The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-11

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PROSTATE.
Four wears OF war had stripped her her
labor was metemorphased into an incubus
her institutions were overthrowni her oeD's
and burdens were increased her property
and taxable values were anDihi ated; her
energies were paralyzed; her very. existence
was suspended.
This was twen,y.three years ago. during
large part Of this period the problem OF
existence. the paramount question OF Simple
being engrossed all her powers. Misunder-
stood and Stunned by all without, threat
ened and burdened by many within, si mac
70 devote all her facilities to the imFerati'e
demand of the hour, the preservation OF he'
being as State and people.
Al last she stands upright again IN the
vigor Of renewed strength, in the JOY oil re-
sto,,d health, in the full power OF a sovereign
state and the pride of hale and prosperous
I people. - beautiful
AS such her Capital City, her oeau',iul
Richmond on the James now sets hei
house IN order, prepares her feasts SETS ou'
her wares and stretching out her hands unto
her sister cities, rays TO them
'coxE AND SEE MI"
Richmond, the Capital of Virginia is the
ousen oftbe South enthroned upon her Tree
cI.d hills and crowned with the diadem Oh
beauty and health. Aha
situated on the elevated plateau al 'ne
Falls ofJames River once the Powha'an' sne
stands at the gateway between the uPlanu'
~ the Piedmond and the lowlanus oi INC
r;dewater The breath Of the mountain
fans her brow, the tides Of the ocean was"
her feet. hoo
old William Byrd Of Westoyer, whose
historic mansion not many miles teio" -
one Of the landmarks of the continent, an"
ono of the heirlooms Of American hlsIor!'
gentleman Of Virginia, member OF the Kings
Council. Representative Of the Colony bur
cess If his County, was entrusted to run the
much aueationed line between Virginia aho
her sister North Carolina, Thus occupied
! living awake one night in the juniper receSses
oftbe Dismal Swami, came to him tAonSy"".a
ofbls home and With thea one of those IN
.pita,ions which may be the whisper Oh .
rs,.i.e angel. and may be the emanatioh OF
genius. He would found CITY, nay ne
would foundtwo one should De Oh 'he AP
,,o,na,tor but the other should be on a YET
sa;rer snot on a queenier river, his own
majestic james.
ue knew the spot for It. There Nature
berselfhad laid the site--a more skiiiiul en-
,,ireer than he had drawn the plan-a u'inei
architect had laid the foundations.
I, was already city and wanted ou. ,ne
hr;ldipes and the people. These must IN
o,,;,oblv come in time. Indeed that mos'
ash lint most brilliant and farseeing young
man who had been once his fathers negh-
bor had chosen the spot with bis rare WIS
dom and had there a plantation or quarter,
ord when the Indians had come down anu
t;l,ad his overseer and cattle, had he not
o,o,,ored for revenge until he had started a
revolution which came deuced near 'e'''hs
1I;s va;estv's Government, and played the
de,,;j generally. It would be the chlei CITY
!, VIRGINIA. the largest in the Southern
colonies if not on the continent Il Tue leo-
Mo would but recognize its advantages ana
! build il I'D. What spot 1t was!
An elevated plateau right at the falls o.
the river. above malaria and ague' Win
Tho fresh air Of the mountains, keeping II
cool in summer. and Incompatible climate
and unrest water from unpopulaleu
e,ri,gs. view Of the ioamihE
waters, CHANGING and dashing over
immense bouders for nearly TWO mites
made a landscape whose beauty was I'M
riyaled as place ofresidence for a oeautylo',
mo neople. this side of the oak clad reaches OF
,be Thames. The river front was easily ao-
cessible and evenly d stributed and al me
Same time so immense that 1t would grihu
Tho grain of a continent, and run the factor
;es IF a nation. Behind it was the rich fied-
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 IL Was
the ..,..,,,-,ov
| HEAD OF DEEP wATTR NAVIGATION
y-,th its diurnal tides which could hoat any
vessel that His Majesty's marine could send
across the seas.
How could it be otherwise than cityT
Thus must have thought Colonel VIM
Rvrd living under the stars reading the future
with prophetic vision. for on the completion
Of his mission, he laid out the streets ana
squares of a city, on the fair spot at the faiis
If the James, and the head of deep water
which had haunted his dreams IN that thea
far distant shore Of the Dismal Swamp, and
as there was no place tins side the sea whose
beauty was comparable, he named 1t after
that Incompatible spot upon the loved and
winding Thames,
RICHMOND.
This was in 1877 and from that day to the
nresent. Richmond has been the Gem City Of
the South.
For beauty, for salubrity, for convenience
for all the charms and advantages which ear
make a home delightful, or place Of bust
ness desirable Richmond stands supreme.
Since il was founded the most momentom
nj Al