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Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-31

English Bibles 63,150
English Testamcnts I59,01S
German Bibles 1906
German Testaments 1918
French Bibles SOB
French Testaments 756
Spanish Bibles 100
Spanish Testaments 2lS
Modern Creek Testamcnts 3,646
Portuguese Bibles and Tcstameuts 81
Welsh Bibles and Testamcnts &c
Arabic, Syriac, Swedish and Dutch
Bibles and Testaments So
Italian, Polish, Danish, Gaelic and
Indian 73
Making in all, 22l,96t copies, and an
aggregate since the formation of the socie-
~ of 1,9S9,430.
New Tesiaments for the Bhnd.
In addition to $1,000 granted the pre-
vious year; $500 more have been granted
since the last anniversary ""Tards the pub
s,aicaftoR of thisinteresting work. The last
sam was contributed by the New York Fe-
male Bible Society. The work is now in
press at Boston, uuder the superinten-
dcnce ofthe New England Institution for
the education Of the Blind. The first of
four volumes is completed. The remain
der will be published in tho course of two
months.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-31

OlUI "oc3OOO
At the Sandwich Islands, 50l7 are in
structed in Sabbath and other Schools and
Bible Glasses; and there are about 10000
readers. About fifty publications have
been printed, including a Daily Food, a
Christian Almanac, and a scmi-weekly
newspaper. Ofthcse, 270,400 are reli-
gious Tracts, and 2O3,920 portions OF
Scripture total issues S5,640,920 pages.
The missionaries find a most wide and in
teresting opening for Tract and volume
circulation. in vhale-ships touching at the
Islands, for which more than 100000 pa
ges of Tracts and volumes have been gran
ted during the year.
The Paris Tract Society circulated
the last year 100000 Tracts, including
81, 900 of their Christian Almanac. They
have now in view the preparation of Evan
gelcal volumes Tor the 100000 Of
France, and have commenced issuing
Tracts for Spain, to which France has
the most ready means of access. The
Rev. Robert Baird, at Paris, condensed
the permanent documents of the Aneri-
can Temperance Saciotv mo volume
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-05-31

A3STNAcT, OF THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL Be
TORT.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
1T E M s..

O. The wool market In Ostego
county, 10 the state of New York, ran.
ges from 40 to 624 cts. per pound
excellent prices-which will give,says
the Coopertown Journal, about $780,.
600 TO the county.--The public
buildings at Richmond, Va, have been
hung in black by order of the execu-
tive, in testimony of the respec. due to
the memory Of the deceased Madison.
In an able article on consumption
in the last number Of the Knickerbock-
er by DR.. Brigham, Of Connecticut, IL
is estimated that there are at least If
ty thousand deaths in this country
from Consumption every year This
10 astounding intelligence. If the dis
ease which causes such appalling NOR
lality, were small pox, cholera, or the
plague what CONSERVATION would be
produced by its effects An earth
quake was felt in the neighborhood of
Providence and Newport, r. |. on the
18Th ult. 1t was so strong that it shook
crockery and glassware, so as to be
heard.--In one Of our exchange pa
pers we find the following feat recor-
ded; A man named Reed recently
ran from Newcastle to Wilmington, a.
bout six miles, in As minutes-draw-
ing sulkey, 24o lbs. the first mile,
and picking up so potatoes, yard
apart, in the last mile.--The Ro-
chester Republican of the 9th instant,
notices the arrival of elsvsn thousand
bushels Of Wheat from Canada. -
By q singular oversight the English
law imposing penalties upon persons
found gully of making false entries in
parish register books provides that
such persons shall be adjudged guilty
Of felony, and transported for fourteen
years. One half of the penalty, levi
ed 10 pursuance OF this act, shall 60 to
the person who shall inform or sue for
the same consequently the informer
would be entitled to seven years
transp ation.---Animal Magnetism
seems TO be getting as much in vogue
in New England, as Mormonism and
temperance societies. Mr.. Poyer, q
French gentleman, is now lecluriDg
upon the subject at Portland, Maine.
Milan passes his life in reasoning
on the past, in complaining Of the pre-.
sen., and in tsembing for the future.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
IMPORTANT.

