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CH K R AW GAZET I E. * FRIDAY EVENING. SEPT. 6, 1839. fg ?? f0] State op the river?Thirteen inches sjf above low water mark, and nearly stationary, wi It has risen and fallen several inches since last f h' t Robert Dalo Owen, a disciplo of the Fanny pe Wright School, and tho son, wo believe, of the b!i foreigner of that name who a few years sinco figured aa a locturer in favor of infidelity and j ?n promiscuous concubinage, was a candidate for fei Congress at the recent election in the state of In, to diana,and to the disgrace of that state, it was once m< apprehended by tho friends of morality and social tr< order that he would be elected. The ladies however turned out and electioneered most too to manly against him Tho result was his defeat if ( by a majority of 759 votes. One lady of Evans. cjj ville was particularly active and officient in her nQ Ulll'lrtO | , exertions, and the young men u? ?..?? much to their credil, prosented her with a silk ^ dress in testimony of their respect for her "patri. ^ otic exertions in behalf of religion and mor .Is" o on the occasion. Wo are no advocates for ladies entering the JJjJ hustings, as a goneral rule, but exceptio probat rerulam, that was an occasion that more than m(J justified ?t. - 0f From an article under our Agricultural head, thi copied from the Farmer's Register, it would 11 seem that the Tomato is a protection against tj,; Chinch Bug lfthis should really prove to be mc the case, the discovery is invaluable to parts of ret the country infosted by that destructive insect. J We some weeks sgo suggested the trial of China, roj or Pride of India leaves, and the elder. From whit we know of the aversion of most, if not j< all insects to this tree and shrub wo still think them worth trying, when no better remedy can be procured. If however the tomato is found to Ti prove effectual it is more easily propagated, and plantod in the middle of the row, can do corn C; little injury. It would prevent raising a crop of peas with the corn. But the crop of peas is ^ much less valuable than that of corn, it would therefore be better to lose it, if either must be P' ioat. O. Pi But supposing the tomato to be a protection to Indian corn when planted among it, can it B be used to protect wheat and oats ? It could, we ^ sappese, be done only by planting a row round the field and one here and there across, which as the bug travels on the ground might possibly O interrupt his progress. Si We take it tor granted that all in the bug re. g gion will stop eating tomatoes for the present p{ season and save all their seed. Those who do T not plant themselves, may benefit their friends and neighbors, and especially the poor, who arc least iprt. to have such articles ia their gardens,by saving seed for them. ^ We counted the present week, more than four ^ hundred bads on a moras multicaulis tree, from q 1 single bud cutting planted last spring in an A eight acre field adjoiningthis town. In the same E field there are hundrods of trees of the same age which average more than 210 buds, and no incon- jj siderable number which exceed 3 )0 (1 Wo understand that on the morning of the 23d* Aug. Mr. Noill McBride of Richmond County, A N. C. was found dead, hy the road side noar Laurol Hill. He was lying near the root of & tree which had been struck by lightning, apparently f during a thunder shower on the evening before ; S and from the position in which ho was found, P seemed to have taken shelter under the tree dur- j( ing the shower. j The Veilow Fever 6till continued in Charles- J ? ton, N. Orleans and Mobile at the dates of the t I ast accounts. P ? Si [COMMUNICATED.] A D*. McLean '.?Perhaps y ur readers will be M gratified to hear, that the two white men, who ^ were committed to Jail in Knoxville, Tenn. the 3d day of August, have been identified by a gon T tleman of Anson, to bo Young, and his associate R (who calls himself Spurlock), who were passing " through Anson County, with the "six loads j( of bacon just behind,** at the time that William S Rati iff's negro Sam was missing, and who were F supposed to have taken him off. The negro that ^ was in company with the above two men, and jy claimed by Young, to be his property has also S been id ntified by throe other gentlemen of this N county to be Wm. Ratliff's Sain, though, I am g informed, Young obstinately persisted in claim- p ing the negro as his proporty to the last, ana O bad sent to Kentucky for twelve or fifteen wit. L nosses to prove it as he alleged. ^ Respectfully yours, T JNO GRADY Jr. Sneedsboro, Anson Co., N. C? Sept. 5th. q The following is the advertisement referred to. NOTICE. E Arrested and committed to the Jail of Knox C county on Saturday the 3J day of August, two men, one representing his name to be Goins, 0 and the other calling himself Spurlock?also Ii a Negro boy, who says bis name is Sam, and