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WOrTWF,K TELEGRAPH,
RODNEY.
extra,
the
pcrf.rm II the dirtx and dr,7raditi2 oAeee
wft mir imjcrio i imstef miv impose, and
dire we gams .y hi, orninnRbt
Already Ins the 0 .vernment in'erfcrcd
with the currency of the c cin'rv, until
Kiwlv a Umk in il i-- able to i le one
a dollar. Win is this f What riht had Gen
' Ij icLmi lu introduce bis person il hatred,
' I his privaic jealousy and prtj odice, intti the
MaWalomyriU hnftifftf to Nick
tits tnectwj, be tra
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evening Ian', wo learn that in!
hcen recr'ned at NewsOrlcan
in-f. sfetin th.it all the Bank in Vie citie
mf ff Yerk; Brvklyn, I'iimlrlpkia am
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' " , Bid Ji; dlfo.M, lU u Statcs Biiik Bil
We neglected t. no'icc in our bet, ffce J '""J tho dep.witc.- nl produced the
nnj.wt and mnfoA far remrks of the Ed- TrCi""'r Circular, This was enough to
tor of tho LouurUU Jonrnal, rcspc tin i ttft tl,c l, ,,ne of (,,'e f.vn,nf n
the present enilw rrnwed Ullftw of our I s"fi'' -if ono 'f blood re
state. The huh ren union wild d pNiHnf .
1mm A inr. ii. i.M!Ji I,,. . .a ! ,f' ') " -hility 10 the itnhceile tool .f
H'-'-IUDT" 1 Mii-sipp', in hired Mr powor w-n n;,s successful nominee of
citizens to mihsrrihc lib.rallv. and to W Tl'- people will awakc-
the KMVtn Wvnklo s umber in which
JOHN If. S
R. V. VoTMtXBTO.-,:
their inf?tien-e in its behalf' hut sin r- ilu-
Editor has been . ungrateful an t Wwmlr years ondiained,
rrmnks detrimental to our credit ;.t h..n,o ,,e l,r ke"' n"'1 sl,irit ,,f 0 ,r
Hi ebnwl, many of the patrons of ihc 1r
J-.unH.limc expressed a determination to 1 fm: m ' Vi,tt U,rcn wi)l br
discontinue (d.ouj;!, reh.clantU) their m " 'ctr.ro by which lie holds
ronngc to it. For -he sake (,f tli.c who "" " lw l,rct"rn"
httvuepent tn.ny a happy h. ur over the wit
ty Myinjjs of Mr. Printice, we cannot but
indulge a fading nf rcsrot ; and at the same
time fVel for him, for h ivm ,' in an uniar.l
'd remark, run tho risk of loving many specie
n inj; subscrib r.
We mftr o ir readers to the s imninry of
foreign intcllitenec contained in to-dy's
paper, resiiec'inw the condition of monoy
lunitcrs in Europe.
extravagant si liciuas and systoms of specn.
tm n by v,hi; h his predecessor's term of
service was ch irctemd. (Jun. Jackson
oonl I perpetrate with impunity a tho isiii I
actr, either one of nrfnVh would hurl the
i-re.'-ent incnnibcnt fan his s'ati m. And
die present derangomcn' in the currency of
the coiintrv is the surest guarantee thai
THE GA8SR3.
The gre;:t tire in New Y irk list win'cr
is jnslK said to have had no "oiil intl .ien.
in ptMMeiag the pressure f r 111 on.-y that
now w nn ; the inert h ants of that city. The
I'W by tfnt tncUnrholv event is va-
rit.u.-.v esiimatud at fnmitcn t twcti'V rail
liifls of dillars. WhtWIcr the value of
the property destroyed may lure been, we
are Mire that the houses built iniliephce
. f thxsc which wore burn', have cost fuil;
twenty millions 1 s iin that coui.l not be
abstracted from the uetive capital of com
merce wi'hout being tho occasion rf more
cinharnissiiicnt 1 . iudividaals nud conse
quently to the public.
A writer in the Albany Argus assigns
another ami a more ctfoctipl omma of the
conunerciil ctnbarr.iss-iiv'it.s in New York,
thin even the great tire -a cause whicli
has been ofien alluded to, but never before
described wih accuracy ind cxictnes-.