Since the above was in type, we
have received further informant on. 1t
appears that a force loan Of 2 millions
had been declared in the city Of Mex
leo; that the English and French
ministers entered their protest, calling
upon foreigners not to contribute to-
wards the amount. Santa Ana's par
ty was considered to be out Of power,
aad that the Federal party was sue
ceeding in every direction State after
State was revoIutionising, and tina,
too with little bloedShed /; the priests
were little cared for the treasury was
completely exhausted. 1t was said
.ha, the new party would not, on any
accoun, prosecute the war in Texas.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
Death of Col. flaming and his Men.

Mr.. Joseph Fl. sphon, one ofthe sur
vivers of Fanning's command has arrived
in N. York in the ship Mexican. from
Vera Cruz. He owes his escape to be-
ing able to speak the Spanish language.
which made his services necessary as an
interpreter to the savage Mezicanu.
Sphon was one of the Red Rover volnn-
teers, and went to Gollad with Colonel
Grant. Colonel Johnson and Major Nor
ris, uniting there with Fanning's party,
with the Georgia Battalion and Alaba-
ma Greys. He has furnished the New
York Evening Star with many interest,"
ing particulars, given as editorial in that
paper, which begin with the battle and
unfortsnate surrender at Coleto, and
come down to hie escape from Vera
Cruz. We make the following interes-
ting extract, detailing the circumstances
of the murder Of his unfortunate friends;
Con palm Sunday, being 9th
March, the prisoners we're formed
into line, and Mr.. Sphon, who was
then sleeping in the Church, (the hos
pital, being about six o'clock in the
morning, was called out and told to
form into line +; being the last, he fell at
the end. They were then marched
out OF The fort, and ranged before the
gate, when an officer stepped up and
asked Sphon what he was doing there,
and ordered him to 60 back to the
hospital, where he was wanted, aud
when on his way was stopped by a.
nother officer, who Told him 10 order
the assistants TO have the wounded of
the Texans brought into the yard /;
such as could not walk we're to he car
ried out. Being astonished at these
preparations, he asked why-when'
The officer said, "Carts were coming to
convey them to Copano, the nearest
seaport. The orders of the officer were
obeyed, and the wounded brought into
the yard, and they were all full of the
hope that they were to be shipped to-
the United States, which had been
promised; but their hopes were cruelty
blasted, when they heard q sudden
continued roar Of niusketry on the out
side of The fort, and observed the sol=
dier's wives leap upon the walls, and
looked towards the spot where the re-.
port came from. The wounded we're
then conscious Of what was passiags
and one OF them ASKED Sphon il he did
not think that their time was come 8
and when they became convinced from
the movements about the fort that they
were to be 1hot, the greater part Of
Them sal Gown calmly on their blank
els, resGiately awaiting their miserable
fale ; Some turned pale, but not one
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
Interest sacrificed to Principle
FROM THE OHIO PEOPLES PRESS.

FROM THE OHIO PEOPLES PRESS.
Gen. HARRrsoxs farm, at the Nosth
Bend ofthe Ohio river, contains some
hundreds ofacres of as fine CORN GROUND
as any in the world, and it is not suitable
for wheat, or small grain of any kind.
MANY years ago, when corn could not be
sold for more than eight or ten cents
per bushel, the General established
n1srItLERY. in order to convert his sur
nlns corn into more portable and prof.
table article for the New Orleans mar
ket then the only outlet for Western
nroduce, In short time he saw the
evils resulting to society from such man
factories, and, however injurious to his
pecuniary interest, he set the noble ex-
ample of sacrificing GAIN to PRINCIPLE,
and abolished his distillery. In his ad-
dress to the Hamilton county Agricultu-
raj Society, delivered FIVE YEARS AGO,
IA copy of which will be found IN our pa
per to-day he beautifully and feellngly
alludes to this subject in the following
extract:
"The experts Of Ohio are generally
the substantial comforts of life, which,
are every where acceptable, their arri-
val hailed as blessing az well in the
mansions of the rich as in the cottages
of the poorly the luxurious iababi-
tant Of the tropics, cloyed with the lus-
cious product Of his burning climate,
as by the poor negro who ministers to
his wants. Alas that there should be
an exception; that soil so prolific Of
that which is good, should, by a per.
version of the intentions Of the Crea.
tor, be made to yield that which 10 evil
Ito scatter life and death with an e.
quail hand. To the heart'cheering
prospect Of focks and herds feeding
on unrivalled pastures, fields Of grain,
exhibiting the scriptural proof that
the seed had been cast on good ground
how often is the eye Of the philan-
thropic traveller disguised with the
dark, unslghtly manufactures of
certain poison-poison to the body s.
the soul 2 A modern Raeas or u
Uses might mistake them for entrances
into the Internal Regions s nor would
they greatly err. But unlike those
passages which conducted the Grecian
and Trojan heroes on their pious err
rands, the scenes to which these con-
duct the unhappy wretch who shall
enter them are those, exclusively, of
misery and wo. No relief to the sad
picture no Tartarus there, no Elysi-
UNI here. I.is all Tartaric darkness,
and not unfrequently Tartaric crime.
Ispeak more freely Of the practice of
converting the material ofthe "staff Of
life" and for which SO many human
beings yearly perish) into an article
which Is so destructive Of health and
happiness, because in that way / have
sinned myself; BUT IN THAT
WAY SHALL SIN NO MORE"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
MORE INDIAN FIGHTING.
COLUMBUS, (GEo.) July 20.

