Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-04-19

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piled to Agriculture.
CHERAW GAZETTE.
TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1ssa.-:,.
No new case Of small pox has occurred u
Marlborough District, for some weeks, so FAY -
wo can learn. No apprehension Is now ensss-
tanned OF its spreading any farther. ~
A letter writer from Washington says that Gen.
Gaines has been arrested for disobedience offos.
ders, in obtruding himself into the Seminole war
when he ought to have been on the fiortier of
Texas. We do not credit the report.
The Charleston papers would be received ear.
!ier in Cheraw than they now are, is'sent BY way
ofColumbia. The Charleston Observer dated on
Saturday, generally reaches here on Sunday night
abou. II o'clock; whilstthe other papers Of tho
same date and the Observer too, when sent by
way of Georgetown, arc not received before Tues.
day evening.
We learn from the Charleston Merenry thas
two clerks employed in tho Columbia Post oAies.
after examination before the Hon. David JohlSn
on suspicion fbeing concerned in the late ma
robbery, were ordered to find recognizanc1 .
the sum Of $4,000 each. The amount taken
from the mail, or Post Office, in bills fExchangs,
bank checks, and bank bills, was about 100000,
so far as it is yet known. Only about $4,000 ofthi1
is available to the robbers, the remainder being
especially endorsed"
We have received an anonymous communica>
ton requesting US to give in our columns the dis
tinctive marks Of Measles and Small Pox. We
refer our correspondent to any Of tho elementary
trcatises on these diseases; or for thewantr ct
these, to any experienced nurse. Asto the facts
about which he inquiries we refer him to the neigh
borhood whero they occurred.
The elections in Connecticut are saidto have
terminated again in favor Of the Administrator
by an increased majority.
Gov. Spaight ofNorth Carolina has determin.
ed, we learn, not to order On election for member
Of Congress, in Mr.. Graham's District before An.
gust.
BENJAMIN Rawls, Esq. has bcen up:
pointed Postmaster OF this placc.-Cosss-
bia Telescope.
We learn that, in the late mail robbcries,
the Banks in this place sustained no losses.
Their letters contained no bank notes and
their bills Of exchange and bank checks
taken, were all specially endorsed, and their
negotiability thereby rcstrained.-Idid.s
Balt;rnore and .Okiss Rai7road.--At q
meeting Of the President and Directors ,;of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Compalss.
held on Wednesday, the following rcsohJ6bH
as adopted: 80. .s.szss. zss.
| ResoIred, That this Board .m0 yossk
Nth proceed to commence the necessary sz,..
reys with uiew to the entire location Of ths
road as soon as practicable.
Resolred, That the President instrucs tha
Chief Engineer to organize the requisite
number Of surveying. .parties for the purpose
Of making the necessary preliminary sur.
veys, beginning at or near to HasYev's
Ferry, or at such other point as he ,rnny
deem most expedient, in,order that the Board
may be prepared, in the first instance, to
effect the location Of the road from that
place to the summit Of tie AAegkaay Mosn-
tain, rs early as the same can be accom-.
|pLshed.
A public meeting Of merchants hume.
rously attended at the merchants, exchange
N. y. on the 9th inst. unanimously adopt
ed the following resolutions:
Resolred, That Committee, with power
to fill vacancies, be appointed TO proceed
Immediately to Washington for the purpose
Of urging upon Congress the just claims Of
our mercantile community, for the remission
and refundiDg of Duties on Merchandise
destroyed by fire on the 10th and 18th
of December last.
Resolved, That said Committee be also
charged, to endeavor to obtain an amend.
ment to the act Of the 10Th March last,
"For the relief Of the sufferers by the Ere
in the city Of New. York" so as to admit
those who have paid their bonds since the
l7h of December last, to the benefits Of
said law.
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We learn from q correspondent Of the
Savannah Georgian that note was recent.
" addressed to James Hunter, Esq. by the
Cashier of the Marine and Fire Insurance
Ronk. askinr paypnent for TWENTY Seven