The prices of lands s.ld at uu. tioii in the
citv of New York in the year 1933, am unt-
cd'io.$i:),)os,a()i in K! to i,387,
''7:J total in two years, upwards of
000,000. This sum includes mrohl lands
sold ul public auc ion, and h is n . reference
to real estate disposed of at private sale,
which must hive auioiin'ed to at eastns
much more. Here, then, including the
twenty millions cut off by the tin-, arc nine
ty two millions of dolhir-- taken out of c m
nicrcc in one city in the course of two) ears!
And in the same I Wo yerus the importation.'
of f iroign inerchandio in the U. S.'iter
were increased sixty-four millions!
NMM efficient means will be ad .ptcd, and I to account f.r at! the cmbarr issmenls, diiK
that speedily, to produce a healthy ic-1 cutties and distress that succeeded. But in
El;tio" op Govkimm. The follow
iiiL' CC'iilemen have been spoken of ns pro
bal le candidates fiir the triibernatorinl chair
of this State, to wit; Chtirles LyneJi, the
present monoine-tlt, H m. J. A. Quitman.
Chancellor Turner, Col Grimball, and i
i'. Phi wwer.
We publish below a card from the pen
of T. J. JoutVSTo, Ksq. in reply to the ar
ticle in our p iper over the signature of "A
Whiff.' Wo think the remarks are of too
evere a cast to occupy a place in the co!
rmnt of a public print; but at the same
time, as the writer has appended thereto his
own proper sign Uuic, we feel in doty bound
to publish it :
A CARD.
Subsequent reflection has led me to de
part from my original purpose of regarding
with perfect indiflerotice and profound con
tempt the vile aspersions of the scribbler
who calls himself "A Whig.1' The writer
of the article has pledged his honor to my
friends that ho did not write it, but there W
an inherent vulg irily, a characteristic flip
pancy, hypocricy, and low, dirty leaning,
which mark it as his own, as the production
of him who lacks but the couraira to make
him a high-way robber, or tho opportunity
to make him a thief. TJm -libeller voted
forme at the claetion. the result of which
he claims as a triumph f.r tnv adversary
nod for h'sparfy.
T. J. JOHNSTON.
lion in die b nly politic. Martin Van Buret)
must please tho people, or he looses his of
fice. His double dealing, his shuilling, and
cunning, will sunserro 110 valuable end,
hen once the people nro convinced that
he onlv means of remedying the cxistin
state of things, il in their own hinds; and
the sooner they arc convinced vt this fact,
the sooner and muc safely may they pro
ceed to action tench the world, that in the
atmosphere of the United States, tyranny
cannot survive, and give another lesson to
ttftor generations that the people are su
preme that Presidents are made, and made
by them, and if they will not do their duty
'ovt they go."
We have thrown these remarks together
in a hasty an ! imconiiocied manner, with
the hope that the people in the coming elec
tion for Governor and Representatives to
Congress, may be induced to unito upon
Whig candidates for nil these offices, and if
possible, elect them. Wo do think that if
Mississippians shall still continue thcirsup
port of Van Buret), they will deserve never
to riso from their oppressed condition but
rather should be made hewers of wood and
drawers of water to the successful party.
FREEDOM.
addition to these causes, we have the un
heard of and unparalleled growth of luxury
in the (same space of time. It appeared a"
the aula of the furniture of one of 1 lie rag
nabob in jow Yo. k after his failure, that
he had paid live hundred pounds sterling
for one bedstead. If to this, we add one
!'. ih for duties and o:hcr iudispeus t&k
charges, we have the sum of three thousand
dollars paid fora single ariielc of f iruiture,
a Finn which the ancestor of the foolish
hank nipt who bought it, would have thought
sufficient to furnish the houses of half a do
zen better men.
This is a sample of tho wild extravagance
that pervaded society in that emporium of
commerce and asylum of luxury and folly.
A system like this, based upon a paper bub
b'e, was liable to sink at the slightest shock.
