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They belong to it because its ministers have
been more indefatigable in discharging their
duties towards them. We are far from in
tending by these remarks to speak disparinglv,
even by implication, of other denominations,
for we are aware how much they aavead done
in many instances, but, it is a fact not to be
controverted, that the Methodists have done
jno re than al> the rest together, m the dis
charge of this benevolent duty. It is plain,
therefore, that this denomination, know more,
and can judge more correctly of the real situ
ation of the slaves of the South, than any of
their Christian brcthern, and it is this circum
stance that gives great value to the steps just
taken by the highest authority of that church.
venerable Bishops, its ministers and its
Delegates, never did an act in stricter accord*
ance'with their duty as good Christians and
good citizens. New York Gazette.
§3 0 3 tl jFI ill ■TJ
M ACON: ___
Satunlay Morning, June 23,
gy- 'j’|, e time lives R<H in our memory when our sen
ses have been so shocked by the recital of human Silf
ferlng, to so appalling an extent, ns in the instance of
the steam-packet Pulaski. This terrible catastrophe
adds another to the swelling record of stcain-boat dis
asters. Yet these awful lessons, seem to he but little
regarded, and havebut little effect with our ever restless
an°d stirring citizens. After these often repeated calam
ities, it would appear almost a tempting of Providence,
to venture our lives upon so uncertain a hazard; it is
playing with death, dallying with destruction, and sport
ing the inestimable gift of life, ns at a game of chance.
Humanity shudders at the bare idea of a single individ-1
ual perishing in the midst of the wide world of waters, !
without the hope of relief; hut, when in one fell swoop, j
the unrelenting sea buries in her bosom more than 150,
persons, men, women and children, it is shocking td the
last degree, and can scarcely be looked upon as real. —
Imagination irt its wildest phantasy would be at a loss
to depict so appalling a sight: and yet this lesson, ter
rible as it is, we fear will fail of its wonted effect; ere
the engulphing wave has stilled over the watery grave
of the many dead, it will be lost in the vortex of change
and mania excitement for speed. The obligations we
owe to relatives and friends, apart from our own esti
mate of the value of life, should prevent thi3 reckless
daring of danger; but this is not the case, nor will be
until some wise provision shall be hit upon in our laws
to effectually stop it. The subject certainly demands
the attention of the public, for mere valuable lives have
been lost in this way, since the introduction of steam,
than would have been in a common war of tire same
length—and with all its magnificient benefits, if things
continue as .hey have during the past year, who* that
prizes life above wealth, will not be prepared to say that
it is rather a curse than a blessing.
£3" From slips from the offices of the Chronicle, and
Constitutionalist, Augusta, of the 19;h instant, we learn
the following
Heart-rending Catastrophe ! ! !
Office of the Wilmington Advertiser, )
June 18, 1838. $
LOSS OF STEAM PACKET PULASKI.
L itha Crew of 31, and 159 or IGO Passen
gers.
On Thursday, the 14th inst. the steamer
Pulaski, Captain Dubois, left Charleston for
Baltimore with about 150 passengers, of
whom about 59 were ladies.
At about 11 o’clock on the same night,
wh.le oil the North Carolinia coast, say 30
in:les from land, weather moderate and night
(lark—tiie star-hoard boiler exploded and the
vessel was lost, with all the passengers and
crew, except those whose names are enumera
ted among the saved in the list to be found be
low.
We have gathered the following facts from
the Ist. mate, Mr. Hibberd, who had charge!
ol tiie boat at the time. Mr. Hibberd states:
that at 10 o’clock at night, he was called to
the command of the boat, and that he was
pacing the promenade deck, in front of the!
Steerage house. That he found himself short
ly after upon the main deck, lying between the
mast and side of the boat. Tnat upon the
return ol consciousness, lie had a confused
i lea ot having heard an explosion something
hke tnat ol gunpowder, immediately before he
discovered himself in his then situation. lie
was induced, therefore, to rise and walk aft,
wnere he discovered that the boat amidships
was blown entirely to pieces; that the head
et the starboard boiler was blown out, and the
top torn open—that the timbers and plank on
tue starboard side were forced assunder, and
t lat the boat took in water whenever she rol
led in that direction. He became immediately
aware of the horrors of their situation, and the
dangers of letting the passengers know that
the boat was sinking, before lowering the small
baits. Upon dropping the boat, he was ask-
ed his object, and he replied that it was to past
! around the Steamer to ascertain her condition.
| Before doing this, however, lie took in v
couple of men. lie ordered the other boats
to be lowered, and two were shortly put into
the water, bi t they leaked so much in conse
quence of their long exposure to the sun, that
one of them sunk after a fruitless attempt to
! bail her.
