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vince you, that the spirit of public improve- a'
mnent was indeed "abroad in our land," and t
that Charleston was about to assume that f
high station which belongs to her as the s
chief city of the South. Already had we f
begun to realize the first fruits of these pa
triotic exertions. The eyes of the lihole I
South, and of a large portion of the West.
were turned towards us with an interest I
which promised the happiest results. While <
grand sceleisof inprovenient werein pro
"ress, looking to the advancement of our
intercourse with the interior, and the ex
tension of our direct trade with all foreign I
nations, we were striving- to improve the
health of the city, and to furnish the neces
sary facilities for an enlarged and extending
commerce. Your Excellency 'must have i
seen) with satisfaction the fruits tif this sys
ten so strongly illustrated in the spirit of
industry, which was every where dilaycd
inl the crection of noble public edifices. the
Multiplication and iipromentit of stores
and private dwellings, and the extension of
all the sources of public prosperity and pri
vate happiness. In a sitngle t night this glo
rious prospect was sudhdenly ald entirely
changed. Our beautiful city was laid in
ashes. Mouldering walls and blackened
ruins mark the spots where our habitations
stood. Thousands of our people, who a fe!w
days ago wet e in the cjoytment of all the
comforts of life, have beeti deprived of their
all, and are indebted tot he kindness ol'their 1
firiends for shelter and support. Labor has
bect deprived of its accustomed enploy
imenlt, and property of its value. The in
cotmes of all have been greatly reduced,
and of many totally destroyed.
The true ebartact r and extent of this
calamity will be cit urly tndverstoo( froti a
very bricfstatemnctt. From a careful esti
mate of the losses sustained, it appears tlat
about five hundred dwelling houses fronting
on the public streets, have bet i totally con
sunied, and( an enal nutber of kitchens or
other buildings occupied iy zlaves, miakin.
together upwards of one thousand dwelling
hatses destroyed, exclusive of a large num
tier ol'other ont buildiig'. It is i-possible
to ascertain the titnber of personswho oc
cupied these dwellings, buot they have been
estitated at from 5 to 7000.
We have no miani of ascerltaitinlg tie
value ofprope'rty thus lost. B t it whe it is
recollected that this destrtction of property
has ftllen upon tile very heart ef the City,
containing a iniiber ofstores of great value
anti that goods, asq.well as firniture, to a
contsiderable atmotnt, iave ben i estroed,
it may safely be assumted11.11 that the a moiunt
of our los.-es cannot have fallen much short
of' four millions of dollars. It has been as
certainied that of tle property destroyed,
aboitt m6e mlillion and a half of dollars were
insured. bt ofthis, upwardis of one million
was insured in Charleston, (involving the
entire capital of two of ouir lusitrance Comn.
panics. out of three.) So that a clear loss
has been sutstained by this cotmzmulity, of'
three iillions of' dollars. Taitg i con
sideration the amount of -or populat ion, and
the extent of our resources, it is believed
that Charleston has, on this occasion, sus
taield L greater loss than was suffeted ei
ther by London or New York, onl the oce-:l
sioIs of witat were eilphatically called 'the
geat fires,' at these places. Ve present
U AL"''L 1U 9"' "" allOll UL. 1%10 1 11, to
enable us to apply tile remedy. If this loss
had been one of an ordiitry character-if'
,only a few hundred houses-valued at a few
hundred hundred thousand dollars, had been
destroyed. tite citizens of' Cl1arle.stol wotuli1
have relied on their own) resourcesibr relief.
That imanly pride, which regards personal
independence as a treasltre that Cannot be
too highly prized, would induce ts eveti
now, to siller inl Silence, if there were io)
'onlsiderlations of' a highl publlic chatraitcr,
whitib seema to demflandt a different lne of
cottdttct. While gr'atefully acktoon ledgintg
our1 obligations to those0 whio hiave so liberi
ally anld promtptly cotulo f'hrwardl wiith. pecu-!
naiary cotntribut atns for cte relief of' the tdes
tittute amtontgst us, it is du~e to ourselves to ,
state, that evel: wvithotu ithis genlerotus 'aid,
pliedi. Th'1e citizenls of' Cha~rleston regatrd I
their last dlollar, soontelr than ~ thfat onelt Of thet,
sttlierer's froms the late conlflagr'ationt. shotuld
wvant the nteessarie's of' life. lunt it is as a ?
(cosuturry thlat we deeply feel the neces- I,
sity oif otitaitintg somte ittnmed~liate or com-l'
pr'ehensiv'e relief. T1he industry ami: enter- e
pirise of (our1 city, h as been 3truck( down, by
ai blow. ftrotm thte eflieets of' whicht, we can- j.
tnot recov'~er wi thotut ittmediate and pow. I
ertl assistancte. TIim so1 SI)ar fromt bri n
ing "healitng onl its wings,"' wVill only tihe
mtore sttrely seall 11ur1 ilte, if the n'c'essary .t
:ld is not amordied pr'omttltly andti ellieitently'.