A that he belongs to William RatlifC of Anson ? connty, North Carolina, and who lives four ? xnfles from Haley's Ferry on Pee Dee river. Jj Said Negro boy has a scar on his forehead, p and one on one of his shoulders, caused by a p burn, keeps his eyes half shut?of dirk com. ? plexion and pleasing countenance, he had Jon \ when arrested a brown sattinet coat, flax pan- c taloons, and spotted vest, nearly white, black o hat, with a very narrow brim. D The while man who calls himsslf Goins claimed the Negro boy as his property, and had a small one horse carryall, painted yellow, fr with an iron gray horse working in it. He e( had also a pile sorrel horse and dark chesnut sorrel mare along with him. The negro boy c< states that he was enticed or inveigled away pi from his master under the prom se of being gi placed in a free State af er said Goins should have sold him as often as he could and divided ] C the money with him. R The negro, the horses and carryall exactly fill the description given in a hand-bill which ^ was received at the Post Office in this city, n and which led to their detection, and is signed by William Ratliffi and dated July 26, 1839. The owner of the boy, is requested to come ^ forward, prove his property, pay charges, and take him away. NELSON RANSOM. ra Jailor of Knox Couniy. at Kncxville, August 5,1839. a? the feter in auqusta. ^ Augusta Aug. 30. * "There appears to be no abatement of the T scase. when taken into consideration that ousands have left the City; and show the j :tent of the panic, the Eagle and Phoenix juare, (the most populous one in the City,) i completely deserted. I was respectably inrmed to-day, tha not one white male person pi on the square; and the Stores on it, thout an exception, are closed. As respects e nature or name of the disease the doctors Jer; but some among the most eminent proiunce it the real yellow fever. It is no i\:s~ cter of persons; it attacks old and young-* ack and wite?male and female?native and ranger: and what is more strange, so far it s been confined to say two or three squares the city, but is gradually progressing in dif cnt directions. The deaths are fewer to day, and I attribute it to the fact that our ?dical men begin to know better how to . at the disease. The Mayor of Charleston addressed a letter the Mayor of Augusta, offering medical aid iced. The Mayor of Augusta politely de.. ned the offer on the ground that the aid is t at this time n cded. In reply to an inquiry by the mayor ot urleston, the Mayor of Augusta states that e Physicians consider the disease Congestive ilious Fever, and they are more competent Iges than the terror-struck refugees from the 7- ' (O* Remittances by Mail.?"A Postmaster ij enclose money in a letter to the Publisher a Newspaper, to pay the subscription of a rd person, and frank the letter, if written by nself." Amos Kendall. Some of our subscribers may not be aware it they may save the postage On subscription >ney, by requesting tho Postmaster where they lids to frank their letters containing such >ney, he being able to satisfy himself before a tcr is sealed, that it contains nothing but what Fcrs to the subscription. American Furraor. j contents or thb mraal of the American Silk Society, FOR AUGUST, isease in Silk Worms?letter from a lady, with Remarks by the editor. he Silk Material ofthe SilkWorm?letter from a correspondent, with Rpmarks by the editor inses of failure of Multicaulis?on the Gummy Matter of Cocoons killing the Crysalids?Remarks by the editor. irge Leaves?preference ofthe Worms for the Morus Multicaulis. eparation of tho Waste Silk. it Spinning Inferior qual tis of Silkremiura on Silk in Illinois. irge Leave Native and other Mulberries. yeberry Cocoonery near Philadelphia. irgo Cocoons. ow Cocoon Frame. istory of the Morus Multicaulis. untracts for Multicaulis in 1840. n keeping Silk Worm Eggs. Ik and Mulberry in New York Stato. lammolh Cocoons. rperiments in Silk Culturo in Virginia, rospoct and prices of the Multicaulis. he Old Tree. Contents of Farmer's Register, No. 8, Vol. VII. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. egloct of Agriculturo in Guilford, N. C. Recent discovery of lime. [ussay's reaping machine. Ill effects to desorv. ing inventors of the puffing system, uerries on chinch bug and oat. lay. n economical boiler. ssay on Vegetable Physiology, chap. 18, 19. 20. orrespondence on the introduction of tropical plants. eply to charges in Dr. Perrinc's communicntion. n the usual carelessness of raising silkworms' egg8' - , XT . ~ uicient Coppermine in North ?. iro'ina. lausc of greater value of gypsum on limed land, 'he tomato plant, a protection against chinch, bug?and buck wheat against the turnip fly. 