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grades far exceec^g; this; can easily b overcome by locomotive power. . Before leaving this portion of the subject I will remark, that a gradual descent of & to 40 feet tcihc mile'cuul J be made by th< Valley of Whortleberry -.reek to the river But this would throw tine Depot at least hul nii'e out of the limits of the town. From the highlands oil tire Fast of the Freedce, the lower line, bv a curve ofaboui one and half miles radius turns into its gen. oral direction to Marion Court House, and traverses ground gen ly undulating, to its crossing of the Three Creeks. In its course slight embankments will bo necessary, to Vaise the line above freshe s iroin tha Bg Ikjedee. and across several streams; the most important of which arc Naked, Crook<ed, and Muddy Creeks. Crooked Crook is crossed by descending gen ly tbror Ellerbe's and Murdoch's plaalatious, ' ^ point where its swamp is three qua" a mile through. The general iev *4ers c gained on the opposite side by r /Cl ,s n cent along a branch through * - gentle a.1 plantation, loading near J jdr. Crosiand house. The swamps of Thomas's ol vary from HH) to 40r the other streatr The line "c'rosfcs the r j vards iii breadtl head of Gen. Car Three. Creeks about tli its swamp is - .ipbeiPs mill-pond, wher measured by T about four hundred yard descent to : Jeberry and Townsend. j about 35 .t may be affecied at a grade < land feet to the mile, by a long point ( into* ?the widow Muggins.which project or the swamp. The eleva'ion is rcgaine . the other side by the same grade, travel s' JCl*"another point opposite; which likewis . ' /rejects into the swamp, and leads the liuj iiKe Deberry's field. .When a survey i ^v.ade, I rec mmend an examination of th 'Jf . ft reek, with a view to crossing it one mil Jtlow Gen. Campbells mill dam ; and t cross Muddy Creel; below the junction < the forks, instead of crossing each scpara tely. From Three Creeks to the cross in of Cat-Fish, a distance of nearly 22 mile: . . -n?l.. *? ? nmntn.nmtp/l loVpl. fcXCCDt t IlCtll (1*1 UlKliiVt I Uj/bV\? IV I v.; 4 the crossing of the North and South Ibrk of Muddy. Creek ; to each of which it" ma he .necesoary to dpscend by a grade of 3 feet te the mile, and ascend by the sam grade. The line descends by a grade of 3 tect to the mile, through Capt. J. C Etlei he's plantation, to Gat Fish, and crosse I . its swamp immediately * below. Mrs Tart1 mill creek, at whicli point it is 400" yard wide. It then ascends at a grade of 30 .ft* to the mile. The (ace of he country froi Cat Fish to the Little Peodec, is gaapruil Hat, interrupted by occasional undulation.5 In this distance, Smith's swamp, 220 yard; . % and Big and Little Reedy Creeks, each 10 yards across their swamps, are cresset I . Besides these, on!? two or three inconsidoi " " - 'r? -.i ? r able branches occur, lociossuje juu.i Peedee swamp, the line descends its bank b a grade of 35 feet to the miie, which leac i a point three quarters of a mile-long,'pre ting into the swamp. From this poii line pass' s to the fiver bv a string ( . 4 ' ' islands a quarter of'a mile in leugtl "ver is 150 yards wide, whli a firr Or and at the highest water 10 to 1 It can ba Crossed by a trus ridge of simple .construction, wit . . feet wide, fo admit the passag afs. From the river, the lin <150 yards ofswamp to Sai; :ch is a bank of white sand 'englh, and a quarter, of ;ed by a grouch of live oa ing of islands stretchc 1 to the highlands, a'di; alf miles, of which a inii islands, and the-rest ( the swamp. In cros no obstruction shou! . passage of the wate uggish stream, an ii. mp more than sei e, * X'fore propose ih ie *5 * * the swamp to b i stj1 clear the highe: ! swt be built on th [ the. a double trac across id. * Forthes gh to " cypress is r f should :ng the Littl ejr, %ith iy Island, thout ofTei rndy Islam Tnts for cross . * ;weon Clu SVf? the Wac: of j?hicn' c, const Jt KS&5 re . ti trV>Vicbe^ i x . hllie. It in >?Pt0Sde, ? doc l.';? hotf a.n? wtman's add fU 4^ Itween Jo in fv, the river swamp, whic. Lr on the Western bank, la mile and a quarter in brt J j L about 130 yards wide, an . Th fwith, a Iinrd sandv bettom. an f the Eastern side of the river, u Jelevated, and commodious la; [Cypress Creek, in the distance i Jmile and a half down the Peede [e several landings and bluffs, name. > [press Creek Landing, Little Cat Munterhs and Dog Bluffs. By crosMe rlVcr from any of