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

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, that steam
hoat captains and propricrors show bu, lit
Tic concern. How olse can we account for
the fact. that the ownors of some of tho
ooa's running from Charleston, are a,temp,-
ing 10 introduce tp system o ofracing, which
has caused such Widespread desrruc,ion.-
We are glad to SEQ thi, 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 we have been connected
with the press, it has been in the course
which we have taken upon this subject. A
deep, fatal delusion seem to have se;z.
cd the public mind, and for wears past men
nave cared but little about violent and sud-
den death, if that death was brought on bv
tho great and mighty po~cr Of steam. The
disease Is in the public mind, and wo CAN
not look for Il better state of thinns mil wa
get INTO our senses. AS long as editors and
passengers VIII continue their systen Of
putting. and regard mere s,uiancss of tra-
ceiling, as The only recommendation Of \
boat we shall have people killed bv the
thousand. To those who set some value
upon their lives, we will give a word Of adj.
vice, which we have drawn from general,
consideration of the terribly fatal disasters,
WIN winch of late we have been so often
VISITED. Aroid boats uhich are distinruisb-
c" as rapid trCrHArs. These arc the b,a,s
oi. What the world calls, character and g
they had hundred boilers, they would
o"rs' ttctn all, and sacrifice thousand lives.
1a'hef than fall short of public expectation.
II Is Il iac' that this is the class ofboats which
Is most TO he dreaded, and strange TO tell.
these are The very boats that the mai crowd
il pressing TO get INTO. Look over the mol.
| ahcho'y chapter, read for yourselves, and
sec II IN almost every instance, 1--WE know
| n" cXccption,) ihcso frightful caIamitie,.
which make ones hair and on end r., ,I;n,,
| o'' "'o not occur with hoats of character and
| reputation. Flee them as you would .war.
pcsiliencc or famine" and if you take a
lew hours or few days more, 10 make
your Journey in others, rest assured that
| mere Is not one half the danger. A few
| days ago, an intelligent gentleman from
t. ''''o''he" us, tuut ne always took
Ills passage in the freight boats of the Wcs,.
ana that from extensive obscrvariops bo
cn"ld say. they furnished as safe n mode
T." conveyance as the traveller could obr,in
in any other wav.
The Cincinnati Pos, says, ,ha, our cum.
Try Is rapidly acquiring hloodshcd rcputa
uon throughout the world. 1t is with sor-
%" ana shame we confess the fact, tba,
there Is too much reason for il. a,nos,
every newspaper i'll our land has large
portion OF 'ts columns devoted TO the details
'' o"f current m"rdcrous history. Lc,
every man read the following, and b,usL
Tor his country.
~ LOOK on THAT P1cTuRE, THEY on
InIs.-'Thc London ,,ilIs of ,,nr,..i;,,, -,
1857, give the number of dca,hs =, ..,,r,,,I
$h MoGSand." There is uo,linr ror,,ri,. i9
n'' IN this. but the fact thar oniy one or
that number was murdered, and ,J,,, ~
a poPul 'tion exceeding million and y
III" and greater by hundreds of thou-
sands man any State in the Union, cxccp,
ne" YORK and Pennsylvania the latter of
"hen' h"t little more than equals it, and she
mas Il less number of murders than anvn,her
parl OF the Union. "e'
mere are States in this great valley, with
""' Strth part otthr reputation of London.
whose murders will average one q ,reek me |
year fo"na; add To this the comDartncss of
INC population of London is such. and the
mass OF extreme poverty so great, that thou
Si""S are drlven to the preparation of crime
!" obtain bread, while in the STATES of Ihis |
valley II may be oh,ainc,! almost wi;bouI an
effort. Bat in London 'B ,wie knives and |
Arkansas tooth picks" arc not known, if
ma takes the responsibility" he has to
make 1t good. even with his life.
Niurdercrs are not bailcd out there. md
these account for it. Have we not m ever. |
'hS,'ng rlatter about the march of mind,
anh' "tho schoomastcr being abroad" in
our 'anh, and an everlasting cxcitemen,
k"Pt up on some theme, or rather prcycn
ting thos" who would mind their own busi.
ness, from doing it Surely we have: and
have we not proclaimed to the world.
thousands and millions of times, thar we arr
'hr most enlightened people upon earth. nm.
III some among ns begin to think so? No
'h''"' OF II: The ignoran, and starving A.
mohe n million and half in London, com
'nE ""t one murder in year; willie here,
''h"n" 'ae most enlightened people upon
earth, population of two or three hundreJ
Thousand will commit fifty in tho same
periol!'!
'if ignorance is bliss,
'Tis folly to be wiso."