'he Canton Mulberry. oils (supposed to be) formed entirely of lime, romiscuous observations. Phoat on clover, and liming, in Norfolk county, ltroduction of the morus multicaulis long before its discovery by Per rot tst. a cotton lice, and the means of restraining their ravages. he morus multicaulis Crop and prices, rivate Correspondence, aason and crops. gricultural convention of South Carolina, loathly commercial report. SELECTIONS. ail roads in Belgium, compared with those in the United States. 'he cotton crops of the world, fitch, couch, or wire grass, emarks on the manufacture of salt at Key West. ifluence of the stock on the graft. alting butter. at mutton. Sugar beet. rcc martins. harvesting corn in Ohio. Lillet. uckering Indian corn. atural history and economy of the honey bee. The d bt-paying nation." ilk manufactory. cplh of frozen earth in northern latitudes, n keeping poultry, qnid leather, o fatten poultry. arly cut clover. empcrature in Great Britain and the United States. ircular letter of the Commissioner of ths Patent Office. Jxperiments on the porosity of amass of cotton. hi the influence of Magnesia in soils, or vege. tation. in the culture of the straw b rry. asect depre ators. .gricultural Geology, owing clover seed. [anuro from peat and lime, rofits of farming, rate and Poudrette. ropagation and cultivation of the quince tree. ateut for manufacturing sugar from beets. wine in a fruit orchard. nti-sccptic effects of lime water. ulture of broom corn in Salem, N. J. estroying lice on cattlo ai!y value of sunshine. FROM FLORIDA. The steamer Santee, arrived here yesterday, om St. Augustine, by which vessel, wo receiv1 the News of that place of 17th inst. We learn that six more Indians, who had >me in at Smyrna, for provisions, were captured at on board the Santee, and taken to St. Auistino, where tlicy were put in confinement. It is stated that Sam Jones, the Seminole hicf, paid a visit to Lieut. Tompkins, at New ivei, on the 11th inst. Ho evinced strong idignation at the conduct of the Indians, in lurdering the soldiers of Col. Harney's com. tand. "In his talk he said that he had found the hite man was his fri -nd, and that he would ever again raise his hand against them. He as sent a tunner to find out tho cause of the arrid murder of Col. Harney's man, and as soon ; he returns, he is determined to punish the urdcrers. He says he has no men with him proscnt, but has sont them aloi g the coast, id in the interior to collect the stragglers, and t them tfnite their strength, that he may more isily overtake them. That wo must not for a oment think that he will give over the matter, 'hat he is determined to punish tho Spanish Indians. He thinks there are some white men connectod with them, and also, that Sandy, the interpreter, excited them, or told them some lies. He says that ho has known S.indy s'mce ho was a boy, and that he is a treacherous rascal, that ho has not > he sense of a white man, ho has not the senso of an Indian, he has not the sense of a negro. That he h;u? b.-en eating white bread with the white man, but if he did not take caro he will make him cat turtle yet.M The Philadelphia Inquirer states that, in consequence of information which transpired a few days6ince at New York, a Custom House officer came on from that city on Monday morning, and made a seizure or a large consignment of woollen cloths at a rpepectnble commission merchant's store in Front 6treet. Rumor gives various accounts as to the value of the goods seized?from sixty thousand to one hundred thousand dollars. It is. at any rate, the largest seizure ever made in Philadelphia. The grounds for proceeding on the part of the Custom House are said to be making entries at less than the real value. It i? rumored that the importer, for some years a resident of New York, is now missing. PENNSYLVANIA ON FIIE. Mr. Dougherty's Burning Mine, on the Broad Mountain, the Pennsylvania Coal regions, is a species of artificial volcano, and so extensive and desola ing as to excite alarm. The neighbors are looking out for the lava, as a sort of crater has already been formed in the ravine, and the fate of Herculaneum of old is apprehended. What will become of these rich mountains of anthracite so precious and ki?oKnn#lnrl Kit minprs and stork and canal OV? llUOUUIIUVyU WJ _ companies ? Have the Harr,sburg Loco Focos B.it fire to the State ? Proposals are issued by Mr. Dougherty for extinguishing this terr'ble conflagration now a mile in length! Where are the Salamander firemen and fire worshippers that would undertake this perilous job 1 None but our own unfledged June Bugs ' perhaps" would grapple with it. Troy Whig. New Yobk, Aug. 23. The Low Black Schooner Captured. The runaway schooner has been captured by the U. S. surveying brig Washington, Lieut. Gedney and carried into New London. She is the "A r mis tad," of Puerto Princi,*1, Cuba, and was owned by a Mr. Carrias, of that place At the time she was tak n possession of by the slaves, she wa9 bound from Havana to N? uvitas with a cargo of dry goods, and about fifty slaves. The slaves rose upon the captain and