Th~e evil is not meirely thlat hundreds efouri ~
d wveilings, and tmilliotns of our property havlIe p
been destroyed, andt thotusatnhds of' ottr people ;
haive been dri ven froml thleir hablitationts, a,
gr'eat as these calam ities utnquestinably~ ti
are. Jitut the ttrue evil is, that wee hav'e
beett deprived of the man~s of repair'in- h
these losses, amd of' averting th~eir hiaal COI a
seqeces. 'lThe late fire fotund till ihabi-a
tanlltif Chiarlesftonl itn a stat! oif a-t ivie attd a
vigortat, ('eernon. Withiun the fist -1 years~ o
thle shttnber'intg energ'Lies of' otur pleople htadt
heen( roused into action ; the pubtllic mind n
had beenl stimittattedl, andt the spirit of' en- t
pctrvaded every dlepatrtmetnt of hmntiat indfus- eC
try. Suddent'tly, withiotut a mtomelnts warn- te
ittg,thte whole scenle 15hs betn entirel, iv chan-Z. ol
edi. Labor is tdeprivedl of' its emptdiyvmealt ec
-industry of' its reward.1-i-and i theu 'itpilife
'[1ho v'ery sources of our1 pirosfperity haive, sj
ml ai great meatsutre, beenl dried up-anti we C:
are' thr'eatened with a fatal palrtlysis. It :~
appeaCirs to uts, tliat thle llruo remtedy for those toj
evis, is to lie fttnnd int furttishing iatmei- ati
uite emiploymnent f'or alil the labor' antd cai-~i.
till whlich no1w retn~ainls am~tongst uts, andl
brinagintg itn from1 abroatd so much atdirinal mI
capital as lay lhe necessary to recfonstritet in
anttl pt ill op~eraition the great sociatl mat- to
chine whichl has been( destroyed, and( tihus
at onice Ris'oRItNG i'uniktle coNy~ nEeE~b
bioth at hotte andt abroad If' our texperi- th
enece in the walks of privatte life techeCtLs IIs hi
ftat evdia blot immediately repatired, soon tht
become irrepairab~le, we mat~y bie asur'ed, te
thatt in like tamntmr, in all putblic alflhirs,thte se
itiss of' thle propitious moment is tften, faital1 m
evenI to thet best arrangtted antd o'ist benefi- ml
cietnt scemles. Itn commtfercial Operations, ner
especially, thlintgs c'antnot retti tatitonary. el
To beo checked inl yotur aidvatnce IS to retro- tht
an seldoin be restored to its furmer chan
els. We hesitate not, therefore, to say.
tut the receit caluamity haIs brouiht our af.
jirs to a crisis, w hich taceording to the
pirit in which it nay be met, will either
ur good or for evil, he decisive of the fate
f Charleston for tlt, next halfvenitury-and
erhiaps 1i)r till tittle 10 come. Under the
lcepest conviction that it is in the power of
he State, at this tine, to lurn the srale in
or flavor, and that this cannot lie ellected
ty any other nean., we now throw our
elves upon our brethren ofthe interior, anti
isk for Charlcston in her aillict ion, that sup
)rt to which she hus So aany and1l such
Irmna claims.
we fieel assured that the're will exist in
he bosomus of our fellow citizens through
lit the State, no flelings towards us but
hose of kimtiness and sympathy. We are
>erfectly satisfied,thot from the mountain
o the seaboard, there nill not be lhund a
olitary individlual whose Ih*eart will not, in
his our hour of trial, cordially respondi to
ts appeal for their sympathy and ,uppl~or:.
lhe day has gone i when a1 diversity of in
Crests was supposed to exist betwiinii the
illerent portions of tlt State. The lines
if divisiun between the upper an hmier
yountry, have long since bteen obiterated.
1'le hlearts of ourt' own peopeit have been
noulded into inie. Char'estoe, ia longer
he subject ofjealousy anlt distris!, flow
I ppily elijoN s the re.spect :110 confliel'en of'
hie Slate. Aks the.. connneIrcia;l capiltti 11
South Carolima, tie lisc'iest imtre-t is etc
-y where felt in ther prosperity, anl ;a just
rite it her sueervsz. Thie interest. of
L harleston are indeedin il re'peris, iii
ified with those of O :Z tte. ''lhvy iamt
ise or fall toget bir. Sun-th Carhnta hta,
OngI incc arrivel at 'Ihe coinl-iot, (au-.
uliy est ablis ted by the ex perience ef m:mt
%indl.) that without con awtvre it is impo i
Ae fler a people to take any vonidhrah'
lh-anets in) eis iizationl :11ni linemen ft, andl
hat nao iState canl herime _rtat or prpr
)ts wiit!ott a et ittitrr:Il : 1itnp rin:1 t: ly
nifequate to all the isorpome. ii(, its wIt-.u fi;I
inamid <!in sictad . It ik 1hi-; consle
tion wahieb) h~as rousatl thet people. nolt 1:11y
if this, bult of (he ewrsouither:i .S*.Ittes, Ill
hose wihirou. Eubri', whih :ave f t e
ittreteulso b t ith ofpuli- att ntion, :til
protise snih lting bw- te t o'ur whole
:ounry.Chak ui:.from hers pifreliar t i
itation alg commerei:; vm h::
s now regarelln the%% Oai - <! b pet inhte re
breoughout thet li;on. It er y bie
ivit i thiat ii i. c a p. amh- i n rNh- C
L'onnerial E-'mporium ( 'thI .uih ai
wae s of Ithvetu th W . Tit -:II:! liil
*Torta whilich t h e t. o ' : t . it t )a mm e.to
nifl these eta Itoi, by derelpitg b r
esoarees, ansl extet::in' m her ol crnwxionia
vith dtho interior, a t wet!l a s ii i t
antion, have .1b entfv had a vioile re-fec
upoil her propel i:y wnll but fur thevei tland
unexprete mIisfortuln wnith whibs wtie 11-iu.