these places, the Me swamp (as will appear from the ; Mt?anying map) must be traversed ohMy ; and I understand that it will be w Msary, by one of the best routes, to nass th. Me and a half through swamp, and the the Me distance on isiaiuis, to a'tsin the high- ten Ms. Also, Chinner's, Brunson, Brown, mat f Hu iting Swamps, which become wider pose m\hey approach the river, will be crossed Tf. MnsidembW below the aireci one. tween To return to ?he uhm/z Alter he Lc ^mossing the Little Peedee, the line passes . Route, E\e>r ? ecuutry gradually rising-until it gums Cat Fi Mrs highest ova'ion b Hween Branson and j Lowe ng swart" ps. n.en-'v. o. its d'.se<, n.A ? ^ bevond Frown swamp, : ravesse?i g"ou?.J ( ^ ?. M much L ro .1 rot. Brown i wamp, _ the * 0 ? m ;j(-\ ? ;\\ o or three a.nes c.l country flic gen. : 1 h M :..i!\- uiiili.:! tT:i!g.T,amJ gruLLa.hy I'i'oa j //-' K ievjl pit: ?. i, which extends tcthe iVaea- [ 1 ' f.i'Ws . et. i; I At. en the I. .aire i:; I | ? .' tii \\ over. sc \?v;.' sv i.nps u.Uv ^ * k. a (juur.'.'i oi a m.?e " ':'i V: viwn.!! *? . ' e j kins, which arc from 100 to yards'n I through. . : a ; j With a view to select a point 0fterniina- c > j tion ca the Waccamaw, I r xamined the tl 31 river from Con way borough -down to a point, h . | Jelow which, I)<I difficult/ t [ ftm sntjsfied,; I f J oxists in the navigation 0f (!l(, rjyer'' Tnc I ll j first obstruction in the river, a few miles be- L' ; I T<s Cox's Shoal. It is j . 1 I about a quarter <ola )m|u anj extcnds i o i i V?'?* acr0ic th'j river. A channel about; '< i j oO teet wide n. a{. j]0WCst Water vary- i ? . in roni ^ 'iT;et deep, intersects, the shoal j J ! 0 i?Ua /. h*om the right to the left bank, j j . * 0 4,oxt obstaclcs.to navigation, are two j ( ! '* shoals, cacli about o0 leet wide, with ' i W itCr 0 to 7 feet deep; one above and the j 0 /her he'iow the mouth oi the "thoroughfare. | a 1 Pot BlutV, on the W es'ern bank ot the rh- ; :li i er, is below all the difficulties. I no portion j l J l . 1 J .. I <1 a ' of" the Bloli" which is immciintciy on me j river, is about 8 feet high and 140 yards 11 i- -long. Fix>m this extends a quarter of a ; ^ 5- mile down the river, but it is separated from j e 's it by a strip of swamp 20 to 30 feet w'de, j:I d across which it would be easy to wharf to the i ^ is channel if necessary. At the upper part of, ? i. the Bluff, the river is 60 yards wid and J5 j" le j feqt deep; but below it becomes bolder, ex- i ' c j panding to the breadth ofl50 yards.- From f' s, i the B) iff, a dry level pine land spreads out, 11 A atfordingall facilities fora Depo%Store.hoti- ^ )f ses, Work-shops and town. Below Pot Bluff ^ )f is Woodard's Bluff, 300 yards long, from v Is 12 to lo feet high, and on the channel of s' d ; the river which is 12 to 15 feet deep. Mrs. (! r. j Key's Landing is half a mile below Wood- j ^ e j ard's Bluff. It is half a mile long, and n e j from 6 to 10 feet high. The water at the | ? is upper end of thfe Bluff is 12 to d4 feet deep, j-'( e ! becomes shallow below, and terminates in j P a | a shoal above the mouth of Itothmanler j o j Branch. At the lowest j.v.rcr, by taking | ] )f j advantage of the tide, Oh feet draught can j i- be-had across this shoal. The Bluff orv j g which Buck's saw mill is situated, is from ; S s, one quarter to half a mile long. This, and 0 it j all the offers "mentioned, oiler ample ac.!. s cotmnodations for a Depot. C y About three quarters of a mile below ; 0 Buck's Mill, is.another shoal similar to that ! e above the mouth of Rothmanler .branch, 5 with a channel through it only 50 feet wide. ' C % Below this shoal to Georgetown Bar, eleven : s feet of water can at all times be had, so that ! ?j 's any vessel which can pass the bar can come i s to this point.' Milling's Landing is below' ?t j this shoal. It is.a bluff 300 yards long, n j and eight feet high. Wharves, a few feet v ! iu iength, built From ir would reach into wa- i ;. j ter 13 feet deep. Dry and-flut pine woods >,' extended buck from the blufE affording room ; 0 , for every convenience and improvement! 