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i ir ber is all in place north of Crabtrcc, except 1 at a few points where il will soon be deliv. i ered. The graduation from Crabtree to Raileigh is complete, and con'ractors are busily engaged procuring the timber. Between Tar river and Riilaigh there are three bridge*:, at Cedar creek, Neuse j river and Crrabtree; all of which are in rapid progress.?Raileigh Standard. From the National intelligencer. THE CASE OF MR. SWARTOUT. The Documen's transmitted by the Presi. dent of the United States to Congress ain relation to the recently discovered default of - ? i ^ i? r .1 Samuel Swartout, late collector 01 i.ie cus. : toms foi the port of New York," have been ' printed for tlte use of Congress, and now | lie before us in the form of a pamphlet of! more than one hundred pages. We extract j from the mass the particulars which l'ol. ; low: The Secretary of the Treasury reports ; to the President that, during the continuance ot Mr. Swartout in office, tho states j mcnt of his accounts, in a condensed form,; were made weekly to the Department, with punctuality, and usuallv exhibited a balance ! in his hands, ranging from a mere nominal sum, or nothing, to a hun ired thousand dol-! lars. The last return he made before he j left office exhibited $122,970 on hand? j The return sent after his going out of office, which included only the last three days of: his term, showed $201,096 of money in his j possession. This return was accompanied by the fob j lowing Letter to the Secretary of the Trea-; 6ury : Custom House, New York. ) 1 April 13,1838. Sir: Herewith you will receive th?! Te'urn of moneys received and paid at this , office for the last three d ?vs of my official j term. But you will observe there is a balance ! due the United States of $201,095 40-?: This sum I hold in deposite in bank to my ; order, subject to the settlement of my ac- I count, and the decision of sundry suits at j law brought against me to recover duties J wrongfully exacted os is alleged, and which are now pending in the conits: C n the s fjuslment of my accounts, the amount due to the government wll he im- j mediately paid. I have the honor, SAML. SWARTOUT. Lite Collector. ; Hon Levi Woodbury. Secretary of the Treasury. When this return was received at the Department, it was supposed by the Sec re. I tary. that the period of his service havingexpired lie would have but a small balance ; of custom house expenses to defray, no more debentures to pay, and no great j amount of duties to refund ; nnd Mr. Swar- i tout was forthwi h requested by til-: Secre. I tnry to deposie to the? credit of the Treas.. | urer at least one-half of trie sum represon- 1 ted to be on hand. To this request, made under date of April j 16, 1838. Mr. Swartout replied as foL | lows : New York, April 21, 1838. ! Sir : I have the honor to state, in reply : to your letter of the 16th instant, that, aL j though the balance in my hands appears to be very largo, it will not be more than sufficient for the settlement of the outstanding claims upon me. I enclose a letter icceived yesterday from the district attorney, . 'showing my individual liability for tliojud;-11 meats obtained against me. I received notice from Mr. Lord yesterday that he would issue execu.ion against my furniture, j unless I paid the amount of the several i judgments forthwith. I paid, of course.? Tho nevt rnurf will n tss unon twice as A ..V ...... ! largo an amount. P*The notices of protest served upon me ; for du ies paid and passed to the credit of i the Treasury, are es imatcd at between j 200,000 and 300,000, and the Circuit Court decided that the Collector, being alone l a. ! ble, ought not to pay the duties into the 1 Treasury. In addition to these immense i i liabilities ; the settlement of damages, when { the parlies have pai l full dudes on damage i [ i goods, which cannot be adjused by the , t present Collector, must take a 1 irge sum, t and cannot all be brought in under three i months. I hope, therefore, that you will ' i not consider the present balance in my h inds ; < at all unreasonable. I am, &c. j J SAMUEL SWARTOUT. !