ieen vited, we should in t ailver % hort inw
iare realien t ill frti' o:a l ou r irii'il,
itmi wiatetseilith f(ti me:ut of our mo.,t
On iitese tolies, however. we Ifel tat it
rais anCsy fllar its, at thi; time, to 1en
arge. We know tao ni e t hall ind h l th iyti
osom, sir, as inl dw htosom of verii.v truilt
weartedl Carolinian, a cordial response ito
the sentimet that Charlestoni muit he re
part, we are ready to throw ourselves: uplon
IIth jusltiet anlIr .ainnIityiII 1of1 teli St1a1ai,
mid to ithide bly any <!eeilion whieb .Ih,
u.y make inl ou case It ine :a nIlw
'itte t1tIt indicate iliv tv c racter r < xti n
f ti e relief w hich il(. the tatiiay propei ly
ili'ordl, or, which ourceirenn:.slae'e mare
anire. Wu cheerfaily leave bi. t Ili.
epresint ati if' the peop!e. ilt 1opr) -
aite all misapprehchion all th; ouirt
wish 1 srto ib'eiu diticly niiihWrstoe'lthi
iie as nioi lpproiatio :ofI m'iae frim th
leasuryeoft itet Sinte.Ii The 'timin ,lir'Lt
'altso t h e uill tEii're i, n i' 1t. si plii:i
brout' natrt' o ' n an -ill lt tt'e';by tiw lien
rostth ta:ta i'~ volun r ontrition -hitlu-6
avr~e b'een btta e for: thi s obj eca iln'strim-i
ttrtet. lWe eri'p ny. ri b:t ht i ai . sti't
1 ri beh:lf, aa toi etm :, i he,,e'i ua ns ofil
rengttt inahti'to titn lurv aon ir ii' t
iritof'es i'ierhir~ cisc.wimlaaiiliama~ iiato
rit iteie of evebliti raituriiie :ll
urelh bt foolii driil n li onshi trsi t\ehai
mve : mebe lir lsse, we~t "ia ontet ha
eoari t'em, an loma k forti 'itahel'I reasta t of
tr lostti for titun sti,',th xion ho our nem ;a o
nr e s; v bei n;-fly c vm, thha e a~ t: ti a it i
ur duatyhag to i r l eiil pon iitr-hlvi'....
irea ast otuhr iaosteihavi ie e,aw'ri hs, ;t tint
ritpelt fa le frth g wa ill retir liem aifi .p
t las t ho lepirit the me pls hieblt' t...Iv . livi
ina thmmoralty t eottite aliit' tlvo-aut.-is
ret ofl $aeobrdedt we calit y ibt viw- spiri
wsrsent mhappygIl c tariony e i 'tur etmi
tits eg winta ot 'eperthd ml i'in.Ae;,
iit yoiwiou cap'it- whieb pntvi otei'-u'
ioh yo by mea fo ta nce re-,trn C m harle
tie Lo'gislaiuro at an early day, and laying ci
onr elaris before then. Delay in our case, i
will lie fin1al. It is indispensldy necessary ti
that I lie sinking sapiriis of' our ciizens should ti
be renovated and usutnined by the comfident it
e etation of' slieedyand elleiretial relie.- so
1uir proclaiation to i conveie the hi'isla- ti
ture, and the subsequent action of that bo- Ii
dy, sloulh it be I.vorable, (of which we 11
cannot entertian u doubt,) would fully ec- b
comnplish this object, and keep alive hope, n
until such time as the aid which tuly 2
be oflered by the Lesislature can be brought
into uction. Iff no steps however should be if
taken until December next, it is not to'be a
concealed, that a portion of our citizens, s
yielding to despair, woulh be driven to Jsk i!
their brtuies in muore flavored re.gions- s
while- others, thrown entirely upon their nOw d
linited resources, neight be driven to the I
crection of temiporary buildinp- of slight a
and combustible aumaeriaLs, and thus lay V
the sure foundatioi, riot fir the futture growth w
and prosperity of (harluston, but for Its cer- t
!i; deiay anid tt ituie destruction. h i
iomnmetldiate actiino our Ieg'islatuire, it seeis f
to , enn alon' prevenit thI e lamtlefnlable e
relt .. The poI *:a of the City Council to c
ie ellie iit Il:i isi iaoi, lor tiue future so- r
enraty of the . ci , fiieimed so insulliceeut
as to reltire le;islativo ai!. We are too c
w elI aclujain:ed wit'it he tenerous senti
lltiti 4y i-. ellency, to doubt your- 1
disiltiition to d i all a le mnay lie in your '
ploWe:, for ne11. riif-:n n e feel assured, o
Ii.i you nill ihfni'uly y ichli o our wibes c
folr an inIedi I 'e c!all of the legislattie, sus- I:
itnitiv as this measiure is leen by resolu- I
tiona adoipted ii other portions of' the tate. c
We i *I assurel that von cannet dcly to
yocr fellow eitizreni of Charleton, the pri- N
vi~e-: i(n hich they aiNk uliin pernitted to t
lav bebrne the le'gila tire of their own State, c
tii ,tateti of their claims, in order ihat I:
if .iy 4. ,eerminI by tile collected wis- f
do: if tli, :'tat. what should be dont in ti
thli4 eie Vec. Inl comlparisonl with the (I
imp11o1 tait e of the oly- , thlie inconsiderable I
ipns whie!b would attend hI le call is not r
w"erithyt3 of' a ti't.t aml we nre qiie sure thia s
liht re i'i not a nimber of either branch of our r
Iaiht me', who noulhi n1 clieerfully make c
the lin-rsonl u.m rifice uf ttini for a few
ILai -I Cohuihia. Wfit % cre only as .a lallni- V
-t'.(.tin f a enemi sympatly f'or his a
lrtiern i.i their affltion. We now sir. i
'ouni? oarselves. nith "aI firin reliatIe on I
he I: !esinsi of Divi an' Provid lice,"-in1o 1
yur halndZ, a:nl thel hand ,0l1 lt1.'gi ie. 1
We approach %411n :1 th1i ileresetnative Of
the State of' Soth (a cii in.:, 1nt inl I lie at
tit::el of supliliasnts. bit hifu l ehi1ren, I
elaiilitng prel(1in ansi stuippirt fi'ctn it af I
'ertiinati paret. ()..I' reliance is upon <
III Justiee sald 1In..nimit, of'our owra I
i itc, whit if have . v: r yet ha aipealed i
Th' .\d in- t n estitions having hel- I
r:1d th.' lptistion na- then taken 11pon:11 ilie
I le,ollitionwsl;, Ipa ranely, Ild the n lie adop
led nii flit gn 'rItt inllwimiv.
