Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia : $b being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose
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Christopher Columbus and his monument Columbia : $b being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose
The congregation of the little colored church at Haleyville, in
Cumberland County, N. J., contributes an interesting historical relic to
the World's Fair. It is the bell that has for years called them to
church. In the year 1445, the bell, it is said, hung in one of the
towers of the famous mosque at the Alhambra. After the siege of Granada,
the bell was taken away by the Spanish soldiers and presented to Queen
Isabella, who, in turn, presented it to Columbus, who brought it to
America on his fourth voyage and presented it to a community of Spanish
monks who placed it in the Cathedral of Carthagena, on the Island of New
Granada. In 1697 buccaneers looted Carthagena, and carried the bell on
board the French pirate ship La Rochelle, but the ship was wrecked on
the Island of St. Andreas shortly afterward, and the wreckers secured
the bell as part of their salvage. Capt. Newell of Bridgeton purchased
it, brought it to this country, and presented it to the colored
congregation of the Haleyville church. The bell weighs sixty-four
pounds, and is of fine metal.
THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE OF COLUMBUS.
GERONIMO BENZONI of Milan, Italy. Born about 1520. From his
"History of the New World" (1565).
He was a man of a good, reasonable stature, with sound, strong limbs; of
good judgment, high talent, and gentlemanlike aspect. His eyes were
bright, his hair red, his nose aquiline, his mouth somewhat large; but
above all he was a friend to justice, though rather passionate when
angry.
WESTWARD RELIGION'S BANNERS TOOK THEIR WAY.
The Right Rev. GEORGE BERKELEY, Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland. Born at
Kilcrin, Kilkenny, March 12, 1684; died at Oxford, England, January
14, 1754. The author of the celebrated line, "Westward the course
of Empire takes its way."
But all things of heavenly origin, like the glorious sun, move westward;
and Truth and Art have their periods of shining and of night. Rejoice,
then, O venerable Rome, in thy divine destiny! for, though darkness
overshadow thy seats, and though thy mitred head must descend into the
dust, thy spirit, immortal and undecayed, already spreads toward a new
world.
COLUMBUS NO CHANCE COMER.
The Hon. JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE, one of America's leading
statesmen. Born in Washington County, Pa., in 1830.
Columbus was no chance comer. The time was full. He was not premature;
he was not late. He came in accordance with a scientifically formed if
imperfect theory, whether his own or another's--a theory which had a
logical foundation, and which projected logical sequences. * * * Had not
Columbus discovered America in 1492, a hundred Columbuses would have
discovered it in 1493.
THE CERTAIN CONVICTIONS OF COLUMBUS.
BARON BONNAFOUX, a French author. From "La Vie de Christophe
Colombe" (1853).
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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