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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1801
Page
4
A 1798 dated patriotic poem praising Adams liberty and labor. The speaker extols the farmer yeoman as central to republic strength while urging unity against tyranny. Chorus proclaims green mountains echo liberty and Washington guiding defense against invaders.
A playful mock letter parodies grammar terms and cases as a suitor muses on marriage to Sally Syntax. It weaves nouns adjectives verbs and grammatical tenses as a comic courtship, ending with a plea to shape a union through language.
In the Mercantile Advertiser account from Norfolk, word spreads that the Bolton frigate, 32.4 guns, may meet the French 36-gun Semillante near Hampton Roads after a challenge between captains. The Semillante lies at Norfolk and the Bolton seeks honor in a possible duel.
In April, Mr. John Buller of Krene unearthed a cache of snakes from a stump near two houses. The lot contained five green snakes, twenty-eight striped varieties, and eleven others, totaling fifty. The find occurred in torpor, as the creatures had not felt the "influence of the Tie ana," with lengths from 6 to 12 inches. Buller's peculiar tale questions whether exposing the reptiles could grant him power over enemies.
Philadelphia reports the vice president tours the Effex frigate with the navy agent aboard. A 16 gun salute honors the visit as the ship readiness notes a future squadron deployment to Hampton Roads. Captain Preble receives a note from Commodore Truxton about retirement from the current expedition due to inconvenience.
Augusta May 13 reports a strong hail storm on Tuesday causing widespread damage in upper counties. Wheat fields and cotton plantations suffer destruction and replanting may be required. Wilkes County reports trees and fences leveled by a hurricane like wind damaging buildings.
Fragment reads about a lattice opening or event on a Thursday afternoon in May involving someone named Charles, with garbled text.
An 11 year old boy drowned after his canoe struck a flood gate as the tide rose. A Birmingham town death report describes a man’s slow death from starvation and neglect, with a coroner’s inquest. Additional notes include a lookout for an Algerine cruiser and a boarding of a schooner Minerva by pirates near Beaufort, with muttered cautions about Danish travelers.
Theodore Gourdin offers a valuable mill seat near Georgetown ten miles from town with 2500 to 3000 acres of well timbered pine land and inland swamp. Terms available on application to Exasmun RorHMauter in Georgetown or to the subscriber on Santee.
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