Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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f . - " -* ' . ' - : ' 'V - I: ?" i ' ? 1 CHERAW GAZETTE. : ff ^bm MACLEAN, editor & P80PUIET0B. * CHER AW. S. C? WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,-1837. vol- n so. as: TEK?!S. e I; paid within three months, - - - 3. 00 P If paid within three months after the close ol the year, 3. 50 0 If paid within twelve months after the close of the year, - - - - - - -! 00 H If not paid within that time, ... 5. 00 c A company of ten persons taking the paper a b the same Post Office, shall he c-ntitledto it at Nd.i, s ptovided the names be forwarded together, act n coutpanied by the money. a No p iper to he discontinued hut at lie o ption oi the Editor till arrearages are paid. c Advertisements inserted for T5 cents per square i t >ss tlie first time, and 37A for eacli subst quea- j. i a riion. Persons sending in advertisements arc rcquir- , ed to specify the number of times they are to he V i? so ted; otherwise they will he continued till ordered out, and charged accordingly. j li'The Postage must be paid on all commit j ; nie itions 11 PROSPECTUS ' *** - ' ? ? -r /!,? 7",, tl , Of tnc f inancial iwgtsitr 01 </?& u.dic<t .. - i Stifles. The recent suspension of specie payments by the banks of New York, Philadelphia, i3os ton aud Baltimore, which cannot fail to become general throughout the United States, presents a state of things, which may, if publie opinion be not led in a proper direction, ^ involve the most fatal and disasterous results, jj The country will shortly bo divided into three u great parties?one advocating the destruction of all banks, and the scheme of a currency a, solely metalic; and the second supporting the ^ * doctrine of a permanent incontrovertible paper system, and a third, urging the restora tion of specie payments by the banks at the cariicst possible period at which it can be ef. cj fectcd, with the least injury to the public. Of these plans, the first is impracticable, and the second would be ruinous to the industry, capital, and morals of the country. The third is ^ the only one that is both practicable and exf pedient, and the one that calls for the united energies of all the advocates of conservative jG principles, and of all who respects the rights of industry, the rights of property, ar.d the j,. laws of moral obligation. Entertaining those ! " sentiments, the advertiser proposes to publish ; 0, a semi-monthly journal, to be mainly devoted, j v for the present, to the accomplishment of tins j great end; and he confidently relies upon the i ol patronage of a large number of his fellow cit- 1 lr.ens to sustain him in the effort. All who j * unite with Jiiin in sentiment must be aware of j j the importance of prompt ar.<l energetic* ac-1 e, tion, and of the immediate and wide dilution j of knowledge upon tiie principles of currency, j a) . Ignorance on this subject has brought us to i oar present bankrupt condition, and nothing can save us from deeper and more lasting distress, but the dissemination of the important aj truths which, reason and experience have ^ taught in reference *10 banking, currency and j ( li nance. " | The vast annual increase of the nv.nied hi- j <.?.*.",tirxnn r.f fUo S?nto<. and the 11}- ! j: aCMraW?HB? III II BJf ,1 ? rican securities, cotton, and other great sta- J les oftiie United Stales. 7. Statements of the condition oftiie banks f England and France as they may appear. 8. Such other statistical information collected with iinancc, banking, currency, exhange, o:c. as may render the work valuale for present and future reference to late.,man, legislators, bankers, capitalists, KTchants, agriculturalists, manufacturers, nd private citizens. In addition to those practical and statistial subjects, the Register will contain? A copy of the celebrated report of the Union committee, made to the British parliament in 1810, in which the question of a resoration to specie payments by the Bank of Ingland is amply and most ably discussed. A history of the South Sea bubble, of the Iississippi scheme, and of other convulsions i the pecuniary concerns of Europe. A history of the currency and effects of the ^sponsion of specie payments by the banks of me United States in 1814, and of the various anics and ruinous pressures for money which a\eoocurcd since. Treatises and essays on banking, currency, xckanfe, the relative value of gold and silver, le impolicy of usury laws, and other subjects fa kindred nature, original and selected. All the essays of 'An Examiner,' including ,vo published in December last,. and which avc not appeared in pamphlet form, and those I hieh mny hereafter appear. A complete history of the late money crisis nu its consequences, as they may hereafter 2 developed, to serve for future use. TERMS. 