The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-05

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soil.
When the small remnants Of Lees army
surrendered at Appomattox Virginia was
PROSTATE. 1900
Four wears Of wsr had stripped her her
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions were overthrow; her dep's
and burdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were ihi.ated her
energies were paralyzcdi her very existence
was suspended. r-,.,.
Tins was tventy-thrce years ago. during
a large part of this period the problem Of
existence the paramount question Of SIM ~e
heinz encrossed all her powers. Nsunder'
stood and stunned by all without threat
ened and burdened by many within sh haa
to devote all her facilities TO the impeTa'i''
demand of the hour, the preservation Of her
being as state and people.
At last she stands upright again IN INT
viror Of renewed strength, in the joy oil r.
stored health, in the full power Of sovereign
state end the pride Of a hale and prosperous
people - beautiful
Richmond on the james now se's nei
house IN order. prepares her ieasis' SETS OUT
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, says to them
GONE AND SEE NE
Richmond. the Capital OF Virginia j. wy
Oree, oftbe South enthroned upon her tree
clad hills and crowned with the dladem oi
beauty and health A.
Situated on the elevated plateau al 'he
r.ns ofJames River once the Powhatan' she
etands at the gateway between Tire upiand'
Of the Pjedmond and the lowiands OF the
T;dewater The breath of the mountain
fans her brow, the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet.
ola William Byrd Of Westover' whose
historic mansion not many miles feIoW is
ono If the landmarks Of the continent and
one Of the helrlooms Of American history
gentleman of Virginia. member Of the King
Council Representative of the Colony Bur
rsss Of his County, was entrusted to nun the
much questioned line between Virginia ana
her sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night in the juniper recesses
ofthe Dismal Swamp, came to him thoughts
Of his home. and with them one Of those IN
snira,ions which may be the whisper OF a
pas.irg angel and may be the emanauoh o.
eenius. He would found city, nay he
would found,.wo: one should be On the APP
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 skiliiui en-
.dneef than he had drawn the plan-a ul'iiiei
architect had laid the foundations.
II was already city and wanted but The
buildings and the people. These must III
evitabIv come in time. Indeed that mos'
rash bu, most brilliant and fareeing young
man who had been once his fathers neigh
bor had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
ion, and had there plantation or quarter,
and when the Indians had come down ana
killed bis overseer cad cattle, had be not
,lamored for revenge until he had started ?
revolution WHICH game deUcsd ns.ar up.etting
Ills Maivtys G0sernment, and played the
ssVil generally. 1t would be the chiei CT!
IN virginia the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent Il 'ne pep
Mo wnuld but recognize its advantages anu
bpild II up. Whata spot it was
An elevated plateau right at the iaiis OF
the river. above malaria and asue' WIN
tho fresh air of the mountains, keeping II
cool in summer, and incompatible climate
and purest water from unpopuia'eu
snrincs. a view Of the ioanlihB
waters. glancing and dashing over
immense boulders for nearly two miles
made a landscape whose beauty was IN
rivaled as place ofresidence fora beauty-ioV-
ing people, this side Of he oak clad reaches OF
the Thames. The river front was easily ac-
cessihle. and evenly d distributed and at the
same time so immense that it would grind
the grain of a continent, aud run the factor
los of a nation. Behind itw was TIE rch Pied
mont running upto the Blue Ridge and yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana. Before 1t was
the ..
urAD OF DEP WATER NAVIGATION
with is 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 city, on the fair spot at the Falls
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 il after
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1857 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 cal
make a home delightful, or a place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since il was founded the most momentou: