In recognition of his "good service in repulsing the Spaniards from Frederica" Oglethorpe was made Brigadier General.1 [Note 1 For Oglethorpe's promotions, see Ga. Col. Rec., V, 679; Wright, Memoir, 325, 331, 336, 337, 345; Ga. Hist. Soc. Col., III, 146; Jones, History of Georgia, I, ch. 22.] In July, 1743, he sailed for England, never to return. He was a conquering hero, and was cleared of all charges against him. Years later, when an old man, he had a tale to tell. To Oliver Goldsmith, Sir Joshua Reynolds, and other boon companions, he spun yarns of adventure in Georgia, and furnished Goldsmith inspiration for the lines: Through torrid tracts, with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.