Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-01-19

Monsieur de Mackau, young as he is for
the elevated station which he holds in our
marine, will be fully equal, wehaye no doubt,
to all the exigencies Of the active duty he:
has just taken upon himself. To bring in.
to play the resources which our two West
India colonies are able to afford to US il
time of war, leader must be popular, vigi-
liant, and experienced; and in these three
points of view Mons. de Mackau is the best
person government could have selected un-
Der circumstances, by which our windward
Islands may be required to protect once
more the seas that surround them, from
those formidable privateers, which during
the late war, rendered the resistance Of our
two enterPr's'ng colonies so happily con.
spicuous.
From the Constitutional Of Dec. 1st.
The prices OF stocks underwent heavy
change to day. Not only have the Spanish
funds given way, but farther, We have expeL
rienced fall of Is centimes on our three
per cents. This fall is sufficiently accoun.
ted for by the preparations q. Brest and
Toulon, which appear to be but the prelude
to farther armaments emi.officiany annouu..
ced. The change of the Portuguess Mn
istry, which has Just taken place g mex.
pectedly, to embarrass the Spanish question,
tended in no small degree to this unfortnaiss
result. That, however, which has contis
buted the most to effect the views of lie
spectators, is the change in the Language
Of the London papers, which begin to con-
slider it doubtful whether our differences
with the United States are susceptible Of an
amicable arrangement.
From the Havre Journal Of Dec. I.
The papers of the different provinces
announce, that preparations for defence arc
going on in our sea.ports. Armaments are.
in vigorous progress of equipment at Brest
and Toulon; levies of sailors are m tho
course of organization, on all the coasts Of
France. Besides the fleet placed under the
command of Admiral Makau, fifteen chips
of the line, as many figates, and large
number of smaller vessels, will be SO dispo-
sedas to be ready for sea atthe shortest no.
tice.
From Galignani's Messenger, Dcc.;9
A letter of the 9th ult., from Montreml,
says " Our coasts in state of. agitation.
A considerable levy of men for the navy iss
being made in all the maratime arondisse.
ments. We do not yet know the number,
but the administration detains every efec-
tive man, from ls to SO years Of age, who
has not vet served"
The Courier (says the ConstitutioneD
refers to one Of its late articles, given in our
columns few days ago, on the relative los.
ces of the French and American navies;
by which it appears that France could, at
the present moment, oppose to America ll9
vessels of war, while the latter could only
produce 60. 1t now adds, that as in case
Of q war, precautions would bo- regulate
against other powers, it is satisfactory TO
state that, in six months time, acolsiderabie
number of vessels codld be fitted out. Thus
in the port of Toulon alone there are, atloat
and dismantled, the following yesse,s:-3.
threevdeckers, 4 two.deckers; total, ships
Of the line, 10 frgates, 8 corvettes, Z higs,
Is other light vessels, Is transports, 8 steam
boats, total 65. The number Of vessels
dismantled in the Atlantic ports is still NOR,
considerable, and certainly the United States
cannot produce half the number Of vessels.
that France canputto sea.
The Renoyateur says: an. Bois-lc-
Comte, the most supple of diplomatists, is
Immediately to set out for the United States
on mission to President Jackson. II is to
be hoped that NJ. Bois-le. .Comte will be more
successful than he was in his mission to Ma.
homet Ali in ls33."
LONDON, Nov. %.
The unsettled state of the affairs Of A..
nierica with France, give. suspicion that
the French Government is determined to
have the amende honorable, and, if refused,
hostilities will take place. This is prevail.
ing opinion in this city, aud throws q great
gloom on the various speculations Of the
market.-Sun.
LONDON, Nov. 81.
The Paris papers contain accounts of the
naval preparations making by France TO-
meet the contingency of war with the Uni.
ted States; but we still hope they viii not
be required. Really if the American Pre-.
sldent and the French Ministers wish to
make craftsmanship the laughing.stock of
mankind, they will spend a few millions,
shed the blood Of their subjects, and destroy
the prosperity of the two nations over
which they preside, in this most Insignificant
and unintelligible quarrel. Courier.
LONDON, Dec. 5th.
1t is stated, on the authority of letter
from Toulon, of the 2sth ult, that orders
had been received their by telegraph, for the
equipment of several ships Of war, intended
to reinforce the French naval divisions in