The shock has assailed i, and we see and
hear the consequences. iV. O. Jlcc.
him but his party cooipr
majority of the talent, and 1
tertained that his fries Is w
Santa Ann was s .11 at
Maugnn de Clnvo, in the
Vera Cruz. He had asked
the Government to go to
Columbia the pas" ports
iW was en-irevail.
hid nt been Lii)d bv llm C
granted, and it was tho ight ha was not in stopped her engine, and was informed by
earnest in requesting them. Ho was nc- the Captaiu of tho C .bimhus of the disis
ciised of attempting to excite tumults iu the trous occurrence, and that a creat number
country, and burrs finm him hud been in- of persons wjre then Btruffiliaff in the river.
tercepteil ail lros-)J to persons whom be i aud drowning, mid was requested br him to
ctirse so l
hot, the steamboat las 4 comm mder, but as 1
) came down audjefltitlos hiui to the indign
wiuiu oj; aM sMiOilR wno.'c enmnrtmtv.
wis striving to excito to insurrection.
The officer coin.nandinj tin French squa
dron that had appeared otf Vera Cm wa
in the city of Mexico, to seek redress f.r
sue all ho coulu: but to the eternildi-
grace and mortlBouii m of hum mite, this
iwmstor in human Mnpe, surrounded on all
I L . I a m .
nun i.j n im in oeiugs, Dcggui' an.l im
mi irics intlieted up n J.'rcn.:h ciliens in Pi in:nsawtance, ami assailed f.om every
Mexico; the letter, from which we derive j ar or by the piteous shrieks and cries of
our ii.torujition, says that Bust . metre h iil j Uie d. in :, passes unhecdin.'lv on his w iy,
informed him tint the moment the govern-1 amidst tho distressing scene, running his
moat should bo organized under his uuspic-j boat over muiy, and drowning other by
he wmld roinir the wron-'s rnaalhiataai
of by the Fron'tli fforerum:nto the fillest
extent not only those, but tho com;dain?s
of all f rcign governments; and the French
commodore had determined to romiinin
ill" waves createj on his passage
iourc immittco would ftirther report, tint
at the time hu ShwroJ took tire, tho hands
'.11 duty wore in a state of intoxication, hav
ing access at all timjs to a birrol of whis-
liecityof M xico until Bustanicnte was ! key, phced forw ird of tho boiler deed f W
For the Telegraph.
Mr. Paljikr: I presume your readers
h ive already heard enough to satisfy them
that the present pressure is felt in every
part of tho Union, and that no relief can be
had until some action of the General Gov
ernment is obtained. B it will our Govern
ment take any s!rp- to mitigate or remove
tho existing evils, which, like ii tornadc,
threatens the final destruction and over,
thrjw of all our finely wrought and fancied
. ot.aoi.u.u. f wjii, reuowu anil porpc
.:it ? Will Martin Van li nen, swerving
from tho track of his ''illustrious predeces
Mr," and yielding to the call of the peo
ple, give his aid and influence, or oven his
sanction to any measure, having for its pur-
pasc relief, which is so imperiously demand
ed by every class and order of the commu
nity; Will he not fool, in duty bound, to
follow his loador. his patron, his dictation,
in even his slightest wish, as well as his
imperative commands? These are subjects
which the American people sh uld look in
to; they are important considerations, that
to-day should employ our most earnest at- on mof'"" 11 w,,s
For the Southern Telegraph.
At a called meeting of the Board of Se
lectmen of Rodney, May 13, 1837, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were unan
imously adopted:
Whereas, by a public notice in the
Southern Telegraph of the 9ih inst., this
Board is apprized that our liberal and patri
otic neighbor, Divio Hu.vr, Esq. has ten
dered to the citizens of Rodney tho pro
ceeds of twenty-five Bales of Cotton to aid
them in the erection of a Cotton Press
Resolved, That the Biard of Selectmen
duly appreciate the importance of the mea
sure proposed, and feel a grateful sense of
this highly complimentary act, particularly
at this unexampled period of general gloom
nnd depression.
KesolccJ, That wc recommend to the
citizens generally, the immediate call of a
public mooting to take the requisite stops
for accepting said donation, and having the
same applied to the object intended by the
donor; and that tho clerk transmit to Mr.
Hu.Tr a copy of these resolutions.
