners, all must admire
and•share in the philanthropy which sug
gested such a Measure, amlniustwiSh.it to
lic• finally accomplished ; if t it.be practicable.
The petitioners were desirous that this coun
tryshould.take_theinitiativesteitlinialopting.,
it; and . whether it should be done or not, all
must do" justice fo the motives of the pen- -
tioners; and Mr: C. had no doubt thatt-a
great portion of the difficulties betwen na ;
Lions might be found . capable of .satisfactory •
adjustment without a resort to war,
. The, iniprOvements in _ the %Ise of__:sfeam,
by bringing together nations that were dis
tant -from each other,.ll. means of railroads
and Other intercommunications,:would soon
render, it impossible that one nation should
- go" to war with - another with injuring the --
business, and •detraethigfrom the prosper
ity of all; this at no distant period would,
lesSen if not - entirely prevent the recurrence
of war. But
. whether . it was possible or
- not that- subh aTtribunahis:---was - noiv asked
for
Shotild be - established;
. remained yet: -to
.he seen. It had Been suggested or prOpoS 7
- e - d - by - some - phibasopliers; among - whom- was
our own Franklin, and also bysomeenlight
ened monarchs, Henry theTourth of Prance
:suggested-the-same idea;__and at alit events
the ,Senate witUhl - concur
stitiring iii the feefings•and approving the
motives with which this proposition was
presented:
Ort-motion-of-Ar.--,01a5-theLinemorial
was laid on the.table;and ordered.td.be„prin
ted.
The Soittheritiialicy - adopted by floner:
al_..Tackson and. Mr. Van Bureit,_was tore
I duce the revenue from the Tariff, so that iI
should not exeCed the wants of thogovern
-1 ment,_ -Tifellfore - earried - outlhOrtnciple T
like the wise bughers who dragged. the cow
up to the house, top to eat the grass instead
of throwing the grass to the cow;" they have
brought,ihe :wants of the government up 4
-the-amount of- the-revenue,---and,not-the-re
venue down to the want§ of the government.
The Treasury .will 'be called upon,' to pay
:out during the present year upwartlS of
twenty-two millions of dollars. The Chair
man of the CoMmittee of Ways and Means.
gives it as his opinion that the cugtom-hou
sds and land offices are not to be depended,
upon to meet that sum, and recommends the
cantinned issue of- Treasury nptes.: NoW
iii this wretched state of affdirs the Senate
'(V.13.) undertakes uto ,make, war. on bank'
notes' at. a premium; the little of the canon--
cy t,lritis left in the'keneral v repute amid the
.derEngemmit of trade and exchanie.—Nat.
Gazette. . . - .
Mitt Butorr.-4-plas er mill W.llB f ilam
en„.Batuiday, the 11th
f' Ninage, $5060. No insurance.
• ~ .. . .
_. ..
. • The Firgt atlantic Steam e r: , ,_. .c , The- Ca:vie - again: , - ; s.
. .. ,
~. .
.. . •
As every thing connected` with the
:navi- The . . Lancaster (Pa.;) —
Intelligencer, 'a V an
ation ii . f : the - Atlantie.bysteaini - may. bOaid Buren Paper, - has a severee - article upon -the
o pos4ess additional interest just, now, banks •and their refusal taniCaume specie
' we hasten to spread before our readers the 'payments; from'which we take the fallow=
following minute .ac,count.ef -the first steam j 14 7 .0
. & e.
. . .
trip: over :the Atlantic. We copy it from '• "Mr. Biddle, having commencediheavyl
the New LondOn (Conn;) Gazette, to which and as yet, tin - Safe speculations 'in cotten-.--
Paper it was communicated hyVapt . airi-Ste- haring, loaned.- copiously -to the soutlf-wes-.1
phen Rogers, of Groton, who:was Sailing- - tern. banks—feeling that what , he-supposed
waster,fil tlie. ShipSa_v_annaliof_i_vhichLwould-be 7 for-him-to - begin; --- has - b - eeir - ctint - z -
Moses Rogers; .Of Groton, was- . the, com - .' Anal - iced' by otheri- . .--and apprehending the
Wander.- . iron hand of geverrijnerit,•' .
