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Iiitdrcu. Eight persons were the uufoitu i vate victrimsof this accident. Three whites? ? wo of them since deed, end the third, Mr. >lobbs, a cooper, to dreadfully scalded, that he i not expected to ont-tive this day. Two Iscka were also killed* and three more danger usly burnt. The escapd of the boiling water Iso'iqjurcd several others, in a'slighter degree, issistanoo was immediately afforded by boats om the island, and the wottuded and other pas* enaers relanded. It is said to be tho opinion of capt. Howard, ? taster of the steam boat?and we have con ersed with some passengers, who also state it * their opinion that the above accident waa oc asioned dv lightning. It is, however, on the thor hand believed that on account of salt wa ?r being used for creating the steam, tlie ex losion of the boiler, which was of Iron, instead f ropper, was an inevitable result. We are not prepared to give any opinion up n tliis point, but lAott sincerely regret the re scurrence of these accidents, by which so ma y lives have been fytet, and a very natural pre idice raised against * great and useful inven on. 8irttfe writing tlie above, we have ascertained tat only two persona were killed?and that Ir. Bopbs, it is expected, will recover,- : The illed are David Tortes, clerk to Mr. Fitssim* ions, and Jerry Roberts j the wounded, dan* erously. are four black men, and slightly Mr. shn Gribbcns, of 8avannah.~ The appearance id Bujfcrings of these uufortunate people are locking to humanity. We are happy to record that Mir. Bowers, >f tho firm of Snow and Bowers of this city) sing on the island when the disaster occurred, nmediately put off in a boat to the assistance f t|\e pMiengers, and by Mf active and cou ous benevolence, assisted by a number who wed his example, happily rescued every IWed his example, happily rescued every ttspn who in tne flrst consternation had plun? sd into the water.?#CVinr/<>*fo/? JPti. TUB CHOPS. For tiie fast four or five weeks, the moat gloo y picture* of the state pf the crops anu the ?obsble scarcity that would ensue, have been tsented to the public. These statements, in line instances true, but in others designed by icculatyrt, hid- excited an unusual degree of iprehehsion. In the opinion >of some, corn ould be as high as twelve or fifteen dollars bo re the close of the year j and in this town we ilieve, the article had actually brought eight ?liars per barrel. But, thanks to an all boun fal providence, the scene is now in a measure tanged?projects hare brightened?a plenty I rain on Thursday night, another on the jght succeeding, and a fall still more abun int yesterday morning, have given a start to jgetation, which will probably save all the late Ents as well as inost of tho early ones. The in, If general, wilt be most incalculably bene* jial in its effects. The fields in this neigh (rhood have begun already to resume their irdure, and freshness?Petersburg Intel. TllUl, OF oiw. OA1NE9. Ofn. MiUer having arrived, the court inarti ! wfV m?anised this forenoon. Gen, Gaines ive up his sword, of course, to the judge id eate. The ?ha?w? waccificadons. atfull ngth, were rend by thq judge. They include jOttsations against Gen. Gaines' Conduct at fleet's llarbitr and Port ttrie, in la 14 ; at thp rmer place, for violating the lawy relative fo ansfers of officers from one corus to another, c.&c?at Hit l.tt* Cw ft mat variety of fences as doing injustice to the meritorious, id rendering praise to those who had little or ? merit) extolling somo who were engaged it partially or not at all, and observing re tstedly a partial and ut\)ust sifence respecting fleers anil corps who had borne the brunt of ittle 5 particularly the officers and men of the nil infantry. llfs plans are impeached j he accused of neglecting opportunities of de roying a tripled enemy, &c. and even of gj. ng a false account of the works at Port Erie, is despatches are represented as grossly in urate, raise and partial) and he denounoed r premeditated wrong. Gne of the specifics 9iis affirms, that at Philadelphia, he confessed ?e injury done to mqjor Trimble, &c. and pro ised to redress it, but subsequently lagravatcd e injury liy failing in his nroini*e<??Jfte usual testion, by the judge advocate, whether he eaded guilty or not guilty Gen. Gaines repli Inot guilty as my accuser know#. The jniiutf advocate reondkcd that some of ie alledgeil offences wenrof two years stand ig, previous to tho order for a trial, and by .iv the accuHsd could not be tried ana punish 1 for such, except in circumstances where an irlier trial was unattainable, which did nut ppear to be the case in the present instance: at It wss for tho court to decide whether they ould take cognizance of such charges.