The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-16
battles of 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 I;
her institutions were overthrown her debts
and burdens were increased; her properly
and taxable values were annihilated; her
energies were paralyzed her very existence
was suspended.
This was twenty-three years ago Dunng
A large part Of this period the problem OF
existence the paramount question Of simple
being engrossed all her powers. Misuhuer-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within, she hau
IN devote ali her facilities 10 the imperative
demand of the hour, the preservation u he'
being as a State and people.
AZ last she stands upright again IN the
,;cor If renewed strength, in the JOY OF re-
- beal,h in the full power of a sovereign
c,o,e and the pride of hale and prosperous
people. - beautiful,
AS such her Capital City, her oeau'iul
Richmond on the James now sets nei
house IN order, prepares her ieas's' se's ou'
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, says to them
| GONE AND SEE MI.
picbmond. the Capital of Virginia IS the
oreen oftbe South enthroned upon her tree
oIod hills and crowned with the uadein u
beauty and health. u
c;,roted on the elevated plateau at the
Falls ofJames River once the Powhatan' sne
stards at the gateway between the upiahos
90 ,be piedmond and the lowlands OF the
Tidewaier. The breath Of the mountain
ca no, brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet. -
old William Byrd Of Westoyer whose
historic mansion not many miles teioW is
one Of the landmarks Of the continent anu
ono If the beirlooms of American history
gentleman Of Virginia, member OF the h.ns
Council. Representative Of the Colony Dur
oess Of his County, was entrusted to run 'he
,,,ch Questioned line between Virginia ana
hor sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
l,;nc awake one night in the Juniper recesses
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came to hlm thoush's
&c his home and with them one Of those III
s,,iratiops which may be the whisper OF a
nas.irp angel. and may be the emanation oi
ao,,i,s He would found a city, nay he
would found Two; one should be on the APP
nomattox but the other should be on yet
fairer spot on a queenlier river, his own
majestic james.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
herself had laid the site-a more skilliui en-
cjneef than he had drawn the plan-a uVihef
architect had laid the foundations
II was already city and wanted bnt the
buildings and the people. These must III
evitablv come IN time. Indeed tha' ilos'
rash lint most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his fathers neigh
bor had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there plantation or quarter,
and when the Indians had come down ana
killed his oyerseer and cattle, had ne not
clamored for revenge until he had started
revolution which came deuced near upseitlng
His Maiestys Government, and piayed ,ne
devil generally. 1t would be the chief city
in virginia, the largest IN the Sou'hein
colonies if not on the continent, If the peo-
pIe would but recognize its advantages ana
build it up. What spot II was.
An elevated plateau right at the falls OF
the river, above malaria and ague' WIN
the fresh air Of the mountains, Keeping u
cool in summer, and Incompatible climate
and purest water from appropriated
snr;nqs. view of the ioaming
waters. glancing and dashing over
immense bouders for nearly two miles
made a landscape whose beauty was I'M
rivaled as place ofresidence fora beauty-loV-
ing people. this side of the oak clad reaches OF
The Thames. The river front was easily &C
cessible, and evenly d stributed and al the
Same time so immense that it would grnd
the grain of continent, and run the factor
les of a nation. Behind twas the rch Ped
mont running up to the Blue Ridge ana yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches TO 'he
French territory. Louisiana. Before II was
the ...
HEAD or DEP WATER NAVIGATION
with rs durnal tides which could float any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could it be otherwise than a city!
Thus must have thought Colonel WIN.
Byrd living under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
of his mission. he laid out the streets ana
squares Of citi on the farspot at the Falls
of the James, nd 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 tins 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 a place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since it was founded the most momentous