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Aug 13 EDGAR SKINNER.
The. Great Discoverer's First
Voyage to America.
A Far Moro Wonderful Story Than 1
-the Most Brilliant Imagination Has
Yet Conjured, Told in the Words
of One of the Masters of Litera?
ture
1 CONTI?? D' "!D.T
CHAPTER XVI. .
MEETING WITH PINZON.
j? It-was,on-the Jw of vj annary t\\#t- Co
iumbus set ?ail from La Navidad or: his.
return to Spain. The wind being light,
it was necessary to tow the caravel ont
of the harbor and clear of the ?reefs.
They then stood eastward toward a lofty
promontory destitute-' of freest ont cov?
ered with grass and shaped like a tent,
having at a distance the,appearance of a
towering island." being connected with
Hispaniola by a low neck of land. To
this promontory Columbus gave the
name of Monte Christi, by which it is
still known. The conni ry in the imme?
diate neighborhood was level, bnt far?
ther inland rose a high range of moun?
tains, well wooded, with broad, fruitful
v/Jieyjs between them, watered by abun?
dant streams. The wind being contrary,
they were detained for two days in a
large- bay to the west of the promontory.
;<fcrthe'6th they again made sail with a
land breeze, and weathering the cape
advanced t o leagues, whet) the wind j
again turnte to blow freshly from the '
east.- At this time a sailor stationed at :
the masthead to look ont for rocks cried ?
out that he beheld th? Pinta at a dis- !
tance. The certainty ?f the fact glad?
dened the heart of the admiral and had
"an animating effect throughout the ship,
for it was a joyful event to the mariners
once more to meet with their comrades,
and to have :a" companion 'bark iii their
voyage through tr?ese tonely seas.
The Pinta came sweeping toward them I
directly before the wind The admiral
was desirous of having a conversation
with Martin Alonzo ? Pinz?n, and seeing
that all attempt was fruitless from the
obstinacy of the adverse wind, and that
there was no safe anchorage in the neigh?
borhood, he put back to the bay a little
west of Monte Christi, whither he was
followed bj the# Pinta. On thtrir first
interview. Pinz?n endeavored to excuse
his desertion, alleging that- he> had beeii
compelled to part company by stress ol
weather, and had ever si ace been seek?
ing to rejoin the admiral. Columbus lis?
tened passively but dubiously to his
apologies, and the suspicions he had con?
ceived appeared to be warranted by sub?
sequent information. He was told that
Pinz?n had Leen excited by accounts
given him by one of the?ndiansou board
of his vessel of a region to the eastward
abounding in gold. Taking advantage,,
therefore, of the superior sailing of his
vessel, he had worked to windward,
when the other ships had been obliged
to put back, and had sought to be the
first to discover and enjoy this golden
region.
After separating from his companions
he ha<l beeu entangled for several days
among a cluster of small islands sup?
posed to have been the Caicos, but had
at length been guided by the Indians tc
Hispaniola. Here he remained three
weeks, trading with the natives in the
river already mentioned, and collected a.
considerable quantity of gold, one-half
of which he retained as captain, the rest
he divided among his men to secure their
fidelity .and secrecy.
Such were the particulars privately
related to Columbus, who, however, re
pressed his indignation at this flagrant
breach of duty, being unwilling to dis?
turb tho remainder of his voyage with
any altercations with Pinz?n, who had
a powerful party of relatives and towns?
men in the armament. To such a de?
gree, however, was his confidence in his
confederates impaired that he deter?
mined to return forthwith to Spain,
though under other circumstanoas be
would have been tempted to explore the
coast in hopes of freighting his ships
with treasure.
The boats were accordingly dispatched
to a large river in the neighborhood to
procure a supply of wood and water for
the voyage. This river, called by the
natives the Yaqui, flows from the moun?
tains of the interior and throws itself
into the bay, receiving in its course the1
contributions of various minor streams.
