June 1—Gen. Sumter, a South Carolina hero of the Revolution, died.
” 9—The cholera breaks out at Quebec, Lower Canada. It swept over the country, following the lakes and rivers and routes of travel, with fearful violence.
July—The cholera breaks up Gen. Scott’s army, on the way to meet Black Hawk while in vessels on the lakes.
” 9—Congress creates the office of Commissioner of Indian affairs.
” 10—Naval hospitals established at Charlestown, Mass., Brooklyn, N. Y., and Pensacola, Fla.
” ”—The President vetoes the bill rechartering the U. S. Bank.
Aug. 27—Gen. Atkinson defeats the Indians and takes Black Hawk prisoner.
Nov. 14—Chas. Carroll, of Carrollton, Md., last surviving signer of Dec. of Ind., dies.
” 19—An anti-tariff convention in S. C. issues the famous “Nullification Ordinance.”
” 24—The Unionists of S. C. meet and protest against this ordinance.