passengers, and killed nearly the wh<?le of them. The trial of these blacks will involve several curious questions, which we shall notice hcrealter. P. S. Since writing the above, we have received the following letter: Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. New London, Aug. 27, 1839 The surveying brig Washington, Lieut. Gedney, put in here last nigh*, with the schooner reported by your pilot boats. S;ie proves to be the schooner which left Havana in June, with negroes, for a neighboring port. The slaves murdered all the white men, and then intended to go to Africa but brought up on this coast. She had touched near Montauk Point, and got a supply of water. &c. The head negro jumped overboard, when the boats from the brig came along side, and it was with some difficulty he was recovered and saved. The negroes made no resistance. One of the white men saved is the owner of the slaves, as he says. One or two of the negroes died yesterday and several ar? aiok. It is said there is mou^y and jewels on board of the vatue of $40,000, but this is mere report. The schooner les down the harbor, awaiting the arrival of the U. S. Marshal. [ This is an interesting exploit for the boys of the Washington, for she i9 manned with ' thirty or forty Navy apprentice boys, and only three or four men. She is engaged in surveying the coast. Eds. Jour. Com.] The President of the Board of Internal Improvement of the State of Indiana has given public notice to Contractors engaged in the Ipubiir. work* now in pmgromm undo- tiro authority of that State, that those works must he* cncnrnrlprf. for fhfi want of the funds neces sary to prosecute them, which the agents of the State have not been able to procure upon its credit abroad, as was calculated upon. THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY. Messrs. Mudge and Featherstonhaugb, at the date of our last acounts, were actively engaged in their official duties, as the British Government Surveyors of the North-eastern Boundary. They reached Frederickton more than a fortnight ago, and immediately commenced the requisite investigations at Government House. Nat. Intel. APPALING STATEMENT. From a statement made by the comraittea of the British and Foreign Sailor's Society, it appears that within the short period of tour months and three days previous to April last, there had been wrecked one hundred and sixty vessels, all of u hose cr nvs had perished ! Averaging the crew of each ship at ten, will give a loss of one thousand six hundred lives ! It is farther shown that of vessels stranded, foundered, abandoned, not heard of, &c. within the same period, the number of vessels afTec*ted by such catastrophes is five hundred and seventy-six. lonobvitt. A Tonr?oi/?o nanpr in nnn<innnin<r tKn /faotk a? woiiiui^u viiu u aui of Letitia Cox, on Bybrook's plantation, states that this Ionian was considered for many years, the oldest person on the island. She was according to the journal, a young woman at the period of the great earthquake of 1692, by which Port Royal was destroyed. Now supposing that she was then only fourteen years of age, she must have been aged upwards of 160years at the time of her death.? This statement appears almost incredible.? We believe there are no well authenticated cases of greater longevity than from 120 to 130 years. The same paper adds that about eighteen months ago, a n< gro woman in the neighborhood, died at the age of one hundred and ibrty years. a challenge to the field. The editor of the Worcester (Mans.) ^Egis, (lion. William Lincoln) closes a controversy which has been somewhat disastrous to the Worcester Palladium, by offering to lie editor of that print hono able satisfaction in the field, tho weapons to be hoes, each party to dig one acre of potatoes, and he, whose work is done best and in ilie shortest time, t? be declared the victor.? Should the challenge to mortal patato-digging bo accepted, the ed.tor of the iEgis will transmit the size of h s hoe by a friend, who will ariange the preliminaries for the settlement of difficulties. (Salem Gaactte. The Statutes at Large op South Carolina.?The 5th volume of this work is printed, and now in the hands of the binder.? It contains the miscellaneous Acts from 17^6 to 1814. It was begun by Dr. Cooper and completed by Mr. M'Cord. The Index, that important part Of a law book, appears to us to be executed with uncommon industry and accuracy. Columbia Telescope. fVom the Charleston Courier. The following is an extract of a letter, received in this city, dated? "Vicksburg, (Miss.) Aug. 16, 1839?The Cotton crop, throughout thi - State four weeks ago looked mbre promising than I ever saw it; but of late the same calamity which destroyed it about this lime last season, has again commenced?the Worms are cutting off the boles and young shapes to ah alarming extent. A ! friend of mine, an extensive planter, who suf fered by the same