The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-07


November, they anchored close to the Is
thmns of Dnrien. Ono Of the greatest
princes of the country carno on board.
attended by courters stark naked, the
prince being distinguished by red coat,
pair OF cotton drawers and an old hat.
Tho Scotch propltiatcd Andrcas, as he
was called, by the present OF a new hat
blazing with gold lace and promised to
trade falrer and treat him better than
hc had ever been.
Later, the chiefs OF tho expedition went
on shore, took possession of the country
and named Caledonia. On a peninsula
about three miles long and quarter
wide, they located tho city OF New
Edinburgh, near which fort was con.
structcd, fifty guns were placed on tho
ramparts and within tho enclosures
houses were hastily built and covered
with palm leaves
During the interval which. followed,
peaceful negotiations were began and
concluded with the nelghboring chief
taifls, as they were called, and much
scotch brandy was sacrificed In securing
peace. a government was formed, repre-
sentatlves chosen and an assembly came
magnifcently called Parliament to
frame laws for their future government.
But soon oil tho Antilles and all the
shores OF the Gulf OF Mexico were in
ferment Of opposition The new colony
was the object OF universal hatred. The
Spaniards began to ut out ornaments;
! tho chiefs Of French dependencies in tho
West Indies eagerly offered assistance to
the Spaniards. The governors OF Eng
lish settlements issued proclamations in
tcrdicting all intercourse with tho buc-
cancers The Dolphin. vessel OF four
teen guns, the property Of the Scotch
company, was driven ashore under tho
walls OF Carthagena. the ship and cargo
were conflscated and the crew put in
irons. The captain was sent to Seville
TO be tried for piracy. a formal demand
from the Council of Caledonia was
scornfully disrcsardcd and the messenger
barely escaped a dungeon.
WAR WITH SCOTLAND.
The Californian Council issued letters of
marque and reprisal against Spanish yes.
sells, and a war, which Scotland. without
the aid of England, was unable to sus.
tain. had begun.
It was now known In Europe that the
mysterious voyage Of the adventures had
ended at Darien. Complaints were made
to William Of this outrageous violation
OF the law of nations. Preparations We're
made in Spanish ports for an expedition
against the intruders In which London
and Bristol heartily smypathized.
But In Scotland tho emulation was
boundless and thanks We're gwen In the
churches to God for having protected and
blessed the infant colony. Days were set
apart for these religious exercises. Bells
were rung, bon-fires Were lighted and
houses illuminated. Roseate reports were
printed and circulated that the colonists
had found rich gold mines where the pre-
cious metal was abundant; provisions
We're Plentiful; the settlement was
healthy and we'll fortified, sixty guns
having been mounted on the ramparts
Immense crops Of Indian corn were ex-
| pected; the aboriginal tribes were friend
| ~ and the population had increased from
| 200 to 10000. The mania in Scotland
| rose to the highest point. Munitions Of
| war and implements of agriculture were
provided N large quantities Multitudes
were eager to emigrate to the land Of
promise.
I In August 1899, four ships with 1soo
men on board. were dispatched to Gale.
| donia. This second expedition sailed as
the first had done amid the acclamations
| and blessings Of all Scotland. During the
| early part of September the whole ma ton
was dreaming OF prosperity and glory,
tr.umphlng somewhat rnallclously In the
vexation Of the English. Before the close
OF the month It began to be r,lmored
about Lombard Street and Cheapside that
| letters had arrived from Jamaica with
strange news. Tho colony from which SO
much had been hoped was no more. 1t
! had disappeared from the face of the
| earth. This report was received in EdIn.
burgh with scornful lncredulity. It was
an English lie; even the Inventor Of the
| fable was named. On the 4th OF October
a vehement contradiction was issued; on
| the 9Th the whole truth was known. Let
ters were received from New York an
| nouncing that few miserable men. the
remains of the colony which was to have
been the garden, tho warehouse. the
mast Of the whole world. their bones
| peeping through their skin, and hunger
and fever written in their faces had ar
rived IN the Hudson.
| Their voyage had been horrible in the
extreme; scarcely any slave-ship had ever
had such an experience. or $50. persons
| who had been on board the ST. Andrew.
| $50 fed the sharks of the Atlantic before
Sandy Hook was sighted The unicorn
lost almost all It's officers and about 14o
! men. The Caledonia, the healthiest slip
| of the three, threw overheard 100 corpses
| The squalid survivors ragged fercely
/ against one another. All kinds OF charg-
} es were hurled bacward and forward. The
| rigid Presbyterians attributed the calami-
| ties ofthe colony to the wickednees OF ia
cobites, Prelatists. Sabbath-breakers Athe-
lists, who hated in others that image OF
| God which was wanting In themselves,
The accused malignants complained hit.
terly Of the inpertnence Of meddlng Ia.
natics and hypocrites. Patterson was
cruelty reviled and was unable to defend
| himself, Frustrated as he was by bodily
and mental suffering. He looked like a
skeletons his heart was broken; his In.
venttve faculties and plausible e:oquence
We're no more and he seemed to have
sunk into a second childhood.
The second expedition reached Daren
some four months after the first set
tiers had fed They had expected to
find flourishing young town. and a
cordial welcome. They found a wilder
ness. The castle of Edinburgh was In
ruins; the huts had been burned: the
site which had been marked out for the
| proud capital-successsor to Tyre, Venice.