Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-12

both may, to some extent, be imperfect; anu
this, it seems to us, is the most that can be
reasonably supposed.
At meeting of the trustees of the Univer,
sity of Maryland, the Hon R. B. Magruder-
was appointed Professor of Law, vice David
Hoffman, Esq. resigned; and DR.. II. n: Bax-
ley Professor of Anatomy, vice DR.. GeddIngs
removed to Charleston.
In the county Of Tazwell IN Illinois, there
is grape vine which measures torty-one and
half inches in circumference.
Remarkable force of PasSion.-An altcrca-
ton took place lately, at Little Rock, Arkan-
sas, between a Mr.. McWilliams and Mr..
Pew, sub editor of the Arkansas Gazette.
DR.. McWiliams charged Mr.. Pew with gross
and wilful falsehood In few moments MIR.
Pew was observed to turn pale, and to the
horror and astonishment of the beholders, he
fell and died without struggle or groan.
Nep York Examiner.
A Government has no right to interfere
with the currency, because the people import
too much, or because they import too lttle;-
because they buy too much land, or because
they buy too little land ;-becausc they over
trade, or because they undertake its pow
er was conferred for no such purpose, and to
use it for such purposes, is usurpation. 10
all such interference, the proper answer to be
given by the individual to the Government, Is,
that all this is none of your business Way
lands Pol. Econ.
The New York Corporation have taken up
the subject of the aliens with spirit. With
in few days Capt. Swinford, Of the ship
Ocean, has been arrested at thes ult Of the cor
poration on writ of 100000, for not having
bonded his passengers. who neglects to be
bonded. The Attorney for the Corporation
took bail for $4,000.
Capt. Kay, of the ship St. George, was ar
rested for similar amount, and not beng
able to obtain bail, was put IN prison.
The publication Of Willis Poems in New
York, has gwen rise to severe writing be-
tween several Of the city papers.
MORE STEAMBOAT Acc1pENrs.-Of late
wears, the foregoing might almost oe week
IL standing head, TO accidents on the western
waters, so common have they been. We have
to record two more to-day. The steam boat
ROANOKE, struck the rocks at the mouth OF
the BIG locking, on Sunday afternoon last, at
two o'clock. while on her passage to Pitts
b,rgh, and sunk in about eighteen feet water
The boat had "lsted' to the larboard side,
and the water was over one of the wheel u
ses. The boat had forty tons of freight on
board, principally bacon.
The steam boat CONCORD, was snagged
last week, directly opposite Moniezuma, on
the Wabash river The Terre Hautc Cou-
r,er, of the 18th, says, there were no lives
lost BY the accident, and we have not heard
what part of the cargo was saved or destroy
Cincinnati Paper.
The Van Buren, candidates for Congress in
Kentucky have declared themselves IN favor
of National Bank.
G.. w. Simms, has in MS. Novel founded
on events in the history Of the Moors in
Spain,-to appear as soon as the times will
permit.
One of Gen. Hamilton's propositions finds
favor with the public. His recommendation
of a Bank Convention is almost universally
COnCurred III.
The new work OF Washington Irving, dl-
gested from the journal of Captain Bonneville,
relating to that gentleman's adventures among
the Rocky Mountains, has met with favora-
bic reception, and descrvedy too. For STIR
ring adventure, tour through wllds cannot
be equalled.
Steam Carriages Propelled withom Rail-
roads.-The Chester Courant says, that our
hiehly talented neighbor, Mr.. BoydejL of Dee
Cottage, on Tuesday last exhibited carriage
he has invented, for which he has taken
out a patent the object of which is, by
means of a curiously constructed ma
chine, to propel wagons along ordinary roads
with the aid of stcam and to obviate any ne
cessity, for constructing railroads. On TINS
occasion the machine was affixed to a COM
mon four-wheeled Wagon, and was put into
motion by four men turning the fly and cog
wheel opposite. 1t is capable of going both
up and down hill. very important feature
! Upon its drrival at the Sluice House, near the
! city, number of scientific gentlemen had as.
semblcd to watch its powers and action, and
they seemed to be generally impressed with
its utility. Not less than forty persons were
upou the machine.