Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-15

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/ west 10 the line Of West Broad street. az
! at present laid down. Beyond West Broad
l the early owners Of the lands established
I three hamlets, Yamacraw, which was
I owned by PeltOn and Martin; st. Gall,
[ by Joseph Gibbons and by Mary and
/ Catharine Mulryne. TIE former lady be-
I came the wife Of Josiah Tattnall, and
united with him and her sister Miss Cath
arine Mulryne in conveying their pOr-
l ton Of this land 10 Rev. John Joachim
Zubly, in 1913. The portion owned by Glib
bOns had been previously decided TO him,in
/ 1861, think. ST. Gall proper is that part Of
/ the present city lying between Joachim
| ana the line Of lots Immediately south of
Bryan street, although the name was
afterwards made to embrace all the land
south of Bryan to Harrison street, which
| latter was the portion owned by the
Misses Mulryne. The name st. CALI was
bestowed upon this hamlet in honor of DR..
Zubly's
BIRTH PLACE IN SWITZERLAND.
Joachim and Zubly streets are also named
after him.
''Dr. Zubly was once the honored pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church Of Savannah,
but his detection from the cause Of Ameri-
can independence deprived him Of repu-
tatiOn as patriot, and the greater part Of
his large landed estates. Nearly twenty
years after his death, which occurred in
1871, most Of his property was sold under
execution by the Sheriff. The name of st.
Gall was bestowed upon the part of Sa-
vannah which l have described, in honor
Of mis- birthplace in Switzerland.
EwENsBURGH.
eNext south Of st. Gall is Ewensburgh,
so named after the first owner and found
er Of the hamlet, William Even, who laid
out what was known as 24-acre lot num-
Der IL into town lots. The two streets in
this place are named, respectively, William
and Margaret streets, in honor Of Even
and his wife.
The hamlet is ccoS..;,;r;29sed Of the lands
commencing with the line of lots imme-
diately south of Harrison street and in
GLIDING the TOW just south Of William
street, where New Leeds begins.
civilian Even was President Of the
[ Council OF Safety organized in Savannah
on June -, lI7J, a few days after the first
liberty pole was erected in Georgia. He
was afterwards member of the Pro
yincial Congress, which assembled in this
city on July 4 Of the year mentioned.
After the organization Of the Congress
they proceeded in a body to the church Of
Rev. DR.. Zubly, who was one Of their
number, and at that time a jealous adYO-
cate Of the American cause, and listened
| to a sermon preached by him suited to the
occasion. Even was noted as an I'M
flinching patriot, and died honored by his
fellow citizens.
NEW LEEDS.
"New Leeds, Immediately south Of
Ewensburgh, once included the land now
covered by the Central Railroad offices and
freight depot. The origin OF the name
have been unable to ascertain. A large
part Of it was owned at very early date
| by Seronus Mayer"
HISTORY OF CAUsTEN'S BLUFF.
In concluding. Mr.. Beckett referred TO
/ a place of some interest known as
/ Causten's Bluff, on the Wilmington river.
"What is there of interest about it?' in
/ quired the reporter.
1.-THE spot is invested with great deal
/ Of interest, both on account Of the natu-
I raj beauty of the place and the cOnnec-
/ ton of its first owner, Thomas CaUsten,
/ after whom il was named, with the early
/ history Of Georgia. Situated on the Will
mington river, it is about two and half
miles, by land, from the city. The road
+ leading to it turns of to the east from the
/ Thunderb0lt shell road, just beyond the
/ Catholic cemetery. Thomas Causten,"
T added the speaker, twas in the confidence
/ of OglethOrpe, who appointed him First
/ BailifP OF the colony, an office
/ analogous to, but not identical with, that
/ OF Justice of the Peace in England.
/ He was also made storekeeper of the
+ colony. During Oglethorpe's absence
/ from Savannah, Causten and few others
were placed in charge of affairs here, but
/ it was not long before he managed to usurp
/ the functions of the other officials and run
/ the business in accordance with his own
/ views.
CAUsTEN's AMBITIONS.
/ personal profit was evidently his main
/ object. He squandered the means of the
colony and brought great distress upon
/ them. Oglethorpe, in a letter to the Trus-
1 tees, informed them that Causten wasted
/ the resources of the colony, and scout
bOatmen, rangers and others, upon whose
/ active service and watchfulness the pro-
vince relied for protection, were unpaid
4 and actually starving.
"When this state of affairs became
/ known, Causten was depOSed from office
1 and summoned to England to appear be-
! fore the Trustees and explain his methods.
/ He failed to satisfy them, but on his as
surances that if allowed to return to
/ Georgia he could render proper vouchers
for all the funds with which he had been
intrusted. was allowed TO do so. On his
return trip he died at sea, hence his name
has been handed down to posterity as a
bad man.
'sThis bluff was one of his earliest ac-
cretions of property, and for some reason
did not pass to the Trustees with other
lands conveyed by Causten to make good
his defalcatiOn. By deed executed in
/ 1902 in England, it appears that 'Caus-
tens Bluff descended to Sophia ChristIana
| Hopkins, a niece of Thomas Causten; that
she married William Williamson, and
that, at the date just mentioned, the land
| was owned by the Kew. Joseph William
son, clergyman of the Church of Eng
land, who was the only son and heir of
William and Sophia c.. Williamson.
JOHN wEsLEY7s AFFIANCED.
'.The Sophia Christiana Hopkins here re-
ferred to is the identical Sophia Hopkins
who was the afiianced of the Rev. John
( Wesley while he was rector of Christ
I Church in this city.
SIN DR.. Stevens History Of Georgia she
I is described woman who possessed
/ many attractions of both mind and body,
but whose moral character seemed to lack
that mOdesty and integrity the absence of
which makes even beauty deceitful and
favor vain
"Col. Charles G. Jones, in his History Of
/ Georgia, says that she was the pupil Of
Wesley, and under his religious ministra-
tions became protested convert and
united herself with the church.
after time the eyes of Wesley were
opened. and he realized the true nature of
the woman to whom he had been so de-
voted. She perceiving his growing cool
ness abruptly terminated the engagement,
and eight days later was united in mar
riage to William Williamson. The reiu-
sal of Mr.. Wesley to administer the sac
rament to Mrs. Williamson caused her
uncle Causten to declare that he had
drawn the sword and would not sheath
il until he had obtained satisfaction for
the treatment to which his niece had been
subjected, and finally resulted in the re-
turn of the famous preacher to England.
The vindictiveness of Thomas Causten
terminated his usefulness in America.
The Rev. Joseph Williamson conveyed
the property to John Mcqueen the
YOUNGER from whom it has passed, step
by step, in uninterrupted order, to the
present owner.r
In concluding, Mr.. Beckett referred to his
search for information in regard to these
places, which he obtained almost wholly
from records in the Superior Court clerks
office. In alluding to the work he said:
1.-The work of searching the records has
been Invested of much of the unpleasant
ness that formerly attended it by Col.
Barnard +. Bee. Soon after his Undue
ton to the office Of Clerk of the Superior
Court he set to work and effected vast i'm
prOYements. Formerly the record vault