1. | which the company can contemplate. The j r- . river is as w'de liere as at any point above, 1; [e and hence tofBuck's'Mill, winds very, very v much, as may bo inferred when stated, that Is the distance by water is four miles and by ' $ >. ' land scarcely exceeds a mile and a quar* i' it' ter. ^ . )fi J. consider it higbiy important that any j i. j vessel which can cross the Georgetown bar, n j shenld be able to reach the depot of the , p 1 Rail Road, and no point above Hilling's ! is j Landing will allow this. But should the 1 ? i Company determine, that a draught of only c ' 91-2 feet will answer their purposes, then Pot e 1 BIufF would be better than any intermediate i. ; point. Is The upper line, (through Bennettsviile,) ' 1 a , diverges from t he lower line at Pliill's Creek, C k and passing over level ground to Billings11,.Q, ennr's risPS 10 or 15 feet ' 3 it: > a vttiovw u uvu.^v) ? 5- in the next mile, and again traversess level ; ie ground to Naked Creek,- which is crossed | if between Pledger's 'and Easterling's mills. ' a From Naked Creek (the swamp which is a ; b d quarter of a mile wide) the country is much j it r, broken, but becomes more even after cros- j tc d sing Little Creek, and thence maintains an rp undulating character to- Crooked Creek.? a ie Crooked Creek swamp is only a quarter of j b c a mile wide where the turnpike road cross, jc. es if, being there narrower than at any oth- j ie er point in the neighborhood. Crossing it 11! k there to ascend at a grade of 35 feet.to the ' t! ;o mile, it will he necessary t<5 make a deep j S cut, of perhaps 800 yards long, and 15 feet tf Ie the greatest depth;.or e fleet the ascent by L1 I making use of the creek bank, and a ravine 1 c D 1 { > which lies to the west of the town. From ; w .1, Bennettsville the ground in the next four tl ! miles, is gently fmdulating, and thence to , u j the head of Horsepen Branch, is, for the ' is ;r ' most part, flat. Ilorsepeu Branch, by a ; c g j descent of 40 feet in a m'de and a quarter, p k ! conducts the line to the swamp of Three ' A ?e ; Creeks, a short distance above Col. Dud- ' r ;e i ley's Mill. Having crossed the three creeks d e i swamp, which is about 400 yards wide, ' g ;s ; ascend bv a grade of 35 feet to the mile, by 2 i. j means of creek bank and Jenny's Prong, o 3 | and continue that grade two, or two and a j e half miles. The ground is undulating from IC . C1 | A i <rr.<.L-c twn miles bevond the North a 1- | Fork of muddy crock. The lino there j d j strkes a !o\v sand ridge, which carries it j ti f ; along trie east side of cat fish swamp to : ri j | Mrs. Tart's mill creek, which will require ! p | an embankment 150 yards long and a few ; s : feet liigh.?Thence to Marion Court House,, a the ground continues undulating, and is in. I b intersected by three or four inconsiderable : o streams. jC As 1 have been ins'ructcd, that it is the j w isli of the Convention, rather to ascertain 1 w i probable cost of the undertaking which ; s1 y have in view, than at this time to dc. j o nine on any particular route, 1 havecsli- i ^ -d only for .one line ; and for that pur- ' c have'selected .the Lower Route. J si ;e lengths ofthe oJ^erent routes, be- 1 s Cheraw-and Hilling's Landing, are. ;F wer Route. 82.4 miles. Thc L:PI)cr 1 w joining the Lower at the hek'd l'lu I f*( i swamp, 84 miles, and joining ! !J totitc at Marion Court House, .r 1 I i. 'ce ut labour I have resumed at ft wc V* L*r hand n.r day, finding bjcludeu. . $ ?ede is lor a Mingle track with a ; s( c cry live nnies. The Ced.i c n-oid e>^ neJ 12 ibet wide, and tin? .slopes 'tJ lVJLvo 'ns and cmbankrneuts, v.Tlh 0. ! ci t e%c;vN ?e.;;i;cu.aruf 2 1o 2. I U%.vG j ,llS' V A ?R of l!,f' ^'^hi lately ;V * ; cA^-v:' V, \\ie. s"j:l- Carolina Rail Road* l' . x*>* - / :o > *1 11 * iiiles of this iron is now laid, and appears to j n swerve^- well. Intelligent gentleman 1 oncur withine, however, in the opinion, uit the iron should he at least oner-fourth cavier than even that now us"d. Indeed am satisfied that economy Will result,' if*' ic edge rail weighing GO to TO tons to ! ic mile, be used on your road. The superstructure} 1 propose to consist i f sleepers ten inches, square and eight leert i )ng,^)i't!ie best heart pine, white oak, post ! ak or cypress, as may.be most convenient, j >ur feet apart from centre to centre ; on lese to be laid wooden rails of the best ma- ! >rial 6 by 8.inches, and from 16 to 25 feet ' >ng. The rails will be received in notch- 1 s made in the sills, and covered with a.' coat of boiled tar at their bearings on the ! leepcrs, in whicli tbev will be firmly ; wedged. The whole structure should, be j o bedded in the earth as that only two 1 rchcsof the wooden rail may appear above ; io surface. The earth beneath the sleep- ! rs should" he well