Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-06-20
SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

early CouueCtlou Will AueiiCdu Coio-
nization, and above all his untimely
| death, give Raleigh hold on the
| minds of Americans no less than on
| those of his fellow-countrymen, and
the capital of one sovereign State, as
well as host of places in the South
and West, attest the permanence of
the remembrance. He was born in
1862 aud began his varied career by
leaving Oxford and his studies to
join corps of volunteers on their
way to France to join the ranks of
the Huguenots. The patent obtained
by his half brother, Sir Humphrey
Gilbert, drew him into American
colonization, and he shared the trials
and disappointments of an attempt
in 1879
After a campaign in Ireland, he
made his appearance at court, and
easily won the favor of Elizabeth.
Honors of every kind were showered
upOA
In 1884, be received full powers
by patent to colonize America, and
under his authority the first settle.
ment was made, in 1856, in what
was then styled Virginia His sub
sequent career was varied enough.
In 1888, he was fighting the
Spanish Armada; the next year, on
an expedition to Portugal to place
Don Antonio on the throne in 1891,
pursuing the Spanish treasure fleet
then prisoner in the Tower for dis
pleasing the Queen by marrying.
In 1895 he sailed for Guinea, to
discover and conquer Ell Dorado, an
imaginary land of gold and silver.
The next year he was Rear Admiral,
capturing Cadiz; and in 1897 took
Fayal.
The death of Elizabeth left him
exposed to the hatred of his former
friend, Cecil. He was found guilty
of high treason in 1908, as a party
to the plot in favor of Lady Arabella
Stewart. He was, however, re-
prieved, and confined for thirteen
years in the Tower. During his
long, dreary Imprisonment he turned
to intellectual pursuits, and wrote,
among other works, his "History of
the World"
In 1917 he was released to make
another voyage to Ell Dorado, but he
met with nothing but reverses; his
son was killed in an attack on Span
ishtown; his chief commander COM
mitted suicide in despair; his crew
mutinied; and on his return James,
pressed by the Spanish King to
punish Raleigh, had him beheaded
under his former sentence. Under
this monstrous order and eternal in
fanny to james, Raleigh was exc
cuted on the goth of October, 1918,
in Old Palace Yard, at eight o'clock
in the morning of Lord Mayors
Day-"so that the pageants and
fine shelves might draw away the
people from beholding the tragedie
of one of the galantest worthless ever
England bred" Early in the morn
ing his keeper brought cup of sack
to him, and inquired how he was
pleased with it.
GAS well as be who drank of St.
Giles cup as he rode to Tyburn,"
answered the knight, and said it was
a good drink, if man might but
tarry by it.
"Pritbee, never fear, Ceeston,"
said he to his old friend, Sir Hugh,
who was repulsed from the scafold
by the sheriff, II shall have a
place."
A man, bald from extreme age,
pressed forward, "to see him." he
said, land to pray to God for him."
Raleigh took a richly embroidered
cap from his own head, and placing
it upon that OF the old man, said
"Take this, good friend, to remem-
Der me, for you have more need of it
than l."
Farewell, my lords" was his
cheerful parting to a courtly group,
who affectionately took their leave
of him; II have long journey be-
fore me, and I must cen say good
bye. Now am going to Cod" said
that heroic spirit, as he trod the
scaffold; and gently touching the ak,
added: This is sharp medicine,
but it will cure all diseases"
The very headsman shrank from
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