-~Gen. aines addressed the court, declaring that he aved all objections, and wished an Investiga* on. There was a combination formed against m ; but he well knew that a base cabal could it stand lieforc that honorable court. He Uhed to destroy it as soon as |*>Hyible. Hie lUrt room was then cleared, that the court ake up their opinion upon points requiring ;erecy.?Some of the charge* are lingular e >ugh j others weighty if truq. However, it is it Tor us to give opinions. This sketch is published only to satisfy curl* >ity. It is necessarily imperfect, liut here e drop our curtain till the trial shall have been ?ncluded.?Col. I.ATIWT FORKMJM NP.WS. By the arrival this forenoon of the Beautiful id fast sailing ship Nestor, captain Sterling, in I days frem Liverpool, we have received Lon m papers to the fid of Aug. inclusive. l?ord xmouth's squadron sailed from Kngland for Igitrs on Monday the C8th July, and had a tod offing before 11 o'clock. Cotton, N. Or snt Is. fod. 1upland do. 17 to 90d. l-sz?* il Island 2s. fid. to 8s. Ad."*-Ashes* Pot 5/s. 60s. Captain Sterling has in charge de spatchca from the American minister in Lon dun, to tHe government of the United States. 'London, Aug. 3.?We had tho pleasure to an* nounce yesterday the termination ofthe war with Nepaul,by the exchange of the ratification of the treaty of peace on the 4th of March. Oar ar my did not take the field tiU the end of Febru ary. Some aharp action* took place. It is said that we were in ono of them taken by surprise, at our private letter, from Paris stated. In the first instance i but that we soon recover* ed,and repulsed tne enemy, who in the last ac tion on the fid of March, lost in kilted and wounded about GOO men? Our loss was compa ratlvely small* We nave this,morning Paris papers of Wed nesday. They are singularly barren. Sir Thomas Maitland, the governor, of tlie India Islands, is said to have arrived at Genoa, on his war to this country. Furi*tJuly 31.?-Letters from Bordeaux stale that several ships Jiad arrived tliere from Oau daloupe and Martinique* They have brought news from these colonies to the ?8d of June, which date they enjoyed perfect order anu tranquility. The (tauclty of ships had raised the freight to an excessive price. The shine arrived Obtained thirty deniera freight in tne pound for sugar, and tnlrty-six for coffee, lite owners will navo consequently made great pro Two very rich American merchants and bank en?, at Constantinople, have had their wealth OVnfiiscated for monopolizing money. ' Hie editors of the N. Y. Gatette have ceivcd, by the Georgia, Paris papers to the firth of July, and have extracted from them a few.tr ticles, not altogether uninteresting. By a convention, oated the Qtn of July, be 4 ?M. D. Rothe, on the? part of Denmark slral Fabricius, tfLtbe part , of Sweden ler cedes to theHRuyM vessels of war in Norway, for thfMpI'o( 9^000 crowns A Russian aqusdronTlfc* examed in the Sound, which aquadron has on board troops t replace those that are on the frontier# of France^ The fiag ship has on board briiWl presents froin the einperor of Russia to his sister, tho princei f of Orange* v. By a decree of Louis, foreign manufactured goods of cotton and wool, are rigidly pronibit ed fronvbeiug imported into Prance. An article froin Vienna, of the 14th July states the following; ?? The confidence which people here have in the general peace) the financial operations of the government) the commercial speculation* of the merchants, which every day acquire more activity, the increase ol' the government paper ) the total disbandment of the militia j the leave of absence granted every day to officers and soldiers tof every grade i the .sale of military horses and waggonB, which daily takes plucej the disposition i>f the different regiments to tlieir sepcrate cantonments) and, in fact,nil in the Austrian monarchy shows tranquility, happiness, and the stability of the government; The Eiuperor of Austria, wliose good fnitli and fidelity to accomplish all his engagements, is deoflfted to grant to his people a long peace, and beiSnito gather the benefits of it." More than sixty individuals in London have ftrabove tlirete years subsisted wholly on vege tables, fruitsanadistilled water, enjoying during that period, robust health, aud an exemption from those maladies which, under the direction of Or. Lamb*? ted to tneir adoption of this simple regimn.?The editor of the Monthly Magazine, from considerations of a different nature, has abstained from all animal food for three and thirty ycaou but Dr. Lambe carries hisabstineuce atill further, by alwUiuing from all stimulants which exeite t)urst, so that we are told he does not drink a pint of liquid jn a month. One of the disciples of Dr. Laitibc, Mr. Newton, of Chichestvr-street has published, under the title of44 Jl Return to Abjure," n very ingenius and able illustration of tho system* which merits tho notice of the inquisitive ana philosophical part of tho public.