The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-06
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NEW YORK, Jan. SIN balmy April,
1910. Governor William Sayle. queru-
lous, bigoted octogenariln, described by
one Of his contemporaries as "a man of
no great sufiiciency," landed with colo
nists from England, Ireland and Bermuda
at what they called Albemarle Point, on
the west bank of Ashley river, directly
| opposite 10 the present city Of Charles
ton. The Indian name for the stream
was HAWAII" On the 4th Of March,
| 1911, Sayle died. and Sir John Yeamans
was appointed governor Twenty months
after this settlement Joseph Dalton. sec
rotary Of the province, wrote TO Lord
I Ashley that the total number Of persons
/ in the colony was 39l. Of whom at least
/ two-thirds were men able TO bear arms.
/ Other families came from England, Bar
/ BADGES. New Amsterdam and Germany,
I the lattersettlers being attracted 10 South
Carolina by a widely circulated descrip-
ton Of John Lederer's horseback Journey
from Virginia to the country lying be-
/ tween the James and Santee rivers. The
revoking Of the cdict of Nantes, in 1855,
started a tide Of French emigration
westward. and four Huguenot colonies
we're planted within a short time on the
Cooper river. Many Of these cultured,
cxpatriateG Protestants remained in the
/ growing new town on the peninsula at
Oyster Point, for which the Albemarle
Point settlement was finally abandoned
about 1879. 1t is said that the lot Of
ground on which the IuguenOt house of
worship stands. at the corner of Church
and Queen streets, is the oldest cOntinu-
Gus title of real estate in modern Charles
ton.
John Archdale, an English Quaker,
: became governor in 1896, and the
Friends meeting house" was erected
outside the limits of the old town on the
west border Of Archdale'5 square, then
occupying the larger portion of the land
from Queen 10 Broad street and from
King 10 Meeting street Numerous
Scotch and Irish Presbyterians, German
Luthorans, English Churchmen, French
/ Calyinists and Irish Catholics, with a
few Quakers. were the leading elements
of Charleston's population at the close of
the Seventeenth century, varied 10y dis
tinctly marked characteristics of men
whose Incidence betrayed a tropical
nativity. Writing Of this prosperous
settlement, in 1900 John lawson notes
that "the town has very regular and fair
streets. in which are good buildings of
brick and wood, and. since my coming
thence, has had great additions Of beau
tilul large brick buildings, besides
strong fort and regular Notifications
maslc 10 defend the town The inhabit-
ants 10y their wise management have
much improved the country, which H. i'm
as thriving circum tances at this time IS
any colony on the continent Of English
America. They have considerable trade.
both to Europe and the West indies,
whereby they bccOmcrilh. The
gentlemen seated on the river plantations
arc very courteous; live very noble in
their houses, and give very gcntccl en-
tcrtainmcnts 10 all strangers and others
that may come 90 visit them"
Today mirror of South Carolina geni-
ality and hospitality is a brilliant reflex
Of Charleston urban and suburban home
life one hundred and eighty-nine years
ago.
Switzerland Holland and Germany
contributed many families to the colony
between go and 1850, and i'm l,jj twelve
or thirteen hundred Acadians came from
Nova Scotia 10 the beautiful town facing
summer sea- In $40 Jewish immi-
grants began 10 arrive. and within ten
years a synagogue was erected. This first
building. by Charleston Hebrews, was
located i'm Union NOW State) street, near
its junction with Queen street. The name
of the congregation, Beth Elohim,' is
still preserved Ii has, at the present
time a strikingly handsome temple on
Hasel street. in the very heart Of the
city, reared on land purchased in 1875,
when Charleston's entire population was
less than eighteen thousand.
incorporated in 1888, at the close Of
the Revolutionary war, from which the
Car0linas had greatly suffered, the his
tori Of Charleston has been wildly
identified with that If tho whole
country The spacious and magnificent
harbOr, which has been the theatre of
desperate artillery duels, fierce bonn
bardments and mastery counter as
saults. envirOned as it is by insuar pict-
uresQueness, easily becomes choice
theme for elOqucnce, pocsy and romance.
Every child in the United States, old
enough TO con the newspapers, or who
cares To listen 90 tales that charm and sad
den, knows why Forts loultrie and Sum
ter are famous. Approached from the
open sea, CharlestOn's famed roadstead
is q panorama Of scenes that artist and
author never tire Of depicting, and no
traveller of leisure, who wants 30 view
Charleston Alright, ought to neglect the
steamer chance 70 first behold the city's
grace and beauty from the bay channel,
between Fort johnson, Castle Pinckney
and White Point Garden, at the end Of
South Battery.
Age has not withered. nor have sky
whirling shells, devastating cyclones,
tidal waves and postmondian earth
quakes blurred the luster Of Charleston
II is prominently Americas phoenix
city; rising from its occasional ashes 10
a broader and more sublime attractive
ness. Old ST. Aichaels white and lofty
spire fixes the yoyager's eye, as, with
engines slowed down, the vessel which
has brought him from New York safely
passes the jottics. He is quick 10 catch
and applaud the harmonious chime Of
this venerated pile. Once landed, his
steps are hurriedly turned from Bay
street by the postOfice chat now exists
into Broad street, the daily haunt of
money getters and changers, fire, ma
rine and life insurance and stock bro
kers, note shavers, politicians. journal
lists, lawyers, highly respectable fossils,