Many particles of gol.-? were perceived
among the sands at i ts mouth, and others
were found adhering to the hoops of the
water casks. Columbus gave it, there?
fore, the name of Rio del Oro, or the
Golden river; it is at present called the
Santiago.
In this neighborhood wero turtles of
great size. Columbus also mentions in
his journal that he saw three mermaids
which elevated themselves above the
surface of the wa, and he observes that
he had before seen such on the coasts o?
Africa. " lie adds that they were by nc
means the beautiful being3 they had
been represented, although they pos?
sessed some traces of the human coun?
tenance. It is supposed that these must
have been manate or sea cal ves, seen in?
distinctly and at a distance, and that j
the imagination of Columbus, disposed
to give a wonderful character to every?
thing in this New World, bad identified
these misshapen animals with the sirens
of ancient story-.
On the evening of the 9th January
they again made sail, and on the follow?
ing day arrived at the river where Pin?
z?n had been trading, to which Colum?
bus gave the name of Rio de Gracia,
but it took the appellation of its orig?
inal discoverer and long continued tc
be known as the river of Martin Alonzo.
Tho natives of this place complained
that Pinz?n on his previous visit had
violently carried off four men and twe
girls. The admiral, finding they were
retained on board of the Pinta to be
carried to Spain and sold as slaves, or?
dered them to be immediately restored
to their homes, with many presents and
well clothed, to atone for the wron^ they
had experienced. This restitution was
made with great unwillingness and
many high words on the part of Pinz?n.
The wind being favorable, for in those
regions the trade wind is often alternated
during autumn and winter by north?
westerly breezes, they continued coast?
ing the island until they came to a high
and beautiful headland, to which tiley
gave the name of Capo del Enamorado,
or the Lovers' Cape, but which at
present is known as Cape Cabr?n. A
little beyond this they anchored in a
bay, or rather gulf, three leagues in
breadth and extending so far inland
that Columbus at first supposed it an
ann of the sea separating Hispaniola
from some other land. On landing they
found tho natives quite different from
the gentle and pacific people hitherto
met with on this island. They were of
mountainous district called Cigtiay, ex?
tending five and twenty leagues along
the coast and several league* into thein
? terior. They differed in language, look
and manners from the other natives of
the island, and had the rude bnt inde?
pendent and vigorous character of moun?
taineer*.
Their frank and bold spirit was evinced
on the day after the skirmish when a
multitude appearing on the l>each the
admiral sent a large party, well armed,
on shore in the boat. The nati ves ap-.
proached as freely and confidently as if
j nothing had happened; neither did they
betray, throughout their subsequent in?
tercourse, any signs of 1 urlring fear or
enmity. The cacique who ruled over
I the neighboring country was on the
I shore. Ho sent to the boat a string of
?".beads formed of small stoups, or rather
of the hard part of shells, which the
Spaniards understood to be a token and
j assurance of amity; but tiley were not
I yet aware of ' the full meaning of this
symbol, the wampum belt, the pledge of
peace, held sacred among the Indians.
The chieftain followed shortly after,?ind
entering the bunt with only three attend?
ants was conveyed on board of the car?
avel
Tu is frsnk and confiding conduct, so
indicative of a brave and generous na?
ture, was properly appreciated by Co
lumbns; he received the cacique cordial
ly, set before him a collation such as the
caravel afforded, particularly biscuits
and honey, which were great dainties
with the indians, and after showing bim
the wonders of the vessel and making
him and Iiis attendants many presents,
sent them to land highlj' gratified. The
residence of the cacique waa at such a
distance that he could not repeat his
visit, but as a token of high regard he
sent to the admiral his coronet of gold.
In speaking of these incidents the his?
torians of Columbus have made no men?
tion of the name of this mountain chief;
i he was doubtless the same who, a few
years afterward, appears in the history
of the island tinder the name of Alayo
nabex, cacique of the Ciguayans. and
will be found acquitting himself with
valor, frankness and magnanimity under
the most trying circumstances.
