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THE LETTER

heshlHgtgR. sh July 1886.
Dear sir.-Yours Of the ID met. deserves my
best acknowledgements for its numerous useful
suggestions.
The naval bill as 10 Admrals. did no, get through
both Houses, and our friend Elliott, with some
other gallant fellows, must longer feel the pangs
OF hope deferred.
Our oyerfioWing Treasury, which is 50 often
prayed ior, will, fear cause a curse. Bat ny
best efforts Will be given 10 execute the late Law
Faithfully though ] have many misgivings 10
its fatal influence on the second relations hereto
fore existing between the State. and the general
government
The President wishes me to express bis thanks
FOR your kind remembrance Of him lie leaves
this city 10 a few days FOR Tennessee.
] believe The ensuing presidential election is TO
Be unusually quiet, and will not allow myself 10
despair'ot thc Republic, however porleatous may
Be some Q. tie ligas Of tie times
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16

More Gold--The Globe announces tha'
the third nslalment Of the indemnlllcauo"
payable 10 the government OF The 1. ,. OY
tina, Of Naples, was punc'ually pad "hc"
due and that a portion Of IT has already az
rived in gold. The remainder will sooa
follow. Public notice will be given from the
treasury department when claimants may
receive CIR dividends.
MaAHias.-We have direct information
from n. S. that Robt. Matthews, more gene
rally known by Matthias the Prophet Is
now pursuing his original vocation oil a ca'
penter in that place.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16
--latest from Texas.

From tie Correspondence 81 he Clos. Courier ]
From tic Merchant, Exchange New Room,
-OEIEASs, Aug y, 1886.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16

CoHmdrm.-Wby is a love letter like
Capidsl Dye give it up! Because il
is a Warrant of attachment.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16

The members Of the Liverpool Temper.
ance Society lately had a procession, a.
mounting 10 several thousands. Such have
been the alleged good effects Of this asso.
citation, that II is SAID drunken man is now
r0ra drts IN the streets Of that great CON.
merclal emporium Of England.
The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1836-09-16

Ii is stated that the revenue which has nc.
crued at the New York Custom House du.
ring the last two quarters, exceeds nine mil.
lions of dollars.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Mucklejohn, Jr.,

VXTILL continue to stand the ensuing Spring
w and Fall seasons at the stablesof tho sub
scriber in Stateburg, where, until further notice.
he may at al times times bo found-nis owner
being unwilling to have him placed beyond tho
reach and free access, all times, Of his own
stock. ~oo
The terms for the Spring season are $50 pay.
able Ist October, or 25 dollars cash, sent with
the mare, and one dollar TO- the groom IN all cases
30th November, at $50, payable LIST Of December,
or S25 cash, &C. as above. In all cases, eit'ief
the money or note will be expected when 'he
mare is sent. e,a.
Any one individual putting nndpayug tor toar a,
mares, will be entitled to the season OF HUI
gratis. -. 81, .s,u,,, cd and
attended to thirty-one and fourth cents PEI
dav, and Servants boarded g-atis. ETery 9secaa'
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Public Sale.

UlHE following property belonging to the cs; 8;
tatc of Gen. Erasmus Powe, deceased, Will
be disposed of at public sale, on Friday 10Th Il
pril next, at the Market house.
AbouteO Negroes Of different ages and des'
cripticns. cb,~,w
One tract of Land half a mile above Chcraw'
running from the public road down to the riyer'
containing $50 or 160 acres, one half cleared.
From 40 to so lots in Powe Town, situated on
Front, Second, Third and Green streets cons'''
ued. Sale to commence at ii O'Clock.
Terms.-For the Negroes and tract of Land
credit until the first of January with interest.
For the Town lots, credit Of one and two
wears, interest from day of sale. Mortgage and
security will be required for real estate. Appfo-
we'd personal security for personal property.
THO. E. POWE, Ertr.
ESTHER POWE, Ertr.
March 2lst, 1896. I9@h
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