The War not ended yet.--On Sun.
morning last, a severe engagement took
place, as usual, between the Georgians
and the Indians, in the neighborhood
of Mr.. Qualps plantation, above Roam
oke. We have not received the par
ticulars of the fight, but learn than in
formation was given to the forces sta
toned at Fort McCrary that fresh
signs Of the Indians had been discov-
cred in swamp in MIR. Quall's plan
tation npon which, Capt. Calhoun, Of
De Kalb county, with command Of
ninety men, was despatched 10 pursuit
Of the enemy. In securing the place,
fresh trail was found, leading out OF
the swamp in the direction of Lump
kin. 1t was followed. In short
time the party came UP with a small
gang Of Indians, of thirty or more, and
commenced the fight. The Indians
soon fad, leaving ssusn Of their mum
Der killed. The whites, after the first
skirmish, supposed the Indians whip.
ped, 81 the fight over but they found
that this advance party was mere
decoy TO draw them into the midst oil
their enemies, by whom they soon
found themselves completely flanked on
both sides. The battle was renewed,
but the ammunition of the whites being
exhausted, they were compelled to re-
treat. In the engagement, the whites
lost Jfvs killed and several wOunded.
Among the slain were Mr.. Colly, over
seer for d. P. Hillhouse. Esq.,) a
brave man, and much respected; q
Mr.. Willis, and DR.. Orr, Of De Kalb;
the names Of the others not yet known
to US. il is said that the whites mad
only three rounds Of cartridges apiece
when the fight first commemorate
very unfortunate oversight indeed.
Sentinel.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
Estract of a letter dated
MErAMoRAs, July |, 1886.

METAMoRAs, July !, 1880.
DEAR SIR: Through the m edium
Of your paper think i. highly neces-
sary that the Government Of the U. S.
as well as the Texans, should be in
formed of what presents itself SO odi-
Gus, in my opinion, in the character of
General Urea, the Mexican Comman.
der-in-chief, toe objectionable to be
overlooked, land should be Immediately
attended to by the United States.
We have at this moment here 6 or z
Indian chiefs, Cherokees and other
tribes, with their interpreter from Tex
as. These Indians are on mission
to the General, and have had several
private meetings with him. There
exists no doubt of the business they
have come on, and have made prop
ositions to the General to join the
Mexicans against the Texans, which
appears now to be concluded. As
Col. Waterchea Is to be despatched to-
morrow to their camp, some distance
up the river, where they have 80 or 40
in number, to be used as spies or run
nsrs. l had occasion to call on Gen.
Urea at his quarters on business,
when met there three of the Indians,
with their interpreter making inquiries
of the strength Of their tribe, the Gen.
being anxious to ascertain what force
they could muster with other tribes.
The Commlssary of this place has
orders to purchase 500 or l 900 hors.
es for the cavalry, which he 10 now
doing. Every movement appears to
confirm the belief that the negotiation
is concludsds with promise to the In
dians ofland and cattle, should they
assist and succeed in exterminaling
the population of Texas.-I5.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