evil, last season, says he ; will not make more, than half thfe number of bale? which he calculated on two or three [ weeks ago;" DOMESTIC SILK. The handsomest specimen of domestic Sew* ing Silk we have yet seen, is now before us, made by Mies Mary White, of Pitt County, in this State It was reeled on Gay's Silk Machine, and is her first effort with it. We are glad to le<rn that, in Pitt, they are going thoroughly and permanently into the Silk business. Raleigh Register. LATEST FROM BUENOS AYRES AND MONTEVIDEO. By an arrival at Boston, Buenos Ayres papers tothe20 h of June, and a letter to the 23d, have been rec ived. Also, a letter from Montevideo of the 24th. These letters detail the progress of events in mose coumriw III UL/ II more intelligibly, and even fully, than the newspapers. So cri ical was the state of things at Buenos Ayres, that the papers had beco.ue estremely cautious. The U. S. sloop Independence sailed from Mon evideo June 23 for Rio Jancrio, and the Fairfield for Buenos Ayres on tho 25th, all well. By order of General Lopez* Governor of Cordova, the Unitarian chief, Pedro Nolasco Rodriguez, formerly Provincial Governor of the same State was shot at Conception on the 21st of May, under a charge of high treason. It will be seen, also, that Domingo Cullen has probably shared the same fate. Journal of Commerce. Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce. Buenos Ayres, June 23, IS39. We have rumors of the removal of the blockade and bombardment of this city evrry day : but, as yet, the French have not donn any thing beyond the blockade of the city and coast, except the burning of some coasting vessels at the Attalaya, a small r ver that it about half-way from this to Point Indigo; ant) they would not have taken this hostile step but for the belief that among twenty-three vessels at that time there, some were fitting out for privateers, which was not the case, ad all were vessels that had run the blockade, and landed their cargoes. This trade had been continued for the year past from MontevL deo, but this step, and some confiscations o, tho Montevideo Government, have entirely stopped the intercourse with Montevideo. We have frequent arrivals of small vessels of ight draught of water, which run into the small rivers, and cl *ar out again to Brazil. The late arrival at Montevideo of several vessels of wai fr?tni France, with sailors and troops, and the recent more vigilant look-out kept by the French, rather tend to the belief that the past lenient blockade is to be abandoned. The present Governor of Buenos Ayres ha? under his command 15,000 troops, besides mi litia, and any attempt to invade the countr) will be usel. ss. The troops are all horsemen yet can serve on foot; and a hostile arrm . marching across the country, all the cattle wiJ be driven out of their way, and they are onlj possessors of the extent of soil they occtipj for the time, and'areas far from conquering th( country at their journey'6 end as when they began their march. A bombardment of ih< city may allow them to take possession of that but *?ven then they cannot do any thing wifl the country around, which is a vast plain, with out hills trees, or fences, for six hundred milei in every direction, west and south. The men. ~t ?alv miloa frnm fibnro. anr UI- W ai IIIUOl ail 1 aj am ? ...... ... J no vessels I hat they now have can approacf much nearer. And to bombard the town the} mtfctrtruiiu meeU drawing three or four fee water, which wdl at least require four monthi time. It has been hoped that there would b< a revolution here, and the peace then tak< place; but the present Government is tot strongly seated. A recent attempt to creatt one was at once quelled by thp marching o 3,000 well-armed trops into the town, and thi conspirators did not assemble, and their movements were not noticed, or any of them arres tedi A revolution took place in Montevideo somt months since, and the Governor (Oribe) wai obliged to fly to this ; but he will shortly, wit! 4.000 troops, march from this country intc Banda Oriental, and 1 have not much doubt regain possession, as he yet has a strong part} there. The only hope of peace that we havo ii from the intervention of England, and the setI tlement of the Mexican business affords the hope that this will follow. Exeter, (N. H.) Augus' 20. Our quiet village was thrown iuto a state o: excitement this morning by the arrest o: Hiram Whitemore, Assistant Postmasrer al this place, by process issued by the U. S. Attorney, for purloining money from Bundry lettors as they passed through this office. 