-?A . York G4x. JUST HKCKIVE1) AT TIIK BOOK RKHKAUUIbS on America, Key to Knowledge, Ofliccra Widow foci'* Pdgrim.igr, Colonial Policy, Congress ot V.cuna, Cottage Fireside, Holingbrook on Uic Study of History, I Mor.er'a Journey through Persia, America and Asia Minor. Cl*fa OOcuvre I)r Oliver Goldsmith, Chrystal, Picture of Cincjnn ?tti. Mitrchionc?t Itetarorlie Jaquelcine, Mil. Clupoiic'a betters. Reflection* on Kuicidr, M*w'n I'riivtli, Hkctchc* of the late War Columbia, Sept. 24. MA80N1C. AHMIULAR Connnun.C4hou ot the HOY A I. ARCH CIIAPl'ttlt, will !>c livid at the Room ill Oilumhia, on Thur?duy evening next, at 7 o'clock precisely. By Order or the W. II. P. T. W. L0HMA1V, Scribe. Sept 23, 5B16. "FOll HALK, fMIIAT Plantation or Tract of Land, late the property JL ot Thoma* l<atta, dcccased, on which Martha and Haniuel tattft now reside, containing upwards of 400 Acres, situate on both aide* of fishing Creek, in Clie?? ier district. On the premises is a Dwelling House, Uamand other necessaryout building*, together with ? H?w?Mill, on an excellent stream, capable of lieing ren. dercd highly profitable; and an unimproved Mill-Heat postering auper.or advantages which, with treasonable capital might be made equally profitable. The above plantation la to be sold to facilitate a division thereof amonftt tlie heirs of the aforesaid Thomas l<atta, dee'd. and wilt be exposed to sale by public auction on the first Monday in lwcember next, at Che?ter Court-House, unless ditpoted of by private contract previous to that day. A further description of tlio premises is deemed unnecessary, as every prudent purchaser will feel it to be his interest to View the premises, and Judge for himself. MARTI!A LATTA. JOHN LATTA, HAMUfcL LATTA Che?t?r district, August 6, 18trt. 40?6t ?TUBSPAY, BEPTBMURH 34. Iblft. A Correspondent expresses some dou&t of the correctnes?#of the town Marshal's report of the number of Inhabitant* in Columbia?and desires us to hint to the Town-Council t)ie pro priety of enquiring In wbat manner, aim by w I lilt authority the M Census" was taken, so that its correctness may be property ascertained. This, our cbrresnondent states to be the wish of " many of the inhabitants." llie information contained in the following Extract from a letter, to one of our friends in (this place, dated Monroe County,' M. T. A??g 23, will be gratifying to those interested in the Agricultural aou Commercial improvement of thu new tettlements in tho Western country. M I will not enter again into a very parties lar descriptive accouut of this country, having wrote to you last spring. On the Talapoosa, and ,?nhawba are the best bodies of land, but when I came provisions was hardly to be had there. The price* of stock, cattle and hogs have raised much since last April. I was very fortunate in purchasing both. I should be overjovod could I tee my friend in this country, for I think that kill* climate and, limestone water, (which a bounds in many place#) would be anadvantage to your health, but the journey, is so long thait! hive little hope of seeing von nere, There are several stores at fort ClaiWne,wbich is six or seven miles fron^where I live^ Dry Goods are very reasonable,'.?rocerWijiif deat>?Sugar is ox|)t>ctedsoontoy|e.chcap) it is now twenty* Ave cent* per P<mL I have lately got prime Coflco nt twenty-,%o Cents per pound, by take ; forty w$ight-4butUr eighteen and three rth cents^Ba?n twenty-five cawf* per nd?Flour twelvirdiillars per barrel?Crock* ware is reasonable?flue white Northward iomespun thirty-seven, and a half conts per yanl. The blacksmiths find Iron and Steel, &nd work at a dear rate?Saw-gins, three dol lars and a half fter saw.?Packing Screws ft 100 complete. The low ground that is fit for cul? tivation in tho Alahamu swamp, is very fertile, but does not extend in general, more than from two to three hundred yards from the river. Tho Cotton that is plantc'd from seven to nine feet opart, has now in many nlace* nearly met .: some crops are much injured by the black*mould or rot. Cotton is said t?? l)c forty cents in New-Orleans. Tho Alabama in tine for linli. but noBliad. The Surveyors have made but small j>rogress as yet in running out tho laud." ?4* *0iis summer has been very d'/y in most parts pf this country, until lattnrly, which, with the quantity of Cotton planted by the first set tlors, and number of new comers, will cause Corn to.be?