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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), South Carolina, (search)
t Charleston increased by a small colony from Barbadoes under Sir John Yeamans. With this colony came the first slaves in South Carolina......1671 Freemen of Carolina meet at Charleston and elect representatives for the civil government of the colony......1674 Fundamental constitutions framed by John Locke, and amended by ttionalists from Dorchester, Mass., with their pastor, Rev. Joseph Lord, settle near the head of Ashley River......1696 Combined naval and land expedition from Carolina, under Governor Moore and Colonel Daniel, besieges St. Augustine. Two Spanish vessels appearing in the harbor, Governor Moore raises the siege after burning theefeat the Tuscaroras on the Neuse, with a loss to the Indians of more than 300 killed and 100 captured......Jan. 28, 1712 An incipient civil war breaks out in Carolina in 1710, between Colonel Broughton, one of three deputies of the lords proprietors, and Robert Gibbes, the proclaimed governor. The controversy being referred t
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Webster, Daniel 1782-1852 (search)
o? On that system, it is true, she has no interest. On that system, Ohio and Carolina are different governments and different countries, connected here, it is true,s? His construction gets us into it; how does he propose to get us out? In Carolina the tariff is a palpable, deliberate usurpation. Carolina, therefore, may nulKing George IV.? What is there now in the existing state of things to separate Carolina from Old, more or rather less than from New, England? Resolutions, sir, havblic men, in and out of Congress, may be explored—it will all be in vain. The Carolina doctrine can derive from her neither countenance nor support. She rejects it e is between the New England school of constitutional opinions and this modern Carolina school. The gentleman, I think, read a petition from some single individual, wish to learn, if they, by military force and array, resisted the execution in Carolina of a law of the United States and it should turn out after all that the law wa
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 26 (search)
we may trace Montesquieu and Rousseau in every line of his composition. It is rather interesting to see his language, which denounced King George's violation of the social compact, used by a conclave of frantic negro-drivers to stigmatize the conduct of those who will not allow a Southern gentleman to bring his body servant into their territory. South Carolina, however, has shown wisdom in thus taking high ground. People are generally taken at the value which they set on themselves, and Carolina does right to play the part of outraged patience and indignant virtue. She has declared, in the language of the Fathers of the Republic, that the Federal Union no longer answers the ends of its foundation by insuring the happiness and prosperity of South Carolina, and that the conduct of several States having been a violation of the compact made by all, South Carolina resumes her rights as a sovereign community, and will make war or peace, conclude treaties, or establish commerce, independ
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 77 (search)
breast hear the din of the conflict, behold the fierce repulse of advancing squadrons, and the flames of burning Charlestown. No man, even from the sunny South, can be at Saratoga, and not tread with exultant step and throbbing heart the ground where the Star-spangled Banner first successfully rolled back the tide of British power and aggression. No man can think of that sacred emblem trailing in blood through the snows of Valley Forge, or across the frozen Delaware, or amid the swamps of Carolina, and not weep that the patriotism of the Jaspers, the Sumters, and the Marions, no longer burns upon their native altars; and so through the long and dark hours of that dreary struggle — the gallant defence of Moultrie, at Cowpens and Eutaw Springs — at a time which tried men's souls, when the strong became weak, the hopeful despondent, the bold grew timid, and the tattered ensign seemed but a funereal pall or winding-sheet to envelop the nakedness of a forlorn cause, until it covered, a. w
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 96 (search)
Carolina, in his late proclamation, inquires if that State was linked to the Union, in the iron bonds of a perpetual Union. These bonds were not of iron, or Carolina would never have worn them, but they are the enduring chains of peace and union. One link could not be severed from this chain, united in all its parts, withoutthe despotic mandate? It was the declared object of our ancestors, the hope of their children, that they had formed a perpetual Union. The original compact of Carolina with her sister States, by which the Confederacy was erected, is called Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union. In the 13th article of this Confederacyg curses of unnumbered millions would blast his peace and blacken his memory, and his only epitaph would be, here lies a destroyer of the American Union. Let not Carolina's ordinance delay your action, The Union party in Caroline, cheered by the voice of the nation, may become the majority, and sweep that ordinance from the record