11 seems that several parcels of monev. directed to Dover, have been missed, which led to suspicions ofpersons in this office ; and Mr. Smith, the Postmaster at Dover, wrote to the Depart, 1 ment, and go' authority to search the mails as they passed this and other offices ; and yester! day he caused letters, containing money, and I dircted to Dover, to be mail d at H verhill ; and Epping and then followed the mail from i this place to Lamprey river, and there opened 1 - - / -L-i-i. :u,i u.. it, and iound one or me leueru maucu uy mm missing, and the money taker- from the ?thei two. He then returned to Exeter, and late last evenin . caused the Assissnnt Postmastci to be arrested an l examined, and the indentical bills contained in the two letters, which had been marked by him, were found on hie person, and the o her was among the waste paper in the office. entertainment. THE SUBSCRIBER having been satisfactorily engaged for more than three yeau in attending to a BOARDING S0TJ3S. Feels encouraged to say to the public, that hej House and Stables are well furnished for the reception ane accommodation of those whomay be pleased to call. E. SMITH. (Iir All the Stages arrive at and depart frorr my House, where seats are secured, and no ex crtions spared to give general satisfaction tt Passengers. 0* My Residence is on the corner of Gillcs pie street, the lot formerly occupied by Mrs Barge, convenient to the Market and near th< State Bank. ICT The Raleigh Register, Wilmington Advertiser,. Cheraw Gazette and Salisbury Watch man will insert the above 3 months, and forwart their accounts to this Office. FayotteVillo Aug. 14 1839. 40?3m S U m M A It Y New Orleans, Aug. 22. Cotton?La. and Miss., good and fine 13 a Do. good and fair 12 a IS J Do. fair 11 a 11, Do. middl ng 10 a 10; Do. ordiiiary 9 a 9 Bulletin. The New York Star says "Owing to the dc struction of the Mulberry plantings last year and the unpleasant fact that ma y of them wen not Mulberry* the demand now is very great and the prices rapidly advancing beyond fiftj cents a piece. Efpects of Speculation?A speculator ai the West recently said to a friend?"When first came to Chicago I had not a rag to nr back, and now I am covered with rags." Ruode Island.?The Congressional clectioi in this State has resulted in the re-election of tin Whig candidates, Cranston and TillingHast, b] about 300 majority over Thruston and Door (Adm.) Returns for the Legislature, fron twenty-eight towns, give Whigs 45, Administra tton 21?Whig gain 4. Recognition of Texian Independence b' France?Wo have seen a letter from a distin guishod source at Paris, dated the 28th of July which states that France has agreed to reiognis the Independence of Tcxbs. We may expect t< receive soon the official announcement of th recognition.?N. Y. Times. Twenty.one hands, on the plantation ofOor Gcorgo Blair, of this parish, picked on th 18th inst. 3.405 poun s of cotton, an average c 162 pounds to tV.e han 1. Several of whom ar under the ago of 19 year* Rod River Whig. The Crops of Cotton In this and adjoinin; parishes are likely to turn out good, notwith standing the recent wet weather. Eirly corn i tt?a n/tnM tttiok Kiif flio InlfA ppn IlUt ao pibuvj uo n v? wuiu ir wi?| #? ? ? w ' will be abundant. Louisiana Domocra', Ang. 11 , Reasonable decision.?The French Colleg of Physicians in Paris, after a long d scucsior and philosophical observations, have at lcngt decided that tho causo of ladies' teeth dccaj in at an earlier stage of life than thost of theothe sex, is the continual friction of the tongue upo th'-m. There are now more than three thonsan miles of R tilro id completed and travelled ove in the United States, and it is estimated thlttb i average cost is 8*20,000 a rnile. Some siit millions of dollars have, therefore been expende , on these works alono. I The White Pigeon manufactory of beet suga , in Michigan, calculates on making this ye: two hundred thousand pounds of the artieli [ sufficient to supply a great portion of the Wes 1 e.*n country. * A quarry of marhlo of a dark cast and susccpt ( blc of a fair polish has been recently discover* ' in the vicinity of Maaison, Indiana, t Tho use of Steelyards by butchers, grocer I &.c. is prohibited in New Orleans under a pci l alty of twenty dollars. General Washington's Slave.?Hamct, tl f only surviving one, now lives in Middlotowi Conn. He is now near one hundred years o!< , and d aws a pension from Government for h services during tho revolutionary war. j The Burlington N. J. Gazette, mentions tomato, the growth of that neighborhood, whic [ weighed 25 ounces. A drunken demon, named William Agin, ret 1 ding at Boston, last woek, deliberately emptied ! kettle of boiling water over tho shoulders ar ' bosom of his wifo, in one of his moments of ui reasonable anger. ! The Tennessee Senate will consist of 1 . Whigs and 14 Administration members. Tl j House will consist of 33 Whigs and 42 Ad id istration members. \ Rorrs on the Canal.?1The Annapolis Rcpu j lican of Tuesday states that iinformation w received on Sunday, at the Department of Sta that acouffict had taken place between the Irii J and German laborers on the Chesapeake at Ohio Canal, and that a number were killed. Mf. E iton DaVis, bf West Mendon, (N. Y from 9 1-2 acres, thrashed but 509 bushels wheat, averaging noarly 54 bushels to the acr which he sold on his farm for per bu h( and stated that he was satisfied with that. H rstimato of the expense of raising is thirty cig cents to the bushel, leaving an actual nett pro: of 62 per cent, on tho bushel, or $318 12 in tl whole quantity.?Roch. Dcm. Fauquier Springs, (Va.)