< Hon Levi Woodbury. j t Secretary of the Treasury, Washington, j i " The Secretary ot the Treasury, on the 1 1 16th April, addressed a letter to the First Comptroller of the Treasury, stating the ! amount in the hands of .Mr. Swartout, and; asking the Comptroller "to take all proper j steps to have his accounts adjusted and ' settled at as early a period as may be prac- h ticable, and to have the balance not in dis- j1 pule, or to cover what is in dispute, soon i1 ascertained and paid over." r Nothing more appears to have been done ! * in this matter until November, when disclosures made to the Department excited I L suspicions of a larger indebtedness than than acknowledged ; and it is to the care d and vigilance of Mr. Swartout's successor c that the Department was, in a great meas- d ure, indebted for the discovery of the further i r l ueiaiuuuuu. The total amount of iho Ex-Collector's n defalcation, "as computed on the last data v attainable, is stated at $1,374,619. There | 1 is an offset of a subsequent payment of l' $39,000 by Mr. S's agent, and some other i <1 deductions from the amount. Hut the Sec. i n retary savs, "it is feared that the whole J a amount ofthc defalcation will not prove to j a have been less than a million and a quarter j K of dollars." J z< The deficit of Mr. Swartout at the end j ni of each snccessive year was as follows : j P< On the 31st December, 1830, $662 34 1 On the 31st Deccember, 1831, 1,168 87 On the 31st December, 1832, 30,801 33 On the 31st December, 1833, 35,293 54 j On the 31st December, 1834, 59^370 04 J On the 31st December, 1835, 137,061 69 ) . On the 31st December, 1836. 336,718 69 /ot On the 31st December, ia?7. 1,016.955 32 ! ' On Marli. Ifttt, 1,225.70" ftn th From the Correspondence of the National Intelligencer. New York, Dec. 17th The movements at Washington on the subject of the sub-Treasury bill continue to bo watched here wiih the greatest ir/crest. The removal of Mr. Price, with no one knows how much of the public money, has added nothing to the popularity of this scheme, but has on the conirary, awakened a just indignation against all projects for trusting public officers with the custody of the public purse. Leg-Treasuries is now a common by.word. As a mark of public feeling, it was uo'ed the other night, that when Mr. Combe, the Phrenolog:st, was delivering a lecture unon the developments of n 4 the head a general smile was expiessed, when, without a dreau of being political, in the course of his illustrations, he spoke ol the organ of conscientiousness as significant that the man who had it was a proper man /or a public trust. The thought struck every body, that if the ^ub.Treasuay were to be put upon us, Mr. Combo should have thigh place in the Cabinet to feel out the organs of leg.Treasurirs applying lor of. fice under the law. From the Farmer's Register. RESULTS OF EMIGRATION IN THE WEST. Kemper Co., Miss., April 14,1837. * * * Though literally buried in the woods of the south-west, where I assure you little else than cotton is ever thought of, and where reading of any kind harrosses but little, very few particularly that pertain to agriculture, yet, 1 must confess that your interesting journal affords me as much pleasure now as before I emigrated to this country. Not the least gratify., ing is the fact that the system of agriculture in old Virginia is vastly ameliorating and C f - # with it, necessarily follows an improved condition, in the lands. You are doing much to arrest the tide of emigration, which sweeps many a thoughtless fe low on to ruin. Emigrating, to use a hard, phrase, is not the thing it is cracked up to be, in many, perhaps in a majori'y of instances. It is true moro money may be made here; but you may rest assured it requires hard knocking : and I am not prepared to say that the advantages of emigration so far outweigh the disadvantages of remaining, as to justify (other considerations being equal,) a sopalion from relations and friends, and scenes hallowed by the recollection of early ussoeditions. CANADA. THE PATRIOTS