1. The Financial Register will he published :ery alternate Wednesday, on a super royal lect of 16 octavo pages, commencing on the le 5lh of July, 1STT, and will comprise one olume of 416 pages in a year. 2. The price of subscription will be three [>l!ars for one copy, or five dollars for two jpies, per annum, payable in advance. 4 Xo suhsermtion will be received for a ss term than one year; and in all cases rior to the/r.st cf October next, when money remitted froui a distance, it will be considred, unless otherwise expressed, in payment "the current volume, and the back numbers ill accordingly be forwarded. 4 All postages must be paid, but the risk fmiscarriage by the mail is assumed by the ublisher. Any postmaster, or other individual, who in.il remit ten dollars at one time, shall be stilled to five copies. The notes of banks of live dollars' dcncininiioi: ;.ml upwards, which pass current at the ipitul or in the principal town or city of the ate in which the person who remits them jsides, will be received in payment, as will so the notes of ta? banks in all the Atlantic ties, if transmitted any time before the first i October next, after which the publisher ay find it necessary to alter this stipulation. 7. Ail letters are to be addressed "ThePubiher of the Financial Register. Philadelphia. Subscriptions from persons in this city will ? received by Adam Waldie, Carpenter st. i the rear of thy Marshall house, in Chesnut ?ar Seventh street. Philadelphia, May 18, 1637 ~ b JIT L ti MLNT TOTIIITGLOI ;i;7 ~ Pit O S r E C T V s For. Tim OXGRESSIONAL GLOEE and APPEN. 1)1 X. Sensible oftliis deep interest which must ho It throughout the Union in the proceedings of new Congress, convoked by tlie new adminis. ation, to meet the extraordinary emergencies hicli h tve arisen sine 3 the close of General ;ck-'Oji's term of service, the undersigned have ready nude preparations to furnish their annuroport in liio form of a Congregational t?ioho. s these successive publications comprise a full ul-fsithful record of a!! that istloii'* in Congress * ,, O -sketches oi tho attendant discussions with an ppeadix containing tho finished speeches prowed hy the members themselves?they are hUd not only to gratify the curiosity of the our, to inform the distant constituency of tho irt performed by their immediate rcproscntaves, and of the resnlt of tho labors of ail; hilt e doubt not, thev will he fonn.l permanently scful as tho most authentic, complete, and con-, anient parliamentary record of our times. This iidcrtakijg having, with these views, been lib*aly patronized by tho public, it is our purpose to istify this early aud continued favor by increasigthe strength of our crops of Reporters at the ?xt fall ai\d winter Sessions, The fall Session ill bo looked to by the country to settle all tat has been unsettled by the overthrow of the rstom of Deposits as established by Congress -the overthrow of tho currency as established y tlic Constitution?and the overthrow of the rslcin of revenue, both as a means of adequate lpply for present demands, the niaintainancc of innufacturcsand the regulation of commerce.? Ivery tiling of pecuniary interest to the Goverient and tiie nation will be involved in the iscassions of the next Congress; and it was hciuse the President would not have those all - ? A A a j; nportant sunpcis icii 10 laxecuuve arscruuou moment beyond the tunc when a full Congress ould be summoned, that tho September session ras convoked. The machinery of govcrinrnt, veil wiien thrown out of geer, must continue ) work; but when so disorderd, its movement lay be driven i:i a wrong direction. The Rep ijsentatives'of the people are alone competent ) set all to rights. No Democratic Chief Magis;ate would continue in the condition of things at resent existing, to substitute Executive expedites for clearly defined law springing from the ublic will. 