...
"Slg was seen from We. telegraph station,
.The Intelligencer is, we believe,,. careful
at Cape Clear, on the SOutherwcoast of:lre- to note the arrival in New York and else
land, and 'reported as a ship 'on fire, The where; of specie from England, and to men
Adiiiiral who lay in the Cove of - Cork; 4 e -
. tiOn this influx of gold _and :Silver as most
spatched one.of the King's cutters _to'licrie-.. tidvantaereons to the ,conntry, • .1-Our contem ,
lief. But great was their wonder at their poiary should know that but.for the 'tin - Safe.
inability with all sail in. - a - fast - uessel, -. toi s ' peculation in ..Cotton! - Lcharged=Lupon-illr 4 -
Icome_up_with;3_shij - Al-7
i-underzbare=pOlesi-under 'Biddle - this _gold and lily r-. must have re
oriained---m-Eng,land. -- The - western-id
'Tsoutheinz•banks, if - they• have received loans
from - the- United States Bank, have thereby_
Tie - en cm powered - iiiiliaw UpoliThiladelPhia,
; and - thuS - efialiletl= - 6 -- supplrtheinercha:nts , ',:if
that section of the country withawhe Weans
of 'paying : their Philadelphia creditors.
._ : Without_thisr aid- or speculation, -.the.ccit , ,
ten of Mississippi ntust have retrained in.
New Orleafia„ : or . af . best'. have been Sent
'away in. small , qualities, in British Vessels,
And thuS the advantage of the carrying trade,
the - snul -- of - American conimcree, wduld'h . avn
been lost to-our merchants, ship owners-and
-mariners.- -'-- • -
With reference to thy`iron band - of :the
government„'-3VC think that the Intelligen
cer. May be correct. That apprel(ension,_
andlihrtt alfine, *vat's the 7estiinption of
specie paynients. -The-moment the Trea-
Bury of WP-United,States- otaitm•a=little
1-pOwerf-it-exhausts-itself-in-attacks-upon-lhe-
-United States Bank:. Its!-preserit_lmpoten
cy is, eansed by its over - excriiOn-to 'crush
that institution; from which, -after it' own.
failure, it had to seelf...relief. . '.. '--. ' •• -
. When. the' Treaspry becnnies - powerless
by exhaustion; = then - Congresa commences
assaults, - afid thiWitThceomes Mr. Biddle to
keep a bright look out for . the ``iron hand'
of government.----..P---,dazeae.
ter. - several Slinks- Were , fired:froifuthe-eutter,.-
the : _engiffe was stopp'ed and the surprise of. ,
her._crew at the.mistake ,they:had made, as
-well-as-their . curiOsiff - lb see the_singular
'Yankee---erafteatt-be-dasify - LiMagind
They:asktid permission - to go onboard, and
were mudhigratified" by the inspection of
'this naval, novelty._ -- t Con approaehirig Liver
pool,- hundreds ofpdople camnoff - in boats'
to - sdelier. She was ec6pelled to lay out
aide the bar till the tide should serve !for lter
to go in. boring this tints she had her colors
all flying, When a boat from:a - British - sloop
. --- Ot - war -- cani --- 0 ---- akinglside and hailed. The '
1- sailltig-master-Was-on'-deek -at-the-time r -and!
answered. .' The Alward* the boat asked
trim-" Where is your master?"-,--to which
he gave the.lileonic . replk - t- 7 ."1 have no mas
1,
-ter- Sir:" .i, - "Where's yOureap - taliethen?"-
"He's belotir---do your wish to see .Iffinri
-"I-do-Sir," The. Captain, who was then
.-beltAV - ,.._inf-bii - C ealldil
di-,.tiSk-dirWhatlier_Wan,
ted--to - whidh he answered=` why - do you
1 wear,' the tenant, Sir?" "Because My conn-
I try allows Me . to, Sik.". "My commander,
thifiksift. was done to-insult him, and - if you
diin!ftakddi downhe .wilt - send„a force that]
C .
will d0,,,it." Captain-Rogers -then exclaim...,
ed to theetrgineer---"Get the horwaier.en- 1 -
gine ready." Although there,' was. no such 1
machine on _board_ the vessel, it had •the.de . - 1
.sired_ellb_cf, ftittl Joh nßal! was glatl, to: pad- .