ROUTE!) AND RUNAWAY. The iMroit papers of the 5th and 6th give accounts of the defeat and dispersion or the whole patriot force. The British loss at tie' attack upon the Barracks is re. potted at 13, and severul wounded. Patriot loss one (an officer) and three wouu de<i. The U. S. steamboats Erie, Illinois and Macomb were cruizing in ibo river on Tuesday night and prevented any roinforcements crossing. After the Patriots" left Windsor they were pursued by troops from Maiden. It is said they divided ori their approach, part recreating to troods and the remain Jer to an island in the river. The Erie, which was cruizing about at the time, arrested ten or twelve ns they were crossing to the island, some of whom were taKen before Judge Wilkins examined and committed for trial. From thirty to fifty escaped to the American side. On the approach of the Erie the body of the Bri tisli troops returned to Windsor, leaving a smnil force to pursue the party that retreated to the woods. The whole patriot forco amounting to 2o0 men. were dispersed and routed by seventy militia men and six rogulars. Not a Canadian resident joinad the Patriot invadors when they landed in Canada ! FROM UPPER CANADA. Execution at Kingston.?Colonel Von Shoultz, the Pole, was hung on Saturday week. He was aged 31. His father was i major in the Polish army at the battle of Warsaw. The prisoner also rose to be major n the Polish service. In 1836 he come o the United States, and settled at Salina is a chemist. Doreplius Abbey, a printer, and second n command, was also to be hung on Satur. lay ; also Daniel George and Charles I Smith, officers in the same expedition, j jovernor Anhur orders the execution of | ill the prisoners convicted, and a number i Tiore were sentenced to be executed on the \ i2tii. i FROM DETROIT, CLEVELAN Df&C. From the Cleavland Herald Dec. ?. General Scott.?We were so fortunate/ ast evening as to be one of the numerous 1 mditors of General Scott. His remarks ipon the duty of the citizens on the fron_ ier were characterized bv geuorous senti. nen's and good sense, and well received, ve believe, by all who listened to them. After adverting appropriately to the or-, ! ~ l?M I..* J i ttsisi r|./>M , lltA f I nu uuu i ?uu u uui niv; 1 i^rnuvm wi j ho United Slates, which might call him to 1 ischargo a painful duty, he pointed out j learly and forcibly the impropriety and anger of Americans interfering in the aftirs of Canada. No man probably in this country can do tore by his personal influence to prevent iolation of the laws, than General Scott, le has the respect of all men, whatever leir feelings on the Canada or any other! uestion. And in what he says there is so [ luch good senso, and genuine patriotism,? nd American feeling manifested, that all re prepared te listen to his arguments and I respect his conclusions. The most ?alous Patriots who listened to him last ight would find it difficult to gainsay any Ktion of his remarks. ' ... ? CIVIL COMMOTIONS IN MEXICO. I F.oin the Now Orleans Bee. j f n nrimr tl?r> nirrtif r?f* fhi> 10th I 1 I 1VU? WU* tMp f.w ' November. Urrea entered the town of J f ampico on foot and disguised, and was (\ *? nrvv morninp rere.v^d iind arknotv). n edged commander of the place. General j Canalizo, after having taken possesion of r< the exposed and undefended points, and b having invested the town still more closely, li signified to Montenegro that ho had no al or. c j native liut to surrender at discretion. The ^ ! latter replied, that he had abandoned tlie a i command to Urrea, who, at the same time, J I despatched a confidential letter, demanding p an interriew with Canalzio. The proposL I ! tion was accepted, and a spot was dcsigna* ti ted for the conference, intermediate between c the posts occupied by the two armies. Ur- \ p rea, however, declared that, being unwell, j a he was unable to attend the proposed meet-1 N ingat tlie place indicated, but that he would ! | be happy to receive Canalizo ntTampico. I , ! The sense of dignity of the latter proven- j . j ting hir.i from consenting to this proposal, j j he insisted upon the interview taking place j l n I tlio enrvt r\ ?