?The Warront< Times of the 17th instant Bays : 44 Tho nuinb at Fauquier White Sulphcr Springs, hai v learn, leached about 5"0." Power of a Sword fish.?A piece of woi was cut out of one of tho foro planks of a vessi the Priscilla, from Pernambuca, now in the pc of L vcrpool, through which was stuck abo eighteen inchos of the sword.fish. A Patron?The Steubcnvilie Herald sayi ,4A subscriber who has boen patronizing us f nearly ten years without paying, and who: lovely wife not long since brooinsticked oi ? . r .i i_ r ,L. i.2i > couccior oui 01 mo nouse iur presenting inn uu , wanted to know of us last week why we sto , f?ed his paper.*' j Tho papers pay that the notorious run-awa ^ W'm. M. Price, is livirg in and near Pari;, i princely style on Uncle Sam*s money. G. \V. Hunt was killed in Columbia last wee by P. Burton. Burton was wounded at tl ' same time by Hunt. The murderer is in jail. St. Loins.?The St. Louis Republican est t m ites that the number of houses which will I erected in that city tho present year, will 1 twclvo hundied A lad 3 years old lately fell into a well i f Hartford 60 foot deep with a pump in it, ar f sustained no serious injury. [ A suspicious vessel, supposed to bo a slavi was seen. Carriages suspended between wheels the bod , a foot from the ground, are now in fashion i I England. The Flour City.?The Rochester Dcmocn says: Virginia wheat is sent to Cleveland, ar 1 from thence to N. York, to bo mado into Gem ' see flour. 15.000 bushels of this wheat hai 1 been shipped at Cleveland by one house. This ' really a circuitous route; but it may pay, neve 1 theless." I John Quincv Adams recommends that tl i interest of tho Smithsonian B quest, for pevc I years should be devoted to the establishment < i a National Astronomical Observatory. It is said that R ithbun, the Buffalo forge , now in the Auburn, N. Y. Penitentiary, hi been released from hard labor as a convict. It also said thai he wjii be paruonea. ( Commodore Patterson lately died at Wasliinj ton. Strong intimations are thrown out by the M ' bile Mercantile Advertiser, of a heavy defalcate in tho Post Office in that city. The supi>os< amount of the deficiency is stated at ?30,000. meie trifle compared with some others thr.t v have heard of. N. O. Bulletin. Tho earl of Clarendon, late ambassador to M 1 drid, is spoken of as the successor of Sir Job Colburne, in tho administration of the civil go ernnient of Canada. | CHEKAW PHICE CURRENT. Friday, September 6. No change since last week. Company Orders. ' Cheraio. Aug. 24,1639. CHER AW LIGHT INFANTRY. AN Election will bn held at Moore's Hot on Saturday 28th Sept. next, to fill all v cancios for non-commissioned officers in th - company. Corporal Powe, M. McCaski 1 at M. Buchanan will conduct theeloction. 1 By order of J. Mallot, Capt. J. A. MOORE, O. S. Sept. 6, 1839. 43? It ! Regimental Orders. Chesterjirld C. II, Jun? 7tft 183d. IN Obedience to orders ffdmhia Excellency Patric-i Noble, the 28th Regiment of Infantl ry wil; assemble at Chesterfield Court House | on Thursday the 3rd of October next by 10 j o'clock A. M. armed and equipt as the law i requires for drill and review. 1 he commissioned and non-commissioned v officers and the Regimental Staff will attend on f'10 djy previous to the review, for Drill and s instruction, in fuil uniform by 10 o'clock A. M. The Commandants of Battalions are requested to make a return on the day previous to the day of Review by 10 o'clock A. M. of the names, t rank, and date of commissions of the officer# j of their respective Battalions, and tho names and rank of tha non.commissioried officers, also the number of effective and alarm men in each * Beat. B The Commandant! of Battalions in the extension of thi3 order to the commandants of Companies, will require that new rolls of their * respective companies be filade out; this will bo done by having the census of each Beat taken as the law directs* and should be done a short time r be1 ore the muster. (It is further ordered that) The commandants of Battalions do caUse all those Uablo to do B fatigUe duly to be warned to attend at Chestern field C. H. on the first Monday in September ? next by 8 o'clock A. M. to work ort tho muster Bold, and to furnish tho Quarter Master wim the names of those warned. By order of g A. M. LOWrY Col. 23 Reg't. S. C. M r Fcux Lose, Adj. e Aug. 23. 1839. 41?tf New Orleans & Trinidad I MOLASSES. s fk IIHDS. New Orleans &. Trinidad p U. ' Glasses of very superior quality ia r store and for sale by D. MALLO*. c Aug. 23, 1839. 