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DoMestIe News. Fom hk. TaUahassee Floridian, May r. We learn thal the. remnaut of the Creek Indins who, for some months pass, have been collected at Walker's Town oi thle Apalachieoln, preparatory to their removal to the westi. have Ogain taken to the woods. They left In a body on Sunday night last, about one hundred in all, andi proceeded down the river in a flat a fewi miles, and landed on the eastern hank of a river from which n- large heaten trail leads into lite forest. Consider: ble appreheniision prevails "mongthe seitlers in the neighhorinod of the depredations of these itilives, who lnve noother means or obtainini, SustennneC than by plundering the white settlemenis. The following facts were comin-mmented to us hy Capt W. L. Lyon, as having, oc curred on hi8 voyage froin Liverpool to St. inrks. They evince a reckless disregard of life and property; searcely exceded by the attack of tho lwl,-ss Ienneer which it very'much reseubles. What excnse Capt. . BusIIy could alled--e Nhr cannonading a vessel evidently within his power, aid after Coming uotp wiwh her, diqcharaing volley af ter volley of musketry upon her deck, wve are at a lassto determine, Il he deemed it his dtly to hoard the Oconee, why was it no done the day previous, diring the grenter.part -of whili she was in the imn mediate, vicinity of the crniser's retreat 1amolig the Keys. Such outrages by those professing to he the protectors of com Illerce, merit ths severest repiehntision and pinishment. atntl the ofieer who com mnitted it, should no longer he permitted thus to dMigraco the flag of his country. Extract from the log iook oh the shilp Oco nee, Wim. L. Lyon, master, houin from Liverpool to St. Marks, 'lorida April 25 1828. At 7 o'e!ceL. P. M. passed the Douile Ileided -;hort Keys. distant about tlree miles, heard firing in the direction of the Keyst stpposed to proceed from a vessel in distress. he firin;r con iituied at intervals of abloit five mIinte4 and at 10 P. M- discovered it to proceed from n vsseI astern, the shot Ilhell dropping along4ide; supposed tle vessol to be a pirati e. I schoonier, from the fact of lier Oaling oilt of the Keys at that hour or the nliht lie ship having been in sight of te0 Keys for several hours previous. At 12, hatl-d to the northward. with :he view of ont-mil - ilg the vessel in base, hmt findin she still tnined, ani contititied firing 2,ot, at I W' clock, A M. rounded to, when Xle reci-i to shots across otr *e, fullowed bv two volleys of musketry inl itick sessi. We were then ho.orded hy lite Lieutenant of lhe vessel, whili providl to he her B. Al. br'ig Wanderer, Captain 3uslhby, afier va tious and minute inutliries as to oir owners r ear"go, conlsiLnIve, the port of dh-partire and destination. &c. the Lieutenant hlt us Ivitil o rdlers to lie under his stern ist:il we re veivcd a signal to muk snil, :s lie visheil to further coitinicalion n ishli us; smlade sail inimediately, and resumtied our course. SAVANN AT, May 1. Late fro.n Foridi.-From an oflicer of the aroy who arrived yesterday from St. Atiutstime, in the Revenue Cut ilr Camp hell, C;tpt. Cost, we hear.thai Col. Harney ha. . d ..rp skirmish with Sam J'esc4 Osy. a.ones fled wiih his fllon: er.s. a large proportion of whon were wl. 1.Inen nud- children. into the everglds, be fire Col. If. could coie sill will him. One sqtiu%v was caill51red. from whili Cot. 1I. Icarned that :Sam .loes liad mavde a Jlnetion with the Spalish India.m onl the Keys, and that hispaty co -siste f ; i*l iclozkie., mi:d:2 Semt,inotle,; '!n 1tileek lladjo, of Trushegeo's t ribe, who had hemci sen t out to b.rinu in the Semiinoles attnaree to Sami Jotte's plar:y, haid beent shot by Sam . osnes, w hichs occa,siotned as seriouls dtil're'nce between the Mlic kastuk ies andi, thie Seinmioles. Coa- 11L .ngnin .starmted on thet .Xh)ilan. days pro)visieons m1 pursuit of' Sam11 . Jone.,, andI htad uinder Iis comirmnd onhe comipany of. slragoons, unad live cosmpanties of' artillery. - Fnto: FLoann..--Uv she sehir. Tsmpir*, C-nt. Soitharik, in 12 hiours froma --. A tigustisle, we havye received 5the Floidat: ti ile l of S:iisril;y la.s. ti under'standi, iy s lhe f ler:thd, t hat a few das Ssimee. a lasrge bodly of I n'titeis v;s. ted I )ayton.., 1stlandit, tnd tinjiti. s- a numti h elr of negmoes beloingto %.~ i K in:lsly. Esq. a nd carrii thems to the west side o>f lhe St..Johnis Hi ier Thle niegro's ehfer'4d thecir esenpe wile I the 1 indianss were .ii"a.-. 9 ~tdl in killing (asttle, aii enmue io P'l.,i. A negro womani wa*s left onsti the nil and an a stenmhiiloat pais-iing by look her ilf."' F'ort Melon it is saidj is to be abasndoned , ai alsoi Fot Pierce. Troops3 were arriving at St. Auguistgine datily fromi 5 le south, on their way to thec Cherokee nation.