The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-06

10 1R WILLIAM PIIIPswas only
rough. pushing, selinade sailor
~ one of the youIest OF the
twenty-one sons of an umble gun
smith in little settlepnt close by
the mouth of the far-aw' kennebec
lie had been ship'scarpenter. a
common seaman. a shiP'captaih-ai
| ways sanguine, alwaysadVenturous'
always on the make. rising every
thing to win his way. I'd as cheer
full and hearty and funof confident
plans when he had lostas when he
had won. At last he I'd actually
made the fortune he wa III quest of.
by finding and recoveris the treas
ure of sunken Spania galleon in
! the southern seas.
| He had been much I'M England. and
had won favor in the curt and out
of it by his bluff and fDnest energy
| and unfailing good-wl, and his
| breezy manners. brougf fresh from
| the salt seas
King James had knieted him Sir
William for the SpanisI treasure he
brought into England. I'D had made
| him high sheriff of NV England
when Sir Edmund Andre was COVER
nor there. In the year $50. the year
before the new charter was signed
he had led an expedition into the
north and taken Acadi from the
French. with much excellent private
plumber. and then had failed in an
expedition against Quebc.
He was 10 statesman and IL was
not pleasant for any mn TO be the
first governor under thenew charter;
but blum Sir William. knwn to every
man in Boston. was batter than q
stranger might have beer.
The new Kings coming the throne
in England had brough war in its
train. long war with the French
as every one had foresen il must
King Williams War;" hey called II
in the colonies: and var with the
French meant fear and massacre OH
the northern borders. where the
French were but too ap at stirring
the Indians to their fierce attacks even
In times of peace.
1t was this war Jacob Leisier had
heard would surely bring French
ships into New York and a Roman
Catholic government. 1t gave Sir WILL
lam Phips leave 10 make his expedi-
tons against the north. for adven-
ture and profit. instead.
In 1892 dstemper showed itself
at Salem. in Massachusetts. which
seemed for a little blacker than war
itself-an ominous distenper of the
mind 1t was the year Of frenzy
against what men fancied to be witch
craft. and Salem. where tie chief mad
ness was. saw nineteen persons
swing upon her gallows hill for COM
merCe with the devil Some really
believed them witches; some schemed
to send their personal enemies to the
gallows with a false charge
induced n
special courts for the trial of the
witches: and long year went by
before mems better thoughts. natural
pity. and awakened consciences called
a halt upon the murderous frenzy, and
Salem. with all the province. tried 70
forget what had been done to the in
noCent.
In that year, 1892. the King APP
pointed Benjamin Fletcher to be gov
ernor of New York. and of Pennsyl-
vania as well. which he was instruct
ed to bring within his jurisdiction. for
the consolidation of government: and
Sir Lionel Copley. appointed in 1891
became royal governor of Maryland.
Sir Edmund Andres. too. was that
year once more commissioned gov
ernor. this time of Virginia, and stay
ed there full five years. a quieter If
not wiser man than in the days of
King James. The Virginians did not
wholly dislike him. taking him for
what he was. a rough soldier. more eff
fcient than patient, who meant to
do his duty according TO his instruc-
tions. but did not know how to do 1t