At a maetingof a number of the citizens
of Rodney composing the Firo Company,
after the business of the company was dis
posed of, tho subject of the liberal donation
recently made by David Iltrerr, Esq. to
the citizens of Rodney, was taken up, and
tcution. Already has the Government, both
directly and through the agency of its hire
lings, crushed, brubed, nnd in many in
stances, destroyed tho brightest nnd most
fluttering prospects of many worthy citizens,
ns well as accomplishing the utter ruin and
prostration of our B.inks, heretofore consid
ered perfectly solvent, and able, under tho
heaviest pressure produced in any ordinary
manner, to stem the current of opposition,
and ride through the storm triumphant
It has been our misfortune, however, to wit
ness scenes that should disgrace the author
ities of any country, much more the Chief
Magistrate of a Republic that boasts entire
freedom from the domination of men or
party who cl -rna entire ami unrestrained
licentiate do and act in all things with an
ye oaJy to the Constitution. But have we
not fit lien from our high estate t Are we
not now grovelling in the dust, or wallow-
iug in the slough of disgrace? Do wo me
sit the high encomiums which foreigners
hare paid list that wc at one time felt
were wot unmeritted, but which now would
sound like harsh discord upon a sensitive
Resolved, That the munificent donation
of the proceeds of twenty-five Bales of Cot
ton recently made by Divid Hunt, Esq., to
the citizens of Rodney, to aid thorn in the
erection of a Steam Cotton Press, entitles
the donor to tho thanks of this mooting and
of this community.
Resolved, That Messrs. Thomas P. Bay
ly, Thomas A. Comp'on, G. II. Wilcox, and
John II. Savage, be appointed a committee
to take into considomtio n the expediency of
raising such additional funds as may be ne
cessary to secure the erection of such press;
to make an estimate of the amount of such
additional finds; and to repdrt ton meeting
of the citizens of Rodney to be holden on
this day week.
Resolved, That said committee be in
structed to confer with Mr. Hunt upon tho
most eligible means of carrying into effect
his intentions as donor as aibrest id.
On motion Resolved, That the fbrego
ing resolutions be publisned in the Southern
Telegraph.
Resolved, That a copy 0f the foregoing
resolutions, attested by the chairman and
rilE MONEY GRIPPE A.N'D OTHER
THINGS.
Correspondence of the National Intelligencer.
NW York, April 24.
News from England arrived by tho Geo.
Washington, at half past 12 o'clock (Ms
morning, when the newspaper boats came
up, and Wail street was iu a buzz, every
body inquiring what is the news.
The Bink of England has eomo to the
rescue of three American houses, and w is
still considering upon others. This is good
news; but England has not yet heard front
the United Stales and ire cannot come, to
conclusions tdl the packets of the 8lh, HUh,
and 'Zth instant arrive. Wait wait Wait !
Cotton has fallen ill England a half-penny,
and on the 24:h rallied one eighth of a
penny. This is more bad than ffoud,
The London Times s iys it was rumored
that Nicholas Binnu: was in London.
That "monster," Biddle, is omnipresent all
over this big globe.
The Bank of the United States is author
ized to draw immediately upon ttlMfi Buik
of England for 2,006,000 stoi ling, n,i is
the bank whoso "credit" Mr Rusnjias been
crying down.
The George Washington brings hack pro
tested bills to the nrnnunt.f nearly $120,
000. This was not unexpected.
Tho English journals arc looking to us
for rilef, and with tho greatest anxiety do
merchants fix their eves upon New York
for remittances! Will they come?
The Paris money market is in n very
bad state. The run upon the French Sav
ings Binks continues.
There had been great failures iu Liver
pool, Manchester, and Birmingham. One
firm in England call this a great fiilure!
They have not heard from Now Orleans.
General Evans' British armament has
had an engagement in Spain, in which it
suffered soverly.
All things are nuictin England in n pol
ilical wav.
News from England will continue to at
tact the greatest attention. Specie must
go, and fjrty Treasury Circulars and two
hundred Administrations con not prevent if.
r .1 1 .1 w .
viiu nicy uam tne Mississippi, and make
it run over the llocky mountains?
A meeting of the merchants is called to
discuss the present state of things. The
call will be ex'ended to the mechanics, it is
probable.