consolidated by ram- ! ling, and in crossing swamps, and on emarvkments which are liable to settle, mud ; ills should be placed under them. The on, if such as is1 used on the South Carona Rail Road, must be firmly attached to le rail by spikes driven once in every 18 ; Hies. The width of the track should be! >ur feet eight incites and a half in the clear, or all the streams crossed by the road, ents must be provided ; and as tiiere is no tone near the line, it will be for the presnt, necessary to use culverts and small j ridges of wood. For all purposes, this latcrial can be obtained hewed, on the line j f the road, for $23 per thousand running j . er. ROBABLK COST OF COXSTRUC^ TIOX. - Ixeavation arflTKmbanltmen!, Grubbing and Clearing. Ctiiverts and small Bridges, 64,580 00 j evenly-nine miles and a haif f Superstructure, including Turn outs and Depots, 359,053 00 Crossing the Big Peedce and its flats, the bridge being 22 feet wide, for a Double Track, 27,894 00 j' Crossing ltt'le Peedee.and its o f*' swamp, 18,775 00 luildings at Depots, Water Stations, dec. . 25,000 00 ; ' ' 495,302 00 j aid ten per cent.'for Engi. necrs and contingence?, .49,230 00 j 1 l Total, 8544,832 00 | I. COST OK MACHINERY. light Locomotive Engines and Tenders, at $5,900 each, 47,200 00 I ixtcen Freight Cars, each capable of carrying 45 bales of-Cotton, at $600 each, and * I, and four Baggage Cars at 8400 each, 11,200.00? our passenger "Cars, each capable ofcarrying 40 passengers. at 81,000 each, 4,000 00 j 862,400 00 j I SUMMARY, lotal cost of Construction, 544,832 00 ! 'ost of Machinery, 62,400 00 % Ann A I Total, ^ouv,"?:o"?: uu j . In this estimate, I have provided for only j s many freight and passenger Cars as will e needed for the present business; as i increases they would likewise be increas) meet the demand. The locomotive 1 ower which I have estimated, although j ble to perform, more work than the present | usiness would require, would b^ instifti- : ient for the preseut demand if reduced. The intelligent Committee appointed- bv'-' ic Convention to expose the benefits to tc community, and the advantages to -the ; ;ockolders which will result from this eni rrprisc, are fully adequate to the task.? lut as I have had an opportunity of asertaining a portion of these advantages, I ill be pardoned, I trust, for here alluding to tern. j Cheraw is the point to which "Cotton ( ;'brought from part of York, from Lan- j aster, and Chester, and from the Southern ; ortion of North Carolina, even from : lecklenburg, Iredell, Rowan, Monfgomc- ' v, and Richmond ; and Merchants in that ( istrict of country receive their supplies of j oods through Cheraw to the amount of1 . 5,000 bales per annum; and the up freights ; n goods to that place is ?50,000 per annum. - ' i -i ! ill this produce arid mercriauaize, ana me i Jotfon .raised in Marlborough and Marion, ud the goods tor Merchants i:> tliosc two ! istricts depend on the Big Pcodec Ibr their j ransportation. From July to January, the iver is frequently so low, that boats are ' revcnted from running. Sand bars and ?' nags offer impediments to the navigation, nd sometimes arc the causes of considerale loss. At this present time, the wreck f a steam boat lies a short distance below : Jheraw, which was lost a few months ago, nth a valuable cargo. The Cotton Planter r'ouid generally find it to his interest to end to market in November, that portion i f his crop which he has prepared. The j lerchant in Choraw has frequently, by the j nd of the month, made half of bis purcha- J cs in Cotton, and should have received his j applies of Goods to exchange for it.? j ,ven when the river is navigable, several j *eeks frequently elapse before Cotton can 1 each its market in Charleston. Sending i , as is now the case, to Georgetown, much j clay there frequently occurs, before it is i awarded. By the river, the rates of J erg/:t arc variable, frequently as high as J 1 23 per pale, to Georgetown. At pre- J ;nt it is 75 CfcUts per bale, and is scarcely ; ver less. To the fricght must be added I te insurance to Georgetown, which is 25 j en's on each bale. Bv Bail Road, the time Gf transportation j i:tv be certain, and the freights invariable. 