Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-17
Domestic News.
Fr'm thc Charleston Mcnury. May 3.

| oNib ICbiiC MEETING.
very large meeting of the citizens OF
: charleston and the Neck. was held at ,lIc
CIty Hall yesterday. at IL O'Clock, M. 10
receive the report Of the Committee of
!h.r'y. His honor the Mayor il The Chair.
ana a. G. Masrath, Esq. acting as Sccrc
tarN. The meeting having hccn organized.
Zen. Rohcrt \. llaync submitted The fol-
lowing Report. "
Inc Committee of Thirty who were in
s'rncted to consider and report what meas
| "rcs are proper TO be adopted at this time.
! nave bestowed upon the subject referred 10
| ''eii, all the attention which its irpor,ancr
demands. and have come unanimously IN
| 'iiE conclusion I" recommend to their fellow
| cIl!Zcns the adoption of the following reso-
lu'lons and address.
lst. Resolved, That under the awful "a
| 'amity hy which 50 laryc portion of The
c'iy "l Charleston has been laid in asl,cs
| II IS our duty to look 10 our own State for
protection and support and as TO render
Su'h ana cEcctual, il is necessary tl,ot II
Nh"u'' bc promptly a!lnrdcd-lhat an Ad-
arc'> he presented i'll behalf of the citizens
here assembled, TO his ExceIlency the Go-
vci"or.rcspcc'!n!ly requesting that he would
immediately convene The Legislature. and
submit our case 10 their favorable consider
alton.
I'll. Resolved, That while we feel. from,
thc great extent Of the calamity we bov.
suffered, ;lnd The painful circumstances in
w"ich TINS community is now placed, thar
1t Will be impossible for us by our own nm.
aided efforts to repair the losses which hav.
hccn SUSTAINED. aud restore Charleston to
her late prosperous and happy condirun-
we are nevertheless prepared to use orr mr..
most ciior's for the accomplishment of rbrs.
"lyccts-iirmlv resolved TO stand bv c,cI
"ihrr ut this crlSis-auI unaltcrablv dctcr-
n'ncd to do our duty to ourselves and opr
country, rel wing with becoming conn.
"rncc on the support of the State. and The
blessings of the Almighty on our excr,ious.
81. Resolved, Tha, This meeting have
seen with great satisfaction that The Civ
council have already taken measures TO
lre'chi the erection Of wooden buidiDrs
NAT 1!''s meeting heartily approve of the
oojec' IN view, and hope that Council will
tie s saS SFsGfaa SF sac iahGaFF hGF eaiT eRSaiss
as may he deemed necessary, for c!lectuaIlv
and completely snppressny the evil: and
that in the mean time his Honor the Mayur
ne requested To issue his proclamation warn
Ing the citizens OF the measures enacted
ahl in progress against the erection OF wood
Ell buildings.
lth. Resolved, That Il Committee Of
Five be appointed by this meeting to take
into immediate consideration The subject of
more efficient org anzation four Fire De-
par,mcnl; that the City Council be requcs-
ted To appoint Il Committee of their body
10 confer with them Oh this subject. and 10
drrISc such measures Us may be necessary
To give the greatest possible efficiency to all
the operations al fires, and that for this
purpose, the City Council he requested TO
exert all the powers conferred OH them bv
The charter OF the City, and should these
he found insufficient, thar an application be
made 10 the Legislature for such an cxten-
sion "t those powers as may be adequate TO
the accomplishment OF the object.
9th. Resolved, That the thanks Of this
meeting bc returned to Inc citizens of Viii
min2ton and Columbia, who have come
forward So promptly and SO literally 10
tender us their sympathics and afford US re-
Lief, and that Tie Mayor he requested in our
bei If 10 write letters of grateful acknow-
lcdSemcn: to the inhabitants of those cities.
and all other places from whence similar
expressions Of sympathy may hereafter be
received.
9Th. Resolved, That the editors of all the
papers in this State be requested to publish
| these resolutions and the accompanyinr
! Address, and Ihat two thousand copies of
the same be also printed in sheets, TO be
distributed throughout the State. under tho
! direction Of the Committee of Thirty.
ADDRESS
OF The Citi-cns Of Charleston to the Go
rsrnor Of South Curoiinn.
To his EXc"lIcncy, Pierce Nj. Butler, Co
vernon OF South Carolina:
Sm-Iour fellow citizens of CharIcstons
deeply impressed with The awful calamity
which has bcIaiicn them. would Law before
you the sad condition To which our ci,y hos
been reduced, and invoke, through You. the
aid of the State. in such form and ,o sucb
extent as may be deemed Just and proper.
We present "ur c!aims with full confidence
that they VIII he kindly received and can
didly considered, and ll.ai. whatever NAV
he found necessary. will be done, to restore
the coinncicial capital Of the State 10 the
prosperous coudilion from which she has
iaiIcn. You have, Yourself sir, been an
eye "iincsS of the character and extent O
The calnmliy which has come upon us. Or
your arrival here, Oniv Il few days since
You found Charleston, notwithstanding The
check received from the commercial en-
' barIaSsmrnts of the country. steadily ad
. vancmS IN the path Of improvement. Will
G an energy and public spirit which formcc
almost Il new era in our history, all classc.
oi our citizens were seen actively and zeal
u onsly engaged IN building up Charleston
: and securing for her that rank amous he
$ sister cities of The South TO which her for