In haste, as usual, and on the gallop.
placed in offi -o
Col. Alunuto, fmnrly aid (la-camp to
Santa Anna, was daily in close consult iti on
with the officers of the Government, and it
was believed he If id betrayed the sjcreis
of his au-icnt p itmn. JV. O. Bee.
Ydisco-Her.ill Ofifia.
April 21st, ISi?.
Gt.oitrors NkwsH! 0;i this dav, tho an-
nivo.sirvol tho battio of San Jacinto, the
United States sloop of War X .tchoz, with
the Mexican brig of War, (Jen. Urrca, in
. barge, ( is a pirate) anch .red off th 1 B.ais-
sos hir. She rec iotornd the. srhonni'r l.ou.
i.-iana, and sent her back to Now Orleans,
nnd sunk a Mexican armed hriit and schr!
o.T Brassos 8;. fiso. L mdud oast Midship
man Ridgely, who communicated the alme
u.mrtion. Upon h;s rata on bo.rd ihn
Natchez, she got under way and sailed in
search of the two brigs an Is-hooner whicli
appeared off this place on Monday last.
We also loam fioiB the same source, that
Tampico is in possession nf the insdrgentg.
A French fleet was off Tabasco and Tam
pico doruuding indemnification for the
forced loall and insults offerod the French
ci'izens at Malum ras, which, if not com
plied with, immediate satisfaction would be
taken at the cannon's mouth. The F reach
havo stout to the West Indies for tho remain
der of their floor, with the intention of
blockading all of the Mexican 'ports on tho
Gulf of Mexico, unless the above requisi
tions are complied with.
The Schooner J. W. Caldwell from Now
Orleans had just como to anchor off the
Brassos bar.
From the Hatchet Ouuricr.
PUBLIC MEETING.
Couut Hot;sn, Matciikz
May 14 1837.
A: a meeting of the citizens of Natchez.
convened purs iant to adj iiirnriicr.t, the
committee appointed to investigate die eon-
duct of the officers of the Steamboat Bun
Sherrod, Alton, Columbus and Statesman,
at the time uf tho destruction of tho Bun
Shprrod, made the following
REPORT:
The committee appointed by the chair
man on yestcrd iy, to cncjinrc into tho late
melancholy affair of the burning of the
steamboat Ben Sherrod, and the U.tpar 1!
leled loss of human life occasioned thoreby
and also into tho conduct of the Captains; community hove been excited, f 011 time to
and crews of the Steamboats Alton, Gulunv ,ini 'y w8 intcllignce of the most, appal
bus, and Statesman, on the same occasion,! ''Pg and heart-rending disasters o:curriti"
ami to inn ico known the result of their en-1 the Mississippi river, through accidents
quiries to this meeting, I102 leave torenort : : hapnenins to steamboats emmirpd in it
trade, by which disasters a largo amount of
1 .1 . .1 . .
.nun usivmiu mat 1110 engineer then on a 1
ty was equally culpable, having furnished
die ii e.ucn with large quantities of brandy
or other spirits, as an in l icement to keep
up excessive linywih the view of overtak
ing the Prairje, then abend of them.
Your co-mnittee also report that thoCapt
of the Bon Sherrod, was on the above oc
currence, guilty of arcat indiscretion wn I
neglect of duty.and m inifestod a irrcat' dis
regard for the safety of his passengers, in
permitting such a cmrso of conduct among
his officers and crew.
Your ommittee also report that the Cap
tain and crew of tho Steamboat Statesman,
passing the scene of the fatal citastrophe.
some hours after its occurrence, stopped
and took on board a inynbcr of the sufferers,
and ten lered every assistance iu their poW
or to alleviate their condition.
From all the facts your committee have
elicited in the course of the examinations
they havo made, thev are of opinion that
not less than the fearful number of one hun
dred and fifty human beings perished in
this disaster; and whilst they are gratified
10 beble to stato that a number more who
woulfj otherwise have been inevitably lost,
were saved by the humane and praisewor
thy exertions of the oftioers of the steam
boat Columbus, they regret, fr tho sake of
the honor of .their species, to find the evi
dence staillingly plain, that many more of
these unfortunate sufferers might have been
saved, if the Captain and officers of the
stcamLoat Alton had shewn themselves
uossessed of oao generous emotion or one
sing'o spark of feeling 01 hurhanity.
