ent. might justly complain. But he wnO cor.c;e t;onsIv believes that he is bound to ,,bserve tine seventh day of the week, ID re- IIeIOus manner. can hate no just reason 10 complain because, G0verninent takes noun ing from him, in permitting all classes ot cN- izens to observe the first day of the week. as day of religious rest. The case woulu "e quite different did the privilege Of resting on that day, impose any thing on any c1Sss @ O' citizens, contrary to their conscience A"ere- fore,

 ResOlUed, That it is expedieut to grant the prayer O' '"' VIM. M'CREERY.

 A,Cfut Steou- Boat Explosion !-Accounts were received in New York, says the OhserV- CT. on Tuesday, from Baltimore of an expIO- sion on board the steamboat Helen McGre- gor, one of the largest boats on the M'sS'ss'P- nj. She was at Memphis, in Tennessee at the time of the explosion, on her way rom New Orleans to Louisville, with 800 passen. rers on board. The number of killed ana wounded is variOusly stated from 50 to 1%O. The following statement, from the olhce ot the Wheeling Compiler, was received m th's citv on Thursday, and is more particulars ana authentic than any which we have yer seen' "The steam boats Volunteer and Robert Fulton, just arrived from LOulsVll'e' DFl"s intelligence of the most dreadful steam ooat disaster that has ever occurred in the vest ern waters. The Helen McGregor' Whe" about putting off from shore,at' or near SleM- :.S phis ,on the Mississippi. (date unknown; wnn stoono verv high. one or more of her boilers hurst. by which accident, in an instant, from sixty to seventy passengers were Killed l S;rfv-tsvo is the lowest number reported as Killed. but it is supposed to exceed that num- her considerabDy. This information Is PFsn- c;naIlv derived from an intelligent passenger nm hoard the V Volunteer, who had hts 'ntcrma. lion from passengers who had been on OOa'"

 In Addition to the above. the following de- tail is furnished by the Nashville (Ten.) Ban" uer of the End inst.

 The steamboat stopped at Memphis on

 the 18th ult., and had been there about z0 or so minutes, when one or more Of neT oO"e1' burst. with the usual dreadful consequences There were supposed to be on boaTd' "pwaros 1850 deck passengers; and aItogethes' mcau, oc ding cabin passengers. Nc.' not less 'nan 4oU nersons. Our informant, who was himself me of the cabin passengers, and was, at the moment of the explosion, on the pianK' m the act of passing from the boat to the shore, is unable to say how many were killed ana

 wounded, or to give the names of the suiier'

 CTS. Captain Tyson was injured, but not se riously. One of the engineers and one O inc pilot, were killed. It is feared that the

 number of those who were instantly Killed

 or were likely to die Of their wounds, canno he much short of 60. At least so are knowr

 to have been destroyed. None of those 1T the cabin were injured. The boiler deck wal

 aou me b3uW hsdch 1 1shsttefsd, #" bat bGhrSfs st. hull did not appear to be much affected by tho shock.

 man named Smith has been arrested al

 Cincinnati, who attempted to pass forged

 checks in New Orleans and was pursued.

 quantity of letters were found in his trunk

 which had been purloined from the letter bags ] of the ships Azclia and Talma, at the count ing houses of the Agents of those packets in New Orleans. Some ofihese letters contain ing drafts, bills of exchange seconds, &c' were forwarded from Cincinnati by the Cash { fer of the Branch Bank at that place. N. Y. Spectator. Efforts are making in New-York to erect, by subscription. monument over the re- mains of Captain Lawrence. who was killed on board the frigate Chesapeake in the last war.

 A rogue in Washington City. not long since. placed a tin trap over the letter.bOx at the Post Office, tn such a manner as to prevent letters falling into the box. When discover ed the trap was nearly full. The rogus wa. caught soon after. 1 The Milledge, file Recorder states that

 1900 persons in the Cherokee nation are con- stantly employed in searching fer gold. They get on an average two dollars and halt

 worth per day. One merchant in that coun- ] ty has taken, in the ordinary course of busi- ness. $lO,OOo worth of this gold within three months.

 A three story wooden building in Boston, situated on North square. was burnt on the night of the 9th instant, and two persons per- ished in the flames.

 The steamboat Gen. Brown was burnt at Mobile on the morning of February 18th. Two hundred and sixty bales of cotton were destroyed, part of which were insured in New York.

 The cotton manufaI tory in Mansfield, Mass. owned by Captain S. Pratt, was consumed with aIl the contents, few days since. Loss estimated at between 5000 and $l5.O0O.

 The Chancellor issued an order, on Mon. day of last week. dissolving the temporary injunction issued in the case of the Chenango 0MRHL H. nAl TN