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Entered according to Act ofCongress, in June, 1870, by J. W. Burke & Cos., in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the So. District ol Georgia
Vol. IV—-No. 7.
GENERAL OGLETHORPE.
‘SjpENERAL JAMES EDWARD
OGLETHORPE, the founder
of the Colony of Georgia, was
the son of Sir Theophilus Oglethorpe,
and was born in London, on the 21st of
December, 1688. At the age of sixteen
he was admitted a student of Corpus
Christi College, but he did not finish
his studies, the military profession hav
ing more charms for him than literary
pursuits. His first commission was
as Ensign. After the death of Queen
Anne, he entered into the service of
«-3? r inee Eugene. When twenty - four
years of age he was brought into Par
liament, and continued a member more
than thirty-two years.
In November, 1732, Oglethorpe, with
one hundred and sixteen settlers, em
barked for Georgia, and on the 13th of
January, 1733, the ship dropped an
chor outside of the bar at the port of
Charleston, South Carolina. By the
Governor he was received with the
greatest kindness. A few days after
wards, he proceeded on his voyage, and
arrived at Yamacraw, where he marked
out a town, and called it Savannah.
After he had placed his colony in as
good a situation as circumstances would
allow, he secured the good will of the
Indians. He continued to take a deep
interest in the prosperity of the colony
for many years.
In 1743, he left Georgia for England,
to answer charges brought, against him
by Lieutenant Colonel Cook. A court
martial declared the charges groundless
and malicious, and Cook was dismissed
from the service.
In 1744, he was appointed one of the
field-officers under Field-Marshal the
Earl of Stair, to oppose the expected
invasion of France.
General Oglethorge died on the Ist
of July, 1785.
The Chinese have a saying that an
unlucky word dropped from the tongue
cannot be brought back again by a
coach and six horses.
MACON, GEORGIA, AUGUST 13, 1870.
*-Qoßsrnrx. so. :
GENERAL OGLETHORPE.
, Stoop a Little.
'i HE last time I saw your father
(says Dr. Franklin in a letter
v to Dr. Mather) was in 1724.
In taking my leave he showed me a
short way out of the house, through a
narrow passage, which was crossed by
a beam over-head. We were still talk
ing as I withdrew, he accompanying me
behind, and I turning towards him. He
said hastily, “Stoop! stoop I' I’’ 1 ’’ I did
not understand him till I felt my head
hit against the beam. He was a man
who never missed an occasion of giving
instruction, and upon this he said to
me, “You are young and have the world
before you ; Stoop a little as you go
through it, and you will avoid many
hard thumps ! ” This advice, thus beat
into my head, has frequently been of
use to me; and I often think of it when
I see pride mortified and misfortune
brought upon a people by carrying
their heads too high.
Whole No. 163.
Written for Burke’s Weekly.
THE YOUNG- EXPLOBEES;
OR, BOY-UFE IN TEXAS,
BY JOHN C. DUVAL,
Author of “Jack Dobell; or, A Boy's Ad
ventures in Texas," “ The Adventures
of Big-Foot Wallace," etc.
CHAPTER V.
The Expedition Determined upon —Uncle Seth
lie Agrees to go ‘on Certain Conditions —
He gives Jack and Lawrence their First
Lesson Mrs. Fivers Capitulates to Mr.
Pitt.
HE next morning, when break-
U* fast was over, I was reminded
of my promise to speak about
the expedition, by divers winks and
blinks from cousins Henry and Hugh,
and sundry nudges slyly administered
by Will. I therefore broached the sub
ject to Uncle Rivers, and asked him if
he had made up his mind in regard
to it.
“4es,” said he, “I see but one
difficulty in the way, or rather two.
One is, for the boys to get their mo
ther’s consent, and the other is to get
Uncle Seth, as they call him, to go
along with them, and take command of
the expedition. Uncle Seth is an old
hunter and Indian trailer, who lives
near here, and who is thoroughly ac
quainted with the woods and Indian
character; and with him at the head of
affairs, I should have but little appre
hension for the safe return of the expe
dition.”
“Its all settled, then,” said Will to
me in a whisper, “ Uncle Seth, I know
will jump at the chance of going on
such a trip, for he is always ready for
anything of the sort; and as for Ma, I
can soon bring her to terms, if your
friend Mr. Pitt will only help me a
little ; for since he’s told her and sister
Sophia so much about the fashions, and
the way the women wear their hair and
their dresses now-a-days, they think he
is a mighty smart fellow.”
“With prudence and caution,” said