The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-16

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summer. and the time when men
seek relief from strenuous un-
dertakings. August has played an i'm
portant part in the history of our own
country and of the world In the pretty
| legend of the ancients the eighth month
/ was dog days." when Sirius, the dog
| star" as q baying hound, in hot chase
with Sol. went racing across the sky
| terrorizing the hosts of gods and men.
They thought enterprises begun in dog
days" must come to naught.
The name August was bestowed on
the eighth month of the calendar by the
Roman senate, as a compliment to Oc-
| tavius Caesar, who assumed the title
Augustus when declared emperor. The
occupation of Egypt in 80 B. c., and the
deaths Of Antony and Cleopatra by sui
eide. 1t also marked the end of the
| civil wars and the closing OF the gates
OF Janus as q token OF universal peace.
August 10, A. d. IA, the Emperor Au-
gustus died at Nola, the greatest of the
noble patricians who ruled over Rome.
Leonidas and 800 spartans persisted
at Thermopylae on August 7. $50 B. c.,
and turned the tide of Asiatic barbarism
from the gates of Europe. Fifteen years
later. on August 8, Xerxes was slain,
and the power OF Persia broken by Ar
tabanuc-
August in Papal SUGGESTIONS.
The election of Joseph sarto to the
! Papacy. as Plus Y, on August last.
was only one Of many meetings of the
college of cardinals in the eighth month.
! Seventeen of the successors of st. Peter
have been chosen in August, and TWEEN
ty-six have died In that month. From
Plus II. who was elected on the 18th OF
the month, in 1853, to Alexander VI.
elected on the 18th in 1892. through five
| Popes. the succession was each time in
August.
One of the greatest events in history
occurred August 8, 1892, when Columbus
sailed from Palos, Spain, on his first
voyage to America. and his discoveries
were completed one August day in 1898,
when the shores OF Trinidad stretched
before his eyes as his ship moved
through the waves of the Caribbean Sea.
In August, 1897, the Cabots turned the
prov of their vessel homeward from the
shores of America on their first voyage
OF discovery
In 1876 Martin Frobisher pushed his
vessel among the ice foes west of Green
land into the strait which bears his
name August 5, 1888, Sir Humphrey
Gilbert sailed into the harbor of St.
Johns and claimed Newfoundland for
the crown of England.
Four years later, on Roanoke Island.
Virginia, was born the first English
child in the United States. During the
days OF August. 1908. Captain John
Smith. while exploring Chesapeake Bay.
sailed up the Potomac to the lower
falls The first English settlement in
Maryland was established on Kent
Island in August. 1851. and trading
post was set up near the mouth OF the
ISusquehanna. The first colony. under
Lord Baltimore, spent dog days" at st.
Marys. having landed in March, 1884.
The Pilgrims Leave England.
On August 3. 1920. the Pilgrims. in the
Mayfower and Speedwell, sailed from
Southampton on their voyage to the
New World. having left Holland in July,
Twice they put back into the harbor oi
Plymouth. and, abandoning the Speed
well. the Mayfower set out in September
alone for the new Plymouth on the
shores of Massachusetts.
From August, 1922, dates the patent Of
Gorges and Mason for the territory nov
called Maine. The first settlement wa:
In 1923. The Massachusetts charter wa:
granted at Cambridge, England, August
20. 1929, and John Winthrop and clever
others formed the New England Com.
pany." winthrop was chosen governor
in October. With about 700 the com
pany sailed in the Arabella from the
Isle OF Wight and reached New England
in June. Not liking Salem they settled
in Boston. establishing the FIRST court
on this side OF the sea at Charlestown
August %. 1880. The first church in Bos
ton received communion August 2. ant
Thomas Higginson, governor of Salem
: died August 6.
The Voyage of Hudson.
In the closing days OF August, 1909. Sill
Henry Hudson was sailing porthwar(
from the mouth of the Chesapeake OF
the voyage in which he discovered and
named the Hudson River on September
2 year later. on the 10th OF the
month. he entered Hudson's Bay. OF
August 80. 1647, the treaty was signed II
Fort Amsterdam between the Dutch anc
indians which brought cessation Of hos
tilities for forty years.
In the French war Forts Oswego an'
George we're captured by Montcalm II
August, 1856; Fort William Henry fel
/ Oh August 8, 1867. The taking OF For
Frontenac by Bradstreet and prepare
lions for the assault on Quebec In 1853
J mark some OF the principal events o
) that struggle. The month of August
Z 1853. was a gloomy time for the gar
rison at Detroit. Pontiac and his say
: age warriors had the fort under sieg
and harassed the post every hour Of tn
twenty-four. 1t was not until Septem
S Der that relief came and the sieg
was broken.
4 Battles of the Revolution.
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