On li intioll o ile l'ilt Rev. Hishopi
llighliti, seviltcnde bly Col. CogleI!, it was,
I liesbil el. That flt' thItanlks of bis niectilng
he r ftirmied to lit- Coitnitlie olf thii , for
tle zval, diligence., and a bifiy nillh which
I et'y have dischar:ed thedutics imoiuil bin
them.
o toloitn il' .It al- l i
lesutporary bihiings f'or ite ac'c'iht'jnlet I
of those wlo an lill%% det'itnttg. .n eiaNu
ili'-e of tlie hate fire.
Col. Mleianinger 16dlowe~d, ably and I ll.
4p1t.11l%, ill sippot if tile iotion. i i
n* Is lft1ittMUilously ;inlopied.I
The meeting -'asI llier ud. - -i
-In iner and COl. lne
There lii ug io filurtht'l utiness, tihe met- t
1 . I..1:... P N KN ChiI.m
A. G. ~.s .nt'rat, Siecrel-ry.
Tfo preicent/a t rretIion, o'ir<,,od.n a ij'/;a'
'trief Ix ~ud. ~sz
'1k.I it orr/im;1 i.' Ir' .lIse,'oata ! .11
</Erme ntj of' (l'imrIeton,. ine ('its, I 'aiu;oi! ais- L
.sem/la/b~~, Th'at it shlcsl lnoit' h siwf'tcl 1o
btlibl, e'ri'e' ori contrulitct withint rhe ity.13 eofi
f sany tdescription. '
inig morelL weodinlii lhe iiti.,idle ofl the bauid. r
sfrinne dooa1.'.rs. rishuttler si'.i,c pioricos'i
bibilng~. andtr siabjye'rc t ilt' pet~itie, ofi thie I
otrdinta'eet n I ftn- roofi of everyr batilintg,
andie ocl evry. ptiz/; :tsi poertic sha Mi I ieI
ci' h'iiet fi oie' bourir ceiing rnti .,n Sg. a ' (,
nostn's huzibhliis ns ilIhin the' liiits of hae w
city,,'-neh it-rion stll. capitn c'inivii'lion be- th~
loirc' any t'ompe ;ttl friiunal. firl-l air i: pa ct
ft t' city a f'it' of' hivt hiundriedi dollars,. andl
st t !nterflaa f'iti of'twet'yf dlollairs forev'e
sh.ll eman eectd iti'tsrheci cntra. I
the 5: smd biuihimi shliIlnot lit piii Hee nci
Stmil Iremoved tl , ra othieriseS madehic ciiiforum- I'd
ble to jte pirovisiilnsotiis haw w. tit hiln lhree toi
piersonls sdOt' nic'cd shiallI in saddi Ition toi the as
-:ndic pen'alfYtif twent(fiy dolluar., per wvce'k, fth
he' subj~eci to ai fitnrt'er pnal y co'fi (1(1 do er
lsars lior in ,c her, or thteir tne'left, saf film .e- t'
piir'ation cit every thtree mthsIl' fr'oml the ii
in~ '.shall bit puilIed itlvin andu rcc'e've, oar ti
itherws ie mad se'i mafiinlable to fthe provis- het
onn, of' tbis Isaw''
-I. lEvery piersona who shall lbe emiployedl C
otts confrrary tio hare pirovisions ci'f Iis~ ori-'iic
asa lce, shatll, (cn conir~i oft Ithereoif befoire its
liy cou rt (if' compeft'eint jrischirirn, forfeit fli
11md pat~y to tile c'f y thle stilm oif' fivaelt uidred 'I
Ialhirs for eve'ry daty bl ay b~~3'le so entglr,. .
sal: sated iflV ny personls so emlployed asil I i
mye m isl c'riilcy slasItS or petrstons of'clir ye
in, shiall foirfeir ttil pay' sil sidtlilioil Shf f
if tw dvo tlls' liiorSI eac hland for cer stv dasy s-m
Illrintgc whli .h snteh pe'rsonatii ac b'eengerf lQ
n ihe creeitt tor conlsfrn-io Ot'neh Im tildI- fth
/i. Evry tinfl ini-hed w'nodent bii ngI~t~r it
411t flte r'ity, the ('(onst rucf tin or butaillin t igls
v berofEi sall bc' c'tii,treli affer t' p)osin cagale
I' tIls Iisw, pro~eedI it f'arthter conitsfri'uial 5
.cree.tioni o t' such build ia. o.. ts..r...-r
tise the samto to be erected or built, shalI
sNidect in tall respects to the same penni
es as are prescrilbed in the 3d section of
uis ordinance ; and every person employed
a the furaher construction or erection of
teh building shall be suitect in all respect
te penalties prescribed in the liurth see
on. Provided, hiwever, that n lothing in
xis clause contained, shail extend to any
uildiug which shall have been cotnmenced,
Id tle frate thereof erected prior to the
7th day of-April last.
