The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-27

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PROSTATE.
Four years o. war had stripped her; he
| labor was ne,srnophased into an incubus
her Institutions v ere Oycr.hrown; her debt
and burdens we're increased her property
an, axable values were annihi ated, hei
energies were paralyzed her very existence
vas suspended.
This was twcnty-,hree years ago. During
large part OF this period the problem o.
existence. the paramount question OF simple
beng engfossed al her powers Misundcr
stood and Stunned by al without, threat
ened and burdenel by many within 81 had
TO devote oil her facilities to the imperative
demand Of the hour, The preservation Of hei
being as "a state and a PEOPLE.
At last she stands upright again IN the
..,or Of renewed strength, IN the JOY Of re-
stored health, in the full power Of a sovereign
State and the Pride Of q hale and prosperous
people 40,
As such he Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond or the James nov sets her
bouse IN order, prepares her feasss sets out
her wares AID stretching on. her hands unto
be- sister cities, says to them
CONE AND SEE nE'
p,cbmoud ;he Capital of Virginia. j. The
Queen ofthe South enthroned upon her tree
oloa bius and crowned with the Giadem Of
beauty and health.
Situated o. the elevated plateau at the
Falls Of james River once tn Powhatan, she
s,ards at the gateway between the op'anoS
If the Piedmond and the lowlands OF the
Ti8swa;er The breath Of the mountain
FMS her broa., the utes Of the Ocean WASH
her ieet.
ola William Byrd Of Wcstoyer' whose
historic mans On not many niles Glow as
one Of the landmarks # the continent, and
ono If the ne. Rooms Of American history.
gentleman Of Virsinia. member Of tie hing $
Council. Representative Of the ebony bur
eess Of his Conn y. was entrusted to run me
much Questioned line between NiisiIi" ana
her sister North Carolina. Thus ocruWeH'
living awake one night in the juniper recesses
of,be Dismal Swamp, came TO him Thoughts
of his home. and with them one OF those III
spirations which may be the whisper OIL q
pas angel, and may be the eInanauoh oi
GENTS. lie would found city, nay ne
you'd foun6 .wo; one sh0uli be IN The Ap'
but tie other should be on yet
ra;rer $40, Cd a qneeaiier ryer, BIS own
majestic james.
he knew The spo; for It, There Nature
herself had laid the si,e-a more skiiliul en-
rineer than be had drawn the plaza dVihel
orchitec. hal laid the foundations
Il was already a city and wan ed but the
buildings and the people. These must III
syitably come II time. Indeed that most
rash bu. most brilliant and iarseoing young
man who had been 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
1lamored for revenge until he had started
revolution which came deuced near p,etting
His Majesty's Government. and played the
devil generally. 1t would be the chief city
n Virginia, the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent, If the peo-
Die would but recognize its advantages and
build II up What spot it was!
An elevated plateau right at the falls OF
he river above malaria and aguc, With
he fresh ey of the mountains, keeping Ii
,ool in summer, and incompatible climate
md purest water from unpopuated
springs; view of the foaming
waters, CHANGING and dashing over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles,
made a landscape whose beauty was I'M
-iyaled as place ofresidence for a beauty-lOv-
ne people. this side of the oak clad reaches OF
he Thames The river front was easily ac-
,essible, and evenly d stributed and at the
.ame time so immense that it would grind
he grain Of a continent, aud run the factor
Us of O nation. Behind it was t rich Pied |
mont running up to the Blue RidS- and yet
urther back behind the azure mountains an
AutA HlOlcu ltSipH Nhi'ii SNsN WIS w Wv l
French territory, Louisiana Before 1t was
he
HEAD OF DEEP WATER NAVIGATION
nth It's diurnal tides which could float any |
Tessel that His Majesty's marine could send |
'croSs the seas.
How could IT be otherwise than a city?
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM.
5yrd lying under the stars reading the future |
With prophetic vision. for on the completion /
# his mission, he laid out the streets and |
quares Of city, on the fairspot at the Falls
# the James. and the head Of deep water
which had haunted his dreams IN that then !
ar distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, and |
$ there was no place this side the sea whose
,eauty was comparable, he named it after
hat Incompatible spot upon the loved and /
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1887 and from that day to the I
'resent, Richmond has been the Gem City OF |
h South.
For beauty, for Silubrity, for convenience,
or all the charms and advantages which can ,
make home delightful, or place Of bust
less desirable Richmond stands supreme.