Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-19

FSP 1T eSa oe1onsuauoo, some t"e
ysass hnoe. IL cpnzHsmorason of the two hundred
sa& fnistA annivsrsazy Of the settlement of james.
tssa. Aess has been nothing like It in modern
timss. AZ Sdr sslsbsasioa. however. only few
faius nsmosisls d The nns English setters were
visih,s, . ruissd tDwss end come mosscovercd.
ssazoely ieSih,s eSAyestosss. mark the spot where
IN issls sslony 20 fsarially dscimased whilst
sfsAs abcriginsa - trace remains. The calm.
saajsssis James rolls BY The scene as il did when
Ebwhatan Wa psoprietov and Smiths colony first
sessled upon il banks; but the town 10 deserted
ruin; hsssvAgs sAief sleeps in an unknown
grave, aaA ~ hosss of the sdventuross knight
arc sspnlci,red Win his ktkers far away from the
scene Of his early tsisa and suffering; but Nor
wioh stil sits Ike . <,n-en enthroned amidst her
hilla and adorasd with residences Of almost pals
tial naeni6cence and beauty. She knows not age
mr. dscsvpisade but Is yet in process Of vigorous
growth and development TIE grave Of the great
sschena. Uncas, IL still there. and granite shaft,
erected Mt the expense Of the city, will indicate to
succeeding generations the last rcsting-plnce Of
"ths white mans friend" Tho sturdy pioneer,
Mason. sleeps near By. aud upon tho occasion re-
TERED 10, the foundations uf . monument to his
memory were laid By his grateful descendants.
Thess are the contrasts aGordsd by contempla-
ton Of jamestown and Norwich. Two hundred
yssrs served s0Ssterase nearly every trace of the
carly settlers on the banks of the james. while
the eister colony have, in the same period. bultup
handsome and Aouri,hiug city on the banks Of
the Thames, an what was once known as :" North
Virginia"
Norwich is 40 Interesting city. aud to the anti
quarry is suggestive Of many Of tho stirring events
90 ,nects with the early colonization Of the country
1t was in this vicinity that those fierce and bloody
encounters were had between the Mohawks, the
Mohegans, the Narragansetts and tho Pequods.
Il was here that the Inflated poquods utterly
cxtngsished by Mason aud his soldiers. and the
falls ere still shown where. tradition says. Uncas
ard his Mohegans drove tie Narraganseits over
the rough and jagged rocks into the chasm be-
low |, WINS here that the naughty and revenge
full chief 1t the Narrus snsct,s. Miantonomoh,
who bad himself once beer the friendof the white
man Wa Squared in the lie wascd upon
uncat and doomed to execution; aud in the midst
OF field, net far from the city may nov be seen
the granite ol,clisk erected 10 tho memory Of the
great but unfortunate chcf. la later times, the
men Of Norwich led the opposition to the Stamp
Act, and, pursuing Jared lngersol', the Kings
agent for the sale Of those odious wares" to
Hartford, compelled him to abandon and renounco
the abomina6e traffic. Norwich contributed her
full quota OF men aud means to the revelation.
and nobly did she wipe out tho stain Of having
given birth 10 the traitor Arnod--thc very foun-
dation Of whose birth place and dwelling has now
disappeared.
The preparations for the celebration of The two
hundredth anniversary Of the settlement Of Nor.
wich, were made upon the most ex,ensive and
magnificent SCALE A tent several hundred feet
in length. was erected the great plain and pro.
viasd with substantial seats for tho accommoda-
ton Of those who wished to hear the addresses,
and witness the other exercises conducted within
the spacisns enclosure. The stand was occupied
b. ne invited guests, amongst whom we observed
that princsly gentleman, Ex-Prosident Fillmore
Mrs.. agoarney. chancellor Wallwortb, Ex-Govor.
nor Cleveland, and many others Of more or loss
mote. Governor Buckingham, modes. christian
gentleman. who seems to be onshrined in the afec-
tioss Il his psopis; appreciated alike for his
gFssArrisate worth, aud bis numerous but unos-
tsntatioss charities. presided. Another large pa.
vilion yas erected near BY, 10 whieh arrangements
were sisds for seating tweuty-four hundred per.
sons q Ainuses and saeh.a dinner. We venture to.
saEsss sssse provided Cor - large company.
Notoniy The usual ssbstantials were there but
dslisasiss in abundance. consisting Of pastry,
fruits. ies-orean. lsmossde, etc. At tho dinner
WA exhibited the sword Of Capt John Mason
and large wooden bowl, presented by Uncas
nearly two hundred years since, to alady whose
nsns Ne did net hear. This bowl wins 6lled with
groand, parched corn, which, the Governor stated
was o1e hsndred years old, and vas passed around
10 the company. a small portion of which we sup
piled oarself with. But. perhaps the mos. note
worthy feature was the procession. military and
civic, Of The hrst day. which was more than two
miles n length, aad very imposing. 1t was
grand pageant bat amidst ell the -emblaxonry
nothing intsrssssd a. more than tho forty or Fifty
Iudians in the procession: constituting nearly half
of the last cad remnant of the once powerful tribe
Of AoheGAus IL was q melancholy sight to
witasss khoss few children Of misfortune, assist
inE tUcslebrate The advent OF tho white man who
had despoiled them Of their possessions, and liter
ssally Aanished then from the face Of the earth.
PsrhasA however less blame attach tothe early
settlers Of Norwich in this respect than to almost
any sthsss, for they purchased the territory of
nine u1lhs square, which included the original
limits Of their tewn. Yet, ii cannot he denied,
that the transaction OF Ahab and Naboth has
been re-ssasaed between the Whites and the red
men apea,s stspsudoas seais-
Tie Afyt day pfths etisbration was succeeded
by a nigh."f aseisudsd beauty, rendered still
more hriil'ant 10y gensral illamia alton. From
magnificent parks and stately dwellings were sus-