Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-11-29

MARYLAND.-Four others of the recusant
electors of this State have qualified. The
electoral college has been thus constituted;
q new Senate has been chosen.
The Legislature of Alabama is in session.
The Van Buren, party have small majority
in both Houses.
Civilization al the West.-A Mr.. Victory,
one of the owners of a steamboat, then at St.
Joseph, (Ala.) demanded from the Capt,
Mr.. Shaw, the surrender of the command Of
the boat to him. This the Capt. refused,
whereupon the parties commenced the barba-
rous work of shooting each other with pistols.
One received twosever wounds, and the other
one; but both are likely to recover.
The Fredericksburg Arena states, that 70
Students have been recently expelled from
the University of Virginia.
1t is said that President Burnct. of Texas,
has resigned, and that Gen. Houston fills out
the remainder of his term.
Lap Case in Ne,c York.-The plaintiff sold
a cargo of Molasses to the defendant, to be
delivered in the same state as when received
from the plantations, the defendant risquing
the quality. The defence set up was, that
the article delivered was not molasses, but
mo!asses and water; and that the mixture of
the water was not of the rlsque intended In
the contract. The Court charged, that the
molasscs must be molasses, and Of merchanta-
BILE quality, and that no other substa nee under
that name would come within the meaning OF
the contract The jury, deciding that molas-
ses and water was not molasses, found for the
defendant.
Mr.. Audubon, the naturalist, is now in
Charleston. His. great work on. the natural
history of birds, it is said, will be completed
in one year.
The President has been very Ill from bleed
inc at the lungs, but is now better and consld
cred out of danger.
\ large meeting lately held in Boston, adopt
ed series Of resolutions on the subject fthe
Presidential election, of which the following is
the last.
Rcsoired, That the People of Massachusetts
nominated their fellow citizen DANIEL WEB
srER to the Presidcncy-in the conviction that
thcy presented candidate to the country
worthy in all respects to be the successor OF
WAsHr1Gro1 that the citizens Ut boston re-
sponded and still adhere to that nomination,
rs lust and well-deserved tribute to a man
Of whom any age or any people might be proud,
but that in this as all other respects they ac-
kowledpe the necessity of due regard to the
GENERAL WILL-and confide in the discre-
ton and patriotism of the ELECTORAL COL
1EGE, to pursue such course as is most con-
sistent with an ENLARGED SENSE OF PUBLIC
DuTY-and the permanent WELFARE, INTER
FISTS, and HONOR OF THE UNION.
The people of Pennsylvania have determn-
cd aqainst convention. 1t was cOntempla-
ted in case the convention was held, to make
an effort to take from the u. S. Bank the
charter granted to it by that State. The
charter is now considered safe. and the stock
has risen from 40 or II to ll3.
LONDON, SEPT. "A.
The annexed is ali extract of letter iIom
Bogota, dated July g.
"Colonel Biddle, from United States, brother
of the President of the United States Bank, has
been here some time making proposals tor ef-
fecting the long-talked-of communication be.
tween the two oceans through the lsthmus OF
Panama. His proposals, on coming before
Congress, were found TO involve such vast
concession of territory that the jealousy of the
good people here beganto be little alarmed
and strong opposition to the measure in Con-
gress was the consequence. A native COM
Sany came forward to make proposals for the
same object. The Congress broke up without
granting the privilege to either. hut passed a