He had in the interim taken several from
the w ater until the number made ten. In the
other boat afloat there were eleven. While
they were making a fruitless attempt to bail
the small boat, the Pulaski went down with a
dreadful crash—in about 44 minutes after the
j explosion. Botli boats now insisted upon Mr.
Hibherd’s directing their course to the shore,
i but he resisted their remonstrances, replying
i that he would not abandon the spot untill day.
1 ght. At about 8 o’clock in the morning,
t ley stalled in the midst of the wailings ol
the hopeless beings, who were floating around
in every direction, upon pieces of the wreck,
to seek land, which was about thirty miles
distant. After pulling about 13 hours, the
persons in botli boats became tired and insist
ed that Mr. Hibberd should land : this he op
posed, thinking it safest to proceed along the
coast, and to enter someone of its numerous
inlets, but he was at length forced to yield to
the general desire and to attempt a landing on
i the beach, a little East of Stump Inlet. He
advised Mr. Cooper, of Georgia, who had com
mand of the other boat, and a couple of ladies,
; with two children under his charge, to wait
until his boat had first landed, as he appre
hended much danger in Jhe attempt* and should
jtiiey succeed, they might assist him and the la
dies and children.
Tiierc were eleven persons in the mate’s
j boat, (having taken two black women from l
Mr. Cooper’s.) Os these, two'passengers,!
one of the crew, and the two negro women |
drowned and six gained the fbutffe. After 1
waiting for a signal, which he received from
the mate, Mr. Cooper and his companions land
ed in about three hours after the first boat, in
safety. They proceeded a short distance
across Stump Sound, to Mr. Redd’s, On
slow county, where they remained from Fri
day evening until Sunday morning, and- then
started for Wilmington. The mate and two
passengers reached here this morning, (18th,):
about 9 o’clock.
Thus have wc hurriedly sketched the most
painful catastrophe that has ever occurred upon
the American coast. Youth, age and infan
cy, have lierc been cut off in a single night,
and found a common death under the same
billow.
“Days, months, years and ages, will circle away,
And still the vast waters will over them roll.”
Wc 1 lave never seen a deeper sensnsion
pervade our community than the reception cf
this intelligence has produced. The profound
est sympathy is engraved on every eountc- \
nauce, and all wear the aspect of those sor
rowing for their own dead. We feel assured
that all feel an anxious* solicitude to alleviate
the distress of those unfortunate survivors
who may come among us, and vehicles have
already been sent out to bring them into our
town, and provision made for their reception.
The following is the list of passengers in the
Pulaski, from Savannah for Baltimore :
Mrs. Nightingale and servant, Mrs. Fraser
and child, Mrs. Wilkins and child, Mrs.Mack
ay, child and servant, Mrs. Wagner, child and
servant, Misses A. Turkman. C. Turkman, F.
Turkman, Mrs. Hutchinson, three children and
servant, Mrs. Lamar, Misses R. Lamar, M.
Lamar, R. J. Lamar, E. Lamar, C. Lamar.
Mrs. Dunham, Mrs. Cumming and servant,
Mrs. Wort, Mrs. Orville, Mrs. Williamson,
Cols. McAllister, Dodson and Dunbar, Lieut.
Mansfield, U. S. A., Generals Hamilton and
Heath, Drs. Ash, Stewart,Cumming and Wil
kins, Rev. E. Crofts, Messrs. A. T. Clarke,
J. Askew, S. B. Turkman, G. B. Lamar, C.
Lamar, W. Lamar, T. Lamar, R. Hutchison,
R. Brewer, S. Livermore, IL W. Fosdick, H.
|Eldridge,C. Ward, G. Hunting, J. 11. Cpuper,
j H. B. Nichols, L. Bird, A. Lovejoy, W. W.
Foster, J. L. Wort, W. A. Stewart, A. Ham
ilton, S. Miller, W. C. N. Swift, R. W. Pool
er, R. W. Pooler, jr., A. Burns, 11. N.Carter,
King Travers, J. Goddard, J. Nathans, J. 11.
Elliot, Masters McAllister and Turkman.
The following are the passengers who left
Charleston: Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Pringle and
child, Miss Pringle and nurse, Mrs. Murray,
Miss Murray, Mrs. Britt, Miss Heald, Mrs.
Rutledge, Miss Rutledge, Miss Rutledge, Mrs.
H. S. Ball, nurse, child and servant, Miss
Trapier, Mrs. Longworth, Mrs. Eddings and
child, Miss Mikell. Mrs. Coy and child, Miss
Clarke, Mrs. B. F. Smith, Mrs. N. Smith,
Mrs. Gregory, Mrs. Davis, Mrs, Hubbard.
Mrs. Merritt,’ Miss Greenwood, Col. Dunham,
j Maj. Twiggs, Judge Rochester, Jiidgfc Cuuiu
ron, Rev. Mr. Murray, Pringle, Rutledge.