*i it ??* *i 11ervnnifi/ij f* A m 1 ul iiiv. oj>ui ui Ijjiiiuiii 0|<vtinru) ...v.. . , missioners :o be appointed on both sides. : [ This was, in fine, agreed to. Urrea drpu-1 ' ted a lawyer named Mora, but the terms of j . the capitulation being considered inadmissi. j hie, the envoys dcparied without arriving al any definite und?*rs anding. Inconsequence of this, Geceral Canalizo adopted measures ( for pressing the siege with great vigor, and reducing the place. He informed the . different consuls at Tampico that he woulu | permits packets aud vessels of war, as well I ( us merchant vessels, and their consignees, to pass the bar, but that under no pretext ] whatever would he sufflrony passenger to j ! enter the city, although he would grant pro- ! j | tection to those wlio were desirous of Ieuv- j, ; ing Tampico, with a view to quit the coun- j t ; try, or to repair to the interior, and that | j letter bags might be received at the bar. lie j | ! added, that should an attack be made dur? \ 1 ing the day, display of the national standard I ] ! from the dwellings of the various consuls ; i 1 : would secure their persons and compaL ; , ! riots from any insult, and that, ifit oceured j J during the night, a lantern placed before I ' each house would be attended with the ' ! same guaranty. lie likewise assured for.; ' eigners of every description ihat they would : (remain unmolested, as long as they refrain* j ;ed from taking up arms against the Gov- j I crnment. i \ I How dreadfully anarchical must be pub-! : lie sentiment in a community where respcc- j i * 1 table (respected ?) men venture to commit i ; outrages like the following. j From the Journal. : J DREADFUL AFFRAY AT LOUISVILLE. A fearful rencontre occurred at the Gelt j , House in this city on .Saturday last. Va. i ; rious coi.fliciing rumors in regard to it are | afloat, and, to avoid errors, we shall only . ' make a general statement of the occurren^ . ' ces. 1 On Saturday evening, a difficulty took 1 n'ace between Judge Wilkerson, Or. Wil- * I keraon, and Mr. Murdo, all of Mississippi i nnd Mr. Redding merchant tniLr of tins! ; city, in regard to some coats wliicli had i j been made hy the latter for some of the first [ i named individuals. Redding appears to | I li.ui'C been roughly used and he went to the , J Gait House after night to get redress, ac- > ' < companied by tlirce or four of his friends.1 In the bar room, lie met Judge VVilkerson j and some words passe J between tliem.? The Judge retired, and in a short time re- j! turned with Dr. Wiikerson and Mr, Murdo, j' all armed with Bowie knives. ; < | A general fight almost immediately i , | ensued. Mr. Meek, a bar keeper in the !' j Wall street House, was struck dead by a J j Bowie knife. A similar knife was pas-; j sed through the lungs of Mr. John Roth., t j well, a hatter in this city, who died last i j evening. Mr. Holmes, a steam boat pilot t | or an engineer was also badly cut.? j { In a short time a crowd had collected J 1 around the combatants and the Mississippi- j : : ans retired up the steps, of the Hotel, jf l and in going up the steps, one of them re.. , I ceived a wound in his shoulder from a pis. j < rol that had been {dropped in the contest,j j He relurnedjthe fire withont effect. We I learn that Mr. Redding and his friends were . 1 unarmed?at least, they displayed no t arms during the conflict. Judge and Dr. J Wilkerson and Mr. Murdo were arrested : and placed in cofincment. New York Dec. 12. j| j Mr. Price's furniture is under the ham- < j mer to-day. I am told it was under an as. | j signment, and is sold for the benefit of tU~ J , assignee! Unclo Sam catches 110 suc3i y cunning sub-Treasurers as Mr. I'ricc.?