Columbus remained a day or two
longer in the bay. during which time
the most friendly intercourse prevailed
with the natives, who brought cotton
and various fruits and vegetables, but
still maintained their warrior character,
being always armed with bow.j and ar?
rows. Four young Indians gave .such
interesting accounts of the islands situ?
ated to the east that Columbus deter?
mined to touch there on his way to
Spain, and prevailed ou them t<> accom?
pany him as guides. Taking advantage
of a-favorable wind, therefore, he sailed
before daylight on the 16th of .January
from this bay. to which, in consequence
(.{' lite skirmish with the natives, he gave
the natue of Golf" <le his Flechas, or the
i (juif of Arrows, bnt which ?snow known
: hy til,- name of the (in!!' of Samana.
On leaving the bay. Columbus at first
; steered to lite northeast, in which direc
j '..<??. the young Indians assured him he
j woi J<1 lind the island of the Cari bs ?nd ?
: that of ?lawtiniao, the abode of the Am- |
! az JUS, it bein:; Iiis desire to take several I
j of the natives nf each to present to tho j
j Spanish sovereigns. After sailing about J
: sixteen leagues, however. Iiis Indian j
! g ;?Vi"s rdiauged their opinion and point- j
/i it; nie soulbeast. Tins would it;;vc
brought him to Porto Mico, which, tn j
fact, was known among the lydians as
beistand of Carib. The admiral tin
uediately shifted sail and stood ia this
lirection. He had not proceeded two
eagues, however; when a most favora?
ble breeze sprang np. for the voyage to
spain - He observed a glenorn gathering
m th? countenances of the sailors as
;hey diverged from the homeward route.
Reflecting npon the little hold he had
?pon th- feelings and affections of these
neil, the insulx>rdinate spirit they had
repeatedly evinced; the uncertainty of
he go;-d faith of Pinz?n, and the leaky
.ondition of his ships, he was suddenly
wrought to a pause. As long as he pro?
ctored his return the whole fate of his
liscovery was at the mercy of a tluusand
am ti agencies, and an adverse accident
night bury himself, his crazy barks and
ill the records of his voyage forever in
:he ocean. Repressing, therefore, the
strong inclination to seek further discov?
eries, and determined to place what he
lad already made beyond the reach of
iccident, tie once more shifted sail, to
:he great joy of his crews, and resumed
ais course for Spain.
CHAPTER XVTL
EtETUItN VOYAGE - ARIUYAL AT TI?F.
AZORES.
The trade winds which had been so
propitious to Columbus on his outward
royagy were equally adverse to him ou
his return. The favorable breeze soon
lied away, and throughout the remain?
der of January there was prevalence
of light winds from the eastward, which
prevented any great progress. He was
frequently detained also by the bad sail?
ing of the Pinta, the foremast of which
was ro defective that lt could carry but
little slit The weather continued mild
und pleasant and the sea so calm that
the Indians whom they were taking to
Spain would frequently plunge into the
water and swim about the ships. They
saw many' tunny fish, one of which they
killed, as likewise a large shark. These
gave them a temporary supply of pro?
visions, of which they soon begau to
stand in net 1, thHr sea stock toing re?
t? need to bread and wine and Agi pep?
pers, which labt they had learned from
the Indians to use as an important ar?
ticle of food.
In the early part of February, having
nm to about the thirty-eighth degree o?
north latitude, and got ont of the track
swept b}' the trade winds, they had
more favorable breezes and were en
kbled to steer direct for Spain. From
the frequent changes of their course the
pilots became perplexed in their r?ckon
ings, differing wi del}* among themselves,
and still more widely from the truth.
Columbus, besides keeping . a careful
reckoning, was a vigilant observer of
those indications furnished by the sea.
the air and the sky. The fate of himself
and bis ships in the unknown regions
which he traversed often depended
upon these observations, and the sa
Edacity at which he arrived in decipher
lg the signs of the elements w?.s looked
pon by the common seamen as some?
thing almost supernatural. In the pres
nt instauce he notic-.-d where the great
?ands of floating weeds commenced
nd where they finished, and in emerg
lg from among them concluded him
?lf to be in about the same degree ot
?ngitn.de as when he encountered them
?i his o it ward voyage-that is to say
bout 260 league.- west of Ferro.
