New-York tribune., 1904-10-07

OF General James Edward oglethorpe' and II
/ loses nothing of that quality a 20
Harriet G Cooper n her James CsIel--0 I7' me
I Founder OF G1-rgia' n Ap2lelo-z %
I Historic Lives" The founding O 5V0- 90 aS
/ the outcome OF plan conceived y y
for aiding prisoners confined rlsI7-y -o -
whose piriable condition under tAe sA-S---s IS
Iish law had appealed 70 ht-n while CHAIRMAN o.
a parliamentary committee 70 Investigate Eng
Ilsa prisons. The scheme grew until Il eInoTaoe6
not only the unfortunates o. England out the
prosecuted Protestants OF Europe With 10 per
sors he sailed November IS. 1852. On rhe snip
Anne. and arrived in Charleston Earoor January
13 1859. whence All made their way 70 the "a
va1nah River Oglethorpe promptly conclccec
t-sarv with the indians, and presented each
chief with laced coat hat and shirt an1
/ 70 each war captain gun with aHain1'l-'o--
Later q colony OF IsraeIites arrived rreEn Lon
-, corning Al their owu expense and these
were followed by q company Of protestant oa-1
burgers. some Italian silk spinners, nuH1oei
OF Scottish HigbIarders and many German MO
ravtans and independent adventurers- Al q
these we're welcomed. and proceeded 70 found
settlements and 10 combine for defence against
TIE Spaniards OF the south, who proved 10 oe
unpleasantly aggressive nelghbors. Il IS an IN
teresting fact that slavery was absolutely pro
hfbited By the terms Of the charter and IN
acrual practice oy the colonists-
Having made several voyages 20 England IN
the interests OF the colony ana spent many
years in establishing Il firmly settling internal
dlssersiors and defending Il against external
aggressions. Oglethorpe returned 70 England
where he died AT ar advanced age Hannah
More. describing him when he was above ninety,
writes 70 her sister:
-
prod igiousIy: il is the famous General OglethorPe
perhaps the most remarkable man o. ms lsIa7 Fl
G man 7 ever saw. He perfectly res ICES my IDEAS
re Eo-is sTtenstys ana Sts facul;ies as Bright as
eve .s s ooe q he he P5Te 20 NaSssel5 ans
! Lord AIzrchu-crt are -he other rWo he was t1e
intimate fr-e2e ot sos.HeTn. ne Re e s1.7- 1-s9[
chevaller-aeroic romantic and full ot the oLd ga
lanr-y.
I Surely q unique figure II the history OF Amer
I ican colonization
NJ Allan Fea. who has published several IN
te-esring monographs or English history. has i1
press = work emitted The Memoirs of G Marty
King" in which hs presents detailed record Of
i the last two years II the life Of Charles The
1 book VIII contain upward of 4 hundred photo
! Eravure portraits and other illustrations. John
/ Lane IS the publisher
! The NzpoIeoric Empire n Southern italy ana
1 the Rise q Secret Societies' Is the title ~
+ book f., Two volumes which M P II Johnson
! is soon 70 publish. The first volume win deal
mainly with the history q Naples under -he
rule q Joachim Murat One or the objects
which NJ johnson has set himself s the vir5l-
/ cation OF the character of this famous soldier
4 o. fortune from what he conceives 70 be the M
! fair estimates that poste-t-y has formed of r.
sad % prove that he was far from being --ha
: eupty-headed bean sabreu- oS The legend" n
! the Introduction he says The fact is that aIu-
-zt's figure has hitherto been reflected In = sort
of historical corcave glass; AL the features have
+ been there ard IN their due place but so con-
4 pIereIy distorted 20 make the Hks1ess u74ss-
/ ttngushahe-" After completing the work the
author had the misfortune % lose cou--fFrhs og
/ the manuscript, and the rewritten version SUI
/ fe-s somewhat from the loss Of notes and facts
+ taken from original material. which could not
/ be wholly replaced from re-o-y
Il Is announced, By the way that "an irr,por-
/ tznt Napoieonic manuscript has been sis~oy-
cred n thar part of the library az St Petersburg
which Is given Up 70 the books and r1znus-rt7-s
transferred from Poland AZ the time OF the dis
H1emberDent % the kingdom. but Of tust What
/ the manuscript consists has not yet been stated
/ NJ. Tyrford Dewhurst's ''Ir71-sssio-fs- pz,---
/ ing" which the Scyibners VIII issue this vaa-
VII give = ful and systematic account oT -1a
subject Beginning with Turner. Constable
Manet and other pioneers. the author win nay
due attention not only 20 Whistler. ceras Aro-a.
and The rest q their group. but 70 Beznard ana
many more painters o. our owr day.