-Char. M(r. S-t. Atvusri.i:, May 5. Wec learn that three soldiiers wecre rercently5 1.ilb-dn near Atlicansopy ;ast w'eck biy Iainis.. ,Let ters fmms Newnoanville informrn ss thmi Ceern is between three and four dolla,rs per hts,ilbel, asnd bacon~t 25) (rensts per poundis. 'ishe plntttioensand cronps are tiltl aanditt. ed,. a nd te Iiins hav e (com11plte. posses. sion of the couny.-IeraI/d. W'e regret to Ilearn t hat ' inlence lba's been aulready commsi tted lbyt hie C.herokeens, w'ith iii our limits. D)r. John IIrss.., ;m itSm--r lvo<r Ge neralt of the Smti ,, h:i f;st Ii'tt vism to their hostility. i i is lFerrym an "as killed, it us stated a fewv liotrs pr'eviosii. a hle Ferry, froma whence they pweresdedl so Itis honse. Ib bod wtPl las p)ierced by fou NK.:w onRP--Ns, M ay9. Siiferera byj the Pire in Chaurleston ..t the sessoni ofihe C onnseil last evening, MIr. Peters mntroducted a prenmbr Ile and resonlu:ion aippro)primtiog she sIom Of *$2000 to the aidl of ibe destituto suti'ere rs by thle hate enlamni totus fire im the eity of Charhe~s,wo; request. ing the MTayor to transmsi then sanme io the Mayor atnd Cinnse.il of he cisy of Charles. ton, to he appilied sand distributedl as they may (teem) expedienit. We hope, this niobr'e example, so credasistible to our city, will lie followved by other Conneiils- Ever readynt as our eitizens always are, so open their hands and hearts. nevenr htave they beeni called upon under' miore negravtnt eir~cums stances thani the present. WVhastever may be (lone bsy 11he City, wve t rust that inidiviinu.. al ai4 and exertionus wiill not be Ivscnct... From the Cor espondentof Char. rcrcury. \VASHIINGTON, May 10, 1838. In the House, to-day, a message was re ceived from the PresiddlIt of the Ulnitet Stntcq, on the subject of the condilitii o the Treasury. The President re ireseti. that it large suin noinally Olie to 1e tren. sury, is tinavail:ie, being oi deposite will the States, or due by deposito banks. an< that there is but about half i millitin inl thii treasury subject at its disposal. ie urge Conaress to supply the Ireanry with mean! for meeting the current expenditures of thi government, and recommends the passng of the bill to authorize the issue of treasuir, notes. in the place of those imitied under thi net (if October last, nnd pioid back into thi treasury and cancelled. The mssge wa referred to the committeo of the whole oi the state of the union. Mr. Canibreleng nade an attempt tI pass over file report on the duel otd ake ili the pItblic bu11silts-i lit it was inleflTeetulal. The report w* as azain taken up. and thI debate was continuil for soe ltime b) 31essrs. UnlerwooI and Titomas, whenl, oi motion of 51r. Thoinas, tlit report was laii tin the table by i voto of 202 to 79; an tile testimony and the j-orial was then or dered to be printed-189 to -1. So that i the end of an affair which has constimie thrce weeks of the piutlie time; and which inke it iltoacther, will [)il a foul and int-1 fileable blot onl the history of* the louj c RZO-preseitalives. Befnr. Oen. Scott left Washington, h, l:td nil interview with Jolh Ri,;, a11nd tr! ci hin to accoinpany himin to the Cieroke, coniltrtV and unite with him there in eifret ing a p'eaceable remuoval, oil teris iiit'tal ly s-itisfatefory. H1e a Rsured osq f* hi protection in anyl event, and pledgle d himl sell to suller hii at any itne it) leave, ev-e-l for tle ptirpose. if Ilo cbose of lei!in- hi wvarriors to battit.;bu litl1"oss dec-litned Ilh, overtire, oil the groid 1hat G4.nt. ricol acted under the orilers of a stiperior to whnji lit' was ncrountable, who had not to hI (I oss') kno-wled.g. atimrimedt the overt1r1 11nd who wouhd not hie homd hv% it. Ili also delhrel Iliat lie w% oildul nt doany hi whicb wouild recor.nize the: treaty.; 1111t Iiam licither he not Ihis frit-nds li:nl any idea o re-sisting its firvible exeitiio. It ap--car that the Indians are geirallv so hostie 14 lie treaty, that they % oild witlhdraw thei con.fi.ten.e fr1om)l Ho.:s. ;11iid perhaps t ;acrifii himt, if lie shothll inl :m1V way voutiilnliall.4 or recniomse it. All l;':otiaiiont istI%%t-l Riss and tile Presititenit of' the s jcit las c"'ns:'d; antd on lie 231 iwst., the W1mov: will ,.m tainneticed under the dii-rticii, c Genl. "4cott. Mav 11. Tle Tloo-. on nimion of Mr. ( mb long, vent imlo Colitmiinev of the %% ile to; the stale of the Union, and11 tookl up th. bid toathliorizel the isbue of lrt'am.irv N s, it the place ofthose which have l'en or im) lie issnetd, idur tlit Aet uf 's.r I ar. Cambre!'en made a