- 111 - 17 tiff as firgritTl)oSsilTlV7 - 1011 approaching
tire city, thd shipping, piers, and roofs of
(louses - wet/thronged with --prsons..-cheer
ing the adventurous; craft. ' Several . naval
officers, -noblemen, - and merchants_ front )
London, came% doWn - to - vi'Sittety - f-Mtl -were]
very curious -to ascertain her speed, destina- i t
lion, &e. As - it Was-soon after. Jeromel
- Ron:Tarte-had offered alarge rewardto any 1
one-who would succeed in - taking hislirothL. -
er Napoleon - from St. • Helena, it was sus--
' pectdd tharthat was. i the object of the Savan
nah. ~ A fter remaining 25 days i'n Liverpool,
ilurdigr\ - vhicli time she teas--visited by thou
_
' sands of people Of .all rank, and her officers 1
were treated with Marked attention i -she left
for Copenhagen, at Which place she arrived in
safety - -- - ; - Where - Sle, excited similar curiosity;
She proceeded thence to' Stockholm, in
:Sweden, where she was visited bythe Roy
al faMily, the foreign - ministers,. naval offi
-
cers nobility and otherS„ wito by inViiation
it)f-Mr,-114)ghes - i:ihe American-minister-;dined
on board, and - took an excursion among
the. neighboring islands, with which they
Were Much delighted. . ,
-------- Lord -- Lyndock i -of-E and, who--wans.
then on a tour through)l. e North of Europe, ,
by invitatior4of ourAfinister, took passage
on board of the Savannah, for St. Peters-,
burgh, which place she reached in due time.
_llere ' she:was visited by tire. invitation of
our minister afiliat - Court; tiy several noble=:
men, military and naval officers, - Who !
alSo tested her superior qualities by a trip
to Cronstadt. Her officers received sever
al valuable presents of plate, &c. &c.; and
we have now before" us a stiperb gold - snuff
box; which was presdnted to her sailing'
-master,Xaptain_Stevens_Rogers, By_Lord_
Lyntick. She sailed from St. Petersburgh
let Copenhagen, and thence to Arendal, in
Norway, whence she returned to Savannah,
where, after a passage of about 25 days, she
arrived is safety—being the first steam yes
eVer crossed the Atlantic—and af-
ter performing---a-voyage , highly creditable
to American ingenuity and enterprize. ' •
She used Liverimolcoal for fuel, of which
she took seventy-five tons; as well its 25
cords_ of wood for kindlin_.. She had no
freight; and-only used her ongine when• noot
able-to go,at,the rate of four knots with her
sail's. By the great fire in Saitnnah her
oWners•were compelled to sell her, and she
was purchased to run as a packet between
th - acplace - and -- New York, whither:she was
bound, under charge of Ciiptain Nathaniel;
Holdredge—now master of, the -Liverpool
packet ship Urtited -- StatesWhen' she was
lost on the south side of Long Island. - -
he Steubenville-Herald and C c azotte sa
It should not be forgotten,
That, during : Mr: Adams' administral'on,
the expenses of the government - were
THIRTEEN MILLIONS A YEAR;`•
and tli .nder -135
hat, under AU:NMI
tienks df the government•nre
.'HIR.T.Y-TWO MILLIONS - a - NEAR:
Nor slotiltLit*, fqrgotten,-- - -
That;. during AdaniS! ) _administration,
' ten millions of debt was annually •
- PAID . OPP; • '
le under Mr
wTiile undifMr:VMißuren's administyation
TEN MILLIONS OF DEBT IS
' • CONTRACTED.;
mid what is still worse ••than all, this debt is,
- contracted by the , issue.of
SHIN-PLASTERS
ed them and passed:Out—in diirereriCdirec,:,
tions; 'without doing any injury to the build!.
