Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-05-24
STEAM BOATS.

| Isl" not astonishing that the many awful
DISASTERS which are crowding upon us, will
not open the eyes Of the public! So kindly
does the people take these things. tba, ste,,n
"oat captains and proprietors show but lt-
Tic concern. How olse can we accom-, Cor
the TACT. that the owners of some of tho
ooa's running from Charleston, arc attem,,-
ing 10 Introduce III. system of racing, which
I has caused such widespread destrnc,;on
we are glad to see this attempt denounced
"y the Courier and Mercury, and we call
again and again upon the press to do its
duty. Ii we have discharged our duty in
any thing, since VIC have been connected
with the press, it has been in thu c,,r.o
which we have taken upon this subject. A
| ueeP' a fatal delusion seem to have seiz.
ca the public mind, and for years pas, men
nave cared but little about violent and s,J-
oeh DEATH If that death was brought on by
INC great ana mighty porcr Of steam. The
disease is in the public mind, and we can
'io' look Tor better state Of things until we
ger INTO our senses. AS long as editors md
passengers will continue their s,,s,.,, r
P"D"g' ahd regard mere s,Oiancss of tra-
ccH'"S, as The only recommendation oe
boat we shall have people killed bv tho
thousand. To those who set some v,,,e
upon their lives, we will give Il word of adj.
vice. which we have drawn from a general
consideration of the terribly fatal disasters
WIN winch "f late we have been so often
visited. Aroid boats rhich are distjueu;sb-
G" as rapid tr0riiers. These are the boats
o. What tho world calls, character, and if
1hey had hundred boilers, thew would
burst them all, and sacrifice thousand lives
!''hef than fall short of public expectation.
IL Is Il TACT that this is the class ofboats which
is most to he dreaded. and s,r,n,e ~ ,ou
''''se are The very boats that the mad crowd
- pressing TO &c; INTO. Look over the mel.
"hcho'y chapter, read for yourselves, and
see II IN almost every instance, five know
no cxccption,) ,hcso frightful calamiries
winch make ones hair stand on end to tbn,
o'' "'d not occur with boats of character and
reputation. Flee them as you would "war.
Pcs"'encc or famine" and If YOU take a
lew hours or few days more, to make
your Journey in others, rest assured tha,
there is not one half the danger. few
DAYS ago, an intelligent gentleman from
'''""" inIorIneu US, iuuI ne alwavs ,ooL
Ills passage in the freight boats of the Wcs
''n" mat from extensive observations be
cn"ld say. they furnished as saG. :, ,noJo
o' conveyance as the traveller could oh,,;n
IN any other way.
Inc cincinnati Post says, that our conn.
Try Is rapidly acquiring "a hloodsbcd rcnu,o.
''on throughout the world. II is with sor.
20" ana shame we confess The fact, thai
there is too much reason for ii. AImos,
every newspaper in our land has a Iarre
P"'ti"n ot ITS columns devoted TO th. details
Oh o"r current, murdcrous history. IT,,
every man read the following. md h,.l,
Tor his country.
nv LOOK on THAT PIcTuRE, TuE5 ~
is. = n.s.-lhr Lond"n hills Of n,prtnI;,v c,,
'' give tl.r number Of deaths n, .,,rcpju
,, .n 'no1So"a.' There is nothing rcmorka,
u' III TINS but the fact thar onIv one or
'''' number was murdered and Thar in
q roP''i 'l,on exceeding a million and y
'."n 'I"h" greater by hundreds of thou-
s"""S man any State in the Union, exccp,
.,s" ORR ana Pennsylvania the latter of
III, IT, ""' 'ittie more than equals il, and she |
mas Il less number of murders than anv n,her
part OF the Union. ''"e'
There arc States in this great valley, with
""' Stftn part "i the reputation of London,
whose murders will avera~c mo ~ ,rooL.,L,;
year round; add to this the comnac,ncss of
the population of London is such. and ,h,
mass OF extreme poverty so great. that thou
SANDS are driven To the preparation of crime
4" obtain bread, while in the States ofIh;.
raileyi may be obtained almost wi,bou, an
ehort. Bntin London Bowie knives" and
" ARKANSAS tooth picks" arc not known. ifo
ma takes the responsibility" he has tn
MAKE II good, even with his life.
Mufderers are not bailcd out there. on,I
Ihcsc account for it. Have we NOT m ever.
'hS,'nS clatter about the '.march of mipd,,
'hh' tho schoolmastcr being abroad" IL
our 'anh' ana an everlasting excitement,
kfPl up on sumo theme, or rather prcvcp-
'ho tnoSr VINO would mind their own bus;-
ness from doing 1t Surely we have. and
nave we not proclaimed TO the world
hohsands and millions of times, thar we aro
me u, moS' enlightened people upon earth. nm.
NJ some am"n@ us begin to think sol No
i"nbt OF II. Y rthe ignoran, and starvino =.
none mill'"n and half in London. com
nH but one murder in year; willie bcre
'm"no the most enlightened people unon
EARTH a population Of two or three hundreJ
will commit fifty in tho same
oeriod!'! 'e
ignorance is bliss,
Ills folly to be wiso.'