~ I a Curiosty has drawn hundreds, if not thou- 11 sands, to the house to-day, to see the homo t of a Locofoco Prince. Mr. Price's was ' i: f tho common New York Regency school i ^ of democracy?all on the tongue ; a level- f r ler out of doors, a grandee in. At Tarn* i t< many, an agrarian; at home, a Ciesar. j j Exujio disce?multos ! j \\ I i Caution to Mothers.?Mclonchohj Ac. 1 t| cident.?An infant, an only son ofa gentle- j f( man in this city, died on Thursday morn-1 j3 ing Iroin the effects of white lead, which it j. n had token into its stomach from a toy. j JJ I he toy was a rattle in shape like a drum, I fr and with the ends of parchment, which ' tfi parchment was smeared over with white lead, not mixed with oil, hut apparently put jj in with u solution of gum or glue in water, kj so that it easily came off in the child's fa mouih?Det. (AT. Y.) Adv. . in The Cotlon Crop.?The New Orleans j m Bee estimates the present crop at 1,395,000 pa bales ; as follows :? 1 co Virginia and North Carolina, 30,000 ; m South Carolina and Georgia, 450,000 Florida 90,000 WJ South Alabama, 275,000 , ' Lower Valley of the Mississippi, 500,000 Tennessee and Alabama, 50,000 j ' i 1,395,000 t The Bee estimates the consumption ?Q ? Europe at 1,350,000 bales, and in tiie U. ! in' Stales at 271,000,?to:al 1,621,000 bales, the t advises planters to bold back for better, up >riccs, which would certainly be piod ad- j tec iec ifinv reliance could be placed <>n the f an ibpvc o'^hc.crv. Distinguished Stranger.?The only ! Bma ning descendant of the celebrated 'lorcntine, Amerigo Vespucci, who gave is nair^ to tliis contiuen?. is now in this 1 ity. Her name is Signorina Maria Helena , tmerigo Vesnueci: Sue arrived here | bout two weeks ago, inn vess?l from R'O j anciro. She left Florence lust spring, assed through Paris, and lias letters from ] -ouis Philiipe to his minister in this coon7. She is a young woman of great accomplishments, extraordinary talents, and cculiar personal beauty. She is the Ion t present, and will spend the winter in Vashingjon.?N. V. Htra/d. Sales of Durham Cattle.?We learn hat Henry Clay, Jr. Esq., has sold his mported short horned Durham cow, "rinccs, to John find Richard Allen, Esqs.,' >f lh;s county, for ?2,000 : the highest >rice ever given for a cow in the United States. At the sale of Thomas Smith, Esq., the mproved short horned Durham calf, Gros'r?lAr Ux-rx . n?v; > cuio u.W) vjy a uur </r u/cci, uiijnjt ed by the Ohio Stock Company, was purthascd by Thos. H. Ciay, Esq., for $700. A \oung lady in Vermont has recently 'ccoveied 110 less than $22,000 from n rich .wain who had broken his promise to marry her. Expensive Dresses.?Six cases of rich French dresses were imported at Quebec, n anticipation that they would be purchas.'d by the ladies of Lord Durham's court, Lvho are among the wealthiest and most beautiful of the English nobility. The lastes of these ladies however, did not call for such dresses, and they were carried to Mew York and sold. They were most beautiful stain and lams, wrought and gold :ost from $100 to $200 a dress. CHE KAWGAZETTE. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1339. By a mistake of the printer this week's paper is dated on the ou'side, January 1, 193S instead of January 2, 1839. By reference to our terms it will be seen that a slight change has been made in the o O price of advertising. We see it stated that Mr. Willis is about to ossociato himself with some person of New York for the purpose of conducting a weekly Literary Gazette. The Harpers have published, in two volumes the private journal of Aaron Burr, during a residence of four years in Europe. Dr. Smith having declined the office ol Lieutenant Governor to which he had been elected by the Legislature, Dr. B. K. llcna gnn of Marlborough was elected. Professor Tucker of the University of Virginia is about to publish a work on Money an? Banks. A national Silk Growers Convention assembled in Baltimore on the 11th Dec. which was attended by highly respectable delegates from several of the states, and adcp'ed a constitution and elected officers of a National Siik Growers Society. FROM HARRISBURG. Two members of the Whig branch o( he IIousc of Representatives some time ?ince passed over to the Van Buren branch, jiving it the majority. The Senate still for some time refused to recognize cither jranch. The latest accounts, however slate that they liad recognized the Van Bu. en Branch by a vote of 17 to ]G. This, ,ve trust, will terminate the difficulty. CONGRESS. SENATE. Dec. 17. The biil to postpone till the further irder of Congress the payment of the fourth nsialnientofdepositcs to the states was taeeii up, a motion by Mr. Clay to limit the lostponemcnt till the first of January 1840 vas lost, 17 to 26, Mr. Calhoun of this state noting for the motion, and Mr. Preston igainst it. The bill then passed without opposition. Dec. IS. Mr. Buchanan presented a nernorial from John P. Eslv stating that tc had discovered the means of making it ain, and asking a premium from Congress, o be proportined to the extinct of his rains, fir. Buchanan vouched for the respectabili. pond attainments of the petitioner, and! tatcd that the probability of his ? ucccss in lie experiments to make ramj was vouched ir hy some of the most learned men in hiladelpliia. He moved to refer the mc. lorial to the commiriee on Agriculture.? t lut the motion meeting with opposition ; om several persons, the paper was laid on 19 table. Dec. 19. A resolution, moveJ by Mr. uchanan. instruciine the Naval Committee j O } inquire into tlie expediency of construct.; g one or more steam vessels of war. Mr. Rives introduced resolutions inquir. i g into die presant relations of the Govern- j ent and the U. .S. bank, which he accom-i inied with severe strictness upon what he] nsdered the changed policy, of the Ad? | illustration towards that institution. Nothing fur-her of any public interest j is done in tho senate, so fur as the mails j ve brought us accounts done to the 26ih. j HOUSE OF REPBESKNTAIIVES. Pennsylvania Mob. ? Dec. 17.?Mr. Fry moved a resolution J juiringofthe President whether or not; i Governor of Pensylvaniu had culled j on the Executive Department of the Uni. I 1 Stales for troops and munitions of war; < d whether any had bren furnished. j , Mr. Gushing moved an amendmer.' in9 j quiring if any officer of the United Stales I was concerned in the recent disturbances ; in Pensylvania, asnliedged by die Governor j 9. , in his proclamation, which amendment was ; ve accepted by Mr. Fry. . ?f Considerable debate aroso on the proprie. j ty of agetating this subject in Congress ' when die excitement in Pensylvania was j^( abating. Mr. Piddle characterized the dis- 0f turbers of the public peace as a mob. This H< greatly excited the ire of Mr. Petrikin who e could not endu o to hour farmers" * the democracy" "die sovereign people" of his state denominated a mob, whom meerly ik ' aiming in defence of their freedom" as he allcdged, and against "Bankites, Biddleites" ! dec. The resolution was fieally ndop'.cd. | 1'roposed Intercourse with Hayti Dec. i 13. Peti ions were pacsented from Alas , ua saciiu*.elts praying that commercial and di. p'.oiriaiic re ations bo established with Hay. ! Cfl ti. Mr. Wise objected to their reception ; Ft but the House determined to receive by a vote of 159 to 32. j A motion to refer c'ue petitions to the committee on Foreign Relations prevuiled, with- i jr< out opposition, after a motion to lay on the ; In table bad been lost, 84 to 103. Li Dec. 19. Mr. Adams from the committee on Duelling reported a bill to prohibit duel, ^ ling in the District of Columbia. Lc Dec. 22. Tlie day was spent principal. M ly in discussing a motion by Mr. Adams to JJj refer a petition praying for the establish. loonl AF pArnm/?Hm^ i i: :.e n : I - iiiv.4^ ui wviiiuiciviui iciuuuiia wiin uuyu, (Ja to tho committc on Foreign relations i Oi accompanied with instructions to "consider and report thereon." Mr. Adams assigned j as a reason for moving such instructions, , that Mr. Howard had said, if such petit'ons Pc were refcred to his committee nothing more j lit should be heard of them. Mr. Adams at-, ^ tempted to discuss the slavery question, and gu was often called to order by the speaker, Sa who finally succeeded in confining him to j the mere question of instruction, Mr, Bcul- J ^ din of Va. supported the motion for instruc- i t'.on, because he believed i: a report discus, j q<. i sing the subject might do good whilst an T( i opposite course would do harm. Mr. By. | nam opposed