H. S. Bull, Longworth, F. M'Rea, T. C.
Rowand, Eddings, R. Seabrook, S. Keith, G.
W. Cov, T. Wnaley, W. Whaley, O. Greg
ory, N. Smith, B. F. Smith, G. Y. Davis, R.
D. V* alker, E. W. James, Hubbard, J. Auze
Bennett, Clifton, Merritt, Greenwood, Evans
and Freeman.
Passengers saved in the two yards.
Mrs- P. M. Nightingale, servant and child,
of Cumberland Island.
Mrs. W. Fraser and child, St. Simons.
J. 11. Couper, Glynn, Ga.
R. W. Pooler, jr., Savannah.
Capt. R. W. Pooler, do.
Win. Robert ion, do.
Elias L. Barney, North-Carelina.
; Solomon.
S. Hibbert, Ist mate Pulaski.
W. C. N. Swift, New Bedford.
Z. A. ZeuchtCnberg, Munich.
Charles B. Tappan, New-York.
Gideon B. West, New Bedford, Boatswain*
B. Brown, of Norfolk, Steward.
Person drowned in landing.
Mr. Bird, of Bryan county, Ga.
An old gentleman front Buffalo, N. Y. and
recently fiom Pensacola.
A young man, name unknown.
Jenny, a colored woman.
Priscilla, a colored woman, stewardess.
View of Macon*
A Raffle will take place at the Central Hotel, on
Thursday Evening next, the 23th instant, of a View of
our City, painted by Mr.0.8. Loomis, with a fidelity,;
beauty and skill which renders the picture valuable as j
a production of Art, ns well as a portrait of Macon. —'
The lovers of the Fine Arts, and all who may desire to
ornament their parlours will be eager to take chances
in the above Raffle. ftCrTlie fancy portrait ofLtiLA
may be Raffled at the same time.
Theatre—Mis& IJleaddws.
Mr. Hart, and his corps, have been playang- a few
nights with us, and will remain but a short time longer. [
The very interesting and talented child, Miss Meadows, !
is indeed a “ prodigy of nature,” far surpassing any
idea that we could possibly have formed of juvenile ac
quirement. The following, from the pen of an experi
enced, and by no means inferior Tragedian, does no
more than justice to this accomplished little gir!; neith
er is it fulsome praise, but a generous offering from an
overflowing heart, on the altar of merit:
“ Pray let me speak : and the words I utter
Let none think flattery: for they’ll find them true :
This beauteous child—God bless her—now promises,
Upon the stage a thousand, thousand ornaments,
Which Time sjiall to perfection bring: she shall be
A model to those artists living w-ith her,
And all who shall succeed. Siddons was never
More covetous of just conception, and chaste style,
Than this fair child shall be—heavenly graces
Shall still be doubled on her. She shall be admired,
Not only as an artists, but as a good woman.”
LOWER CANADA.
We mentioned a few days since, that a
bearer of despatches from Lord Durham to
Mr. Fox, passed through this City on his way
to Washington. Ttie Montreal Herald says:
Mr. Fox is directed to introduce Col. Grey
personally lotne President, and he has receiv
ed instructions from the Governor General to
call upon Mr. Van Buren for an avowal of
his views on the subject of the late daring out
rage, and what are the measures he intends
| adopting lor the purpose of bringing the ofibnd
hers to justice, and preserving the tranquility ofi
the frontier. A demand will also be made for
; those individuals who have been already ap
| prehended, to be given up to the British au
thorities. IST. Y. Daily Express.
03* The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church, of this
city, take great pleasure in acknowledging the receipt:
of An ORGAN, presented to the Church by J. Cowles, j
Esq.; they also tender their thanks to the Macon j
Steam-loot Company for the delivery of the same, free
of charge, from Darien.
JAMES GODDARD, 'J
LEVI ECKLEY, l TRUSTEES.
K. TYNER,
THOMAS TAYLOR, J
Macon, June 22,1833.
UNITED STATES HOTEL*
GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA.
THE subscriber informs his friends nnd the
i : | public, that he has taken charge of the large
AND commodious house situated on the North
west corner of the Public Square, recently occupied by
Mrs. Holland, and having considerably improved the
premises, he is prepared to accommodate company Is
comfortably and in as good style as any other Public
House in the up-country. His Table will be furnished
with the best the country affords ; his Bar Supplied with
choice Liquors and Wines ; and his Sta'de will bts at
tended to and provided for in such a manner as to
please the lovers of fine horses; In short, no trouble or
expense will be spared to msjte ell comfortable who
may see proper to patronize t!tr^es' abbshment.^^
Jane 23
By the Last Night’s Express.
| £Ur IFe have delat ed the issuing of our sheet to this
date hour, that we might have the gratification of laying
the fallowing important information before our reader.-.