'reduce placed cti the. Fro'ght Cars at u--.... c y >ji' cigb-t hours arr!vr' i , - j # 4 , ' t at the Depot on the Waccamaw, and thence he shipped by Steam Boats and other ves- j sels, to "Cliaries'on or any other market.? These cOnskJ^ra'ions would operate as inducemenls tlierefb're to the merchants, to , prefer the. use of the Bail Road, which could i always carry at -rates never exceeding and ; generally less than by the river. An addi-j tional inducement.is Ike wise held out in . the saving of insurance ; as the Rail Road ' Company will be responsible for merchan- j dize and produce conveyed by-it. . From the Petersbuai and Roanoke Rail i Road, a branch is nerrly completed trom i i i . . r< #lw? X> r',vnr Deineiu lO i_xus?m, UII uiu uuauu ivw It is proposed to connect Gaston with Raleigh by a rail road, aid at the last session of the North Carolina Legislature, a char, ter was obtained to buld a road from Ral. eigh to the South Caiolina line, in the di- ; O , rection oi Columbia, intending to pass.) through the town of Clcraw. This would ' bring to Cheraw a great accession of trade j from the Southern par. of North Carolina, i In the article-ofCotton, Cheraw would have ! the advantage over anr port in North Car-1 olina'; for it is a fact, that Cotton shipped1 from South Carolina, commands, in the | foreign market, from one Cent to .one cent ( and a half more per pound than when ship. I ped Irom North Carolina. * A connection with the Petersburg Road, j will complete nearly a continuous line ot ; Rail Road from Cheraw to Boston. A line of Steam Packets,- established between the Depot on the .Waccamaw and Charleston, would be the last link in the chain of rapid J and easy communication between Charles ton and the North ; ol winch the only portion by sea would be from Charleston to the Georgetown Bar. a distance ol* about GO miles. Many persons who now travel bv s'cam boats and by packet ships to the North, will doubtless prefer this interior line of communication by Rail Roads. The General Government will rather send the mail on this route, by which it will be transported every day from Charleston to Cheraw in ten hours, instead of every o'her day 3G hours, as is now die case by.die way, of Georgetown; or 43 hours by the way of Columbia. I-leave the further discussion of this subject to the committee, satisfied that they are fully adequate to appreciate ' ' - ?i 1 tne auvantages ; uiiu jnueccu uu?r <-uw sider the probable income of the company. ; IJy the Hail Road, Cotton can be transported to the Waccamaw river, throughout the year, at 75 cents per bale. Whence to Charleston it will not cost more than it now | costs from Georgetown to Charleston.? Goods can be carried at the-lowest river prices. An average number of20 passengers per day now pass through Cheraw by stage. I will as'ssumo this number only* in making my estimate, although I am satisfied it is a minimum. The Singe tare from Charleston to Cheraw is*now about 817.- I will assume 80 as the fife from Cheraw to the Waccajiiaw ; -and from the Wacamaw to Charlestor, by Steam Boat, it will be, I presume, not more than $9 lor each passenger. Then the business of the company may be estimated as follows, per annum-:? 25,000 bales of Cotton from Cheraw to the Depot on the Waccaniaw* river, at 75 cents per bale, 818,759 00 Up frieghts on merchandize, &c to Cheraw, 50,000 00 Seven thousand bales of cotton, at 75 cents per bale, from Marlborough, and that portion of Marion which lies to the East of the Big Pecdee, ' 5,250 00 Up freights to Marlborough and Marion, 5,250 00 For 7,300 passengers, 86 each, . ' 43,800 00 Transportation of the mail from the VVaceamaw river to Cheraw, 10,000 00 Gross income, * 8138,050 00 From this amount deduct the current yearly expenses of the Road, for which I make an ample allowance . 90,000 00 Which leaves a net in- " ; come of 843,050 00 j And gives on #007,'J3'?J uo, me prune cosi of the road, a dividend of rather more than seven percent. In tliis estimate, I have endeavored to exclude any thing which may be deemed contingent. In estimating for Marlborough O O O and Marion, I have supposed that much of their Cotton and Goods will continue to be carried on the river. 