siatoiiit of lilt Conldillou of the Ti-1,rv,fn aidvuealv( the la.amrge of tit Bil I as a proptr tani. for supplying it. .ie st.ted1 that the ina sore wa,s oily ill ait-ipalion of resource, which the Government had, though thi'i were not now uvailable. ''he Goverime hind twenty-cight millions on depusite itil tile States, and frfteen millions in the hand: li7t, %$ ilfiVid ne! m 941f/ I.. perity, and oif a re.,toration of' a -;omlt! .1ur reic.; nod both lie looked up) toI a siga lrot, of the %% isdlif of' the Ailaini,r.it. itb in pe,r'histg in its policy in r4,iw1n i to thl fiiiances. T.he sitation of' thi' 'Te.IS1111 woul sool l relie%ed h ti., gnraf re I. Val of hllsiles.. M'ir. Cu~sing ti ppo))se:l the hilIl, and(, ir replly to M'ir. Cambiihrele'n'., t't; rearledtth: the r'etuiini:g pro~.peri ty of' 1:he 'oilnttry i.a. n11 moire to lie at trhiuted to thet t,re w'~*i the G ove'rnme'nt, thain the rise oft :h,. tide, .iectedl to Trea.niry N otesas a enrre'nev,' 4or tilany atc'oiunits, andl deiedC the rigi I't th e Govertnent; tiidel r till Constitut in, to is sueo theta no such. MrIt. Tihiompsni of S. C.. fi',liowed in veryv longt and 0.itneot s pch in i' 1Oppo-,im1n to lie Bill. lie said it'thel' reat 4'llb,'rva phia shall nott he :mantdi . toi li en ab~ous oj the Admtii:iistrationi ate trtiirmed, wen.' i , oroiusly aidhetred to here. noi ti4:t,rei ri t lifhot the il'' iren-imy coui 41 w hiijle y .. 100, bioi'evevr aml lay ' ltmsO,'vair this t ;e not wiithhlohil any nere..siry sutpplie... 1i, hei'.->t' h14 udr'e.e it at iti,na of iii. Coinstitut iotn andI lteriin in i 2's,! i. .v I le arigtiud thai the .-'s psriopaie,l ii. s - tited were& l,his oft cediist.triitly, antIn-e fore' uinconi.sittittinaI. ft wa ni tot a Itia i. anitd there was tinoI otier powe~r ill viirt' (i v.ichiil t he Govien tn(1 c Inh isro, lie tnotes. except thle pun~ erI 1o ht'rrow moiney; lIe' st2.estedt, as a beteri mod~e far relie.v.. miiz the IT'eaisry, andit onel fir whlich' Ih' l''nglanod, or, if' in thli' couttn ',, in hils of lie ar'guied, the a greal reib-f' ilo the wtI he "0 51ound1 as I hev nr i''on0it, and ithoditta~s.m was oine' of contli letice, inot of c'u irey. PAl:,y la. The Senate wasi chir'ly enig.(d'ri.lfQ im the dlispiatch oflihninet,.whiD t'h.'sed lllt:"u 'lThe 11ill to pirovide f'or thle piutli.,bmli lifu lin the lloutse Mr'. Ilttplinis attempitedl ry Note's, inisteuid of the HIll btefore the Mr'. Bell asked leave tooifTr the folloitn ig antd Meants Ihe insrted('tt to reposrt to it lii Houlise', forithwiith, :. lI a uth'o'izintg I he Screl'tairy oh' thte hlTeasury to r1ti, h4' loan41 the sum olf - - dlolars', 141 iuppiv Olt imm nediate demand;lits up1on thett Tr'entdry ti inedl whieb, there aire no avaihad meai tiins on hnndl. Pa r. Cambireleng objected, and Mr. Beli moved the sutspenisioni of thle rules, ,tpon which \Mr. C. aked the Y'ens.andI Nays, which werOie, Yeats #32, Nays 1-') Th~lis woldt seem to lie strongly i ticaestive otf'n. v'ersion to the sutittet of a 11oan far t '1resusry Note Bill. The Bill for' the ito.nte of' Trea'ury' Niote's wvas aiga in ta ketn til itn Comtlmitd oC (f t t whole, arid Md r. Thomapson, of S. C. Conu. 401d his irgiuilenlt ugninas it.. Mr. Rhelt folloVdC int a very correct, truly eloquent and eff'etive speech, in tu1j ,porl of the monsulre ind in reply to iLt objections made against it A more find enortileie speech has not been delive' nt this semsion It dit-rimn'ntion finanlij ;tbility and pinfriotie tonle, will Ifillo 'Con mend iiself to the public. Our northern-de moiitra'titi nmen imnd some of ouiranlti-M Buren mett were highly pIensec n%itk'iI.O speelh; for, while it.suppored thesti; right doctries, it enforced %, ilt great po, tr and effect, t:ae obligations of tile Statewg1 the Government of the utaion. I lat4nt tended. if time was lalorded, to give vo,'a lanie nt -(?fime of1 tile topies whibh Mr..X MIlrqUed, but fihe manil is abhouit 14o cl IO.e The discussion is still going on, and a re. ;Olute determination is exhihiied on th part of the friends of the nil, to carry it i throtigh tlio comittee to-night. Bu, I fear, the attempt will fail. it i (lilicultat this season oif tile year, sini especiallY.'n Saturdaiy night. to keepl members in 'their plat-cs. May 14. In tho litise tri-day. to the sirl'ris of some. ir. Hoon orindiaina, n very thorough Admimistraliont mei,er, moved Ilhestispen %ioo of the rile; ill order to enlile Ijilipto I olTr a resolut io t) rescind the Specie Cir enilar. alter the fir-i or June next, and to proahibit ian1y discl;fiialion hereafter be f i ween thli differeiii kindis of Inds take n in 1ymvnicit of Goveroineitt e;es 'Ihe cites. tion was t.ken. lav ve;t.i aid Nays. anid tiere nppeared. yes 95. nays ,i3; not ihie requIiiti tw -thirds. There a1e no( doubt iwi tlir.1s or boll I Ime'--s ill favor of the .IlT pr siti"n, l, Cn-sMsd Will not adjourn % i.naqut i:lopt :r it. 1i is before the l louse Iweiver. in ;oitther form, as n pari of the I mill TrenstV: hill selit frfill tile "ielt. M r. Cambreleng moved thei pesioll o* tle le, in order 14) elaille tleI ltse in It.le ip the IBill fit isRtsu! Treasury Notes. A nd it waq Ir.