G- The following Periodicals devoted to
Agriculture arc received in exchange at this
office, and files Of them kept in the book.
store, which Planters are invited to call and
examine with hope that for their o,on IN
terest they may be induced to subscribe.
The SOUTHERN AGRIcULTURIsT, published
monthly in Charleston, S. G. Mt fire dollars
per annum..
The FARMER AND GARDENER, successor
to the American Farmer, published weekly
in Baltimore at ;fvc dollars per annuu..
The CULT1vAroR, published monthly in
Albany, N. Y. ut fifty cents per annum:
The WESTERN FARMER, published
monthly in Cincinnati, Ohio, at one dollar
per annuln.
The MONTHLY GENEssEE FARMER, pub
lished at Rochester New York.: price .tyy
cents per annum.
TENNESSEE FARMER, published monthly
in Joacsborough, Tennessee, at one dollar
ber annun1. -.
The SILK CuL7uRls7, published monthly
in Hartford, Conn. at fifty cents per annum
devoted principally to the culture Of silk.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Notice

rs hereby given to Margaret Thomas, daugh-
IL ter of John Brceden, late Of Marlborough
District, who departed this life on the 9th Nov.
1895, and the lawful wife Of Lewis Thomas, Of
the State of Tennessee, County nor post Office
recollected) that she or her husband is requested
to come and receive the amount which l am
bound to pay her, or her heirs. according to tho
tenor Of a bond which gave to the said John
Breeden, during his life. As have not heard
of the said Margaret Thomas or her husband for
number of years, T avail myself of this mode to
notify her that the amount Of money that am
bound to pay. her is ready to be paid to her, or
any person legally authorized by hor to receive
the same, whenever called for. -.
A. BREEDEN.
Marlborough District, S. c.
March 90, 1886. 1919
P.S. The Editors of the Nashville Banner and
Nashville Union will insert the above notice tor
three months and forward their accounts to the
Office of the Cheraw Gazette for payment.
March 90, 1886. '.. A. B.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
CHARLESTON, MARCH 10

CHARLESTON, MARCH 10
Bagging, hemp AZ in. yd. "a 26; tow and
flax do 10 %. Bale rope, lb l0a l21. Bacon,
hams, new, l6 II; shoulders and sides, l3 a
IA. Beef, New York, Mess. bbl II a 12 ; prime
do Ia g; cargo do 90 90; mess, Boston, l2
a - so; No. l, 10 a 10 so; prime, so 9 90.
Butter, Goshen, prime, 3l4 90; inferior, 25 a
81. Cheese, northen, 10. Coffee, inf. to
fair, II l2a; good fair to prime 13 l34; choice
green nevis l5a Porto Rico, IA a l43. Fish,
herrings, Dbl so 5; mackerel, No. l, 81 10;
do No 2, 8 so; do No. 8, 575a6. Flour,
Bait. H. S. sup. bbl 81 8 90; Philadelphia
and Virginia, Il a 7s7 canal 8 50a s62. Glass,
Amer. Window, lOOft, 425 9. Iron, pig, lOOlb
90 90; Swedes, assorted, do i l2; Russia,
bar, do 4a0. Lard, new, l6al7. Lime, stone
Dbl so. Mclasscs, Cuba, gallon 35 &c;
New Orleans, 40 AZ. Nails, cut, Id 4dto sOd.,
Gao. Oils, Sperm, winter str'd, gal. 90 Is;
Lnseed, l05a Is; Tanners, bbl Is a l6. Pork,
Mess, bbl 81 a %; prime, 18a 10 mess, Boston,
925. Sugar, Muscovado, lb. l3 IA +; Porto Ri.
CO and St. Croix, 12 l2t; Havana. white, l6
a l63 do brown, II a 12; Louisiana IL l3
Loaf, l6 90. Salt, Liv. coarse, sack bu.
l so; fine, l IS q 1000; Turks Island, bush. 30a
IS. Teas, bohea, lb. ls 90 souchong, 30a 40.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

