Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-17

to from FIVE TO seven hundred would 0e coiiec'-
ed by the 5th instant at some 10" '0"" 'ti '''0
Mississippi, to proceed to Texas
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Courier &
E6ou;re,. ..the Spy in Washington y whousualty
;...n.;ons .s to the correctness Of his commu'
nicat;ons says that the President in conversation
H.. ,bs land, remarked that heslready had the
,o,o message for its arrest in his pocket.
A dwelling house and barn were lately destroy
din Needhain, Mass. by spark from tho chin
,sv osa locomotive engine on a rail road, falling
unon the barn which kinded FIRE that commu
picated 10 the dwelling. They use on the rail
road contrivance which prevents the escape of
sharks. But it was carlessly omitted on that trip
From the sudden movement ofthe leo ot the
time ofbreaking up this Spring, in the ST. Lau-
renee, at Montreal, it accumulated in piles oppo-
sto to the town, as high as the tops oftho houses
all lin the course ola few minutes. It destroyed
q hrse Store sn ddistillery standing On the BANK
and crushed small house occupied at the tune
by q Cooper, his wife and two children, who were
supposed to have been killed.
Ata public meeting on the first A1on-
day in May at Pickens c. H., on the sub
iecs of the Carleston and Cincinnati Rail
Road, Col. John E. Calhoun, Francis
Burt ESQ.,, and Col. Joseph GrIsham were
aono;,ted Delegates to the Knoxville
Convention.
Ata Rail Road meeting held at York
C. H. on the I'd. instant the following de-
leya,es were appointed TO attend the
Knoxville convention on the 4th of July.
Capt. JOHN BLAIR, JosEru ". LEsEs-
NE, Esq. JoHS SPRINGS, Col. WILLIAM
G. BEATTY, and Capt. JAMES \. BLACK.
It is stated that the Commissioners OF, the
Bank Of Camden, have determined to
retusn the money forthwith for all subscrlp-
tions above five shares.-CharleSton Cour.
The state elections in Virginia have
terminated in favor Of the administration,
by majority not very greatly different
from what it was last year. The latest ac-
counts render it probable that there has
been small administration gain. Mr..
Riyes will not therefore be instructed out
of his seat in the U. S. Senate this time. |
Conrad who had been rcprimanded by |
the H. orr. of Pennsylvania for charging |
members Of the Legislature with having
been bribed, resigned his seat, and again be-
came candidate. But the people also re-
primanded him; for they elected his opPo- !
ncnt.
The Steamboat "Hal Columbia was
run into lately by another boat on the Mis-
sissippi. A lad was killed, anda fireman
dangerously wounded. The boat doing tho
injury passed on without any attention to |
the cries of those on board the other.
Baak robber tdkcn.-Constable Hays,
his so, and another, lately arrested IN Har-
liny. n. Y. the man who robbed the Provi.
dence (R. I.) bank ofSls0,000, for whom
and the money, reward Of $4,000 had
been offered by the bank. He was car
penter and had disposed ofhls plunder so
carefully that the bank, in order to recover
it, were obliged to compromise, by declining
TO prosecute. But he is detained by the au.
thonties of Massachusetts. for trail on a
charge of having robbed the Boston rail
road company Of S24, 900 1
The Astor Hotel now being built at N.
York, is expected to be one of the most
splendid in America. 1t contains about
35o rooms, and between eighty and
hundred servants will be required. The
great dining room is ninety four feet by
fifty; the ladies' dining room about forty
five by fifty. And Of the vast amount OF
Rrni,ure required, some notion may be
formed from the quantity of a single :arti-.
Gle; three thousand spoons are ordered.
This is the very perfection OF individual
Metropolitan.
Col. Powelrs sale of cattle took place
on Saturday last at Poweltop, on the
SchuylkilI.-It was attended by numbers
ofpersons from various parts, and produ-
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