-eed tO by a vote of more tha tvwio-third-4. The I'ligs have become - larned it fihe position in) Vhich they were 0ae 11 pTear bIy Plfr.ihet tin hisspceeh, Ind now earie.stly disclaiil the intention or wi: et ci ipple or emb: rass the Govern. - b'ot, by tl,t-ayil" or re ::sill-a the necessary slIPPhet's. ihev say now, therefore, that i a lisell'isioi if* a) fliy or two more, ry Will aino-e to a41fi-r he (Itir-soin to he .()it Satur1I'da y nit,. lie .Aminii 'r:-ti Mr n: lmbe' a4 e ted to sit cot the pteue ,;, :.t file op;lo,jtiim i e aried themn tlt?. Iv Ill ..,,- it 1ioIoIrS 'i e (f'i tI m ittee I e 'iv. :1"'l .). spc ( les l:hni . tm e: so fit , nt l f:I-I , , )i1 l(n o'chleit-4 oil Stiniday io wlitl':, the io wa ohiiged o adjoa o Ah'. H..rper. of hio, oi pe to-day n l:i Bhe Ill. and Allr. lwevs f,liow.el o S idf.. Mr. linwes.fvter speakin<4 or tenl oi- fil(in n olilv4 m"Jm4-1, r ell iljo Oe arils of a Inev;m-;I*. :I mi was v-arried et61. 1 1Ii!s pr: 'lue' .n linl!h' conilsion atd de -li. M whel , :lr. Dilitt, of I11dinal. ma- i s htll efi solne h ii- iiist-the Bill. e lital ut few aiitors, for mhtbf the time, only :evenlty or eii-tv. There Iif)n prospvclthat flt (1pw1-ionl 'willb - ken ti-might, imid mdved there will be o elInrt Io press it. In the Senate to-day, Air. Webster oi t :enled somee remonstainees TiTYEsMilli ~ lw WG ' e ,f- iT ill(og voilrol of the suljeCt, Would e'ive it their Al r. Wii:m of Mle., introduce-1, nnQree ;b1ly1 to pri%i' 311.4 liolit'e, 1 hill to4 nutihjorize tie survey of the Nort-c---n l i'' act-rnhlift Io Ille H:-..;t poies tt t he II(; ]i,).- shotht he- sert i . cor'dmjg teo 11hnt tre: 'ay, aid t l-n if' Great hliriIilin did niod c'iidee iih Ii s ii IiXill, th amm line' as t'eiundasry, t o Ia ke siceh stepi Ill y se- li(''.:re ry land preijt'.. 'ja. The1re ae on (ily "i \ty13"'4 f'-e,ie'i.i OS .vt,l: iwe.mIg ea1ier eof 1e'h- eef A f' l:ir'' i Perni, :t:nl Ii;t nie:'h m af 11 f~ Ihemi a2r' pr:-sent am pAl a 1: St lneti*hers of' Dler:h off1he Ilei.iele .efl;tr f. TJ,a '(on, l .~ N. l'har.- Di .:u'rs ta I'eru---The ra 3in i thean f lling' ci 3"e rce~ve l.at (etae Dl'i~eartment eel State:; CiNsUE,.'Ir': OF 'TIt' I. S-p.I:s eel e'anenemtImai tea youi Ih.', eateh ofi ,:as. 114'ire to l'el. Heo arr'ivedl at Ca lnto, fr'omi \'clpa;r.esoe, in the Unait'ed Stae,- Ship Fl~'e meourhi , (''apit- 'leKeaeer, on'dm the' 3 . inl--f. '"el 'i"reelo til he 2:-ib. llis r<m'aIinIs n~ ee inlItereI o lie t 'he > in,It?i,~ at the iSrii tie thle 3raivI l-y uma 't:e-ra ii n of' liii ted Saters. H.aus.:: rnc aie n 'ilnfo';r I y . heeoilwe. of' all the forei.i ve's. el f 1 :in Cole ;lhv 'ihe memb'eIlersi te the . )ip1la 1:w je o.arps; by) ~olif(e'rs, aelq' ',ted by~ e' $he lupreme Goer:ltanen: to. Wich'l hel was1 accr''(el ited,I jene 1% by 1)1num e'rons concoueamrse of In Ic- I,ow. ei tenals 31131i foreigners residentt ih11. t:ial ;ni C.elinte. Df - - f Ilena -nio.-W er r''eni Ile- I;lhnree'' Sunmt. thmair . Thleio if1iirm lr ediedmi f Phlibi:le'lpia, on iTuesed;ay a l;trileon. Xh mi a e't. , at thie1 VOidt'd age eel im Iiy-four get :rs. i'dr. Ba;efl'lir i e(re u ipeon the paeetsoni of an e'ditor' ill 176:1, 11m vIe'rsa. 'nazed;l,ce lby then peaclef ad''ri, whiic.h termIa ina.1teed that bilotidy walr catlied ' h ( !fe l"'rench # a'r"' in1 this cou.Irv.nnmd ''The reenya' Wart" inl En4ro;m- Duering our lRe'el,ition, hie was1 Comm)tisarv Gen e'ral cal I he: Pennsylvanitia Div ision1, mtad prini Ier to the Cein tieial Conigres- The1 first was 14 very itnptritnt pubihlic trust, antd pirovses the high estitmalion inl wichl hEm was hebl feir imle'iy and1( k toled0(ge ofl business. 