1 have not take into the account the Cotton, Bacon; and 'other produce from North Carolina, which I have been informed, descends the Little Poedee. From an intelligent source, I understand that perhaps as much as 30,000 bales of Cotton, per annum, are now brought down the Little Peedec, and that in one day 500 bales had been seen to pass. Nor have I taken into consideration the resources which, in this region of country, still lie undeveloped, but will shortly be brought into use by the spirit of improvement which is now awakening in every part of the coun rrv. ^eilUCI uuto my tjiuunn, vuiDiuv/V, any of that great influx of trade and travel which will be the result when North Carolina and Virginia arc linked to our State? when a connectien by Rail Road with the Petersburg Road shall be effected. I have made a statement merely of the business which the Rail Road Company may depend upon as certain, if even a connection with the North should not be effected, and if the neighboring country should cease to nilprove. What may bfi the result under these circumstances, I leave to the conside. ration of tnose gentlemen who are more conversant than 1 am with th<; resources of the neighboring States. Accompanying this Report is a map of the Country between Cheraw and the navi. g ddc waters of the WY.ccamaw river, wnicli I have combined from The District * An average number ??f H> passengers per day were raiHisported on tbe ^owi: C.irolnra Hn:' K )?d. d,:r:.::g tbe.vtw I "*'<"? ! : V X ' ' V ' imps, making such corrections and ad.dii tions as came under my observation,-and was suggested to mc by* individuals con. versaut with the country! . I wi'h pleasure take this opportunity to tender my thanks to 'the gentlemen, who, ' , t O , ; * j by li.eir pobte attentions,- much facilitated my operations while engaged in the Keconnoissance. . I have, sir, the honor to be, ' - * \ our verv obedient servan% EDYV'D. B. VVIIITELife Mattrasses.?A Most Important Invention.?A more valuable invention tor the saving of human life, than Macintosh s Life Mattrass, has never been brought before the American public,and we congratulate the ingenious inventor, as well I 8n i i ii ?. I as ail <1Q UQWI) Willi onijja uuu uiv: jiiuui i deep, upon the perfect success of the ex-! periment which was made in the Delaware ycaicrday afternoon. About four o'clock, a party of thirty gen tleman repaired on board the Citizen steamboat, where t hoy .found the inv^n'or, Mr. Macintosh, in readiness with his mattrass? an invention, by the way, of the simles' as well as of the most efficient character. The Citizen then" put off into the middle of the stream. Mr. AJ. unfolded the mattrass, which is exactly suited tor tlie berths in a ship or steam packet. It forms a double fold, between which falls a hag somewliat in the shape of a small boat, having in its bo'toni, two cases for the legs, resembling "trowsers. Mr.. M. having got into the bag and placed his legs in the cases or trow. sers?the work of a few seconds?boldly I jumped overboard,'and floated down with | the tide, resting in a half sitting and half re. cumbcnt position in his excellent life-hoat. |' Ho left the Citizen and made a voyagej of at least half a mile before he was taken up again ; sufficient to prove, beyond the possibility of doubt?the infallible ultility of ! his invention. As the mattrasses are. principally stufled with b'air, and the bag and leggings are not water-proof, no danger can ! ans^ from their being partially torn ; and | we are convinced, from the action of the i Life Mattrass or Boat, as she passed over j the swell caused by the steamer, that she j i would live in a heavy sea, as well in a calm J ! water. In ouropinian, none of the Kuro i i n i/_ ?.:?i . i pean or otner pacKeis snouiu uc wimoui thsse niattrusscs; and more particularly would they be serviceable on the waters of the Mississippi, where accidents from fire and snags, are of such constant occurence. ?Phil Inquirer. Earthquake.in Syria, i Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Charles j ton Observer from the Rev. John F. Launeau, j formerly of Charleston, Missionary of the American Boird; dated. Jerusalem Jan. 2i | 1337. I In Naples, Acre, Nassarefh, Swur, Sidon, Beyroot, Mount Lebanon, Tiberias, and. ! Suffer, the greatest injury has been sustain-! led. lu the latter towns, as mentioned in i my last under date of the 12tli inst. the destruction of property and lives has been awful. In Tiberias a number of houses have fallen, and several hundred lives-' lost. ; But in Sallet, about 30 miles North of it, j the whole town isony heap of ruins, and at | the*least calculation, three thousand jxrsons have been crushed to death. Tin's town ' vju mav perhaps be aware, was one of the r i 1 I tour places winch the Jews- cons uereu -s-cicrcd or hofi/ in this country,' viz: Jerusalem, Hebron. Tiberias, Saffet. It has derived ifs sanctity