He was then returned to South Carslina, ill.,
lad order, lame and much injured BY the journey
or otherwise and on the 14th Of January, le3a,
being stitl out Of order, and carrying 00the ~
was beaten ut Columbia 4mile heats, by Col Psut
Fitzsimmons' Betsey Hare, BY Contcntioh, car.
ryipr lO9lbs. Time min. 10 SECS min. IL
sec. Track mile 10 feet Soil unelastic, hea-
Wy sand, unfavorable TO quick time. Turf !se.
gister. vol. 5, 1887 And On Tho 18th, on tho
same course, he won the Handicap purse. 32S5,
carrying 192lbs, against Col Wm.H Taylors ch.
Dlackstock. by. Congaree carrying feather.
Won easy, time not stated. (Trrf Register,
vol. S, page 3Se)
Jn the q February following, over the Wash
ington COURSE at Charleston, he won the sweep
stakes, 9 mile heats, beating Col Spanns Mary
Jane, by Bolivar, and Mr.. VIM. G. Hann's Gov
ernor Hamilton, by Sir Andrew. Timo 3min. 5O
sec-3min SO sec. (Torf Register, vol 5.psgc
On tho Goth Of March, 1894. ho won the Jock.
ey Club purse. 81, on the Lafayette Course.
Augusta, Georgia, mile heats, beating Nancy
Rack, by Comet, Timber, by Murat, and Gala.
tin, by Gallatin. Course la feet over q mile;
time 6min. 81 Sec min 7 soc, crurf Regis
ter, vol 5, page $685.
On the 18th Of April following, 10 won The
Jockey Clubpurse s., at Macon, Georgia,
mile heats, beating. James j. Harrison.s Jane
Bertrand, by Bertrand; said to be very quick time.
No account of the Macon races, after tho two
first days running, having been furnished for
publication, this race will not be found In tho
Turf Register.
His last race was on the Washington Cours',
Charleston, S. C. February l3, 1885, three miiS
heats, carrying l26lbs, and opposed to Rattle.
snake lO9lbs, Her Cline 1l2lbs, Fanny Richards
99lbs, Alborack l09lbs, and Eutaw l02lbs-whefe
his loft fore leg, which had been seriously injured
in Virginia, land from which he had never 3fniiy
recovered,) gave way and let down in the back
sinew-when he was withdrawn from the Iurf
CYRUS MORSE.
Statcburg, Feb. &c 3 u
NJ The Columbia Telescope, Pcndleton Mes
senger, and Salisbury Western Carolinian, Will
please insert the above advertisement through
the season, and forward their bills to the snbscri-
Der for payment.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND TRACT DE-
POSITORlES.

A NUMBER of individuals of this town
and neighborhood have paid between $500
and $500 for Sunday school books and
religious Tracts, and have thus established
these Depositories which are intended to be
perpetual.
These books and tracts arc sold at cost
and charges, acithoa any profit, to all who
will buy, and the money reinvcsted in books
of the same kind, and thus the supply is al
ways kept up. The books are sold at the
same prices that they are sold atthe Deposi.
tories by retail in New York and Philadcl-
phia.
These books and tracts inculcate that
form of truth and doctrine in which chris.
tians arc agreed generally; and have moth.
ing sectarian in them; and thus are calcula-
ted to supply the wants Of christians ofevery
evangelical denomination.
The Dcpositorics are at the Book Store
and arc kept and attended to fee Of charge
or expense.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
New Books.

Received lately at the Book Store, among
other Books
Complete Works, of Hannah Moore, m two,
and also in eleven volumes.
Memoirs Of Hannah Moore
Natural History for children and youth by
Mrs. Trimmer
Also-Memoirs Of Nathan w. Dicker-
man, who died in his eighth year, an eminent
example of Christian piety. Every Chris
tan parent and Christian minister. who has
not read it, ought to do so..
Feb. 16.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Public Notice.