'l'he secnd shouws lhat he wsas favonrabily k3neow''~ ti u' of 114heeorthiest bodies of men01 m ha I eve'r amsseemlldc fihr the irood elf mateekinid. :.J Po pesue liatIhat.insls helore his denlb, lhe wVasi I be Oldest mlIIee"r ofithe eitoIrinmI cer ps mn this c'ounlary, anmd perapIs the onl .erSem lien hivimg, m aniy manneir diiretly connieer el i wh tihe biody of men41 tht signed the Decelarationm of ind!ependremite, A Haltimore pa1per'navs, at IIunwn Skele loot han been'1 bronmaht to1 that city f troin the R uck' v eeuntatins, neatr time hiea'd waters of time Mslseutur, im height hight feet nite inch co-. andl weighing one hundred and cighty r)ound (s. -Fn ren t Charlot Mereary. The owners.of the Georgia Stem Pack et havd preatly mistaken their oW' Injereat in treermng th'at boatt to start,tospdvehised, in,"th'e.saqsicayaolhourwith rhe Puhis. i.' h is a cont' t. ofV jtilip'.Oillion, which tg.p~uilWeresen. fotAhere is no blinking the matter;it Is-we knowu that heiobjed. is snowpo.y. The efflort is to Itive the Pilaski.o9t of the trade with 11n0 tiniers, and iho.live- or .passengers,tlere is ever'y reaton th presume, are to be cndan gored for thisselAsii'end. Suah a course cannot fail to impair tho well earned popularity which the Georgia and South Carina have thus far comniifan ded. We kn6w of two finilies who have, ,mi account of this advbrtisenient, adandon their intention of going in th G. onI the >re rent trip; and we daresay there are ot ers who have very prudently determined not to itcur the risk of nstenm race, or ifappreliend jog no datiger, are yet iesolved not It CotIn ln~ne a a barefaced oil afttenit of ntoml>po ly,-and outrgeout insult to public opiion. If the nwolers of the Georgin are tolerated in this mailer the lesmonn of the past have been thrown awny, antd Sean Boat Di-ns ters ought not heroafter to encip exciteinenm. The people will only he paying the penalty of their own folly. The contest between the two boats has not lieeni, nitid is onot iought, by the ownerq oif the Pulaski. As appears by their publica tion in tile Courier, were they to chane tile dav for hlit- departure of their hoat,the orders are for file Georin to alter her day itccordigljy, I'OENS1'I TlE IACE. If. therefoere. pan more steain than is usu al and safe should he rniqed, 1 he paspiseers would hie imdebted to the self-control, pru dence and humanity of therespective Cap tains, nnd niot to the exercise of those vir tues by the own'iers of the Georgia. it miust be evident. that there is less danger to be appreiheiiled from the boat whib vittlev ors to avoid the rnee, thins from the boat which is ordered to seek it. From vint we have heurd of Capt. Rollins, of the Georgia, we are sure that lie woild not endanger the lives of lis passengers in subservicicy to his employers; but in nvoifingt a race, after the holis hoad stall ted, he wotild net a2ainlst the sjirit, and v-ery probably the letter of his instrteions. The spirit in whib those or ders grigio.ted, ought to be rebilked and puisiel. Let those who are ioipellel to go this trip in otiefir the other (if thbe boat., give the prelereice to the Pulaski: and let he 11:1blie c(oie to the fixed duterminationl not to patroim- ohe tither line, uil it is -ov erucd lv it dillereit policy. This is the coun i of public doily, and is indieated by no prejiidice oir parii.aility. Sev-;ral lersons who '%erp to have eone it) the ( r-ia. have, in vowseclence I ot the raVe ad1vertiseinit, tnaken passage iii the Neiulle, & much oft he 1raein 511, n ill, no dooib lie transti-rreld to the New York he. Perhaps the Caitain of tho Neptitme mav hie induced to tMuch at tIle Chliesapeake.-: Ir so. will lhey order another boit to rucc him out of it? Labors of Lotv.-'Tiq an ill wind that blows nobody good. In one hen se of the phrase, we trust that our fellow citizens of Oharleston will find 'he truth of its applica - tion-uninely, in. the feelings ofgenerous wMRAi - V11i pe'Aled itai 'ri coii u. oit ies, in view of their recent sui.'erinlit by Co.01ngralion. A r'imlit:ee of getiiileme11 info-rmel ni this tmornito;,, hait heir sece in rotlecting f.. rmm f oenntri:)ution. in a very imilied Vi!k. hand ilread% lEeen vcry in'spir it g. & promni,;ed th tiost Iihral resuIts. % e m:y hem.ent th tep . ilrable ingene ( hat rem sre. i or obl its this aisiI; tillt it is ch''ermim,i tto see' I he fruiits of honei voient act io:r alii Iiimortblt symip;:lhy iino itshiiwessiton awl Thu Chuarle,ton I!o f</.-Thte adlveirtise illen tio cotnts't4for i le recottruction of tins nobtlet edIi hie is- n' othy the at tentliun of Emi.iste bu) iiltrs. We arme now ill libert v to hipe thait it will sotn ri ,e UCninu, the orna-:1 ment an prt ide of the eiiy. T1hec eterrij si ig pmprjiietorss tullI t us tont m a substanz - naml henth t oni Charlesttn lar prenter i h:int t ilme emfploymient of so much capital hope tiegets hope-the tivity. eergy, re sohitotson antd prtompriilitde itn ine min s.al - ter' their i.eed, trhrouigh a e-om ~iuirv, amta iuer.s n al patake.--C('imr. Ale r. .