> iu great demand. Bomo have al rean/engaged corn at one dollar per bushel, from tho field.*' Sabbath breaking*-*-It in reported that a bar rel of beer \va? round working on Sunday la*t. Wo are happy to stato that the transgressor Imft been arraigned before qui- Mayor, convicted and fined five dollar a.?Tito Mayor deserve# commendation for tliin ait?Let the laws be executed, This is not the first offence of the kind that wehave heard of.?JY* JY. Cour. Casualty.-rWe am sorry to state that ft fisli* ing boat upset in the bay on Monday last. By the humane exertioiu of ho mo fishermen, who were near, all the men were, happily rescued Ttrpin an untimely grave, but, sud to relate! every fish was drowned. . Their bodies have notbeaigfouud since#?Mb. liif smittMt the king of fepaln hat iisned t long decree fafavor of education, in which he order* tho immediate establishment of school* fcr the initructipu of .youth throughout bit kingdom^UUhw^d Compiler. From the ltichmond JUnauirtr, Sept. 4.?A curious circumstance itaaiqto have happened in the county of Cumb?ri4n4<*^A. whole family, wi'.h the exception of ono person, l>#d died on eating a tvut of a cabbage wMOTWy boiled whole. On opening it, a scorpion WMnjftiind in the ccntre. .0 gootf wife?-Choose a wife, at yoi a knile?look to tno temper. MARRIKI), jL In Columbia, on Thursday evening laftt, David Bwart, Merchant, to Mist Mi Hkrkkt. OBITUARY. Died on the 10th instant, in the 38tb year of his age, (tan. Joeeplt Alston, late governor of this Htate. In him Carolina may truly be said to have sustained one of the greatest losses j for amidst her numerous sons of noble talents and of patriotism, none stood before him. Born to affluence, he considered it his duty, the moment he arrived at age, to devote himself to thb ser vice of his country, tho only really free ono in the world. By her he was soon noticed in tho most distinguished manner, for from his en trance into public life until his death, ho has been constantly employed either in her legiti* tive or executive councils. From the early and great promises he gave of future eminence, his friends considered it aft their duty to devote hit education in one of the flrtt seminarist In America* to the study of law and politics, at the best qualifying him for those pursuits to which they Haw his ambition and In clination would lesd htm. In hi* unceasing application to his studies and rapid progress, he amply repaid their carej> ap^ affection, anil j at tlio earliest period tin, constitution peruutt.>J, gave such displays iu the legislature, of elo quence, ability atmI knowledge of the lawn ami constitution of bis country* m astonished und charmed all who heard Mm. Such wu (he rc spect of the house for hit knowledge end ta lent*, that they toon elevated him to the apeak er'a cliair, being the firet who liaa been promo ted to that honor at 10 early * period of life. During the time he aenml iu the legislature, lie conspicuously distingulebjid himself, on eve ry question of iasportanoe, that came beforo them. It wottld far exceed the limits of sach a tributo of MopeeCtbd.friendship aa this, to enu me rate them.?On *11 eoch a*rtsps cted the im portant amendments, to tho federal constituti on, or to our ow* during th* period, he parti cu ?Hy latere^ Wm*lf, and shone %vitli - enllar Iustf*?'Tbe friends of an equal ropre mutation of tlH? people, or of the incnlculabln advantage* to be derived from their education ind Koneral knowledge?the friends of science, imdnumanity, wjll never forget his generous ?nd eloquent exertions, on themlls to equali^o the representation | to establish the college nt Columbia) the froe schools throughout tho state | and htehumane and reiterated effort* to erect a penitentiary, and mitigate our unequal Mid too rigoroue penal code. *Itis last displo? In the annate has been unitei-sally admitted to have been the salvation of our excellent free kcIiooI system.. The house, of representative* had agreed to abolish it, but the eloquence ol Atston fo the aenate, preserved it f??r the hone