'krms.? For the Congressional Globe during the first two sessions of the 25lh Congress ?2 00 'or the Appendix to the Congressional Globe, during the first two sessions of the :2oth Congress ?2 00 Any person sending us the money for five coies of either of the above publications, will be ntitled to a copy of each Payments may be transmitted by mail, postage aid,"at our risk. The notes of any incorporated !ank in the United States, which did not susend specie payments befor-j the 1st of May, 1637, ,-ill be received, But when the subscribers can rocurc the notes of Banks in the Northern nd Middle State*, they will please send iiem. To insure all the numbers, the money rust be here by the first Monday in .September io?t. The Congressional Globe will be sent to those apers that copy t his Prospectus if our attention hull be directed to it by a mar'* with a pen. Our Exchange list is so 1 .rge that we would not ob- rve it, probably, unless this be done. No attention will he paid to any order, unless lie money accompany it, or unless some respon. ible person, known to us lo be so, sliuli agree to ?ay it before the session expires. BLAIR & RIVES. Washington City, June 24.1837. Ruled Paper, S^OR d rawing off accounts, for sale at the Bookstore. . PROPOSE!; BIBLE CONVENTION. A Circular prepared by direction of the Charleston li bit Society. Charleston, May 1837. Sir:?The Managers of tiio Charleston Bible Society, have appointed the undersigned, a committee to prepare and send fortii a Circular, invitii'tf t!ie several Bihlc Societies in the State to unite with them by their delegates, in a Convention, to be held at Columbia, on Tues^ y the 5th December 1837. liie objects to be secured bv such a Convention. arc to ascertain what has been done in this State for the l ist lour or lire years in giving circulation to the Bible; what facts may be collected, which will throw light upon our yet ro maining destitutions; whether it is expedient, to ?ngago simultaneously in resupplying t ho State with the Word of Life upon a plan si.viLr to that which was agreed upon in Columbia, several years ego; and if so, by what means and by what agencies tho plan can be most firliy and thoroughly, and judiciously carried into effect, so that our entire reading popul it ion, have ffv" access to copies of the Hoiy Script urea, in nhehr *?n:ssr?K*?Mn_ And final!v to lUTdicrate upon any otlwr subject connected with the diihsiohj of the Bible, whether at home or abroad, in Christian or in heathen lands. Tin general fact is known, that districts of country, which have been thoroughly supplied one yenrhave contained many destitute ftniilias he next; and what is true of one district, is true of all the rest, cs the same causes operate to ere. ate the want, viz: the formation of now families, tho immigration of others, and the wearing out 01 the Bihl s themselves In most eases where a re-supply lias been uadcrtakcn, after an interval of four or five years, the destitution has been found full half as great as at the period of the original supply, and insomo cases greater, fiom I the causes already assigned. We allude to this I fact because it was one of the principal motives which induced the Managers oftho Charleston Bible Socief v to propose a convention. The Committee regard it as superfluous to urge the subject upon vour consideration bv any fur. thor remarks, as ail the reasons for a Convention, which we could submit, must be farniiliar to your mind. All that we have so solicit, is, that you would call tlio attention of your society to the proposition, that should they deem it expedient, delegates may be appointed to represent your So. ciety in the Convention. We have the honor to subscribe ourselves, in name, and by the appointment of the Managers of the Charleston Bible Society your fellow la. borers in the Bible cause. B. MANLY, B. GILDERSLEEVE. C&mmiltre and Cofding Secretaries of the Char, lesion Society Bible. " T5 TQ3 ? u V wri i Casks of Rico just received, and for sale Pj* by W. & T; BAILEY & Cot icir . " 'i 1 if i~ii.il uuiir, vi v.. Dish Covers. A feu* setts of Dish Covert", made of the best JsL nutcriai, for sale, hv J. IIERVEY. August 30 4*2 3t State of S. Carolina, ) ' MARLBOROUGH DISTRICT. TO ail u horn il may concern. Tliey ar* hereby notified and informed tint I will apply, at the next Session of the Legislature of this State, for a reirnv.l of the charter of Cashw; v Ferry, and to h :ve tiie same vested in myself, my heirs or nrsigns. JAMES EBVIX. August 30 42 lit" ~ ITCLSssIST" "0 flhrfs Cuba Molasses. JL ?w 21' Bids. New Orleans do. For sale by W. &, T. BAILEY" & Co. 12th June, 1837. 