,The Exploring Exp . edition.—l'his EX-Save, melting the wires, making a fetv
pektion; which,nekt in degree to the Flori- holes through the -Walls, "and destroying
da War, exhibits the profligacy' of the Gen- -some of the -water spouts; Captain Wilk
eral Government, has .reitilted something ins; • transciiliing clerkof the. Senate,' .tvho
in the ° way
. of it. The sailors belonging was. standing ,in the bar-room doer, was
to the'. eXploring service. 'were emptied :knocked:down, and dosiderably
into. 'the - 7 th,Ward to vote the - -SinCe -recovered,With- therexception
co •ticket. This abortive'a:nil 'disgracefully of his face, which is somewhat seared.-
managed expedition' has Cost the nation halfi The lightning that struck him, is supposed
a.million of dollars, and the.only return'for 'to have passed down' the wire of the 'Ostler
such a lavish expenditure is the 'service to rbell, that was ..at the door. where he . was
which We'liatre'juStreferred! The People ; stinding: . It iy.as a narrow escape. The
cannot afford to pay so dearly for votes.- 77 ' hOSewas filled With. smoke, and matiy . .4
The first,.year- of Van '!lliiren's,..disasirous.; rooins blackewl . with This llotol
reign has exhausted • tirinfy Millions briny- ins two are
plus revenue and. wilgearc the Government. useless. in consequence of having bap pain , '
twenty :Millions in. kibt,
WM
TIFETTIETCOKtEg.
they Tender on the attribines
Holy- God, .how."catf.the Christian profes-'
-Sors of these United. States, 'fail to be awful-.
therprospeo of the extensive
r distress 'and desOlution Which our . Goyekii
menr is premring to mete. out to the nnof- :
fendiugnation of the Cherokees,by_ enfore
nig an act .o aring_que y.insurpa ton .
in driving .•.that .devoted OW from the
hothes made:very-dear to them by immemo
rial -possession, and. where the remains. 'of
beloved ancestors' have ' , been deposited
•Where they have partaken of the comforts
of life :in- a
_Manner and degree_ very different
from - what they can, expect in the wilder
ness, to which the odious cupidityand con
' vetousnes-01 their - neighbors, the inhabi-
I tants of Georgia, are procuring their remov
al to.—The question noiv powerfully,pres
ents itself—has this - Christian professing
: people ho:resource,: bat_passiv.elyinloOk,oir
in silent sadness atlhe.execution of a:detes
table act of violence against a .confiding
peaceable people. I think there is• one act
whichehristians may with a good conscience
and with earnest pious mind,. engage in,
and which I belived it to be the solemn duty
,to do, if they hope to avert froin themselves
calamities of an extensive character; which
national: crimes of a deep dye haVe- general
ly-been the means of procuring for the peo
ple, when the government and people unite
in, the measure, or when they (the, people).
-have become too supine to "cry aloud'Land
raise their voice ;against it.—A.nd what is ,
that net?
•
. .
LbeH&C the most acceptable to the Uni
versat_Parentto whom . it is declared in,,the
sacred volume, that ("he is no respecter o
persons, but that in every nation, they that
fear him and work yighteousness, shall be
accepted of him,") that ,we put up our de;
vout and humble prayers to our benevolent
,and merciful . Father, beseeching him, if con
sistent with his inscrutable wisdont,, to avert
'from this ,hereidfore highly favoured land
the luirrible crimes of injustice, inhumanity
.and hloodshe'd;,--but should the daring pur
pbse of cruelty on that 'part of our people
a - tnl ---- govortinfatithave
-a beneficent Providence (whose intimations
they hiive repeatediy. - neglected, and his.
