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Newspaper
Georgetown American
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1841
Page
3
The wind was light and little progress made. The W. was encountered at about 3 am between Bulls and Cape Romain by the steamer Vanderbilt from Wilmington and towed to port. The W. engine was damaged but the injury is trifling.
A correspondence among the Hon. Thomas D. Sumter as friend of Hon. F. W. Pickens and Hon. K. Tayner on behalf of Hon. Edward Stanly leads to an honorable adjustment of all personal differences over offensive words used in Congressional debate about Mr. Pickens.
The annual report of the Commissioners of the Land Office states that land sales in 1839 totaled 4,976,382.77 acres and the net proceeds paid into the United States Treasury were $7,075,447.35.
Correspondence reports a severe show storm near Ocracoke North Carolina on February 14 wrecking the New York brigantine Bounty Totten master. All aboard were believed lost. four saved including Totten and two crew with frost bite. Mary Jene cargo vessel also stranded but not yet broken off.
Paul A. M. Williams responds to Baptist and Methodist critics in Georgetown, defending his letter on baptism by immersion and challenging the accusations of misrepresentation. He contrasts Baptist required immersion with Methodist grace and warns against confounding religious denominations while calling for clarity and charity.
Sloop Samuel Martin of Charleston delivers merchandise to James G Henning and Co B King and E Waterman. Scr Lorinda Kelly of Charleston loads Corn for Joseph Thurston. Stmr Ansom of Charleston sails to E Waterman. John F Wilsons flat in Society Hill transports Cotton and Bacon to E Waterman.
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