31 tf I Wanted to Hire,. AX active intelligent Negro Boy to wait about tlio Store, and ntt-nd to business gcnerally.GooU wages will be given. .Apply to D. MALLOY. August 9, 1937. ' 39 tf jljJOLICIES will be issued upon Buildings _5l Merchandise in Store, and on the river to and from Charleston and Georgetown; also on Cotton iu store. Persons living in the country and "towns adjacent by giving a description oflheir property, can have it insured against loss or dam age by tire. D. S. IIARLLEE, Agent at Chcraw, for Insu. Co. oi" Columbia, 6. C. April 10, 163G. tiotf. SKcrirt'c SnlnQ K^l l\/l XXX kJ K/v? & vky* Oil icrifs of Fieri Facias. WILL he sold before the Court House, on the first Monday in September next, within the legal hours, the following property, viz:? One negro man, (Dennis) levied on as the property of Ranald McDonald, at the suit ot J. C. Coit vs. R. McDonald. Will be leased to the lowest bidder two Lots in the Town of Cheraw No. f>3 and t>i belonging Jos. U. Towns, fortho Taxes of the last year? amount, $4 53. Terms?cash. Purchasers will pay fur Sheriff's Titles. A. M. LOWRY, Slt rff C. D. Sheriff's Office, ^ l*2t!i Aug. 1837. \ 40 tf Java, Laguira, & liio oflec. A GOOD supply of the above article on liana arid for sale, l>y J. MALLOY & CO. Feb. Glh, 1837. 13:tf Steel Saw Cotton Gin. A FKS ' rate article, (Morrison's make,) foi TjAFor sale low by D. McNAIR July ~1, 1837. Corn & Meal. THE highest market prices will he paid foi tiic above articles, which are now ver) scarce. Apply to J. MALLOY & Co. July 10th, fd37. Brick Store. Job Printing Executed at THIS OFFICE with neatne'ss and despatch, and at the shortcut no lice. "w*:i2?.3LlAS -*-1"2 ?A?.ABCLS3. J DOZEN* Silk and Cotton Umbrellas; am '2 dozen Parasols. For sale by J. MALLOY A Co. Jane 14, 1837. 31 tf Northern Flour, &c. QI.TERFINE Western Canal Flour, l Nos. 1, "2 and 3 Mackerel, ! Cheese, Itiec, of the new crop, Apples, Just received and for sr.'.e h JOHN A. IN GUIS, : Jan. ?>. 1*37. _ - 8:tf * yfcrS 4 \ k ? Sugar. Croix, Porto Rico, Louisiana Clarified, Double Refined Loaf, and White Havana, for salo, by the quantity or retail, by D. MALLOY. 27th Feb. 1837. l&tf book Funding. THE subscribers have established themselves in the above line of business in Clicraw j -ud oiler their services to its citizens. G. BAZEN COURT, &, CO. 1 Cheraw, S. C., Jan. 26. ISMON SYF.ITP, ' DOZ. Lotties Fresh i<emon Syrup, for^alo Si* by J NO. MALLOY & CO. June 14,1837. Bagging, Hope, Groceries, j b&c. EAVY hemp and tow Baojing ; J . Russia hemp Bale Rope ; J'l Sewing Twine; St. Croix and i'orto Rico Sugars; r Loaf ami Lumn Su?rar: Mocha, Old Java, I*:guira, and RioColFee; { < West India Molasses ; 1 a Imperial, Hyson and Souchong Teas; i j Chocolate No. 1; | ( D.ina Sanger & Co.'s Soap, in large bars; | s Hull & Son's Patent mould Candles; c Troy mould do.; i Sperm do.; _ Together with a general assortment of Dry Goods, hardware, hollowwarc, Crocker}', Hats, . Shoes, &c. For sale bv Nov. 15. " JOHN A. IXGLIS. I Removal. , rgrjIIE subscribers have this day removed to a , JL NEW 3UILDING one door below their ^ old stand, and otFer for sale a large and extensive stock of NEW & FASHIONABLE GOODS, c consisting of I)av Goods, Hardware, &. Gro * _ i?_ i f cjkriks, xmso?a i ixye ui i'uiiicmiv uijii p Foreign Liquors & Wines; all of which will be sold low for cash or country produce. M. Si R IIAILE7. 1 Fob. 11. 1837. 11 tf [ Copartnership Formed. \ THE subscribers have this day formed a co- t partnership iu business, under the tinh of s W. & T. BAILEY & CO. I and have taken the Store lately occupied by Mr. A. P. LaCOSTE, one door north of Kershaw street. W. J. BAILEY, T. B. B\ILEY, JOHN W. McRAE. Jan. 2d. 1837. * P:tf 3 Over Coats and Cloaks. 1L0TH, Goats hair and Petersham Over / Coats, Pilot and half Pilot Coats, * Ladies and Gentlemen's Cloaks, ! For sale by I 51 . * D. MALLOY. A mAvwon Forinnv XllliL J ix.tlit J- ui inv,i ClO.WrLETE sots of this excellent periodical, j J consisting of 15 volumes each. Also, ROBERTS' SILK MANUAL, a work of general utility, comprising all the in formation necessary to bo known in the culture of the Mulberry ami growth of Silk. Tiic above works are ollered for sale, at the office of the FARMER and GARDNER, North-easl corner of Baltimore and Charleston-streets, Baltimore, Md. April 18th, 1837. * i r.i.? ?j_i. I Isanti v or , j TIIE Subscriber offers for Sale, his planta- j tion in Marlborough District, containing '< 7iU acres prime Cotton am^orn land, having about 230 acres under cultivation.. It is situated three miles from the Court House and has a comfortable dwelling bouse and necessary out buildings upon it. Persons desiring to purchase it, can ascertain the terms by applying to C. W. Dudley at Marlborough C. House, or to the Sub scribcr himself on the promises. JOHN R. DONALDSON, May 23d, . 