530 A SKETCH OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA. 



the colony was called a Gazette, with some distinguisliing title in addi- 

 tion. Thus there were The South Carolina Gazette, The South Carolina 

 Gazette and Country Journal (1765), The South Carolina Gazette and Anu-ri- 

 can General Gazette, The Royal Gazette, The South Carolina Gazette and General 

 Advertiser, The Charleston Evening Gazette, &c. Some of these were different 

 names of the same paper, but they appear to have been distinct from the 

 original Gazette. 



The South Carolina Gazette lived until 1837, Avhen it was purchased by 

 the Courier, and continued by that paper as an auxiliary until 1840, 

 when it was discontinued. As is known, the Courier became a part of 

 the News and Courier, so that this metropolitan daily can claim an 

 indirect descent from Thomas Whitmarsh. 



It is unnecessary to notice all the other newspapers that sprang into 

 life and died between 1760 and 1865. A few will be mentioned, owing 

 to their influence on affairs. The State Rights and Free Trade Evening 

 Post was founded in 1831, under the editorship of John A. Stuart. He 

 sold it to Messrs. Norris & Gitsinger, but it expired after the excitement 

 of Nullification passed away. 



The Investigator was founded in 1812 by John Mackey and John Lyde 

 Wilson, and earnestly advocated the war against Great Britain. A mob 

 attacked the paper in September of that year. 



Ten 3'ears later Mr. Wilson became Governor of the State. He had 

 great literary attainments ; translated into verse and published the epi- 

 sode of " Cupid and Psyche ; " codified the laws of the State about 1827, 

 and was the author of the celebrated " Code of Honor." 



Governor David R. Williams was also at one time connected with jour- 

 nalism, having been proprietor of the Gazette for several years. 



The two leading newspapers of South Carolina up to the time of the 

 war were the Courier and the Mercury. 



THE CHARLESTON COURIER 



was founded in 1803, by Loring Andrews and S. S. Carpenter, and printed 

 by A. S. Willington. For many years it was the organ of the opponents 

 of Nullification and Secession. In 1851, it advocated co-operation as a 

 choice of evils, and in 1860 reluctantly advocated withdrawal from the 

 Union, in view of the election of a sectional President. The chief repu- 

 tation of the Courier was as a business paper. In matters commercial it 

 was an authority. The proprietors showed much enterprise. Special 

 couriers, during the Mexican war, outstripped the United States mails, 

 and this undertaking was the precursor of press associations. Surviving 

 the war, the Courier was purchased by the proprietors of the Daily Neivs, 

 and became a part of the News and Courier. 