Having submitted the foregoing ns the
facts of the mournful event, your committee
would oiler the accompanying nfii lavits of
John M. Davis, Henry Kover, R.ssin P.
Audruss, Asa S. Smith, ErattiM Sprtggs,
D. W.Johnston and J.din Boyles, (passen
gers on board tho Ben Shorro.1) as confirm
atory thereof. (Aflidavits omitted J
On motion of Judge Itawlings the nbnve
report was unanimously accepted. The
chairman of the committeo horn road to tho
meeting the duly attested affidavits of six
of the surviving passengers of the Ben Sher
rod. The committee then submitted the Id
lowing preamble and resolutions, which
were adopted, the resolutions being put
separately to the meetin;-.
Wiikhhas the sympathy and alarm ofdiis
That they have had thoso subjects under
Cunaldemli .n, and have made every inves
tiga'ion and enquiry, within their power re
lative thereto, anc find the result of all the
testimony they have been able to obtain, to
be in substance as follows, to vvii :
J li st tho stc mboat Bern Sherrcd left the
human life is continually sacrificed and th
lives of the many thousands travellin-,' these
waters arc every moment put in jeopardy.
And who .-ens this community have obaervnd
Hint these destructive accidents, instead of
noing less Ireqiient and less fital than for-
city of New Orleans, bound Cot Louisville, morly, have within the last twelvo months
niungon noaru upwards of two hundred "WOW, audaro every day becomint; more
parsengcrs, excliisive of the crew, the team ! f-ommon occurrences, thereby rendonn" the
boat Prairie leaving about the same time j navigation of the Mississippi a continued
tor tho same place; and that the laid B iatn I succession of perils and calamitios. And
IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO.
A letter from a very respectable gentle
men in the city of Mfexico to his corres
pondent in New Orloans, dated April 10,
states that the votes for President were
counted on that day, and were almost unan
imous in favor of Buslamente. The letter
further states that Bustainente had publicly
1.1. .-! J
oeciareu mai so soon as he should be inau
gurated and his cabinet organized, he would
change the whole foreign policy hithert
pursued by the Mexican government, and
was determined to redress .all complaints 'of
foreigners and repau- whatever injuries had
been sustained by them from Mexico. He
was determined also to cause all military
operations for the recovery of Texas to
cease, and would order the Mexican army
to return from that frontier; and further, he
would rocat the Mexican snuadron from
it. II I 1 f n .
me oiocsaaeot lexas, an order it to Vera
Crux and Campeachy fori the protection of
the Mexican trade.
It is said that tho Priest! wore generally
opposed to the system of measures proposed
to be adopted by Bjitaracaie, bat that a ma-
had been racing from tho time they left
New Oilcan, until the fatal occurrence,
which took place about IS miles above Fort
Adams, at 1 o'clock, on the in irning of the
0th inst., tho Prairie being a few miles
ineafj; that previous to that lima said boats
had p issed agd repassed each other some
twice or three times.
That the Sherrod had been on fire and
was known to be so by the hands on said
boat, sometime before the alarm wis given
to the passengers in the cabins and on the
I wer deck, and that ample timo elapsed af
ter the discovoiy of the fire, to have run the
Ixiat ashore, and landed every passenger on
her, she being thun not exceoding SfhOynnL
from the shore on the right hand side of the
river, nut that no attempt whatever was
made to effect a landing, after the discovery
of said fire, until sevoral nfmutcs had elaps
ed, when the Captain (C. G. Castleman,)
finding the boiler dock in flames, ordered
tiie pi'ot to run her ashore, but it was now
loo late, the wheel rope havinr bean f ever
ed -by the fl imos. The CiDtninthnn or.
dered the Engineer to stop the boat, hut be
had fled from his post, thus lenvingtho boat
under full headway, uncontrolled by the pi
lot, and bearing out from the shore farther
into the mid lie of the rivor. Tho fl 1 roes
had now reached nearly lotho stern of tho
boat, all was consternation and despair, the
yawl snspanded by pullies, was immediate
ly tilled with passengers, and in lower n it
to the surface of the water, some one cut
away tho bow rope, v Inch caused the yawl
to he run down, and the loss of all within it.