Harrison party should despair-if they
act decidedly and with upanimi.y. they
may expect much aid from the opposite
side but if they are found hating in
their course, they cannot expect that aid
indeed which has been already rendered
them. ~
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
SLAVE CASE.

la the District Court of the United
States for the western District of Penn
sylvania, held at : Pittsburg, before
Judge Irwin, two cases of interest have
been lately decided.
Baylor ct al. ys. Elijah Heath, J. N.
Steedman, ESQ. and A. Pearscll--and
Stephen Dalgarn Us. the same defen-
dants. The plaintiffs were citizens Of
Virginia, and the defendants of Ia.
The plaintiffs were owners Of two me-
gro slaves, who absconded and came
10 Venango county, Pa, where they
we're arrested, and, after judicial in
vestigation, handed over to their own
ers. On their way homo through
Brookville, Jefferson county, on the
evening Of Sunday, 14th September,
1885, the negroes were placed in the
Jail for the night. A large and excited
crowd collected, the defendants being
among them, and leaders Of the multi
tude.
A singular eontrivance for their lib
GRAFTON was devised. A sham prose-
cu,ion against the masters for travell.
ing on Sunday was held before Steed-
man, who is Justice of the Peace.
Brady for the prosecution, and Prime
for the defendants, were to make their
speeches as long as possible, SO as to
afford the slaves time to escape beyond
the reach of their owners.--The whole
continuance seems to have been actual
Iy carried into effect, and the negroes,
although pursued by theft masters for
several days, were never re-taken.
Verdict for the plaintiffs in both cases.
Damages in the first, 5000 !; in the Sc
cond, $84o.-Motious for new trials
we're refused by the Court.
Drowning Of a Coal Mine in France.
MAuBENeE, May 9th.
A frightful disaster occurred few
days ago at the coal mine Of Crescent,
near Framieres. The miners had obser-
we'd for some time that the coal was IN.
usually moist. The observation was
made to director, who paid but little
attention to 1t, and ordered the work
to be continued. A few days since
the miners were at work to the number
Of 1870 or 200, when, all at once, a
blow Of pick-axe made an opening
for an impetuous torrent, which rushed
out like river 1870 metres( 1876 yards
above the floor Of the galleries, and
filed them in an instant. All aid was
unavaiIing against such an Eruption,
and but few workmen escaped. The
pumps and engines we're set to work,
but in vain. Yesterday they had re-
covered only the dead body Of a young
woman. Whole families have been
engulphed 10 this catastrophe. A fa-
ther, who was working with his three
sons, endeavored to push the young
eat upon ladder, who escaped; but
he could do no more the torrent rush
ed 10 with such rapidity, that he could
neither save himself nor his other sons.
Parts National.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

A letter from highly respectable
source, dated at Metamoras the 29lh
ut., says: SIT is an undoubted fact
that this Government (ihe Mexican)
have made, or are making a treaty to
engage 5000 Indians to join them.
The Cherokses are already engag ed
There are IA or IS Chiefs Of different
tribes within few miles Of here, who
have daily communications with the
officers. The commissioners were
this morning turned into the connie on
prison with criminals. 1t is not i'm
probable that we shall be invited to
take French leave Of this country
soon."-N O. Commercial Bulletin.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

p Col. ANDREW DoNALLY. Of Kama
VIVA county, is spoken Of as a suitable
person to flllthe office of Governor efthis
Commonwealth.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
From the New Orleans Bee, July 90.
Important from Mexico.