BANK OF CAMDEN, S. e.
DURSUANT to the provisions Of an act Of
the Legislature, incorporating The Bank OF
Camden, s. c., books for receiving subscriptions
for the capital stock Of said bank two hundred
thousand dollars in four thousand shares of S59'
each) will be opened at the Planters Hotel in the
Town of Cheraw, on the first Monday in May
next, and the day following, from 10 o'c,och, a
n. to 2 o'clock, P. n. each day.
Twenty per cent on each share subscribed will
be required to be paid at the time Of subscribing,
in bills of the specie paying Banks Of this State
The Commissioners ut Camden have construed q
that portion of the proriso of tho lst section OF
the Act, which says, '"that no subscription shall
be allowed ON either day appointed for opening
the books for a greater number of shares thantwo
hundred = not to prohibit iudiHiduals from sub
scribing for two hundred shares each day.
JAMES WRIGHT,
ALEXANDER MUIRHEAD,
DAVID 8. .HARLLEE,
=. Commissioners at Cheraw.
March &c, 1886. 20-6
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
MARRIED.

In Robson county, N. C. on the Sd inst. Mr..
DANIEL STEWART, to Miss MARY McCALLuM,
eldest daughter Of Angus McCallum, Esq. Also,
on the 10th Mr.. JOHN MCLEAN to Miss FLORA
MCLEAN, daughter Of Arch'd Mclean, Senior.
:Iu Lexington, on the 18th inst. Mr.. JOSEPH
w. HAMPTON, Editor of the Western Carolinian,
to Miss SARAH STIREwALr, daughter of Mr.. Jacob
Stirewalt. of Cabarrus.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

We learn from the Charlotte Journal that the
small pox was communicated to a family about
25 miles from Charlotte, on the Statesville road,
nv one of tho three men who came down to this
neighborhood from Ashe, utter they had taken the
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

General Macombhas been ordered to Florida,
for the purpose of taking command in that quar-.
ter. 1t is said that some jealousios between Gen.
erals Gaines and Scott rendered this necessary
The Washington Metropolitan says that these
officers "fiom some carly differences, have not
spoken for many years.,
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
ROCKS.

THE following among many others may
'bcebad at the Bookstore ut moderate pri-
ces.
Josephus
Rollins Ancient History
Gibbons Rome
Russell and Jones' Modern Europe
Robertson's Works
Bot.a's Italy
Hume, Smollet and, Millcr's England
McImosh's England
Marshall's Life of Washington: I'd edition.
Writings of Washington, by Sparks
Franklm's Works, in two volumes
Weem's Life of Franklin
John jays Life and Writings:
Book of U. S. Constitutions
Scott's Napoleon
Rayner's Life Of Jefferson
Sketch of thaU. States by a Russiau
Comparison of England and America
Comparison Of North and South America
Sketches Of Turkey by an AmeEican .
.Schoolcraf's Discovery Of the sources OF
the Mississippi :.
COlten-S 3 r 0ufs c0[S m,0fcut Dtasus"
Ship and Shere, by a ehaplairso the; u.:S.
Navy
Goldsmith,s Animated Nature, withplates
Goods Book Of Nature -,
Locke's Essay
Foser on Decision of Character
Spectators, in - rol's. ~.
House Painters Guide
The Carpenters New Guide, BY Nichoison,
Hmd's Fargiery -.
Mason's do. improved
-, POETRY.
Coyper and Thompson
Milton, Young, Beanie g. Collins
Rogers, Lamb, Campbell, and, Nv White
Pope's Poctical Works
| Jan, 49,.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
DIED.,

