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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1801
Page
2
Paris reports from Brest that the Corvette La Chevrette was cut out of Camaret by English forces in darkness. The crew fought valiantly, repelling repeated boarding attempts. the captain Chaiffereau and the marines suffered heavy wounds, with one officer killed and 40 wounded Frenchmen taken for treatment. The English flag of truce followed.
The inventor Hoxie presents a compact threshing machine in Hudson proving 2800 sheaves per twelve hours with a four by five foot base and eight foot height. A boy unbinds sheaves while another feeds the hopper and a third discards straw, yielding about 150 bushels daily.
New York reports the schooner Enterprize with Captain Bailey docking after 46 days from Lisbon. Passenger Willians notes prior to August 24 a peace between Spain and Portugal. July 26 and 27 Lisbon celebrated with illuminations and naval displays. Portugal allegedly agreed to pay Spain, cede towns, and bar English from ports, affecting English merchants. France remained at war and frontier areas near newly ceded towns show tension.
About 30 000 French troops remain in play as a possible Lisbon march looms. The duke de Alfonen, uncle to the prince regent, is replaced by Count Goltz. The prince regent and Portuguese princes meet the Spanish king and queen on the frontier while peace talks unfold and a marriage ties the Infant of Spain to the Infanta of Portugal. British packets between England and Lisbon serve as flags of truce.
Excerpt from Caldwell on urban climate argues that tall structures and narrow streets reduce heat by shading streets and diverting sun rays. It praises Washington's planners yet notes its wide streets and low buildings fail to cool the environment. A New Planet annonce follows.
An Italian astronomer M Piazzi discovered a new planet on January 1 1801. It orbits between Mars and Jupiter, lies about two and three fifth times Earth's distance from the sun, and has a four year two month orbital period. The discovery was kept secret for six weeks while the astronomer recovered from illness. It shines at eighth magnitude and cannot be seen without aid, currently north of the ecliptic near Leo.
On Wednesday the 14th, six likely young Negroes will be exposed for sale at the subscriber fore. The notice lists numerous novels for sale or repurchase with various volume counts and prices, including Anges and Leonore, Blenheim Lodge, Ellesmere, Emily of Lucern, Godfrey de Haslings, The Faux Pas, Fairy-Tales, Cordelia and more, dated October 10.
Crosby and Murray announce a sale of Madeira wine in pipes, quarter casks, and dozens, plus Charleston distilled rum at low prices with expenses excepted. They promise a steady stock of both, along with old French brandy, Havanna sugars, spices, preserved ginger, tamarinds, hair powder, silks, thimbles, slippers, prayer books, and assorted dry goods, sold cheap for cash or short credit, dated August 9.
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