29 tf. I . . Drug Store. THE Subscribers have removed to their New Store pji Front Street, opposite to that of Taylor & Punch's where they have and will continue to keep, a full and complete assortment of Drugs, Medicines, Surgical Instruments, and Shop Furniture; Also : Paints, Oils, Glass, Dye Stuffs, & Perfumery All of which they propose selling on the most i reasonable terms; and particularly so, to those making largo purchases. Any article they may not have on hand when applied for, will be procured on short notice. POWE & MALLOW Much 21st 19 tf % - 4 ?? ? . ????. John Evans & Co. MAVK just received Molasses, Sugar, Coffee, Ifiee, Flour, Bacon, Tallow ?L Sperm Candles, Spanish Segars and Cavendish Tobacco i [best quality.] Spades, Shovels, Weeding Hoes, Hollow Ware, &e which, in addition to their former stock, comprises almost every article adapted to this market, and is now oliercd for sale on as good t< rms as can be had at this place. Cheraw. March 1st. 17:tf i For Sale, ONE Four llorse Waggon, entirely new. JOHN EVANS*& CO. Cheraw, March 4th. 17:tf Ba-eon! Bacon ! WANTED 10,000 lbs prime N. C. curod Bacon for which the highest market price j will be paid if delivered prior to tho 10th Au- . gust. Apply to J. MALLOY & Co. ! July Kith, 1637. Brick Store. j i Salt, Molasses, and Rice, -j SACKS Liverpool Salt, and a few Casks of Molasses and Rice, for sale cheap for cash, by retail or wholesale. . 1). MALLOY 1 Jan. 10th, 1637. 9:tf ' C12PH ALicT~AlK)M"ATiC, SCOTCH, | AND MA CCA BOY SNUFFS. FOR sale at the DRUG STORE. April 20 24 f i Lime. BBLS. Stone Lime Fresh and unslaeked, can be had, if applied for, m twenty days. A. F. LACOSTE. July 12, 1537. . ' 35:tf. j Bacon & Lard. i i & *')S uc^ cur0(^ N.C. Bacon, and v a few hundred pounds prime! | Lard. For ?nfo cheap, f.^r cosh onJv, br . I). MALLOY 1 Fresh Lime Juice and Lemon Syrup. FOR Pale at the v DRUG STORK, April 2b 2G tf Notice. THE Copartnership heretofore existing of K. Bennett ?S& Co. lias this day been disso'vod jy mutual consent. All those indebted to said inn will make payment, and those .to whom they iro indebted will present their claims to John N*. Williams, who alone is authorised to settle ;ha business of the Company. J NO. X WILLIAMS, K. BENNETT. July II. 1S37. 3b' 3rno " . ' I Salid Oil FOR sale at the DRUG STORE. A]>ril 21 tf Sheriffs Sale. 4/ ^ " i WILTj he sold to the highest bidder at (, HonnttlfYilio, 0:1 !J?o 1st Monday iu , September next, a tract of land containing 17 teres, hounded on all sides by Pee Dee River, j yiug near what is called .Mother Grifin's, levied 1 >n a? the property of Duncan Mclntyre at the i ait of Alexander McL- od for another and otli- j :rs. Conditions cash. M. TOWNS END, Sh'rJ. M. D. ' llenncttsville, S. C. ) August 12ih, 1S37. ^ 40 tl ;' New & cheap Goods. rllE Subscriber has just received and open- 1 cd an unusually large and extensive assort- ! I nent of seasonable Goods, carefully selected by ] limsclf in New York, in Sept. last. Those ; ( vishing to purchase, may find it to their inter- ! st to call and examine before buying, as ho j hinks his stock will be found to comprise as ! | general an assortment as any in the place; and j : ic is confident that he can sell as low as goods ; . :an he afforded in this market. Merchants from ] * lie country will find his stock fo largo as to i nerit tncir attention. Jlc cordially invites an J o call and judge for themselves. It can at all' ivents, do no harm to come and see lie cannot i lcglect this opportunity of expressing his grati-! ude to his friends and the public, for the liberal ; diarc of patronage with which' lie has always , >ecn favored. D. B. M'ARiN. j Nov. 21st. 1836. j MALCOM BUCHANAN IS now receiving and for sale, 50 pieces Bagging, 20 bags f/ignira and Rio Coffee, 30 cases Hats, 20 doz. Caps, 30 Fowling Guns, A few sets Blacksmith's Tools, with a good j dock of Saddlery,Hardware,Crockory