The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-22
,a,,Ies Of modern warfare was fought on her

surrendered at Appomattox Virginia wa
PROSTATE.
Four wears of wsr had stripped her; hei
llabor was me.emorphased into an incubus
lber institutions were oyerthrown; her debts
and burdens were increased her property
and taxable values were annihilated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
THIS was twenty-three years ago. during
q large part of this period the problem oil
existence the paramount question OF simple
being engrossed all her powers. Misunder-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
eped and burdened by many within, she hao
N devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand Of the hour, the preservation Of her
being as State and people.
AT last she stands upright again in the
v;cor of renewed strength, in the joy OF re-
stored health, in the full power of a sovereign
cto,e and the pride Of hale and prosperous
people. ,.u.e,,
As such her Capital City, her beau'liul
Richmond on the James now sets her
house in order, prepares her feasts, sets out
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, Gays to them
"ooNE AND SEE ME-
Richmond. the Capital Of Virginia i' the
oueen ofthe South enthroned upon her tree
oIad hills and crowned with the diadem OF
beauty and health.
situated on the elevated plateau at the
Falls ofJames River once the Powhatan' she
stards at the gateway between the upland'
90 Tho Piedmond and the lowlands OF the
Tidewater. The breath Of the mountain
fans her brow, the tides Of the Ocean wash
her feet. IL.
o,d William Byrd Of Westoyer, whose
historic mansion not many miles fellow Is
one Of the landmarks Of the continent ana
ono of the beirlooms Of American history
Gentleman Of Virginia member OF the hing
Council. Representative Of the Colony bur
cess Of his County. was entrusted TO run 'he
mnch questioned line between Virginia ana
ber sister North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night in the juniper recesses
oftbe Dismal Swamp, came 90 him thoughts
Of his home. and with them one oil those IN
snirations which may be the whisper OF a
raising angel. and may be the emanation Of
genius He would found city nay ne
would found.two. one should be on the APP
nomattox. but the other should be on YET
fairer spot on a queenher nyer' his OVID
majestic james.
He knew the spot for it. There Nature
berselfhad laid the site-a more skilliul en-
gineer than be bad drawn the plan-a OWNER
architect bad laid the foundations.
It was already a city and wanted but the
buildings and the people. These must IN
eyitably come in time. Indeed that most
rash but most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once bis fathers neigh
Dor. had chosen the spot with his rare Wis
dom and bad there plantation Or quarter.
and when the Indians had come down ana
killed his oyerseer and cattle had he not
clamored for revenge until be had started a
revolution which came deuced near ups ttng
His Maesty's Government, and played the
devil generally. It would be the CHIEF Guy
in Vjriuja. the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent II the peo-
ple would but recognize It's advantages ana
build it up. What a spot it was
An elevated plateau right at the falls OF
the river. above malaria and ague WITH
the fresh air Of the mountains, keeping 1t
cool in summer, and incompatible climate
and purest water from unpopulated
springs view Of the toaming
waters, elancing and dashing over
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles
made landscape whose beauty was I'M
riyaled as place ofresidencefora beauty-loV-
ing people. this side Of the oak clad reaches oil
the Thames. The river front was easily ac-
cessible. and evenly stributed and at the
same time so immense that il would grind
the grain Of a continent, and run the factor
les Of a nation. Behind il was the rich Pied
mont running up to the Blue Ridge and yet
further back behind the azure mountains an
unexplored region which stretches to the
French territory, Louisiana Before it was
the
HEAD or DEEP WATER NAVIGATION
with its diurnal tides which could float any
vessel thst His Maestys marine could send
across the seas.
How could il be otherwise than a 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 fairspot 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 it after
that incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in l737 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 car
make a home delightful OF place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since it was founded the most momentoui
events Of the nation have clustered around ii
focusing il as il were in the focus Of a sun