Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29


We have received tho March number of TIC
, Knickerbocker. From glance at the table OF
contents which is all we have had time yet to Co.
we think the present number fully sustains tho
character Of the work. We see that among the
contributors to the work is Mr.. Flint the popu-
lar author of "Ten wears in the valley OF the
Mississippi" and other equally popular works.
We shall publish the table Of contents next week.
U. S. Bank shares sold in Philadelphia on the
18th inst. at 1913 to 1881.
The committee to whom the subject OF Bank
ing had been referred in the Legislature OF Aas-
sschusetts. reported in favor of Bank with ten
millions Of capital.
Isaac Hill ofthc US. Senate has been elected
Governor Of Maine. .
The Wing members ofthe Legislature Of Mas
sachusetts have unanimously adopted the follow
ing resolution:
Resolued, That the Wings Of Massachusetts,
true to their principles and the commenwt ath,
viii unitedly sustain Webster and the Constitu-
tion, Granger and the supremacy of the Laws.
We learn from the Jonesborough Republican
and Journal that the Legislature Of Tennessee
at it's late sitting appropriated S750,0O0 for the
Cincinnati and Charleston Rail Road.
Mr.. 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.
Three persons were lately killed in New York
by wall of one of tho houses in the burnt district
falling upon them.
The Hon. Samuel P. Carson, formerly of North
Carolina, having removed to Texas, is now a
member Of the Convention assembled TO form q
Constitution for that rerolted Territory.
Some of the letter writer's at Washington say
that Col r. NJ. johnson has demanded satisfac-
tisu Of Mr.. Hardin for his allusion in dc5ato to
thaIaie r1e ~ ofthc Colonel.
The following was the state of tho 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
%, nsys IS. Mr.. Barbour for Associate Judge,
3Oto II. Mr.. Kendall for Post Master General,
e5 tot. Mr.. Stephenson tobe Minister to Great
Britain, &c TO l9. John II. Eaton to be Minister
to Spain, 81 to II.
Tho Richmond Enquirer, paper much in the
confidence of the administration, says:
awe guess that another brilliant achievement
awaits the present Administration"
Others arc guessing that the purchase Of Texas
must be meant.
Aietser received in Raleigh, N. G. dated Wilks.
borough, March 10, states that the small pox Ill
that region Of country was confined to = o. ia
miles in Wilkes and Ashe counties !; and that
having gone through these families,it was thought
Il would cease, as no others had visited them.
At the commencement of the Medical College
Of tho State of South Carolina, on the 10Th inst.
ths degree Of Doctor of Medicine was conferred
ON Is young gentlemen, who had attended the
lectures in that institution. The whole number
afstudents the past winte. was l26. This respee-
table young Institution has had difficulties to en-
counter, but has su,mounted them and will no
doubt continue to prosper.
The bill! for increasing the Banking Capital OF
Virginia, has been lost in the House of Delegates
We see by tho Congressional report in the
National Intelligcncer, that Mr.. Newland who
claims the scat Of Mr.. Graham from North Caro-.
Ina in the course of his speech at thc bar Of the
House declared himself On unwavering friend Of
thepsesent administration. For this he was called
to order, rs introducing matte, not relating to
the question, but he was permitted to proceed BY
ayote of the House. Mr.. Newland was no doubt
aware that this was the real question upon whicf
his success is to depend. The House have refused
the sitting member further time to collect testi
mony by vote of s7to lO3.
The Texans have adopted National tag
one star and stripes, with the word Independence
Petitions for the abolition Of slavery and th'
slave trade continue to be poured in upon Con
gress.
From some statistics Of mortality publishes
in the Baltimore Patriot, it appears that tn
de.ths among the free black population of tha
city during the last year were about one in thi.
ty.dve and those among the slaves one in fort,
eight.