Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-04-26
Grand total,

The S.h, and its branches, -
Grand total, l2l7
The sum appropriated. (S9,I00000) allows
rcar!y $1,000 per mile, liberal allowance
in Il country the most level, as well as The
most fertile, in the world
10 accomplish al these works, two Boards
OF Commissioners are cOnstltuted-thc Board
of Fund Commissioners, consisting Of three,
and the Board of Public Works. consist
Ing oi scvcn. The former are 10 manage the
fiscal concerns ot the system; the latter to
see 20 the doing of the work. \ Fund of
Internal Improvements" is created to be sup
Piled by loans, land taxes tolls, rents, &c, RI
sing irum ,hc works themselves: the proceeds
OF lands, 0: moneys, given by Congress or by
others; ana whatever may remain OF the
states share of the distributed Surplus Rer-
r"2e, a;,2r satisfying the claim Of the School
FGGd. \ Loan OF eight millions is authorized,
.or which certificates OF Stock are TO be issued,
bearing six per cent. interest, payable SEMI
annall:, the stock not 70 Gt redecmable TIL
1870.
CoXNEcrIcrT-Tn this State the entire
administration ticket Ior Congress succeeded
al the late election, but bv diminished major
l;Ics. The State Senators elected are TX ad-
Elns;raton, opposition; Representatives,
l23 70 50
NRGIyI,.-Thc Legislature Of this State,
durng the late session appropriate ed jo,r and q
hGJ millions Of dollars for purposes of Internal
improvement.
Nry.- Ncn-- rNho -
;ivcs OF this 5:idC passed 1 strong llw against
tsury by a large majority, and the Senate viii
probably p&Ss ii. An attempt to prohibit Bank
mg Associations from issuing notes below $50
was dste0!cd: Ayes'2 Noes 20. \ similar
motion to prohibit ali below $40 was then tried
and lost: Ayes 81, Noes to.
JairrSjyof Trginia-This institution ap-
pears to flourish. The present number of
students IS 2D5. OF whom lS5 are from Virgin
ia. There are two from New York. and none
north OF i.
TIE Wc>.-Chicago already contains 5000
inhab;tan:s-las - TO 80 lawyers, 30 TO 10
PHYSICIANS, y public houses, 3 newspapers,
l3- stores, &C. There were 2S,OO0 of mer-
chand!ze taken il the rort last season.-Ncc
Yorker.
4 rcry fjcrQI Contribution IN Georgia.
The Coviny,on Herald ofApr!l lth says-"W e
learn from all undoubted authority, that Josiah
Flournev, Esq. of Putnam county, int this State
has presented to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, as donation, the handsome sum of
$4,000, for the purpose of establishing an
other Manual Labor School, to be located i'll
some one OF the counties south or southwest
OF this place.
The Governor Of Mississippi, has called an
extra session of the Legislature Of that State,
to be held or the third Monday of April 9th
i:.st.) The purpose ofthc meeting, is to take
INTO consideration the moneyed affairs OF the
State, and avert "as far as may be, by the suit
able and SPEEDY action Of that body, the in
pending run that seems to threaten a large
portion Uf her cl'lZGns."
The Convention to revise the Constitution
of Pennsylvania will meet at Harrisburg on
the ID OF May proximo. Hon. John Sergeant
and Tnadleus stevens are spoken of as can
GidGtcS to be supportcdby the wings for Pres
ident, and for the same Office Almon II. Read
OF SusQuehannah Co. and James Clarke and
James W. Porter IS the candidatec for tie
Van Buren, side
G0N Hines in irkanSQS.-The gold and
silver mining mania has reached Arkansas, &
lands are buying up at an advance near Little
Rock, on .tthc supposltion OF rich orcs.-No
doubt the missouri lead formation runs in Ar
kansas, and probably other precious metals
may exist III that alliIvlal country.
\ poor Frcnchman who is described as a
cripple without the use of his hands, has very
iugenlousiy contrived to write with an instru-
m@nt fixed to a belt round his body The un-
fortunate man, whose name is Coiplct, has fur
n:shed the \. !. Commercial Advertiser with
q very handsome specimen of his autograph,
in which ilourishcs are introduced, and pictures
OF birds. all executed By the mere movement
OF Tho body.
R9aai FoNY.-Qucen Elizabeth appeared
almost daily in different habits, and tried every
mole OF varying their form. Nor would she
ever part with her clothes. At her death, three
thousand different dresses were found IL her
wardrobe
Name paper says--"Th:s State the last
year paid out four million of dollars for bread
Stula. a.-'Thc legislature have passed all act,
gH'ing two dollars 10 every OneWhJ viii raise
twen;y bushels OF wheat; and ior every bushc
o.rr and above thirty six ccats per buShcl.
We d. requested TO state hat Heol7y
P1n,ty Foper, VII be- issued from the printing
o{tip nE 4. -