Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1837-07-26


M expert swimmer, it is supposed became so
sranged as to be unable to exert himself
Every exerion was made by his conpanors
to eXtr;cate him, but in vain.
Camdn Carrier.
Nashville (Tenm.} July IA.
We have had succession of showers for six
weeks or more, and grass is very plentiful.
DAN by Iaghtning BY a letter received
from the neighborhood at Queensboro' Post
Office Anderson district, we are miorme
that Mrs. SUSANNA MATTISON, wife o.
VIM. B. Ma;tson was killed by lightning On
the evening of the 7th inst. Her body was
found under an apple tree near the house,
The tree was loaded with fruit, some Of which
it is supposed she was gathering. Her infsn.
about Is months old, was found near her, I'm.
injured Yorhtils Times.
Ey-Pres;dent J. @. Adams has entered his
list year. lie was born on the llth July,
1857.
4 Seam Boat has been built Tor transpor-
tation Of cattle atr3Ss the Mississippi at Opo-
lousas, La.
Sharks.-Alexander Barny, bar-keeper at
at No. 81, Washington Street, was seized by
a Shark while bathing Off Pier No. 5 North
riverlast evening. The mqn'slc leg was hurt,
bot he succeeded in getting clear.-Ntv York
Zines.
singular and Fatal Acci 'em.-A Mr. Croft
was shooting squirrels in Brooke county, Va.
! He fired at one, but the bal! struck a smooth
hard knot, and glancing off some for,y or
| fifty yards, struck youth, son of Mr.. James
Moore, and entering at the breast escaped at
the point of the shoulder blade. The boz ex-
pred almost instantly.
Unfortunate Casuqty-The Athens Wing
says: 1--WE regret to learn hy letters re-
| ceivad in this place yesterday from Clarksville,
that the Rev. Hugh a. Hawthorn was drown
ed few days since, at the falls of the Talula
while bathing in the basin between the falls.
Al! Efforts TO rescue tie body on the succeed.
inr dav proved fruitless-hc had 10 doubt
been carried by the force Of the current down
the immense prccipices into the chasm be-
low. Mr.. II. was highly respectable and
intelligent Clergyman OF the Presbyterian
orGer."
The New Orleans picayunc says: "The
authorities Of this city have discovered an en-
tirey new node of Killing dogs. Believing
them nuG sance, the guards drop about
town every nigh:. poisoned slusages, Which,
being Of an enticing scent, are generally de-
vcureI by the dogs, and produce almost ir-
slant death. We understand the credit OF
the invention for their eytermination belongs
purely to the French and Spani> h."
Ifiictire Occlrtence Killed, at lis fathers
residence, in Rowe, Mass. Mi ton Streeter,
late of Troy, New York. aged 20 years. This
young man came to an untimely end by blast
ing log, before his fathers door, simply fer
diversion. 1t appears that he touched the
trail OF powder with fire, and depended upon
starting back for safety, but too late the log
burst instantly, and about one quarter of 1t
struck him ON his forehead and fractured his
skull in a most shocking manner, as was as
certaincd by a post n70rten examination. He
was taken up senseless and remained SO till
death. The accident happened Saturday ev-
ening, Juiv Isl, and he expired Monday even
inc, JIy Sd. What rendered the circum
stance still more poignant. was the fact, that
his father Was al cye-W.tie:s to the scene.
[1foy Wing.
Horrible cacouuer arith q Baar.-On Mon
day, the 9th of June, near the mouth of White
river, Stephen Harris, (he keeper Of a public
House on the river) went out with friend,
Mr.. ]. +. Keen, on bear hunt. 1t was not
long (after they were out) until Harris en-
countered one of the largest and fercest bears
in the forrest. He fired on his game two or
three times. wolnding him badly, but not