6. Every building hereafter erected with
I this City, shatll have, between the septr
to tenements thereof, sufficient brick or
otoe partition walls. antd shall also be fiu
ahed with sullicient outer walls of brick or
tone; and no wall of atny building shall ie
coined sufficient unless the saimie be at
anst twelve inches thick in the lower story
nil eight inches thick above tie lower story;
nd every person ocficuding against the ;ro
isiotns of this section, shall upon convie
ion thereof, thrfeit and pay to the City, a
ne of One Hundred Dollars. and also the
uirther sun ofTen Dollars for each and
very Month during which the provisions
f this Ordinance shall remaiied not com
lied vi:l
7. Whenever heresafter any building
lrendy er, cted. sha:l lie roofed or covered,
shall be roofed or covered as new huildings
re hereby directed to b'e dlone; and tle
% ner of such bui ildien and ;all perons cotn
irtied in roofing and covering tie same
ontrary to the provisions ofthis cla':se, shal
e subject to the same pc'nalties nt lthoughi
lie said building had been newly crected or
onstructed.
8. None of the provisions of this Law
hall,-during the next twenty years. extend
a atny marsl lot withitn the limits of'- lie
iiv upon which the tide flows. Provided,
owever, that at the expiration of the said
wventy years, all wooden buildings standing0
pot any of the said lots, shalf be pulled
own or removed by the owners thereofl;
nd the owner or ownerQ, so neglecting t
till down or remove the same, shall ie
tbject to tle same penahies in all re
pect, as are provided in the 3d section
f this law !
1). The City Conneil may, by resolution
xtend permission to mlecalnites to bliihl,
nd iuse as workshopssaneh temporary sheds
s inay be necessary for the rehoilding the
orra District, for such tine andi under
ach regtulations, as the said Ctouncil shal
10. It shall lie tha dity of the ('ity lir
hals, and they are ierely -trienty lV eijointed
a give imieiljate itebrittitari of tall Ihe ofi.
emares a2aintst thi.4 Ordiniice. antad on.e halif
ftIti piexnhaies recovered iin satuch ae 'hall
we paid to the Mairshal. or to :ny persn
ulbo shall inform against antid proseeCmite aINy
Siender.
tatified in City Council this ci-htIih dav of
lay, itt the year of our Lord. 18S. and
n the 62d year of Aiericai ldepenlence.
11. L. PINCKNICY, Mayor.
By the Mayor,
WILLIAM RoAcH. Clerk of Council.
f'ro;m the Charleston Afcrcury.
At a full ain,! general meeting of the
leImxbers of ilie Charleston Dar; held at
lie Coti-t Illotise onx Wediesday, the 6th of
lay, to determiinc the propriety of dispen
i" '.'. with the il t jff {jevivil dockets durii
-at 0n 1aICtaun of' the calam it V which now
I hlliets our city, the followinax- proceedings
%,re hial:
1 leary A. De Saasstire, Esq. wIas calledl
a t he' ca,: tai ;iirge W.* 1xglestont tp
cimdl Secretary.
-lofb L. \\ iin. l's'i. addressed the.
11eetn., sititani it-, object, .tand solmtittedl
lbe fiat latilinig ilesiolutin..s n hieb- were tax
mmiaxiusly aopted:
flso/rn/a, 'lTimt ini thea presenat embxlarrais
ia-nits,:;ai int .fromt a caxtamiiiy thtat h111al e
rivead so an y aof alur citizents of their
'ote.ande thatown te affairs itf so many
theirs inxtio coiia,,mnati it is ;niexped'alientt to inai
r--ase the iliei('iies af thae citv hv requair-.
igthae attettndtac of' sutitears.~ jatrors, anal
itne~sses.durtting a protrated. snion uf thte
fItsotl'r. llhat it is thte uananimotas opin.
at aof te liart, thtat alhe causes atn thea Civil
Ii a'ers,5 shaub Ii geneiraIllib corainuedl over
the nexa te'rax without trial.
.Aliachel'l Kitng, E-sci., ofl-eredl the follIowio"
solutiona, wieb'l was :a.;bteal
lIt(solac/, Th'lat the. C.hairmant of this
Ib-etmtng ho rerinestedl to communatattaicatre the a
're'ging resotlutioins to hisi liaaair Jttlg.
rle. e& rainetst his atcqhuiaetence itt thxetm
f-ur/,rr fulrer. JlaTha the fornroima.
-a'ieedinig he piubli-.heda iax the N\ewVspapers
'Ihe (':ay.