,warning voice disregarded.) may be induc
ed say'"they have chosen their own per
yersp way, and I :with chOose their • delu
sion,-.'—"theii own wieliedneis - illgine - tc
reet them, and their backslidings sffall - re
-prove -them;”-then should, ho, who is em
phatically deScribed as "the - avenger - of the'
oppressed," be pleased
. to "arise in his
Might, and by terrible things in righteous
ness;"-.--nonvinse--the-lawless s and cruel in
habitants, that He, the Lord God 'omnipo
tent reigneth.—May the humble, pious
"Christian minded people,"whOse souls abhor
such acts of iiinsticeTe - runlty - a - hd -- Wrona,
be favoured to find, that their God "can
Jude them in his payillion,"• in the secret of
his tabernat;k: will he- hide them, and secure
them as in: the. hollow. of - his hind," until
the desolating storm shall pass 0ver..4.:P0.u1-
.son.
ightni
On Saturday last, the Hotel kept by Mr.
Prince, iirtfiis place,. wait, struck by light
ning. The fluid e►itered at the roof, and':
connin._ contact with . bell-wires, follow:!
THE PRESIDENT:
"Coin now, and let tiiiecapon together."
Thatno great object can, be attained by a;
.:party•withou t :mutual concessions and • mu-'
tual forbearance, is wtruth that- needs -no
demonstration... Without
no
tqualties
there can be no, harmony, . concert of ac
tion so indispensableto success in any cause:.
Why is it-then, that we. see "such a disom
ganizing spirit abrgad- -in Pennsylvania;
when we- should, like the. Whigs of other
I,s rates, .be sinking all minor differences ; pres - .7"'
ing on, shoulder to shoulder to victory - to.'
the best cause that ever, animatedthe_heart
of man, the cause of an opprdsed'countri..--
' Have ,We, not . every-thing- stake? every .
thing, to;conteirit- for; -- every thing le hope
foe. What-boots it, if each, division
_Oflthe
party in a blind zeal-should bc.dcwrmined
to cencede...notbino - .press. hut press. onfor-theirT .
man, regardless of principles, or the means
of success,, It is obvious to every •
server that the. main battle must-be fought •
nextl4ll . ; - and that Peti - riSytiraiiiiiii - olie - the -
_ ha ttle = ground. -- Should—we-be-sueceSsful---
and le-elect JOSErII , Thrityzu -- ther&will be
with hint a majority in the Legislaturdelec
..
- as-well as•a,majority of-our delegation--
In. Congress: •. .. • • _
Van-13nrenism 11;i11. be • Scitindett, .anil- that
party, sink forever, - with' its misdeeds. Al
ter-thie".the-electoral- voteiri g ienosylvania
„. r
can with . certainty he given to arty '
candies
date.. Brit should ive by our unhappy fends, •.
- permit the Van
.Buren. party' to: elect - their
GOvernor, - Lcgislature - and Cougress;.whicli
cari.only be...done..hy..our -- disse'nstons-Hhey ---
- heintfltrshet? with - the- - victory can and
- overcame - our - distractedyrecriminating-and-- --
dispirited forces and carry - the:: electoral:
vote of - the - State. Nor will .tile disaster
stop, there,-.,bui dismay and defeat :Will
'carried into New York; creating an adverse
influence that will lose _us •other. States.
- The - tide - isnow - relling -- witliWarfo - r - de - iii . -
rtrfavor it is the wisdom orpoliticiansto
. add _ to . to...its impetus; ,not attempt ,any - ._
scheme that may catise'.a premature ebb.
• Can - we not take example bytilie conduct
of. our opponents., -A -few 'Months"since,.
they, were in a '.state 'of. distraction, See
what importance tite3i . ntta --- ClitO the coming •
election Pennsylvania; _ preparatory to
that for President.. So_much as - to induce •
Mr. Vati Buren to throw_ the inflrie.nce of
his patronage - over the contending factions
I of Wolf and Multlenbilrg; giVing• to the'for
mert—m-lionorable mission abroad, lineal--
wantwof Nation; thus• - divert L---
his friends from a fixed object - ; -- •
the
_Prokeention of -- -Whielt
.wonld "have
divided -the , party„ , while hp haseqUitily'il,
tranquillized Mr. - Wolf and his- friends by
dollars and c entS,'.tranSferring that gentlettian -
-from '-tOt.i)(lice--61-$3OOO- : at
one of $5060.at PhilaiTelphia: With one
wavtr . of the 'magician's Wand lie lias_ madtt ":
that which was . .diseord,"dicourge most:
elequentitufsic."