The remaining passengers, nnd crew were
now forced overbo ird bv the annroaehinr
1 1 e
tines.
Such was the stato of thing: whon the
stoamlioat Columbus, passing downwards,
rouudod to, and came W the relief of the
sufferers; the Captain and the crew usini
ovory effirt in their power to save as many
as possible, and happily succeeded in res
cuing several persons who would otherwise
Wl.n,.o.ic tl,. l..,o J! ,,
M...V.10, Mm iiuu ii'i;iiuiiig uiesc disasters
have invariably proved that they woreoccn-
sionod either by negligence on the uart of
the commander of tho boat, or bv acts of
imprudence, rashness or ignorance on the
part of said officer or the other officers on
his boat, h is tho opinion of thisaponiav.inity
that the full period of time has arrivod to
call up the active exertions of all persons
interested in tho safety oftraversin' tho
Mississippi riverto produce a change in this
system, as thorough and eftoctivo ns the
losses arising from it heretofore have boon
severe and nppalling. And Whereas it ap
pears from various acts of recklessness and
-barbarity recently porpetrntod by steamboat
captain-, and their officers, that the moral
senso of tho community is held by them in
utter disregrard, and that any course of
regulations by which the immense trade
nnd concourse of travel on tho Mississippi
may bo rendered safe, must came with all
the forco nnd authnity of a logslativo en
actment; therefore.
1. Resolved, That this mooting earnest
ly recommend it'to the Icffislatitra of our
Stato to take tho subject under their con
sideration, and to enact such laws relating
thereto as that body shall in its wisdom
deem necossary and expedient to remedy
die above evils, arid that that body be re
quested to recommend to the Legislatures
of all those States bordering on tho Missis
sippi and Ohio rivers, n similar course of
legislation on tho subject
2. Itesolved, That the chiar appoint a
committee 01 ttiree persons to prepare and
report forthwith to this meotting a memorial
to the legislature of our State, relative to
this subject, and that tho satno be presented
for tho signatures of this meeting.
3. Resolved, That if it ho not within
tho constitutional power of our legislature to
pass enactments oq the subject, that they
he requested to memorialize Congress, re
lative thorcto; and that our Senators and
Represontfttiyes in the Legislature be cc
5. Keso.veJ, 1 hat we view with f
ingsofhormr and disgust the conduct
capt. Dougherty of ihe steambiot Alton,
too occasion of the loss of the Uin S'ic
that his coaluct was as disgraceful at 1
was cruel an 1 inhumiu, such as sh
meet wlih universal censure and conden
tioo; and further, thai if it were possible
obtain the evidence of his conduct ae
was on that occasion, ha ojght to bo
Rely prosecuted to tno utnnst extent
law.
6. R solvc.l, Th it the conduct of ca
I) mghertv of the stoamlioat Alton, wet
barons an I inhuman, and base one
euly to insure for him the undisgut
tempt and rep -otmtion of his full
but to place him if possible below t
of his species.
7. Resolved, Tint the prompt. 1
r, an I humane conduct of captain.
the C minimis, and captain Hi
Statesman, and their crews, in
assistance to and resc dug the
passengers und crew of the Ben
reflects on them the highest honor, 1
iy cn iiiBsuicm to the esteem nud
of every friend if humanity.
o n . 1 . 1 ..11 .
n. iv:s iivou, 1 nat the prnc
steanih oat racing is in the Kurhfl
dangeious to iho livos and property ofi
yiduals travelling or passing on them,
is an inn ingement on their rights,
ought to be condemned an I disc juntooa
ed by the whole community.
A committee was appointed in our
otiha Jd Jtes dution, c insisting of
Ellis, R). Patterson, and Win. liar
alter retiring for the purpose, repor
the meeting a Mctnori il to the Le.'islali
which was unanimously accepted.