\Etreu hlitme-stree(t, at fewi door-i*, lio,mi ths corne'r tl Malngazineu.. Thei ',-itnd was hih>n - Ig tiresh,a h e t itm e tfromi 11he. NIiorth F;-%r wh ib aused~ttt theit fit:iiis toi npreadl r*apt I to thi- adjacenit tiuihtiings. Thei ti re A en imes andl hose compame buriis ied to1 the spot with naIl poissible celerity, hut so swift w as ihe, pro-iaress ol the dlevouringu elemlenit that the m)t.,t .sItenitlus exert tins of 0our cienn-n wvere for ai while icii.etua( tll:. TIhe enatire iirowit of ti otoiry bric'k hi ildings on2 the cor nier tul Not re D)amie anl 'il.iaiie streets. coiphrssinil 5 tir (i d wteInintg tittie-, e.e conisiued thelbre the firse wa';s subdiuoiedi. TIheo hiueiigt it is satid wuere thei roperty oif .'im i im. lo. I lodge. Wh lethier nany in.urmancoe wvas upon1 them wec have nit heairnetd. Th'le loss of1 thle turniture aind ot hoer valuiale gootds multsi have biein consitder. ble, as ail the bushilling't we~re inhablitoed by timitets, andi( the groil dtors andt back~ y':ards we-re occuied as O ai.' -intses. Dhstgructiv'e F'ire.-- A tire broke out in Ne w i lurk (on ihe II b ih i,. iniIl theEi eoeo ai blick hoiundedl by PIit, WVillet, l(onvitigtota and Statonil streets, wihich befohgre it was~ arrested deistroyedi over' twenty twuilolings, itaid inl the course tif two hours trtned ouit of hiouise aund hiome ii puvward s of fifty families. A li-onser--O Niat urony3, oh' the 31st of Marchl buit, a male cihld wats born tita. Mr'. .1 ohnt Salistiry, of Wt-3 ,,o b. ini thtis State, who hatd four oars.fobur eyes, four arttis, antI four legs! It. diedh the tday aiftei' its birth. The dupiato,t 'yes ajpe'ar'e Iin hove thet iia'-urail eyes, in tlohiifrt'eead-...-t he dunpnlcat ears.just lbehiil the trute ei's-the oduplicate armis grew frotm below anid imEiii dliately tiideor t he trie arms-anad thle duplti.. entl' legs spruntg from I he hips and extendedoo a1 shiort distanee bielow the knees of tho true legs.-Boston0 Tria. Pro-fesusor T wist, tofhe S.C. Clle-n, has tenidered his resignation, which the Tlrus tees have accepted, to take place in Decem ber ne.&.-Telecor. EDGEFIELD C. II. ritUnSDAY, MAYr 24. 1838. We have received Capt. Parker's com nitininition. It shall appear in a future nurmbcr. STEAM BOATS. Is it not astonishing that the many awful disasters which are crowding upon us, will not open tie eyes of the public! So kindly does the people take those things,that steamn iont cantains and proprietors show but lit tle concern. How else can we account for the fact. tiat the owners of some of the boats running fromt Charleston,are attempt Ing to introduce t/u system of racing, which has caused such widespread destruction. We are glad to see thi. attempt denounced by the Courier and Mercury, and we call again and again upon the press to do its duty. If we have discharged our duty in any thing, tinco we have been connected wvith the press, it has been in the course which we have taken upon this subject. A deep, a fatal delusion seem to have seiz ed the public mind, and for years past men have cared but little about violent and sud den death, if that death was brought on by the great and mighty potrer oj steam. The disease is in the public mind, and we can not look for a better state of things until we get ito our senses. As long as editors and passengers will continue their system of p.ffing. asid regard imere swiftness of tra Vcllimg, as the only recommendaion of a boat, we shall have people killed by the thousamid. To those who set some value upon their lives, we will give n word of ad vice, which we have drawn from a general consideration of the terribly fatal disasters, with which of late we have been so ofrten visited. Arab boats wehich are distinguish a1 as rapid travlb.rs. These are the boats of. what the world calls, character, and if they had a hundred boilers, they would burst thetn all, and sacrificen aihouqand lives, rather than lll short of public expectation. 11 is a fact that this is the class of boats which is most to he dreaded, and stran-e to tell, these arce the very boats that the mat crowd iA joressimg to gem minto. Look over the mol ancloly chapter, read for yourselves, and see if in alimost every instance, (we know no exception,) theso frightful calamities, which make on's hairstand on end to think of, did iot occur " ith boats of character and reputation. Flee them as you would "war. pestilence or famine," and if you take a few hours or a few dajys tnore, to make your journey in others, rest assured that there is not one half the danger. A few days ago, al intelligetit gentleman from lma smoren ui, tuat ne always took his passage in the freight boats of the West, anth liat from exteiisive observations, lie c"uld say. they furoished as safe a mode of conve.'anve as the traveller could obtain in any other way. TIhe Cincinnati Post says, that our coun ury is rap.idhy acequiriang a bloodshed reputa lion thr'oughlouat thie worl. It is with sor sow anmd shatme we confess the fact, that therei- is too tmucih reason fur it. Almost every aiew~spapert im our lantd has a large pormtioni of its col uumis deCvoted to the details of our cuIrremit, muilrderous history. Let every nman~ rced the following, and ltush< for his coumntry. ,LooK ON 'rnAT PICTUnI., Tiiy.s oe 'Pu ns.