Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-01-09
THE MAILS.

THE MAILS.
We arc almost dcsilu:e ofany regularly
cstabI shed mails here, at this time. The
Express mai! is discontinued on this route,
and also the the slow mail direct to Ausus'a
tho communication ', .,h thai city being
now by the way of Edgefeld, where a tri-
weekly two.horsc stage mail from this
place, Gust established, but as yet carried
on horseback, insects the GrcenvI''c four.
horse stage mail route 10 Augusta. No
mail has been recaived from Augusta for
several days. The time occupied between
Columbia and Augusta is now nearly two
days-bcng more than doNt(ed! On the
Northern and Charleston lines there is no
contractor, the Posi- Cflicc Department
having declined 10 accept either OF the Pro-
posas for them,' and authorized the Post.
master here 10 make contracts Orthcm. but
on terms so low, we understand, tha, there
is little Or 10 probability of his being obIe
to DO 50. And we should consequently be
utterly without mails, on these lines, but
that our entcrprisng and public spirited
Townsman, JOHN MCLEAN, Esq. the for
mer contractor, continues 20 carry them for
tn. present. as far he is individually Y con-
cerned, and we earnestly hope will still con-
tinue TO do so. still some contract is effected
for hcm. lfno', our citizens, and all those
interested in the smaller in;ersccting routes.
will be placed in a most unpleasant pre-
dicament. No mail North Of Camden,
was received on Wednesday evening, and
it IS said that SALTMARsH, late joint Con-
tractor from Fayetteville, hos refused to
bring them on from that place 10 Camden.
This is strange and most vcxatIons
state oflh;ngs, aud We trust that no pains
will be spared 10 remedy ii, on the part OF
those whose duty it is 10 do so. We arc
not yet prepared 10 say. that censure is due
to the Department, as we were informed
long ago that collusion had been effected
among the Contractors, not 10 oppose one
another, and consequently to Obtain their
own prices. 1t was proper III the Depart
ment to resist such an arrangement, as far as
practicable but VIC are inclined to think,
from what we have head, which however
is but little, that it has run somewhat into
the opposite extreme, in the prices it now
proposes to gve.-Columbia Caroin,an,
MELANcHoLLY.-A lamen,able mistake
was made at a store in the village of Nil.
waukee, w. II. on the lst instant, which re.
suited in the death Of Two children. son
and daughter of Mr.. C. Dewey, sadder. of
that place, the former aged about two years,
andlhe latter about four. The circumstaa.
ces SO far as known, are briefly these
Mrs. Dewey sent 10 the store for some
cream of tartar, and, by an error in putting
up, received tartar emet'c, of which she
took a portion, and administered some TO
three of her children, which proved fatal to
two, as above mentioned, and Mrs. D. her.
self was very sick from the effects If it,
The other child recovered. Thus, by an
error. small in itself, are the hopes Of fond
parents cut short. and two blooming children
preciptated into an untimely grave. Too
much caution cannot he used in handling
medicines and great care IS necessary TO
prevent occurrences of this kind.
We are pleased 10 learn that the propo.
Sition Of the South Western Rail Road
Bank to take the notes Of all the Banks Of
the interior Of this State, and Augusta anu
Savannah, adopted on the 2lst inst. has
been acceded to by several of the other
Banks of this city, and that all Of them are
expected to come into the measure as soon
as their respective boards shall again meet.
-Charzeston Courier.