lit of his country. Thus bestowing upon thou* ands ?f youth, tho inestimable advantage* of fcdufrttiort, of mental and moral improve VftWO^ldbeimpr opcr to omit, among his ad mirable"exertions in the legislature, tlie noble part he alwaya acted in every thing that respit ed the public rights and honor of his country.? On all occasions ho stood foremost to express the decided approbation of this *tate, to t)i? measures of the general government, and in ?,? far as it was possible for us to do bo, our a >-,U tance in nerving the arm of the republic, and enabling it to assert end defend its rights ami commerce, against the unjust and insulting at. tacka'of foreign powers. On these and oh ?ll similar occasions, Alston was annum the nj??l forward to propose and supitort enercetir. mea sures, and to urge their adoption. In his oflico as speaker all parties ioinea to applaud the inde ? fatigahle and impartial manner, in winch hedi, charged it* important duties, and to rmif?<s th .f it was equally honorable to himself, and to toe chair. His promotion gave a decided proof of the high estimation his country e.'itertaimvl far l-.h talents, both civil and military?it took p!:u at the commencement of the Intr uar. w from the governor bring ex-officio the column:. der in chief of the militia, it was considered ;n highly important to have not only an exj>eriru ced and well informed statesman, but an ?o!u military man in tlnj executive rlmir. No do..I>t, at this time, was entertained, that tho enemy would strike a serious blow upon the southern states. Our situation therefore called for an ox - ecutive who would unite in his character too qualifier tiona necessary to the able discharge Of both his civil and military duties. It fortu nately happened our state escaped invasion? no opportunity was therefore given to (icn. AI ? ston to display the courage, visor ami ability which he doubtless would have done ut the head of our milUnr: During the wliule of his term no man could exert himself more to improve and perfect them in their discipline than he did, and the firmness with which fiu supported thu right! of hie office, and the important and salu tary ekanffs which be was the cause of introdu cing into Our military system have all essential iy contributed ib itnprove and strengthen Uim our national andi>est defence. In tho admininration of his civil duties hi* messages to the legislature have always been u?> less admired for their elegance and the ahilit" with which they weredrawn than for the excel lence of the recommendations they contained. The firm and impartial manner with which he. exercised the very important power of pardon vetted In the executive, cannot be sufficiently admired t for although naturally humane ana merciful in his disposition, In no instance did be ever permK his personal feelings and wishes to make him forget his duty to his country in thia respect, or to suffer her Igws to be weakened in hla hands. In private life ho possessed every trait that could render him dear to his family and delight fill to hi* friend*?hi* manners were of 'he most, polwhed kind,and hi* conversation like hid wri tings and alf his public display, showed him t?? possets that commanding eloquence Svhieli npringn from a cultivated understanding and a ?oiil of iirc. ft has been already obsnrved, that in hi.4 death his country has sustained us great a loss a* f.ho could have tnet with in tho death <?f an y of Iter !?MM. T?hU respectable and distrosed parent end family, it is irreparable 1 time and reflec tion can alone assuage their grief. I'nder this afAietinff dispensation of Ids providerice, they will no uouht humbly tetlan theinselvea to the will of thst being, whoso dor reus are inscruta ble. Their consolation must he the recollection of the amiabh* Qualities of their lost and lamen ted relative, and the able and honorable manner in V'hich he did his dutv, for the short time ho was permitted to remain among us?.that if ev er A citizen deserved well of his country, ho did?and that she will, undoubtedly, long, and most affectionately cherish the rimcinhianco of Ilia many virtues, bin grfat talents, and his pat' riotism, and hold themiup as examples to tho*o whaMtro to follow him.?Nonthtrn Pal. ?r,"' YJbtm: .j.'iiumu iwu.iw.uj j. i wjjj-umm UHNKYMAN PIUNTBU WaNTKD. t^frlNF. t>ol1?r? p?r wer-k, *<t lhlrti'.?cven nod n |>,i|f 1^1 rent* n*:r iliwonvl. tor rotflpoinlon, *n<l fifty rrntfc token, t >r prcn-Work, will I* givtn to a good Jour, nevman Printer, If (nr-sth'ile ftpf heat ion ij tttaoe' at ?,tiw Off-:#.