-- ll' Lond bill t ofk 1 umcrtamlity fo lS:i, ginea tu nuimmber of' deaths at "tIwentIy w;j ihousand-" Thhe,re is nothing remarka life mi this, butt the fact t hat onlyV one of' that ntumaber wias gmurdered ' am'l that in a pocpul uiom exceedling a tmillion antd a ha l- -tid greuater. by humindreds of thomu sitnds ilum anvm Statc in tIhe Union, ex'epm New 1'or-k and~ Penmnsylvaia: lie latiter of' which, bitt little hmre thtan egnalih. it, and she hast h-'.s iitmber of tmutrders thtan anv~ oilier part of the- JUnion. - . Thlere arie States in thmis great valley, withli not am st rIi patrt nf'he lipulapttioni of London, ~ whose imurdlers w'ill average onea n'cek thte /car round ;. add Io tbis tIme comipar tness of he popuilaion of London is stuc'h, amnd the * nass ol' est reme povertty s.o gret'c. th at thmou- E andmts are dr'iven tio thme pe'rpetraion: of crimne ti ob,ioni bradi, while ini the Statesof't!is dtlhey it mtay b le obtined abnitost wvithmoumt anii ftlsrj. If am L~ondon '.f-wie knives,'" and ~ **rkan:as tooth picks" are miot k'nown, it'a' na ''takes the responsiblity," lie has to mnaie it cood, even wvith his lir'e. Mutrderers atre tnt bailed 0out there, and hmese accountt for it. Inve we nmot an ever aisting elatter abont the ''march of tmitnd'" tmi, "tme schioCihnafster being abroad'' in itr land, amnd atn everlaisting excitemenmt a -e"lt tip oni sotne thmeme, or rallier ptreven-. img tho4, i fnnh would mindl thetir own bumsi-, mess, fm'om dimti it 1 Surely wve havye; ammd . myve we nmot proclatiimed to th-e woirbil m hionsandsle andm millionsof 1 rime, that we are li.w most entlighmtenedl people tiponi earth, tun-' ii somemi :ammnom tna begin to thinik sit ? No i)ilint of it. Y Ii lie ignotrant and1( starving a-c nlonigalhioin anid a hamlf in London, comm mibu omne muarder ini a year; wvf'ile here, hnong the most einlighmtened people upon nmrthm, a population of two or three htundred. hmonsnmmr "'will commit fifry ini thto same I >e-riod ! '! "It' ignoranice is bilss, "Tis folly to be wvise." Mr. Webster has presetnted to the Sea- b tie, them mi'miatl of certain, oflicers of the army, praying Cotngress to repeail a part at sf the lawv which aillows whiskey to soldiers y in fatigtue dutty. The testimony of these n ietittoners to the yaltue of temperance, is of a heo strongest chmaracter, anud let it sink deep t mimo the heart of thme reader. It is no new r fiscorery, that soldiers can discharaa their r aborious dta without the hel,p of alkohol. n br we know the fact that the RoWmanl Sol lier walked under a .weight of about 60 lbs., md drunk but vinegar and water, and the listorian of Napoleon's retreat from Mos. :ow, declares that the eniperatea lone were mabled to meet the fatigues and sufrorings >f that most destructive campaign. But we give the memorial. To the Honorable Sena!ore and Repre ientatives of the United States in Congress istembled: Tito undersigned, ollicers of the United States A roty,beg leave respectfully o represent, that in their opinion, the sub titution of sugar and coWfee for the whiskey 'art of the ration allowed to soldiers has >een productive of great good to the service, ind also lhe uans ofr preserving the health, -iciency, and happiness, and frequently -ieetng the moral refornatinn orthat part if our army. Antd si--o!y believing that he gIll of whiskey sti. ilkowed to onen on aticue duty, by the aet of Congress passed M61arch 2, 1819. not only fails to answer tho :nd for w hich it was granted, buteontributes o a great degree to form anti keep alive iabits of intemperance,the legitimate results if which are insubordination. disease and rine, we therefore respectfully and ar 'ently petition your honorable body to re ieal so much of said act as relates to the L. A. IRDSALL, Assistant Stirecon U. S. Army. A. G. BLANCH 4RD, 1st Lieut,3d RegimentU. S. Infantry. I. H. EAToN, 2d Lieut. 