Un the 10th of February, Vicente
anes Pinz?n, and the pilots Ruiz and
artolomeo Roldan; who were on board
: the admiral's ship, examined the
?arts and compared their reckonings to
?termine their situation, but could not
come to any agreement. They all ..up
posed themselves at least 150 leagues
nearer Spain than what Columbus be?
lieved to be the true reckoning, and in
the latitude cf Madeira, whereas he
knew them to be nearly in a direction
for tho Azores. He suffered them, how?
ever, to remain in their error, and even
added to their perplexity that they
might retain but a confused - idea of the
voyage, and he alone possess a clear
knowledge of tho route to the newly dis?
covered countries.
On the 12th of February, as they were
flattering themselves with soon coming
in sight of land, the wind came on to
blow violently, with a heavy s?-*a; they
still kept their course to the east, but
with great labor aud peril. On the fol?
lowing day after sunset the wind and
swill increased; thara were three flashes
of lightniug in the north-northeast,
consider-d by Columbus as signals of an
approaching tempest, lt soon burst upon
them with frightful violence; theil
small and crazy vessels, open and with?
out decies, were little fitted for the wild
storms of the Atlantic; all night they
were obliged to scud under bare poles.
As the morning of the 1-Uh dawned
there was a transient pause, and they
made a little sail; but the wind rose
again from the south with redoubled ve?
hemence, raging throughout the day
and increasing in fury in the night,
while the vessels labored terribly in a
cross sea, the broken waves of which
threatened at each moment to over?
whelm them or dash them to pieces.
For three hours they lay to. wir.li just
sail enough to keep them above the
waves, but the tempest still augmenting
they were obliged again to semi before
the wind. The Pinta was soon lost sight
of in tho darkness of the night. The ad?
miral kept as much as possible lo the
northeast to approach the coa?t of Spain
and made signal lights at the masthead
for the Pinta to do the same, and to keep
in company. The latter, however, from
the weakness of her foremast, could not
hold the wind, and was obliged to scud
before it directly north. For some time
she replied to the signals of the admiral,
but her lights gleamed more and more
distant "titi! they censer] entirely, and
nothing more was seen of her.
Columbus continued to scud ali night,
full of forebodings of the fate of his own
vessel and of fears for tho safety of that
of Pinz?n. As the day dawned the sea
presented a frightful waste of wild,
broken waves lashed into fury by the
gal-.'. Ile looked around anxiously for
the Pinta, but she was nowhere to be
steen. He now made a little ^ail ro keep
his vessel ahead of the sea, lest its huge
waves should break over her. As the
sun rose, the wind and the waves rose
with it, and throughout a dreary day
the Helpless bark was driven along by
the fury of the tempest.
Seeing all human skill baffled and con?
founded, Columbus endeavored to pro?
pitiate heaven by solemn vows and acts
of penance. By his orders a number of
beans, equal to the number of persons on
board, were put into a cap. on one of
which was cut the sign of the Cioss.
Each of the crew made a vow that,
should he draw forth the marked bean,
he would make a pilgrimage to the
shrine of Santa Maria de Guadalupe,
bearing a wax taper of five pounds'
weight. The admiral was the first to
put in his hand and the lot fell upon him.
From that moment he considered him
felf a pilgrim, bound to perform th:?
vow. Another lot was cast in the same
way for a pilgrimage to the chapel of
onr Lady of Loretto, which fell upon a
seaman named Pedro de Villa, and the
admiral engaged to hear the expenses of
his journey. A third lot w:is also cast
for a pilgrimage to Santa Clara de Mo
gner, to perform a solemn mass and to
watch all night in the chapel, and this
likewise fell upon Columbus.