,I Vl I)1' -1SAIS1'UIC', Chamirmai
li a'oanfo riity wvithxtl th oregointg procaeeadil
, utut a o t attInkince ofi athe B ar ai
>eni (aaurt, Mar. D~e 8;aussure, preaenatedl
a. resoIlut iota Ii hais II iatnr J1udage iFiarle.,
Ithaxlteric'a'insidleratinx ad conifernace withi
at I lr, directed that they shoitdd be eta
tred atpotn to Jotarals iof the Go tat
un. llk:3av 12. PiNexKsi:y,
Mayr if ate City of'C aharleston, S. C.
Sir: I ;ati instrutioil lay thte hoaarad of Di
e'iors of the [iak of te (Initeda States.
ex press to the citizens' otf'Chairlestoni their
ay sitncere sytanpathy tinder thte calamity
cih hats reccently beofallena that city, aniil
eir anixiety tat ali evaery titng ini their pows.
to mitigate it. Suchi'l a maisfotrttru~whieb
etn strzangerrs mnust dleplor~e, cannotat flail tat
raaken the liveliest initerest ina every part
aoti commontti counltrv. Haut this inistitux
mt ha~s, duirinig sat lotig a series of yeaars,
eat itiatitaelyv ctioeted itt all ate relax.
xs itf business, with thxe conixtiaut;,y of
axrlaestaon, attac has so manay ties iof frienad
imtercoutrse anal personal regardl wvith its
embtlers, thiat hanvinig witnessedl anada .baredl
proaspaen ty, wve tare prrtriontabaly af..
:edl fy thtis saiaddent reverse act its foartuneis.
toealisaster, mtelancholy its it ntow semis.
II doubtltless sooni be sturmtoun ated andta Ire
ired lay the entergy atid thea resaourc'es ofi
tar fellow eitizeins; buxt in the maeantiime,
ttre mtight lbe ntch inadividual stutfering,
if muc~h perisonial pri vaationt, which tnaxy
atllevted'a by inmdiaiat. aissistantce Faor
saiurpose, the' Batrd aof' Diraectors pla1ce
-'tneloised couatributtiaon ($t2,000))' at the
psal of thea city autharities, n ho will
ve thea gatadntess to emplaty it as theay tmtay
tilt imost 'fhea'ianr- fair t,..' ....i:.. iii t.x
BALTMOn:, Mlay 7.
The Charleston Calamity.--A pulblic
ieetilg was held at Philadelphia onl Sat
urday evening, to devise imeaures 1or the
relief' of the suirerers by the great fire at
Charleston. We observe that the' ship
Langdon Cheves, which was ready to sail
from l'hilelphia to Charleston, is to be
det.-ined iv her owners4 ti!l to monow, in
order to take, free of charge, anly supplies
for the sull'erers whichi may hc given.
Tle City Council of our own city. has
acted promptly in this matter, and will,we
trust, be sustained by tile liberality of' our
fellow citizens. It is at junciures like the
present that mntitficence call best display
itself' in the cause of a ruined commiunity,
and now if ever, should the wealthy of the
other cities come forward in aid of the suf
ferers in Charleston,
MAYOn'S OFFICE,
Baltimore, M iay, 7.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursunce
of the follow% ing resolutiol of the .M1ayor and
City Council of Baltimore, approved 5th
May, 1838, relainmig to the late "extensive
ly destructive fire" in tile City of Charles
ton. S. C., tile citizens are respectfully re
quested to teet in War'd meetings at the
several places of'holding Elections (those
of the 9th Ward nill mcet at the Ilotel of'
Mr. Boyce, Libn rr street) on Wednesdlay
evenig next the 9Jth inst. ;at half past 7 o'
clock, to take into) consideratio, uhi mcas
ure.s as ma) be deened proiler to carry mi
to ellect the object of'such esiplmllionl.
3. !S.AlT1i. .iavor.
Whereas the inhabitants of Charfestov,
have recently lce(ei visited by an e:xtelsive
ly destructive fire. %w hich has laid waste a1
cenSiderable portion of their f1oirishintt
city by which a great number of its iNhil
talts Imlubt be thrown out of Ctt'lilepvtlent.
and thrcieby produce to them want a'il E
i'erimg. And as it is the dlvl of' those inu
other sections of t.ie United States to re
lieve the sufl'erings of Iheir tunforti nate fil
low citizens as far as it lies in thevir power,
therefore,
lie it Rtesolved by the Mavor alJ City
Council -of Baltimore, that the Mayor lie
and lie is hereby requested to reronimed
to the C-itizens tie propriety of having ward
meetings in the :everal wards of the Cit v.
inl order that such measures nav le takettn
ts they miay deem3 proper 3o entifole them ito
contrihnte to he reihef of the suffering ia
hairimtts of tle City of Charleston.
-1011% 11I. S l'il Itl'. N -' lhf( imil.E
Presidlent F-irst Biranch.
8.\.UEi:L .3100)1E1.,
P'resident Second Dranchi.
.\ pproved, May 5)th, 18:K.
d.S.\lTl Ma:yor.
Issn.er:.--We uiderstand from good
authority. th:t letters were receive from
New York. ye.,terday stating that the fnau
runce OIficts of that city. ask 2 per cent.
fur Fire Proof* ilonies, adi tiree per cent.
f'or Wood Biildings in best sitLatinlls in otir
city, this is anl aditional inducement f'or all
concerned ito come erward and sign tile
petition to our Legislature. to repeal all acts
in force, preventingforei;'n capital coming
to our city, tu be used li protectinag our
property in case of Fire, and it should also
cause our City Council to repeval all ordi
minces calculated to prevent responsible
a.getcies ill this city. We want capital
-we want competition. All concerned
"look f- it."'-Charlkston Mcrcury.
