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The following news article were contributed by Nancy Piper Republican Compiler ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) - September 29, 1824Philadelphia, Sept. 15 The board of commissioners under the convention between America and England, concluded at St. Petersburg, on the subject of slaves captured by the British in the late war, decided on Saturday last, that the average compensation for slaves taken in Louisiana shall be 680 dollars; for those taken in Alabama, South Carolina and Georgia, 390 dollars, and 280 dollars for those taken in Virginia, Maryland, or any other state. The board adjourned to the 8th day of December next, when they will proceed to an examination of the claims which may be in a state of preparation for hearing. The Secretary of State has given notice to this effect, that the definite list of captured slaves will then be laid before the commissioners, and that all persons should exhibit their claims by that time. Frank. Gaz. Republican Compiler ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) February 18, 1824 Page 2 Origin of the word Yankee Yankee is the Indian corruption of the work English Yanglees, Yangless, Yankees, and finally Yankee. It got into general use as a term of reproach thus: About the year 1744, one Jonathan Hastings, a farmer at Cambridge , in New England , used the word Yankee as a cant word to express excellence, as a Yankee (good) horse, Yankee cider, & c. The
students at the college having frequent intercourse with Jonathan, and
hearing him emply the word on all occasions when he intended to express
his approbation, applied it sarcastically; and called him Yankee Jonathan.
It soon became a cant phrase among the collegians to designate a simple,
weak, awkward person; from college it spread all over the country, till
from its currency in New England it was at length taken up and applied to
the New Englanders generally, as a term of reproach. It was in consequence
of this that the song called Yankee Doodle was composed. English Paper.
On the 19th ult., the Court house in Darlington
district, S. Carolina , with all the records & c., was consumed by
fire.
The last case on the criminal docket was one of
intense and melancholy interest. It was an indictment against two boys
(neither of them nine years old) for murder. When they were placed in the
dock, and about to be arrainged, his honor Judge Bay, then presiding,
expressed some doubt whether children of such tender years could be what
in law is called deli cafiax: that is, whether they had sufficient
discretion, or maturity of intellect, to know the consequence of such an
act of criminality, and at the same time, an evil and malicious
disposition to perpetrate it. His honor remarked, that he had never known
a trial or prosecution where the parties were under nine years of age and
so much was he impressed with the novelty and importance of this case,
that he ordered it to be adjourned over, until he could see and consult
with his brother Judges.
Died in September last, of the Bilious Fever, at
Georgetown , South Carolina , in the 31st year of his age, Garret, son of
David Denaree, of this county.
Messrs. Editors I see it stated in one of the Boston papers, in mentioning the death of the late Gen. Putnam that he was the last General Officer of the Revolution. It is a mistake. Gen. Sumter,* it is well known in this state now lives in fine health, at this residence near Statesburgh. He has been always one of the most active men in this state, and to this day he rides about and attends to his business with as much spirit as most men of middle age. South Carolina . *General Sumter is supposed to be about ninety years of age. Republican Compiler ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) June 30, 1824 Columbia, S. C., June 15 On the afternoon of Tuesday, the 8th inst, one of
the most destructive hail storms we recollect ever to have heard of,
passed through Lexington district, and crossing Broad River about four or
5 miles above this place, went through the upper part of this district,
Richland, destroying everything in its course; on one plantation, the only
one from which we have had a particular account, not a stalk of corn was
left; and one field, of about 80 acres, just beginning to tassel, was so
completely beaten to pieces, that in many spots, not a trace of corn
remained; the whole crop, between one and two hundred acres, must be
replanted. Our informant, on whom we can rely, and who was on the
place during the storm, assures us, that after it was over, and it lasted
near an hour, the hail lay half leg deep on the level ground; that many of
them were nearly as large as a hens egg, and quite round; and that the
bark was beaten off many trees of considerable size. Considerable
damage was also done by the wind, in unroofing houses and tearing up
trees.