The tempest still raging with unabated
violence, the admiral and all the mari?
ners made a vow, that if spared, wherever
they first landed they would go in pro?
cession barefooted and in their shirts to
offer up prayers and thanksgivings in
some church dedicated to the Holy Vir?
gin. Besides these general acts of pro?
pitiation, each one made his private vow,
binding himself to some pilgrimage or
vigil or other rite of penitence and
thanksgiving at his favorite shrine. The
heavens, however, seemed deaf to their
vows; the storm grew still more wild
and frightful, and each man gave him?
self up for lost. The danger of the ship
was augmented by the want of ballast,
the consumption of the water and pro?
visions having lightened her so much
that she rolled and tossed alx>ut at the
mercy of the waves. To remedy this,
and to render her more steady, the ad?
miral ordered that all the empty casks
should be filled with sea water, which in
some measure gave relief.
During this long and awful conflict of
the elements the mind of Columbus was
a prey to the moot distressing anxiety.
He feared that the Pinta had foundered
in the storm. In such case the whole
history of his discovery, the secret of
the New World, depended upon his own
feeble bark, and one surge of the ocean
might bury it forever in oblivion. The
tumult of his thoughts may be judged
from his own letter to the sovereigns:
"I could have supported this evil for
i -IT.-* with less griof," said he, "had my
person alone been in jeopardy, since I
am a debtor for my life to the Supreme
Creator and have at other times been
within a step of death, but it was a
cause of infinite sorrow and trouble to
think that after having been illuminated
from on high with faith and certainty
to undertake this enterprise, after hav?
ing victoriously achieved it, and when
on tile point of convincing my opponents
and securing to j'our highnesses great
glory and vast increase of dominions, it
should please the Divine Majesty to defeat
?di by my death. It would have been
more supportable also had 1 not been ac?
companied by others who bad been
drawn on by my persuasions, and who,
in their distress, cursed not only the
hour of their coirVng, but the fear in
spired by my words which prevented
their turning back, as they had at vari?
ous times determined. Above all, my
grief was doubled when L thought of
my two sons, whom I had lert at school
in Cordova, destitute in a strange land,
without any testimony of the services
rendered by their father, which, if
known, might have inclined your high?
nesses to befriend them. And although,
on the one hand, I was comforted by
faith that the Deity would not permit a
work of such great exaltation to his
his church, wrought through so many
troubles and contradictions, to remain
imperfect, yet, on the other hand, I re?
flected on my sins, as a punishment for i
which he might intend that 1 should be
deprived of the glory which would re?
dound to me in this world."
In the midst of these gloomy appre?
hensions au expedient suggested itself,
by which, though he and his ship?
should perish, the glory of his achieve?
ment might survive to his name and its
advantages be secured to his sovereigns.
He wrote on parchment a brief account
of his voyage and discovery, and of his
having taken possession of the newly
found lands in the name of their catho?
lic majesties. This he sealed and di?
rected to the king and queen, super?
scribing a promise of a thousand ducats
to whomsoever should deliver the packet
unopened. He then wrapped it in ft
waxed cloth, which he placed in tho cen?
ter of a cake of wax, and inclosing the
whole in a large barrel threw it into the
csa, giving his men to suppose he was
perfonuing some religious vow. Lest
this memorial should never reach the
?and, he inclosed a copy in a similar
manner and placed it upon the poop, so
that, should the caravel beswallowed np
by the waves, the barrel might Seat off
and survive.
These precautions in some measure
mitigated his anxiety, and he was still
more relieved when, after heavj* show?
ers, there .appeared at sunset a streak of
clear sky in the west, giving hopes that
the wind was about to shift to that quar?
ter. These hopes were confirmed: a fa?
vorable breeze succeeded, but the sea
still ran so high and tumultuously that
little sail could be carried during the
night.
On the morning of the l~>th. at day?
break, the cry of land was given by Rui
Garcia, a mariner iu thc maintop. The
transports of the crew at once more
gaining sight of the Old World were al?
most equal to those experienced on first
beholding the New. The land bore east
northeast, directly over the prow of the
caravel, and the usual diversity of opin?
ion concerning it arose among the pilots.