Pn.s:oeutI.--Thei Ge'mtatand :ni
tel German Fnsilier Cmames, celebrated
their Anniversary yesterday, con which tiio'
asio4nI thfeir anuual dinner was dispensed
witi, and the a ou t (.2.0) was subscrib
ed amlong~st Its molrnibers, and transmiittedl
to his lI fnor the .3laytr f'ur lie henetit of'
the sniferers by thet late fire. [ (C'mr. Coui.
rAthle late 31 ilitaIry elecein in ColoneI
1 4)1d' 1 ise'gitnent, the voteC steood thuts--'or
'Ihiinr Genieral-1 ord -*S votes.; tr Brnga.
dier' Gener'al- logg, .I; voites; binmg thie
TI: PaisoyI Ilot:s:.--We stand greatly
im need of a genem'al gaol edelivery at pre~
sent. Tlhecre are no less thtan 51 prisoners
ntow inl tile gaiil of this udistrict--of these'
there aere dlebtors 2 ; witness 1; coloed~i
stewards, cooks and14 seameLn 1.d; utnder esen
tenuce, l'or mu~trder I; mlanslangbrter 1; mail
robbery' I; larceeiy 4I; assault anid halttey' I,
tnot undier sentence, f'or larceny 13; aissatlt
andie riot It; sinabbing I: kidnapping a slave
in mveilitig a -lave to leave thle State 1.
We aire sorry to add that there ii;ii be ai
numbeihtr of proseenitltIlls for Ia reenlies, com
miitted litan sitnSt(ce thed late' Iire., oin the pro
perty eof 3 he uniforinnaile sliflerers.-fb.
mlinigton, whs ver5' Ciy thIough2' t of our diisaster
was accomntlpainted fly tihe tu't of relief', has
increased her'l subscript ini to $2 00t0. l'say
et tevilfe, anlothler townt of our kindely North
State, has beh1l a tmeeting, expre.'.ing tihe
de'epest symnpathly for our cal:nmlity, anid
appoimtm: tt Liomm31 uttee .0 make col lection
in mde oh our snill'ring p)eople.
Itn 31illedgev'ille, Gen, a meeting has blteen
ealled for the like benevolent endl.-ChIarles
ton Courier.
The Comtmitee, apphoinited to '11b tain
conltyihitonts for thle relief' of indeigent stier
ers by thet late fire, ackanowlege the re'eipt
of' the very liberal ande hande some d onat ion~
eof One ThotsandI~ I llllrs. froml la~ teiemnin
oIf Georgetown Distric't, 5. C.-b.
Thei New Yoirk Jeournal~ l ofi Commerece
gives tine folloiniII staitemtli o f tihe losses
f' thle lInsurantice Comp~anie(s of that city,
by thle laite fire in, Chalrlesto:
Cotr'ibtionship inhs. 4 o. $201.tff00; Mer
ilehant's 2f0,000: I lowai'd 12 to I15,00)0: l''ire
menL's 1,000.
ilarinlg it inexpediient to give the assent of
ht:it State to tihe feder'al governmienr. eo
tre-It with that of' Great liritain ir ai Coni
venntonlal Linie f'or ouril North E asternl hlonn
Jary.
WVe understandl that returtns of the takers
>f the cenists have bieen received Lit PThia
iassee, tnt fuilly compljleted, by which It is
-stitmaited thalt the actual popie'lationi 0f the
rerritory is a little short ot'50.000.
81 Aus!~~. I r..2..
a
, 4~ilSTI.A.1 BOAT DISASiT'.R.
The New Orleans papers of the 21th.inst
comuain an account of a most drendfuil steamn
boat disaster. From the Bullutia we copy
the lollowing- particnlar.:
The steatlioat Oronoko, Urawford,nas
ter, ience oil her pasage 14) Louisville, coi.
lapsed oneo of ier boiler flues on Saturday
morning last at .5 O'lock while takin' inl
somie lazisenagers at l'rinceton, and out of
seventy deck passenAers ilonly one escaped
being scalded t c deat!l or dangerously
wounded. Many jumped overboard after
ilcy were scalded, thinkin-, no douht, to
obtain relief, and were drowned. Several
were lefi at Princetoerf at least 15, dead or
horribly mangled.
Only onie Catlin passenger, a Mr. Brown,
was lost. Mrs: Myers and her child, from
Vickthurg. were sealded-the latter died
immaelieiately. aid little holpesare entertain
ed f tie mothier. Out of thirly three who ,
were left on board the Oronoko nine died
before she ret urned to Vicksburg, and pro
hably, but live or six of those renainir"
would survive twenty four hours. Amon'
the dead is One or the en!gincers, Mr. Pow
ers, who during his last moments. asserted
that the fault was not his, as there was a
sufficient supply of water in the boilers at
tile I imeo of the accident.
Th greater jotiron of these unfortunatc
individuals "ere taken onl board at Vicks
bitrg, and their natmes andi dcstination, had
nlot, nor could not be ascertaiied, neither
was the exact tnumber on board known. but,
dotatless, seventy five individuals sufflered
by the explosion, but few of whom can sur
've.
