Southern telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1834-1838, 1838-06-20
ANOTHER STEAMBOAT OUTRAGE
The Steamboat Telegraph fred into by a
body of armed men al Broctrille.

We fearthat crisis is approaching which
will throw our frontier into the whirpnOl OF
strife. for it is impossible that outrages,s 80
daring as are those continually being per-
nolrated on The kes, can long be tamey
horne hy either nation. The destruction
oc tbe Caroline alone was sufficient to have
ENDANGERED The tranqhility"i the two conn-
tries, aud nothing bat mutual tnrhearance
could haze subdled the iearfli storm which
ulihered beneath The 1moke OF tho S,r Ro-
hert Peel. bur we know not whether any
thing bnt he inlerposlion y Divine Pro-'
violence can keep the sword Sheaihed now
that ano,her ont re has been perpetra'ed
bv indiscree.--.f not wiltully malicious
men.
The facts Of this last act, as we gather
the. from the captain of tue Telegraph,
are substantially as follows
The Telegraph left Oswego at 6 O'clock
on Saturday evening-'ouching at Pres
cot rs usual-and reachinI Brockvlle abont
O. Here she landed at Die lower dock
t,ol, on hoard ana left Il number Of passen-
yers-recc lived the visits and Insilis ot an
u,ornIed NIB, WIN ranstcked the cabins.
,,1 otherwise evinced turbulent dispas.-
,ion--ind WIS moving past the upper wharf
,hao abe was hailed and ordered 90 come to.
The rap,ainsupp,slntte ere wee passengers
in waitin,, stopped the engine ana dropped
down to within % feet OF The duck, hut ap-
orobansive that III was not rIght, he tod the
n,s.enrers to come on board IN The small
ho,t Bat This would not satisfy the crowd,
who insis ed upon the boats coming up to
The dock.
Aher few words had passed, The cap
tain nrerempiory refused 20 land, set HE
ltsot,ne in mott u, aud moved of lmme-
'la,ieIv uoon this--ani while the boat was
Nj hin q few feel If the wharf, about TWEEN
~ N skets we're fred, and four of the balls
entered the lidies cabin. One passed
within few inches of the ch UNDERNEATH
land Two struck very near the captain.
is said The men who fred the guns
we're the guard called out by the public
authorities! If the perpetrators are demand
ed Nv or g-,Sesa..aani, they will not O
course be given up. la that case our go
vernment cannot, consistently with It's dig
} ui,v. rive M the wreiches who DESTROYER
the Sir Robert Peel, and thus collision
? may be made inevitable.
Bnl we hope that they were not IN th'
= service of the Government, or If they were
( hat they did not act in accordance wth lh'
I rommand Of any officer. Indeed we Wi
J not. for moment, harbor the thought TIA
! il was augbt else than an Unauthorized acl
$ which the Colonial Government VIII be a
f prompt 10 rep1dnte, as the authorizes
r ovr government that of the dcstrntion OF th'
: S,r.bcrt Peel, Those on board OF tn
3 TeIegfgph suppose that the oiJect III com
: handing her to land was TO destroy her: an
: attribute her escape from such catas'ro
, phe only to her landing at the lower landlni
9 II the lower wmri, where the body of mel
r were not assembled. Bat we believe sucl
!, an opinion 10 be erroneous.
= The fact, h viewer, that she was fred 70
: ia. the lives Of tn ose on board en- angored
r and an insult oGored TO the American Flag
!. is enough 10 alarm every one of the conse
I ouences. Something efficient mast be don
4 10 prevent a repetition ofthese outragos, o
+ (and it's flly 70 disguise it) war will en-
Rochester Democrat,