ware &c., j ill of which will be sold low for cash, or barter i P A _ 1. tor country prooucc. Nov.22,1836 __________ Buckwheat Flour; IIOR sab hy JOHN EVANS & CO. Ob craw, March Gib. I7:tf j Molasses. i MECE1VED by lato arrivals, 9 Muds Culw Molasses, 5 Bbls. New Orleans do. . For sale low, J. A. INGLIS. May 2 25 tf ^ ! Mli.S. Il^LL respectfully informs the public 1 that her School recommenced its exercises on Monday July 17th. The flattering report , of the committee who superintended herexamin- I ation in Juno, encourages her to loci inore confi- { dentin soliciting tiie patronage of parents and ; guardians. The high and healthy situition of U adcsborougii readers it a tiostruo.c puce 10 girls who are obliged to leave the low country during the summer The branches taught in the School are Read, j ing, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, English j Grammar, with parsing; Rhetoric, Philosophy, : /Jotany, and the use of the Globes, Drawing and i Music, ilfrs. Hall will receive y< ung ladies as 1 borders, at seven dollars per month, in advance. iVadesborough, July 17, 1837. 4t " Blankets Negro Cloths Cotton Bagging fy<c. THE Subscriber has on hand a good Stock of the above articles which he will sellas cheap as any in market. '1 - n VAT.TiYIT ?I Hats. A FEW Cases, of lite latest fashion, for sale ! by D. M ALLOY. Feb. 27th lfctf , To Sportsmen. OX hand, for sale, several fine KIFLF.S? ! DOUBLE and SINGLE Barrel. Shot Guns. Small Shot Guns for Boys?a line arti- ' clc. J. A. IXGLrS. May 2 * 25 tf Reduction of Freights, j A T a meeting of the boat o;vners of Chcraxv, ! . held this day, it was resolved that, the j freights from Georgetown ought to be; reduced , and they accordingly revised the present rate of! freights and made a considerable deduction in almost every artier?, amounting,in the general,to an average oi twenty to twenty five per cent. T.hc present rates will be uniform and a large nf tknm r?rir*t<?fl and /Hatril?:!t/vt tltrnucrh IJliaaUM WI WIVIII y ?? ? ? ?- | the country for the satisfaction of the country | Merchants and others who may be disposed to j ship their goods by this place. There is now j an effort making to reduce tho freights and ] charges from New York to Georgetown and wc | tiust if we are successful that Country Merchants j general!y who are in reaclhofUiis place will find ; it to their advantagd to ship their goods this warily order of the meeting, " 1). S. IJARLLKE, .Chair.run. August, Mth 1637. -1U?ft Steam Boat OSEOLA. (CAPT. J. II. CHRISTIAN.) THIS new and elegant Boat, which has proven herself so well adapted to the navigation of the Pee Dee River, is now in complete order, and is only waiting Freight to commenco her regular trips between Cheraw and Georgetown. For up IjfflifWii -npp'y to Benjamin Kmg, Agent at G^orgetown--fbf down freight to W. II. WIN"GATE, Agent a* ('heratc. .T-iiy ! i>. 1637. 30 ?f / ' ? ? ' * - ^ ' . pose their ignorance whenever betrayed, let i r the oflenders belong to whatever-party they i a may. c The editorial department of the publication w will be placed in competent hands, and ori- e ginnl communications may be expected from t( several gentlemen who have studied financial li * * T( subjects. As to selected matter, the publisher u trusts tiiere will be presented to "the intelligent (J inquirer after truth a collection of statistical documents, historical records, and scientific e arguments which will be worth his perusal, p as may be seen front the following table cl '] oronosed CONTEXTS. II 1. The Financial Register will contain the J annual report of the Secretary of the Treasu- i ry on the finances, and the Directors of the ' Mint on the coinage, and eucli parts of the P President's Messages, and other public docu- e ments and acts of Congress as relates to tlie finances, banking, the currency, coinage, ? and collateral subjects. 2. Abstracts from the annual commercial ^ statements, showing the extent of the com- ;) merce and navigation of the United States. 3. Abstracts from the reports annually made t] to the different state Legislatures on the condition of the State banks, sufficient to show n their actual condition. n 4. An account of the debt of the different states, and of their investments in rail road?, p canals, &c., as infonnation may be acquired. 