Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-09-20

very Or abolition. BENG then Fuo!iS"cd i'll
slaveholGiug stale it did no; openly cs-
powse the abolition cause; bu: did so, at
once, upon remova! into Illinois, and ;ne
result is stated above.
ARRIVAL OF FlEscHl's ACCoNPLlCE.--
pcsirous Of giving correct information on
what NAV be an exciting subject. we men
vidtr that tho French brig, arrived yesterday,
is rot the L'Espesance, from France VIA
Pensacola, as reported in the evening papers,
but the "Laurie,' Monsieur Dorct, com.
mandmcnl, from Brcst. N1aunier has already
been cast upon Our shores. at one OF our
Southern ports, and the one passenger men
ioncd in the Laurier, is, we understand
Borrcarc, the accomplice, Of Fieschl.
We sincerely hope that some order WI!
be taken upon the subject, and these per.
sonagcs returned from whence they came.
Let or country continue "the land OF the
free" and " he home Of The brave, c,'--;he
refuge OF the oppressed and the prosecuted
but let us pgotec: our soil from con;amln.
alton, and reject the incen6icry and the as
sassin.-N. Y. Com. Adr.
BABRADoEs This Island has been
great sufferer al different periods within The
last century. Bridge town, the capital, and
one OF he fucS' harbors in the West Indies,
was DESTROYED by fire in 1850, when it con-
tanned 1900 houses, chiefly of brick and
scarcely had the town beer rcbuiltto its for.
mer magni:ulc, when it Was completely
levclIed bya dreadful hurricane, in 1870,
which dasola:ed the whole IslanG The
number of lives lost on this occasion was
1926, and the amount Of property destroy
cd, Gl.320 5j5. The destruction caused
by the hurricane of 1880, is Of too recent
date too be recoun.cd, though i, was scarce.
less memorable (exceptin tlla loss eflives)
than the one ofI7e0. Ofthe recent disas-
ter have 10; Vet had the details of distress.
SDccu'ations and Proiscts.-The fellow
remarks from Blackwool may be interest.
ing and useful TO AMERICANS atlhe plescnt
time.
There are years, which have, like ages,
their charaStel stics. The year 1925 was
the welI-known year Of pauic. 1t was also
The year of proj jcctors., TIE plans set on
foo. for getting rid Of the naional money
were onthc mos: gigantic scale, and 1t have
computed Give 90 not much mistake) was
the capital, If fully subscribed, would that
amounted 10 three hundred !nillIons sterling.
Some Of this exravagance was undoubtedly
due TO the Chancellor Of the Exchequer,
now Lord Ripop. who hence obtained for
nimsclfthe so5riqust of Prosperity Robin
son; his Lordshp having in the fulness OF
his heart, said that the great difficulty of the
na,iorr in the sudden tide o.; wealth that was
to pour in upon US, would be how to spend
it. Some was TO be laid TO the charge o.
the Bank, which, by the sadden lowering of
its discounts, apparently opened the na.ona-
purse forevery hand that ou!dtaket the trou-
jle 10 plunge INTO into it. Some to the nation.
al passion Of I'LL men Tor snowy speculation,
but more than ali 10 the very busy aad knav-
ish intrigucs of the whole host Of brokers
solicitors, and dealers connected with the
money market of England. |, is a remark.
able instance ofthe shorts ghtedness which
sczes on tie wisest, when ayar;ca once
lays hold Of them. that with the exception Of
one or two ell nerprises, in Spanish and por-
tuguese colnna! mines, there is probably
moi one o:!hese projects in existence ii the
present moment. The mere lis; Of them
would be curious. Every part ofthe earth
was made the location of some ncwscon.
trvance fer marvellous wealth. Gum com.
panies for Africa--Ivory cumpanies for in.
dia-coaapanies for cutting down the Anne
rican forests, were amoag the most familiar
conceptions. 1t is equally remarkable, as
an instance of the blindness which cannot
discover obvious utility, as well as Of the
precipitation which hurries men into vase,
that there was probably not sioge at.
tempt, in the whole list, at any olthose con-
trivanccs for locomoton, which have since
opened such important views 10 mankind"
Abstract from thereport the Secretary ofthe
Treasury.
According TO the Treasurer's running
account the whole amount Of available mon. |