Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-15

The FLoxIDA WAR.-This war comes over our
vision like the unwelcone vsitings Of a evil &C.
nius. Twenty millions Of money exPsuded, and
how, and fer WHAT Let the favorite owners Of
steamboats, say the minons Of executive power
swer; and ifthey truly venture 10 say that
more thriftess and useless expenditure was never
made by any government under heaven. What OBJ
jects have been effected! The executive has vented
his spleen first upon General Cinch and next against
General Scott. The jealousies entertained by the
commanding officers against each other, and all OF
them against the militia, have occasioned courts
martial CORES pondence, and slang enough to satisfy
any "corps diplomatique" on earth, and il we were
inclined 10 be funny, we think we might indulge
ourselves at the expense of General Macomb.
Bat we must view this war in the same aspect in
which We have viewed it from the begianins-as n
war forced upon tactics, and with "materier' ut
terly incompetent to the object The brave officers
and men Of the regular army will net misapprehend
US, when we say that the woodsmen of the southern
states are the men who ought to have been employed
in this warwe say Of the southern states, because
they are Injured to the climate Such men as those
who secured the great and impenetrable Okefnoke
Swamp are capable of securing the Everglades, and
did the general government but sanction it, the
deepest swamps in Florida would soon "bristle"
with their rifles. OF such men there enough and
even a supsrabandance. The eyes Of the south are
fixed the general government, and il is better
late than for it adopt the only that s
left for it to bring the to speedy and success
full termination. For our part, if we had the
ear Of the President, we would press upon him, by
every consideration, the expedcncy, the necessity,
the urgency of employing body Of volunteers who
capable and willing, and ready to to close the
war.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.-The election for Chief
and Assistant Engineers closed last night at IL o.
clock, and resulted in the election of WING officers
by large majority.
At III o'clock there were two Companies to hear
from, and then Anderson's majority 320 The
numbers for Assistants varied little, owing to split
tickets but they would not fall below 300 in any
instance The locofocos in the Common Council
must knuckle down this time.
ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER NARRAGANsErT.-
This steamer, while on her way from Providence to
New York, on Tuesday night, met with serious
disaster. One OF her fanches gave way, and large
quantity of hot water poured out of the boiler and
down into the berths beneath severely scaldng six
persons, named Bigelow Coffin, Henry Beal, and
Lathrop Weight, Of Boston, J. N. Taylor, Of this
city, E. n. Stratton, Of Baltimore, and Benjamin
Francis, a celored waiter Those wounded are do
ing well, and will probably soon recover Mr. Cof-
I'm had his flesh laid bare from his breast to his feet
The steamer will be Immediately repaired and
placed on the line, and Their we hope she and all the
other steam vessels in this vicinity will be examin
ed according to the act Of Congress authorizing the
same. The owners Of steamboats, are compelled
by law to pay to the inspectors $40 per amman to
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not be thrown away. Neither Captain Childs nor
any ofhs officers, with the exception Of the engineer
are to bame-it was the fault of the government
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