The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-30
,a,tles 81 modern warfare was fought on her

surrendered at Appomattox Virginia was
PROSTATE.
-Four years Of war had stripped her; her
labor was metemorphased into an INCUBUS
her institutions we're overthrow; her debts
land burdens were increased; her property
and taxable values we're anniili ated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
T, was suspended.
THIS was iwenty.threc years ago DunnS
a large palt Of this period the problem OF
existence. the paramount question Of simple
being engrossed ali her powers Misunder-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within, sh had
20 devote all her facilities to the imperative
IdcInana Of the hour, the preservation OF her
beng As a state and a PEOPLE.
htlast she stands upright again n the
vieor Of renewed strength, in the jog Of re-
stored heath. in the fall powero OF sovereign
STAT and the pride Of a hale and prosperous
people. 49,,
A. sucl ger Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond on the James now sets her
Ibouse ~ order, prepares her ieasts, sets out
her wares and stretching o.. her hands UNTO
he s.ste, cities, says to then
COME AND SEE Nj.
Richmond. the Capital Of Virginia Is The
Once oftbe South cnthroned upon her tree
clad bills. and crowned with the diaden %
beauty and health.
Situated o. the elevated plateau at me
Falls ofJarncs River once "a Powhaian' she
sta, ds at The gateway between the uplands
of the pieduond and the lowiands OF the
Tdovater The breath Of the mountain
hos her b-ov the tides Of the Ocean wash
her ieet
Old William Byrd Of Westoyer' whose
historic mansion not many miles ieloW Is
one of the landmarks f the continent, ana
one Of the herlooms Of American history
gentleman of Virginia. member Of the King
| Council representative of the Colony bl1r-
cesg Of hi. Coan Y, was entrusted TO run the
much questioned line between Virginia ana
her sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night IN tn juniper feceSSes
| ofthe Dismal swamp, came to him Thoughts
Of his home. and with them one OF those H.
sr;rations which may be the whisper 81 9
pas. angel, and may be the emanat'on OF
genius. he would found 4 city, nay LIE
would found Two; one shOul be "a TIE Air
ponattox. bu. the other should be on yet
fajrer 500. o. a queeDiier river, his OWN
majtsti jane.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
hersel, had laid the sitc-a more skiiliui en-
gineer than be bad drawn the plan--s OWNER
architect lad laid the foundations.
l, was already a city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must IN
eyitably come in time. Indeed that most
rash bat most brilliant and tarseeing young
man who had peen one his fathers neigh
Dor, had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there plantation or quarter, |
and when the Indians had come down and
killed his oyerseer and cattle had he not /
clamored for revenge until be had started |
revolution which came deuced near mp citing /
His Majesty's Government, and played the !
devil generally. 1t would be the chief city |
in Virgria, the largest IL the Southern {
colonies if not on the continent, il the peo- I
pie would bu; recognize its advantages and |
build II up. Whata spot it vas!
An elevated plateau right a: the falls Of |
the river above malaria and asue. with !
the fresh al of the morlntains, keeping II I
cool IN summer. and incompatible climate |
aud pCrcst water from unpOpuldted |
springs: view Of the fOaming /
waters, glancing and dashins over /
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles /
made a Landscape whose beauty was IN !
riyaled as place ofrosidence fora heaatyIoy- /
ing people, this side Of the ok clad reaches OF
the Thames The river front was easily &C /
cessible, and evenly d stributed and at the /
same time 50 immense that il would grind |
the grain Of continent, and run the factor |
les Of a nation. Behind il was t rlch Pied /
mont running up to the Bluc Ridge and yet |
further back behind the azure mountains an !
unexplored region which stretches to the
French terr.,oay, Louisiana. Before It was
the
HEAD on DEEP WATER NAVIGATION
with it, diurnal tides which cou'd float any /
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could il be otherwise than city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM. |
Byrd lying 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 farsPot at the Falls !
of the James. and the head oil deep water !
which had haunted his dreams IN that then !
far distant shore of the Dismal Swamp, and |
as there was no place Tins side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he namei it after !
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and I
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was IN 1887 and from that day TO the
present. Richmond has been the Gem City of
the South.
For beauty. for salubrity, for convenience, !
for all The charms and advantages which can
make a home delightful. or plsce Of bust |
ress desirable Richmond stands supreme. /