One thought it the island of Madeira:
another the rock of Cintra, near Lisbon;
the most part, deceived by iheir ardent
#it:hcu. tdn/:ed it near Spain. Columbus,
hov. ever, troth his private reckonings
ami observations, concluded it to be one
of the Azores. A nearer approach proved
it to be an island: it was but five leagues
distant, and the voyagers were congrat?
ulating themselves upon the assurance
of speedily being in port when tile wind
veered again to the east-northeast, blow?
ing directly from the land, while a heavy
sea kept rolling from the west.
For two days they hovered in sight of
the island, vainly striving to reach it, or
to arrive at another island of which they
caught glimpses occasionally through the
mist and rack of the tempest. On the
evening of the 17th they approached so
near the first isla nd as to cast anchor,
but. parting their cable, had to put to
sea again, where they remained beating
about until the following morning, when i
they anchored under shelter of its north- !
ern side. For several days Columbus ?
had been in such a state of agitation and j
anxiety as scarcely to take food or re- j
pose. Although suffering- greatly from j
a gouty affection to which he was sub- !
ject, yet hr bad maintained his watchful ;
po?t on d?j<-k, exposed to wintry cold, to j
the pelting of the storm and the drench- |
ing surges of the sea. It was not until1
the night of the 17th that he got a little j
sleep, more from the exhaustion of na- !
ture than from any tranquillity of mind. '
Such were the diinculties and peril
which attended Ins return to Europe;.
had one-tenth part of them beset his i
outward voyage his timid and factious [
crew would have risen in arms against !
the enterprise, and he never would have
discovered the New World.
CHAPTER XVIII.
RAN'SACTIOXS AT THK ISI.AXD OP ST.
MA Ii VS.
On sending the boat to land Columbus
ascertained the island to be >Vu lliwx'x,
the most southern of the Azores, and a
possession of the crown of Portugal.
The inhabitants, when they beheld the
Light caravel riding at anchor, were as?
tonished that it had been able to live
through the gale which had raged for
fifteen days with unexampled fury, but
when they heard from the boat's crew
that this tempest tossed vessel brought
tidings of a strange country beyond the
oceau they were tilled with wonder and
curiosity. To the inquiries about a j
place where the caravel might anchor se- '
carely they replied by pointing out a j
harbor in the vicinity, but prevailed on j
three of thc mariners to remain on chore j
and gratify them with further particu?
lars of this unparalleled voyage.
In the evening three men of the island !
hailed the caravel, an?7 a boat being sent i
for them they broi on board fowls,
bread and various refreshments from 1
Juan de Castaneda, governor of the1
island, who claimed an acquaintance
with Columbus, and sent him many
compliments and congratulations. He
apologized for not coming in person,
owifsg to the lateness of the hour and
the distance of his residence, but prom?
ised to visit the caravel the next morn?
ing, bringing further refreshments and
the three men, whom he still kept with
him to satisfy his extreme curiosity re?
specting the voyage. As there were no
houses on the neighboring shore the
messengers remained on board all night
On the following morning Columbus
reminded his people of their vow to per?
form a pious procession at the first place
where they should land. On the neigh?
boring shore, at no great distance from
the sea, was a small hermitage or chapel
dedicated to the Virgin, and he made im?
mediate arrangements for the perform?
ance of the rite. The three messengers
on returning to the village sent a priest
to perform mass, and one-half of the
crew landing,walked in procession, bare?
footed and in their shirts, to the chapel,
while the admiral awaited their return
to perform the same ceremony with the
remainder.
An ungenerous reception, however,
awaited the poor tempest tossed mari?
ners on their first return to the abode of
civilized men, far different from the
sympathy and hospitality they had ex?
perienced among the savages of lue Xew
World. Scar, ely had they begun their
prayers and thanksgivings, when the
rabble cf the village, horse and foot,
headed by the governor, surrounded the
hermitage and took them all prisoners.