tho motion, so did Mr. Thorn- ^ i son. Mr. Campbell of S. C. finally moved ; I to la) the motion for instruction on the table.! ? : The motion prevailed 110 to 48: j From the 22rd to the 2Gth we ha\e receive J __ i no regular report of the proceedings owing 1 to their regularity of the trails. On the 26th j Mr. Hayes moved to take up the PresL j g, I dent's message and refur it. The motion , be J to take up prevailed, wlien Mr. Bell of| Tenn. made a speech on the principles and j , doctrines of the mos age was followed by J j Mr. ncutis of Miss, on the state of public j 1 itllairs generally, and the defalcations of j Treasury officers particularly. An extern j i j ded debate will no doubt succeed. j T Wc perceive, from the proceedings of the , q :; Missouri Legislature, that a memorial, ask. j w I ing prcuniary aid for the Mormon women \ J i and children of Caldwell county, was laid ! before that body on the 3J instant. It ap- , pears that the houses of many of the Mor. mon? in that county have been burnt down ; j that about 60 Mormon mcrt, all of them Jj ; married, have been arrested and imprisoned, w 40 killed, and 100 compelled to (iy (0 OS. ; J? cape the vengeance of the citizens, and that j ~ 200 women, most of whom have small | children, are thus left destitute, with no food i fi to keep them from starvation, and no she!- ! J j tcr to protec. ihem from the winter storms. Pc I ?Bait. Chronicle. j J I b? -- j tj( | Southern Agriculturist.?This valuable pe a( j riodical is published monthly in Charleston at ar i five dollars per annual. The following is the n< i table of contents for December. lo 1 i Part. 1.?Editorial and Original. j A Lecture delivered before the members of j ! the Agricultural and Colloquial Society of; St. Marks, by the Hon. J. S. Richardson. I ,n( Advantages of Manuring; by An Up-country j an Planter. Experiment with Marl; by Joseph i au Johnson. Experiment do. by Wm. T. Brant- in; ly. Act of the Assembly of Virginia, in relation to the Silk Culture; by H. D. A., Approbation of Pise Buildings; by Daniel An- ? derson. Monthly calendar of Horticulture, &c., for December. Part. II.?Selections. i "TVirtues ol Marie Tested; by |George W. wj i Karsner. Cultivation?Curious" Facts. On 8a j Planting Corn; by W. Manure?Con. foj | struction ot Barn Cellars. To the Growers of wi j Fine Sea-Isiand Cotton. A guide toPurcha- tin sers of Horses, with Directions for the Feed I ing, Equipment, Kiding, etc. Compiled ftv P. York. Part III.?Miscellaneous Intelligence. The Mulberry; Oranges; A good Yield; _ Cause of the change in Leaves by Frost; ' Improvement of the last twenty years in the culture of corn; Prevention of Smut in Wheat;! Butter; Singular quality of Coffee Berries; ! Jndia Rubber Paste; Morocco Leather; Horticultural Society. For the Charaw Gazette. jaT HYMN. , Arouse yc nations ! hear t lie glorious song As echo sweet, and as \he current strong, Ye sublunary worlds ! atvake, awake ! Ye rulers of the nations hear and shake.' Yc wintry winds blow soft as Zephyrs'sigh And bear tho dulcet straiu beyond the 6ky. . A Or be r it far to Tempe's fairest grove And gently lay it at the feet of love. ^ I<ot Gods and Goddesses together meet f And muses, graces, all, in concert 6wcct ./ Their voices blend, in hymn* of highest v" praiso " ' 1,c To mortal man who write6 immortal lays. . Applaud yo God's 'til Ossa and Olympus shake Until old eaitli sdcalltoits cen'rc quake. But hark !-?*a'l earthly sounds be mute, it noars, xfJ in urjjcon lettrrs gioaring it appears. and Nocturnes anteeores cantores. ?er be i JjD! thus signed the immortal piece of mortal growth J Muntes purturiueni?what brought they forth ? wjT So learn ye now good folks a dreadful fuss 1*^ Js often made by a simple blunderblnss. TRULLA. ? i' " 1 '=--a-g-g? ! J0 Dr. MacLean; Please announce Col. If. T. j tbajj Chapman, as a candidate for Sheriff at the 'vtxvng election and oblige M4NV vnTTRS V MARRIED. At her father's house, in Sumter District C., on the 27th ulU hy the Rev. Mr Cunrsct Major Abraham Van Buren (eldest ?on the President of the U. S.