. Historic towns of the Southern States. his commanders failure. OnSeptember 2d, Captain Fenwicke and hismilitiamen met the French landing party,killed fourteen and captured fifty Rhett demanded and received thesurrender of Pacquereaus ship, with ninetymen aboard. Charleston had two hundredand thirty French and Spanish prisoners, butwhether or not they died of yellow fever,Hewatt, the only historian of the time,does not say, and unfortunately Charles-ton could not boast of a newspaper untiltwenty-six years later. The failure of this firstof three attempts to take Charleston b
. Historic towns of the Southern States. his commanders failure. OnSeptember 2d, Captain Fenwicke and hismilitiamen met the French landing party,killed fourteen and captured fifty Rhett demanded and received thesurrender of Pacquereaus ship, with ninetymen aboard. Charleston had two hundredand thirty French and Spanish prisoners, butwhether or not they died of yellow fever,Hewatt, the only historian of the time,does not say, and unfortunately Charles-ton could not boast of a newspaper untiltwenty-six years later. The failure of this firstof three attempts to take Charleston by navalforce proved that the sinews of war are thesinews of valiant men, for its defenders wereweakened by yellow fever and had neither fullranks nor strong- fortifications. Doyle, theEnglish historian, says : The settlers who held Charlestown aofainst Charleston 259 the alHed forces of France and Spain werepartners in the glory of Stanhope and Marl-borough, heirs to the glory of Drake andRaleiorh. Josiah Ouincy of Massachusetts visited. A MODERN CHARLESTON RESIDENCE. Charleston in 1773, with a view to soundingthe leaders of public opinion and seeing if thecolony was ripe for rebellion. He was sur-prised at the material prosperity, wealth andhospitality of the people. He says, in his pub-lished diary : This town makes a beautifulappearance as you come up to it and in manyrespects a magnificent one. I can only say in 26o Charleston general that in grandeur, splendor of buildings,decorations, equipages, numbers, commerce,shipping and indeed everything, it far sur-passes all I ever saw, or ever expect to see inAmerica. He was entertained at the elegantresidence of Miles Brewton and records a re-markable conversation which would seem tohave forecasted the results of the war betweenthe States eighty-eight years later. The samehouse stands to-day, the finest survival of colo-nial architecture to be found among the resi-dences in the city. He attended a concert of the St. CeciliaSocie
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