As an intervening point of land hid
the hermitage from the view of the car?
avel, the admiral remained in ignorance
of this transaction. When ll o'clock
arrived without the return of the pil?
grims, he began to fear that they were
detained by the Portuguese or that the
boat had been shattered upon the surf
beaten rocks which bordered the island.
Weighing anchor, therefore, he stood in
a direction lo command a view of the
chapel and the adjacent shore, whence
he beheld a number of armed horsemen,
who, dismounting, entered the boat and
made for the caravel. The admiral's
ancient suspicious of Portuguese hostil?
ity toward himself and his enterprises
were immediately revived, and he or?
dered his men to arm themselves, but to
keep out of sight, ready either to defend
the vessel or surprise the boat.
The latter, however, approached in a
pacific manner: the governor of the
island was on board, and coming within
hail demanded assurance of personal
safety in case he should enter thc caravel.
This the admiral readily gave, but th?
Portuguese still continued at a wary dis?
tance. Tlie indignation of Col nm bus now
broke forth; he reproached the governor
with his perfidy and with the wrong he
did, not merely to the Spanish monarchs,
but to his own sovereign, by such a dis?
honorable outrage. He informed him of
his own rank and dignity, displayed his
letters patent, sealed with the royal seal
of Castile, and threatened him with the
vengeance of his government Castaneda
replied in a vein of contempt and de?
fiance, declaring that all he had done
was in conformity to the commands of
the king, his sovereign.
After an unprofitable altercation the
boat returned to shore, leaving Colum?
bus much perplexed by this unexpected
hostility, and fearful that a war might
have broken out between Spain and Por?
tugal during his absence. The next day
the weather became so tempestuous that
they were driven from their anchorage
and obliged to stand to sea toward the
island of St. Michael. For two days the
ship continued beating about in great
peril, half of her crew being detained cu
shore, and the greater part of those on
board being landsmen and Indians, al?
most equally useless in difficult navi?
gation. Fortunately, although the waves
ran high, there were none of those cross
seas which had recently prevailed, other?
wise, being so feebly manned, the cara?
vel could scarcely have lived through
the storm.
On the evening of the 22d, the weather
having moderated, Columbus returned
to his anchorage at St. Mary's. Shortly
after his arrival a boat came off, bring?
ing two priests and a notary. After a
cautious parley and an assurance oi
safety they ciune on board and requested
a sight of the papers of Columbus, on th?
part of Castaneda, assuring him that it
was thc disposition of tiie governor rc
render him even' service in his power,
provided he really sailed in service of th?
Spanish sovereigns. Columbus supposed
it a maneuver of Castaneda to cover
retreat from the hostile position he hac
assumed; restraining his indignation
however, and expressing his thanks foi
the friendly disposition of the governor
he showed his letters of commission,
winch satisfied rho priests and the
notary. Ou the following morning tue
boat and mariners were lioerated. Th?
latter, during their detention, had col?
lected information from tho inhabitants
which elucidated the conduct of Casta?
neda.
The king-of Portugal, jealous Iect th? !
expedition of Columbus might interfere
with Iiis own discoveries, had sent or?
ders ro his commanders of islands ami
distant ports to seize and detain bin.
wherever he should be met with. Ii:
compliance with these orders Casta?eda
had, in the first instance, hoped to sur?
prise Columbus in the chapel, and, fail?
ing in that attempt, had intended to get
him in his power by stratagem, but was
deterred by finding him on his guard.
S'u-h was the first reception of the ad?
miral on his return to the OM World, ar
earnest of the crosses and troubles with
which he was to be requited throughout
life for one of the greatest benefits thai
ever man conferred upon his fellow j
beings.
[TO BS CONTIXt'HB.l
Kow to Make It Pay.
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Analysis of Prohibition,
Bamberg Herald : ?Tore are three
men advoeatiug prohibition.