^ to Miae Sarah lgelica Singleton, daughter of Mr. Rich'd. ngleton. At Fort Hill, S. C., on the 12th alt., by the ;v. Mr. Potter, Mr. Thomaa G. Clemeon, Philapelphia, to Miss Anna, daughter of the mi. J. O. Calhoun. CHERAWPRICE^URRENT1*1* January I. ' cf in market, lb I 41 q / " ik ( ill if C0?2 irom wn^w.1-, ? I ? by retail, lb *8 ... S U) 15 25 tlcr lb 20 22 u8*ax va-H 18 23 Pln8 } ii, '10 121 ffee? 5 '*4 ?? ?. ?4 ?* im bushel 1 '5 100 our Country, brl J 650 800 lathers from wagons lb ' 40 45 >ddor, , 73, 100 ides green lb 5 dry lb 50 ,rf lOOlbs 5 00 C50 dig o lb <5 250 mo cask 3 50 4 10 trd lb 124 22 lather solo lb 22 25 iad bar 'b 15 >gwood lb 10 1? olasses fal 45 jw Orleans g*l 07 56 uls cut assorted 'b 74 wrought lb 16 18 lts bushel 40 - 50 1 curriers g^l 75 100 lamp 125 linseed 110 125 ints white lead keg B25 425 Spanish brown lb 8 I 124 irk JttJlbs 600 800 ce 100ib? 550 625 tot, Dae 25(1 ? lb 225 igar lb 10 l2j 1, 1. uoe ?* raui Wif" Salt bash 100 125 eel American lb 10 12$ English lb 14 German lb 12 14 illow lb 10 . 12 ;a imperial lb 100 137^ hyson lb 100 sbicco manufactured lb 10 50 iudow glass 8 *4 U 500 3| 3| 10 x H ?j Notice. f" will sell to the highest bidder on Saturday L the 12th instant at my plantation seven m les iovc Cberaw. Five thousand bushels of corn, re thousand pounds of fodder and four stable' saves. Terms made known on day of sale. J. G. McLlSNDOtf. Janaarv 1, 1838. _7 , if Merchants' Bank of S# C. ? Cheraw, 37ik December, 1838. rllE Directors of the Bank having declared a dividcn.of six- dotlarsd per share on tho lanital block for tlie last six months, the samo ill In paid to tho stockholders on and after 3d. anuarj next. W. GODFREY, Cashr. 7 a Notice. LfflSS M. PRITCIIARD will open a school tjEL on Monday 14lh of Janujiy. Parents ielung te send their children may know tho rms by applying at the residence of Mi. Pritcli. d, on Church Street. " ATCardl rllE undersigned havo this day formed a copartnership in trade and will carry on a moral ^mercantile business" under the firm of rown Bryan &. Brother. Their business will ; confined strictly to cash or barter transac. ans; they arc determined not to keep running ^counts. They open store on the first moo day in Janu. y next with a good stock of goods embraeing sarly every article wanted for the eoontry or wn trade, thev will sell cheap. BROWN BRYAN, T. A. BRYAN. Choraw,Jan. 2, 1838. B. Bryan and Brother Yvill attend to the settle. *nt nf Jill irnnnnta fns ark/I n rroiss?. # n n ...... ? W. ?>. awvvvuUMI IWI u^Mnn? ?# Vljpir d all indebted are requested to come forward d pay before return day for the several adjoin, g Districts and covnties. B. BRYAN* 7 )t Sher IT's Election. An election will trke place for Sheriff of icslrrfiold District on the second mondhy and y following in January noxt. The election >11 l>c conducted by the same managers in the me manner and at the same places as election r members of the Legislature. The managers 11 meot on thuisday after at the C. II. count c votes and declare the election. A. PLUG, ) Managers M McCASKILL, > at A. J. MOSES. J ChcraW. December 24lti, 1838. 7 tf g Attentien. Chcraw Beat Company. NO. I. 7"OU are hereby ordered to appear at tha L market square on Saturday 1st January 11 o'clock pracisely. armed and equiptas the v directs, for company drill. W. V. HAILEY, Opt. B. F. PEGUES O. S Deco nber 29, 1838. 9 It Notice. LLL persons indebted to the subscriber are requested to make immediate payment. ota and Shoes will continue to bo tnsde of i best Northern leather that can be procured experienced workmen and sold for caffe.? -sons who may make accounts will consider m payable and duo on sight. DANIEL JOHNSON. Ucraw, Jan, 1, 1839. 7 it . Notice. IB. Prince wishes to hire ant for the pionent year three uegro servants, viz; ooo follow two wenches; all of whom are young and , fectly healthy. A placo in the country will ? jreferei. Inquire ot' .. J. A. 1NGLI* au.l, 1839. 7 8t srse Shores and Horse Shoe Nails. lurdens patent No 1.2, and 3 Uorte SlioM land Uorse shoo nails, cheapen qud hotter t can be made by the common oj-orfM^U1'or sale bv ?\ .MALLOV S W 2" if