The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-02

rope last summer. lnd has brought It With
him. 10 D.. dep. 81 ed ia the n g. q. {
archives OF this county
quote fr m the printed journal the
following OF local interest:
Thursday. Feb. s. l5Si between ? and
3 n the Afternoon. God brought
us an safe into the savannah river. We
cast anchor near Tybee Island
Friday. e. about in the morn
ing We FIRST set loot on American ground
II WAS a small uulnhabited Island. over
against Ty bee. Mr.. Oglcthorpe led us 10
rising ground whore we al kuecled
down TO give thanks. lie then took
beat for savannah"
The ISLAND mentioned was probably
CocksDur on which Fort Pulaski now
stands MIR Wesley ami the others re-
manned on the island 'til the 18th, VIII n
ne and his brother Charles Wesley. the
great hymn writer. who lahored a. Fred
erica. PASSED up the river 90 visit the
Irdiane who. he says lived in a grove
20 the west OF Savannah. Failing 20 ana
Tomo Chachl at home. they came 70 Savan-
nah. thus making his first visit on the
18th or February. 1885 Al II o'clock chat
night he returned TO the island where ne
remained al the 2tth. when. uas ing
through Savannah. he was Joined by some
OF the German brethren the Moravltns-
and went on % Mrs MusEroge's. vino
later gave the coIouists some trouble
through claiming 90 De the queen OF che
Indians and thercfefe emitted 10 the
lands In settlement Of her claim she re-
ceived ST. GATHERINGS Island
AT the time Of this visit Mrs MusErove
lived about a mile beyond the Indian viz
loge. which Frances Moore. in hts "Noy-
age 70 Georgia IN 1895 says IS between
three ana four miles west ~ savannah.
on the southern bank % the river. TIE
object u the visit Mr. Wesley says. was
10 choose a spot for the little house
which Mr.. Oglcihorpe had promised to
build us" This house. judge. was
Irene house built Tor an Indian school
In i776. ana within mrioug OF che In
dian town This was boz keeping w!th Mr.
v esley's constaut statement that he had
come as a missionary TO the Indians, and
not TO be the settled pastor Of the church
in this city
his Change Of Bcncf.
on the 25th he returned 90 Savannah.
which became his home IN near two
years later. when he returned TO Eng
land 10 inaugurate a movement that has
changed the history Of The word
A. MIR quincy che former pastor. stlli
lived In the ministers house" Mr. Wes-
lev took up his abode With the Germans.
or Moravians. whose nipple piety cook
deep hold on his mind and had much 90
DO with shaping hts future. A 90 what
part s. the city. " any. they occupied.
there Is now no means - aseersaininE.
Al thnt time the cisy limits were prty-
ton street on the east. Jefferson on the
west. ana Oriethorpc ovcnua on The south.
on sunday. March z 1896. Mr. Wesley
entered upon his ministry "a Savannah By
preaching on the ep site for be- day. th.r-
feenth chapter Of First Corinthians The
exact spot on which he began hts ministry
r easily located though the place 60
which they moved two months later
is not - clear Peter Gordon
who was appointed by The trus-
tees on Nov. s. 1872. a "corservator OF the
peace." made map 81 the c'ty GO ls4
'g'h,s nap shove me building marked
''tabernacle and court house" o De on The
east % Bull street. and Immediately north
Of Bay street lane just where the reireud
OF the present Custom House now stands.
or shis house Francis Moore. IN bis "Voy-
age TO Georgia" IN i735 says. There
were no public buildings beside a store