From the .,w Orleans Picayune of tho
26th inagt, we extract the foillowing addition
;al partietlars:
'Iat: OILo:ono.-The annmber of thoso
who perished or were badly wounded, is
not exactlv known-it is variously estima
ted fram 4,40 to 150. Of 20 wounded left at
Princeton, 13 have since died-and of 30
brought to Vicksburg, 16 have died. The
iwihabitants of these Itwo places attended
w ith a .rvat daal of kindness to the sufferers.
It is staled that the steamer Peru, passed
tp shortly ater the accident, and although
hailed ajy every signal ofdistress,-not only
bI rm;:m;; the bell, but by some hundred
persons running to and from the bank, wav
ing, their handkerchiefs anti exhibitin
sheets, from the hurricane deck of the Oro
noko, she kept hetr course without render
iaig any aUtsitance whatever, and after as
aaitiance was obtained from the steamers
"Ne w Albany," and "independence," she
retartied, and without oiering aany assistat
hand, obtainaId1 all lhe passetigers she could
aid procceded oan her way.
''lae iahnutainaaity of tht. commander ofthc
l'mr, as stated in the last l para2raph depend
altogether uptn a vagu report. It is thought
to be a ns-i,-tatement.
The cause of the acrilent it is said, was
the worn-out state of the boilers. The
other part of the boat gas thoroughly new ;
the boilers, however, h1tad been taken fron
an Old vessel, and wtere totally unfit for ser
vice. It has been stated. (says the Bulletin
of Wednesblay) by one of the oldest boat
aelin now on the river, that the boilers on
the Oroooko originally were the America's
loat which stnak at Plum Point, some time
in 8:5 or e. 1er boilers were earried
to Pittsburg ani there remained utmil IS31
or 18I2. 'ley were thea pat oti hoard the
steaier .lichigan. and froem her removed
to the OronokU where thae explosion oecr
red. These are startlii;t hacs if true; a re
gard to the safety of thae travelling worhil
requires that they shoultd be sifted to the
lottom.
It has been aszeraed that nine accidents
onat of teat, oi or waters arises frot the ase
tftoldl boilers in anew bo~as. Suach anm asser
uiona is sezareaely credilhe. We tare untwillin -
to bieheve thtth elnpcidiity of stetam boat
cap::altaists could sti foar gaina the ;asceaadancy
over their betater feelinag as to ianduce theta
to sport with the lives of their fellow -c1
'The Traue Amtericanl says, that aatmn
thme victital to this ctabtimiy was one wht .
lay hiis own tacknotwledgmraentjtlyh~ amerited
his'loom-at i!e wats a known~v bh-~k leg. taand
im thae est remaityv af .aon) itt wvhich he dlied,
contfessetd himaself thec itacenaditary who lately
liretd the P ink ard I touse, with athe fienidisha
lope of huruimg up the city of Vicksbur- I
Rlevnte for the acts by which his telhis
gambilers were routedl ouit, he vowed to be'
ilae cause that influcenced imn.
fronnth lI~('ininniatti Eceni.ig Post, April 2.
Aivwa Z rLSr-:.u!oA T Exv-oszO..---The
aaew, bieautitiid atid faast running steamer
.iloselle, Capt. Perin. is now lying at the'
water-works it thl city, a perfect wreck.
A boat 6 o,ehock tis evening she started
fromt haere, crowded froma stein to stern with
pzassentgers, (prime:Ily GIertnan) boaud for
the port of 5:. i1-ouis. When aln' threa
quarters of ta mnile above thae wtater-works,
she stolahiad toa tn, whIena bioth the boi lers
burast wit Ita very lond nloise. Netarly all oan
bouart, (with then excepitiont ofthose ina the
ladties' cahmn,) were kalead or woutided; lyof
the tortiter ha~vt: heen thentd ;-numubers of
thet latter have bieen conaveyed to thae direr
tat botnases altong the shoire ; and sonme of
thietm are naow writhiing in the throes of
death. Ctapt. Perina was tharown up into
l- roat street..(ntpwards tif 80 yards from thu
boat.) andu tistanttly expired. "The pilot'
was throtwn about 100 perpendicular feet
ito that air, c!tame dlown to the water, atnd
atunk benaith its surfiace, never to rise with
lihIe atzain. .\ bty that was oni hoard was
fonitl tdeatda un the roof of a haouse. A
great tan~ty tof those thtat wvere killed, havo
notye bentoniid, aand petrhaps naever will
lie. whtieb miaakes it impossible to ascertaina
haoiw manty were I illedl--the numaber ofwvhicha
tare variously estimtatedt fromaa I to 200.
'Iite boat is toraa all to pieces, anmd lies imn
miersed ns ithmia three feet of her humrrienne
dleck1; onte tof thae tboilers wats tharown inato frot
street, atnd tore a htole ini ahe pavetnent.
A gretit nmnbaher of botdies are known to bat
oi ia theticat, undter wvtiatr, amni caninot lie
tot tat. Personas were there etainiritng letr
Ithir iendi baut tat unfortuatte beitngs wvere
ui umiateht disf'gured thaat they could tnot bo
listin:.;ni-ihed.
,t :o, O a,. we. an ascertin, says the N.
-. Caommaerenial Atdvertiser, tho Sirius car
iaea aont .seveanta thansand letters antI
ttmall patrcls; 2000 were taketinnro thet
most aotee: bietwveean 1 atnd 10,000 frm Gi
una's . inchatge News hloom; besides va1st
mmbuhers thiat wvere carriel direct to thu
tetamer. titter tLhe bass we:'e cload at thu