On motion it was
Ks.lved, lnat a committee of six i
. . .
appoint by the Ulnar to request the I
natures of tho citizens generally to
Memorial,
t V. .L ! ... . .1 .i
i 1 ims commi'icc 1110 unair npp n
T. G. Ellis, Wm. Harris, R. Pafc -son, Jasl
Ei iwero, a. Ij. Williams, 111 1 C. ltawlin"
On motion,
Resolved, TliUa committee office be
appointed to pro uire s ibscrip-ions for the
purpose of assisting liic ujrjfolun ito sufl'er
rerawho are now among us iu a state of
destitution.
On this c-immi'tee the Chair appointed
l . Ijt. J. lis, S. U. 15. Klack, S. ,M 1 reins I
11. L'lous, II. Parker, and T, .M 1 mnolJ.
On motion,
Resolved, Tint the proceedings of 1
meeting ho published in tho ci:y pi
and tint all tlio journals p iblis'n-.l in
ui'ies and to win 0:1 the MississiiKri i
Ohio rivers br respect fully r jq lustel
publish the same.
On mo-ion, the meeting wis adjou'-nedVj
M.l A. (1 ill'.VlAN, CV11.
S. It, B. BLACK, Secretary.
T K X AS.
In a volume recently published by Km
wardC. Biddle, of pitladolphia. enlitledf
"Select Speeches of tho Rt. II m. Wl
WviuuvM an I tho Rt. H n. Wik. Husk is-',
se.v, with preliminary hiographical sketches,
edited by R abort Walsh," is found iho an
I 1. ,t.. if. ...1.: , I
11. .. j..., 1,1 i,f,i ,11 11 riu.-iiu s ...BUI
ill VI IV I I I SI .... 11... 1111' itii.r, I ..... M
marcial relations ot G.uat B.it.iin with
Mexico.
'Il'llil. ITlliln.l Htolo l.n.rn ,1..1.,J ,I.V
.. . in.. ..Mi, nil.., ut.1 Miiuo inn
mey cinnui allow tho Island ot Cuba to be
long to any maratimo power in Europe,
Spain excepted, neither can England, as the
first of thoso maratimo Powers I say it
fearlessly, because I feel it strongly suffer'
il... ir.,;t...l .. 1...: 1 . M-jnt
i... wui.v.i u. uu3 i-.i null' uutier toon hi
minion a greater portion of the shoro of the
years they hive beckon misters ot all
10 IHO rivor Bl llllfi.mc ;ii lil t thr iii . itha
of the Mississippi and other great rivers, the1
port of Now Orleans, and tho valuable and
secure harbors of Elori la ; and, within these
few diys, wo hear of thoir intention of
forming a naval station and arsenal
at the islands ot Llry lortugas, a com-
manding position in tho gulf, stream be
tween 1' lurid 1 and Cuba. With all
extent of coast and islands, we know
tlier that designs arc entertained, and din
....I.. 1 ....... 1 ...:n ..... 11.. .1
I...I U t 'II. 1 Will III! . V IVV I I If. Ill'nSA
riouslv, by tho rennlc, to uet noSsossiu
of tho fertile and extensive Moxienn prov-
met. i.t V.V.D I'.. 1.,-..,.... n.. :
of a deceased statesman of that countrj
'the whole people of America hnvo thci
cyeTunon that nrovince. Tiov look to alt
the country between tlie river Sabine and!
tho river Bravo del Nortoas a territory that
must, ere long, belong to their Union.
They have, nlso, I believe that same cyo
upon some of die western coast of Mexico
posssessing valuable ports in. tho gulf ol
California, Should they obtain these dis
tricts the independence uf Mexico, I venturo
to say, will be no better, nor more secure
than that of tho Creek Indians, or any oilier
Indian tribe now living within the circle pf
the present recognized limits of tho United
States; and the gulf of Mexico will become
as much a part of thoir waters as the Black
Sea was once tire waters of Turkey, or ai'
me cnannel which scoaratcs 1av and from
ireiano may be considered ns part of 1
waters 01 the United Kingdom."
Mr. Falmkr You will oblige us by
noiincmtr Mr A R Pi ISSr
ate for the Sheriffalty-of this eouty.
hope that ho wilt consent to lend us hm
nairjo and sec ve ns. Maw Voters.
Feb. 28, 1837. p-tf
BLANKS OF ALL KINDS fob SA1
AT THIS OJf-f ICIi.