Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-11-01

OF Judu cTtlldIluSZ IDS pilulSIlcu iEOlH tttS>
ocean. Yet, though blotted from our maps,
it is green and beautiful in the verses of
Cowper, and the Narrative OF Defee. The
following is from an English journal.-N.
Y. Euening Post.
s'Tha llse Juan Fernandez has recently
disappeared from the South Sea. 1t was,
doubtless, produced at some remote period
by volcano eruption. and it has been des-
troved by an earthquake.
Il Second Par1.--An old man named K.
Garman died Inst August at Dunston, near
Chesterfield, ENG. aged one hundred and
sixty years and eight months. He was
blind twenty six years of his lite. He left
relatives in the house in which he died, Of
the respective ages of S3 and 80.
q. S. Ship Observation-Disclosures OF
Russia.-Capt. RICHARDSON, Of bring Leo.
midas, from Cronsiadl, arrived at Boston,
Informs the Messrs. TopL1FF that the U.
S. frigate independence sailed from Cron.
s;adt on the 18th OF August. Being all
ready for sea and TIC wind light the Em2e'
ror directed a boat, with an officer and boats
crew, to be sent from every Russian ship
of war in the harbor, to assist to towing the
frigate out and Captain RICHARDSON says
that she went out of the harbor in fine
style, with string of boats nearly half a
mile long in advance The Emperor's at
tention to the frigate and her officers was
unremitted, to the last moment ofh stay
at Cronstadt and it was remarkable that
no ship of war, Of any nation, had ever be.
fore been known to receive such manifesr
tations of good will, in a Russian harbor.
Warlike Means of England.-At the
royal arsenel at Warwick are $4,000
pieces of ordinance, of which 5000 were
ofgun metal, and the remaining 2l 900 of
iron. This mass ofdestruction is divided
into pieces of 2O2 different natures and
lengths. There are also in the arsenal
nearly three millions of cannon balls and
bomb shells 1t is said that when the allied
sovernigns came to England, and visited
the arsenal, they imagined that some
wooden limitations of artillery had been
made to deceive them, and when convinc-
ed of the reality of the spectacle, they
could hnrdly find language to express thei
surprise
NauaHThe Exploring Squadron
The u S. frigate Macedonia, Commodate
JONES, Capt. ARMSTRONG ship Relief Lieut..
C Commandent DoRNAn, and brigs Pioner,
Lieut.. Commandment NEWMAN ConsoTt
Lieut.. Commandant GLYNN, arrived at
New York, on the 10th inst, from Hampton
Roads.
SAVANNAH, OCT. 20'--Ro5Jery.-
We understand that the Penfeld Mariners
Church, in this city, was entered some
time yesterday, and robbed of the boxes
into which the contributions are put.
Specimrn of Me" Down Eust Woman,
AT the late for at Boston was presented
a very large carpet manufactured from odds
and ends, bits of old cloths, aannels and
in short from every thing in the
shape or wvvis------s7, ,6~-'----rauelled
thread up to bed blanket, the work Of
Mrs. Abigail w elsh, of Newburyport. AT
the distance of five feet, which is near
enough for welI-sized people to look, 1t
has the appearance of rich Turkey car.
pet ofhandsome pattern, and it will last
for years beautiful carpet. The value
of this kind of work may be perceived
by the following estimate Of cost. whichwe
find in the Transcript:
Cost of the tow cloth for foundation $2 81
Dying the rags and old stockings, 2 90
Thrums bought in Lowell to maks Dor.
der, 2oo