Extraordinary hot weather The excessive heat that had been experienced in this town, during the last six days, we presume is altogether unparalleled in this country. The Mercury in an excellent Fahrenheit Thermometer, stood at 3 oclock, P.M. exposed to the air in the shade, on Saturday last at 90 deg. on Sunday at 94 deg. on Monday at 103 deg. on Tuesday at 103 deg. on Wednesday at 105 deg and on Thursday at 100 deg. During all this period we have had no rain, and the heat still continues to be distressingly oppressive. Should this weather continue, it would not be surprising if the town of Cheraw should ere long be found completely depopulated, the citizens all having evaporated by sudorifies. Intel. Republican Compiler ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) August 4, 1824 Inhuman Murder Mr. Josh Nelson of Lancaster District , S.C. was most inhumanly murdered as he lay in his bed, on the night of 6th ult. Mr. Nelson was well known, on account of his singular deformity, having neither hands nor arms, except one short stump of about 18 inches in length. He was single man, aged about 60 years, resided alone, and was distinguished as an accurate teacher of the languages. The murderous deed appears to have been executed with a common axe; he was much mangled but the fatal blow was received on the soul. It is supposed to be the work of some negroes in the neighborhood, who have been arrested on suspicion. Cheraw Intel. Republican Compiler ( Gettysburg , Pennsylvania ) September 8, 1824 We regret to learn that the Yellow Fever is
extending its ravages at Charleston , S.C. Seven cases were reported
by the Board of Health, on the 25th of August. Amer. Sen.
A Great Tree The Yorkville Pioneer gives an account of a sycamore tree, which for its great size and capacity, surpasses perhaps any one in the United States . It is seventy-two feet in circumference, with sixteen feet of a hollow in diameter, had held within that space 7 men on horse back. It stands near Hewels Ferry, S. C. on Broad River, on the York side. Tradition reports it gave shelter and afforded protection to many families during the lowering days of the American Revolution
Death of a Mexican War Veteran - The State - July 30,
1892 Mr. Manning Brown, an aged veteran of the Mexican war, died in this city on Thursday, and yesterday morning his funeral services were held. He fought through the entire Mexican war in Capt. W. D. DeSaussure's company H, of the Palmetto Regiment. He was one of the ten survivors of the company of eighty that entered the war. Messrs. Henry Beard and R. S. Morrison of this city, are of this ten, now reduced to nine. They attended the funeral of their comrade, yesterday. The Daily Herald, Grand Forks, ND March 24,
1890 South Carolina Swept By A Tornado COLUMBIA, S. C., March 24 - Further details of Saturday's storm are
at hand. The fury of the cyclone was principally felt in Sumter. Every
house was shaken to its foundations. Roofs were carried away and
demolished and trees uprooted. I. DO. Richardson was killed by falling
houses. Two men, names unknown, were fatally injured and many persons were
badly bruised and scarred. Matheson's machinery depot was demolished and
two large sheds of the Atlantic coast line railroad were blown down. The
White Baptist Church and the jail and factory are badly damaged.
contributed by Kim Thorp North American Review - July 1815
North American Review Sep 1815
SHIPPED TO A MORE CONGENIAL CLIMATE The Columbia (S. C.) Guardian contains the following: `We are informed
that an individual who has been living in Anderson village for the past
fifteen years, first as a shoe maker, then as a dentist, and who stood
fair in the community, having been discovered to be an Abolitionist, and
one by his own confession, was taken charge of on Monday by the citizens,
and shipped yesterday to a more congenial climate. His wife and family
accompanied him.' [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., May
1861] The estate of the late Wm. McKenna, of Charleston,
S. C., was recently sold at auction. The real estate was sold, amounting to $34,300, and
177 negroes at an average of $772. Among them were several small children and some
elderly negroes, one of which was sold for $10. It is believed that the whole estate will yield the
gross amount of $220,000. [Douglas Monthly, Rochester, N.Y., March
1861] contributed by Candi Horton |

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Events of the Week - June 02, 1918 - Paper: The State
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