The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20

surrendered at Appomattox Virginia was
PROSTATE.
-Four years Of wsr had stripped her; her
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions were overthrown; her debts
and hurdens were increased; her property
and taxable values were annihi'ated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very existence
was suspended.
This was twenty-three years ago. Dunne
large part Of this period the problem OF
existence. the paramount question OF simple
being engrossed all her powers. Misuhoef'
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
enei and burdened by many within she bao
TO devote all her facilities to the imperative
demand of the hour, the preservation oil ne'
being AS State and people.
AT last she stands upright again ID '''
vigor of renewed strength, in the JOY o' 'e
v.or.d health. in the full power of sovereign
Y ate and the pride Of hale and prosperous
people .;c,i
AZ such her Capital City, her beautiful
Richmond on the James now sets hei
house IN order, prepares her feasts, sets ou'
her wares and stretching out her hahus UNIV
her sister cities, gays TO them
"coME AND SEE NJ"
Richmond. the Capital of Virginia IS the
! Oueen ofthe South enthroned upon hef 'reo
clad hills. and crowned with the diadem o.
beauty and health.
Situated on the elevated plateau al 'h'
Faus NJ lanes River once the Powhatan, sh'
s,auds at the gateway between the upand'
~ Tho Piedmond and the lowlands OF th'
ride,a.er. The breath Of the mountain
c,..s ber brow. the tides Of the Ocean wash
| her feet. H..
Old William Byrd Of Westover' whose
historic mansion not many miles teio"
ONO e the landmarks Of the continent ah'
ono If the heirlooms Of American history
gentleman Of Virginia, member OF the hing
Council Representative Of the Colony bur
cess Of his County, was entrusted 10 run tn'
much questioned line between Virginia an,
to- s;ster North Carolina. Thus occupied
living awake one night in the juniper recesse'
cftbe Dismal Swamp came TO him thouShu
&C his home. and with them one OF those ID
sn;ratiops which may be the whisper Of
ras.irg angel, and may be the emana'ioh o
genius. lie would found clty, nay III
would found TWO: one should be on the Ap
nomattox. but the other should be on a ye
rairer SPOT on queenler river, his Owl
majestic james.
He knew the spot for it. There Natur'
herself had laid the site-a more skiliiul Ell
cineer than he had drawn the plan-a"'ihe
architect had laid the foundations.
u was already a city and wanted but TN
buildings and the people. These must III
evi,ablv come in time. Indeed that mos
rash but most brilliant and farseelng youhI
man who had been once his fathers neigh
nor had chosen the spot with his rare WIS
dom and had there plantation or quarter
and when the Indians had come down ah'
killed his oyerseer and cattle, had he moi
clamored for revenge until he had started
revolution which came deuced near up ettinl
His Maiesty's Government, and played th'
devil generally. II would be the chiei ci'l
in virginia, the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent, II the PEG
nle would but recognize It's advantages anc
build up. What spot it wasl
An elevated plateau right at the falls 0
the river. above malaria and ague. VIII
the fresh air of the mountains, keeping J
cool in summer, and Incompatible climate
and purest water from unpopulate'
snr;nes. a view of the foamnl
waters. glancing and dashing owe
immense bou.ders for nearly two miles
made Landscape whose beauty was un
riyaled as place residence fora beauty-loV
ing people, this side Of the oak clad reaches o
The Thames. The river front was easily &C
oe>sible. and evenly d stributed and at th'
same time so immense that It would grn'
the grain Of a continent, and run The factor
ies Of a nation. Behind it was the rich Pied
mont running up to the Blue Ridge and We
further back behind the azure mountains al
mexplored region which stretches to thu
French territory, Louisiana. Before 1t wa
the
urAD OF DKEP WATER NAVIGATION
with its diurnal tides which could float any
vessel that His Majesiys marine could sent
across the seas.
How could it be otherwise than a city?
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Byrd living under the stars reading the fuiur
with prophetic vision, for on the completion
of his mission lie laid out the streets an'
squares Of a city, on the fairspot at the FAN
of the James. nd the head of deep waite
which had haunted his dreams IN that 'hei
far distant shore of the Dismal Swamp, an'
as there was no place this side the sea who's
beauty was comparable, he named 1t aitc
that Incompatible spot upon the loved an'
winding Thames,
RICHMOND. .
This was IN 1877 and from that day to IN
present Richmond has been the Gem City O
thu South.
For beauty. for salubrity, for convenience
for all the charms and advantages which cal
make honfs delightful, or place of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
or. 9. NO.. r.,,,,lol tho IN on momentum