Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-05-11

ouIe w"iGh CANS on the Secretary of the Navy 1T.
NY peiore the mousse statement of the sum due h,
i Miles King, late Navy Agent at Norfot IN Tho =, -.
erhhent as reported by the Fourth Auditor toyeth
er with the copies of all vouchers presented bv hin
a,,I.i ic,ovai' when have been rejected or sus
Pended, with the reasons for such rejection mr. sus
pensions; also statement of the mauner in which m
ms Kept ms accounts and made his quarterly an,
ohthiy returns, while IN the service of The NAVY De
parment, and what claims have been SET nm ,9,;ns
the Department, by Others growing out of his oren
fcy. In addition to this the resolution calls for 70
PIES OF all correspondence in his possession whethe
with the Office any other individuals IN r,,t -
tnese vouchers II Is probable therefore that si,o
THIS resolution be adopted we shall hear sometime
more, and something which will show that there h.
oeen good ground for the various which huv,
oecn circulated respecting this useful but i'll used pub
| lie officer.
IL Tho Steamboat accident noticed below is tb
9th explosion of which have seen accounts With,
as many weeks. First that at Memphis so destruc
tive of life-second the Chief Justice Marshall in the
North River-third the VIM Tell in the AIississip.
Pl-iourth the Caledonia. near Wheeng-and lastly
the Tally Ho, Dover
f,.ont me .Nas'tuiNe Republican IF April 5.
W ANOTHER STEAM BOAT ACCiDENT
On Friday last the Steam Boat Tallv IIo 'ru,
ner master, was proceeding down the Cumberland.
near lover, one of her toicrs bursed, killing sail
or ahS negro and so terribly burning the Engineer,
MI Sturdevant, that he died few hours after
| we understand the Boat had Just received SUD-
pay OF wood, was in the act of putting off, and the
engineer about to let the steam upon tie Engine
whcn The cap OF the boiler ,oich appears 10 hnpe been
'~PeYeciy made forced off, projecting the boiler
to the rear where it confined the Engineer burning
s.m fatally.
| This accident appears to have been caused sole.
~ py an original defect i'll part of the boiler; and
no blame can attach to any manager of the boat
The Tally-Iio, which is not materially injured,
| IS new boat and the property of Messrs. Nichol
d Hill OF this place. Mr. Sturdevant the Epuincer
was citizen Of Nashville and a WORTHY man. he
mas fef family toich oi not be forgotten by those
IN ,0h0se employment he unfortunately Titled
All thee explosions have been fatal to life-thc
aggregate of deaths occasioned by them, approach
Ing we imagine, to so or lO0-besides far great
er number of wounded Persons cannot be accused
OF cowardice, if after the great multiplication of these
accidents, they absolutely decline setting their foot
on the deck of steamboat In fact as Cato the el-
der said, he fool who travelled bv sea if bc
could 60 by land; SO, until something like a nuaran
tee can be provided against being blown into the air
or scalded to death, we should not deem much bet
ter of his understanding who travels by steam, if he
can possibly avoid it.
The number of these dreadful accidents, the loss
OF life, and the spectacle of scores of people aaye,
alive, must eventually, unless security can be attain
ed IN some way, aba'e travelling by steam aopethcr
or cortine it to those who are under the action of in
dspcnsable necessity. The subject is worthy of ma
| tional inquiry, and are glad that Mr.. WicklF,
has introduced it the attention of the House of
! sentatves.
~ The Legislature of Louisana-the Senate H.
UNANIMOUSLY, the popular branch with seven dissen-
t!ents-has passed resolutions, affirming the Consti-
tutionaiity ana eHpcdency, Of the Tariff OF 1928 (the
last.)
u w omitted to state that Duff Green had replied
TO the letter ofthe member of Congress published in
Inc Courier and Enquirer, and the comments of the
editor OF that paper thereupon accusing Lieut.. Webb
OF writing the letter himself, thereby incrrrno the
guilt OF moral forgery" and applying various OF
those epithets of which his stock is ineyhaustjbe
"o6b had threatened personal chastsement for pre-
'ous offences. and if the following article from the
Journa! OF Saturday is to be taken literally it would
seem that ne had made his appearance at Washing
ton, for epurpose of executing it. Of course, afe
the demonstration, presume the civil authority in
terercd and bound over both gentlemen to keep tn,
peace; so that it probably went no farther.
! The svccession.-A stronr indication appcare
yesterday that he contest between Messrs CalIlou,
ana an Buren, was approaching its crisis. Thci
respective champions. Lieutenant General Duf
Green, Editor of the Telegraph and I,eutenan
James w. Webb, Editor of the Courier met n
the Capitol and seemed bent on mutual extermi
nation. Such, however, not the result on ci
Their side The only particulars Of tins combat which
have reached us are That the Courier was armed
with walking stick, and the Telegraph with
! PERCUSSION lock pocket pistol; and that the Con
rier offered to throw away the stick, if the Tec
raph would throw away the pistol; overture wbcl
the Telegraph, though saturated with valor ha,
nevertheless discretion enough to decline.
.Ndtt1nnt Jour0k
" We have received the speeches Of Mr.. Johnston
OF Louisiana, on Foots resOIutioHs--of h1r Archer
on the Buffalo Road--and OF Mr.. Loyal on the con
tested clecton--a of which shall publish as soor
as we can. We shall give precedence to that OF
i Mr. Loyal as having decidedly expressed out
opinion against his right, we feel bound as early as
possible, to observe, what ought to be a sacred max
imto give both sides.