The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-05-07
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RlcnMo ,s, Apri., so. 1914

a RICHMOND. april, oO, 1914.
Richmond is city Of aboGt 65, 900 pe p
ulatioD, and the most lii,lg city, I believe,
in all Virginiu;in fact, il seems 10 be
nothing but hills thCs affrding many
comnanaaiag sites FIR residences. The
Capitol Hpl, the most prominent in this
city Of HITS; st is an Oh ritkety stone
building, very nnsafe.. hut situated ia the
midst Of quite fhe square, nicely ar
ranged with walks, trees, seats, ETC.. it
was this same old building that caused
the death Of large number few years
ago, the fo6rs giving away, bursing Dear-
ly hundred ia the ruins; il was in this
same building that VIreinis declared her
secession from the Union, the declaration,
or copy theroo9 beipg still preserved ID
the State Library. @''i W. " = '''"
The State Legislature had a long Struggle
wish the tax-Dill the latter par, OF the
session; il imposed st1!h4a slsr taxes, ard
was l'itteily oppo@ed 81 alan3 Of tie most
Influential members, iley Declaring shat
any heavier taxation was coniscatIor Of
property ~ The ae0t Of Virginia Is
enormous, and in spite Of very heavy
taxes, the State does no; pay the interest.
Not a few If the Legislators believe that
Virs ina never can civil! pay the debt,
and are openly Advocating r4pudia,ion'
That time never will come, however "
In the Legislature nearly 4 dozen ne :
gloes have seats, but they seem 10 be kept
at distance by the white ma j1rity of
the houses 1t n1ustgrate on the feelings
of some 81 The mem ers 70 have men they
used, only a very sbolt time ago to own,
sitting beside them in the same halls
:hat have echoed 70 tie voices Of SO MANY
eminent statesmen, making laws to gov :
ern the people of the great State of Vir-
ginia The most Of them, however, are
civil and respectful. Cne colored repre-
sentative made him%elfvery obnoxious by
voting very emphatically agains, The pas
sage of the resolution bonoripg the mem
DRY Of the late Pfes}l ent Fillmore; what
his object in so doing was, is matter o.
conjecture, and can only be ascrsbed 10
ignorance. @ifl 2av7s l7fae4 By.
Among other objects ot Interest in this
city is the notorious Libby Prison. This
prison stands near the dock, at the foot
Of a hill, and is d large, six story, red
brick building, capable Of holding a large
number OF nen. its walls coald speak.
they would tell some Of the most sicken-
ing tales Of suffering, starvation, and woe
ever pn: on record VI When questioned
about it. the Southern people say: "Wen,
what could we dos Oursowns men were
starving, almost, in the field. We had to
feed them before ouriYankee prisoners.
ct is subject that is seldom started,
however. Atpresent it is used as q. tobacco
factory, and the foreman is a man who
knows all about the building, having
been prisoner during the war, and was
one q those who etuDnelled ! under the
building to an adjoining yard, ana made
Igoods MS escape; more would have ESCAPED
had not fresh prisoner, q very corpulent
man, got fastened in the narrow month Of
the tunnel, thus effectually preventing
those behind from escaping.
/ Another prison is Belle Island a small
marrow island IN the, James river, with
Notifications A and q few the buildings
istill standing.bss adt baa ,Asao4 Il haa.
/ The negroes had PROCESSION here IN
4 the anniversary ofthe passage Of the Eff
4 teenth Amendments, and, to- Northern
leyes. it had strange appearaanpc i. Lon,,.
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