It was brought the Express last night. The Editor of
Messenger has our thanks for the use of die slip—it was
j the only one brought
Office of the Fayetteville Observer t )
June 21, 1838. ‘ \
i By the TF'ilmington mail, jus* arrived, we have the
i great gratification of learning, from our attentive cor
respondent, and by a slip from the IFilmington Adver
j riser office, that Vorty-tiikkf. more of the passengers
and crew of the unfortunate Pulaski, have been saved,
- making 53 in all.
A part of the wreck, to which 23 persons clung af
ter the boat went to pieces, was fallen in with on Tues
day morning, at 8 o’clock, by the schr. Henry Camer
don, and die exhaus-ed sufferers taken off, after having
been in that situation four days and five nights, w ithout
,fuod or water, and exposed to the broiling sun, with no
other covering than their night clothes. These persons
having informed the Captain of die H. C. that they had
seen anchor part of the wreck early that morning, ha
bore down in the direction designated, and in kbdut an
hour fell in vvith and rescued 3even perSOtfs, among
them two ladies. The H.C. then bore away for I Fil
in mgton, where she arrived the same afternoon. The
unfortunate beings, thus rescued from thejaws of death
were so reduced that they had to be carried ashore in
the arms of the citizens, whose dwellings, with noble
and characteristic hospitality, were thrown open for
their reception. The following are their names :
A. Lovejoy, Camden, Ga., Maj. Heath, Baltimore,
M ij. Twiggs & Son, Richmond Cos, Geo., Greenwood,
| Augusta, Geo., CUGrcgoro, Macon, Geo., Noah Smith,
Augusta, Ga, Miss Rebecca Lamar, Augusta, Ga.,
j Charles Lhmar, Savannah, Ga., Robt. Seabrook, Edisro
j| Island, S. C., .Vaster T. and W. Haley, Edisto Island,
S C., H. Hutchinson, Savannah, Ga, A. Hamilton,
Augusta, Ga., Mr. C. Ward, Savannah, Mr. Eddings,
Kdisto, S. C. Capt. Pearson, Baltimore, Chicken, Ist
! Engineer, Savannah, Geo., E. Joseph, N. Y.,C. W.
Clifton, Canton, Afiss., D. IF-lkor and nephew Thos.
Downing, Charleston, S.C., IFisrren Freeman, Macon,
jßurne, N. Y., John Cape'Fireman, Baltimore,'Patrick
and Bill, deck hands, Rhyna, a negro woman, and a
negro woman belonging to Dr. Stewart. -
In addition to these, 13 others, among them, Lamar,
of Savannah, have floated ashore near New Inlet, of
these the names have not been ascertained, except Mn
Lamar and the following:—Samuel Boyley„ Talbot
Cos., Mil., Owen Gailaher, all are said to be likely to
live.
We regret not to find the name rif Judge
Cameron in the above list, though he may be
among those not arrived in Wilmington from
the New Inlet, for whom carriages Were yes
terday despatched from Wilmington.
Seven persons died on one of the pieces of
the wreck the day before they were fallen in
with, among them the Rev. Mr. Woart, of the
Episcopal Church, and lady.« To such extrem
eties had the sufferers been reduced, that the
day of their deliverance had been fixed on as
the fatal Hay to SELECT BY LOT A VIC
TIM" TO APPEASE THE CRAVINGS
OF HUNGER!
Tiie hinder part of thp stern, after the boat
parted, contained 50 or 60 persons, mostly
women or children. The persons saved saw
this go down. Os course all were lost.
Some of the persons rescued charge th«
accident as the result of gross negligence —the
S blow.cock had been left open, and the boilers
emptied and hot, the frigtened Engineer sud
denly filled them with water, and the explo
sion was the result.
THEATRE.
MISS MEADOWS* BENEFIT,
AND LAST PERFORMANCE! ! !
This Evening, Saturday, June 23.
The performance will commence with the petit-come
dMlE EE®¥H S(
Or, THE CARNIVAL BALL.
Julia Dalton, .... Miss Meadows.
In the course of the Evening,
A GREAT VARIETY OF SONGS & DANCES.
To Conclude with the
FOUR MOWBRAYS.
June 23 35r
The Benevolent and Mutual
Aid Association will meet at the
usual hour and dace, This Evening ;
1- By order of the President.
June 23r 11. D. STARR, Secretary.
NOTICE.
WILLIAM FORT will act as my Attorney, during
my absence.
JOHN II.OLDERSHAW.
To Rent—My House at Vineville.
June 23 35p,.
MI?. JAMES I*. BRADLEY is my author
ized Avert, during mr absence from Mnccm..
I June 16. 3tp ' THOfr WOOD;