Bv the arrival OF the schooner AL
malta, from Vera Cruz, we learn that
all was quie. in that city, when the
Almaltia departed. There were no
troops in the citys and that 1t was
theug hit that no attempt would be made
TO raise any. The prevailing opinion
among the intelligent portion of the
people was that no further movements
against Texas would be made, at least,
for some time to come. An attempt
was made just before the Almaltia left
by the authorities Of Mexico, to levy
tax on the persons of all resident and
non resident foreigner to this every
minister strongly objected, and united
" drew up and sen. in protest, stat
ing that If the Objectionable measure
was carried into effect they should con-
slider it equivalent to declaration Of
war against their several G Governments;
il is unnecessary 10 say that the highly
offensive step was abandoned.
Excitemsnts in various paris OF the
country were spoken of at Vera Cruz;
revolutionary movements were rife in
several provinces, Guadalajara, Guam.
ajuato, and Puebla, aud had not been
suppressed by the Governments
troops: the general voice appears to
be for the re.sstablishment of the Fed
eraI Government. In the absence OF
paper, and if there were any no Gepen>
dence can be placed on them, we rely
wholly on the iplor nation cleaned from
gentlemen arriving from Mexico. The
A. brough. $50 doubloons to master.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
TEXAS.

No further change has taken place
in the relative situations of either the
Mexican or Texan army /; and no
movement Of Importance may be ex-
pected till towards the close Of Sep
TENDER. Both armies are awaiting rein
forcements. Gen. Houston has not yet
joined the Texan army, and we have
been informed he will not. We un-
derstand that he is at his residence
near Nacogdoches, which he reached a
short time since.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

% An Interesting article containing
instructions for the manufacture of ST.
gar from the Beet, will be found on our
first page to-day.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13
Mobbing Again I!

We learn from the last Missouri
Republican, that the Office of the o.
sevuer--a religious and abolition paper
published in the city of ST. Louis
was broken into on the night Of the
2lst ul,. by about fifteen or twenty
persons, who upset the press, and cast
the types into the street.-The outrage
appears to have been perpetrated with
great deliberation--the individuals en-
gagged In it having paraded the streets,
with drum q. their head, beating for
volunteers, something like two hours
before they proceeded to the attack.
MIR. MuLLANPHY, one Of the Alder
men, courageously attempted to induce
them to desist but being unassisted
by the watch, or any Of the city autho-
rifles, he was compelled TO suffer them
to do wha. they pleased. Its added,
tina, the Mayor has determined to pro-
secuie the perpetrators TO the fall ex-
len. OF his powers.
o. We regret TO add, that this is
not the only instance of mobbing
which it becomes our duty to record.
The Office of the Philaathropist--an
abolition paper published in the City
of Cincinnati-which, it will be recol-
Iected, was partially destroyed by a
number Of individuals on the night Of
the 18th OF July-was agaia attacked,
on the night of the 30th ult. by mob
consisting, it is said, Of several thou
sand persons, and completely disman-
,led-ths type scattered 10 the streets,
the press demolished, and its principal
fragments thrown into the river. The
rioters afterwards proceeded to the re-
sidenees of several members Of the
Executive Committee Of the Anti
Slavery Society, with the avowed In
tention 10 tar and feather them. But
fortunately none of them happened to
be at home so that neither themselves
nor their dwellings sustained any to-
jury. A number Of buildings, belong
ing to .colored persons, said 10 be of
bad character, were, however, attack
ed, and their contents destroyed /; and
sundry other acts Of violence perpe-
trated-no opposition being made TO
the proceedings of the mob by the con-
sti,uted authorities.
U The four story brick Warehouse
occupied by Mr.. CHARLEs 8. LEWIS, fill
ed with Merchandise also that &C.
cupied by Messrs l.. HERMAN 81 soNs,
Baltimore, were consumed by fire on the
night of the End inst. The exact loss
not stated, but must be considerable.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

The aggregate extent OF the finished
Canals IN the United States is estlnla-
ed at 3 900 miles.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

That we'll known, able and universal
ly respected officer, WILLIAM NEKER-
Wis, Cashier of the Farmers Bank OF
Virginia. having resigned his station. so
long and worthily held, john G. BLAIR,
Esq, first Bok>keeper, was yesterday
elected Cashier in his stead, on the first
ballot.--Rich. Wing Aug. 5.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

% Mr.. MADIsoN's Estate is estimated
Of One HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
after paying all the legacies.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

bacco, whiskey, &c. In one morning
,rwENTY-srx vessels left the port to-
gether.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-08-13

U Some idea Of the vast trade of the
lakes. and Its rapid increase, may be had
from The fact, that. few days ago, there
were in the port of Cleveland, at one
time, FoRTY-EIoHT vessels. exclusive OF
STEAMBOATS,, loaded with -four, pork. to.