The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-03-07

level, With = few curn-6elds and stunt.d
forests on either side, the 5sky, with, M
occasional crow in il, clcuving TO the dis,
taut landscapes like desolalion. AluuglE
here va, the sPfesd Of Virginis's esrlics.
civilization. Suddenly there ltsps from !
curve Ief tbs shore q great i.land, some
hundreds Of acres in extent, cut from, its !
luhdwsrd mooring long ago. Ivy the wusli.
Ing Of the river currents Gpos the point
Of tn. island meeting the eye, there rii.e, .
broken wall thirty feet high, tuined abou,
With Wild Ivy apd iufros1deal By shrub,
and thsrns. Through broken archin this
wall you catch = glimpse Of dcrolaie held
Of vi.ion behind. Upon its perch, under
the drsary sky, this ruin looks like q pic.
ture seene on tnuc remote shore of the
Eesn Sea; or IF the coast al Asia Minor.
Around The foo, of,his'',oli,afys Antique
monument. lie few sha.tere ttiinbrianer
lone Of ihsm bearing tho, remarkable dute
Of 1908. The wall 'itself is a eruuibling
ruin Of the old jamestown Church -4ite
oldest ruin .oi civilization in NurA4A h,ert
ics. In fact. it is jamestown italf--iLie
church towrr-briug all Tbs, rclifaius'siiiI
be II Tat history, "chathidg with irsar1iI
.ojiIniu Of tradition, our childhood like To-
nance.
TIE ruin i,selfis ron,sncs. There Is
not trace of human hsbilHliun, bpridrs,,
upon Tho great i,Iapd. Almost twn cen,
turic. rgo, civilization abandoned tue place
70 he ldhsline2+'Jf Its 6tn wibl;crnris sRJ
|'h,, never returned. The history, "
Jam..,oun was history Of setrn'y year.
The town Va. burned over the hrads1 ftHeI
6 lsni,,s tie gear after it, 6rsS sctllcnlrnt
It Wis rebuilt l,y The energies 81 be L.spis
John Smith and. egp,iuued DO srsufu|,
history for half.srh,uty.
I, iha var ~ I,asd0't REBELLION again,,
III. Celnniai Goy,inmtb. Of V'rsipi., jp
1876, Just ohe hundi.;d years hriar1s itll a.
birth 81 or nationality. 'his,eitMeflt,
6rst settlement in America ws, burned
iEsDa tyyD .Syisyotalgss mpgcil, .pd
the old chnreh tower that is sern, tcdiy
IA, The ONLY remnant left ly the s,,re,sra,l
ifioh!h dTh. 's,ibGirs ia Il the new s.i,jr..
m"n,s Of vireinia and Maryland. aud from
that date ,he..i'land Of .Iamcstor6't.sassl
main. d q waite IA
Virginia bad no nss Tor tue spot iIfihs
| ns,h:r Shlrnrpt fsr,es,lya antuhrS md
three Dub -te.s / 10 hrmsin tia beginning II
NE stsFebelI,sa.'slie arcettJ. upon iis,i,e
battery to defend tho river pu,.ags
against o, Invaders" .,..i !
| "a 'Fsl4sl' snnbsitd amsuIled il viii !
1shnt. ,ut III. enbankment rrjnains ,lill BY
II. si'e AZ The Wondering church ,oves;
II SLATER ruin. b, til. s.yti. tbs, 9Th.
| church, bsils,.t,st,,le fr,. so,,asar.tipn 81
tie Town. ia 1901. TIE frs, church build.
ing erected by tho eolonis,. "a. II wood.
NibtiinB yfdaa Virginia aniiquary. face.
tionS'y records that "the early settler. Of
s.Jhm latosn Colony like, true Euglishmsn.
.tbuilDs ebarch u a cost of City poan,ls sud
Ia tavern a.ca essi II ays hundred" Y
] d ,&S6lidly imbsddrd between the roots ~
1Asc Syci neres whiehlhaye grown around,
4itIiithpi Tombstone pf which ] have ,ap".
ken. hearing ur"n it, fce the date l1G0S4'
two years later than that Of the originnl
settlement. - :, ~
During the late wal. soldiers bivouaking
npor the sij,ccn., shores. fmi.d DYER 10
l4hs ii.sdric iettsr,sst on = IT,. and carried
lss,y. psftiens Of tie de.aying church. ,osi
Ct, and tomtAtenes faf souvenirs. Atthe
time Of fcnndine the Enrli.h settlement
there in 1905. this leland wasa prnin.nls. ,
joined to the shore l,y narrow i,thmiipsI.
AN the early eolnnies on the sheres1 Of u
/ Virginia rivers located thspf.lvss j q
iinilar msnnsrr as 81 means ofsasier al:
fsise. The Ismci.avn Tsth Us. or land
neck, va. lnw and mariby. and With .
4 poriioR ofIhe frount;hn which stodd 10
dsrigsn,l stseert was washed over and away
long ago hr tho river currenn.Sriu;t
AMr. Allen has ST late years purchased
the whole Of Jamcsiown ,land. from tho
owners. to whom i. has come BY purchase
tfe.stvo rsntu,ies-snd t,is said that.
in tht comirs yfi,. hi, Classic si'erof
America. frat town will he chsracteriIti.
cally converted into q peach, orchard. II "
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