In Wake county,N. C. near the Falls of Neuse,
on tho 10Th January, the celebrated and aged
huntsman, JOHN BUTLER. He was supposedto
be ut least ITO years of age, and has left q wife
surviving equally as old. ...... =
In Sampson county, N. C. on the l1th inst.
Mr.. Horps, aged 80 years, a respectable citizen.
lie has left three sisters surviving, one of whom
is 100 years of age, another between 80 and 1e0-
the age of the third not known to our informant.
Raleigh Star.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Method Of Preserving Cheesetrm Worms
and Mites.-Grains of whole pepper, put in.
to a vessel in which cheese is kept, viii! drive
away the above mentioned insects.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

On the Goth of January, brute in human
form sold his wife, at village nca. sher.
borne, in open market, with halter round
her neck, for sixpence. and quart ofcider.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Apostscript to a letter dated at Savannah
18th inst. says The steam boat Free
Trader, blown up and killed 5 men-no
damage to the cargoes Of Cotton in tow.
downwards.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Negroes for Sale,

- negroes TOT oale' .
John, coSwain and pilot.
Harry; prime boat and field hand,
Edward, boat and field hand,
Hannah, his wife, good house servant and
field hand,
Hannah, good house servant,
Guy, prime shoemaker, r..
Hector, shoemaker,
Cochrun, boat hand,
Ned, field and boat hand,
Ben, prime do
Cyrus, 40 do,,,.Ds. co
Apply to a. MOlfdEaO o. ".
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

The account ofthe New York fire was
carried to Antwerp by a vessel from thai
city in fifteen days.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Feb. l6.
1eoKs Of tho Meshedist q. schnrpl.
THE following Books published BY the,
agents Of the General Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, may be had
at the Book Store. =.
Ciarke's Commentary,
sWesley's Sermons,
Wssop's Institutes,
Watson's Bible Dictionary,
Watson's Life Of Wesley,
Life of DR.. Clarke,
The Wesley Family,
Life of Mrs. Rowe,
Christian Manual,
Christian Pattern,
Discipline,
HyTl1s,
Ei,hxc Rewards and Punishmcnts, a ser
mon BY DR.. Fisk, ~ 49,
Love Of God toa Lost World q sermon
| BY Dr.. Clarke,
salvation by Faih sored sermon ey
Dr.. Clarke,
Catechism of the Wesleyan Method'ss.
n VARIETY of glass hakssgsd: &fnm Ct
"a - e.,L gore. Sc,ne Ere,
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Baltimore, March l6.

It is with feeling Of the greatest pride
and satisfaction that we announce that the
question whether the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is to be completed to the Western
waters is no longer doubtful. Both branch
es of the City Council, with promptness
which docs them the highest credit, yester.
day evening adopted the resolution author.
izing a subscription, on the part Of the city,
ofTHREE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
to tho stock Of the company. This sub
scription, with the aid which will certainly
be received from other quarters, insurcs
the completion of the road. Baltimore will
now proceed with steady, unfaker;ng step
in her march to commercial grcatncs and
prosperity. -
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
EXCHANGE.

EXCHANGE.
Checks on New York,
For sums under 5000 Sr.OO
OF $1,000 1per Ct.
over $1,000 4per Ct.
Checks on Charleston, Columbia and Fayetteville,
For SUMS under S200 so cts
" OF &2OO Or CT
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
From the National Intelligcncer.