5. Weekly quotations of the sales at N.York * *nd Philadelphia?of the principal stocks, local s and distant, sold in those markets, as also, bills of exchange, foreign and domestic, as well s as the rate of interest of monev in the mar- , ket. ' 6. The latest and most authentic news of the state of the money market in England and France, together with all such correlative matters as are connected with capital and its ] employment, the prices of British stocks. Am- J V* iliV V1??VVM ~ ? 7 timate connection which subsists between their linancial operations and those cf rlurope, ^ nrc becoming every day more and more ob-1 jects of interest, on both rides of the Atlantic. I j]( There were on the 1st of J ar.ua ly, 1S37, in ! the different states and territories of the Un-! ion, six hundred end seventy-seven ineorpcra- j ted banks, having one hundred and forty-six , branches, dependent of one anotiier, each of; ^ which issues notes, and consequently eontri. hutes towards the mass of the paper currency, which will soon exclusively fiil the entire clian- : p nels of circulation; and it is evident that a a knowledge ofjnuch of the statistical inforrna- lr tioa which is connected with their expansions Vta id contractions wouM be highly beneficial to j J, every section of our country, as well as to ! a! merchants and capitalists abroad. A knowi- i ai edge, also, o/ the state of pecuniary affairs in A Great Britain, and on the continent of ivuropc, 2: . from which \v~ have obtained so many loans, ? and to which we may again, nf'cr the returnp- ^ tion of specie payments, look for additional aid P' in the various enterprizes requiring capital, in which our different states h ive embarked, would seem to be essential to all our monied Jinstitutions, and to a large body of our citizens w and public men. Indeed, without a broad u. view of the condition of the currency in both Vi quarters of the world all great financial en- u terprises must be conducted in the dark; and ci when this is the case, it is easy to perceive j?i what disasters rriay follow in their train. it In undertaking this work, the advertiser has po political party ends \o answer. .Mat t^rs which concern -the happiness.and well ll being of the whole community are of too high simportance to be made the sport of party war- ~ fare. Banking, currency, and finance belong y to science, and not to party politics; but, ne- ^ vertheless, where governments and legisia- ^ tares so far forget what is due to science, and j. commit the imprudence of forcing her inLc the ,, political arena, it comports with the plan of & this work to condemn their conduct and ex- e. CHERAW ANDWACCAMAW UAILROi# REPORT OF TIM <COMMITTEE^ To the Members of Vie Chi') a v and ITiaf. cumaw Kail lioad Co iva.t'on: The C'omiv i isioncTs appointed und Sljf , y >ur res;*)i t ons providing lor the cxrvorVjKSr. \ i-Ht of a i'ajl Road route from the to- d oflEg ' Cucruivto the Waceamaw river have thei Imnbr to submit the following Rojwrtr The hrst duty indicated :o he perform...' jfc; by them, and that which they regarded :is j paramount in its importance, was the sel< ? - aN tion of an Engineer to execute the rveo... s noissance and make estimates of the prubub'e wst ot die projected Rail Road. They iliotigi t it highly necessary that the indn i-i- 4- > * ^ tial selected should have such reputation for exj e.ience and skill as to commend his it-iiiiKiiic 1r\ flip linnnnl CiuA I if-l.-i t* :i ?w1 r?-v? _ rJi-, Vjn.l.VIIO V UK\|UU|)?|VU ?/viV#fl VillJ VK<| fidenre of the community: but from the i-ov. L'liy of the duty tli^y were culled upon to Jps? r' discharge, they found that their acrju? i;i:- ' Y*^ ance with this valuable class of our citizens was so limited, that t ley were unwilling to confide entirely in thqjr own j jdgemen!. An ineffectual application was made to a djs- * ] liugulshcd Engineer, whose services in nn " idjoiufllg State had conferred on I urn a very l?:gh reputation among our own citizens.? . jK&i i'ljey deemed i: prudent-then to consult the 3.\pcrience of others: at:d the gentleman yv? om they finally employed was r common. \ led to them by the President of the Cbnrlet- ' E*". i ton and GincinnatiR. It. Coroj a iv as 4 Jvil W Engineer of high cliafactor, 6f every way competent 10 the proposed undertaking.'' I to. executed the recofiuoissancc, ajtcm'e I by a ; portion c f your commissioners: and in pre- ? W seating his report, we take gn at pleasure in 1L adding to the Ifigli n-s:imo:iy of Gen. I l?yn<-,; the expression jof. our en! re approbation | rind confidence m trie accuracy of his cs;i- w3 males. Flie i'eport is accompunit*! by a neat and correct Map ci the country lx.tww.Mi .. ? w -3 Chtrajv and Waccamaw, designating tie <- k rou e which was pursued, and ujton winch, the. estimates of Mr. While were predicated On ilio subjects emhiaecd in 'be IL?por, it would he labor of extreme supererogation to add a single word, and indeed, so corn- ,??