c 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 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