The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-17
battles Of modern warfare was fought on her


PROSTATE.
-Four years Of wsr had stripped her her
labor was meiemorphased into an incubus ;
her institutions were overthrowni her Deus
and burdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were annihi' atedi her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
| This was twenty-three years ago. Dunhg
large part of this period the problem o.
existence, the paramount question OF SIM PIE
being engrossed all her powers. Misundef'
stood and Stunned by all without threat
ened and burdened by many within, sh h"u
10 devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand of the hour, the preservation Oh he'
being as State and people.
At last she stands upright again ID 'he
v;gor of renewed strength, in the JOY OF re-
s,o,.,d health. in the full power of a sovereign
state and the pride Of a hale and prosperous
Az sucb her Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond on the james now se's nei
house IN order, prepares her ieasts SETS OUT
her wares and stretching out her hahds un'o
her sister cities, says to them
GONE AND sfI ME-.
Richmond. the Capital Of Virginia is the
oueen ofthe South enthroned upon her Tree
oIod hills and crowned with the diadem OF
beauty and health. ~
situated on the elevated plateau al 'he
Falls ofJames River once the PoNha'an' she
stands at the gateway between the upial'u'
g ,be piedmond and the lowlands OIL 'he
Tidewater. The breath of ae mountain
c...s no, brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet.
old william Byrd Of Westover' whose
historic mansion not many miles teio" ~
one Of the landmarks Of the continent anu
30 of the be,rlooms Of American history
Gentleman of Virginia. member OF the hlhs 3
Council. Representative Of the Colony Dur
Goes of his County, was entrusted TO run the
r,rcb Questioned line between Virginia ana
her sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night in the jumper iecesses
oftbe Dismal Swamp came 70 nm 'io"eH'S
ofbis home and with them one OF those IN
sr;rations which may be the whisper Oh d
nas,jrg angel, and may be the emahauon oi
genius. He would found a city nay ne
would found two one should De on tle Af'
nomattox. but the other should be on yet
r,irer snot on a queeniier river, his own
majestic James.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
herself bad laid the site-a more skiiiiui en-
g;neertban he had drawn the plans OWNER
architect had laid the foundations.
Il was already city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must IN
evitahlv come in time. Indeed that mos
rash but most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his fathers nelgh-
bor had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there plantation or quarter
and when the Indians had come down ana
k;led his overseer and cattle, had he not
clamored for revenge until he had started a
revolution which came deuced near up'etting
His Maiestys Government ana playeu lhe
devil generally. 1t would be the chiei CITY
:, VIRGINIA. the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent il the leo-
ME would but recognize its advantages ana
build it UP. What spot it wasl
An elevated plateau right at the falls OF
the river. above malaria and ague' "iin
the fresh air of the mountains keeping il
oool e., summer and incompatible climate
and unrest water from unpopulaied
su-;n,s. view Of the foamns
waters. CHANGING and dashlng over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles
made a landscape whose beauty was I'M
r;valed az a place ofresidence fora beauty
ING neople. this side Of the oak clad reaches oil
the Thames. The river front was easily &C
eessible, and evenly d stributed ana at the
came time so immense that il would grnd
the grain Of a continent, ard run the factor
ice Of q nation. Behind it was The rich Pied
mont running mp t. the Blue Ridge and yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches 70 the
rrench territory, Louisiana Before It was
the -....,,..
HEAD OF DEP wATER NAVIGATION
with rs diurnal tides which could float any
vessel thst His Majestys marine could send
across the seas
How could it be otherwise than city,
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd lying under thestars reading the ioture
with prophetic vision for on the completion
of his mission, he laid out the streets ana
SQUARES of cit! on the fair spot at The faiis
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
beanty was comparable, be named 1t after
that incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1887 and from that day to the
nresent Richmond has been the Gem City OF
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity' for convenience
FIR all the charms and advantages which can
make a honi, delightful, or place OF busi-
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
s,..,, :. ,,,ao founded the most mOmentOus