The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-04-04

iCfmeo itiSh IN EnSland for the purpoie OF col
onlzdtion, and 4 patenqwaS granted toitS mem
hers. More iudicioHs plans were arranged,
greater exertious made, and code of laws
drawn up for the intended efabliihment Ia
ihort, every mcafire WIS embraced, which, to
the trainers OF the defgn, appeared likely to pro-
mote its futGre iucceiS.
In December, 1906, Capt. Newport, with
one vei,l OF hundred tons, two barks, and
hundred and five men, defined to compoi- TIE
infant colony, failed from the Thames. The
original place OF his defina;ion was Roar oke,
bar, after difficult aud circuitous voyage, he
reached the mouth Of the Cheiapeake. Imoa-
tent to land, forc of his companions rainly
went ON ihore al Cape Henry; they were at
tackled by the aborigines, and mott of them
wounded. This bottle reception induced the
Engliih to ileS another ipOt for the contemplate
Cd establishment. Sailing up a large and beau
iiiul river, called by the natives Posvkalaa "a
name which the new corners converted into that
OF James they fixed upon the penufulI which
VIZ have mentioned for the Feat of their Col0ny.%
To the haity huts and rude Notifications which
theycrectcd there, they gave the name Of !AMEs-
TOWN, conieCrating, by this appeilatiou, a. well
IS by that OF the ri.er, the memory OF the NOR
arch urder whole an! )ieeS The Embellishments was
commenced.
To deicrihe mirutely cac! fubfrquent event,
were foreign TO our talk. The dilrefcs Of the
colouit, from famine, EcknelS, and the hoIe
;eaoEty of their fierce neighbours; their fatal
siiiieniiOns their iil-concercd mcai,lres their
iajulticc towards the Fal!an; Smith VINO fill
continued 20 terve them; The adventures of TINT
extraordinary man the good o2iccs, thc anna
t!e ierE5ili-y ofthe compaiiouate pocahontas,
%ou1g indianrrinceis, who E.vedhim from i'm
oe"ding death; the golden dreams, and de!u-
i've hopes o! the infatuated fyttlers. who eager
j. fought after mines, mftead Of exploring the
rich cf agriculture the tardy, yet eilc&u-
al. rel.CfaforccA b Lord Dclawar TO the droop-
i"g colony IA Snort, the various circumstances
relating 70 Jam s-town, aud lis inhabitants,
from the time Of Wmgfeld to that Of Nicbolfon,
when Tie feat of government was removed 70
Eiid&!,-Piani0ti0n (row WiNamGurgl have
been amply detailed by Eagliih aud American
hiitoriars, TO Whole page Che young reader is
rcserred.f
When the Europeans frf landed on the IN
known flores Of America, many circumstances
hindsrcd them from iecttiug for their infant
settlements the mod advantageous fcites. The
country was covered with lofty and amoH in
rcac,rab,e foytts; deep aud eXtenfee moraGts
arreaed their fePs. The hangry lords of the
iiyan IhaGes, the liil more Formidable Indians,
together with the neceGi;v Of holdirg with the
mother country an eafy and frequent inter
cCurte, compelled them 10 fix on iUme fecure
htuation near the iea-coatt, or along the banks
OF HaYigable rivers. IL process Of time, erter-
prize and ndulfry n,ercanc every jificui:v G.
v-ry terror. The ioil- the wild BEATS, the fierce
natives thcmieves, yielded to the iuperor cuer-
a!es 81 civilized man. Neat maafons arof-
where rude Indian huts had lood the f.rti,iz-
ing PiouSh-iharc fucceeded the murGerous to-
mahawk, and rich, cultivated fields imiled where
rank vegetation had fpread for ages its wild,
uncontrolled luSuTi.rCy. II was then that
new a"d more flgurah!, E;u5ticns were chofen
Tor building towns, 7Ud the original fcttIcments
partly or totally Abandoned. Hence The won
Ger or European travellers ru,t ceaie, when,
in Their prosr-fs Though the American fares,
tt'y End IN places comparatively vourg and
recent, mourntdi images 81 Gcoreptude and
an'quI-Y' and the fleece of gloomy dcpopu-
lali1n, W here they had, perhaps, expected the
cac huttic otan active, emuous crowd.
OhcI cauies 900, ttem to have contributed
TO the removal ote"vcrnmSnt from James town,
and 20 IFS iuhiequeut ioI;ude. Eicholion If
pred to he fl3ry Of founding city. Utterly
devoted 70 William ~, he named il WiiIiami-
burg IN honor o;that monarch and his ingcni-
oG5 :iatttry Paij to the fame prince fuguldr
aon.acc iii tracing The ft:sets, which now run
parallel, N the form Of a w
In the e'iczv now offered TO the public, James
town Is repretentcd as feen from point on th-
bank Of the river, in the S. S. W. part of the
pennin'a. The venerable ruins OF an old
chnrchitcePle, from the top Of which frpen-
me garlauds oi irri!9x ivy, and other climbing
ard iaNat'c plants, nang IN irregular foltOons ;
The beautiful continuing groups of trees aud
tirrJs winch partly tncircle it, ard among
which the Planiaus Occdeuta!.s (SycamCre)
and The Lnodendrum tuHpivra (l'ulip-tree, On
P"r''r} bold co7tpicuous rank the fepul-
Chid monuments beneath their iEade; the
h"ui,S 10 the background, which fcen 20 peep
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