3d Infantry U. S. A. Camp on Sahine Lake La, Feb. 28 183. The petition was refered to the conmit cc on military affairs, and printed. [FOR TUE ADvERTISER.] Mr. Editor-There appenred In your pa )er of May the 3d, a scientiic comInulica ion, signed Phantasmagoria, which I was it first rather inclined to regard as a hoax, )ut the neat, elegant and sober language n which the communication was couched, is well as the effect it bas hud upon the :omnmunity, both go to teach mie that I w%as nistahen, and that the author intended tho )pinions there advanced as legitimate de itclions from sound scientific principles, iad that they have been so received by nany of his readers. I hope he will there 'ore excuso me for attenipting to show 'hat his opinions will not hear a strict atnalv. is, and that they are utterly at variance wvith tie generally received principle. of cience. Ile says that on the night of the 22d of April, he saw a splendid phenomhe non. resembling a shootiltg star, in the con stellation Hercules. It commenced a few degress west of Vega-1.yra, shooting in a perfectly straight line, and etiding ahruptly im the remarkable nebula, between Mu and Zeta iercules. The circumstantce of the mieteor having swept through the heavens in a perfectly strai;.bl line, and being sud denly arrested by the nebula in Hercules, he regards as aufficieti ground to justify him in supposing it not to have been an or dinary nietcor, but probably a comet,whose entre of revolution was some one or all of the stara constituting that remarkable ne bula; and ho happened to se 't at the mo ment when it lost its centrifugal force, and ufered the greati catastrophe of beitle Irawn to its centre of revomionl, 'and ab orbed. In order to prove that ihis was not in ordinary tmeteor, he says, it is a general aw of meteoric phenomena, that itn their light, thev describe curved lines with a townward tendency towards the earth, but hse mnohion of the bsody iris'qutestioni was in istraight line. diver;:ing upwards from a ine psaral lel to misc plain of the horizist, atnd sranitg with it ain angle of srome 8 or 10 legrees. Now its thss opinion the writer is ter ninsly mistaken, as this law holds amnons so other clss~ of tas-eors ieepring t hat lass ceni!cd mseteorites or fallitng stne~s, 'Ihich always descenid in an obliquse diree ion, or in curved lines with a downwarel tnetcy toswards the easrhs; bumt that class if msete'ors c:tlled '-sooting~ stars," seldlora fevesr descendsl m curved lines, but traverse hse heavs'ens in all possible directions, its tlppa~renutly straight lines. They descetnd, o be sure, towards the earthI, lbut then their lescetnt is always in straight lines. Thels elebrated meteor ob'servedl by Cavallo at / Vindsor, August the 1dth, 17833, was per taps the tmost remarkable witne.,sedl in undern times. It commesnen, a the tnorth vest, atnd termsinsated its the eousth east. ira -ersmgs~ a vatst sectiotn of the hseavenis its a4 arectiotn netarly parallel to the horizon.--... lhas celehrnated philosopher com?puutedl the istnusce osf the mietetir at its nearest point 1 WVindsor at 130 tmiles, thse length of te a:th it dletnrihsed in the heavenss at 530 tiles, the diamseter of the lutminutis botdy t 1070 yards, its heoight above the surfac'e f dte earths at 564 mliles- aitd almost all the - rcat meteors appiear to have Ih ahota the ime elevation, bsut itn ai the records of me 'oric shsower't, I, fmnd no menation inatde of hwar~ deCscntding in curved lines Shsowers f mseteors have fallen its A piril antd No~ otmbetr it alil ages of the wotrld. Theo- - hsanes sai that itn the yea r472, in Novem or, near Constantinople, thit sky appeared >ibe on fate with the corssseattons of thse ying mecteors. Mr. Ellicott, on the 13th INovembecr. 1799, witnessed, hetlween ~ape Florida and thse WVest Indies, a spln id displaty of mteteors, and the sntmo wvas Iso wvatnessedl by tihe celebrated lismbiolt ind M. Bomsplandt, ins Soutth America. 'hey sotmeitimes app.-ar in great numbers s ithe sky over te tmothis of volentnos. 'sttnissedi mtyself the celebsrated displnv of leteors whiceh took place the l:3t:a of No. ember, 183.1, anti I saw tnothsing of the irvedl lines of which the writer speaks, nil henice. I cotncluade there was nothing its * 'timeteor' observed by the writer to distitt nash it frotm ordinary meteors of that class, Iceptiog i was p)ershps a little more bril ant titan usual. Now lor.ns examine what are the proba-. ilities of its htaving beten a comne?, the eens. e of whose* revontisn was thie neh-,!' of iceules; and first lets aconsider tihe prto sble distance of thatu nebin tram t h carth, Strmts, which is thughm!by Plihiosophlers >he the niearest fixed sltr, is. acconrdin0 to meatn of the calentlationsof Dr. Herschel, iou and Drt. Brewster, at least twensty sillion of mslhiotns of milIes from this earth; dtau'nce so great, that if it wvere to fall >wartds us ait the ra'te of a msillin of miles er dlay, it w-idc take it d13 :100 years to each int. A ray of light, trav'elline at the iue of 200,000 miles is second, would not mhb grs from tho nearert fie ar .n. t ,s.~