from the fact, that several | u f their great Doctors of the law, who lived ( in tiie time of the second Temple, are said , to have been buried there. For years if J not centuries, they have had a Univesity! there for the education of their Rabbies, of I whom there were usually a number from i i different countries in Europe. For sotiiei time past also, "there was a Hebrew and Arabic press in operation among them, and j on the whole, it was as .celebrated among the Jews fur its peculiar sancfity, as ?t was di-itiiKTiiisliprl (ni* its snlendid situation, com , ?...... -r; ? -i _ f i mandmg from its lofty position the whole ! country around. It lias been supposed j by some commentators and travellers | to be the "City set on a hill,v which the | Saviour had in view, when, in his Sermon | on the Mount of Galilee, he compared his disciples to such a "town which could not i he hid." The. Jews have a notion that their Mesisah will reign here forty * years before he will take up his residence in Je! rusalem." What effect this dreadful catas1 trophc will have upon their faith, remains | to be seen. The calamity has fallen most : severely upon their nation, as a large prol portion ofthe inhabitants were their kinsman | according to the flesh. As soon as the ! intelligence, was received here, messengers ; and individuals with.money, food and clothI ing, were despatched to relieve the sufferj ings ofthe whetched survivors. A subscription was also opened in Beyroot, and ; a large supply of the necessaries of life, j and medioinee were forwarded, in charge j of the Rev. Win. M. Thomson, one of our i Missionaries, and Mr Caiman, a converted Jew and Missionary to the Jews in Syria and Palestine. We have not yet received their report, but a Jewish friend returned to day from a visit there and says that the sufferings of the survivors have been distresi Unt./v..,] i?a.icnn> \f.mu have died U'.N U1IU IllViUOUl^. i tor want of clotliiug and food, and others : from their bruises and wounds, and the ' number of the dead yet beneath the ruins are so great, that they are apprehensive that unless soon relieved they may occasion a pestilence. One difficulty in the way of their speedy removal is the abomi- i nable regulations of their goverment. When | I sucli a public calamity occurs, the law is ' that a s one must not bemoved before an order from Sultan or Pasha, and the arrival of-a proper officer of goverment, as one half of j the ruined property is confiscated to the : powers that be. You can readily imagine j the effects of such an outrageous violation ! of the laws' of humanity; but this is but a ' specimen of the character of the goverment | which Iras reduced one of the finest coun! tries on the globe to barrenness and desola. * < * i-tion, on- place? Tjigjt tar. ^-t:F.a -* -. . ? - & \ y -> . : " " ~ ;-T jM ' Church full on the inhabitants while they ft were at prayers, and destroyed about two .* * hundred of them. They were Maronites . ? d or Roman CathoJcs. Language is unable . ' to depict all the horrors of such scenes, and -the distres attending them. What. . r * must be the feelings of those who had esca- \ [)ed destruction when they think of the fate of ' those who were* near and deaf to th'em.?* Parents weeping over their ehildren, and \ children mourning the loss of their parents. . ' Husbands deploring the aw fal death of their J wives and wives that of their husbands? and perhaps some of them almost wishing tha* their own miseries had been ended in the same grave. " ^ . I had often read of similar scenes, but never, my dear brother, have they come so. ; f near to me as at present. Never shall I -4 forget my feelings when the massive stone walls of our Mission house shook like the . _ leaves of the "forest; and threatened every ^ moment to bary us under their ruin*. . We . * . , had no place to which we could flee for. i safety. Our house had two yards attached t t # V if 1 ? lt*n A I r\ Pi .. n .1 .1. ^4 maa! L ..1 - * ? 