Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-07-12
CHESTERFIELD.

CHESTERFIELD.
An abolitionist lately undertook to lecture in
church in Washington county Pennsylvania.
But crowd gathered about the door and gayo
indications Of an intention to use personal yio-
lence that soon caused him to desist and make
his escape, which, with help of few friends, he
did without being apprehendcd.
A correspondent of the Charleston Patriot says
that the President has ordered an inquiry into the
conduct OF Gen. Scott, as commander Of the
Southern division of the army during>t1c Indian
war.
According to statcmeG from the Treasury on
the condition ofthe Opposite Banks, it appears
that the amount ofsdrplus revenue on hand about
the first ofJunpwas over S37,0O0,OO0.
4 fredericksburg, Va. paper says, that .coun-
terteit notes Of the Bank of the United States, Of
the denomination Of 500. arc in circulation at
that place. The one described to the editor is
payable ct Washington--letter M-dated 17th
february 1880.
We learn from the Ruthcrfordton Gazette that
apprehcnsions OF danger from the Cherokees in
North Carolina had in great measure subsidod,
The treaty is not so odious 10 them Us was at
:irst supposed.
Two men named Burdick and Hoffman were
arrligned on the 23j ult. in Richmond Virginia
for mail robbery. The former was convicted and
was sentenced to ten years Imprisonment at
hard labor. The latter plead guilty and was
nfn, cad IN oDn warn inpyicanononf Co.,
fine.
An afray lltcly occurred at Anlboy between
about 100 Irish emigrants part of 200 recently
arrived in vessel from Belfast,) and small
body of citizens on the beach, towards whom they
had indecently behaved, but the in,erposition Of
the captain restored order after considerable IN.
tcrchange Of blows.
Tho Governor Of tho now State Of Michigan
has issued his proclamation convening the Legis.
laturc
A gentleman in PHILADELPHIA, who had recent
ly lost ) 1000, In bank notes, gayo colored man,
who found and Immediately restored them, tho
very liberal reward of25 cents for his honesty.
4 large number of counterfeit five dollar notes,
purporting to be on the branch OF tho United
States Bank at Nashville, have recently bern put
in circulation in Philadelphia. They are mostly
made payable to the order OF different persons,
and are endorsed A. Van Wyck.
Real estate in Ithica, (N. " has advanced
from 800 to 500 per cent, on the prices Of last
year.
Spurious silver coins are in circulation in tho
West, and great quantities ofcounterfeit notes.
Count Survilliers (Joscph Bounaparte) and
suite arrived lately in New York. ?
The ship Charlotte. Douglass, from London.
derry, for Quebec, with four hundred and Six
passcngers,) has been lost-passengers and crew
saved, with the exception Of two OF the former
thirty four of them have arrived at Quebec.
By the arrival last evening Of the steamer
Southron, from Apalachicola, we learn that the
brig VIM. Osborn, of Portland, lying in the Bar,
loaded with cotton and ready to sail in few days
for New York, was entirely destroyed BY FIRE, on
the 18th inst. by spontaneous combustion--.hcr
cargo consisted of $50 bales. Nothing saved
We are happy to add no lives have been lost
CharlstonCourier.
Mr.. Robert Walsh, editor of the Nation
al Philadelphia Gazette, is about to make
the tour of Europe.
The N. Y. Transcript says--.A friend
of ours has invented patent umbrella. 1t
differs from the ordinary ones in this: a gut
ter is constructed around the edge Of the
circumference and ell the water falls oit
at one point"
A Louisiana Editor, who conducts a
French and English Paper--half and nall
displays the banner Of Van burea and
johnson on his English page, and that ei
Judge White on his French page. An
Eastern paper well denon'nates TINS the
ne plus ultra Of non-commIttal:
MaysviNe Eagle.
Fxtrac, Of letter from the Receiver
Of public moneys at Fort Wayne, Indiana
70 the postmaster a, Lawrencaburg.
~ am receiving from $40. 900 to $685.
600 per day, and have for the last thirty
DAYS, in my Office as Receiver Of public
am worn out attending to it.
$500, 900 has been received since the
7th of of March last. and j: is said that the
Eastern folks have only begun to come.
I believe that this Office will take $l'-
100000 during the year."
An old lady living at Naiek, upwards
Of 100 years ofage, whose hair has long
been perfectly white, now presents a SIN
cnIa, spectacle ofthe boary locks of age
Teturuing to their original colof-let
black. .-'-
Nat;vs S:N.-We were shown yester.
day several beautiful specimens OF White,
and yellow Silk, prepared BY some young
ladies' in Meeting-street, from warns rais-
ed by Observation-Disclosures" C0ur.