42-tf j; DIRECT FROM i ? Charleston to CheraW by ? the rew steamboats ? Swan &. Anson j figlHE new Steamer Swan, which draws but d -EL d little over two feet and a half water has been put upon the Pee Deo River ; and tlifc r, Merchants & Planters Steam Boat Company ir are now enabled to offer to the public one con3 tinuousline of Steam Boat communication bet twecn this place and Charleston. The Swan is to p'y between this place and i. Georgetown, and'tho splendid steamer Anson, id between Georgetown and Charleston. . The Company aro provided with numerous s, tow bo ats and lighters, and now feel sanguine a. that when any craft can move on the river, goods by their lino will be delivered with despatch. ic The lighters arc so contracted as to bring up i, freight with only two feet water, and with three d, fret water, the Swan will be ablo to como td the is landing at this place, with twef boat# In tow. Goods shipped from Charleston by the Anson, a to be continued on our line up tho river to their ill proper destination, wdl bo subject to no charges at Georgetown. ii. All Cotton shipped by this line, will be rcshipa pod in Georgetown, by tho Company's Agent id there, for Char'eston or New York, and shipn. pors charged with the usual expense of 12 1 2 cents por hale. ? U Both Steamers have cxcollonl acconnncdaf ie lions for passengers. a- All demands tor freight by this line, must be paid promptly when tho goods are delivered. b. J. CM bltCUG, Pie*?, as , Cheraw. August 27th, 1839. _ 42 6f J| For fealtf, id 15,000 Iilorus Multicau/is Trees, 250,000 " " Cuttings. 0 Also, 500,000 SILK WORM EGGS. The above Trees and Cuttings are very fine, *? and warranted to he the gonuinc Mobus Multi7' caulis ; some of the trees are seven feet high ; 18 the cuttings arc from trees of one, two and three 'd years old, well riper, ed wood, one bud to each ^ cutting. The eggs arc of the kin* which pro-' 16 uuco white and yellow cocoons?mostly white?a and a part of them raised fiom the second crop \n ji.!. una ycmt cr Ordors for any of the abovo, addressed to me, vo will be punctually attended to, and filled in the order in which they are received ; that is, first come, first served. It is desirable that applies. 5'? tion be made before the first of November next, 'rl as 3bout that time I will commence preparing ut my ground and planting the next year's crop. Sales made at the current prices at the time of ': delivery. or Any ccmmunicatinn mado to me on the sub. s0 jectof the Silk Culttiro, will bo promptly aa. ,lfr swered. HUGH CRAIG. [I- Chesterfield C. H. Aug, 30,1839, 42 tf / Morus Multicaulis. ifllHC subscriber will be prepared to sell next in JL winter several thousand very superior Mo. rus Multicaulis trees, with from one to two mil.* lions of mature buds. The trees are planted ,e with ample space tor the branches to attain large' . size and the wood to ripen. A large proportion '* oi the trees are from roots ono and two yoars old, )e which furnish larger, more ipature, and of courso )0 better cut? irtgs than trees of last spring's planting.. Some of them are now more than ten feet hign " the wood all of this seasons growth.? l" Many of tho leaves measure from 11 to 12 inch.' cs across, and a few 13 or over. Catlings will 5r be sold with or without roots. Porsous within reach, who wish to purchaseKare invited to call y and sec them. Ample printed directions for 1,1 planting and cultivating will be furnished with." out charge to purchasers. The price will bo sta.* ted in a futuro advertisement. Letters on tho lt* subject, postage paid, will bo promptly attended 3 to. * #f VI A r?T f? \ KT I'll luavuu-tiK *3 Chcraw, S. C. 30th August. ' . Morns Multicaulis!! THE Subscriber has for sale eight thousand rooted tfeog, and. .one million of cutting* of the genuine Morus Multicaulis', grown from the slock of the R? v. Sidney Wellcr of Halifax, r' N. C? Those ttho wish to pu chase will pleaso ^ to inform me by the first of October next: my 18 terms will be accommodating as it is my wish to extend the silk culture in tho South, and espc?" cially in South Carolina ; as I am convinced from actual experiments that it is Vitlly moro ?* profitable than the cotton culture. My address ? m. is Jeffries Creek Fost office, Marion District S. C. 2(1 A. L. GREGG. J Aug. 23, 1639. 41 it , ' Copartnership. ir, rgiHE subscribers have formed a connection v., JL in the Mercantile business unaer ine naoio and firm of McCollum Sc Co JOHN McCOLtUM. ARCII'D. H DOUGLAS, JOHN C. STEWART. Bonnattsville, S. C. Sept. 2d, 1839. DRAUGHT HORSE. " SALE, a good Work Horne. Enquire lL at this office. Aug 23 41 tf 8trayed. FROM the premises of the subscriber a large, Red, no horn cow, with a bell and her calf, a- The cow is marked S. S. on the hip, informaiia tion is requested bj ____ id H W. H. ROB BINS. August IB,1839. ' 40 4t & X?& A tf XR 8! ^ FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. " # - -.*