The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-13
THE DAY WE CELEBRATE
COLUMBUS is rIrLr HoSoRsD.
Four Hundred Years Ago--scenes ana Incl
dents on the squadroa Of the orsss
Admirsl-Ths Day Here.

on every mp IN every Pais Va INV
world People, individually and as ma
lions. are rejecting over the wonderful
discovery made four hundred years ago.
The first part of the life of this wonder
ful man is little known. The date OF bis
birth is uncertain, being In 1435 or l43o,
In the city Of Genoa, of humble parent
age. his father being wool comber.
After the education of the young 20
lumbus he became sailor at the age Oh
fffcen. Little is known of his hIst Voy-
eees He writes: Wherever snip nag
sailed, there have Journeyed. . ~
was not idle. for he was rea0lng INC sne
works Of Ptoleny, Marnus,, Neai Polo
and Pliny. the travels Oh Slaf0o Wv
aud the like useful books.
ApRAcrICAL SEAMAN.
He fitted himself, too, TO be com
nlcte. practical seaman ana haNlk9'V., a.
%o5',,,b,,s Vas married in Portugal 10
Tseljpa Nnnuis Perestreho, the dausn'ea a
81 = cantain i'm the service OF fIiuoe
Henry the Navigator, hrst gONetnoi u
Porto Santo. an island Oh MaueiI"' al
Much talk he had with seaineh, ana ana
he porcd over charts, losS' IL Of The
nerlrs and he was full OF stuuy % iil
,"rstery of the Western seas, ne yv
;i-,.l much was undiscovered OF tie
nc,y and conceived the idea that Asia
conld be reached by san ing "es.. :o,s
'V Tins was the beginning OF America;
s;Io",.crv These views he supports Win
arguments Of exhaustive NATURE ',root
nonnds them To PaOlO IOcaneIil q 80
cosm0grapher OF lorenzo. FJI Of fan
l., encouraged. The air was lull W t"d
~ ehooJi renors of unknown lands ana
countries .s,,rort and backing of King
Sta.o n.os needed. and the oehate Va
o.. on refused his offer of sailing west
ward made them hrst. ~ King of
Colunbus turns Ie1t TO me NIns ,;s
Portugal. John H.. VINO reiciioN onJ
nlans to council of such ah"''' A"D
they reported adversely. t,.o H.. sor1ing
The King played him false D! s flnts
o,t secretly a caravel or hight IIlga.e
,r;tbout his knowledge. Soon u re-
.,,rod the sailors being afraid. COlulh-
ins was frraged and sent letters 10
Henry VII. of England. telling him ms
ideas Many other princes ana ne 'uiH
TO, without avail. c..L Count
ot Cordoya. TO Ferdinand and Isabella.
lie is kindly received. and after delay
he has audience of the King. A Junta
~ ostroromers and cOsmOgraphers are
summoned 10 confer with Columbus, ana
he is entertained ty the Dominican
Fathers. during the conference, when
results in their proEouncinS me lucas
vain. to the despair of Columbus.
WITH THE QUEEN.
Intending TO 60 to France he meets
nj The monastery of La RaDlda, III
Andalusia, the guardian. Juan Ferez de
Marchena. who had been the queen
ooDfessor. He writes Her MaJes'i; al"
motey is sent lin TO come TO court
More delays and disappointnents Tor
the great navigator, and at last the
agreement with Their Catholic MaJestles
was signed.
Men. ships and stores were got ready.
The squadron was made up OF the Santa
Maria. a decked ship, fifty men, which
he commanded. And then came TWO
caravels. the Pinta, with thirty men,
under Martin Pinzon, and the Nina,
with tWenty-fOur men, under Vicente
YaneZ. and on Friday, the Sd of August,
1872, they sailed for the Canary Islands.
A stop is made ut Teneriffe TO repair the
II oder of the Pinta. On the 18th of
September they notice the variations of
tue mariners compass. Then they sec
great meteor. Then comes the Sar-
gasSo sea, great plains of seawecd, and
then. writes the Admiral delightful
breczes. the weather of Andalusia.
The men begin TO murmer. they are
alarmed at the compass and its strange
variations. Columbus treasures them.
Then they see land birds and clouds that
look like land, and they feel it is near,
which. not appearing, they are rebelllous.
False alarms of land" are heard. Pres
emily come canes and wood and logs
ahoat on the sea. They are glad at these
signs Of land again.
1t is o'clock in the morning, Friday,
the 18th of October, 1892 when a sailor
on the "Nina" called ont Land" an
I'LL Il.
named by Columbus San Salvador On
the same day Columbus, richly attired,
with SPANS royal standard, and the
Pnzon brothers and most of the crew,
landed As the old diary has it, when
they had given thanks to God, kneellng
upon the shore, and kissed the ground
with tears of joy for the great mercy re-
ceived." Columbus names the island,
taking possession of it for their Catholic
majesties of CASTLE and Leon.
| have not time for details now, inter
esting as they are. of this voyage. More
islands are discOvered-Sant Maria del
Conception. Exuma, Isabella, Juanna, or
Cuba. Bohio the Cuban Archipelago and
Hayti. or San Domingo. Columbus re-
turns to Lisbon. and is received with
ROYAL honorS by the King of Portugal.
Then Columbus goes TO Barcelona TO
the court, and enters the city in tri-
umphal state and seated in the presence
of their Majcsties, tells his travels, and
shows the wonderful spoils of new-tound
lands, the gold, cotton birds, arms, plants
and beasts, and then the Indians he
brought back for Holy Baptism.
AGRANDEE OF SPAIN.
He is made a don, he rode at the
Kings bride, and receives the honors
and dignities of "A grandee of Spain.
The then Pope Alexander VI gives
bulls to the crowns of CASTLE and Leon,
confirming the discovered lands. new
expedition is made ready, and large
one, seventeen ships, with LOCO men,
and missionaries, are sent to CHRISTIAN
iZe the natives, and all under him were
ordered to treat them well.
In due time were discovered and
named the islands Of Maria Galante and
Guadaloupe, then Montserrat, Antigua
San Martin, and Santa Cruz; next forto
Rico, first named San Juan. Arriving at
lie Navidad, where he had left Tort ana
colony, Columbus found the fort burned
and the colony scattered. lie built an
other forty miles east of Cape Hayden,
founding a city called Isabella, after the
Queen of Spain.
Now comes loag series of failures,
vexati0ns and troubles. the climate was
unhealthy and the coloniSts ayarlclous
and rebellious.
Columbus was finally made i'll by these
things, and the colony was In bad way
After much more of these worriments or
mind and body, Columbus sailed for
Seville, arriving there in September, 1904.
To dio1 tharo i'm My 16Dt His re-