One is an honest, earnest man. Be
hears the tramp of GO,OOO rum victims
as ihey march every year dowe to death
and degradation. He hates the gargle
of the whi>k?y bottle worse thau the
hissing of 10,000 serpcnrs. He re?
gards the presence ot whiskey as a
standing: menace to civilization. He
deems it bis chinitian duty to vote for
every mea: ure that seeks to annihilate
the accursed *t?ff. Wc holds to pro?
hibition as a fait h. To vote against pro?
hibition would mean to legalize crime.
He has heard prohibition preached so
much that he tegards temperance and
prohibition aa synonymous terms. If
stKii-iics prove that prohibition doe? no&
prohibit, he says, "that is not the
question. God is on the side of pro?
hibition, and therefore my cotifcieuce
constrains me to rofe for prohibition."
Ile looks up to the gossamer clouds of
theory, while his feet stumble over the
hard reeks of reality. He ts like the
cooter which jumps off a log; ?uto the
pond to keep dry when a raia s'arts.
The cooter is' opposed on principle to
standing in the raie
This prohibitionist is intensely in
earnest, ar.d all meo admire his earnest?
ness. Sometimes he grows fanatical,
and all men deplore his fanaticism.
He does much good in buildiug up a
temperance sentiment.
No. 2. Number two ts a prohibitionist
for revenue only. He builds a prohibi?
tion platform cut of rotten fence rails,
and then stands on the platform as a
candidate. Sometimes he sneaks under
the platform to take a drink. It occur?
to most people that to ?tr?cate prohibi?
tion and take a drink ia conspicuously
inconsistent.
Conversely it is net frue that he wbo
opprscs prohibition must drink. No.
2 is a hypocrite, lie tries to draw7
interest ou his piety. . He wanta an
office more than sobriety. It is rumored
that there will be a great many volun?
teers in regiment No. 2 when the pro?
hibition war breaks out next campaign.
They will follow the army to rob the
corpses.
No. 3. Prohibitionist No 3 re?
grets but realizes that statutory prohibi?
tion bas always failed. He holds to an
antiquated beli- f. that is fast falling
into disrepute, that tba best way to kill
a saloon is to quit patronizing. There?
to e he does Dot drick or advecate
drinking.
He does not believe in tyiog men
with ropes to keep them from stealing
and he does not believe in barring doors
to keep them from drinking. He ia
inclined to the idea that true and lasting
reforms begin in the her. rf s of men.
He therefore puts the odium of drunk
eon. ss on the consumer and not on the
whiskey. He admits that legal pro?
hibition is quick and radical, but he
has ii tl le faith in mushroon conversions.
He believes that the word prohibition
is simply a short formula for this state?
ment. : "Be it enacted by the Senate
and House, that OD and after this day
all bars shall close their front doors and
open their back doors. That only those
men who are foundered, or who have
the glanders, and who have a certificate
to that effect from a physician can get
a vial of the magic pain killer. That
rn view of the extra trouble entailed on
barkeepers they are excused from all
license fees."
Prohibitionist No. 3 belitves in per?
sonal prohibition".
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Plotting the Czar's Life.
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in Russian Poland. A targe number
of arrests have been made One or
those arrested at Warsaw was Sei
mensky. It transpired to-day that
the a- rests were the result of the dis?
covery of the existence ol, a secret
league the object of which was to
assassinate the Czar. The police
learned of the conspiracy which
spread to every part of Russian Po?
land. The league was composed main?
ly of people of the lower classe?, but
included many officials pf the civil
government, military officers and a
large number of et ?def ifs* It is not
known how many persons htive been
taken into custody in connection with
this latest plot against the life of tho
Czar, but the bani made by thc secret
police has been very extensive and
orders have been issued that the Aus?
trian and German frontiers be closely
watched for people who may attempt
io leave the Country without requisite
government permission. A dispatch
from Milan,capital of Court land,states
that the police arrested Baron Hahn,
a well known land owner, for tearing
down lite court house at that' place.
About half the population of Mitait
are Germans. The baron was sen?
tenced to four months' imprisonment
for thus treating imperial insignia.
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