The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-10

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PROSTATE. 10,
-Four years Of wsr had striped her ner
labor was me;emorphased into an incubus ;
her institutions were overthrown' her Deus
| .na burdens were increased; her property
cd ,oxable values we're anDihi' ated; hef
energies were paralyzed; her very e1'sleh'e
was suspended. ,r
THIS was twenty-three years ago. DURING
. large part Of this period the Propienn u
ox;s,enoe the paramount question oil siinpie
he;ng euerossed all her powers. Misuhdel'
GOOD and Stunned by all without unreal,
ened and burdened by many within sh mao
| 20 devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand of the hour. the preservation oi he'
being as State and people
| Al last she stands upright again IN 'ne
v;yor of renewed strength, in the Joy Oh ie-
sto,,d health. in the full power OF a sovereign
state and the pride Of a hale and prosperous
people u. hsr hsap,iful
Richmond on the james now se's H'i
house m order. prepares her feasts, sets OUT
her wares and stretching out her hai'd7 "'''o
her sister cities. gays TO them
"coxr AND SEE ME-
Richmond, the Capital Of Virginia y 'Ae
onssn of,be South enthroned upon her tree
clad hills and crowned With the uaue'" u
beauty and health. 49,
situated on the elevated plateau al 'ne
Fails ofJames River once the fowha'ail' sne
stands at the gateway between the upiaius
~ the Piedmond and the iowiands oi 'ne
Underwater. The breath OF the mountain
n,s no, brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet. -
o,d William Byrd of Westover, whose
historic mansion not many miles teio" is
ono If the landmarks Of the continent ana
ono os the heirlooms Of American history
Gentleman Of Virginia, member OF the King
Council Representative Of the Colony bui-
osss If his County, was entrusted TO run the
much questioned line between Virginia ana
- s;ster North Carolina. Thus occupied,
living awake one night in the juniper Iecesses
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came TO hum 'housn's
ofbis home and with them one Of those IN
snjrations which may be the whisper OF a
passirg angel, and may be the emanaooh o.
Genius. He would found city, nay he
woold found,.wo; one should be on the APP
,.oroa,tox Int the other should be on YET
fa;rar snot on queenlier river, his own
majestic James.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
herself had laid the site-a more skiili"l ell
gineer than he had drawn the pian--a oi ''i''i
architect had laid the foundations.
II was already city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must III,
ey;tablv come in time. Indeed that most
rash but most brilliant and iarseeing young
mon who had been once his fathers neigh
bor had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there a plantation or quarter,
ond when the Indians had come down ana
killed his oyerseer and cattle, had he not
clamored for revenge until be had started a
revolution which came deuced near up'eluhs
His Naiesty's Government, and played the
devil generally. 1t would be the chef CITY
in Virginia, the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent, II the peo-
rle would but recognize its advantages and
build it UP. Whata spot II vas
An elevated plateau right at the ialls OF
the river above malaria and ague' WIN
the fresh air of the mountains, keeping II
cool in summer, and incompatible climate
and purcst water from unpopua'eu
s,-;r,e. view Of the ioaming
waters, glancing and dashing over
immense boulders for nearly two miles
made landscape whose beauty was IN
riyaled as place ofresidence for beauty-ioV-
ING people. this side OF the oak clad reaches OF
the Thames. The river front was easily &C
cessible and evenly stributed and at the
same time so immense that 1t would grlhn
the grain of a continent, and run the factor
;es NJ a nation. Behind it was the nch ned
mont running up u the Blue Ridge and yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana. Before II was
the -,<,-,ox
with its diurnal tides which could float any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could it be otherwise than city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd living under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
of his mission, he laid out the streets and
squares of a city, on the fair spot at the FANS
of the James and the head OF deep water
which had haunted his dreams IN that then
far distant shore of the Dismal Swamp, and
as there was no place this side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he named it after
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1877 and from that day TO the
nresent, Richmond has been the Gem City Of
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience,
for all the charms and advantages which can
make home delightful, or place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since il was founded the most momentous
events of the nation have clustered around IL;
eo,,s;,c /, a. II were in the focus Of a sun