. If there was anccthsity. for present action
npon..this Vexed question of 'who - shall .
thercsidentlateantlidate forPetinsylvanine 7
-there might be an excuse for the:Ws - lin:icy
with which Mr. Clay and General llarrison:
are nouripressed upon the
. .people 'of the
State. But when we see that full two years
must,clapse between the election Of,,Gover
ror, and that for.Eleetore;. kappears suipidal_
In the greatest - degree to eoifeiid - now; when
by - such ,contest we deprive ourselves Of
giving, the vOte•Of. the State to either . candi- '
date. •
--- We - ate - satisfiedhat-hoth—these-patriotin--
.._
gentlemen condemn the course their friends- •
are pursuing here. Again, . what . oan the •
friends of Governor •Bitner premise them
selvesfrom this course? Can he be re'elec-!
teq by either diiision of the party? If he . ,
can, it would be.lome palliation, but no'ex
cuse for the present posture of affairs. - But
as it is conceded that it
„will require the.,
united 'Strength of the whale party to ac-'
Teemplish that very desirable result; are those .•
- his friends who - are' ! distractingTthe parly by •
their ill-timed movements.
----- TWe - aremoi - efthose - politicians - who:would- -----
prefer defeat with a good candidate, to sue
cess with another, equally good. We go .
first for the re-eleetiorinf Joseph Ritner.—
Then we go for General Harrison, , as our •
paper indicates, because-we belive him - to be
the West . available candidate for Pennsylva-
We go also . for a National ; Conven--
tion whefeAthe . friends of every candidate
will .be deliberately heard, .their claims and'
merits discusSed. Believing that nothing
oultEhaventectedtMartainarrßure .
the unanimity . which a , National Conven r
tion.gave his noinination,_ we are willing to
learn from the succeSful efforts of an enemy. ,
To a candidate thus nominated,we are-disjm
sett to'give our hearty support. We go for •
-OURCOUNTRY;,.and in_ that way; .be
lead us certaiiy to vic
tory. We are for marching up to the bat
tle gro ii fin solid phalanx;with 'Mir Can-
dilate, and our Cause..dcr44- Schnyl- .
411 Journal.
- - EDITORIAL CHANGE learn from the_
last Lancaster "Herald and gxaminer,!' that
GEORGE. W. HAMMERSLY,•.FACI. has dispos
ed of his interest in that establishment to .
GEORGE FORD:, Esq,late a member of our
?state „Legislattire--T-hough-443:-mueV.:".
grei, thejoss of the able services of- Mr. .
1-lammersly„ - yet we cannot but be rejoiced at
tlic goat acquisition to; the editorial corps, -- -
and Morr especially our_ pdrty, by this
change.-- -I.llr - :-Ford is .known as la _young •
gendein.ad of fide talents, and warmly . at
tached fo the caltse Of:popular rights. :We
thile - fore tender•lnm-tht - Thand offello — n7 , ship;
With an earnest desire for his success, of
which we entertain no doubt; for he Promi-
Hses_to support the:Cause of the people, ' -
Rittier-and Harrison ' and' such a cause -in,
such - hands Cannot fail. Our friend Ham-. .-
mersly hai - alsci our kindest regards,, and we
hope his retirement may prove wholesome
, •to both body . and spirit: . . :
Friend Poulson, °Oho
Mexican Daily Advertiser; .seenis - to 'think
that . the fact recently, proclaimed by the
actininistrationi—throngit the ("lobe, that
"the'People man. take care of tAentselv .
is.• likely
.to be verified--and cites , the re,
cent:electiona in New-York; Connecticut, •
Rholle Island, and Baltimore, to show that
the People, An.F.;:talcip)? care of themselires.
HO might as well' have. added., irginia and -
.MisSissippi. - Havelam: thepOple of &se.; - •
.States-eniphatically.pronaised_to_!4ake..care,_,,, ,
of - themselves Who douhts - that
will redeem' the. pledge.? " .