'I 11. II naa juuy unu ITIO sirt'JBl ueiow was only six of eight feet wide, and the dan-' ger there was greater than within. ToGod alone could we look; and in that mo-- * ment of unutterable emontions,'we tried to cast.ourselves on his Almighty arm, and blessed be his name, He interposed in our behalf, and said to the heaving earth "be still." % You can* better imagine than'-I describe our feelings, when that mandate was obeyed' and we were permitted tQ return to the' room from which.we.had fled in terror. In the evening we sat down to the'table- of V-* the Lord, and endeavdufed to sustain our* - ^ sinking spirits with .the memorials OF tlie . ' mi Saviour's iove. May my life thus mercfc . . V*;; j fully preserved, he devoted more entirely,to i his service. GENERAL JAGKSOMS LETTER'S TO *. THE EDI TOR OF THE GLOBE. \ -; Hermitage, July i>, 1837. i u. Now is tjje lime to separate the Gov| ernment front all banks?receive and dis-. burse the /eventie i h NOTHING BUT GOLD AND SILVER'COIN, and the circulation ofourcoin through all public disbursements will regulate the currency forever hereafter?keep the Government free, front all embarrassment, whilst it leaves | the commercial Community to trade- upon ! its own capital, & the banks to commod-y ate it w ith such * cxchance and credit, as . : best suits their own interes's?BOTH BE L\G MONEY-K1A&1NG CONCERNS, DEVOID OF PATRIOTISM, LQOK1NG ALONE TO THEIR OWN IN. TEREST, -REGARDLESS OF ALL OTHER. It has been and ever will be a CURSE to the Government to have ANY entanglement or INTEREST with either, I or more than a general superintending cure ! of nil. But the commercial community ! hitherto has been fostered by the Governi'menf.to the great" injury of the labor ^f the : couiitry, mrii tne mercantile aristocracy, combined with the banks, have assumed ! the right to control and manage the Government, as thc:r paticular interest requires, regardless of the rights of the great dcmo; cracy of numbers, 'who they believe ought ! to be, and they are dolcrtniucd they shall j be, hewers o'f wood and drapers of water. I repeat, that 1 am proud to seethe FIRM ' | and NOBLE stand taken by thoEXECU'T1VE GOV ERN MENT on this occasion. The people are wi:h it, and will support 1 it triumphantly. " The history of the world never has re. corded such BASE TREACHERY" and 4 PERFIDY" as has been committed by the DEPOSITE BANKS, against the Gov. erurnent, and purely with the view of gratifying Biddle and the Barings, and by the suspension of specie payments, degrade, 1/1 thoi r nu/n v;uiuaii^0O) uuu lUiiif mvj vvuim *??w* ^ * ? j counry, for -the selfish views- of making large profits by throwing out millions of dopreciated paper upon the people?selling j their specie at large premjgpis, and buying up their own paper at disccunts of from 20 j to 50 percent, and looking forward to be in| dulged in these speculations for years to- \ come, before they resume specie payments." [private.] [. HERMITAGE, July 23,1837. / > My Dear Sir :?I have just received' the Globe of the 13th, am pleased todiscovv ; erfrom it and other papers the democracy are uniting upon the plan of separating the i Government from corporations of all kinds, : and to collect the revenue keep and disburse . it, by thei- own agents. This alone can secure safety to our revenue, and control over issues of paper by the State banks. ' This revenue, reduced to the real wants of j the Government, payable in GOLD AND j SILVER, COIN, (NO CREDITS,) to be' i disbursed by the Government in GOLD 1 AND SILVER, will tjive us an UNTD?V1. 1 ATING METALLIC CURRENCY, pre. | vent hereafter overtrading, and give pros; perity to all brandies of business ; whilst the banks and the commercial community wj! 1 i be left to manage their exchanges, and al l * : ' ' matters between them in their own way. ! I hope and trust that the whole democr^c\ ! of the whole Union will unite in adoptipjj/rr 1 these measures and the demoracy of nun. I bers will never have another contest will* j the aristocracy of the few and their papn ^ : credit system, upon which they at present j rely to rule the country. I hope no Treasury notes will be issued. The Treasury drafts upon a^ial depos:?e. arc constitutional, and do not partake of pa- ' per credits as Treasury notes, which me subject to DEPRECIATION by TJ.K MERCHANTS AND BANKS AND SHAVERS AND BROKERS; and will ; be issued, and the Government cannot avoid it. Different must it be with Trca. | sury drafts drawn upon actual deposits and, | from the conduct of the baiiks and the MEP? ; CHANTS, they d*skrve.no favours from the Government, which they I avo attempted to disgrace, and to destroy i:* credit, both at home and abroad. It ivth<?, ?v great working class deserves protection from the frauds of the banks. ^ ~ . * Height of Nonsense.?For two tn u ; t.composed of real flesh and blood to f=tui U A up like two targets, to bo skotat uppp :l horitrr.