From tie Nd1t0naL 1hteiuScRcel.
The following are the main features Of
the organization of the Board of Trade re-
Gently established in Baltimore. An an.
nual subscription of five dollars entities to
membership; the officers consist Of q
President, four Vice Presidents, and Trca.
surer, elected annually. The Association is
to meet regularly OH the first Monday Of
March, June, September and December, tho
extra meetings can Be called at the writ
ten request of ten members. A Board of
twenty.six directors is to be chosen annu.
ally, by ballot, which is to meet every month.
The following is the most important article
Of its constitution.
ART. 9th. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Board to accept the arbitration of all mcr-
camille disputes which may be submitted to
them by q member or members of this asso-
citation, aud to adjust and determine the
same provided that the parties sign penalty
bond to abide by the decision. And for the
arbitration of all such disputes the President
of the Board shall establish monthly com.
nittec of five persons, two Of whom shall
be rejected by the li,igant,} to be selected
by hun either from the Board OF Directors
OF members of the Association, whose duty
it shall be to examine and render an award
upon the controversy submitted to them, and
report their award at the next monthly meet
ing Of the Board which shall be recorded m
a book kept for that purpose by the Sccr
tary, the parties litigam to pay FIVE dollar:
to the Treasurer Ccr the service thus rem
io-oS
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Thc following was tho state of the votes in the.
the U. S. Senate upon The questions Of confirm
ing the nominations respectively: Upon the no.
mination Of Mr.. Taney for Chief Justice, ayes
%, nays Is. Mr.. Barbour for Associate Judge,
30 to II. Mr.. Kendall for Post Master General,
es to,7. Mr.. Stephenson tobe Minister to Great
Britain, &c 70 10. John II. Eaton to be Minister
to Spain, 80 to II.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

4 Noble .ict.-We have heard Of many
pleasing incidents connected with the late Sc.
verc disaster Which bcftl the Methodist Epis.
copal Church, in the destruction of their
"Book Coucern," by fire, yet we know Of
no one which has given more general salts.
faction than the act Of the American Bible
Society. Knowing that the Sabbath Schools
under the care Of the Methodist Church
would be great sufferers by the destruction
Of the Scriptures intended for their use, the
Board of Managers ofthe American Bible
Society, at their regular meeting Lust evening
unanimously voted donation of fsce thou
sand Bibles, and ten thousand 1estaments,
for the use Of the schools under the care OF
the Methods. Episcopal Church. h.-Commer-
cial Advertiser.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
Garden Seed,

A GOOD assortment at the BOOK otole'se-
"A lected by the late proprietor OF the A10esa- Fa
can Farmer establishment. -. -
Price 81 cents paper.
Feb. l6.~ ~
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Some of the letter writer's at Washington say
that Col. r. NJ. johnson has demanded satisfae-
tisu of Mr.. Hardin for his allusion in dc5ato to
thalase rie ~ ofthe Colonel.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Tho Richmond Enquirer. paper much in the
confidence of the administration, says:
l"We guess that another brilliant achievement
awaits the present Administration"
Others are guessing that the purchase Of Texas
must be meant.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

It's stated in some of the New Jersey papers
that probably hundreds Of thousands worth Of
ceda. aud pine timber have been destroyed by the
SHOWS the pas. winter bending and breaking the
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

The Hon. Samuel P. Carson, formerly of North
Carolina, having removed to Texas, is now
member Of the Convention assembled TO form
Constitution for that rerolted Territory.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Aietser received in Raleigh, N. G. dated Wilks-
borough, March 10. states that the small pox III
tina. region Of country was confined to 6 or 8 IA
miles in Wilkes and Ashe counties; and that
having gone through these families, was thought
Il would cease, as no others had visited them.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

The London Public Ledger says that it is in
contemplation to form a canal between Liverpool
and Manchester, parallel with the famous rail-
road. "This undertaking owes its origin Gt is
saiD to the unprecedented success, in point of
despatch and cheapness' of tha,ig ight passenger
boats on the Scotch canals, belween Paisley,
Glasgow and Edinburgh and the invention Of
new apparatus for passing light boats rapidly up
and down the ascents and descents of canals
without loss of time or expenditure of water"
It is now found that light iron boats carrying
from 100 to $50 passengers can be conveyed on
canals by two horses at the rate of 10 or IL miles
per hour. It is estimated that travellers can be
carried by canal, from one town to the other,
distance Of thirty-two miles, at from Ito 20
pence; or considerably less than half dollar.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

Three persons were lately killed in New York
BY wall of one of the houses in the burnt district
falling upon them.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

MI. Ewing of Ohio in his speech on the Land
Bill estimated on the authority of documents to
which he referred, that the surplus revenue in
the Treasury on the LIST Of January next would
be 81 millions of dollars.
Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

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