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 126 (search)
bombardment. The youthful hero, from his reckless bravery and daring during the siege, has become the pet of the company, and is now their regularly appointed marker, he having acted in this capacity on the parade yesterday. While fighting for our country's cause is necessary, the Palmetto Guard will not remain idle. They have volunteered their services for Virginia, and, towards the close of the week, will again buckle on the knapsack for the march. Without the border of their native Carolina, may their victories be as complete and as bloodless as that achieved on their own Palmetto shores. The following is the list of officers of the Palmetto Guard who were in the fight on the 12th and 13th days of April, 1861: George B. Cuthbert, Captain; C. R. Holmes, First Lieutenant; T. S. Brownfield, Second Lieutenant; G. L. Buist, Third Lieutenant; T. L. Bissell, First Sergeant; J. B. Bissell, Second Sergeant; W. D. Gaillard, Third Sergeant; B. C. Webb, Fourth. Sergeant; L. S. Webb, F
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 5: (search)
ps called by South Carolina, which were gradually mustered into the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. Early in May, a brigade of four regiments of South Carolina volunteers was organized, under Brigadier-General Bonham. It consisted of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, Colonel Gregg; the 2d South Carolina Volunteers, Colonel Kershaw; the 3d South Carolina Volunteers, Colonel Williams; and the 8th South Carolina Volunteers, Colonel Cash. That brigade, made up of the flower of Carolina's chivalry, was sent to Virginia, by order of the War Department, the Old Dominion having, on the 17th of April—four days after the fall of Sumter—joined her fate to that of the Southern Confederacy. One of the regiments of Bonham's brigade (Gregg's) had been sent in advance to Norfolk. Its mission was to take possession of the navy-yard and protect all public property there. This was a judicious movement. The many cannon and mortars, and the ammunition stored at Norfolk, were of the
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, Chapter 34: (search)
ral Beauregard, to be submitted to the President through the Hon. Pierre Soule War Department does not take it into consideration. report from Richmond of an impending movement on the Carolina coast. General Beauregard's letter to General Whiting. how Lieutenant Glassel damaged the New Ironsides. Lieutenant Dixon's attack with the torpedo-boat upon the Housatonic. loss of the boat and crew. construction of the submarine Torpedoboat. its history. boats destroyed by torpedoes in Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Landing of a Federal force at Jacksonville. General Finegan concentrates his forces. arrival of reinforcements. battle of Ocean Pond. General Finegan's report. what General Beauregard says of the battle. his difficulties in sending troops to Florida. he leaves for Camp Milton. his despatches to the War Department.— cavalry withdrawn from South Carolina and Georgia. General Beauregard returns to Charleston. his instructions left with General Anderson. he demand
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865, chapter 26 (search)
W. J. Hardee, Lieut.-Genl. Telegram. Montgomery, Jan. 28th, 1865. Genl. G. T. Beauregard: Every energy is being used to push troops forward rapidly. They are being sent both via Selma and Mobile as fast as capacity of the railroad will permit. R. Taylor, Lieut.-Genl. Telegram. Charleston, S. C., Jan. 29th, 1865. Genl. G. T. Beauregard: The enemy have failed so far in all attempts to cross the Combahee. Indications are that the 15th and 17th corps, now in Carolina, will cross Savannah and unite with the column moving towards Augusta. W. J. Hardee, Lieut.-Genl. Montgomery, Ala., Jan. 29th, 1865. Gov. Jos. E. Brown, Gov. of Georgia, Milledgeville, Ga.: General Beauregard desires that you will use the militia of your State and all other means to secure the return of all deserters and absentees to their commands. The militia can be used profitably on this duty. Geo. Wm. Brent, Col., and A. A. G. The same despatch sent to Gover
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), T. (search)
pon of the Carolinas, called by the South Carolina Indians the cassina, is also an Ilex (I. cassine or vomitoria), and has been used from time immemorial by the Southern Indians, the leaf being a valued article of exchange between the Indians of the coast — where it grows — and the tribes of the interior. It is a stimulant, and acts, according to quantity and the condition of the person, as a diuretic or emetic. It formed the black drink of the Indian ceremonials. See Lawton's Travels in Carolina, London, 1709, pages 90, 91. Also Porcher's Resources of the Southern fields and forests, Charleston, 1869, pages 431-433. It is also used as a substitute for imported tea by the poorer inhabitants of North Carolina in the vicinity of the sounds, and to a small extent forms an article of domestic export. A list of vegetable substances prepared by infusion for medicinal or stimulating purposes might be extended to an indefinite length. A few of these, in which the mouth acts the part
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