% prelivusive is the.review taken of t!ic whole- Jr subject fekuions, that any thing in addition .;jp? to it is demanded from your"Coinin issioncrs, * 1only by their own sense of tlie propriety of discharging the wiole duty which'you were | pleased to impose on th?nn.; They therelore, design presenting, a few obs<rviitions, .fe? chiefly for the purpose of i!!ustrin;ir?gphe i*..". jJBi ?t ^ f ^ ? 1- ll 11n jujrt (ii mr. iviii*c? it win ia; inur a distinct line was laid iu view in the ? exploration of the .country. * Of coarse ft " . was no part of oiir-dutjt, cor* was our privilege, :o designate the one whfrlt si all ~'oj hereafter adopted. But it was necessary, s* lor the convenieucojof l'ic Hagiaoor, an I * iiic accuracy of his, esim.iles, thai the rc- .~ connoissanco should be confined to a difuii'.o route, wi h fixed and known termini.? rfy In selecting this we were gove rned by our -ft own opinion oiine most prtt'aiwiw.imj un- t visible route, aided by the advice of th?!<i* ? * cnl committees in the respective Districts.? ? Indeed, there was no room tor any con ret- ^" wt riety of opinion. The country is so jx:r. lecily uniform-in its surface ami gcncrr?l\its- m pecttliat the most direct line, is that which . ?*""" a ni:nu:e examination mus" necessarily pro nounccthe best. ' m*' The estimates of cost have i?ecn based ?' ^ upon the liigliesl price of the most snbstan- -?' * tial and durable rna eria!. With regard .o he wooden srucfure, tiievcry best timber jf. is convenient to every point in .the rout", ? and can be obtained at so cceap a ra'e, that the most niggardly view of present cednomy ?n.i!/l Aff? iti'a* 'm inf? nnr niijiltu'. Tiui LUUIU UI1V.I lllllt (III IIHVfvi ? # ?? allowed price of labor is tiie highest that has obtained in the country during the period in which its' s'aple proJuc iocs ? , ft commanded a price in market, g eativ exceeding i.s pi\ sent or probable lu ure vului. The Iron selected is that which has o-su!. * Jf; te<i Irojn a practical e.\w*rim*n' in one own State, on tiic Charleston and Hamburg Rati Road, in a section of country very similar to that which the Cheraw and H'acoam.iw _ Rail Road vvili traverse, and under circuoistances which cntti.'c 'he experience of thv.t Company tc the highest credit. True; a more ponderous rail has been ? _ . recomended and most generally u*d in Great Britain and in the Northern Slates. But it will readily occur to y *>ti, that Northern climates, where the whole suta'rjuum of the road is liable to be disturb'd twice a year by the freezing and thawing of of life ???irtk ji mtifli iw^avinr mil is necesssirv to ?" I ? ? counteract tlie effects of temperature, than # v.k inaSouihcrn latitude, the influence ofwhic.i is more mild, and comparatively no: inju- 1 rious. Nor is the difference of circun;stntJcos confided to this fact alone, 'flic greater cost of labor, the broken, and in n-ost instances mountaincous c'iarac erof thocoun- , *' try, its hard and rocky s il,impose so heavy an expenditure in g,aiding and preparing the V track, that works of the kind can' only bt | undertaken where the quanti y of travel and J freight is very large. The wear of the rails - ? j occasioned by friction and by unavoidable I vibr ation under the weight of the locomo live and cars, is always proportioned40 the : frequency with wliich they are pa: S"d and | the burthen of the transport winch passes j over them. It is apparent, titer, fore, flint ' the rail of sixty or seventy to:,s to tiie mile ' which might be demanded at the North by a prudent economy, would bo needless ex! travagance under circums ances such as | ours, where the same causes of necessity do not exist. With great dcfcience to the opinion which Mr. White has expressed, your Commissioners are cons*rained to dissent from his suggr s ion Uiat there would j, be ukujQjjy in using a roil of greater weigh.: ' and cost, than that which is now being in' troduced on the (.'harlos 011 and Hambu:g ! Kail Rond? i \ T in? much we have d-jemo. nr^p/r * Jf