Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

Georgetown an1 Alexandra, under the Su..
perinte nderce Of tie Rev. PhIilp Slaughter OF
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
4 Mr.. Norwood was shockingy nansled at
Decatur, Ala, by falling from one OF the rail.
read cars while n motion. The wheels OF
several cars passed owe, him, and his face,
right leg and arm, and foot were crushed IN
such I manner as to render his recovery hope
less.
3Ir. Buckingham advcrt;zes another COURSE
OF lectures in Charleston.
From the failure ofsome part OF the boiler
O.; the steam boat George Collier on her way
up the Mississippi from N. Orleans on the 9TH
inst the steam escaped and scalded 40 per-
sons, of whom 2 died on :he same day.
A revolt lately took place in the LOUISIANA
Penitentiary. a leader of the revolters was
s!.o. down, and the remainder chen succumb-
ed to a company armed citizens who had en-
tered the building.
The Boston Atlas con;radicts. WITH great
show Of au hority, rutnor, which It says has
been current that Mr.. Webster intends after
his return from Europe, TO reside in New York.
DEATH OF JrDcE CuyLEE.-The Hon.
Jeremiah Cuyler, for long term ofyears! !uds e
of the Z. S. District Court. for Georgia, died
suddenly, at Savannah, on the 7th ;st.
The Philadelphia U. $. G.zet,e announces
the death of Robert Bicknel!, Esq, long and
f.vcrabIy known as Broker and The conduc-
tor of large Periodical devoted 10 fscs! mat
ters III that city.
A man in J'ransylvania lately fell upon a
scythe IN killed himse.f at the age OF l2o
This man. whose name was Juan Graza left a
son one hundred years Old, and grandson OF
80.
Mr. Charles Griswold, late teller in the
Commercial Bank nf Manchester, Mss. has
absconied with deficit, in his cash account
of SlI,OO0. The Bank offers a reward VI
$500 f,r his apprehension.
SpEc.E.-The Ship E lmund Perkins arrived
at New Orleans Oh tilr IN lns:. from Liver
pool, having on board 5l23,000 in specie, be-
sides valuable cargo Of assorted Merchan-
die.
We learn from the h1adisonian that the
President of the United States intends visiting
the North, and that he will spend r1ost Of the
war,r season IN his native State.
GEone1A.-The Stale Rights Convention
me, at, Mi !edgevI!e, OF the S,hi ST., and nonl-
mated Judge Charles Dougherty, OF Clarke, as
the candidate of that party tor the. omce ol
Governor, at the election in October next.
The receipts Of the Sailors Far in Boston,
week before last, were about Ss,OO0-eXpon-
ses, full half that sum.
Western Steam B1ats--The louisville
Price Current, Of the 3Olh ult., states that the
whole number OF steam boats enrolled on the
Western waters Up 20 that cate, was 31S: VI
these, l3O were built at pi IS urg, 50 at C!n-
cinnati, and % a: Wheeling.
Ilr. Cooper died on the night Of the 10Th
instant, at his residence III Columbia.
Shipwreci The Ship Occeanus, from Port
land TO Savannah, was wrecked on Stono
breakers, on the lO;h. Crew sa"ed.
Some one has placed 5lO0 in the hands OF
the "Daly Courant" Of Hartford, Conn. as
premium TO The dentist no shall produce the
most durable specimen Of his skill in filing
tech.
Whitmore has been elected Briga.
der General OF the Sd Brigade Of Infantry.