St. Augustine, Fia

the oldest town in the United States, was settled by the Spaniards under Menendez in 1565, when a fort was erected. It was several times attacked by the French, English and Indians. It came into the po e ion of the English by the Treaty of 1763, was ceded to Spain in 1783, and transferred to the United States in 1819. St. Brand an’s Isle, a legendary island supposed to have existed to the southwest of the Canary Islands and to have been discovered by the Irish Monk, St. Brand an, and seventy-five brother monks in the sixth century, after seven years spent in the search for the land of saints. This legend is traceable as far back as the eleventh century, Each of the various early geographers gives it a different location. The legend had some influence upon the discovery of America, St. Charles, Ark., occupied in 1862 by the Confederates, 100 strong, under Williams and protected by Fry with a gunboat, the ‘‘Maurepas,’’ and several batteries. The Federals under Commander Kilty and Colonel Graham stormed and tcok this place June 17. They had five gunboats and a regiment.