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Newspaper
Georgetown Gazette
Location
Georgetown, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1801
Page
3
Yesterday evening arrived the ship Two Friends, capt. M Nea l, from Hamburgh, in 40 days passage, last from Deal, in 32 me Captain M Neal has favored me with London papers to the 15th of September inclusive.
A London log-book fragment recounts the Two Friends voyage on October 14 as English armed ships named the Appinal and Commodore along with Rexictary from Liverpool boarded the ship at 9 PM. Officers M Carty and Wilh Patrick searched cabins, demanded manifests, and confiscated goods including geese and poultry.
Yesterday's meeting named Micah Jenkins and a slate including John Blake David Alexander Daniel D Oyley Wade Hampton John Dawson Thomas Shubrick Theodore Gaillard Ian Kirk William Allan Joseph Byrnes John Champneys E Coffin and others. Samuel Ker resigned prior to the announcement. A marriage notice records William Lang Kene and Miss Fane M Fiuge in the same column.
Georgetown report notes exports from Louisville Kentucky on the Ohio River for three months ending August 13 1801 total 153 851 dollars. The figures reflect trade activity and monetary value during early autumn commerce in 1801.
A dated dispatch reports Passwan Oglou’s retreat to Widden as a feint to trap foes in a fortress. He then fought a great battle, broke the blockade, and defeated the grand feigniot force, with many adherents sent abroad and others killed or fleeing in disorder. Andrew Brown relinquishes his Philadelphia partnership in health decline.
The Gazette seeks continuation of its publication following the late proprietor’s death. Subscribers are assured continued effort and no cost to readers while permanent arrangements are sought. Correspondents are asked to send letters to Mr Cravpius Beccary at Georgetown Printing Office.
An advertisement offers a reward for Cyrus a about fifty year old enslaved man who ran away from Rose Hill Waccamaw on October 6. He is described as five foot five with bushy hair and wearing worn negro cloth garments and a blue great coat. The notice says he may hide near Mrs Hellot's plantation and along the Waccamaw to Little River or Socapa, with rewards of fifty and one hundred dollars for capture and proof of harboring by whites.
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